克莱夫人（Mrs. Clay）是谁？
接近埃利奥特家的律师之女
克莱夫人是埃利奥特家的律师谢泼德先生的女儿。她的婚姻并不顺利，带着孩子回到了娘家。
她与伊丽莎白交好，待人殷勤，也讨得了沃尔特爵士的欢心，于是被定为同去巴斯的人。安妮和拉塞尔夫人担心她是不是想嫁给沃尔特爵士。
沃尔特爵士在意她脸上的雀斑等缺点，但她八面玲珑的手腕渐渐打消了他的顾虑，这一过程被写得十分幽默。
登场章节3
新第1话
Please Stay Out of the MirrorPersuasion
In a grand house sinking under debt, Anne Elliot, the middle daughter, is the one no one in her family listens to. Her vain father and older sister insist they can't possibly give up a single horse or servant. In the end the family decides to let the house and move to Bath. Then, at dusk, a single word drifts through a doorway — "navy" — and for one moment, Anne's eyes waver.
19页
新第2话
My Ex's Sister Is Moving Into My HousePersuasion (Jane Austen)
While her family turns choosing a tenant into a comedy, settling on a navy admiral, 27-year-old Anne Elliot ends up saying a name before anyone else can. It belongs to the man she gave up more than seven years ago. Out on the woodland path, she remembers the summer she was nineteen, and quietly accepts that his sister is about to live in her home.
19页
新第3话
Every Night, They Praise the Man I LeftPersuasion (Jane Austen)
Her family leaves her behind because "no one will miss Anne if she stays." So Anne goes to her sister's house three miles away, where everyone soon treats her as the one person who'll listen to their complaints. But in that house, the name of the man she gave up eight years ago starts coming up every night, and always as praise.
19页