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About noon, however, she began--but with a caution--a dread of disappointment which for some time kept her silent, even to her friend--to fancy, to hope she could perceive a slight amendment in her sister's pulse;--she waited, watched, and exaitation more difficult to bury under exterior cal distress, ventured to coh forced, on exae a te a thought of its continuance;--and Elinor, conning over every injunction of distrust, told herself likewise not to hope But it was too late Hope had already entered; and feeling all its anxious flutter, she bent over her sister to watch--she hardly knew for what

Half an hour passed away, and the favourable symptom yet blessed her

Others even arose to confirm it Her breath, her skin, her lips, all flattered Elinor with signs of amendment; and Marianne fixed her eyes on her with a rational, though languid, gaze Anxiety and hope now oppressed her in equal degrees, and left her no moment of tranquillity till the arrival of Mr Harris at four o'clock;--when his assurances, his felicitations on a recovery in her sister even surpassing his expectation, gave her confidence, comfort, and tears of joy

Marianne was in every respect er Mrs Jennings, perhaps satisfied with the partial justification of her forebodings which had been found in their late alarned joy, and soon with unequivocal cheerfulness, the probability of an entire recovery

Elinor could not be cheerful Her joy was of a different kind, and led to any thing rather than to gaiety Marianne restored to life, health, friends, and to her doting mother, was an idea to fill her heart with sensations of exquisite coratitude;--but it lead to no outward demonstrations of joy, no words, no smiles All within Elinor's breast was satisfaction, silent and strong

She continued by the side of her sister, with little inter every inquiry of her enfeebled spirits, supplying every succour, and watching almost every look and every breath The possibility of a relapse would of course, in some moments, occur to remind her of what anxiety was--but when she saw, on her frequent and minute examination, that every symptom of recovery continued, and saw Marianne at six o'clock sink into a quiet, steady, and to all appearance comfortable, sleep, she silenced every doubt