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Mr. Elliot and Mrs. Clay - a few questions... Written by MarianneR (10/29/2008 5:04 p.m.)

I must admit that I don´t quite understand why Mr. Elliot and Mrs. Clay end up togehter. These are the questions I was pondering on:

1. Why did Mrs. Clay leave Bath after Mr. Elliot did the same? I know it says she had sacrificed, for the young man's sake, the possibility of scheming longer for Sir Walter but I thought Mr. Elliot had been controlling her - so he must have been a rather unsympathetic person in her eyes. I thought she should have been glad that Mr. Elliot had left the town so she could go on entangeling Sir Walter.

2. Why is she heard of as established under his protection in London when she was under his control in Bath? Which leads to the next question:

3. What attracts Mr. Elliot in Mrs. Clay? She is neither handsome nor rich - so why bother at all?

Perhaps I was too occupied with Anne and Frederick that I missed the hints given on those two creatures - I would be glad if you could open my eyes! ;o)

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Mr. Elliot and Mrs. Clay - a few questions... MarianneR (10/29/2008 5:04 p.m.)

Mrs Clay thought handsome... Moni (10/29/2008 7:10 p.m.)
- Perhaps not conventionally pretty Tessa (10/29/2008 11:46 p.m.)
  - I disagree (a little) - IMO Mrs. Clay... Line (10/30/2008 10:09 a.m.)
    - I totally agree, that's exactly what I think about Mrs Clay Anna Ruby (10/30/2008 10:43 a.m.)
- It is interesting, isn't it? CarolTS (10/29/2008 9:28 p.m.)
  - Weird... Moni (10/30/2008 7:57 a.m.)
"Controlling" Mrs. Clay Line (10/29/2008 5:36 p.m.)
- Mrs Clay's future - a doubtful point. Rachel G (10/30/2008 6:59 p.m.)
  - I have my doubts Patricia P (10/31/2008 1:16 p.m.)
    - Mr Elliot's lack of money Susan L (10/31/2008 9:11 p.m.)
  - Mrs. Clay's future, part 2 Line (10/31/2008 10:26 a.m.)
    - She might have a fighting chance - unlike some others Tessa (10/31/2008 1:36 p.m.)
  - I think I really was blind... MarianneR (10/31/2008 4:00 a.m.)
  - Future of Kellynch... Moni (10/31/2008 12:13 a.m.)
    - The cancelled chapters CarolTS (10/31/2008 11:26 a.m.)
      - It could be safely assumed that...   Moni (11/1/2008 1:21 a.m.)
        
        I think that is what P3 had in mind...   Rae (11/1/2008 5:58 a.m.)
        
        I agree   CarolTS (11/1/2008 2:16 p.m.)
        
        Goody...   Moni (11/2/2008 2:10 a.m.)
    - The future of Kellynch..... JulieW (10/31/2008 5:48 a.m.)
      - "...go cap in hand to her sisters for charity." LOL Cathy Allen (10/31/2008 2:07 p.m.)
      - Yes, it has always seemed to me...   Line (10/31/2008 9:47 a.m.)
        
        I think the joke is really   JulieW (10/31/2008 10:54 a.m.)
        
        Hadn't considered that, but LOL!   Cathy Allen (10/31/2008 2:02 p.m.)
      - All good and clear, thanks JulieW! ;-D (nfm) Moni (10/31/2008 7:41 a.m.)
    - Re: Wentworth being made a Baronet Rachel G (10/31/2008 4:46 a.m.)
      - Why stop at a Baronetcy?   Rae (10/31/2008 6:03 a.m.)
        
        Becasue that's the joke?LOL nfm.   JulieW (10/31/2008 6:45 a.m.)
        
        Sorry - forgive my SOH lapse...   Rae (10/31/2008 10:50 a.m.)
      - Baronets were created in this era.....   JulieW (10/31/2008 5:29 a.m.)
        
        Without another war   Patricia P (10/31/2008 1:06 p.m.)
        
        But JA didn't have   JulieW (10/31/2008 1:27 p.m.)
        
        You are right   Patricia P (10/31/2008 5:54 p.m.)
        
        Makes it clearer too, thanks JulieW;-)) (nfm)   Moni (10/31/2008 7:44 a.m.)
        
        Thanks JulieW &Rae...   Rachel G (10/31/2008 6:30 a.m.)
- Thank you, Line, MarianneR (10/30/2008 4:11 a.m.)

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