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1"Miss Dashwood," cried Willoughby, "you are now using me unkindly. You are endeavouring to disarm me by reason, and to
2convince me against my will. But it will not do. You shall find me as stubborn as you can be artful. I have three
3unanswerable reasons for disliking Colonel Brandon; he threatened me with rain when I wanted it to be fine; he has found
4fault with the hanging of my curricle, and I cannot persuade him to buy my brown mare. If it will be any satisfaction to
5you, however, to be told, that I believe his character to be in other respects irreproachable, I am ready to confess it.
6And in return for an acknowledgment, which must give me some pain, you cannot deny me the privilege of disliking him as
7much as ever." CHAPTER XI. Little had Mrs. Dashwood or her daughters imagined when they first came into Devonshire, that
8so many engagements would arise to occupy their time as shortly presented themselves, or that they should have such
9frequent invitations and such constant visitors as to leave them little leisure for serious employment. Yet such was the
10case. When Marianne was recovered, the schemes of amusement at home and abroad, which Sir John had been previously
11forming, were put into execution. The private balls at the park then began; and parties on the water were made and
12accomplished as often as a showery October would allow. In every meeting of the kind Willoughby was included; and the
13ease and familiarity which naturally attended these parties were exactly calculated to give increasing intimacy to his
14acquaintance with the Dashwoods, to afford him opportunity of witnessing the excellencies of Marianne, of marking his
15animated admiration of her, and of receiving, in her behaviour to himself, the most pointed assurance of her affection.
16Elinor could not be surprised at their attachment. She only wished that it were less openly shown; and once or twice did
17venture to suggest the propriety of some self-command to Marianne. But Marianne abhorred all concealment where no real
18disgrace could attend unreserve; and to aim at the restraint of sentiments which were not in themselves illaudable,
19appeared to her not merely an unnecessary effort, but a disgraceful subjection of reason to common-place and mistaken
20notions. Willoughby thought the same; and their behaviour at all times, was an illustration of their opinions. When he
21was present she had no eyes for any one else. Every thing he did, was right. Every thing he said, was clever. If their
22evenings at the park were concluded with cards, he cheated himself and all the rest of the party to get her a good hand.
23If dancing formed the amusement of the night, they were partners for half the time; and when obliged to separate for a
24couple of dances, were careful to stand together and scarcely spoke a word to any body else. Such conduct made them of
25course most exceedingly laughed at; but ridicule could not shame, and seemed hardly to provoke them. Mrs. Dashwood
26entered into all their feelings with a warmth which left her no inclination for checking this excessive display of them.
27To her it was but the natural consequence of a strong affection in a young and ardent mind. This was the season of
28happiness to Marianne. Her heart was devoted to Willoughby, and the fond attachment to Norland, which she brought with
29her from Sussex, was more likely to be softened than she had thought it possible before, by the charms which his society
30bestowed on her present home. Elinor's happiness was not so great. Her heart was not so much at ease, nor her
31satisfaction in their amusements so pure. They afforded her no companion that could make amends for what she had left
32behind, nor that could teach her to think of Norland with less regret than ever. Neither Lady Middleton nor Mrs.
33Jennings could supply to her the conversation she missed; although the latter was an everlasting talker, and from the
34first had regarded her with a kindness which ensured her a large share of her discourse. She had already repeated her
35own history to Elinor three or four times; and had Elinor's memory been equal to her means of improvement, she might
36have known very early in their acquaintance all the particulars of Mr. Jennings's last illness, and what he said to his
37wife a few minutes before he died. Lady Middleton was more agreeable than her mother only in being more silent. Elinor
38needed little observation to perceive that her reserve was a mere calmness of manner with which sense had nothing to do.
39Towards her husband and mother she was the same as to them; and intimacy was therefore neither to be looked for nor
40desired. She had nothing to say one day that she had not said the day before. Her insipidity was invariable, for even
41her spirits were always the same; and though she did not oppose the parties arranged by her husband, provided every
42thing were conducted in style and her two eldest children attended her, she never appeared to receive more enjoyment
43from them than she might have experienced in sitting at home;--and so little did her presence add to the pleasure of the
44others, by any share in their conversation, that they were sometimes only reminded of her being amongst them by her
45solicitude about her troublesome boys. In Colonel Brandon alone, of all her new acquaintance, did Elinor find a person
46who could in any degree claim the respect of abilities, excite the interest of friendship, or give pleasure as a
47companion. Willoughby was out of the question. Her admiration and regard, even her sisterly regard, was all his own; but
48he was a lover; his attentions were wholly Marianne's, and a far less agreeable man might have been more generally
49pleasing. Colonel Brandon, unfortunately for himself, had no such encouragement to think only of Marianne, and in
50conversing with Elinor he found the greatest consolation for the indifference of her sister. Elinor's compassion for him
51increased, as she had reason to suspect that the misery of disappointed love had already been known to him. This
52suspicion was given by some words which accidentally dropped from him one evening at the park, when they were sitting
53down together by mutual consent, while the others were dancing. His eyes were fixed on Marianne, and, after a silence of
54some minutes, he said, with a faint smile, "Your sister, I understand, does not approve of second attachments." "No,"
55replied Elinor, "her opinions are all romantic." "Or rather, as I believe, she considers them impossible to exist." "I
56believe she does. But how she contrives it without reflecting on the character of her own father, who had himself two
57wives, I know not. A few years however will settle her opinions on the reasonable basis of common sense and observation;
58and then they may be more easy to define and to justify than they now are, by any body but herself." "This will probably
59be the case," he replied; "and yet there is something so amiable in the prejudices of a young mind, that one is sorry to
60see them give way to the reception of more general opinions." "I cannot agree with you there," said Elinor. "There are
61inconveniences attending such feelings as Marianne's, which all the charms of enthusiasm and ignorance of the world
62cannot atone for. Her systems have all the unfortunate tendency of setting propriety at nought; and a better
63acquaintance with the world is what I look forward to as her greatest possible advantage." After a short pause he
64resumed the conversation by saying,-- "Does your sister make no distinction in her objections against a second
65attachment? or is it equally criminal in every body? Are those who have been disappointed in their first choice, whether
66from the inconstancy of its object, or the perverseness of circumstances, to be equally indifferent during the rest of
67their lives?" "Upon my word, I am not acquainted with the minutiae of her principles. I only know that I never yet heard
68her admit any instance of a second attachment's being pardonable."
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