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"She would not have been obstinate if ..." Written by Louise H (10/19/2005 10:17 p.m.)

... I had not been weak." What is CW saying to Anne here, in ch. 20? I'm trying to figure out how he thinks he had been weak. Is he saying he had been weak in encouraging Louisa to be steadfast, out of continued petulance about Anne's supposed overwillingness to be persuaded against her original judgment? If that's what he meant, what an amazing admission to Anne!

I don't think he meant that much, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what he thought he was saying. Maybe that he had been weak in encouraging Louisa's affections (so that she literally threw herself at him)? Even still, quite an admission.

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"She would not have been obstinate if ..." Louise H (10/19/2005 10:17 p.m.)

He blames himself Emmeline (10/20/2005 6:55 a.m.)
"...I had not been weak." Cheryl (10/20/2005 1:02 a.m.)
- I guess that's it Louise H (10/20/2005 3:15 a.m.)
  - Weakness Shir (10/20/2005 9:41 a.m.)
    - Lyme Lia (10/20/2005 9:54 p.m.)
    - Bingo! Jenny Allan (10/20/2005 11:33 a.m.)
      - A moment of realization   Margaret 7 (10/21/2005 11:03 a.m.)
        
        Influence   Deborah Y (10/21/2005 4:41 p.m.)
        
        I do   Jenny Allan (10/21/2005 5:12 p.m.)
        
        "Oh God! Had I not given way to her at the fatal moment!...   Margaret 7 (10/22/2005 10:43 a.m.)
        
        Good post! Incisive observation...   Delories (10/23/2005 11:33 a.m.)
        
        a terrific amount of psychological territory   Ann2 (10/22/2005 5:17 p.m.)
        
        Meant to say insight, not empathy nfm   Deborah Y (10/21/2005 4:47 p.m.)
        
        one step further   Jenny Allan (10/21/2005 11:52 a.m.)

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