 "Laura to Marianne"

This consists of a dialogue in which the stranger, named Lindsay, tells Laura and her family of his experiences before arriving at their house.Coming from an aristocratic family, Lindsay, referred to as Edward, describes his father as "seduced by the false glare of fortune and the deluding pomp of title" (Austen 518).His father wanted Lindsay to marry Lady Dorothea but Edward refused as he did not want to oblige his father.