Waiting

Quick Index Board Index Home FAQ Site Map

View thread | Previous message | Next message

Waiting Written by Cheryl (9/23/2005 3:10 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, Anne the younger (long), penned by MaryAnn K.

] I would have loved to see if she communicated to FW that she would be willing to wait for him

My impression is that he didn't give her the chance, or if she did manage to try and talk to him about it, that he was so hurt and angry that he wouldn't listen.

"a final parting; and every consolation was required, for she had to encounter all the additional pain of opinions, on his side, totally unconvinced and unbending, and of his feeling himself ill-used by so forced a relinquishment. He had left the country in consequence."

That sounds to me like going off in a huff, that he would listen to no half-measures, it was marriage or nothing. He was a man who was very confident in his own opinions and abilities - "He had always been lucky; he knew he should be so still." and when his wishes were thwarted, his confidence in his ability to get what he wanted, he left. Not Frederick's finest hour, imo.

Previous message | Next message | Board index

Anne the younger (long) MaryAnn K. (9/23/2005 1:42 p.m.)

Love Letters? Chris DS (9/23/2005 2:27 p.m.)
- You're absolutely correct-- Kalyn (9/24/2005 8:48 p.m.)
- So looking forward to chapters 5-8 (no spoilers) Rebecca Nix (9/24/2005 11:05 p.m.)
  - oops...posted in the wrong place (nfm) Rebecca Nix (9/24/2005 11:05 p.m.)
Waiting Cheryl (9/23/2005 3:10 p.m.)
- Definitely not MaryAnn K. (9/23/2005 3:18 p.m.)
  - not only that... Rebecca Nix (9/24/2005 4:01 a.m.)
    - To be fair to Captain Wentworth... Line (9/24/2005 10:04 a.m.)
    - She rejected him helena6 (9/24/2005 12:05 p.m.)
      - I agree. Peg (9/24/2005 2:02 p.m.)
    - I totally disagree! Annette J. (9/24/2005 2:55 p.m.)
    - How very interesting... Rebecca Nix (9/24/2005 4:30 p.m.)
      - Hmmm...   MaryAnn K. (9/24/2005 7:23 p.m.)
        
        Maybe this is a lack of understanding about men!   Annette J. (9/25/2005 7:42 a.m.)
        
        Tenderness   MaryAnn K. (9/25/2005 9:12 p.m.)
        
        Exactly...that is precisely my opinion as well (nfm)   Rebecca Nix (9/26/2005 1:55 a.m.)
        
        "She was doing this for his own good" makes it even   Annette J. (9/26/2005 6:18 a.m.)
        
        Even so   Maisy (9/26/2005 7:52 p.m.)
      - You have articulated... Maisy (9/26/2005 8:13 p.m.)
    - He was willing to wait a few years, it was Anne that "wasn't Tracy W (9/25/2005 8:19 p.m.)
- Young men. Lia (9/23/2005 8:02 p.m.)
- ... the misery of a parting, a final parting" Emmy (9/25/2005 12:14 p.m.)
  - Not sure helena6 (9/25/2005 12:59 p.m.)
  - Tomorrow Cheryl (9/25/2005 3:52 p.m.)
  - It was Frederick Maisy (9/26/2005 8:43 p.m.)
After catching up MaryAnn K. (9/23/2005 3:58 p.m.)
One disagreement Line (9/23/2005 4:15 p.m.)
- Started to lose her bloom MaryAnn K. (9/24/2005 5:02 a.m.)
Sending Anne away helena6 (9/24/2005 12:22 p.m.)
- I agree--also sending away to school was so normal Kalyn (9/24/2005 9:10 p.m.)
  - I had not considered MaryAnn K. (9/25/2005 1:08 a.m.)
  - Also Mary is sent away to school too IIRC Emmy (9/25/2005 12:05 p.m.)

Groupread is maintained by Myretta with WebBBS 3.21.

View thread | Previous message | Next message Board index

- Jane Austen | Republic of Pemberley -

Quick Index

Home

Site Map

JAInfo