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Chapter XLVIII

           Butitwasthentoolate,andwithacountenancemeaningtobeopen,shesatdownagainandtalkedoftheweather.

           Mariannehadretreatedasmuchaspossibleoutofsight,toconcealherdistress;andMargaret,understandingsomepart,butnotthewholeofthecase,thoughtitincumbentonhertobedignified,andthereforetookaseatasfarfromhimasshecould,andmaintainedastrictsilence.

           WhenElinorhadceasedtorejoiceinthedrynessoftheseason,averyawfulpausetookplace.ItwasputanendtobyMrs.Dashwood,whofeltobligedtohopethathehadleftMrs.Ferrarsverywell.Inahurriedmanner,herepliedintheaffirmative.

           Anotherpause.

           Elinorresolvingtoexertherself,thoughfearingthesoundofherownvoice,nowsaid,

           "IsMrs.FerrarsatLongstaple?"

           "AtLongstaple!"hereplied,withanairofsurprise.—"No,mymotherisintown."

           "Imeant,"saidElinor,takingupsomeworkfromthetable,"toinquireforMrs.EDWARDFerrars."

           Shedarednotlookup;—buthermotherandMariannebothturnedtheireyesonhim.Hecoloured,seemedperplexed,lookeddoubtingly,and,aftersomehesitation,said,—

           "Perhapsyoumean—mybrother—youmeanMrs.—Mrs.ROBERTFerrars."

           "Mrs.RobertFerrars!"—wasrepeatedbyMarianneandhermotherinanaccentoftheutmostamazement;—andthoughElinorcouldnotspeak,evenHEReyeswerefixedonhimwiththesameimpatientwonder

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