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Chapter XXXVI

           

           Fanny,rejoicinginherescape,andproudofthereadywitthathadprocuredit,wrotethenextmorningtoLucy,torequesthercompanyandhersister’s,forsomedays,inHarleyStreet,assoonasLadyMiddletoncouldsparethem.ThiswasenoughtomakeLucyreallyandreasonablyhappy.Mrs.Dashwoodseemedactuallyworkingforher,herself;cherishingallherhopes,andpromotingallherviews!SuchanopportunityofbeingwithEdwardandhisfamilywas,aboveallthings,themostmaterialtoherinterest,andsuchaninvitationthemostgratifyingtoherfeelings!Itwasanadvantagethatcouldnotbetoogratefullyacknowledged,nortoospeedilymadeuseof;andthevisittoLadyMiddleton,whichhadnotbeforehadanypreciselimits,wasinstantlydiscoveredtohavebeenalwaysmeanttoendintwodays’time.

           WhenthenotewasshowntoElinor,asitwaswithintenminutesafteritsarrival,itgaveher,forthefirsttime,someshareintheexpectationsofLucy;forsuchamarkofuncommonkindness,vouchsafedonsoshortanacquaintance,seemedtodeclarethatthegood-willtowardsherarosefromsomethingmorethanmerelymaliceagainstherself;andmightbebrought,bytimeandaddress,todoeverythingthatLucywished.HerflatteryhadalreadysubduedtheprideofLadyMiddleton,andmadeanentryintothecloseheartofMrs.JohnDashwood;andthesewereeffectsthatlaidopentheprobabilityofgreater.

           TheMissSteelesremovedtoHarleyStreet,andallthatreachedElinoroftheirinfluencethere,strengthenedherexpectationoftheevent

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