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Hello, sailor! Written by Cheryl (9/19/2005 11:47 p.m.)

This phrase really popped out at me this read:

"but I quite agree with my father in thinking a sailor might be a very desirable tenant. I have known a good deal of the profession; and besides their liberality, they are so neat and careful in all their ways!"

Doesn't that just beg the question of how Mrs Clay became so well acquainted with sailors?

And what about her long, long speech - the longest she has in the entire book, IIRC - defending and justifying how working makes men ugly. Is this a defensive action, as she knows she is not considered a beauty? Or is there more to it?

But then she, wise woman, ends her speech by saying that only gentlemen with no profession - like Sir Walter - can "hold the blessings of health and a good appearance." She does possess the happy ability to flatter with delicacy. ;-)

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Hello, sailor! Cheryl (9/19/2005 11:47 p.m.)

The Navy Golda (9/20/2005 1:32 p.m.)
Perhaps... Art (9/20/2005 12:37 p.m.)
- Unprosperous marriage. Lia (9/20/2005 1:43 p.m.)
  - On the other hand... Line (9/20/2005 5:53 p.m.)
    - But Jane Austen did clarify this Siobhan (9/22/2005 1:02 p.m.)
      - I remember your... Reeba (9/22/2005 6:50 p.m.)
      - Please point it out when the time comes! :-) (nfm) Line (9/22/2005 6:25 p.m.)
      - You are so right! Joan Ellen (9/22/2005 1:54 p.m.)
    - Perhaps... Lia (9/20/2005 7:23 p.m.)
      - Mrs Clay: connundrum Rebecca Mog (9/21/2005 6:01 a.m.)
LoL! Delories (9/20/2005 11:55 a.m.)
I was reading this last night and it Merry T. (9/20/2005 9:03 a.m.)
Indeed! Rae (9/20/2005 6:22 a.m.)
- And you do wonder Rebecca Mog (9/20/2005 7:06 a.m.)
  - I agree Margaret 7 (9/20/2005 7:35 p.m.)
    - I need to update the FAQ... Cheryl (9/20/2005 7:54 p.m.)
      - Mrs. Clay sympathizer here   Line (9/20/2005 11:33 p.m.)
        
        Meritocrat   JoAnn Elizabeth (9/21/2005 8:50 a.m.)
        
        Another Mrs Clay sympathizer here   Joan Ellen (9/21/2005 2:52 p.m.)
        
        Can it be   Ann2 (9/21/2005 5:23 p.m.)
        
        Very possibly   Joan Ellen (9/22/2005 1:58 p.m.)
      - She needed to get out of town?.....nfm Margaret 7 (9/20/2005 9:00 p.m.)

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