] Their taste was strikingly alike. The same books, the same passages were idolized by each

] ...that he says what he learns that she wants to hear. Are they really so like minded on so many things, or is it just his way of acting the 'charmer'.

For some reason (dense, I'm sure), I've never noticed in reading, but I should have known that a person who agrees to like everything you like is suspicious. But maybe I was distracted by the dramatic rescue and the introduction of a very handsome, charming, engaging man like W., and maybe Marianne was, too.