If Mrs. Landing hadn't died of illness and Mr. Landing wasn't bad at managing money, maybe the secret was true. A very harmonious couple, because of his wife's death, Mr. Landing found life difficult to maintain, so he exchanged his wife's fake jewelry for some living expenses, but the jeweler told him that all this was true. A man can't believe that his financial strength can't make his wife afford expensive real jewelry, so there is only one possibility: his wife is cheating.
If Lady Landing hadn't died, would it be the prototype of the Duchess in Anna karenin? Why is it so difficult to trust a woman who looks loyal? Look at Mo Bosang's works. There are no virtuous women in the noble family, but the streets are full of truth. All women who want to be good are greedy and vain. I find it hard to believe what?
I feel sorry for Mrs. Landing. She knows that her husband can't satisfy her wishes, and she can't explain the origin of her jewelry. She can only lie that it is fake jewelry. I know his views on marriage and family. Perhaps this is the cultural difference between East and West. Monogamy has been practiced in the west for a long time, but the tradition that European aristocrats have always been used to keeping mistresses cannot be subverted, so there is a beautiful legend that illegitimate children inherit aristocratic titles. I can't understand men and women of any age. Maybe their works have never been fair.