“Your sister, I understand, does not approve of second attachments.” “No,” replied Elinor, “her opinions are all romantic.” “Or rather, as I believe, she considers them impossible to exist.” “I believe she does. But how she contrives it without reflecting on the character of her own father, who had himself two wives, I know not.
Characters in the novel who have two or more attachments:
Marianne - Willoughby, Brandon
Willoughby - Eliza Williams {Jr.), Marianne, Miss Grey
Edward - Lucy, Elinor
Lucy - Edward and Robert Ferrars
Henry Dashwood - two wives: the mother of John and the mother of Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret
Colonel Brandon - Eliza Williams (Sr.), Marianne
Elinor has only one attachment. So, at the end of the novel, does her mother, as well as Mrs. Jennings.
