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January 23, 2025 at 8:45 pm #33427

I didn’t really know if Sally would end up with Jonathan, but I had a guess she would after discovering she was pregnant. Both Sally and Jonathan have some growing up to do, especially Sally, who isn’t depicted as a young woman with strong character. She seems easily swayed by the men in her life, whether that be her father or Jonathan. And she also is prone to gossip, obviously, otherwise her father would have never known about the conversation she overheard between Martha and Rebecca. So I’m not sure I’d behave differently towards Sally than Martha did. Sally does quite a bit of harm to Rebecca with her testimony. When Martha goes to help Sally give birth, she is actually quite kind and matter-of-fact about it. She doesn’t chastise her, she simply declares, “You have a beautiful boy” even though she knows full well who the father is.

As for Sarah, I think Martha is disappointed that Cyrus won’t get his wish, but that disappointment is from a place of a mother’s love and concern not because of any disappointment in Sarah, who I think she holds in high regard. When she learns that Sarah’s Major did come back she admires Sarah: “Sarah has lived on the fringes of society. Yet she’s chosen the course of her life. She’s found love on her own terms.” Martha is a good friend to Sarah, and it was nice to see Sarah help Martha in her time of need with Emmeline.

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