What was attractive about Juliets life?
To Pauline, Juliet’s life looked extremely attractive. First, there were the obvious material benefits–the beautiful home and gardens, the car, the many possessions (contrast the way Pauline treated her one, precious Mario Lanza recording and Juliet’s casual spreading of all of hers on the floor). Second, there was the air of intellect that permeated the Hulme household. These were cultured, refined people, who respected and encouraged scholarship, imagination and things cerebral. Pauline was obviously a very bright girl, and she would have shared instinctively many of the sensibilities and passions of the Hulmes. And the Hulmes, in turn, would have encouraged her because of their social mores. Remember, Pauline was always a guest in the Hulme’s home, so would have been treated accordingly, especially in the beginning of the friendship. Juliet took many of the material aspects of her life for granted, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t value them. Her parents indulged her shamefully, in
