How shatteringly possible. I do think there's much more of a sudden divide between Still At School and not even allowed to visit a charity shop without permission, and Grown Up and therefore able to make huge decisions like 'marry old, old man with three tiny, tiny tots' (or, for that matter, 'start breeding New Forest ponies'), in the books than there is for their present-day readers. There's that bit in Run Away Home where someone, probably either Patrick or Peter, says that Rowan is obviously a grown-up, and Karen looks parent-like enough for Judith Oeschli to ask which is her child, which presumably means she looks at least twenty-three.
As for the 'Because she fancies him' / 'Because he fancies her' I actually do think Edwin must have some kind of animal magnetism or at least slow-burning charm, because it's clearly not his looks or his outgoing nature that have attracted two wives. Perhaps he's quite genuinely Mr Rochester-like to those inclined that way.
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Re: From the horse's mouth...
Date: 2005-04-09 12:33 pm (UTC)As for the 'Because she fancies him' / 'Because he fancies her' I actually do think Edwin must have some kind of animal magnetism or at least slow-burning charm, because it's clearly not his looks or his outgoing nature that have attracted two wives. Perhaps he's quite genuinely Mr Rochester-like to those inclined that way.