"...Prepare for your sister-in-law, Eleanor, and such a sister-in-law as you must delight in! -- Open, candid, artless, guileless, with affections strong but simple, forming no pretentions, and knowing no disguise."Henry's meaning
Posted by Hilary on January 13, 1998 at 13:49:24:
"...Prepare for your sister-in-law, Eleanor, and such a sister-in-law as you must delight in! -- Open, candid, artless, guileless, with affections strong but simple, forming no pretentions, and knowing no disguise."
"Such a sister-in-law, Henry, I should delight in," said Eleanor, with a smile.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems to me that Henry is talking about Catherine as Eleanor's sister-in-law, even though he had just been speaking of Isabella. Is he giving credit to Catherine for telling them of Isabella's engagement?
Is there something that I'm missing here?
Posting followups to old messages is disabled; instead go to the main index and post a new message which mentions this one.
