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What else to be done? Written by OlgaI (4/21/2010 2:56 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, For Mr. Bennet's Amusement, penned by BarbaraB

Mr Bennet is trapped in an unequal marriage and has to find his way through it as there's no way out. I imagine such a partner as Mrs Bennet must be utterly irritating indeed. But he can not allow himself to be irritated - it would only end in having two hysterical persons on the premises and Longbourn wouldn't hold that much, - and it is not his personal disposition, either.

So he has grown to be sardonic, it's a kind of self-defense.

Some would say he must have led his wife to grow wiser. Personally, I don't think there'd be much success :)

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For Mr. Bennet's Amusement BarbaraB (4/21/2010 12:16 p.m.)

Good insight on Mr. Bennet's morbid sense of humor (NFM) jeffrey (4/21/2010 12:23 p.m.)
He enjoys other people's follies Connie (4/21/2010 12:41 p.m.)
- His humor begins to wear after a while. And it is a serious AnnetteJ (4/21/2010 5:44 p.m.)
Good points. I have always wondered whether Kathleen Glancy (4/21/2010 1:22 p.m.)
- My thought exactly /nfm OlgaI (4/21/2010 3:29 p.m.)
Mr Bennet's insensitivity Nina RG (4/21/2010 1:35 p.m.)
- Why does he have to say that? Graciela (4/21/2010 3:26 p.m.)
  - To spare OlgaI (4/21/2010 3:37 p.m.)
    - I like your defenses of him. nfm Connie (4/21/2010 3:50 p.m.)
    - It didn't work, really Graciela (4/22/2010 1:49 a.m.)
      - no luck with Mrs B :) nfm OlgaI (4/22/2010 4:06 a.m.)
  - Mr. Bennet does seem to have... Kathi (4/21/2010 8:09 p.m.)
- Is Mr. Bennet helpless? Robbin (4/21/2010 8:20 p.m.)
  - No, and neither is he faultless Nina RG (4/22/2010 9:20 a.m.)
    - As a man who married too soon and only later... Adrian (4/22/2010 12:33 p.m.)
    - Humor Meant for Us BarbaraB (4/22/2010 1:17 p.m.)
      - A few qualms with your assumptions.   Adrian (4/22/2010 6:48 p.m.)
        
        Addressing Your Qualms :)   BarbaraB (4/23/2010 12:30 a.m.)
        
        Strict settlements, entails and such stuff (found the book)   BarbaraB (4/23/2010 1:52 p.m.)
        
        Very interesting!   Nina RG (4/23/2010 2:51 p.m.)
        
        In that case Mr. Bennet would have became the owner   Graciela (4/23/2010 7:13 p.m.)
        
        That's what I thought   Nina RG (4/24/2010 5:38 a.m.)
        
        Breaking the entail   gianni (4/24/2010 3:07 p.m.)
        
        That's true. Thanks! (nfm)   Nina RG (4/25/2010 7:46 a.m.)
        
        Thanks so much!   Lenora (4/23/2010 4:21 p.m.)
        
        Do we know if Mr. Bennet inherited the estate from his father?   Graciela (4/23/2010 7:19 p.m.)
        
        I don't think he got it from his father   RobertaK (4/24/2010 8:11 p.m.)
        
        Not necessarily   Line (4/24/2010 9:13 p.m.)
- "Binglettes" LOL! :) nfm Karen G (4/22/2010 11:57 a.m.)
What else to be done? OlgaI (4/21/2010 2:56 p.m.)
- Self-Examination Robbin (4/21/2010 7:42 p.m.)
  - Yes of course OlgaI (4/22/2010 3:56 a.m.)
Mabe overpowered by wife and daughters... Benedicte (4/23/2010 12:20 p.m.)

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