The heroine briefly becomes the confidant of Lucy Steele, who had entered into a secret engagement with a man the heroine loves.  
The ostensible villain of this work is the heir to the estate Coombe Magnon, and he must marry Sophia Grey to ensure that inheritance.  The heroine briefly becomes the confidant of Lucy Steele, who had entered into a secret engagement with a man the heroine loves.  However, that engagement is broken and the path becomes clear for the two weddings that end the novel, in which Colonel Brandon and Edward Ferrars are the grooms.  FTP, name this novel in which Elinor and Marianne Dashwood represent the title sentiments, a work by Jane Austen.
The ostensible villain of this work is the heir to the estate Coombe Magnon, and he must marry Sophia Grey to ensure that inheritance.  
Sense and Sensibility