Up against Harville’s claim that feminine easily look to new love, Anne protests one to guys–with the personal requirements and you will elite hobbies–enjoys deeper aid in beating losses, if you find yourself feminine could only gently suffer and you can survive
Another movement of one’s unique reveals having Anne’s coming in Bath with Woman Russell to join their own father and you may sis. Here she finds out William Walter Elliot spending legal so you can their particular father, just who still hopes a marriage between your heir and you may Elizabeth commonly continue Kellynch within his line. Anne plus finds brand new insinuating Mrs. Anne visits a classic buddy, Mrs. Smith, today sick and you may lifestyle during the Bath when you look at the straitened points. Mrs. Smith generally seems to discover a great deal about William Walter Elliot, exactly who Anne discovers hard to realize and you can candidates of obtaining an excellent double reputation. Then the Crofts and you can Wentworth visited Bath, and you will Anne hears that have surprise that the appear to heartbroken Benwick has end up being involved so you can Louisa Musgrove. Regarding higher set piece of the fresh novel various dominating letters find both at a performance, in which Anne as ever devotes by herself on the comfort out-of anybody else. Afterwards she finds out of Mrs. Smith you to definitely William Walter Elliot possess a vicious profile. He’s visited Shower so you can head from Mrs. Clay’s activities on Sir Walter as he concerns you to definitely a marriage between them might result on the men heir needed to keep Kellynch in the Sir Walter’s line.