] Marianne, who did not believe in second attachments, married a second attachment herself!

] It has made me think, and I notice that most people in this book do not marry their first attachment.

Let's list them, shall we? There are quite a few. I have included their full name as given either in the book or the film, and their attachments in the order they happened. Second attachments that turned out well (and oftentimes better) are marked. (There is a discussion of this going on at Austentations - or was it Life and Times?)

*Henry Dashwood - his first wife, and the current Mrs Dashwood
*Marianne Dashwood-Brandon - Willoughby, Colonel Brandon
*Colonel Christopher Brandon - Eliza, Marianne
*Edward Ferrars - Lucy, Elinor
Lucy Steele-Ferrars - Edward, Robert
John Willoughby - Eliza, Sophia, Marianne (who knows if there were others!)
Eliza Williams-Brandon - Colonel Brandon, his brother