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  1. Well Mary certainly wouldn’t be grieving for Collins so I can only assume that someone closer to her also died in the fire. It’s lucky she survived or Fitzwilliam really would be in trouble. (and Charlotte as well!)
    This is another reason I could never be an author (besides the obvious inability to think of an original story!) I could never bear to part with a hard written scene!
    Thanks again for sharing Maria.

  2. As much as I enjoyed this scene… I agree, it should go. You are a wise author realizing that, although you are correct and have the research to back it up, it might distract the reader and pull them from the story. Wow! How many stories have I read where that very thing happened and I lost the flow of the story.

    Excellent! I also like that you are giving us access to those deleted scenes and explaining why you cut them. That is so informative and explains the writing process you go through as you construct your stories. I love that. Thank you for this post.

  3. I really enjoyed this scene, but I can see why it needed to be cut. It develops Mary’s character well, but it also slows down the action of the story…significantly.

    Thank you for sharing these gems with us; it’s like receiving the deleted scenes of a film on a second DVD! 😉

    Warmly,
    Susanne 🙂

  4. I agree with the others that while this is an enlightening scene adding to knowledge of Mary’s characters it would raise questions as I, also, was under the belief that women did not attend funerals.

    • The question of women attending funerals is a big one. Although the commonly held belief is that they did not, the historical reality is not as clear. Especially in rural areas, the lines got blurry and it seems like women did attend funerals at times. But because it might throw off the reader, as you noted, the scene got cut

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