What a wonderful Christmas gift for wildmagelet (which makes me glad, since she was so sweet to me) -- and for all the rest of us reading. ;) You have the characters and their voices down pat; I very clearly hear the actors' own voices as I read these lines!
Edith's internal monologue as she considers herself and her place in the world is very much as I imagine she would do, after seeing all the changes she went through in season 2. She has found ways of being strong and confident and needed, and of course she'd want to find a way to make that continue.
Mary and her resigned sadness make my heart ache, but it's quietly if sadly satisfying to see Edith and Mary both making some attempt to interact without tearing each other down. I like the way that Edith coming to know herself better has made her less resentful and jealous of Mary -- that seems a very realistic way for things to develop.
And oh, Sir Anthony! It's a great idea to have them meet on the road, since going for a drive was so important to the development of their relationship, only now Edith is at the wheel of her own car. (And it never occurred to me until this minute that memories of Sir Anthony might have had something to do with Edith's later interest in learning to drive...) This theme, of Edith now taking more charge of her own life, also comes out in the way she stays at the wheel to back the car out of the mud. And, of course, in the way she decides to speak up at the end, which made me cheer!
(I should also say that the first time I read this was actually before watching the DA Christmas special, and it was fun to see what JF actually did with Edith and Sir Anthony; while the details are different, character-wise this was a spot-on prediction!)
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Edith's internal monologue as she considers herself and her place in the world is very much as I imagine she would do, after seeing all the changes she went through in season 2. She has found ways of being strong and confident and needed, and of course she'd want to find a way to make that continue.
Mary and her resigned sadness make my heart ache, but it's quietly if sadly satisfying to see Edith and Mary both making some attempt to interact without tearing each other down. I like the way that Edith coming to know herself better has made her less resentful and jealous of Mary -- that seems a very realistic way for things to develop.
And oh, Sir Anthony! It's a great idea to have them meet on the road, since going for a drive was so important to the development of their relationship, only now Edith is at the wheel of her own car. (And it never occurred to me until this minute that memories of Sir Anthony might have had something to do with Edith's later interest in learning to drive...) This theme, of Edith now taking more charge of her own life, also comes out in the way she stays at the wheel to back the car out of the mud. And, of course, in the way she decides to speak up at the end, which made me cheer!
(I should also say that the first time I read this was actually before watching the DA Christmas special, and it was fun to see what JF actually did with Edith and Sir Anthony; while the details are different, character-wise this was a spot-on prediction!)