You are no doubt a paragon of piety. Why do you care what I think? My gut feeling is that the real answer here isn't one that many on the thread will consider. And even if it proved to be true, they would be in full denial.
No I'm not, Varina, I'm a paragon of suspicion. I think that is perhaps something that you and I have in common at times. But we are wasting our energy if we let our suspicions lead us in directions which are not indicated by the few facts we know about this case.
You will perhaps deny it, but to me it is unmistakeable that you are implying the possibility of incest. As I said, I am willing to at least consider the worst in any person known in this investigation.
But that phenomenon is comparatively rare. What have we seen to indicate its presence here? Nothing. The reason I, for one, don't wish to consider it now is b/c I think it's the wrong answer. It would be a waste of energy.
We are using our knowledge of the world, the experiences we've all had which have hopefully divested us of too much naivete, to imagine every possibility. But since there's only so much energy available to each one of us, we need to use it wisely, and concentrate on theories which have at least some underpinning of fact. Sometimes, I think, we are ignoring the normal-looking aspects of Elizabeth's family in favor of imaginings of abnormal doings which are just not backed up by what little we can see plainly.