I was LOL at the Admiral here too. And how he got rid of 'some' of the 'large' mirrors--not counting the one that was too big to move.

I can just picture his wonder that anyone would want or need to see that much of himself.

But I really liked the idea of "there was no getting away from oneself" there. I thought perhaps there is more meaning to explore just in that comment.

In a way, Anne has had a chance to get away from herself by leaving Kellynch. In Ch. 4 we read that "she had been too dependant on time alone: no aid had been given in change of place, (except in one visit to Bath soon after the rupture), or in any novelty or enlargement of society."

She's still ashamed of her father, but the months away have given her a chance to see how really trivial his concerns are compared to people with real, meaningful lives, and she has also had the experience of being valued, listened to, admired, and more. She also got a sense of 'relenting feeling', friendship, and reconciliation from Frederick, after suffering all those years with the painful memories of their last meeting--also at Kellynch.