To answer the "Subject:"s question in one word: Yes. Not because of the pairings, but I thought it cruel that the brothers-in-law did not seem to have the family felicity between them as I would expect, perhaps as from P&P, as weakly suggested in the last paragraph. And this is after Col. Brandon made the offer of the living to Edward.
"The avalanche has started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote." -Ambassador Kosh Naranek
