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Re: For every Willoughby...

February 19, 2015 04:49PM
Hi, Little Nell.

No, I didn't really mean to imply Bingley asking Jane anything directly, just going back and trying to gauge her reception towards him (which we know would have been positive even though he didn't). Since not a word of love had been spoken and not even a hand touch beyond the dance floor, how would it be different if he just accepted Mrs Bennet's invitation to dine with the family? That broached no protocols or social customs. In fact, but for Bingley being almost Shanghai'd away from Netherfield by Darcy and his sisters, that's probably how events would have unfolded gradually. Bingley had already ridden into Meryton on the way to the manor house to enquire after Jane's health. He was smitten. Darcy knew this and was afraid his friend would fall into the clutches of the Longbourne Munsters. It's easy for us to see, in retrospect, what Darcy's objections were, because who would want a Mrs Bennet and her frightful daughters as in laws? Perish the thought! But none of that had to matter if Bingley felt he was in love with Jane. We know all about Jane's anguish and her own feelings of rejection, but what of Bingley's feelings?

All that was different when he next saw her was that he'd wasted eight months when he could have acted as he did right then? When he finally returned, did he not ride up to Longbourne Manor, knock on the door and tell Jane of his feelings?
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The missing eight months

Jim G.MFebruary 13, 2015 01:37PM

Cracked up over this one

Femme MalheureuseFebruary 17, 2015 09:42PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 18, 2015 01:48PM

Jim: the circle around the arts; Charles: the circle around Darcy

Femme MalheureuseFebruary 18, 2015 06:38PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 18, 2015 09:02PM

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Jim D.February 19, 2015 05:52PM

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Jim D.February 19, 2015 09:41PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 19, 2015 10:32PM

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Jim D.February 20, 2015 01:25AM

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Jim D.February 20, 2015 05:50PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 20, 2015 08:24PM

Someone like Willoughby, for example?

GracielaFebruary 19, 2015 12:49AM

For every Willoughby...

Jim G.MFebruary 19, 2015 02:39PM

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Little NellFebruary 19, 2015 03:40PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 19, 2015 04:49PM

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Little NellFebruary 19, 2015 05:12PM

Re: Someone like Willoughby, for example?

Jim G.MFebruary 19, 2015 12:12PM

Brilliant, Graciela!

RedsonFebruary 19, 2015 01:20AM

Perfect! Well done! (nfm)

Sandy CFebruary 18, 2015 03:57PM

Re: Cracked up over this one

RedsonFebruary 18, 2015 12:39AM

Re: The missing eight months

MichelleAnne--February 14, 2015 06:41PM

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AlanFebruary 15, 2015 12:31AM

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Harvey S.February 14, 2015 04:52PM

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Suzanne OFebruary 15, 2015 03:41PM

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Harvey S.February 24, 2015 05:57PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 24, 2015 10:19PM

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AdelaideFebruary 27, 2015 12:11PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 27, 2015 02:32PM

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Agnes BeatrixFebruary 15, 2015 10:10PM

Georgiana's establishment

TashaFebruary 15, 2015 05:52PM

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Agnes BeatrixFebruary 16, 2015 12:03PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 15, 2015 07:13PM

Why Georgiana would (or might) live separately from her brother

RedsonFebruary 15, 2015 10:22PM

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AlanFebruary 16, 2015 08:34AM

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Jim G.MFebruary 16, 2015 07:22PM

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RedsonFebruary 17, 2015 04:29AM

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Debra McFebruary 15, 2015 10:19PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 16, 2015 12:20AM

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Rosie J.February 17, 2015 05:51AM

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Jim G.MFebruary 17, 2015 01:11PM

I agree, Debra Mc (nfm)

RedsonFebruary 15, 2015 10:26PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 15, 2015 01:50PM

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Jim G.MFebruary 14, 2015 07:04PM



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