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Wouldn't this be somewhat out of character Written by Anselm (4/15/2010 7:01 a.m.) in consequence of the missive, so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour, penned by Stephanie

for Mr Bennet? Taking his family's affairs so seriously is something I don't really associate with him, certainly not in the first 12 chapters. The sole purpose of any communication with his wife is to amuse himself at her expense, right from what amounts to his practical joke on her (and the rest of his family) in the first couple of chapters. If this reading were true, it would break the mould somewhat. He seems basically to have retired from family life into his library, where he is really at home in his solitude.

That's not to say that his words taken on their own would not bear that interpretation - they certainly would.

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Of colds and death Anselm (4/13/2010 7:48 a.m.)

Is Mrs. Bennett a gambler or stupid in sending Jane Jean B (4/13/2010 12:35 p.m.)
- It was not raining when Jane left. Adrian (4/13/2010 12:52 p.m.)
  - Oh, for Pete's sake Anselm (4/14/2010 5:32 a.m.)
    - so odd a mixture of quick parts, sarcastic humour Stephanie (4/14/2010 10:22 a.m.)
      - Wouldn't this be somewhat out of character   Anselm (4/15/2010 7:01 a.m.)
        
        when Elizabeth had read the note aloud   Stephanie (4/15/2010 5:15 p.m.)
        
        Mr. Bennet not thinking of Jane   Karen G (4/15/2010 11:17 a.m.)
    - Poetic License? Lenora (4/14/2010 8:16 a.m.)
  - Exactly, I don't think Mrs Bennet planned kathleen (elder) (4/13/2010 1:38 p.m.)
    - I am quite sure that she did not Kathleen Glancy (4/13/2010 2:20 p.m.)
      - The flaw in Mrs. Bennet's thinking   Anne-Marie (4/13/2010 2:51 p.m.)
        
        But as I said   Kathleen Glancy (4/14/2010 11:46 a.m.)
        
        LOL   LisaS (4/13/2010 2:55 p.m.)
Elizabeth's attitude Line (4/13/2010 8:38 a.m.)
- That is how I read it Elbè (4/13/2010 9:19 a.m.)
  - Excellent! Kathryn Ann (4/13/2010 10:40 a.m.)
    - I, too, think that Elizabeth was trying to encourage her AnnetteJ (4/13/2010 1:56 p.m.)
      - I think   Merrie B. (4/13/2010 9:58 p.m.)
        
        Delicate plants   Line (4/14/2010 10:40 a.m.)
        
        Who in P&P   CarolTS (4/14/2010 12:34 p.m.)
        
        Who was a delicate plant?   Line (4/15/2010 4:20 p.m.)
        
        But Jane doesn't ask for that.   CarolTS (4/15/2010 7:08 p.m.)
        
        No, she doesn't, but...   Line (4/16/2010 9:37 a.m.)
        
        But would it not have been improper   Elbè (4/16/2010 9:45 a.m.)
        
        They insist also on my seeing Mr. Jones   Stephanie (4/13/2010 10:24 p.m.)

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