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Chapter XXXI

           Likehalftherestoftheworld,ifmorethanhalftherebethatarecleverandgood,Marianne,withexcellentabilitiesandanexcellentdisposition,wasneitherreasonablenorcandid.Sheexpectedfromotherpeoplethesameopinionsandfeelingsasherown,andshejudgedoftheirmotivesbytheimmediateeffectoftheiractionsonherself.Thusacircumstanceoccurred,whilethesistersweretogetherintheirownroomafterbreakfast,whichsunktheheartofMrs.Jenningsstilllowerinherestimation;because,throughherownweakness,itchancedtoproveasourceoffreshpaintoherself,thoughMrs.Jenningswasgovernedinitbyanimpulseoftheutmostgoodwill.

           Withaletterinheroutstretchedhand,andcountenancegailysmiling,fromthepersuasionofbringingcomfort,sheenteredtheirroom,saying,

           "Now,mydear,IbringyousomethingthatIamsurewilldoyougood."

           Marianneheardenough.InonemomentherimaginationplacedbeforeheraletterfromWilloughby,fulloftendernessandcontrition,explanatoryofallthathadpassed,satisfactory,convincing;andinstantlyfollowedbyWilloughbyhimself,rushingeagerlyintotheroomtoinforce,atherfeet,bytheeloquenceofhiseyes,theassurancesofhisletter.Theworkofonemomentwasdestroyedbythenext.Thehandwritingofhermother,nevertillthenunwelcome,wasbeforeher;and,intheacutenessofthedisappointmentwhichfollowedsuchanecstasyofmorethanhope,shefeltasif,tillthatinstant,shehadneversuffered.

           ThecrueltyofMrs.

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