He gets custody of Annie and influences her to disdain Effi. All seems well, but when Effi's letters to Crampas are found by her husband, he decides to divorce her. Years later, Effi's daughter Annie is growing up, and the family moves to Berlin due to Innstetten's ascent. Crampas views Innstetten as a patronising prig. Her husband looks down on Crampas, whom he finds a lewd philanderer with cavalier views of law. When Major Crampas arrives, Effi cannot help relishing his attentions despite Crampas being a married womaniser, and their love is consummated. The scorn he would bear if people knew of her terror would stall his career hence his angry reply. When she says there may be a ghost, he derides her fears. Her suspicions that their house may be haunted are not entirely laid to rest by Innstetten. Her husband Innstetten is away for weeks at a time, and Effi, who is shunned by local nobles, finds but one friend. Effi Briest, who is attracted by social status, moves to the fictional Pomeranian port of Kessin (loosely modeled on Swinemünde).
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