to focus just on Anne, and hard too, I couldn't go off on tangents. I felt more sympathy for Lady Russell too, and found that she was really Anne's only stalwart friend, and she really did have Anne's best interests at heart. I found Anne stronger in a kind of retreating way than I have noticed before. she endures. (In some ways she reminded me of Fanny, loving in spite of years and years of uncertainty, though for different reasons, of course!)