Sense and Sensibility, Volume the Third, Chapter Eight

In which Willoughby attempts to justify his actions, and... and that's about it, actually.



Aww, don't you feel bad for poor Willoughby now? It's not that he didn't care about Marianne, he just cared about money more! Because he had such a tendency to spend beyond his means!

And look at this, while the tiniest violin in the world plays during this one chapter, Willoughby manages to get three whole illustrations:

2:02 - "I entreat you to stay."

In case anyone thought I simply mispronounced the word "luncheon" at 4:49, I did indeed say "nunchion." That is, in fact, the word that "luncheon" came from in the first place, meaning a light meal in the middle of the day or between larger meals, and coming itself (naturally enough) in part from the word "noon."

13:45 - "I was formally dismissed."

20:21 - "I have entered many a shop to avoid your sight."

When Willoughby says that he encountered Sir John in Drury Lane lobby at 27:44, he's referring to the lobby of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, a huge and well-known theater of the time. If I'm not mistaken, its concessions were supplied by a mysterious gentleman known only as "the Muffin Man."

And, I must say, I absolutely love the fact that Sir John brings up the issue of the puppy again, so many chapters later.


If you would like to read along, the text can be found at Project Gutenberg, and high-res copies of the Thompson illustrations can be found in the British Library's Flickr stream. No reading ahead, though!