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Chapter XLVI

           Buttheresolutionwasmadeonlytobebroken.

           Mariannehadbeentwoorthreedaysathome,beforetheweatherwasfineenoughforaninvalidlikeherselftoventureout.Butatlastasoft,genialmorningappeared;suchasmighttemptthedaughter’swishesandthemother’sconfidence;andMarianne,leaningonElinor’sarm,wasauthorisedtowalkaslongasshecouldwithoutfatigue,inthelanebeforethehouse.

           Thesisterssetoutatapace,slowasthefeeblenessofMarianneinanexercisehithertountriedsinceherillnessrequired;—andtheyhadadvancedonlysofarbeyondthehouseastoadmitafullviewofthehill,theimportanthillbehind,whenpausingwithhereyesturnedtowardsit,Mariannecalmlysaid,

           "There,exactlythere,"—pointingwithonehand,"onthatprojectingmound,—thereIfell;andthereIfirstsawWilloughby."

           Hervoicesunkwiththeword,butpresentlyrevivingsheadded,

           "IamthankfultofindthatIcanlookwithsolittlepainonthespot!—shallweevertalkonthatsubject,Elinor?"—hesitatinglyitwassaid.—"Orwillitbewrong?—Icantalkofitnow,Ihope,asIoughttodo."—

           Elinortenderlyinvitedhertobeopen.

           "Asforregret,"saidMarianne,"Ihavedonewiththat,asfarasHEisconcerned.Idonotmeantotalktoyouofwhatmyfeelingshavebeenforhim,butwhattheyareNOW.

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