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"Controlling" Mrs. Clay Written by Line (10/29/2008 5:36 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, Mr. Elliot and Mrs. Clay - a few questions..., penned by MarianneR

1) I don't think Mr. Elliot was "controlling" Mrs. Clay in any harsh or authoritarian way - he was *charming* her! If you read the Molland's scene closely, it's clear that Mrs. Clay was as eager to walk home with Mr. Elliot as Anne was. There's another quote, which I can't find right now, about how one of things that puzzled Anne about Mr. Elliot was that although he made his feelings about Mrs. Clay clear to *her* (Anne), Mrs. Clay still liked him as much as everybody else did. In short, Mr. Elliot was busy doing to Mrs. Clay what Mrs. Clay did to Sir Walter - trying to make her fall in love with him, at least enough to make her lose interest in Sir Walter.

2) "Established under his protection" was a euphemism for "she had openly become his mistress (i.e: living in his house)".

3) I think I partly answered this in #1, but IMO what *attracted* Mr. Elliot enough to openly make Mrs. Clay his mistress were the same qualities that made her a danger to Sir Walter: "She was a clever young woman, who understood the art of pleasing" (ch.2), and "She has abilities, however, as well as affections; and it is now a doubtful point whether his cunning, or hers, may finally carry the day; whether, after preventing her from being the wife of Sir Walter, he may not be wheedled and caressed at last into making her the wife of Sir William." (ch.24)

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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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