Nicolas 4– Guilt And Choice

In chapter 4, HP confronts Linnet about her actions against Jackie as she was a friend she trusted and she took Simon from her. Linnet argues that she isn’t hurting Jackie because Simon never loved her and that she is actually helping out Jackie as their relationship would have never worked out even if they did marry. At the end of the argument HP concludes that Linnet does feel guilty about what she has done to her friend  and that it was her choice to pursue Simon and she knew how it would affect Jackie and she chose to ignore her feelings of regret and guilt.