Volume I Chapter 5

Summary
The Crofts pay a visit to Kellynch-Hall and they are impressed. Sir Walter Elliot finds Admiral Croft to be "the best-looking sailor he had ever met with"(31). Both families are pleased with the arrangement and the plans for the Crofts to rent the estate are finalized. As Sir Walter Elliot and Elizabeth prepare to move to Bath, Mary requests that Anne "come to Uppercross Cottage, and bear her company as long as she should want her, instead of going to Bath"(32).

Additionally, it is decided that Mrs.Clay, daughter of Mr.Sheperd, would join Sir Walter Elliot and Elizabeth to Bath. Both Lady Russell and Anne see great danger in this arrangement because, they believe, Sir Walter Elliot could see Mrs. Clay as a wife somewhere down the line. Regardless, Anne failed to convince Elizabeth of this imposing danger and no changes were made.

When Anne sees Mary, she is in a very bad mood. Mary expresses that she feels abandoned by her husband who spends so much time out hunting while she is bored at home.

Family in I.5
According to Lady Russell and Anne, Mrs. Clay threatens the future of the family. If Sir Walter Elliot were to make Mrs. Clay his wife, Elizabeth would lose her role as the lady of the house. In that case, Mrs. Clay would take precedence over both Anne and Elizabeth.

The Musgroves, a family of slightly inferior rank than the Elliots, are friendly and uneducated. They are also described as "not at all elegant" (39). It is noted that the children of Mr. and Mrs. Musgrove have "more modern minds and manners" than they do (39). Anne is fond of the Musgroves, but recognizes that they are nothing like her own family. The two sisters, Henrietta and Louisa are considered by Anne to be "some of the happiest creatures of her acquaintance" (39). However, she does not wish to "give up her more cultivated mind for all their enjoyments"(39). Nevertheless, she is slightly envious of their "good-humored mutual affection, of which she had known so little herself with either of her sisters" (39).