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Chapter XXXI

           Elinor,withaveryheavyheart,awareofthepainshewasgoingtocommunicate,andperceiving,byMarianne’sletter,howillshehadsucceededinlayinganyfoundationforit,thensatdowntowritehermotheranaccountofwhathadpassed,andentreatherdirectionsforthefuture;whileMarianne,whocameintothedrawing-roomonMrs.Jennings’sgoingaway,remainedfixedatthetablewhereElinorwrote,watchingtheadvancementofherpen,grievingoverherforthehardshipofsuchatask,andgrievingstillmorefondlyoveritseffectonhermother.

           Inthismannertheyhadcontinuedaboutaquarterofanhour,whenMarianne,whosenervescouldnotthenbearanysuddennoise,wasstartledbyarapatthedoor.

           "Whocanthisbe?"criedElinor."Soearlytoo!IthoughtweHADbeensafe."

           Mariannemovedtothewindow—

           "ItisColonelBrandon!"saidshe,withvexation."WeareneversafefromHIM."

           "Hewillnotcomein,asMrs.Jenningsisfromhome."

           "IwillnottrusttoTHAT,"retreatingtoherownroom."Amanwhohasnothingtodowithhisowntimehasnoconscienceinhisintrusiononthatofothers."

           Theeventprovedherconjectureright,thoughitwasfoundedoninjusticeanderror;forColonelBrandonDIDcomein;andElinor,whowasconvincedthatsolicitudeforMariannebroughthimthither,andwhosawTHATsolicitudeinhisdisturbedandmelancholylook,andinhisanxiousthoughbriefinquiryafterher,couldnotforgivehersisterforesteeminghimsolightly.

           "ImetMrs.

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