Re: Crawford, Chapter 7

Why, I'm shocked--shocked!--that you don't think Mary will give her brother up! Whatever gave you that idea?

Yes, poor Fanny is suffering silently through all of this. Everyone else is running around, talking of their feelings, lamenting, confiding. She's the only one whose real feelings no one knows.

Great observations about Henry! He does seem lost, doesn't he? He did this thing, destroyed his best hopes for no good reason whatsoever, and now he doesn't know how to deal with that. He's trifled with ladies for so long without consequences, it probably never crossed his mind that going after Maria could create problems for him, but now he has no choice but to live with it.

Thanks. Shannon!