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Chapter VII

           Mariannewasvexedatitforhersister’ssake,andturnedhereyestowardsElinortoseehowsheboretheseattacks,withanearnestnesswhichgaveElinorfarmorepainthancouldarisefromsuchcommon-placerailleryasMrs.Jennings’s.

           ColonelBrandon,thefriendofSirJohn,seemednomoreadaptedbyresemblanceofmannertobehisfriend,thanLadyMiddletonwastobehiswife,orMrs.JenningstobeLadyMiddleton’smother.Hewassilentandgrave.Hisappearancehoweverwasnotunpleasing,inspiteofhisbeingintheopinionofMarianneandMargaretanabsoluteoldbachelor,forhewasonthewrongsideoffiveandthirty;butthoughhisfacewasnothandsome,hiscountenancewassensible,andhisaddresswasparticularlygentlemanlike.

           TherewasnothinginanyofthepartywhichcouldrecommendthemascompanionstotheDashwoods;butthecoldinsipidityofLadyMiddletonwassoparticularlyrepulsive,thatincomparisonofitthegravityofColonelBrandon,andeventheboisterousmirthofSirJohnandhismother-in-lawwasinteresting.LadyMiddletonseemedtoberousedtoenjoymentonlybytheentranceofherfournoisychildrenafterdinner,whopulledherabout,toreherclothes,andputanendtoeverykindofdiscourseexceptwhatrelatedtothemselves.

           Intheevening,asMariannewasdiscoveredtobemusical,shewasinvitedtoplay

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