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Chapter XXI

           ButSirJohndidnotsportlongwiththecuriositywhichhedelightedtoraise,forhehadatleastasmuchpleasureintellingthename,asMissSteelehadinhearingit.

           "HisnameisFerrars,"saidhe,inaveryaudiblewhisper;"butpraydonottellit,forit’sagreatsecret."

           "Ferrars!"repeatedMissSteele;"Mr.Ferrarsisthehappyman,ishe?What!yoursister-in-law’sbrother,MissDashwood?averyagreeableyoungmantobesure;Iknowhimverywell."

           "Howcanyousayso,Anne?"criedLucy,whogenerallymadeanamendmenttoallhersister’sassertions."Thoughwehaveseenhimonceortwiceatmyuncle’s,itisrathertoomuchtopretendtoknowhimverywell."

           Elinorheardallthiswithattentionandsurprise."Andwhowasthisuncle?Wheredidhelive?Howcametheyacquainted?"Shewishedverymuchtohavethesubjectcontinued,thoughshedidnotchusetojoininitherself;butnothingmoreofitwassaid,andforthefirsttimeinherlife,shethoughtMrs.Jenningsdeficienteitherincuriosityafterpettyinformation,orinadispositiontocommunicateit.ThemannerinwhichMissSteelehadspokenofEdward,increasedhercuriosity;foritstruckherasbeingratherill-natured,andsuggestedthesuspicionofthatlady’sknowing,orfancyingherselftoknowsomethingtohisdisadvantage.—Buthercuriositywasunavailing,fornofarthernoticewastakenofMr.Ferrars’snamebyMissSteelewhenalludedto,orevenopenlymentionedbySirJohn.

           

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