An unexpected departure

During the next few weeks, John Willoughby became a very close friend of the family, and for Marianne was more than a simple friend, they were in love. For her, Willoughby was a respectful man, with an elegant figure, handsome for most of the female eyes of the village and a privileged economic situation. They had spent a lot of free time commenting a large diversity of Classic literature books, reading Shakespeare poems, going to a field for picnic or just attending together to Sir John Middleton´s social meetings at Barton Park. We could infer that this relationship was in such a formal way that they will end being husband and wife before the end of the year.

Nevertheless, one day he left Allanhan County on an unexpected way, arguing that he had urgent matters to attend in London, leaving a desperate and confused Marianne alone for a while.  As we can imagine, the time passed by and no one in town had news for John Willoughby. The reasons for his fast departure was still unknown.