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"I thought you were both in Devonshire," said he

"Did you?" replied Elinor

"When do you go back again?"

"I do not know" And thus ended their discourse

Never had Marianne been so unwilling to dance in her life, as she was that evening, and never so ued by the exercise She complained of it as they returned to Berkeley Street

"Aye, aye," said Mrs Jennings, "we know the reason of all that very well; if a certain person who shall be nameless, had been there, you would not have been a bit tired: and to say the truth it was not very pretty of hi when he was invited"

"Invited!" cried Marianne

"So hter Middleton told me, for it see" Marianne said no ly hurt Iht lead to her sister's relief, Elinor resolved to write the nexther fears for the health of Marianne, to procure those inquiries which had been so long delayed; and she was stillafter breakfast on the hby, for she could not suppose it to be to any other person

About the s went out by herself on business, and Elinor began her letter directly, while Marianne, too restless for employment, too anxious for conversation, walked from oneto the other, or sat down by the fire in melancholy meditation

Elinor was very earnest in her application to herall that had passed, her suspicions of Willoughby's inconstancy, urging her by every plea of duty and affection to demand from Marianne an account of her real situation with respect to him

Her letter was scarcely finished, when a rap foretold a visitor, and Colonel Brandon was announced Marianne, who had seen him from the , and who hated company of any kind, left the roorave, and though expressing satisfaction at finding Miss Dashwood alone, as if he had somewhat in particular to tell her, sat for so a word

Elinor, persuaded that he had some communication to make in which her sister was concerned, i It was not the first ti the sa with the observation of "your sister looks unwell to-day," or "your sister seems out of spirits," he had appeared on the point, either of disclosing, or of inquiring, so particular about her After a pause of severalher in a voice of soratulate her on the acquisition of a brother? Elinor was not prepared for such a question, and having no answer ready, was obliged to adopt the si what he eenerally known"