Thus arises a difficult situation for Moll between two biological brothers who are somewhat tied to her as her own "unofficial" brothers. The lack of disgust that Moll feels in her sexual relationship with the eldest comes out in full force upon Robin's burgeoning interest. She plays it off his multiple advances (""'I have attacked in form five times . . .'"" (70)) for months (". . . "this continued for sixteen or seventeen weeks . . ."" (69)), often feigning sickness, until the younger brother makes his intentions public with the family. At that moment, Moll could no longer pretend that his advances would come to no fruition. She reluctantly marries him, and her distaste for the coupling is evident in the presentation of their marriage, lasting for only one sentence: