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Chapter XLI

           Afterafewmoments’chat,JohnDashwood,recollectingthatFannywasyetuninformedofhersister’sbeingthere,quittedtheroominquestofher;andElinorwaslefttoimproveheracquaintancewithRobert,who,bythegayunconcern,thehappyself-complacencyofhismannerwhileenjoyingsounfairadivisionofhismother’sloveandliberality,totheprejudiceofhisbanishedbrother,earnedonlybyhisowndissipatedcourseoflife,andthatbrother’sintegrity,wasconfirminghermostunfavourableopinionofhisheadandheart.

           Theyhadscarcelybeentwominutesbythemselves,beforehebegantospeakofEdward;forhe,too,hadheardoftheliving,andwasveryinquisitiveonthesubject.Elinorrepeatedtheparticularsofit,asshehadgiventhemtoJohn;andtheireffectonRobert,thoughverydifferent,wasnotlessstrikingthanithadbeenonHIM.Helaughedmostimmoderately.TheideaofEdward’sbeingaclergyman,andlivinginasmallparsonage-house,divertedhimbeyondmeasure;—andwhentothatwasaddedthefancifulimageryofEdwardreadingprayersinawhitesurplice,andpublishingthebannsofmarriagebetweenJohnSmithandMaryBrown,hecouldconceivenothingmoreridiculous.

           Elinor,whileshewaitedinsilenceandimmovablegravity,theconclusionofsuchfolly,couldnotrestrainhereyesfrombeingfixedonhimwithalookthatspokeallthecontemptitexcited.Itwasalook,however,verywellbestowed,foritrelievedherownfeelings,andgavenointelligencetohim.Hewasrecalledfromwittowisdom,notbyanyreproofofhers,butbyhisownsensibility.

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