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1"Had he been only in a violent fever, you would not have despised him half so much. Confess, Marianne, is not there
2something interesting to you in the flushed cheek, hollow eye, and quick pulse of a fever?" Soon after this, upon
3Elinor's leaving the room, "Mama," said Marianne, "I have an alarm on the subject of illness which I cannot conceal from
4you. I am sure Edward Ferrars is not well. We have now been here almost a fortnight, and yet he does not come. Nothing
5but real indisposition could occasion this extraordinary delay. What else can detain him at Norland?" "Had you any idea
6of his coming so soon?" said Mrs. Dashwood. "I had none. On the contrary, if I have felt any anxiety at all on the
7subject, it has been in recollecting that he sometimes showed a want of pleasure and readiness in accepting my
8invitation, when I talked of his coming to Barton. Does Elinor expect him already?" "I have never mentioned it to her,
9but of course she must." "I rather think you are mistaken, for when I was talking to her yesterday of getting a new
10grate for the spare bedchamber, she observed that there was no immediate hurry for it, as it was not likely that the
11room would be wanted for some time." "How strange this is! what can be the meaning of it! But the whole of their
12behaviour to each other has been unaccountable! How cold, how composed were their last adieus! How languid their
13conversation the last evening of their being together! In Edward's farewell there was no distinction between Elinor and
14me: it was the good wishes of an affectionate brother to both. Twice did I leave them purposely together in the course
15of the last morning, and each time did he most unaccountably follow me out of the room. And Elinor, in quitting Norland
16and Edward, cried not as I did. Even now her self-command is invariable. When is she dejected or melancholy? When does
17she try to avoid society, or appear restless and dissatisfied in it?" CHAPTER IX. The Dashwoods were now settled at
18Barton with tolerable comfort to themselves. The house and the garden, with all the objects surrounding them, were now
19become familiar, and the ordinary pursuits which had given to Norland half its charms were engaged in again with far
20greater enjoyment than Norland had been able to afford, since the loss of their father. Sir John Middleton, who called
21on them every day for the first fortnight, and who was not in the habit of seeing much occupation at home, could not
22conceal his amazement on finding them always employed. Their visitors, except those from Barton Park, were not many;
23for, in spite of Sir John's urgent entreaties that they would mix more in the neighbourhood, and repeated assurances of
24his carriage being always at their service, the independence of Mrs. Dashwood's spirit overcame the wish of society for
25her children; and she was resolute in declining to visit any family beyond the distance of a walk. There were but few
26who could be so classed; and it was not all of them that were attainable. About a mile and a half from the cottage,
27along the narrow winding valley of Allenham, which issued from that of Barton, as formerly described, the girls had, in
28one of their earliest walks, discovered an ancient respectable looking mansion which, by reminding them a little of
29Norland, interested their imagination and made them wish to be better acquainted with it. But they learnt, on enquiry,
30that its possessor, an elderly lady of very good character, was unfortunately too infirm to mix with the world, and
31never stirred from home. The whole country about them abounded in beautiful walks. The high downs which invited them
32from almost every window of the cottage to seek the exquisite enjoyment of air on their summits, were a happy
33alternative when the dirt of the valleys beneath shut up their superior beauties; and towards one of these hills did
34Marianne and Margaret one memorable morning direct their steps, attracted by the partial sunshine of a showery sky, and
35unable longer to bear the confinement which the settled rain of the two preceding days had occasioned. The weather was
36not tempting enough to draw the two others from their pencil and their book, in spite of Marianne's declaration that the
37day would be lastingly fair, and that every threatening cloud would be drawn off from their hills; and the two girls set
38off together. They gaily ascended the downs, rejoicing in their own penetration at every glimpse of blue sky; and when
39they caught in their faces the animating gales of a high south-westerly wind, they pitied the fears which had prevented
40their mother and Elinor from sharing such delightful sensations. "Is there a felicity in the world," said Marianne,
41"superior to this?--Margaret, we will walk here at least two hours." Margaret agreed, and they pursued their way against
42the wind, resisting it with laughing delight for about twenty minutes longer, when suddenly the clouds united over their
43heads, and a driving rain set full in their face. Chagrined and surprised, they were obliged, though unwillingly, to
44turn back, for no shelter was nearer than their own house. One consolation however remained for them, to which the
45exigence of the moment gave more than usual propriety,--it was that of running with all possible speed down the steep
46side of the hill which led immediately to their garden gate. They set off. Marianne had at first the advantage, but a
47false step brought her suddenly to the ground; and Margaret, unable to stop herself to assist her, was involuntarily
48hurried along, and reached the bottom in safety. A gentleman carrying a gun, with two pointers playing round him, was
49passing up the hill and within a few yards of Marianne, when her accident happened. He put down his gun and ran to her
50assistance. She had raised herself from the ground, but her foot had been twisted in her fall, and she was scarcely able
51to stand. The gentleman offered his services; and perceiving that her modesty declined what her situation rendered
52necessary, took her up in his arms without farther delay, and carried her down the hill. Then passing through the
53garden, the gate of which had been left open by Margaret, he bore her directly into the house, whither Margaret was just
54arrived, and quitted not his hold till he had seated her in a chair in the parlour. Elinor and her mother rose up in
55amazement at their entrance, and while the eyes of both were fixed on him with an evident wonder and a secret admiration
56which equally sprung from his appearance, he apologized for his intrusion by relating its cause, in a manner so frank
57and so graceful that his person, which was uncommonly handsome, received additional charms from his voice and
58expression. Had he been even old, ugly, and vulgar, the gratitude and kindness of Mrs. Dashwood would have been secured
59by any act of attention to her child; but the influence of youth, beauty, and elegance, gave an interest to the action
60which came home to her feelings. She thanked him again and again; and, with a sweetness of address which always attended
61her, invited him to be seated. But this he declined, as he was dirty and wet. Mrs. Dashwood then begged to know to whom
62she was obliged. His name, he replied, was Willoughby, and his present home was at Allenham, from whence he hoped she
63would allow him the honour of calling tomorrow to enquire after Miss Dashwood. The honour was readily granted, and he
64then departed, to make himself still more interesting, in the midst of a heavy rain.
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