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Quote #13
There was everything in the world against their being serious but his words and manner. Everything natural, probable, reasonable, was against it; al their habit and ways of thinking, and all her own demerits. How could she have excited serious attachment in a man who had seen so many, and been admired by so many, and flirted with so many [...] (31.25).
Fanny has already judged Henry by his past behavior and refuses to consider him in a new light in the present moment. The same holds true for other characters. Fanny loves Edmund because he was nice to her as a child and she has a really difficult time getting over her fear of Sir Thomas because he was cold to her before.