 Sharp's marriage to Rawdon Crawley is a major step up the social ladder, although, comments Bloom, this "ladder was a magic one and could withdraw itself at will".When her husband is arrested and held for a £100 debt, she writes to him from bed, insisting that she is doing everything in her power to release her ""pauvre prisonnier"".When he finally returns, finding her with Lord Steyne, he complains that she has not left him even £100 to take with him.