...traditional debate about conflict between parents and children over the marriage choice when she states that "When any two Young People take it into their heads...to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to bear down all opposition Acarry their pointA." Austen transfers this deleted phrase to "how should...

...accepted (247). Once Anne has made Wentworth understand her, their marriage is said to be inevitable: "Who can be in doubt of what followed? When any two...to be necessary to each other's ultimate comfort" (248). The triumph of young love is presented as the least romantic of realities. All irony aside,...