I never know quite how Trollope expects me to feel about the things his characters do, which is a bit odd given that he sometimes spends a lot of time telling me EXACTLY how he wants me to feel. I guess it's just that it sometimes so at odds with how I do feel that I sometimes struggle to believe he really means it?

I hope Lily has some object in life other than pining for Crosbie, because otherwise spending the rest of her life alone pining for her lost (perfidious, unworthy) love seems like kind of a bummer ending.