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I agree wholeheartedly with you Written by LeeAnne (10/20/2008 1:17 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, But she actually has children..., penned by MarianneR

but Mary is like a child herself. She needs (or thinks she needs) tending to.

"While well, and happy, and properly attended to, she had great good humour and excellent spirits;

"So, you are come at last! I began to think I should never see you. I am so ill I can hardly speak. I have not seen a creature the whole morning!...You have had your little boys with you?"
"Yes, as long as I could bear their noise; but they are so unmanageable that they do me more harm than good. Little Charles does not mind a word I say, and Walter is growing quite as bad."

Mary does not consider her children to be "company" because they REQUIRE care; they don't GIVE care. It's terribly selfish of her.

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What is Mary's problem? Rachel G (10/20/2008 9:00 a.m.)

If Mary Goes Home LeeAnne (10/20/2008 11:30 a.m.)
- Mary's reasons for being in Lyme JoAnn (10/21/2008 1:35 p.m.)
  - Exactly! Rachel G (10/21/2008 2:10 p.m.)
    - Kinda like Mrs. Norris LeeAnne (10/22/2008 8:03 a.m.)
      - I wonder if Mary was a disappointment to Sir Walter. Graciela (10/22/2008 9:54 p.m.)
        
        Youngest *unmarried* daughter? NFM JanELT (10/23/2008 1:33 a.m.)
- Company, company, where would Mary be without company? Tom P2 (10/20/2008 4:01 p.m.)
  - Well said, Tom; thanks! (nfm) Cathy Allen (10/20/2008 6:55 p.m.)
- But she actually has children... MarianneR (10/20/2008 12:25 p.m.)
  - Mary's letter in Chapter 18 Cathy Allen (10/20/2008 2:33 p.m.)
    - Anne took after her mother - that's probably why. Tom P2 (10/20/2008 4:17 p.m.)
      - Good points, Tom, but her mother died so many years ago... Cathy Allen (10/20/2008 6:53 p.m.)
        
        Not only influence - the genes... MarianneR (10/21/2008 2:51 a.m.)
  - Well... Rae (10/20/2008 1:24 p.m.)
  - I agree wholeheartedly with you LeeAnne (10/20/2008 1:17 p.m.)
    - Yes. Mary is a taker, not a giver. nfm Rachel G (10/20/2008 2:06 p.m.)
"Mary has too much of the Elliott pride." Mary NM (10/20/2008 11:02 a.m.)
- Poor Mary Patricia P (10/20/2008 1:17 p.m.)
  - My guess is Martina (10/21/2008 12:23 a.m.)
    - LR and CM Rose G (10/21/2008 8:34 a.m.)
      - You're right, Rose   Line (10/21/2008 8:43 a.m.)
        
        Lady Elliot's pride   Martina (10/21/2008 11:11 p.m.)
        
        Should read Lady Russell's pride *nfm*   Martina (10/21/2008 11:16 p.m.)
    - Elizabeth had a letter from Mary Mary NM (10/21/2008 1:25 a.m.)
      - Did she? Martina (10/21/2008 1:43 a.m.)

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