The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
"Did he really mean to ask her to marry him?" (Wharton, 113) So we left off with Selden telling Lily that he loved her, and supposedly this means he asked her for her hand in marriage. I guess that is how they did it back in the olden days, but that whole situation is rather ridiculous. Selden tries to avoid Lily, now Lily is avoiding Selden; it is all rather dumb. I mean Lily wants to marry, so what is the problem with marrying Selden? (I mean he is the type of guy you root for to win the girl over. For example in the Twilight series, Bella was obviously going to end up with Edward, but Jacob was her perfect match so I had to root for him.)
Then we get this whole insanely creepy situation with Lily going to meet Mrs. Trenor, but she is not even in town. To be honest, I read this part about twenty times and am still not sure what Trenor is freaking out about. He is a married man so he should not have expected anything from Lily, and he offered his help to begin with. He completely freaks Lily out; I would be freaked out too.
Gerty Farish, who is good friends with Lily, decides that she is envious and now despises Lily. Gerty is a very compassionate woman though, and when Lily is in need, she puts her feelings aside and helps her friend. Gerty is good to Lily; she should keep her close.
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