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Chapter XVI

           

           Suchviolenceofafflictionindeedcouldnotbesupportedforever;itsunkwithinafewdaysintoacalmermelancholy;buttheseemployments,towhichshedailyrecurred,hersolitarywalksandsilentmeditations,stillproducedoccasionaleffusionsofsorrowaslivelyasever.

           NoletterfromWilloughbycame;andnoneseemedexpectedbyMarianne.Hermotherwassurprised,andElinoragainbecameuneasy.ButMrs.Dashwoodcouldfindexplanationswhenevershewantedthem,whichatleastsatisfiedherself.

           "Remember,Elinor,"saidshe,"howveryoftenSirJohnfetchesourlettershimselffromthepost,andcarriesthemtoit.Wehavealreadyagreedthatsecrecymaybenecessary,andwemustacknowledgethatitcouldnotbemaintainediftheircorrespondenceweretopassthroughSirJohn’shands."

           Elinorcouldnotdenythetruthofthis,andshetriedtofindinitamotivesufficientfortheirsilence.Buttherewasonemethodsodirect,sosimple,andinheropinionsoeligibleofknowingtherealstateoftheaffair,andofinstantlyremovingallmystery,thatshecouldnothelpsuggestingittohermother.

           "WhydoyounotaskMarianneatonce,"saidshe,"whethersheisorsheisnotengagedtoWilloughby?Fromyou,hermother,andsokind,soindulgentamother,thequestioncouldnotgiveoffence.Itwouldbethenaturalresultofyouraffectionforher.Sheusedtobeallunreserve,andtoyoumoreespecially."

           "Iwouldnotasksuchaquestionfortheworld.Supposingitpossiblethattheyarenotengaged,whatdistresswouldnotsuchanenquiryinflict!Atanyrateitwouldbemostungenerous.

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