Not Miss Matty forgetting what is due and is appropriate for the sake of her most excellent sister Deborah
Poor, kind Martha trying to pay Miss Matty a compliment and being roped into naming her second born after someone she never even met. I imagine Jem will forever justify that decision to his friends and family as "confusing attentions that were due to Miss Matty after she became destitute". Also, the irony. Miss Matty, I'm not sure your sister would appreciate any Hearn baby being named after either of you, especially not before giving due to Jem and Martha's families!
















