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Ooh, that's interesting: the manipulations of Brian. There is, at least, noticeable condescension, but Irene does not appear to have been so passive in this relationship (as she is with Clare). Irene and Brian are, after all, still in New York. So either Irene is wrong about what Brian wants (a possibility) or she has managed to keep them there against his preference. I tended to think that much of Brian's behaviour was a reaction to Irene. In this regard he made me think of Mr Bennett in Pride and Prejudice, a sort of long suffering acquiescence.
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