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1Of Edward, or at least of some of his concerns, she now received intelligence from Colonel Brandon, who had been into
2Dorsetshire lately; and who, treating her at once as the disinterested friend of Mr. Ferrars, and the kind confidante of
3himself, talked to her a great deal of the parsonage at Delaford, described its deficiencies, and told her what he meant
4to do himself towards removing them.--His behaviour to her in this, as well as in every other particular, his open
5pleasure in meeting her after an absence of only ten days, his readiness to converse with her, and his deference for her
6opinion, might very well justify Mrs. Jennings's persuasion of his attachment, and would have been enough, perhaps, had
7not Elinor still, as from the first, believed Marianne his real favourite, to make her suspect it herself. But as it
8was, such a notion had scarcely ever entered her head, except by Mrs. Jennings's suggestion; and she could not help
9believing herself the nicest observer of the two;--she watched his eyes, while Mrs. Jennings thought only of his
10behaviour;--and while his looks of anxious solicitude on Marianne's feeling, in her head and throat, the beginning of a
11heavy cold, because unexpressed by words, entirely escaped the latter lady's observation;--she could discover in them
12the quick feelings, and needless alarm of a lover. Two delightful twilight walks on the third and fourth evenings of her
13being there, not merely on the dry gravel of the shrubbery, but all over the grounds, and especially in the most distant
14parts of them, where there was something more of wildness than in the rest, where the trees were the oldest, and the
15grass was the longest and wettest, had--assisted by the still greater imprudence of sitting in her wet shoes and
16stockings--given Marianne a cold so violent as, though for a day or two trifled with or denied, would force itself by
17increasing ailments on the concern of every body, and the notice of herself. Prescriptions poured in from all quarters,
18and as usual, were all declined. Though heavy and feverish, with a pain in her limbs, and a cough, and a sore throat, a
19good night's rest was to cure her entirely; and it was with difficulty that Elinor prevailed on her, when she went to
20bed, to try one or two of the simplest of the remedies. CHAPTER XLIII. Marianne got up the next morning at her usual
21time; to every inquiry replied that she was better, and tried to prove herself so, by engaging in her accustomary
22employments. But a day spent in sitting shivering over the fire with a book in her hand, which she was unable to read,
23or in lying, weary and languid, on a sofa, did not speak much in favour of her amendment; and when, at last, she went
24early to bed, more and more indisposed, Colonel Brandon was only astonished at her sister's composure, who, though
25attending and nursing her the whole day, against Marianne's inclination, and forcing proper medicines on her at night,
26trusted, like Marianne, to the certainty and efficacy of sleep, and felt no real alarm. A very restless and feverish
27night, however, disappointed the expectation of both; and when Marianne, after persisting in rising, confessed herself
28unable to sit up, and returned voluntarily to her bed, Elinor was very ready to adopt Mrs. Jennings's advice, of sending
29for the Palmers' apothecary. He came, examined his patient, and though encouraging Miss Dashwood to expect that a very
30few days would restore her sister to health, yet, by pronouncing her disorder to have a putrid tendency, and allowing
31the word "infection" to pass his lips, gave instant alarm to Mrs. Palmer, on her baby's account. Mrs. Jennings, who had
32been inclined from the first to think Marianne's complaint more serious than Elinor, now looked very grave on Mr.
33Harris's report, and confirming Charlotte's fears and caution, urged the necessity of her immediate removal with her
34infant; and Mr. Palmer, though treating their apprehensions as idle, found the anxiety and importunity of his wife too
35great to be withstood. Her departure, therefore, was fixed on; and within an hour after Mr. Harris's arrival, she set
36off, with her little boy and his nurse, for the house of a near relation of Mr. Palmer's, who lived a few miles on the
37other side of Bath; whither her husband promised, at her earnest entreaty, to join her in a day or two; and whither she
38was almost equally urgent with her mother to accompany her. Mrs. Jennings, however, with a kindness of heart which made
39Elinor really love her, declared her resolution of not stirring from Cleveland as long as Marianne remained ill, and of
40endeavouring, by her own attentive care, to supply to her the place of the mother she had taken her from; and Elinor
41found her on every occasion a most willing and active helpmate, desirous to share in all her fatigues, and often by her
42better experience in nursing, of material use. Poor Marianne, languid and low from the nature of her malady, and feeling
43herself universally ill, could no longer hope that tomorrow would find her recovered; and the idea of what tomorrow
44would have produced, but for this unlucky illness, made every ailment severe; for on that day they were to have begun
45their journey home; and, attended the whole way by a servant of Mrs. Jennings, were to have taken their mother by
46surprise on the following forenoon. The little she said was all in lamentation of this inevitable delay; though Elinor
47tried to raise her spirits, and make her believe, as she then really believed herself, that it would be a very short
48one. The next day produced little or no alteration in the state of the patient; she certainly was not better, and,
49except that there was no amendment, did not appear worse. Their party was now farther reduced; for Mr. Palmer, though
50very unwilling to go as well from real humanity and good-nature, as from a dislike of appearing to be frightened away by
51his wife, was persuaded at last by Colonel Brandon to perform his promise of following her; and while he was preparing
52to go, Colonel Brandon himself, with a much greater exertion, began to talk of going likewise.--Here, however, the
53kindness of Mrs. Jennings interposed most acceptably; for to send the Colonel away while his love was in so much
54uneasiness on her sister's account, would be to deprive them both, she thought, of every comfort; and therefore telling
55him at once that his stay at Cleveland was necessary to herself, that she should want him to play at piquet of an
56evening, while Miss Dashwood was above with her sister, &c. she urged him so strongly to remain, that he, who was
57gratifying the first wish of his own heart by a compliance, could not long even affect to demur; especially as Mrs.
58Jennings's entreaty was warmly seconded by Mr. Palmer, who seemed to feel a relief to himself, in leaving behind him a
59person so well able to assist or advise Miss Dashwood in any emergence. Marianne was, of course, kept in ignorance of
60all these arrangements. She knew not that she had been the means of sending the owners of Cleveland away, in about seven
61days from the time of their arrival. It gave her no surprise that she saw nothing of Mrs. Palmer; and as it gave her
62likewise no concern, she never mentioned her name. Two days passed away from the time of Mr. Palmer's departure, and her
63situation continued, with little variation, the same. Mr. Harris, who attended her every day, still talked boldly of a
64speedy recovery, and Miss Dashwood was equally sanguine; but the expectation of the others was by no means so cheerful.
65Mrs. Jennings had determined very early in the seizure that Marianne would never get over it, and Colonel Brandon, who
66was chiefly of use in listening to Mrs. Jennings's forebodings, was not in a state of mind to resist their influence. He
67tried to reason himself out of fears, which the different judgment of the apothecary seemed to render absurd; but the
68many hours of each day in which he was left entirely alone, were but too favourable for the admission of every
69melancholy idea, and he could not expel from his mind the persuasion that he should see Marianne no more.
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