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Chapter XV

           Insuchacase,aplainandopenavowalofhisdifficultieswouldhavebeenmoretohishonourIthink,aswellasmoreconsistentwithhisgeneralcharacter;—butIwillnotraiseobjectionsagainstanyone’sconductonsoilliberalafoundation,asadifferenceinjudgmentfrommyself,oradeviationfromwhatImaythinkrightandconsistent."

           "Youspeakveryproperly.Willoughbycertainlydoesnotdeservetobesuspected.ThoughWEhavenotknownhimlong,heisnostrangerinthispartoftheworld;andwhohaseverspokentohisdisadvantage?Hadhebeeninasituationtoactindependentlyandmarryimmediately,itmighthavebeenoddthatheshouldleaveuswithoutacknowledgingeverythingtomeatonce:butthisisnotthecase.Itisanengagementinsomerespectsnotprosperouslybegun,fortheirmarriagemustbeataveryuncertaindistance;andevensecrecy,asfarasitcanbeobserved,maynowbeveryadvisable."

           TheywereinterruptedbytheentranceofMargaret;andElinorwasthenatlibertytothinkovertherepresentationsofhermother,toacknowledgetheprobabilityofmany,andhopeforthejusticeofall.

           TheysawnothingofMariannetilldinnertime,whensheenteredtheroomandtookherplaceatthetablewithoutsayingaword.Hereyeswereredandswollen;anditseemedasifhertearswereeventhenrestrainedwithdifficulty.Sheavoidedthelooksofthemall,couldneithereatnorspeak,andaftersometime,onhermother’ssilentlypressingherhandwithtendercompassion,hersmalldegreeoffortitudewasquiteovercome,sheburstintotearsandlefttheroom

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