... Graham Bretton. (239) Also juxtaposed with these contradictions in character are Mr. Paul's estimations of Lucy's character. Indeed, he does understand her, as when he knows that she will savor Dr. John's letter. (241) Yet, he also comes to the conclusion that Lucy is an "egotist" (203) and "a young she wild creature, new caught, untamed." (232) This does not fit at all within ... the self-description Lucy has constructed, nor does it quite satisfy any conclusions the reader may have drawn from her actions. In the end, the reader must ask, as Ginevra Fanshawe, "Who are you ... can be f...

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