First off, from what I'm reading, is Mr. Rosedale going after Lily? It seems to me that Lily is escalating her popularity among some of the more prominent people in the social scene. Later on in chapter eleven of The House of Mirth, Wharton looks to be placing Miss Bart in a little trouble with Mrs. Peniston and the other folk. Miss Stepany seems to have spilled the beans on her interactions with Gus. She also reveals that the reason Gryce engaged another woman was because Lily's gambling habits scared him away. It seems that the money issues that surround Lily's life are causing more issue for her than there are positives. This can be said about essentially everything in modern society. It's said that money is the root of all evils. Look around to the materialistic outlook people have today and the way people treat others, no doubt it can be traced back to some sort of money.
Early in chapter twelve we continue to see the haunting of money. More and more rumors regarding Lily are spread. Normally these petty rumors would have little effect on Miss Bartl; however, because of the recent events and the interactions with Mrs. Tennor, they have been getting to her more and more. Finally! Finally Seldon and Lily stopped leading each other on in a never ending cat and mouse game. They finally expressed to each other how they really feel and by Lily's statement," Ah love me love me, but dont tell me so"(Wharton,112)! I feel that she wants to love him but for some reason cannot. It seems that as she slowly slips out of her distorted view of wealth, she becomes more and more welcome to the idea of Seldon; however, there just seems to be something standing in the way that prevents them from actually being together.
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