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1Edward had been staying several weeks in the house before he engaged much of Mrs. Dashwood's attention; for she was, at
2that time, in such affliction as rendered her careless of surrounding objects. She saw only that he was quiet and
3unobtrusive, and she liked him for it. He did not disturb the wretchedness of her mind by ill-timed conversation. She
4was first called to observe and approve him farther, by a reflection which Elinor chanced one day to make on the
5difference between him and his sister. It was a contrast which recommended him most forcibly to her mother. "It is
6enough," said she; "to say that he is unlike Fanny is enough. It implies everything amiable. I love him already." "I
7think you will like him," said Elinor, "when you know more of him." "Like him!" replied her mother with a smile. "I feel
8no sentiment of approbation inferior to love." "You may esteem him." "I have never yet known what it was to separate
9esteem and love." Mrs. Dashwood now took pains to get acquainted with him. Her manners were attaching, and soon banished
10his reserve. She speedily comprehended all his merits; the persuasion of his regard for Elinor perhaps assisted her
11penetration; but she really felt assured of his worth: and even that quietness of manner, which militated against all
12her established ideas of what a young man's address ought to be, was no longer uninteresting when she knew his heart to
13be warm and his temper affectionate. No sooner did she perceive any symptom of love in his behaviour to Elinor, than she
14considered their serious attachment as certain, and looked forward to their marriage as rapidly approaching. "In a few
15months, my dear Marianne," said she, "Elinor will, in all probability be settled for life. We shall miss her; but she
16will be happy." "Oh! Mama, how shall we do without her?" "My love, it will be scarcely a separation. We shall live
17within a few miles of each other, and shall meet every day of our lives. You will gain a brother, a real, affectionate
18brother. I have the highest opinion in the world of Edward's heart. But you look grave, Marianne; do you disapprove your
19sister's choice?" "Perhaps," said Marianne, "I may consider it with some surprise. Edward is very amiable, and I love
20him tenderly. But yet--he is not the kind of young man--there is something wanting--his figure is not striking; it has
21none of that grace which I should expect in the man who could seriously attach my sister. His eyes want all that spirit,
22that fire, which at once announce virtue and intelligence. And besides all this, I am afraid, Mama, he has no real
23taste. Music seems scarcely to attract him, and though he admires Elinor's drawings very much, it is not the admiration
24of a person who can understand their worth. It is evident, in spite of his frequent attention to her while she draws,
25that in fact he knows nothing of the matter. He admires as a lover, not as a connoisseur. To satisfy me, those
26characters must be united. I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He
27must enter into all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both. Oh! mama, how spiritless, how tame
28was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much
29composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have
30frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!" "He would
31certainly have done more justice to simple and elegant prose. I thought so at the time; but you would give him Cowper."
32"Nay, Mama, if he is not to be animated by Cowper!--but we must allow for difference of taste. Elinor has not my
33feelings, and therefore she may overlook it, and be happy with him. But it would have broke my heart, had I loved him,
34to hear him read with so little sensibility. Mama, the more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall
35never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much! He must have all Edward's virtues, and his person and manners
36must ornament his goodness with every possible charm." "Remember, my love, that you are not seventeen. It is yet too
37early in life to despair of such a happiness. Why should you be less fortunate than your mother? In one circumstance
38only, my Marianne, may your destiny be different from hers!" CHAPTER IV. "What a pity it is, Elinor," said Marianne,
39"that Edward should have no taste for drawing." "No taste for drawing!" replied Elinor, "why should you think so? He
40does not draw himself, indeed, but he has great pleasure in seeing the performances of other people, and I assure you he
41is by no means deficient in natural taste, though he has not had opportunities of improving it. Had he ever been in the
42way of learning, I think he would have drawn very well. He distrusts his own judgment in such matters so much, that he
43is always unwilling to give his opinion on any picture; but he has an innate propriety and simplicity of taste, which in
44general direct him perfectly right." Marianne was afraid of offending, and said no more on the subject; but the kind of
45approbation which Elinor described as excited in him by the drawings of other people, was very far from that rapturous
46delight, which, in her opinion, could alone be called taste. Yet, though smiling within herself at the mistake, she
47honoured her sister for that blind partiality to Edward which produced it. "I hope, Marianne," continued Elinor, "you do
48not consider him as deficient in general taste. Indeed, I think I may say that you cannot, for your behaviour to him is
49perfectly cordial, and if that were your opinion, I am sure you could never be civil to him." Marianne hardly knew what
50to say. She would not wound the feelings of her sister on any account, and yet to say what she did not believe was
51impossible. At length she replied: "Do not be offended, Elinor, if my praise of him is not in every thing equal to your
52sense of his merits. I have not had so many opportunities of estimating the minuter propensities of his mind, his
53inclinations and tastes, as you have; but I have the highest opinion in the world of his goodness and sense. I think him
54every thing that is worthy and amiable." "I am sure," replied Elinor, with a smile, "that his dearest friends could not
55be dissatisfied with such commendation as that. I do not perceive how you could express yourself more warmly." Marianne
56was rejoiced to find her sister so easily pleased. "Of his sense and his goodness," continued Elinor, "no one can, I
57think, be in doubt, who has seen him often enough to engage him in unreserved conversation. The excellence of his
58understanding and his principles can be concealed only by that shyness which too often keeps him silent. You know enough
59of him to do justice to his solid worth. But of his minuter propensities, as you call them you have from peculiar
60circumstances been kept more ignorant than myself. He and I have been at times thrown a good deal together, while you
61have been wholly engrossed on the most affectionate principle by my mother. I have seen a great deal of him, have
62studied his sentiments and heard his opinion on subjects of literature and taste; and, upon the whole, I venture to
63pronounce that his mind is well-informed, enjoyment of books exceedingly great, his imagination lively, his observation
64just and correct, and his taste delicate and pure. His abilities in every respect improve as much upon acquaintance as
65his manners and person. At first sight, his address is certainly not striking; and his person can hardly be called
66handsome, till the expression of his eyes, which are uncommonly good, and the general sweetness of his countenance, is
67perceived. At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome; or at least, almost so. What say you,
68Marianne?" "I shall very soon think him handsome, Elinor, if I do not now. When you tell me to love him as a brother, I
69shall no more see imperfection in his face, than I now do in his heart."
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