In today's episode covering chapters 7-9, we get to know the Middletons and meet Mrs. Jennings and Colonel Brandon. Colonel Brandon gets a crush on Marianne. Marianne takes a spill and is rescued by someone named Willoughby. Additional topics discussed include cold meat, proper ages for marriage, skinny jeans and side parts, haunted house??????, rain in NYC, and DOGS.

Study Questions: Topics discussed include Colonel Brandon and his age difference with Marianne, what's going on with Eddie, Willoughby and teams Brandianne/Maroughby/Brandoughby.

Funniest quote: "She only had two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world."

Questions moving forward: Dinner on Thursday, is Eddie coming back?

Who wins the chapters? Mrs. Jennings

Glossary of Terms and Phrases:

Jointure (n) : settled with an estate rather than a dowry

Pointer (n) : a buff and pointy dog

Glossary of People, Places, and Things: Dawson's Creek ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s_Creek ) , Haunting of Hill House ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_of_Hill_House_(TV_series) )

Next episode: Chapters 10-12

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