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Chapter VIII

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           "Mama,youarenotdoingmejustice.IknowverywellthatColonelBrandonisnotoldenoughtomakehisfriendsyetapprehensiveoflosinghiminthecourseofnature.Hemaylivetwentyyearslonger.Butthirty-fivehasnothingtodowithmatrimony."

           "Perhaps,"saidElinor,"thirty-fiveandseventeenhadbetternothaveanythingtodowithmatrimonytogether.Butifthereshouldbyanychancehappentobeawomanwhoissingleatsevenandtwenty,IshouldnotthinkColonelBrandon’sbeingthirty-fiveanyobjectiontohismarryingHER."

           "Awomanofsevenandtwenty,"saidMarianne,afterpausingamoment,"canneverhopetofeelorinspireaffectionagain,andifherhomebeuncomfortable,orherfortunesmall,Icansupposethatshemightbringherselftosubmittotheofficesofanurse,forthesakeoftheprovisionandsecurityofawife.Inhismarryingsuchawomanthereforetherewouldbenothingunsuitable.Itwouldbeacompactofconvenience,andtheworldwouldbesatisfied.Inmyeyesitwouldbenomarriageatall,butthatwouldbenothing.Tomeitwouldseemonlyacommercialexchange,inwhicheachwishedtobebenefitedattheexpenseoftheother."

           "Itwouldbeimpossible,Iknow,"repliedElinor,"toconvinceyouthatawomanofsevenandtwentycouldfeelforamanofthirty-fiveanythingnearenoughtolove,tomakehimadesirablecompaniontoher.ButImustobjecttoyourdoomingColonelBrandonandhiswifetotheconstantconfinementofasickchamber,merelybecausehechancedtocomplainyesterday(averycolddampday)ofaslightrheumaticfeelinoneofhisshoulders.

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