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Chapter XLIII

           HourafterhourpassedawayinsleeplesspainanddeliriumonMarianne’sside,andinthemostcruelanxietyonElinor’s,beforeMr.Harrisappeared.Herapprehensionsonceraised,paidbytheirexcessforallherformersecurity;andtheservantwhosatupwithher,forshewouldnotallowMrs.Jenningstobecalled,onlytorturedhermore,byhintsofwhathermistresshadalwaysthought.

           Marianne’sideaswerestill,atintervals,fixedincoherentlyonhermother,andwhenevershementionedhername,itgaveapangtotheheartofpoorElinor,who,reproachingherselfforhavingtrifledwithsomanydaysofillness,andwretchedforsomeimmediaterelief,fanciedthatallreliefmightsoonbeinvain,thateverythinghadbeendelayedtoolong,andpicturedtoherselfhersufferingmotherarrivingtoolatetoseethisdarlingchild,ortoseeherrational.

           ShewasonthepointofsendingagainforMr.Harris,orifHEcouldnotcome,forsomeotheradvice,whentheformer—butnottillafterfiveo’clock—arrived.Hisopinion,however,madesomelittleamendsforhisdelay,forthoughacknowledgingaveryunexpectedandunpleasantalterationinhispatient,hewouldnotallowthedangertobematerial,andtalkedofthereliefwhichafreshmodeoftreatmentmustprocure,withaconfidencewhich,inalesserdegree,wascommunicatedtoElinor.Hepromisedtocallagaininthecourseofthreeorfourhours,andleftboththepatientandheranxiousattendantmorecomposedthanhehadfoundthem.

           Withstrongconcern,andwithmanyreproachesfornotbeingcalledtotheiraid,didMrs.

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