From reading the novel The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, I am able to attain from the reading how bad being rejected is cutting Lily right now. She was literally born and raised to be in the social loop of popularity and fame. To marry a rich man, show off that wealth, and to sit on that wealth to do whatever she wants. Lily needs to escape because at this point with Mrs. Peniston out of the picture, she has nowhere to go, no money to spend, a currently pathetic social presence, and no consideration for marrying a man. However, just as she seems to be hitting rock bottom, the Gormers party appears to fix her social issue. Through Mattie Gromer, Lily,"...had thus formed, in the tumult of her surroundings, a little nucleus of friendly relations which mitigated the crudeness of her course...”(Wharton,192). At once, she is pounded with the underlying issue though. She must marry a man sometime soon. And as Wharton says,"Much as she dislike Rosedale, she no longer absolutely despised him"(Wharton,194). I am not sure if Wharton is saying that Lily is getting back into the loop or what but to me, Lily is getting a little desperate if she is considering that. A roller coaster is the only adequate term I can use to describe whats happening at this point.
As chapter six continue, Lily and George run into each other and George seems to be desperate about something and is yearning for the friendship of Lily claiming that she was one of his closest. I am confused as to why Lily so bluntly turns him down and rejects his plea for even a little talk. Then, as though bad luck follows Lily, Mrs. Dorset makes a visit to the Gormers and acts suspiciously neighborly. No doubt, shes planning something. Then as the chapter concludes. it seems Rosedale is becoming for infatuated with Lily and Mrs. Farish continually suggest that Lily marry.
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