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As we learn subsequently, she is completely duped by his ability to act a part. It is a good exercise to re-read Mr Elliot's speeches in this chapter in the light of your knowledge of his duplicity. Can you see how carefully they are structured, and how they lack, for instance, the impulsive quality of Wentworth's language in Chapter 8? Try to analyse what it is that makes them seem unnatural. Chapter 17 Anne discovers an old school friend, Mrs Smith, living in Bath, widowed, crippled and in straitened financial circumstances.
Another irony is that Wentworth's personal fortune greatly exceeds Sir Walter's, and the baronet's condescension to his new son-in-law is therefore somewhat misplaced. Note the text's neatness of structure - we are back with Sir Walter and the baronetage, the point at which the story started. Throughout this final chapter, the narrative voice remains detached, in contrast to the intensity of analysis we witnessed in the previous episode. The loose ends of the story are tied up in an almost dismissive fashion, largely concentrating on the attitudes of the other characters towards Anne and Wentworth's engagement.
Note Wentworth's comment about the past: this is the first time he has made explicit reference to his memories of eight years before. The importance of the past is ironically strengthened by Elizabeth's denial of it: 'The past was nothing' is a phrase that reveals her lack of understanding. The Elliots' invitation to Wentworth pinpoints his 33 dilemma, as he is torn between his contempt for the Elliots' condescension and his wish to be with Anne, and the gulf between the two modes of living and their associated sets of values is emphatically confirmed.