Having finished the book, I absolutely LOVED it and can now firmly say that it may be right up there with The Foundling as Favorite Heyer Ever. And the ending was a big part of that. (Possibly the fact that I haven't read any of her books in a while was also part of that. But still, it dovetailed very neatly into Things I Like.)

( Spoilers for an 80-year-old book )