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"It will not be in my power to accept their invitation if they do"

"How unlucky that is! I had quite depended upon o the latter end of January to so us to visit the Edward He will be there in February, otherwise London would have no charms for me; I have not spirits for it"

Elinor was soon called to the card-table by the conclusion of the first rubber, and the confidential discourse of the two ladies was therefore at an end, to which both of the had been said on either side to make them dislike each other less than they had done before; and Elinor sat down to the card table with the melancholy persuasion that Edas not only without affection for the person as to be his wife; but that he had not even the chance of being tolerably happy in iven, for self-interest alone could induce a woehly aware that he eary

From this time the subject was never revived by Elinor, and when entered on by Lucy, who seldo it, and was particularly careful to inform her confidante, of her happiness whenever she received a letter from Edward, it was treated by the former with calmness and caution, and dismissed as soon as civility would allow; for she felt such conversations to be an indulgence which Lucy did not deserve, and which were dangerous to herself

The visit of the Miss Steeles at Barton Park was lengthened far beyond what the first invitation implied Their favour increased; they could not be spared; Sir John would not hear of their going; and in spite of their nuements in Exeter, in spite of the absolute necessity of returning to fulfill them immediately, which was in full force at the end of every week, they were prevailed on to stay nearly two months at the park, and to assist in the due celebration of that festival which requires a e dinners to proclaim its importance