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Chapter XLIII

           Thewindroaredroundthehouse,andtherainbeatagainstthewindows;butElinor,allhappinesswithin,regardeditnot.Mariannesleptthrougheveryblast;andthetravellers—theyhadarichrewardinstore,foreverypresentinconvenience.

           Theclockstruckeight.Haditbeenten,Elinorwouldhavebeenconvincedthatatthatmomentsheheardacarriagedrivinguptothehouse;andsostrongwasthepersuasionthatsheDID,inspiteoftheALMOSTimpossibilityoftheirbeingalreadycome,thatshemovedintotheadjoiningdressing-closetandopenedawindowshutter,tobesatisfiedofthetruth.Sheinstantlysawthatherearshadnotdeceivedher.Theflaringlampsofacarriagewereimmediatelyinview.Bytheiruncertainlightshethoughtshecoulddiscernittobedrawnbyfourhorses;andthis,whileittoldtheexcessofherpoormother’salarm,gavesomeexplanationtosuchunexpectedrapidity.

           NeverinherlifehadElinorfounditsodifficulttobecalm,asatthatmoment.Theknowledgeofwhathermothermustbefeelingasthecarriagestoptatthedoor—ofherdoubt—herdread—perhapsherdespair!—andofwhatSHEhadtotell!—withsuchknowledgeitwasimpossibletobecalm.Allthatremainedtobedonewastobespeedy;and,thereforestayingonlytillshecouldleaveMrs.Jennings’smaidwithhersister,shehurrieddownstairs.

           Thebustleinthevestibule,asshepassedalonganinnerlobby,assuredherthattheywerealreadyinthehouse.Sherushedtothedrawing-room,—sheenteredit,—andsawonlyWilloughby.

           

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