These fourteen steps are what our class believes to be the steps to becoming intimate with someone. We will refer to them in our posts and discussions to see how far along our characters have come.
(1) eye to body (2) eye to eye (3) voice to voice (4) hand to hand (5) arm to shoulder (6) arm to waist (7) mouth to mouth (8) hand to body (9) hand to head (10) hand to breast (11) mouth to breast (12) hand to genitals (13) mouth to genitals (14) genitals to genitals
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This list is a great way to view the courtship rituals in this and other Austen novels, though Austen tends to draw the line at #9. Still, the other steps do take place "off stage" in her novels (e.g., Willoughby's affair with Eliza in Sense and Sensibility).
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