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1On the morning of the third day however, the gloomy anticipations of both were almost done away; for when Mr. Harris
2arrived, he declared his patient materially better. Her pulse was much stronger, and every symptom more favourable than
3on the preceding visit. Elinor, confirmed in every pleasant hope, was all cheerfulness; rejoicing that in her letters to
4her mother, she had pursued her own judgment rather than her friend's, in making very light of the indisposition which
5delayed them at Cleveland; and almost fixing on the time when Marianne would be able to travel. But the day did not
6close so auspiciously as it began. Towards the evening Marianne became ill again, growing more heavy, restless, and
7uncomfortable than before. Her sister, however, still sanguine, was willing to attribute the change to nothing more than
8the fatigue of having sat up to have her bed made; and carefully administering the cordials prescribed, saw her, with
9satisfaction, sink at last into a slumber, from which she expected the most beneficial effects. Her sleep, though not so
10quiet as Elinor wished to see it, lasted a considerable time; and anxious to observe the result of it herself, she
11resolved to sit with her during the whole of it. Mrs. Jennings, knowing nothing of any change in the patient, went
12unusually early to bed; her maid, who was one of the principal nurses, was recreating herself in the housekeeper's room,
13and Elinor remained alone with Marianne. The repose of the latter became more and more disturbed; and her sister, who
14watched, with unremitting attention her continual change of posture, and heard the frequent but inarticulate sounds of
15complaint which passed her lips, was almost wishing to rouse her from so painful a slumber, when Marianne, suddenly
16awakened by some accidental noise in the house, started hastily up, and, with feverish wildness, cried out,-- "Is mama
17coming?" "Not yet," cried the other, concealing her terror, and assisting Marianne to lie down again, "but she will be
18here, I hope, before it is long. It is a great way, you know, from hence to Barton." "But she must not go round by
19London," cried Marianne, in the same hurried manner. "I shall never see her, if she goes by London." Elinor perceived
20with alarm that she was not quite herself, and, while attempting to soothe her, eagerly felt her pulse. It was lower and
21quicker than ever! and Marianne, still talking wildly of mama, her alarm increased so rapidly, as to determine her on
22sending instantly for Mr. Harris, and despatching a messenger to Barton for her mother. To consult with Colonel Brandon
23on the best means of effecting the latter, was a thought which immediately followed the resolution of its performance;
24and as soon she had rung up the maid to take her place by her sister, she hastened down to the drawing-room, where she
25knew he was generally to be found at a much later hour than the present. It was no time for hesitation. Her fears and
26her difficulties were immediately before him. Her fears, he had no courage, no confidence to attempt the removal of:--he
27listened to them in silent despondence;--but her difficulties were instantly obviated, for with a readiness that seemed
28to speak the occasion, and the service pre-arranged in his mind, he offered himself as the messenger who should fetch
29Mrs. Dashwood. Elinor made no resistance that was not easily overcome. She thanked him with brief, though fervent
30gratitude, and while he went to hurry off his servant with a message to Mr. Harris, and an order for post-horses
31directly, she wrote a few lines to her mother. The comfort of such a friend at that moment as Colonel Brandon--or such a
32companion for her mother,--how gratefully was it felt!--a companion whose judgment would guide, whose attendance must
33relieve, and whose friendship might soothe her!--as far as the shock of such a summons could be lessened to her, his
34presence, his manners, his assistance, would lessen it. He, meanwhile, whatever he might feel, acted with all the
35firmness of a collected mind, made every necessary arrangement with the utmost despatch, and calculated with exactness
36the time in which she might look for his return. Not a moment was lost in delay of any kind. The horses arrived, even
37before they were expected, and Colonel Brandon only pressing her hand with a look of solemnity, and a few words spoken
38too low to reach her ear, hurried into the carriage. It was then about twelve o'clock, and she returned to her sister's
39apartment to wait for the arrival of the apothecary, and to watch by her the rest of the night. It was a night of almost
40equal suffering to both. Hour after hour passed away in sleepless pain and delirium on Marianne's side, and in the most
41cruel anxiety on Elinor's, before Mr. Harris appeared. Her apprehensions once raised, paid by their excess for all her
42former security; and the servant who sat up with her, for she would not allow Mrs. Jennings to be called, only tortured
43her more, by hints of what her mistress had always thought. Marianne's ideas were still, at intervals, fixed
44incoherently on her mother, and whenever she mentioned her name, it gave a pang to the heart of poor Elinor, who,
45reproaching herself for having trifled with so many days of illness, and wretched for some immediate relief, fancied
46that all relief might soon be in vain, that every thing had been delayed too long, and pictured to herself her suffering
47mother arriving too late to see this darling child, or to see her rational. She was on the point of sending again for
48Mr. Harris, or if he could not come, for some other advice, when the former--but not till after five o'clock--arrived.
49His opinion, however, made some little amends for his delay, for though acknowledging a very unexpected and unpleasant
50alteration in his patient, he would not allow the danger to be material, and talked of the relief which a fresh mode of
51treatment must procure, with a confidence which, in a lesser degree, was communicated to Elinor. He promised to call
52again in the course of three or four hours, and left both the patient and her anxious attendant more composed than he
53had found them. With strong concern, and with many reproaches for not being called to their aid, did Mrs. Jennings hear
54in the morning of what had passed. Her former apprehensions, now with greater reason restored, left her no doubt of the
55event; and though trying to speak comfort to Elinor, her conviction of her sister's danger would not allow her to offer
56the comfort of hope. Her heart was really grieved. The rapid decay, the early death of a girl so young, so lovely as
57Marianne, must have struck a less interested person with concern. On Mrs. Jennings's compassion she had other claims.
58She had been for three months her companion, was still under her care, and she was known to have been greatly injured,
59and long unhappy. The distress of her sister too, particularly a favourite, was before her;--and as for their mother,
60when Mrs. Jennings considered that Marianne might probably be to her what Charlotte was to herself, her sympathy in her
61sufferings was very sincere. Mr. Harris was punctual in his second visit;--but he came to be disappointed in his hopes
62of what the last would produce. His medicines had failed;--the fever was unabated; and Marianne only more quiet--not
63more herself--remained in a heavy stupor. Elinor, catching all, and more than all, his fears in a moment, proposed to
64call in further advice. But he judged it unnecessary: he had still something more to try, some more fresh application,
65of whose success he was as confident as the last, and his visit concluded with encouraging assurances which reached the
66ear, but could not enter the heart of Miss Dashwood. She was calm, except when she thought of her mother; but she was
67almost hopeless; and in this state she continued till noon, scarcely stirring from her sister's bed, her thoughts
68wandering from one image of grief, one suffering friend to another, and her spirits oppressed to the utmost by the
69conversation of Mrs. Jennings, who scrupled not to attribute the severity and danger of this attack to the many weeks of
70previous indisposition which Marianne's disappointment had brought on. Elinor felt all the reasonableness of the idea,
71and it gave fresh misery to her reflections.
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