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1"Well then, another day or two, perhaps; but I cannot stay here long, I cannot stay to endure the questions and remarks
2of all these people. The Middletons and Palmers--how am I to bear their pity? The pity of such a woman as Lady
3Middleton! Oh, what would he say to that!" Elinor advised her to lie down again, and for a moment she did so; but no
4attitude could give her ease; and in restless pain of mind and body she moved from one posture to another, till growing
5more and more hysterical, her sister could with difficulty keep her on the bed at all, and for some time was fearful of
6being constrained to call for assistance. Some lavender drops, however, which she was at length persuaded to take, were
7of use; and from that time till Mrs. Jennings returned, she continued on the bed quiet and motionless. CHAPTER XXX. Mrs.
8Jennings came immediately to their room on her return, and without waiting to have her request of admittance answered,
9opened the door and walked in with a look of real concern. "How do you do my dear?"--said she in a voice of great
10compassion to Marianne, who turned away her face without attempting to answer. "How is she, Miss Dashwood? Poor thing!
11she looks very bad. No wonder. Ay, it is but too true. He is to be married very soon--a good-for-nothing fellow! I have
12no patience with him. Mrs. Taylor told me of it half an hour ago, and she was told it by a particular friend of Miss
13Grey herself, else I am sure I should not have believed it; and I was almost ready to sink as it was. Well, said I, all
14I can say is, that if this be true, he has used a young lady of my acquaintance abominably ill, and I wish with all my
15soul his wife may plague his heart out. And so I shall always say, my dear, you may depend on it. I have no notion of
16men's going on in this way; and if ever I meet him again, I will give him such a dressing as he has not had this many a
17day. But there is one comfort, my dear Miss Marianne; he is not the only young man in the world worth having; and with
18your pretty face you will never want admirers. Well, poor thing! I won't disturb her any longer, for she had better have
19her cry out at once and have done with. The Parrys and Sandersons luckily are coming tonight you know, and that will
20amuse her." She then went away, walking on tiptoe out of the room, as if she supposed her young friend's affliction
21could be increased by noise. Marianne, to the surprise of her sister, determined on dining with them. Elinor even
22advised her against it. But "no, she would go down; she could bear it very well, and the bustle about her would be
23less." Elinor, pleased to have her governed for a moment by such a motive, though believing it hardly possible that she
24could sit out the dinner, said no more; and adjusting her dress for her as well as she could, while Marianne still
25remained on the bed, was ready to assist her into the dining room as soon as they were summoned to it. When there,
26though looking most wretchedly, she ate more and was calmer than her sister had expected. Had she tried to speak, or had
27she been conscious of half Mrs. Jennings's well-meant but ill-judged attentions to her, this calmness could not have
28been maintained; but not a syllable escaped her lips; and the abstraction of her thoughts preserved her in ignorance of
29every thing that was passing before her. Elinor, who did justice to Mrs. Jennings's kindness, though its effusions were
30often distressing, and sometimes almost ridiculous, made her those acknowledgments, and returned her those civilities,
31which her sister could not make or return for herself. Their good friend saw that Marianne was unhappy, and felt that
32every thing was due to her which might make her at all less so. She treated her therefore, with all the indulgent
33fondness of a parent towards a favourite child on the last day of its holidays. Marianne was to have the best place by
34the fire, was to be tempted to eat by every delicacy in the house, and to be amused by the relation of all the news of
35the day. Had not Elinor, in the sad countenance of her sister, seen a check to all mirth, she could have been
36entertained by Mrs. Jennings's endeavours to cure a disappointment in love, by a variety of sweetmeats and olives, and a
37good fire. As soon, however, as the consciousness of all this was forced by continual repetition on Marianne, she could
38stay no longer. With a hasty exclamation of Misery, and a sign to her sister not to follow her, she directly got up and
39hurried out of the room. "Poor soul!" cried Mrs. Jennings, as soon as she was gone, "how it grieves me to see her! And I
40declare if she is not gone away without finishing her wine! And the dried cherries too! Lord! nothing seems to do her
41any good. I am sure if I knew of any thing she would like, I would send all over the town for it. Well, it is the oddest
42thing to me, that a man should use such a pretty girl so ill! But when there is plenty of money on one side, and next to
43none on the other, Lord bless you! they care no more about such things!--" "The lady then--Miss Grey I think you called
44her--is very rich?" "Fifty thousand pounds, my dear. Did you ever see her? a smart, stylish girl they say, but not
45handsome. I remember her aunt very well, Biddy Henshawe; she married a very wealthy man. But the family are all rich
46together. Fifty thousand pounds! and by all accounts, it won't come before it's wanted; for they say he is all to
47pieces. No wonder! dashing about with his curricle and hunters! Well, it don't signify talking; but when a young man, be
48who he will, comes and makes love to a pretty girl, and promises marriage, he has no business to fly off from his word
49only because he grows poor, and a richer girl is ready to have him. Why don't he, in such a case, sell his horses, let
50his house, turn off his servants, and make a thorough reform at once? I warrant you, Miss Marianne would have been ready
51to wait till matters came round. But that won't do now-a-days; nothing in the way of pleasure can ever be given up by
52the young men of this age." "Do you know what kind of a girl Miss Grey is? Is she said to be amiable?" "I never heard
53any harm of her; indeed I hardly ever heard her mentioned; except that Mrs. Taylor did say this morning, that one day
54Miss Walker hinted to her, that she believed Mr. and Mrs. Ellison would not be sorry to have Miss Grey married, for she
55and Mrs. Ellison could never agree." "And who are the Ellisons?" "Her guardians, my dear. But now she is of age and may
56choose for herself; and a pretty choice she has made!--What now," after pausing a moment--"your poor sister is gone to
57her own room, I suppose, to moan by herself. Is there nothing one can get to comfort her? Poor dear, it seems quite
58cruel to let her be alone. Well, by-and-by we shall have a few friends, and that will amuse her a little. What shall we
59play at? She hates whist I know; but is there no round game she cares for?" "Dear ma'am, this kindness is quite
60unnecessary. Marianne, I dare say, will not leave her room again this evening. I shall persuade her if I can to go early
61to bed, for I am sure she wants rest."
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