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Chapter XXIX

           

           Inherearnestmeditationsonthecontentsoftheletter,onthedepravityofthatmindwhichcoulddictateit,andprobably,ontheverydifferentmindofaverydifferentperson,whohadnootherconnectionwhateverwiththeaffairthanwhatherheartgavehimwitheverythingthatpassed,Elinorforgottheimmediatedistressofhersister,forgotthatshehadthreelettersonherlapyetunread,andsoentirelyforgothowlongshehadbeenintheroom,thatwhenonhearingacarriagedriveuptothedoor,shewenttothewindowtoseewhocouldbecomingsounreasonablyearly,shewasallastonishmenttoperceiveMrs.Jennings’schariot,whichsheknewhadnotbeenorderedtillone.DeterminednottoquitMarianne,thoughhopelessofcontributing,atpresent,toherease,shehurriedawaytoexcuseherselffromattendingMrs.Jennings,onaccountofhersisterbeingindisposed.Mrs.Jennings,withathoroughlygood-humouredconcernforitscause,admittedtheexcusemostreadily,andElinor,afterseeinghersafeoff,returnedtoMarianne,whomshefoundattemptingtorisefromthebed,andwhomshereachedjustintimetopreventherfromfallingonthefloor,faintandgiddyfromalongwantofproperrestandfood;foritwasmanydayssinceshehadanyappetite,andmanynightssinceshehadreallyslept;andnow,whenhermindwasnolongersupportedbythefeverofsuspense,theconsequenceofallthiswasfeltinanachinghead,aweakenedstomach,andageneralnervousfaintness.

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