Question

What is implied by the phrase "could make no advantage of it" (line 74215)?

• A. Lady Bertram could use the news to suit her best interest.
• B. Lady Bertram was unable to write about the news.
• C. Lady Bertram could not relay the news in a pleasant light.
• D. Lady Bertram could convey only part of the news.
• E. Lady Bertram was bond to secrecy.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Lady Bertram was unable to write about the news.

Option A is the correct answer. Fond of her epistolary methods, Lady Bertram could not spread the news of the Grants going to bath. The announcement of the event was too sudden for her to publish. Her advantage was to write news up and convey the happenings. There is no indication of any of the statements enumerated in options C,D and E, thus making them incorrect.