Persuasion Part II

Anne is depressed when her father decides to settle in Bath because it is cheaper, she dislikes the city. She then receives some more bad news. Mr Shepherd their lawyer, has found a tenant, who is an admiral in the Navy. He is a married man with no children, and Anne then learns that his wife is the sister of Captain Wentworth, who 7 years earlier had been visiting Kellynch and fell in love with her. However, their short lived romance ended because Wentworth was starting out in his career and had no money, and Anne felt that it would be wrong to tie him to an engagement. Lady Russell had not liked Wentworth..believing that he was arrogant and pushy, and not liking the idea of her beloved young friend having to wait for years till he made his fortune. She is planning to stay for a while with her sister Mary before moving to Bath and she's afraid now of meeting Wentworth. She meets the Crofts, his sister and brother in law and finds them good decent people who have spent much of their lives at sea, and likes them. But Wentworth is cool with her and she fears that he will never forgive her for breaking their engagement so long ago. Anne stays with Mary and her husband Charles, who is a nice good natured man, and who once asked her to marry him. She refused but she gets on with him. Wentworth is part of tehir new social circle and he seems to be taken up with Charles' two sisters, Louisa and Henrietta, who are young and pretty and who admire the gallant sailor. Anne is a little hurt that he seems to have become cold towards her....