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chapter-002How could he answer it to himself to rob his child, and his only child too, of so large a sum?
chapter-004What say you, Marianne?"
chapter-004replied Elinor,"why should you think so?
chapter-003But you look grave, Marianne; do you disapprove your sister''s choice?"
chapter-003Mamma, how shall we do without her?"
chapter-003Why should you be less fortunate than your mother?
chapter-005And to what part of it?"
chapter-005Are you, indeed, going there?
chapter-005But who will remain to enjoy you?"
chapter-012What is the gentleman''s name?
chapter-011After a short pause he resumed the conversation by saying--"Does your sister make no distinction in her objections against a second attachment?
chapter-011or is it equally criminal in every body?
chapter-025And what,said Mrs. Dashwood,"is my dear prudent Elinor going to suggest?
chapter-025What formidable obstacle is she now to bring forward?
chapter-032Well, my dear,said Mrs. Jennings,"and how did you travel?"
chapter-014Shall we see you tomorrow to dinner?
chapter-014But are you really so attached to this place as to see no defect in it?"
chapter-014I do think he must have been sent for about money matters, for what else can it be?
chapter-014Must it not have been so, Marianne?"
chapter-014Then continuing his former tone, he said,"And yet this house you would spoil, Mrs. Dashwood?
chapter-039what should hinder it?"
chapter-034what is Miss Morton to us?
chapter-010Elinor,cried Marianne,"is this fair?
chapter-010But how is your acquaintance to be long supported, under such extraordinary despatch of every subject for discourse?
chapter-010But why should you dislike him?"
chapter-010She saw it with concern; for what could a silent man of five and thirty hope, when opposed to a very lively one of five and twenty?
chapter-010are my ideas so scanty?
chapter-010is this just?
chapter-018And who is Willoughby?
chapter-018I am afraid it is but too true,said Marianne;"but why should you boast of it?"
chapter-018Is that Fanny''s hair? chapter-018 What do you mean?"
chapter-018Who? chapter-018 Shall I tell you my guess?
chapter-018Who is to dance?"
chapter-045Did you allow him to hope?"
chapter-045What answer did you give him?
chapter-048When do you write to Colonel Brandon, ma''am?
chapter-048Elinor resolving to exert herself, though fearing the sound of her own voice, now said--"Is Mrs. Ferrars at Longstaple?"
chapter-008Did not you hear him complain of the rheumatism? chapter-008 Had you any idea of his coming so soon?"
chapter-008Confess, Marianne, is not there something interesting to you in the flushed cheek, hollow eye, and quick pulse of a fever?"
chapter-008Does Elinor expect him already?"
chapter-008What else can detain him at Norland?"
chapter-008When does she try to avoid society, or appear restless and dissatisfied in it?"
chapter-008When is a man to be safe from such wit, if age and infirmity will not protect him?"
chapter-008When is she dejected or melancholy?
chapter-008and is not that the commonest infirmity of declining life?"
chapter-008said Elinor,"do you call Colonel Brandon infirm?
chapter-023You are very good, I hope it wo n''t hurt your eyes:--will you ring the bell for some working candles? chapter-023 Had Edward been intentionally deceiving her? chapter-023 Had he feigned a regard for her which he did not feel? chapter-023 She might in time regain tranquillity; but he, what had he to look forward to? chapter-023 Was his engagement to Lucy an engagement of the heart? chapter-036 ''But how can it be done?'' chapter-036 How can I ask them away from her?
chapter-036There is not a room in this cottage that will hold ten couple, and where can the supper be?''
chapter-049But Elinor-- how are her feelings to be described?
chapter-049repeated he;"would they have me beg my mother''s pardon for Robert''s ingratitude to her, and breach of honour to me?
chapter-024But what,said she after a short silence,"are your views?
chapter-024Do you know Mr. Robert Ferrars?
chapter-024Shall you be in town this winter, Miss Dashwood?
chapter-024But you will not give me your advice, Miss Dashwood?"
chapter-024Could you have a motive for the trust, that was not honourable and flattering to me?"
chapter-024How could you suppose so?
chapter-016And how does dear, dear Norland look?
chapter-016Have you an agreeable neighbourhood here? chapter-016 Have you been lately in Sussex?"
chapter-016How can you think of dirt, with such objects before you?
chapter-016Marianne,cried her sister,"how can you say so?
chapter-016Why do you not ask Marianne at once,said she,"whether she is or she is not engaged to Willoughby?
chapter-016Are the Middletons pleasant people?"
chapter-016Did you ever see their equals?
chapter-016Have you forgot, Marianne, how many pleasant days we have owed to them?"
chapter-016How can you be so unjust?
chapter-009And is that all you can say for him?
chapter-009And what sort of a young man is he?
chapter-009But what are his manners on more intimate acquaintance? chapter-009 But who is he?"
chapter-009Did he indeed?
chapter-009Where does he come from? chapter-009 Has he a house at Allenham?
chapter-009Was she out with him today?"
chapter-009What his pursuits, his talents, and genius?"
chapter-009cried Marianne with sparkling eyes,"and with elegance, with spirit?"
chapter-009cried Sir John;"what, is he in the country?
chapter-019My love, have you been asleep?
chapter-019Where is Marianne? chapter-019 Why should they ask us?"
chapter-019And where are your sisters?
chapter-019Has she run away because we are come?
chapter-019How do you like them?"
chapter-019How does Mrs. Dashwood do?
chapter-019How much may not a few months do?"
chapter-019Palmer?"
chapter-019She came hallooing to the window,"How do you do, my dear?
chapter-035But why were you not there, Edward?--Why did you not come?
chapter-035Do you like London?
chapter-035What can bring her here so often?
chapter-035But what was that, when such friends were to be met?"
chapter-035Could anything be so flattering as Mrs. Ferrars''s way of treating me yesterday?
chapter-035Now was not it so?
chapter-035You saw it all; and was not you quite struck with it?"
chapter-028But have you not received my notes?
chapter-028How can that be done? chapter-028 Have you not received my letters? chapter-028 Tell me, Willoughby; for heaven''s sake tell me, what is the matter?
chapter-028What can be the meaning of it?
chapter-028Will you not shake hands with me?"
chapter-028Willoughby, what is the meaning of this?
chapter-028why can not I speak to him?"
chapter-028why does he not look at me?
chapter-033And do you not think it more likely that she should leave it to her daughters, than to us?
chapter-033Is Mr. Edward Ferrars,said Elinor, with resolution,"going to be married?"
chapter-033Where is the green- house to be?
chapter-033Who is Colonel Brandon? chapter-033 Is he a man of fortune?
chapter-033Is she ill?"
chapter-033What is the amount of his fortune?"
chapter-033what do you mean?"
chapter-027Did you?
chapter-027Do n''t you find it colder than it was in the morning, Elinor? chapter-027 How can that be?
chapter-027When do you go back again?
chapter-027You are expecting a letter, then?
chapter-027By whom can you have heard it mentioned?"
chapter-027Is every thing finally settled?
chapter-027Is it impossible to-?
chapter-040Colonel Brandon give me a living!--Can it be possible?
chapter-040My dear ma''am,said Elinor,"what can you be thinking of?
chapter-040Well, and whose fault is that? chapter-040 But, my dear, is not this rather out of character? chapter-040 Did not I do right?--And I suppose you had no great difficulty-- You did not find him very unwilling to accept your proposal?
chapter-040Should not the Colonel write himself?
chapter-040who should do it but himself?"
chapter-040why do n''t he repair it?
chapter-021And had you a great many smart beaux there? chapter-021 And who was this uncle?
chapter-021But why should you think,said Lucy, looking ashamed of her sister,"that there are not as many genteel young men in Devonshire as Sussex?"
chapter-021How can you say so, Anne?
chapter-021Norland is a prodigious beautiful place, is not it?
chapter-021How came they acquainted?"
chapter-021How can you be so cross as not to come?
chapter-021I suppose your brother was quite a beau, Miss Dashwood, before he married, as he was so rich?"
chapter-021Where did he live?
chapter-021repeated Miss Steele;"Mr. Ferrars is the happy man, is he?
chapter-021your sister- in- law''s brother, Miss Dashwood?
chapter-026Are you certain that no servant, no porter has left any letter or note?
chapter-026Are you quite sure of it?
chapter-026Has no letter been left here for me since we went out?
chapter-026I am writing home, Marianne,said Elinor;"had not you better defer your letter for a day or two?"
chapter-026Is your sister ill?
chapter-026Mr. Palmer will be so happy to see you,said she;"What do you think he said when he heard of your coming with Mamma?
chapter-026Oh, you did; well, and how do they all do at their house? chapter-026 And how does your business go on? chapter-026 But Colonel, where have you been to since we parted? chapter-026 But pray, Colonel, how came you to conjure out that I should be in town today?
chapter-026How does Charlotte do?
chapter-031Is she still in town?
chapter-031Who can this be?
chapter-031But to what does all this lead?
chapter-031Elinor, startled by his manner, looked at him anxiously, saying--"What?
chapter-031Have you,"she continued, after a short silence,"ever seen Mr. Willoughby since you left him at Barton?"
chapter-031To suffer you all to be so deceived; to see your sister-- but what could I do?
chapter-031Would he have been less gay or less happy in the smiles of your sister?
chapter-046Do you compare your conduct with his?
chapter-046Or will it be wrong? chapter-046 Was I more considerate of you and your comfort? chapter-046 Your example was before me; but to what avail? chapter-046 shall we ever talk on that subject, Elinor?
chapter-041But why should such precaution be used? chapter-041 Choice!--how do you mean?"
chapter-041Have you ever seen the lady?
chapter-041--he cried, after hearing what she said--"what could be the Colonel''s motive?"
chapter-041And how came he not to have settled that matter before this person''s death?
chapter-041Has Colonel Brandon been with you lately?"
chapter-041Why would not Marianne come?"
chapter-038I do not understand what you mean by interrupting them,said Elinor;"you were all in the same room together, were not you?"
chapter-038Oh, did not you? chapter-038 And Lady Middleton, is she angry?
chapter-038But why should not I wear pink ribbons?
chapter-038How could you behave so unfairly by your sister?"
chapter-038I shall say directly,''I wonder how you could think of such a thing?
chapter-038Is she angry?"
chapter-038Miss Dashwood, do you think people make love when any body else is by?
chapter-038What an ill- natured woman his mother is, an''t she?
chapter-038cried Elinor;"have you been repeating to me what you only learnt yourself by listening at the door?
chapter-022Did not you think him sadly out of spirits?
chapter-022Are you acquainted with Mr. Robert Ferrars?
chapter-022Can you be?"
chapter-022Did you not think him dreadful low- spirited when he was at Barton?
chapter-022Did you think he came directly from town?"
chapter-022Ferrars?"
chapter-022Perhaps you might notice the ring when you saw him?"
chapter-022Pratt?"
chapter-022Then, perhaps, you can not tell me what sort of a woman she is?"
chapter-022What felt Elinor at that moment?
chapter-022What would you advise me to do in such a case, Miss Dashwood?
chapter-022What would you do yourself?"
chapter-022cried Elinor,"what do you mean?
chapter-017But how is your fame to be established? chapter-017 Reserved!--how, in what manner?
chapter-017What are Mrs. Ferrars''s views for you at present, Edward?
chapter-017What have wealth or grandeur to do with happiness?
chapter-017You have not been able to bring your sister over to your plan of general civility,said Edward to Elinor,"Do you gain no ground?"
chapter-017Am I reserved, Marianne?"
chapter-017Come, what is your competence?"
chapter-017Do not you know she calls every one reserved who does not talk as fast, and admire what she admires as rapturously as herself?"
chapter-017Should not you, Marianne?
chapter-017What am I to tell you?
chapter-017What can you suppose?"
chapter-017repeated Edward;"but why must you have hunters?
chapter-017said she, when dinner was over and they had drawn round the fire;"are you still to be a great orator in spite of yourself?"
chapter-013And who is Miss Williams?
chapter-013But how came the hand to discompose you so much, if it was only a letter of business? chapter-013 But if you write a note to the housekeeper, Mr. Brandon,"said Marianne, eagerly,"will it not be sufficient?"
chapter-013Can you, ma''am?
chapter-013Did not you know,said Willoughby,"that we had been out in my curricle?"
chapter-013Is there no chance of my seeing you and your sisters in town this winter, Miss Dashwood?
chapter-013Perhaps it is to tell you that your cousin Fanny is married?
chapter-013Was it from Avignon? chapter-013 Well, then, when will you come back again?"
chapter-013What can you have to do in town at this time of year?
chapter-013What is the matter with Brandon?
chapter-013Whom do you mean, ma''am?
chapter-013Why should you imagine, Elinor, that we did not go there, or that we did not see the house? chapter-013 You do not go to town on horseback, do you?"
chapter-013Is not it what you have often wished to do yourself?"
chapter-013Marianne coloured, and replied very hastily,"Where, pray?"
chapter-013do not you know who Miss Williams is?
chapter-037Poor young man!--and what is to become of him?
chapter-037Well, sir,said Mrs. Jennings,"and how did it end?"
chapter-037After a pause of wonder, she exclaimed--"Four months!--Have you known of this four months?"
chapter-037Could you have believed such a thing possible?
chapter-037Is this my gratitude?
chapter-037Is this the only return I can make you?
chapter-037The first question on her side, which led to farther particulars, was--"How long has this been known to you, Elinor?
chapter-037What is it?"
chapter-037has he written to you?"
chapter-037have you heard the news?"
chapter-037how have you been supported?"
chapter-037is Fanny ill?"
chapter-037says I,''is Mrs. Dashwood ill?''
chapter-047And are they going farther westward?
chapter-047But did she tell you she was married, Thomas?
chapter-047Did Mrs. Ferrars look well?
chapter-047Did you see them off, before you came away?
chapter-047Do you know where they came from?
chapter-047Was Mr. Ferrars in the carriage with her?
chapter-047Was there no one else in the carriage?
chapter-047Who told you that Mr. Ferrars was married, Thomas?
chapter-047Marianne''s lips quivered, and she repeated the word"Selfish?"
chapter-047in a tone that implied,"do you really think him selfish?"
chapter-020And what did the Colonel say?
chapter-020Did not Colonel Brandon know of Sir John''s proposal to your mother before it was made? chapter-020 Did not I tell you, Sir John, when you spoke to me about it before, that it could not be done?
chapter-020Do you know that you are quite rude?
chapter-020How charming it will be,said Charlotte,"when he is in Parliament!--won''t it?
chapter-020Is Mr. Willoughby much known in your part of Somersetshire?
chapter-020Is it very ugly?
chapter-020Mr. Brandon was very well I hope?
chapter-020You have been long acquainted with Colonel Brandon, have not you?
chapter-020But do you know, he says, he will never frank for me?
chapter-020Had he never owned his affection to yourself?"
chapter-020Is it true, pray?
chapter-020It will be quite delightful!--My love,"applying to her husband,"do n''t you long to have the Miss Dashwoods come to Cleveland?"
chapter-020Palmer?"
chapter-020What the devil does Sir John mean by not having a billiard room in his house?
chapter-020When is it to take place?"
chapter-020Why did not you ask the Gilberts to come to us today?"
chapter-020Will you come and spend some time at Cleveland this Christmas?
chapter-030And who are the Ellisons?
chapter-030Do you know what kind of a girl Miss Grey is? chapter-030 How do you do my dear?"
chapter-030How is she, Miss Dashwood? chapter-030 That a gentleman, whom I had reason to think-- in short, that a man, whom I knew to be engaged-- but how shall I tell you?
chapter-030The lady then,--Miss Grey I think you called her,--is very rich?
chapter-030What did you hear?
chapter-030And what does talking ever do you know?"
chapter-030But have you likewise heard that Miss Grey has fifty thousand pounds?
chapter-030But then you know, how should I guess such a thing?
chapter-030But your sister does not-- I think you said so-- she does not consider quite as you do?"
chapter-030Did you ever see her?
chapter-030Is she said to be amiable?"
chapter-030Is there nothing one can get to comfort her?
chapter-030She hates whist I know; but is there no round game she cares for?"
chapter-030What shall we play at?
chapter-030Where did you hear it?"
chapter-030Why do n''t he, in such a case, sell his horses, let his house, turn off his servants, and make a thorough reform at once?
chapter-015And is Mrs. Smith your only friend? chapter-015 Disappointment?"
chapter-015Is anything the matter with her?
chapter-015Our dear Willoughby is now some miles from Barton, Elinor,said she, as she sat down to work,"and with how heavy a heart does he travel?"
chapter-015To London!--and are you going this morning?
chapter-015And is no allowance to be made for inadvertence, or for spirits depressed by recent disappointment?
chapter-015And last night he was with us so happy, so cheerful, so affectionate?
chapter-015And now, Elinor, what have you to say?"
chapter-015And, after all, what is it you suspect him of?"
chapter-015Are no probabilities to be accepted, merely because they are not certainties?
chapter-015But why?
chapter-015Can they have quarrelled?
chapter-015Do you suppose him really indifferent to her?"
chapter-015For shame, Willoughby, can you wait for an invitation here?"
chapter-015Has he been acting a part in his behaviour to your sister all this time?
chapter-015Has not my consent been daily asked by his looks, his manner, his attentive and affectionate respect?
chapter-015Has there been any inconsistency on his side to create alarm?
chapter-015Have we not perfectly understood each other?
chapter-015How could such a thought occur to you?
chapter-015Is Allenham the only house in the neighbourhood to which you will be welcome?
chapter-015Is he not a man of honour and feeling?
chapter-015My Elinor, is it possible to doubt their engagement?
chapter-015Though we have not known him long, he is no stranger in this part of the world; and who has ever spoken to his disadvantage?
chapter-015What can it be?
chapter-015Why else should he have shown such unwillingness to accept your invitation here?"
chapter-015can he be deceitful?"
chapter-015cried Mrs. Dashwood as she entered:--"is she ill?"
chapter-015my dear child, do you accuse Willoughby and Marianne of concealment?
chapter-029Dearest Marianne, who but himself? chapter-029 Do you call me happy, Marianne?
chapter-029Yes, why should I stay here? chapter-029 Yes: could that be wrong after all that had passed?
chapter-029Yet you wrote to him?
chapter-029Beyond you three, is there a creature in the world whom I would not rather suspect of evil than Willoughby, whose heart I know so well?"
chapter-029But could it be so?
chapter-029By whom can he have been instigated?"
chapter-029Can not we be gone to- morrow?"
chapter-029Do n''t we all know that it must be a match, that they were over head and ears in love with each other from the first moment they met?
chapter-029Have you forgot the last evening of our being together at Barton?
chapter-029Have you no comforts?
chapter-029I came only for Willoughby''s sake-- and now who cares for me?
chapter-029Is your loss such as leaves no opening for consolation?
chapter-029Oh, barbarously insolent!--Elinor, can he be justified?"
chapter-029Pray, when are they to be married?"
chapter-029The Middletons and Palmers-- how am I to bear their pity?
chapter-029The contents of her last note to him were these:--"What am I to imagine, Willoughby, by your behaviour last night?
chapter-029Whatever he might have heard against me, ought he not to have suspended his belief?
chapter-029When he told me that it might be many weeks before we met again-- his distress-- can I ever forget his distress?"
chapter-029Who regards me?"
chapter-029Willoughby, where was your heart when you wrote those words?
chapter-029how can you talk so?
chapter-029no friends?
chapter-029ought he not to have told me of it, to have given me the power of clearing myself?
chapter-029who can require it?"
chapter-044Ah!--no,--have you forgot what passed in town? chapter-044 And you do think something better of me than you did?"
chapter-044Are you going back to town?
chapter-044But the letter, Mr. Willoughby, your own letter; have you any thing to say about that?
chapter-044Did you tell her that you should soon return?
chapter-044For God''s sake tell me, is she out of danger, or is she not?
chapter-044Has she?
chapter-044Is this the real reason of your coming?
chapter-044Well, sir,said Elinor, who, though pitying him, grew impatient for his departure,"and this is all?"
chapter-044What do you mean?
chapter-044You did then,said Elinor, a little softened,"believe yourself at one time attached to her?"
chapter-044Am I,--be it only one degree,--am I less guilty in your opinion than I was before?
chapter-044And after all, what did it signify to my character in the opinion of Marianne and her friends, in what language my answer was couched?
chapter-044And now do you pity me, Miss Dashwood?
chapter-044And, in short, what do you think of my wife''s style of letter- writing?--delicate-- tender-- truly feminine-- was it not?"
chapter-044But I have injured more than herself; and I have injured one, whose affection for me--(may I say it?)
chapter-044But have I ever known it?
chapter-044Could it be an impartial one?
chapter-044Did she show it you?"
chapter-044God be praised!--But is it true?
chapter-044Have I explained away any part of my guilt?"
chapter-044Is there a man on earth who could have done it?
chapter-044Now will you listen to me?"
chapter-044Smith?"
chapter-044Tell me honestly,"--a deeper glow overspreading his cheeks,"do you think me most a knave or a fool?"
chapter-044That infamous letter?
chapter-044Well may it be doubted; for, had I really loved, could I have sacrificed my feelings to vanity, to avarice?
chapter-044What is it, that you mean by it?"
chapter-044Why was it necessary to call?"
chapter-044Willoughby?"
chapter-044Your sister is certainly better, certainly out of danger?"
chapter-044is it really true?"
chapter-044or have I said all this to no purpose?
chapter-044or, what is more, could I have sacrificed hers?