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Chapter XLIX

           

           Edwardwasnotentirelywithouthopesofsomefavourablechangeinhismothertowardshim;andonTHATherestedfortheresidueoftheirincome.ButElinorhadnosuchdependence;forsinceEdwardwouldstillbeunabletomarryMissMorton,andhischusingherselfhadbeenspokenofinMrs.Ferrars’sflatteringlanguageasonlyalesserevilthanhischusingLucySteele,shefearedthatRobert’soffencewouldservenootherpurposethantoenrichFanny.

           AboutfourdaysafterEdward’sarrivalColonelBrandonappeared,tocompleteMrs.Dashwood’ssatisfaction,andtogiveherthedignityofhaving,forthefirsttimesinceherlivingatBarton,morecompanywithherthanherhousewouldhold.Edwardwasallowedtoretaintheprivilegeoffirstcomer,andColonelBrandonthereforewalkedeverynighttohisoldquartersatthePark;fromwhenceheusuallyreturnedinthemorning,earlyenoughtointerruptthelovers’firsttete-a-tetebeforebreakfast.

           Athreeweeks’residenceatDelaford,where,inhiseveninghoursatleast,hehadlittletodobuttocalculatethedisproportionbetweenthirty-sixandseventeen,broughthimtoBartoninatemperofmindwhichneededalltheimprovementinMarianne’slooks,allthekindnessofherwelcome,andalltheencouragementofhermother’slanguage,tomakeitcheerful.Amongsuchfriends,however,andsuchflattery,hedidrevive.NorumourofLucy’smarriagehadyetreachedhim:—heknewnothingofwhathadpassed;andthefirsthoursofhisvisitwereconsequentlyspentinhearingandinwondering.EverythingwasexplainedtohimbyMrs.

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