Lady Susan’s charm (metaphor)
Mrs Catherine Vernon is not very happy about lady Susan’s arrival, and thinks that her husband has shown too much kindness when had invited her to visit them at Churchhill. But “her display of grief, and professions of regret, and general resolutions of prudence, were sufficient to soften his heart”. Thus lady Susan had charmed Mr Vernon with her “sincerity”.
Famous in England (metaphor)
Catherine’s brother Reginald is eager to get acquainted with ladu Susan who he calls “the most accomplished coquette in England”. He calls her this based on some information he had heard of her: “engaging at the same time, and in the same house, the affections of two men, who were neither of them at liberty to bestow them – and all this without the charm of youth!” Reginald feels intrigued to see this person with such bewitching powers.
Well-to-do (metaphor)
Charles Vernon is a very rich person, this is presented in everything – his house, furniture, dinner etc. As lady Susan notes: “when a man has once got his name in a banking-house he rolls in money”. Rolls in money means being very wealthy.
A clever chatterbox (metaphor)
Catherine Vernon is one of few who are not influenced by lady Susan’s charms, and Mrs Vernon says that Susan is clever and agreeable, “has all that knowledge of the world which makes conversation easy, and talks very well with a happy command of language, which is too often used to make black appear white”. One more proof that lady Susan is a woman of the world.
