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The Characters

Edgeworth

I used to believe there was little reason to marry other than as a means of escaping my mother’s rule. And then I met Charles Edgeworth, a gentleman whose mind and manners were as captivating as his person. He was the first man of my acquaintance who appeared to want more than a pretty girl with all the usual accomplishments. He truly valued my mind, my taste for reading, my opinions. Although at first I could not see how a widower who had truly loved his wife could possibly form a second attachment, I came to see that he, like Colonel Brandon of Sense and Sensibility, could truly love more than once. Or so I thought. For on the day I was to accept his offer of marriage, I happened upon him with another woman.