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Although Written by Anselm (9/5/2009 5:35 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, the childhoods of the two sets of Dashwoods, penned by LouAnn

terminology around 1800 was looser than it is now. "Cousin" was used for "relative" and "mother" for "mother in law". In S&S, Mrs Dashwood, John's stepmother, is referred to in Ch.1 as his mother in law, and his stepsisters as his sisters. Given this, could it be possible that the word "children" in the quote above could be taken to include stepchildren?

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Chapter 1: We meet the Dashwoods, part 2 kathleen (elder) (9/5/2009 12:41 p.m.)

The Dashwood children Elbè (9/5/2009 1:07 p.m.)
- The Dashwoods lived at Stanhill Divya (9/5/2009 1:23 p.m.)
  - Pardon typo - "too fine" - NFM Divya (9/5/2009 1:25 p.m.)
  - Yes, it was Stanhill Nina RG (9/5/2009 1:59 p.m.)
  - Yes, not only nan duval (9/5/2009 11:29 p.m.)
    - Hateful Fanny kathleen (elder) (9/6/2009 5:28 a.m.)
      - I read less into that passage Tom P2 (9/6/2009 10:32 p.m.)
        
        You may be right kathleen (elder) (9/7/2009 7:07 a.m.)
John Dashwood and his stepmother Heather Leigh (9/5/2009 2:56 p.m.)
- I agree Crystal M (9/5/2009 6:14 p.m.)
- You make an excellent point here! Outi (9/6/2009 3:12 p.m.)
- If he had lived with them... Martina C (9/8/2009 9:58 a.m.)
the childhoods of the two sets of Dashwoods LouAnn (9/5/2009 3:36 p.m.)
- Although Anselm (9/5/2009 5:35 p.m.)
  - An example of this Carol J. (9/5/2009 9:47 p.m.)
  - had not thought of that LouAnn (9/6/2009 1:28 p.m.)
Salubrious Effects of Marriage - or Not Robin Jill (9/6/2009 12:20 p.m.)

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