<29> Lest it appear Waters neglects to develop her other heroine, Sue, the end of the novel hints at both the physical relationship of the two girls and the possible creative, writing relationship they may share: ‘What does it say?’[…] [Maud] said, ‘it is filled with all the wo...
which throughout the novel remains rigid, simple, and categorical. Often he speaks in general, impersonal statements: His remark, “I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these” (26), for example, betrays indifference to the fact that Elizabeth’s family may fai...