"Why should I continue in the world?"

Not me. Matilda. She spent her whole life thinking she was being cared for by an uncle and therefore had parents of a certain society and it turns out she's an orphan and no one knows who her parents are. Clearly suicide is in order.

Instead she is insisting on leaving the protection of the Marquis for a convent. Honestly, I'm relieved. Maybe it was the forced lack of reading so I need to get into the story again but Matilda has been safe and under protection for long enough.

She has been surrounded by friends, the Marquis staved off the uncle, and she cried a lot because she can't support being a burden or inflicting her society on them when she isn't worthy of it.

But whatever her stupid reasons for doing it, getting out of the safety and protection of the Marquis is a good thing for the story. Not enough evil and screaming. Though there has been some fainting due to the mortification of being an orphan with no known family among the gentry.

Fainting fit count: 3