Three causes in play in Persuasion relate
to the Elliot fortune, renting Kellynch, and Lady Russell's charge to care for Lady Elliot's
daughters. In the first, Sir Walter's wasted fortune forced a move to an economical lifestyle and
lodgings that still allowed for the appearance of an elegant life while being secretly
frugal.
In any other
place Sir Walter might judge for himself; and would be looked up to, as regulating the modes of
life in whatever way he might choose to model his
household.
The end of these measures
in response to the cause was that of saving comfort and
appearances.
In regard to the second, the renting Kellynch
facilitated an unexpected reunion between Wentworth and Anne while Wentworth was expecting the
Elliot family to be permanently removed from the area.
A very few days more, and Captain Wentworth was known to
be at Kellynch
The end of these
consequences of the causative action was the forced a confrontation within each of their feelings
toward the other.
In regard to the third, Lady Russell's made
promise to Lady Elliott upon her deathbed to look after her daughters, especially Anne. Her
promise to be the reinforcing conduit of the good and sensible lessons Lady Elliot taught that
alone could contradict the ways of the silly and vain Sir Walter was the precipitating and
driving factor in Lady Elliot's protest against Anne's engagement or marriage to
Wentworth.
[On Lady
Russell's] kindness and advice, Lady Elliot mainly relied for the best help and maintenance of
the good principles and instruction which she had been anxiously giving her
daughters.
The end of this promised
obligation was that Lady Russell pressed her responsibility to protect Anne to too fine a point
thus sabotaging Anne's chance for youthful happiness.
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