Volume I Chapter 7

Summary
In this chapter Captain Fredrick Wentworth saw Anne for the first time in 7 years at a formal get together at the Musgrove's House. He does not like Anne anymore but he is willing to marry anyone for the point of settling down and having a family. He was "ready to fall in love of the speed which a clear head and a quick taste could allow (58)."

Family in I.7
Fredrick shows how important it is to marry that he, "fully intends to settle as soon as he could be properly tempted...ready to fall in love of the speed of a clear head and a quick taste could allow" (57-58). He was open to marry anyone excpet Anne because of the ugly breakup between him and Anne. There is also a lot of gossiping amoung the women of the house of the events that are occuring with Captain Wentworth and his predictament. Earlier in the chapter, Mary and Charles leave their child in the care of Anne while they go out with friends (53). Showing how little responsisbility Mary has as a mother. Also Charles and Mary know the appropriate times to argue.