"We have had a very dull Christmas."
-Mary Elliot Musgrove, Persuasion
Well, we can't count on anything positive coming from Mary, can we? It's nice to remember that usually whatever she is thinking or feeling is quite the opposite of how it was. Besides, everyone knows that you only have as much of a fun (or dull) time as you let yourself. I shall have no problem in the least having a fantastic Christmas. It's going to be even better considering the contrast it is certain to have from my last (and absolute worst ever) Christmas.
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One of the Persuasion spin-offs I read had an interesting perspective on Mary. They pointed out that Mary has lost her mother at a fairly young age and with her father being the way she was, she was most likely neglected and probably came up with her hypochondria because it was the only way she got any attention. It's been quite awhile since I've read the book. Does it bring that up?
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