CH. 12 - "Anne, ***attending with all the strength, and zeal, and thought, which instinct supplied***, to Henrietta, still tried, at intervals, to suggest ***comfort to the others, tried to quiet Mary, to animate Charles, to assuage the feelings of Captain Wentworth. Both seemed to look to her for directions***.

"Anne, Anne," cried Charles, "what is to be done next? What, in heaven's name, is to be done next?"

Captain Wentworth's eyes were also turned towards her."

In this chapter, with so much action and many things happening, Anne really comes into her own in relation to the number of people who value her.

Suddenly they increase and everyone remembers her, and her value. It seems that due to instinct as described above, Anne has these qualities to provide aid, to be able to act in a crisis, or to deal with people in crises.

Even the men look to her for guidance, here, quite an interesting thought. Even the Captain...