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1"Nay," cried Mrs. Jennings, "I am sure I shall be monstrous glad of Miss Marianne's company, whether Miss Dashwood will
2go or not, only the more the merrier say I, and I thought it would be more comfortable for them to be together; because,
3if they got tired of me, they might talk to one another, and laugh at my odd ways behind my back. But one or the other,
4if not both of them, I must have. Lord bless me! how do you think I can live poking by myself, I who have been always
5used till this winter to have Charlotte with me. Come, Miss Marianne, let us strike hands upon the bargain, and if Miss
6Dashwood will change her mind by and bye, why so much the better." "I thank you, ma'am, sincerely thank you," said
7Marianne, with warmth: "your invitation has insured my gratitude for ever, and it would give me such happiness, yes,
8almost the greatest happiness I am capable of, to be able to accept it. But my mother, my dearest, kindest mother,--I
9feel the justice of what Elinor has urged, and if she were to be made less happy, less comfortable by our absence--Oh!
10no, nothing should tempt me to leave her. It should not, must not be a struggle." Mrs. Jennings repeated her assurance
11that Mrs. Dashwood could spare them perfectly well; and Elinor, who now understood her sister, and saw to what
12indifference to almost every thing else she was carried by her eagerness to be with Willoughby again, made no farther
13direct opposition to the plan, and merely referred it to her mother's decision, from whom however she scarcely expected
14to receive any support in her endeavour to prevent a visit, which she could not approve of for Marianne, and which on
15her own account she had particular reasons to avoid. Whatever Marianne was desirous of, her mother would be eager to
16promote--she could not expect to influence the latter to cautiousness of conduct in an affair respecting which she had
17never been able to inspire her with distrust; and she dared not explain the motive of her own disinclination for going
18to London. That Marianne, fastidious as she was, thoroughly acquainted with Mrs. Jennings' manners, and invariably
19disgusted by them, should overlook every inconvenience of that kind, should disregard whatever must be most wounding to
20her irritable feelings, in her pursuit of one object, was such a proof, so strong, so full, of the importance of that
21object to her, as Elinor, in spite of all that had passed, was not prepared to witness. On being informed of the
22invitation, Mrs. Dashwood, persuaded that such an excursion would be productive of much amusement to both her daughters,
23and perceiving through all her affectionate attention to herself, how much the heart of Marianne was in it, would not
24hear of their declining the offer upon her account; insisted on their both accepting it directly; and then began to
25foresee, with her usual cheerfulness, a variety of advantages that would accrue to them all, from this separation. "I am
26delighted with the plan," she cried, "it is exactly what I could wish. Margaret and I shall be as much benefited by it
27as yourselves. When you and the Middletons are gone, we shall go on so quietly and happily together with our books and
28our music! You will find Margaret so improved when you come back again! I have a little plan of alteration for your
29bedrooms too, which may now be performed without any inconvenience to any one. It is very right that you should go to
30town; I would have every young woman of your condition in life acquainted with the manners and amusements of London. You
31will be under the care of a motherly good sort of woman, of whose kindness to you I can have no doubt. And in all
32probability you will see your brother, and whatever may be his faults, or the faults of his wife, when I consider whose
33son he is, I cannot bear to have you so wholly estranged from each other." "Though with your usual anxiety for our
34happiness," said Elinor, "you have been obviating every impediment to the present scheme which occurred to you, there is
35still one objection which, in my opinion, cannot be so easily removed." Marianne's countenance sunk. "And what," said
36Mrs. Dashwood, "is my dear prudent Elinor going to suggest? What formidable obstacle is she now to bring forward? Do not
37let me hear a word about the expense of it." "My objection is this; though I think very well of Mrs. Jennings's heart,
38she is not a woman whose society can afford us pleasure, or whose protection will give us consequence." "That is very
39true," replied her mother, "but of her society, separately from that of other people, you will scarcely have any thing
40at all, and you will almost always appear in public with Lady Middleton." "If Elinor is frightened away by her dislike
41of Mrs. Jennings," said Marianne, "at least it need not prevent MY accepting her invitation. I have no such scruples,
42and I am sure I could put up with every unpleasantness of that kind with very little effort." Elinor could not help
43smiling at this display of indifference towards the manners of a person, to whom she had often had difficulty in
44persuading Marianne to behave with tolerable politeness; and resolved within herself, that if her sister persisted in
45going, she would go likewise, as she did not think it proper that Marianne should be left to the sole guidance of her
46own judgment, or that Mrs. Jennings should be abandoned to the mercy of Marianne for all the comfort of her domestic
47hours. To this determination she was the more easily reconciled, by recollecting that Edward Ferrars, by Lucy's account,
48was not to be in town before February; and that their visit, without any unreasonable abridgement, might be previously
49finished. "I will have you both go," said Mrs. Dashwood; "these objections are nonsensical. You will have much pleasure
50in being in London, and especially in being together; and if Elinor would ever condescend to anticipate enjoyment, she
51would foresee it there from a variety of sources; she would, perhaps, expect some from improving her acquaintance with
52her sister-in-law's family." Elinor had often wished for an opportunity of attempting to weaken her mother's dependence
53on the attachment of Edward and herself, that the shock might be less when the whole truth were revealed, and now on
54this attack, though almost hopeless of success, she forced herself to begin her design by saying, as calmly as she
55could, "I like Edward Ferrars very much, and shall always be glad to see him; but as to the rest of the family, it is a
56matter of perfect indifference to me, whether I am ever known to them or not." Mrs. Dashwood smiled, and said nothing.
57Marianne lifted up her eyes in astonishment, and Elinor conjectured that she might as well have held her tongue. After
58very little farther discourse, it was finally settled that the invitation should be fully accepted. Mrs. Jennings
59received the information with a great deal of joy, and many assurances of kindness and care; nor was it a matter of
60pleasure merely to her. Sir John was delighted; for to a man, whose prevailing anxiety was the dread of being alone, the
61acquisition of two, to the number of inhabitants in London, was something. Even Lady Middleton took the trouble of being
62delighted, which was putting herself rather out of her way; and as for the Miss Steeles, especially Lucy, they had never
63been so happy in their lives as this intelligence made them. Elinor submitted to the arrangement which counteracted her
64wishes with less reluctance than she had expected to feel. With regard to herself, it was now a matter of unconcern
65whether she went to town or not, and when she saw her mother so thoroughly pleased with the plan, and her sister
66exhilarated by it in look, voice, and manner, restored to all her usual animation, and elevated to more than her usual
67gaiety, she could not be dissatisfied with the cause, and would hardly allow herself to distrust the consequence.
68Marianne's joy was almost a degree beyond happiness, so great was the perturbation of her spirits and her impatience to
69be gone. Her unwillingness to quit her mother was her only restorative to calmness; and at the moment of parting her
70grief on that score was excessive. Her mother's affliction was hardly less, and Elinor was the only one of the three,
71who seemed to consider the separation as any thing short of eternal.
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