Maria: pg 92 - “Yes, there is nothing else to be done. But now, sincerely" But now sincerely implies the sentence before that was not of sincere intent. Lacks the Decorum expected of a wife-to-be (to want to be guided by and not parted from her husband-to-be). Link to pg 77 "She had rushworth-feelings and Crawford-feelings, and in the vicinity of Southerton, the former had considerable effect" (improper for an engaged woman to have affections for multiple men) pg 92 - short silence…”I was glad to see you so well entertained" pretense here is Ironic. Improper for her to desire the attention of a man who is not her betrothed. Given the expectations of an engaged woman to not desire the attention from her fiance in order to fulfill her responsibility to her family by ensuring that “all who were connected to him in situations of respectability” in her eventual marriage, this highlights her lack of a sense of Decorum and Propriety of a wo...
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