What do you think about Evelyn’s relationship with her father? Do you think she will see him again in the future? Do you think she should?
He has so thoroughly betrayed Evelyn and her mother, and has shown himself too much of a coward to tell them the truth of what he has cost them, that I would understand if Evelyn chose not to have any further contact with him. I’m thinking of what Evelyn told William when he acknowledge that he’d been lying about having a publisher: “But success isn’t what makes you lovable, William, just as failure doesn’t make you unlovable. I hope you know that.” I suspect she’s gained some of her wisdom after living through the results of her father’s deceptions. We don’t meet her father, but I suspect he doesn’t have William’s redeeming, lovable qualities.
What a cad! He doesn’t deserve a relationship with her.
He really does not care about his family. I really hope that Evelyn has nothing to do with him in the future.
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I agree! What an obnoxious character!
Evelyn gave him many chances to redeem himself and she totally wanted to believe he cared about her and her mother but in the end I think she saw that it was hopeless and that she should forget him and never see him again.
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He was quite the rogue, wasn’t he? Certainly not to be trusted. I feel she was burnt twice and will not go back for more. Do I think she should allow him in her life, that’s up in the air for me. Personally I would begin my life with William and make my own family successful and loving.Her mother’s reaction to his actions, I am not so sure about. He seemed to have a gift for convincing her to follow along with his destiny.
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I suspect Evelyn has no interest in continuing a relationship with her Father. Understandably with how he treated her and his wife. It is possible he had addiction issues with both gambling and drinking which often ruins people’s lives. Unless he was willing to address those issues; I don’t see them mending their relationship.
I think this is a textbook example for the gamblers/alcoholics/etc anonymous program where family members must learn to cope with and detach from destructive behaviors of the addict. Too bad there was no such support system at the time. Women (of the upper class) were, for the most part, completely dependent on men for their financial security and overall reputation as members of society. Evelyn and Cecilia have finally seen John exposed for what he really is and have had to enter into self-preservation mode. The blinders are off and they must both look to the future as independent women. Good luck and good riddance to John!
John was not much of a father to Evelyn. He said he loved her but certainly did not show it. I don’t think Evelyn will want to see him again.
I don’t think that there is any chance of a relationship between Evelyn and her father. He doesn’t deserve one!
Agree that the father was a cad. He was only concerned about himself and money. I agree and doubt there is any chance of a further relationship between Evelyn and her father.
Evelyn needs to shut that man out of her life. He stole from her!!! He ran out on her!!! He lied to her!!! He is rotten - he is never going to change - kick him out and say ‘good riddance’. He will only cause pain and sorrow in anyone’s life he touches.
I do not think she will see her Father again and i don’t think she should. Not unless he completely gives up gambling. I was proud of the way she stood up to her Father. It added to her character and how she was different from women of that era.
I think Evelyn knows her father and what she should and shouldn’t expect from him. When she last spoke to him at the train station, she said that she still loved him, which made his behavior even worse. She had memories of him reading to her. I have memories of my father bringing some books from The Bobbsey Twins series and cherry flavored cough drops home when I was little and sick. The Bobbsey Twins weren’t my favorite books, but I loved my father for going to the library and choosing what he thought I might like.
I don’t think Evelyn’s father will come back into the picture, unless he runs out of money, and then I hope Evelyn runs him out of town! And I don’t think either Evelyn or her mother hold any expectations of him being part of their lives in the future.
It’s hard to predict what Evelyn would do about seeing her father again. She wanted him to be honest with her mother and he couldn’t do that. My first reaction is no, she won’t see him again but she dies has a soft spot for him, if he tells the truth. Maybe a book 2 would explore that relationship a little more.