In spite of the elaboration, Jemima was still rather befuddled at what this essay could possibly say about women. (Essays sounded about as interesting as reading a Transfiguration textbook, generally.)
But if it was about women, then perhaps it would be an exception! Jemima didn’t say it, but privately she thought she ought to read anything she could about marriage, just so that she didn’t fail at it – Clementine was certainly persuasive.
“I’m sure it will be soon enough,” Jemima answered sympathetically, to not yet applicable (– she was trying to be reassuring, never mind the model her marriage had probably made of the prospect). “But – it sounds interesting. I confess I haven’t read many essays before. But I would be happy to – try,” she offered. It was the least she could do, if it would make her sister-in-law like her.
But if it was about women, then perhaps it would be an exception! Jemima didn’t say it, but privately she thought she ought to read anything she could about marriage, just so that she didn’t fail at it – Clementine was certainly persuasive.
“I’m sure it will be soon enough,” Jemima answered sympathetically, to not yet applicable (– she was trying to be reassuring, never mind the model her marriage had probably made of the prospect). “But – it sounds interesting. I confess I haven’t read many essays before. But I would be happy to – try,” she offered. It was the least she could do, if it would make her sister-in-law like her.
