Ha, someone else I discussed this with had a similar idea! But I think if M2 and F had a previous love affair, the neighbors' tongues might wag just a bit too sharply for the author's comfort...
Maybe a childhood friendship, though. Maybe M2 met M1 at college, and when F, M2's friend from home, arrived a year or two later (maybe she's slightly younger; or she had to teach for a while to earn the money to come), M2 introduced F and M1 and, well...
Maybe, as in the Howells' book, F and M1 are going abroad for M1's health, and they invite M2 along.
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Date: 2021-12-30 07:15 pm (UTC)Maybe a childhood friendship, though. Maybe M2 met M1 at college, and when F, M2's friend from home, arrived a year or two later (maybe she's slightly younger; or she had to teach for a while to earn the money to come), M2 introduced F and M1 and, well...
Maybe, as in the Howells' book, F and M1 are going abroad for M1's health, and they invite M2 along.