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I meant it in jest :-) Written by janelt (9/10/2009 7:46 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, Age group., penned by Reeba

However, to be serious, suppose I follow the presupposition, if there were younger ladies and gentlemen there, wouldn't they tend to gravitate toward one another and sit together, while the older guests gathered in their own little cliques in another section of the audience?

But yes, you are right - CB would be too polite to just get up and walk away - but I wasn't sure if he was sitting down in the first place, you know. I don't see it in the text that he was sitting down anywhere, and that it was a performance-type concert. Did I read it wrong?

I just revisited Ch 7 and did not see anything about seating arrangements. Not being a historian of the time period, I had the assumption that some people were standing up and some were sitting down when Marianne was playing (hence her comment about their "shameless want of taste" as they seemed to go about their business with her merely playing to nobody but an "old" man). But I might be wrong.

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The Colonel, comfortable in his own flannel. janelt (9/8/2009 11:45 p.m.)

As an amateur musician myself... Cathy Allen (9/9/2009 5:19 p.m.)
Enter Colonel Brandon Elizabeth K (moved by moderator) (9/9/2009 10:48 a.m.)
- Interesting points about Marianne and the colonel Barbara (9/9/2009 2:48 p.m.)
  - Raptures Barb JA (9/10/2009 8:02 a.m.)
  - If the Colonel had been more animated in his response... janelt (9/9/2009 11:48 p.m.)
    - Age group. Reeba (9/10/2009 6:06 a.m.)
      - I meant it in jest :-) janelt (9/10/2009 7:46 p.m.)
Yes, I mentioned... Reeba (9/9/2009 2:31 a.m.)
- Some more thoughts. Reeba (9/9/2009 4:07 a.m.)
  - Indeed, I had thought so too. nan duval (9/10/2009 6:39 p.m.)
  - By all means, please do go on! janelt (9/9/2009 8:21 p.m.)
    - You crack me up! Barb JA (9/10/2009 7:12 a.m.)
    - LOL! Reeba (9/10/2009 6:08 a.m.)
  - I've always supposed this too Barbara (9/9/2009 12:05 p.m.)
  - Agreed Elbè (9/9/2009 8:19 a.m.)
Beyond what we're reading? CarolTS (9/9/2009 2:16 a.m.)
- Chapter 8 Barb JA (9/9/2009 12:00 p.m.)
  - Yes--not a spoiler Barbara (9/9/2009 12:07 p.m.)
    - Yes! Ch 8. Very sorry for the typo. NFM janelt (9/9/2009 12:42 p.m.)
      - Sorry CarolTS (9/9/2009 12:45 p.m.)

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