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Deciding to investigate what happened, she goes to Eliza House for dinner with the Dowager Duchess.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"In Draft Chapter 14 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife, Lady Wentworth realizes the story has deviated from the original while talking with Edwin's valet Albert about the former valet Ben Rover. Ben's early departure, Edwin's interest in household matters, and the magnificent room given to her surprise her. Deciding to investigate what happened, she goes to Eliza House for dinner with the Dowager Duchess.","key_events":["Narrator goes to Eliza House for dinner with Dowager Duchess and meets dog Brownie.","Narrator learns original valet Ben Rover resigned early and Albert has served as valet since Edwin inherited title.","Narrator notes Edwin's out-of-character behavior and decides to investigate story deviation.","Narrator tours Briston Manor and is assigned the lady of the house's room by the Duke's order.","Servants observe narrator is polite unlike her rude family and hope for the best."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"EDWIN'S BUTLER...\nTHE QUEEN'S PARAMOUR — 1 —\nHE WASN'T A MAJOR CHARACTER...\nBUT I DEFINITELY REMEMBER HIM.\nEDWIN'S ORIGINAL BUTLER WAS NAMED BEN...\nAND HAD SERVED EDWIN'S FATHER, THE FORMER DUKE OF BRISTON.\n\nBEN DID NOT APPROVE OF EDWIN'S INDIFFERENCE TO THE AFFAIRS OF THE HOUSE OF BRISTON...\nAND REPORTED EVERYTHING EDWIN SAID AND DID TO THE DOWAGER DUCHESS.\nUNSURPRISINGLY, HE WAS EVENTUALLY DISMISSED FROM HIS POST...\nFOR FAILING TO RECOGNIZE WHERE HIS LOYALTIES SHOULD LIE.\nUH... MY LADY?\nBUT BEN WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DISMISSED THIS EARLY IN THE STORY.\nIS SOMETHING BOTHERING YOU, PERHAPS?\n\nBESIDES, THIS \"ALBERT,\" THE NEW BUTLER...\n...HAS BEEN WITH EDWIN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, WHEN WE FIRST MET!\nALBERT, MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION?\nOF COURSE, MY LADY.\n\nHOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN SERVING THE DUKE AS HIS BUTLER?\nEVER SINCE HE INHERITED HIS TITLE.\nI WAS HIS FIRST FOOTMAN PRIOR TO THAT.\nOH MY, SO YOU'VE BEEN WORKING HERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.\nI HAVE, YES.\nHEHE\nBUT... WHAT ABOUT THE BUTLER WHO CAME BEFORE YOU? DID HE RETIRE?\n\nHE RESIGNED.\nTO BE QUITE HONEST, HE WASN'T THAT GREAT OF A—\nOUCH!\n\nMAY I ASK WHAT HIS NAME WAS? THE OLD BUTLER, I MEAN.\nHIS NAME WAS...\nBEN ROVER, MY LADY.\nI KNEW IT!\nI KNEW A BUTLER NAMED \"BEN\" WORKED FOR THE BRISTONS!\n\nBUT HE MUST HAVE LEFT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON BEFORE I ARRIVED.\nWHY HAS THE PLOT STRAYED FROM THE ORIGINAL STORY?\n\nHAIRLINE CRACKS\nBRISTON MANOR IS COMPRISED OF THREE BUILDINGS, MY LADY.\n\nTHE FIRST IS WHERE THE BALL WAS HELD LAST NIGHT...\n...AND THE SECOND IS \"ELIZA HOUSE,\" WHERE THE DOWAGER DUCHESS RESIDES.\nAND THIS IS \"MAYFAIR HOUSE,\" WHERE THE DUKE RESIDES.\n\nIT'S ALSO WHERE YOU'LL BE LIVING.\nWOW... THREE WHOLE MANSIONS...\nAND THIS...\n\n...IS THE ROOM TRADITIONALLY GIVEN TO THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE, MY LADY.\nWOW...\nTHIS ROOM...\n\n...FEELS LIKE AN EXPRESSION OF \"LOVE.\"\nIT'S THE LOVELIEST AND MOST ELEGANT ROOM IN THE ENTIRE MANOR!\nTHE DUKE...\nHAS INSTRUCTED US TO GIVE YOU FULL USE OF THIS ROOM, MY LADY.\nHUH?\nWH-WHO, ME?!\n\nOF COURSE.\nYOU'LL BE THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE SOON, SO IT'S ONLY NATURAL.\nI SUPPOSE SO...\nMS. CHESTER IS POLITE, BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE AROUND HER.\nSHE'S VERY LOYAL TO THE HOUSE OF BRISTON, SO I CAN IMAGINE SHE'D BE DISAPPOINTED...\nTO SEE SOME COUNTRY BUMPKIN LIKE ME MOVE INTO THIS ROOM...\n\n...THAT'S BEEN SITTING EMPTY FOR SO LONG.\nI MADE SURE YOU'D HAVE EVERYTHING YOU'D NEED TO MOVE IN IMMEDIATELY.\nI'LL PROBABLY BE OUT OF HERE IN THREE YEARS...\nSO I SHOULDN'T GET TOO EXCITED ABOUT THIS.\nTHANK YOU. I KNOW ALL THIS MUST HAVE COME AS QUITE A SURPRISE TO EVERYONE.\n\nIT'S ALL PART OF MY DUTY AS THE HOUSEKEEPER.\nI THOUGHT SHE'D BE OVER THE MOON TO HAVE THAT ROOM TO HERSELF.\n\nSHE'S DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF HER CRASS FAMILY.\nSHE'S BEEN POLITE TO EVEN THE SERVANTS, UP TILL NOW, ANYWAY.\nIF THIS IS ALL JUST PART OF SOME ACT, SHE'S QUITE THE SCHEMER, BUT IF IT'S NOT...\n...I SUPPOSE IT'LL WORK OUT BEST FOR ALL OF US.\n\nSO PRETTY.\nALTHOUGH IT DOES SEEM OLD-FASHIONED.\n\nSOMETHING'S NOT RIGHT.\nWHY WAS BEN DISMISSED SO EARLY IN THE STORY?\nIF BEN HAD BEEN BY EDWIN'S SIDE WHEN WE FIRST MET, I WOULD'VE RECOGNIZED THEM BOTH IMMEDIATELY.\nWAIT...!\nTHAT'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT'S OFF.\n\nI WOULDN'T HAVE THOUGHT THAT A BUSY GENTLEMAN SUCH AS YOURSELF WOULD TAKE SO MUCH INTEREST IN YOUR ANIMALS.\nHOW THORUGH AND ATTENTIVE YOU MUST BE!\nNOT AT ALL. ANY DECENT HORSE OWNER WOULD DO THE SAME.\nEDWIN... I NEVER KNEW YOU CARED ABOUT ALL THIS STUFF!\nI KNOW KIRISTAN IS A VERY VALUABLE HORSE...\nBUT WHY WOULD THE GREAT DUKE OF BRISTON PERSONALLY DRAFT HIS OWN BREEDING PAPERS?\n\nEDWIN MADE AN EXCELLENT POLITICIAN...\nBUT HE HAD NO INTEREST IN BEING THE MAN OF HIS OWN HOUSE.\nHE WAS HARDLY HOME, AS HE SPENT MOST DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR AT THE CAPITAL.\nTHAT'S WHY THE DOWAGER DUCHESS...\n\n...HAD TO HANDLE THE AFFAIRS OF THE HOUSEHOLD, AFTER THE ELDER DUKE BRISTON PASSED.\nTHE DUKE NEVER GOT MARRIED...\nAND NEGLECTED THE UPKEEP OF HIS OWN DOMAIN.\nTHIS ROOM WOULD HAVE BEEN ABANDONED, LEFT ONLY TO COLLECT DUST.\n\nHOW COULD A MAN LIKE THAT BE OUT SHOPPING FOR PAINTINGS FOR HIS MOTHER?\nUNLESS HE'S HAD SOME SORT OF REAWAKENING, THERE'S NO WAY ANY OF THIS MAKES SENSE...!\n\nI SHOULD LOOK INTO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE...\n...JUST IN CASE I GET CAUGHT UP IN SOME UNEXPECTED PROBLEM.\n\nELIZA HOUSE\nNOW THAT I'VE AGREED TO MARRY THIS MAN...\n\n...I'LL BE STEPPING INTO THE CENTER OF A STORM.\nWELCOME, LADY WENTWORTH.\n\nTHANK YOU FOR INVITING ME TO DINNER, DUCHESS.\nUu OH, YOU!\n\nOH, THIS MUST BE... THE DOWAGER DUCHESS' PRECIOUS BABY...\nSO CUTE!!!\n...BROWNIE!\nHE'S EVEN CUTER THAN I IMAGINED!!!\nHELLO BROWNIE...\n\nOH...\nHAVE I INTRODUCED MY BROWNIE TO YOU ALREADY?\n\nWHAT DO I DO NOW?!?","bubble_count":107,"pages_count":29,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"In Draft Chapter 14 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife, Lady Wentworth realizes the story has deviated from the original while talking with Edwin's valet Albert about the former valet Ben Rover.","spoiler_summary":"In Draft Chapter 14 of The Duke's Obsession With His Wife, Lady Wentworth realizes the story has deviated from the original while talking with Edwin's valet Albert about the former valet Ben Rover. Ben's early departure, Edwin's interest in household matters, and the magnificent room given to her surprise her. Deciding to investigate what happened, she goes to Eliza House for dinner with the Dowager Duchess."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/the-duke-s-obsession-with-his-wife-5a64q63y/chapter-14-pu7hg6","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — The Duke's Obsession With His Wife #14: HAIRLINE CRACKS","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-10-26T09:57:10.019Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/the-duke-s-obsession-with-his-wife-5a64q63y"}}