Of all the family, Mary was probably the one most immediately gratified by the circumstance of Anne’s engagement … Mary was one of the first to receive the news of Anne’s engagement. Calling on her father and sister in Camden Place she was eager to discuss it all, and hear from Sir Walter’s lips his …
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Persuasion 200: Wentworth Applies to Sir Walter
Captain Wentworth, ecstatic with Anne’s acceptance of his hand, ventures to Camden Place to apply for Sir Walter’s consent… His footfalls sounded briskly off the pavement as Captain Wentworth strode to the home of the Elliots in Camden Place. With the warm sun peeking through the fluffy clouds, the weather was brilliant and reflected …
Persuasion 200: William Elliot meets his cousin Elizabeth
William Walter Elliot esq. is the heir presumptive of Sir Walter Elliot’s baronetcy and of Sir Walter’s property, Kellynch Hall, as Sir Walter has only daughters. His eldest daughter, Elizabeth, has, since her girlhood, considered William to be the most suitable possible husband for her—he is of the proper rank and will be a baronet, …
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