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one point I'm sure is Sophia's... Written by Heather Leigh (10/19/2009 4:04 p.m.) in consequence of the missive, Did Sophia write the Letter?, penned by Robbin

... and that is the insistence that his "affections have been long engaged elsewhere." I think Sophia wants him to vow that he doesn't just love her NOW (when their marriage is imminent) but that he loved her before he went off to Devonshire and loved her during their separation.

I can believe that Sophia insisted on him writing an account of what happened during their separation that is flattering and tolerable to herself - that he didn't fall in love with or deliberately/knowingly captivate another girl, but that a girl misinterpreted his ordinary friendliness to her family and developed a raging crush on him.

And I wouldn't be surprised if she made this letter the price of continuing their engagement.

Sophia seemed to know she was buying an untrustworthy husband, and she saw the need to get him in line before she signed on the dotted line...

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Did Sophia write the Letter? Robbin (10/19/2009 1:21 a.m.)

Do we have any... Reeba (10/21/2009 2:55 p.m.)
- Sophia’s character & forgetting the letter Robbin (10/23/2009 12:40 p.m.)
  - I had not noticed .... Rachel G (10/23/2009 3:13 p.m.)
    - He reminded Elinor of it several paragraphs earlier, though Tom P2 (10/23/2009 5:04 p.m.)
      - Thanks for pointing that out (:D) nfm Robbin (10/23/2009 7:18 p.m.)
      - So he did! Rachel G (10/23/2009 5:46 p.m.)
- Older woman? Graciela (10/21/2009 3:31 p.m.)
  - Older than Marianne and Eliza? Barbara (10/21/2009 5:09 p.m.)
It felt like it might be a sham... Clellie M. (10/20/2009 10:55 p.m.)
- nothing is ever his fault Karen G (10/22/2009 1:59 p.m.)
- Please just use Clellie when you post... Candace (10/21/2009 1:04 a.m.)
The infamous letter? A join effort, I think, Rachel G (10/19/2009 8:33 p.m.)
- W needed Sophia more than she needed him Barb JA (10/20/2009 7:33 a.m.)
one point I'm sure is Sophia's... Heather Leigh (10/19/2009 4:04 p.m.)
Interesting question! Louise H (10/19/2009 11:42 a.m.)
- I think both had a hand in it LouAnn (10/19/2009 11:49 a.m.)
  - But that actually necessitates another assumption... Melissa K (10/20/2009 1:32 p.m.)
    - the hair and the letters LouAnn (10/20/2009 2:58 p.m.)
      - He had to return them, I think.   Melissa K. (10/20/2009 7:23 p.m.)
        
        He could have lied, though   LouAnn (10/21/2009 7:53 a.m.)
        
        I wonder if Willoughby would have answered   kathleen (elder) (10/21/2009 12:33 p.m.)
        
        Would it not have broke your heart...   Clellie M. (10/20/2009 11:06 p.m.)
        
        Clellie, please remember to post as "Clellie"   Laurel (10/21/2009 7:46 a.m.)

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