Most of the officers stationed near Mr. Fitzpatrick's house are as horrible as he is.
There is one who is different, a lieutenant and a "very pretty sort of man" (11.7.2).
Mrs. Fitzpatrick really likes his wife, too, and they are all friends.
Eventually, they leave the area, and Mrs. Fitzpatrick feels more alone than ever.
She tries to get back in touch with Mrs. Western, but her aunt refuses to reply.
Mr. Fitzpatrick goes on a three-month business trip to England.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick is beyond lonely.
Her dark mood is made even worse by the death of her baby.
A young lady relative of Mr. Fitzpatrick's comes to stay with her for a while.
She finally tells Mrs. Fitzpatrick that her husband keeps a mistress.
And even though Mrs. Fitzpatrick hates her husband, she's hurt that he's cheating on her. When he comes back from England, he is surprisingly sweet to her.
And she soon discovers why he's being so nice: he spent all of her fortune while he was away.
He needs her permission to sell a piece of property that still belongs to her.
Mrs. Fitzpatrick says no.
Mr. Fitzpatrick claims that she owes him the estate because she's cheated on him with that lieutenant the year before (which Mrs. Fitzpatrick totally denies).
Mr. Fitzpatrick kicks his lady relative out of the house and locks Mrs. Fitzpatrick up.
He won't let her go until she gives in and sells the estate.
One day, when her husband was away, Mrs. Fitzpatrick receives some money (she won't say from where).
She uses it to bribe her way out of the locked room.
She travels to Dublin and then sails to England, in the hopes of staying with either Mrs. Western or Squire Western.
Her husband almost catches up with her at the inn at Upton (as we saw in Book 10).
She escapes with her maid just in time, and the rest, Sophia knows.
Sophia is very sorry for her cousin. She thinks this all happened because Mr. Fitzpatrick is Irish. (Oh, Sophia. Why?!)
Mrs. Fitzpatrick disagrees: it's not because he's Irish, it's because he's a fool.