Persistence as a Method
Willoughby rides up at Howard Grove while she is waiting for news from Paris. He calls surprise a gift, flatters her and Maria as rural deities, and skips Orville's name. The visit is not courtesy. It is a way of remaining in a plot she has tried to leave.
Key Insight
If someone keeps appearing where you did not invite them, the pattern is the message. Coincidence is a costume. Placement is the method. You are allowed to treat repeated arrival as information, not fate.
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