Posted by Claire on July 28, 1997 at 10:57:25:
In reply to Re: LS - A Home of her own? posted by Kathy F. on July 27, 1997 at 23:22:02
] ] ] ] Does Lady Susan have a home of her own? Presumably, Vernon Castle was sold 6 years ago (give or take). Where were she and her husband living in the meantime? And why does she have (apparently) no place to live now?
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] ] ]She lived with the Manwarings on purpose, it seems, to attract Mr. Manwaring, and make his wife miserable. She then removed to Churchill, possibly to ingratiate herself with her rich brother-in-law. Maybe she was hoping to get some money from him, or at least live there rent-free, until she married a rich man again.
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] ] I got the impression that she visited Churchill because she had so upset Mrs Manwaring that she was no longer welcome there. She had to leave quickly and the Vernon's home was her best choice since they were family.
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] Yeah, that too. But were the Vernons her only choice? Had she turned everybody so much against her that she was no longer welcome anywhere that wasn't family?
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It seems to me she had no other choices, or for what other reason would she go there when she dreaded being with her sister-in-law. Her homeless plight really isn't spelled out, and it does cause wonder.
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