Question

Describe Elizabeth . Why was she anxious in the begining? From ch:the dear departure

Answer 1

Elizabeth was the daughter of Abel marry weather. She is very materialistic and greedy. She spends more time fetching her dress rather than reaching her father's funeral on time. She is cunning and heartless and devoid of all filial feelings.

Answer 2

Elizabeth Jordan is the younger daughter of Abel Merryweather. Along with her husband, Ben Jordan she had arrived to mourn at the death of her father. She had the habit of thinking that she is the always right kind of a person. She is impassive, stout and complacent.

She became anxious in the beginning because she came to know from her sister that she has not yet confirmed the news of their father's death by a doctor.