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A home scene shows an elderly aunt warning a young woman against marriage because of her own unhappy experience, while the woman's brother teases and comforts them both. The aunt frets about love, loss, and dwindling means; the niece responds with sympathy and amusement. The brother, a young doctor engaged to the niece, alternates between playful banter and absorbed concern for his work, briefly delaying domestic plans. The chapter establishes family bonds, social manners, courtship tensions, and the contrast between sentimental warning and practical obligations.
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A home scene shows an elderly aunt warning a young woman against marriage because of her own unhappy experience, while the woman's brother teases and comforts them both. The aunt frets about love, loss, and dwindling means; the niece responds with sympathy and amusement. The brother, a young doctor engaged to the niece, alternates between playful banter and absorbed concern for his work, briefly delaying domestic plans. The chapter establishes family bonds, social manners, courtship tensions, and the contrast between sentimental warning and practical obligations.
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