? ? ? ? It was settled that there should be a dance in the evening, and that every body should be extremely merry all day long. Some more of the Careys came to dinner, and they had the pleasure of sitting down nearly twenty to table, which Sir John observed with great contentment. Willoughby took his usual place between the two elder Miss Dashwoods. Mrs. Jennings sat on Elinor's right hand; and they had not been long seated, before she leant behind her and Willoughby, and said to Marianne, loud enough for them both to hear, "I have found you out in spite of all your tricks. I know where you spent the morning."
? ? ? ? Marianne coloured, and replied very hastily, "Where, pray?"--
? ? ? ? "Did not you know," said Willoughby, "that we had been out in my curricle?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, yes, Mr.
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