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Did I i any part in those offices of general coratitude which you had hitherto been left to discharge alone?--No;--not less when I knew you to be unhappy, than when I had believed you at ease, did I turn away fro sorrow to exist but with edyou, for or I professed an unbounded affection, to be miserable forspirit; and Elinor, iave her instantly that praise and support which her frankness and her contrition so well deserved Marianne pressed her hand and replied, "You are very good--The future must be my proof I have laid down s shall be governed and er worry others, nor torture myself I shall now live solely for aret, must henceforth be all the world to me; you will share my affections entirely between you Froain have the smallest incitement to move; and if I do mix in other society, it will be only to shew that my spirit is humbled, my heart amended, and that I can practise the civilities, the lesser duties of life, with gentleness and forbearance As for Willoughby--to say that I shall soon or that I shall ever forget him, would be idle

His ree of circuulated, it shall be checked by religion, by reason, by constant employment"

She paused--and added in a low voice, "If I could but know HIS heart, everything would beco on the propriety or i her narration, without feeling at all nearer decision than at first, heard this; and perceiving that as reflection did nothing, resolutionto the fact

She ed the recital, as she hoped, with address; prepared her anxious listener with caution; related sirounded his apology; did justice to his repentance, and softened only his protestations of present regard

Marianne said not a word--She treround, and her lips became whiter than even sickness had left the up froht every syllable with panting eagerness; her hand, unknowingly to herself, closely pressed her sister's, and tears covered her cheeks