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I don't think James would have done that. Written by Emmeline (3/10/2009 7:07 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, It kind of makes you wonder, penned by Lynn

I believe James was a better person before he went to university. His acquaintance with Thorpe changed him for the worse. What JA said about Catherine would also have been true for James when he first left home:

...she had not been brought up to understand the propensities of a rattle, nor to know to how many idle assertions and impudent falsehoods the excess of vanity will lead. Her own family were plain matter-of-fact people...they were not in the habit therefore of telling lies to increase their importance...[chapter 9]

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Does JT (and possibly his family) think that James is rich? Graciela (3/9/2009 3:57 p.m.)

That struck me,too MarianneR (3/9/2009 5:12 p.m.)
- It kind of makes you wonder Lynn (3/9/2009 7:57 p.m.)
  - What James told John CarolTS (3/11/2009 4:14 p.m.)
    - Agree About John Thorpe BarbaraB (3/11/2009 7:31 p.m.)
    - That was James' father Karen G (3/11/2009 5:50 p.m.)
      - In college   CarolTS (3/11/2009 6:47 p.m.)
        
        10 children   Karen G (3/12/2009 9:30 a.m.)
        
        And is James the eldest?   Elbè (3/12/2009 10:42 a.m.)
        
        In chapter 4   Graciela (3/12/2009 2:49 p.m.)
        
        Knew I must have missed it! Thanks Graciela! -nfm   Elbè (3/13/2009 8:24 a.m.)
      - But that would mean that James has money to spend Graciela (3/11/2009 6:22 p.m.)
  - I don't think James would have done that. Emmeline (3/10/2009 7:07 a.m.)
  - Well, uncouth as he is... MarianneR (3/10/2009 3:40 a.m.)
    - But would this lead him to lie about his own standing? (nfm) JoAnn (3/11/2009 1:12 p.m.)
      - I meant Thorpe, not James...   MarianneR (3/11/2009 4:29 p.m.)
        
        Thanks for the clarification   JoAnn (3/11/2009 4:35 p.m.)
        
        Isn't a skewed perception of reality   Ellen M (3/13/2009 3:06 p.m.)
        
        I tend to think of bad judgment...   JoAnn (3/13/2009 4:58 p.m.)
        
        Whoops - that's "exaggerate", not "exagerrate"   JoAnn (3/11/2009 4:59 p.m.)
        
        "...because he wants to believe it" - Good point. *nfm*   MarianneR (3/11/2009 4:49 p.m.)

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