I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in F. W.
I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I enter your father's house this evening or never.
Captain Wentworth’s love letter to Anne Elliot
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I honestly don't understand how some people think Alexander Colbourne is "boring." The man is raising the child his wife had by cheating on him. He could have dropped her off at an orphanage and gone on with his life. But no. He kept her, gave her his name, and cares for her as if she were his own.
He also took in his cheating wife's neice when her parents died. He's not blood to either of those girls, but he's still trying to do the best for them because to him they are family.
He's also willing to learn and listen. He actually learned from Charlotte and admitted she was right. He was willing to let her go and let her marry another man because it was her choice. He supports her dreams and goals. He doesn't insist that she be a stay at home wife and mother as was generally expected of women back then. In fact, in the one year leap, Charlotte is getting off work and Alexander is the one initially holding the baby, implying that Alexander is the one caring for their child while his wife is working. This was highly unusual back then.
What about this is "boring"?
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