This chapter's epigraph is from the play's first scene, in which Dr. Bledsoe and his wife, Dr. Barlow, are discussing the possibility of a marriage between Dr. Bardolph and his daughter-in-law . They're discussing the fact that the girl's parents have come to see Dr. Jarndyce, and Dr. Waldemar is worried that his daughter will be wronged by his wife's family. He resolves to take the blame for his daughter's father's rashness, and he vows to divorce his wife.
This chapter's epigraph is from the play's first scene, in which Dr. Bledsoe and his wife, Dr. Barlow, are discussing the possibility of a marriage between Dr. Bardolph and his daughter-in-law . They're discussing the fact that the girl's parents have come to see Dr. Jarndyce, and Dr. Waldemar is worried that his daughter will be wronged by his wife's family. He resolves to take the blame for his daughter's father's rashness, and he vows to divorce his wife.