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Date Posted: 06:21:02 09/04/07 Tue
Author: teddie ()
Subject: Yes, Jane, I agree. John is a gentleman and a decent person and provided an excellent way to help the Dunsany family (and himself, somewhere deep down) by marrying Isobel.
In reply to: Jane 's message, "I think Lord John explained his reasoning pretty well in Voyager when he told Claire the story of the time he'd informed Jamie he was going to marry Isobel. (Page 931 in the paperback). Not just for Willie's sake but to help out Dunsany who was growing too old to run the estate. John didn't feel the two women could do it alone. He argued that there was a lot more to marriage than "carnal love". He did have affectionate feelings for Isobel and her family, they were well suited for each other socially, he had "proved his capacity" to make her an adequate husband. I thought it was pretty obvious that she worshiped him and would have been pleased to be his wife in any case. Of course, looking out for Willie and establishing a permanent link with Jamie might have been his true goal, but I don't think he hadn't thought through the moral and emotional obligations he'd have as Isobel's husband." on 06:16:59 09/04/07 Tue

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  • But do you not think Isobeal was "cheated" by having just an "adequate" husband. What IS "adequate"? Of course, I am interjecting my own feelings into this. We all do - based on our own experiences. An "adequate" husband would not be enough for me. (NT) -- GwenM, 08:58:50 09/04/07 Tue

  • I don't think Isobel was cheated at all. Most marriages of the time were of convenience and business; not so frequently for love. Isobel made what would be considered a prudent match with Lord John, and Geneva's marriage to Ellesmere--definitely not for love, either. (NT) -- teddie, 09:35:48 09/04/07 Tue

  • Yes, I think Isobel was cheated ONLY if she went into the marriage unaware. Every decent person deserves a partner that adores them in all aspects. (NT) -- Conmama, 09:37:06 09/04/07 Tue

  • Isobel was 15 when Jamie came to Helwater - so, at her marriage to John she was 21 or so. Why wasn't she already married?? 21 is sort of old for those days. (NT) -- GwenM, 10:15:25 09/04/07 Tue

  • Oh, Gwen, Lord John has money, a good position and he surely wouldn't beat her. That's the definition of a good husband, no? (NT) -- Carol P, 10:34:13 09/06/07 Thu

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