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Chapter XXXII

           

           LadyMiddletonexpressedhersenseoftheaffairaboutonceeveryday,ortwice,ifthesubjectoccurredveryoften,bysaying,"Itisveryshocking,indeed!"andbythemeansofthiscontinualthoughgentlevent,wasablenotonlytoseetheMissDashwoodsfromthefirstwithoutthesmallestemotion,butverysoontoseethemwithoutrecollectingawordofthematter;andhavingthussupportedthedignityofherownsex,andspokenherdecidedcensureofwhatwaswrongintheother,shethoughtherselfatlibertytoattendtotheinterestofherownassemblies,andthereforedetermined(thoughratheragainsttheopinionofSirJohn)thatasMrs.Willoughbywouldatoncebeawomanofeleganceandfortune,toleavehercardwithherassoonasshemarried.

           ColonelBrandon’sdelicate,unobtrusiveenquirieswereneverunwelcometoMissDashwood.Hehadabundantlyearnedtheprivilegeofintimatediscussionofhersister’sdisappointment,bythefriendlyzealwithwhichhehadendeavouredtosoftenit,andtheyalwaysconversedwithconfidence.Hischiefrewardforthepainfulexertionofdisclosingpastsorrowsandpresenthumiliations,wasgiveninthepityingeyewithwhichMariannesometimesobservedhim,andthegentlenessofhervoicewhenever(thoughitdidnotoftenhappen)shewasobliged,orcouldobligeherselftospeaktohim.THESEassuredhimthathisexertionhadproducedanincreaseofgood-willtowardshimself,andTHESEgaveElinorhopesofitsbeingfartheraugmentedhereafter;butMrs.

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