I wonder if, at Oxford, Rowan heard one too many people saying that women didn't *really* cut it as scholars. Nicola would have stuck her chin out and thought "I'll show YOU!"; Rowan might have quietly despaired. If you couple that with never really fitting with her own age group, as you suggested, she might have leapt at what she saw as her first real chance at love. God, what a horrific situation.
And I agree. Rowan has quietly given up her life to Keep The Family Together; Karen, who had a chance, has thrown it away, and not even for the benefit of the Marlows.
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Date: 2006-03-05 03:19 am (UTC)I wonder if, at Oxford, Rowan heard one too many people saying that women didn't *really* cut it as scholars. Nicola would have stuck her chin out and thought "I'll show YOU!"; Rowan might have quietly despaired. If you couple that with never really fitting with her own age group, as you suggested, she might have leapt at what she saw as her first real chance at love. God, what a horrific situation.
And I agree. Rowan has quietly given up her life to Keep The Family Together; Karen, who had a chance, has thrown it away, and not even for the benefit of the Marlows.