Ch.31/32: Brandon stops by in the morning, and while Marianne flees the room (again), Elinor welcomes him. He proceeds to trauma dump his whole sad life story, ending with Willoughby's having seduced, impregnated, and abandoned Brandon's ward, Eliza 2. The fact that the two men duel is skated over pretty quickly, but I've gotta ask: why do a military man and an avid hunter both walk away unscathed? Starting to believe this meme was the real story.
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Ch. 29/30: Marianne is rightfully heartbroken after Willoughby sends the most fuckboy letter of all time, straight up like, "Hey, sorry if you got the wrong idea from my excessive flirting, but I'm engaged, actually" and it's horrible. In her anguish, Marianne twists the knife, invoking Edward's supposed love for Elinor. Mrs. J offers up comfort food and wine but it's no use and Elinor happily chugs the Constantia herself. Girl has earned it!
Ch. 27/28 - Berkeley St
Col. Brandon comes to visit daily "to look at Marianne and talk to Elinor", but Marianne is in a tizzy waiting for Willoughby and refusing to leave the house, even for common courtesy, but it makes no difference, as Willoughby is determinedly avoiding her!
When she does finally encounter him at a ball, he is distant and ignores all references to her dreadfully improper correspondence to him. She is very publicly wretched.
Ch. 27/28: Willoughby is almost completely MIA- he dropped his card once when the Dashwoods were out, but other than that, he's giving A+ level ghosting. Marianne is slowly losing it, but at a party, she finally sees him! A miracle! However, in a dramatic turn equal to that of Demi blanking Kylie at the Golden Globes, Willoughby pretty much ignores her, greeting Elinor only, making some lame-ass remarks to M, and then making a quick escape. WTF?!
#Pemberlittens it's your mid month check in. How's it going? Are you reading 2 Chapters a Day all month? @Andrea313 @CaramelLunacy are doing fun posts.
Myself I'm doing daily read but will probably finish early to get Discussion Questions ready for January 30th.
*Remember to tag #JaneAustenThenAndNow so every one can find your posts.
"From this moment her mind was never quiet; the expectation of seeing him every hour of the day, made her unfit for any thing."
#Pemberlittens Chapters 27/28 Marianne the Drama Queen Dashwood and her letter writing. ??♀️
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Chapters 23-26
Lucy Steele is determined to stake her claim on Edward. Elinor is convinced that Edward cannot possibly be in love with her, but she somehow is not upset with HIM for leading both of them on.
Marianne and Elinor then go to London with Mrs. Jennings (suddenly less intolerable to Marianne when she can be used to track down Willoughby...). Marianne sends him a note (so forward!) but the visitor at their door is Col Brandon instead.
Ch. 25/26: Mrs. J invites the Dashwoods to stay with her in London and for some reason Marianne is...into it? But immediately upon arrival, M's motives become clear - she sends a note to Willoughby, and Elinor is like, "Engagement confirmed!" Why else would Marianne be so bold as to *gasp* write a letter? A knock on the door makes Marianne jump but when she finds Brandon on the other end, not W, she flees the room immediately. A little tact, girl!
Ch. 23/24: Elinor tries to come to terms with Edward's engagement to Lucy in the most exasperatingly Elinor way possible- by feeling worse for him than she feels for herself and by pretending that absolutely nothing is wrong. When she's next able to get Lucy alone, she gently pushes for intel, and eventually concludes that Edward could not possibly love his fiancee. I mean, who could?! I think the tweet pictured here speaks for all of us, amirite?
Negotiate a peace
Or negotiate a time and place
This is commonplace, specially 'tween recruits
Most disputes die and no one shoots. 🎶
9h