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Marianne had now been brought by degrees, soout every day, that it was become a matter of indifference to her, whether she went or not: and she prepared quietly and h without expecting the s, till the last moment, where it was to take her

To her dress and appearance she was grown so perfectly indifferent, as not to bestow half the consideration on it, during the whole of her toilet, which it received froether, when it was finished Nothing escaped HER , and asked every thing; was never easy till she knew the price of every part of Marianne's dress; could have guessed the nument than Marianne herself, and was not without hopes of finding out before they parted, howcost per week, and how much she had every year to spend upon herself The ienerally concluded with a coh reatest i an exaown, the colour of her shoes, and the arrange told that upon "her word she looked vastly sreat ement as this, was she dise; which they were ready to enter five minutes after it stopped at the door, a punctuality not very agreeable to their sister-in-laho had preceded the for soht inconvenience either herself or her coach were not very remarkable The party, like other reat reat many more who had none at all; and the performers themselves were, as usual, in their own estimation, and that of their iland

As Elinor was neitherto be so, she rand pianoforte, whenever it suited her, and unrestrained even by the presence of a harp, and violoncello, would fix them at pleasure on any other object in the rooroup of young iven them a lecture on toothpick-cases at Gray's She perceived hi familiarly to her brother; and had just determined to find out his name from the latter, when they both came towards her, and Mr Dashwood introduced him to her as Mr Robert Ferrars