Casey reads Sense & Sensibility
Casey reads Sense & Sensibility
"Have you,” she continued, after a short silence, “ever seen Mr. Willoughby since you left him at Barton?”
“Yes,” he replied gravely, “once I have. One meeting was unavoidable.” Elinor, startled by his manner, looked at him anxiously, saying, “What? have you met him to—”
“I could meet him no other way. Eliza had confessed to me, though most reluctantly, the name of her lover; and when he returned to town, which was within a fortnight after myself, we met by appointment, he to defend, I to punish his conduct. We returned unwounded, and the meeting, therefore, never got abroad.”
This link addresses my main question after I finished the book.
http://janeactually.com/?p=264
"Have you,” she continued, after a short silence, “ever seen Mr. Willoughby since you left him at Barton?”
“Yes,” he replied gravely, “once I have. One meeting was unavoidable.” Elinor, startled by his manner, looked at him anxiously, saying, “What? have you met him to—”
“I could meet him no other way. Eliza had confessed to me, though most reluctantly, the name of her lover; and when he returned to town, which was within a fortnight after myself, we met by appointment, he to defend, I to punish his conduct. We returned unwounded, and the meeting, therefore, never got abroad.”
This link addresses my main question after I finished the book.
http://janeactually.com/?p=264
I assumed instead of pistols, that it was swords. Colonel Brandon disarms Willoughby and having had enough of death in the East Indies, and honor being satisfied, allows him to concede.
ReplyDeleteThat's better than my assumption that they used pistols and both missed.
ReplyDeleteI kept waiting for Willoughby to say what happened when he was spilling his guts to Elinore, but he doesn't mention it!
ReplyDeleteMakes me wonder if duels were common in sentimental novels. If so, it could be more of her playing with conventions by mentioning a duel and then completely leaving out any other hint of it.
ReplyDeleteQuite possibly! But I also just realized that Colonel Brandon would have spared Willoughby for Marianne's sake because he's just that good.
ReplyDeleteSure. If he disarmed Willoughby in a swordfight, he'd spare him for Marianne's sake. If they were using pistols and Willoughby missed, Brandon could've shot into the sky. Either might have further insulted Willoughby as an added bonus.
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