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Through a series of adventures, Redmond eventually bullies and seduces the Countess of Lyndon, almost forcing her to marry him.

After the wedding, he moves into Hackton Castle, which he has completely remodelled at great expense.

Redmond admits several times in the course of his narrative that he has no control over a budget, and spends his new bride's birthright freely.

He looks after a few childhood benefactors in Ireland, his Cousin Ulick ( who had often stood up for him as a boy ), and makes himself over into the most fashionable man in the district.