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Chapter XXXVI

           Becausetheyneitherflatteredherselfnorherchildren,shecouldnotbelievethemgood-natured;andbecausetheywerefondofreading,shefanciedthemsatirical:perhapswithoutexactlyknowingwhatitwastobesatirical;butTHATdidnotsignify.Itwascensureincommonuse,andeasilygiven.

           TheirpresencewasarestraintbothonherandonLucy.Itcheckedtheidlenessofone,andthebusinessoftheother.LadyMiddletonwasashamedofdoingnothingbeforethem,andtheflatterywhichLucywasproudtothinkofandadministeratothertimes,shefearedtheywoulddespiseherforoffering.MissSteelewastheleastdiscomposedofthethree,bytheirpresence;anditwasintheirpowertoreconcilehertoitentirely.WouldeitherofthemonlyhavegivenherafullandminuteaccountofthewholeaffairbetweenMarianneandMr.Willoughby,shewouldhavethoughtherselfamplyrewardedforthesacrificeofthebestplacebythefireafterdinner,whichtheirarrivaloccasioned.Butthisconciliationwasnotgranted;forthoughsheoftenthrewoutexpressionsofpityforhersistertoElinor,andmorethanoncedroptareflectionontheinconstancyofbeauxbeforeMarianne,noeffectwasproduced,butalookofindifferencefromtheformer,orofdisgustinthelatter.Aneffortevenyetlightermighthavemadehertheirfriend.WouldtheyonlyhavelaughedatherabouttheDoctor!Butsolittlewerethey,anymorethantheothers,inclinedtoobligeher,thatifSirJohndinedfromhome,shemightspendawholedaywithouthearinganyotherrailleryonthesubject,thanwhatshewaskindenoughtobestowonherself.

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