Colonel Brandon wounds but spares Willoughby, who married heiress Grey, in a duel. Later, Brandon explains that while he was in colonial India, Willoughby seduced his charge in England and abandoned her with a daughter. Elinor is heartbroken herself that Edward Ferrars is engaged to Miss Lucy Steele. His haughty mother disinherits him in favor of younger brother Robert after sister Anne betrays that engagement. But new turns of events bring both sisters unexpected fortune.