Perilous, exactly !
Written by Martha Grace
(4/3/2006 4:39 p.m.)
in consequence of the missive, I agree... ;), penned by MandyN
I've no quarrel with attributing this description of Bath to JA's personal feelings, but isn't it also the kind of language one hopes to read in a Gothic novel? I mean, if there were dragons, or hoardes of invaders, or something, she could talk about that. Instead, she has to attribute Gothic peril to the assembly at Bath.