Miss. Lucas expresses her point of view that “happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance” and proceeds to explain her belief. Discuss whether you agree or disagree with her and explain your reasons.

At this time marriages were set on largely financial and class ideals. So really, the chance comes by a suitable suitor meeting a suitable girl where both families concerned benefit. That's a lot of chance to ask for but I suppose chance is still involved. In modern Western marriages chance meetings play a large part in unions and matters of the heart.