The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Chap 20, 21 Persistence/Opinions

Illustrated reading.
Chapter 20 Helen goes outside on an early morning walk. It is Sunday. Arthur Huntingdon shows up, surprising her. They have a conversation about how Helen's aunt has misgivings about Arthur becoming Helen's husband. We learn that Helen's mother is dead and her father is not involved in Helen's life. She has not seen him since she was a child. Arthur states he will show himself to be good by attending all three church services that day. Helen detects a note of insincerity in his pronouncement, and indeed, he acts in a mocking, childish way in church. Helen's aunt has one more conversation with her, stating her objections to Arthur, but her uncle, who has had a discussion with Arthur seems to think it is fine, and mentions to Helen that Huntingdon wants the wedding to take place as soon as possible. Helen says she wants to wait until after Christmas (it is October at this time in the story).
Chapter 21 The wedding is set for Christmas. Helen's father has consented to the marriage by letter from afar. Helen tells Milicent of her engagement. Milicent is not happy for her since, genuinely caring for Helen, she esteems her to be far superior to Huntingdon, and besides, she had hoped Helen would marry her brother and the two of them would then be sisters-in-law. Milicent thinks Arthur is handsome, but in a superficial way, where no spirit shines through. Helen assumes all this negativity is because Milicent is shy. When Helen tells Annabella of her engagement, Annabella coldly remarks that Helen loves Arthur more than Arthur loves Helen. Then she says she wishes Lord Lowborough could be good-looking like Arthur, but maintaining his title of Lord Lowborough, because she intends to marry Lord Lowborough - not for love, evidently.
Huntingdon, having informed his band of friends of his upcoming marriage, gets letters from all of them. Every single one of his friends disapproves of his marrying Helen. They selfishly accuse him of breaking up their merry partying group. The say he has set a bad example. They do not wish him happiness. Arthur insinuates to Helen that she should be so grateful to him for undergoing this disapproval from his friends for her sake. She is vaguely troubled by this talk.
0:00 Introduction
1:49 Reading chapter 20
2:41 First illustration
8:47 Second illustration
15:40 Third illustration
19:59 Reading chapter 21
20:32 Fourth illustration
25:20 Fifth illustration
25:57 Sixth illustration
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