He had infamously abandoned Olive on their honeymoon for another woman. He brought his mistresses home for dinner or shooting weekends and paraded them in front of his wife, whose job was to make sure they were well fed and cared for. And when Olive decompensated and became an alcoholic, she was blamed for making Fitzwilliam’s life a misery, not the other way around. Really, who could blame a wealthy, dashing war hero for his many love affairs and one-night stands when he had such a difficult wife at home?
