Chapter XLVI

           

           Marianne’sillness,thoughweakeninginitskind,hadnotbeenlongenoughtomakeherrecoveryslow;andwithyouth,naturalstrength,andhermother’spresenceinaid,itproceededsosmoothlyastoenablehertoremove,withinfourdaysafterthearrivalofthelatter,intoMrs.Palmer’sdressing-room.Whenthere,atherownparticularrequest,forshewasimpatienttopourforthherthankstohimforfetchinghermother,ColonelBrandonwasinvitedtovisither.

           Hisemotiononenteringtheroom,inseeingheralteredlooks,andinreceivingthepalehandwhichsheimmediatelyheldouttohim,wassuch,as,inElinor’sconjecture,mustarisefromsomethingmorethanhisaffectionforMarianne,ortheconsciousnessofitsbeingknowntoothers;andshesoondiscoveredinhismelancholyeyeandvaryingcomplexionashelookedathersister,theprobablerecurrenceofmanypastscenesofmiserytohismind,broughtbackbythatresemblancebetweenMarianneandElizaalreadyacknowledged,andnowstrengthenedbytheholloweye,thesicklyskin,thepostureofrecliningweakness,andthewarmacknowledgmentofpeculiarobligation.

           Mrs.Dashwood,notlesswatchfulofwhatpassedthanherdaughter,butwithamindverydifferentlyinfluenced,andthereforewatchingtoverydifferenteffect,sawnothingintheColonel’sbehaviourbutwhatarosefromthemostsimpleandself-evidentsensations,whileintheactionsandwordsofMarianneshepersuadedherselftothinkthatsomethingmorethangratitudealreadydawned.

           Attheendofanotherdayortwo,Mariannegrowingvisiblystrongereverytwelvehours,Mrs.

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