She checked herself just in time
Mrs Smith stops herself from speaking badly of Elizabeth. This is so different from now; a friend would bitch about a friends sister. Mrs Smith is polite but is this really open and honest?
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I do know how to value your kindness in coming to me this morning. It is really very good of you to come and sit with me, when you must have so many pleasanter demands upon your time
Does she know Anne at all? Has her experience at the hands of Mr Elliot made her question whether there is any real friendship?
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Everybody of any consequence or notoriety in Bath was well know by name to Mrs Smith
Mrs Smith would have been a fan of gossip sheets like Lady Whistledown in the Bridgerton series
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I have had a longer acquaintance with your character than you are aware of
He's referring to Mrs Smith here, completely unaware that Anne is in contact with her. The audacity to use her memory to his advantage when he doesn't care for her now
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I may not have many more visits from you
Not sure if she's implying that Anne will move away when she marries or Mr Elliot will convince her to drop the friendship
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delighted Mr Elliot
Oh the irony! He's the reason Mrs Smith is in financial straits. Mrs Smith returns the favour by bad mouthing him (quite rightly) to Anne. Having "no surname of dignity" means Mrs Smith could be anyone so Mr Elliot doesn't make the connection
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it is its weakness and not its strength that appears in a sick chamber: it is selfishness and impatience rather than generosity and fortitude, that one hears of
I feel like Mrs Smith would enjoy reality TV
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here was that elasticity of mind, that disposition to be comforted, that power of turning readily from evil to good, and of finding employment which carried her out of herself, which was from nature alone
Mrs Smith is naturally a positive person but, like Anne, employment and feeling useful helps her. Anne's reaction seems to indicate that she would not deal as well as Mrs Smith in the same circumstances and perhaps that Mrs Smith would have dealt better with a broken engagement
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useful and good to her
She sounds just like Anne! Anne was grieving her mother and Miss Hamilton/Mrs Smith stepped into a mothering role a little.
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