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Chapter XXXII

           Jennings,whoknewnothingofallthis,whoknewonlythattheColonelcontinuedasgraveasever,andthatshecouldneitherprevailonhimtomaketheofferhimself,norcommissionhertomakeitforhim,began,attheendoftwodays,tothinkthat,insteadofMidsummer,theywouldnotbemarriedtillMichaelmas,andbytheendofaweekthatitwouldnotbeamatchatall.ThegoodunderstandingbetweentheColonelandMissDashwoodseemedrathertodeclarethatthehonoursofthemulberry-tree,thecanal,andtheyewarbour,wouldallbemadeovertoHER;andMrs.Jenningshad,forsometimeceasedtothinkatallofMrs.Ferrars.

           EarlyinFebruary,withinafortnightfromthereceiptofWilloughby’sletter,Elinorhadthepainfulofficeofinforminghersisterthathewasmarried.Shehadtakencaretohavetheintelligenceconveyedtoherself,assoonasitwasknownthattheceremonywasover,asshewasdesirousthatMarianneshouldnotreceivethefirstnoticeofitfromthepublicpapers,whichshesawhereagerlyexaminingeverymorning.

           Shereceivedthenewswithresolutecomposure;madenoobservationonit,andatfirstshednotears;butafterashorttimetheywouldburstout,andfortherestoftheday,shewasinastatehardlylesspitiablethanwhenshefirstlearnttoexpecttheevent.

           TheWilloughbyslefttownassoonastheyweremarried;andElinornowhoped,astherecouldbenodangerofherseeingeitherofthem,toprevailonhersister,whohadneveryetleftthehousesincetheblowfirstfell,togooutagainbydegreesasshehaddonebefore.

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