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They were in front of the lake, on a walk that Alice had insisted on taking. Anthony had arrived from the north a few weeks ago and since then Alice had monopolized his attention, as if it had been years since they had seen each other and not just since the family moved to the region, almost a year ago. Anthony still found the fate of the Crawford family unusual and unexpected. His father, Theodore, had never indicated that he would like to return to his origins, as a farmer in the south, he had a good career as a doctor in Philadelphia and with the dowry of his mother, heiress of a rich merchant in the city, they lived very well, they could until they are called rich. That was certainly how they were seen. Alice, her younger sister, had become engaged to the son of a banker, one of the best catches in town, and Anthony was also seen as a promising catch once he graduated from medical school. The Crawfords' eldest son believed his life would be in Philadelphia, following in his father's footsteps. He obviously knew that one day he would have to get married and have his own family, although he had never really been interested in the girls who surrounded him when he was at home, like Alice's flighty friends. This made his mother, Josephine, happy, as she always dreamed of Anthony joining his cousin Beatrice. A desire that Anthony had never taken seriously, even though he adored his cousin and they were good friends. But Anthony didn't want his wife to just be his friend. And much less that the woman he chose to spend the rest of his days with was an irritating maiden, albeit one with a huge dowry and a prominent family. He wanted it to be someone who filled his soul. Elliot laughed at this “romantic poet's desire”, as he said. For Elliot, women were a toy. In fact, I eat almost everything. Elliot was the black sheep of the family and had worried his parents from an early age. He had entered law school, but dropped out without graduating, fleeing to Europe with a woman of dubious reputation. He returned months later, without money and with gambling debts that his grandfather, who was already ill and staying at their house in Philadelphia, insisted on paying. Elliot was his grandfather's favorite, because he knew how to transform people into what people wanted with his charm. And his grandfather couldn't accept that Theodore didn't want to return to the south and take over the family's prosperous cotton farm. Theodore had very progressive ideas about the use of slave labor that horrified his grandfather, who was convinced that Elliot could be the one to follow in his footsteps. Of course Elliot didn't care about running a farm, but he liked to think he could make a lot of easy money from his grandfather. However, when his grandfather died, Theodore surprised the entire family by deciding to move south and do his father's bidding. He would take care of the farm, but in his own way

It is shelved under Romance, and written in English.