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Date Posted: 08:14:09 02/19/09 Thu
Author: CatherineM.
Subject: Thanks, Chastity and CarolP -- Jessie and I are really looking forward to hearing more from you next Monday!
In reply to: Carol P 's message, "Unkind though it may be to say, Fanny struck me as one of those unanalytical people that stuff just happens to. Fanny doesn't seem to think that she can control anything, even her own life. I don't think she can envision the future, if that makes any sense. For several years, she lived with Beardsley, counting the days. But even though she was frequently alone, she didn't try to leave. Even thinking Mr B was a wife-murderer, she didn't run. After the stroke, Fanny tortured B just to see him suffer and because she could, but she had no plans beyond today. I wonder if she didn't leave the camp because she assumed she'd be punished if she stayed, revealed as the mother of a black. She told her lover in the canebrake she never would have left the baby if the baby hadn't been black. A bit of shame and fear of society's reprisal was enough to make Fanny run, but her lack of thought and faith in herself made her leave the babe." on 18:33:42 02/18/09 Wed


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[> [> [> [> And thank you, Red! Sorry I overlooked you -- be sure to come back on Monday, aye? -- CatherineM., 12:29:02 02/19/09 Thu


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