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Chapter XXIII

           

           Ifinthesuppositionofhisseekingtomarryherself,hisdifficultiesfromhismotherhadseemedgreat,howmuchgreaterweretheynowlikelytobe,whentheobjectofhisengagementwasundoubtedlyinferiorinconnections,andprobablyinferiorinfortunetoherself.Thesedifficulties,indeed,withaheartsoalienatedfromLucy,mightnotpressveryharduponhispatience;butmelancholywasthestateofthepersonbywhomtheexpectationoffamilyoppositionandunkindness,couldbefeltasarelief!

           Astheseconsiderationsoccurredtoherinpainfulsuccession,sheweptforhim,morethanforherself.Supportedbytheconvictionofhavingdonenothingtomeritherpresentunhappiness,andconsoledbythebeliefthatEdwardhaddonenothingtoforfeitheresteem,shethoughtshecouldevennow,underthefirstsmartoftheheavyblow,commandherselfenoughtoguardeverysuspicionofthetruthfromhermotherandsisters.Andsowellwassheabletoanswerherownexpectations,thatwhenshejoinedthematdinneronlytwohoursaftershehadfirstsufferedtheextinctionofallherdearesthopes,noonewouldhavesupposedfromtheappearanceofthesisters,thatElinorwasmourninginsecretoverobstacleswhichmustdivideherforeverfromtheobjectofherlove,andthatMariannewasinternallydwellingontheperfectionsofaman,ofwhosewholeheartshefeltthoroughlypossessed,andwhomsheexpectedtoseeineverycarriagewhichdroveneartheirhouse.

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