after the initial description of Captain Benwick but before we meet him, in which Anne reflects on his situation:

"He is younger than I am; younger in feeling, if not in fact; younger as a man. He will rally again, and be happy with another."

The interactions between Anne and Benwick do give us some good insight into her way of coping with sorrow, by contrast. She is not one to wallow, but rather hopes to be guided by "the strongest examples of moral and religious endurance."