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Austen, Jane

"Sense And Sensibility"

On the present occasion, for the better entertainment of their visitor, towards whose amusement he felt himself bound to contribute, he wished to engage them for both.


? ? ? ? "You MUST drink tea with us to night," said he, "for we shall be quite alone--and tomorrow you must absolutely dine with us, for we shall be a large party."


? ? ? ? Mrs. Jennings enforced the necessity. "And who knows but you may raise a dance," said she. "And that will tempt YOU, Miss Marianne."


? ? ? ? "A dance!" cried Marianne. "Impossible! Who is to dance?"


? ? ? ? "Who! why yourselves, and the Careys, and Whitakers to be sure.--What! you thought nobody could dance because a certain person that shall be nameless is gone!"


? ? ? ? "I wish with all my soul," cried Sir John, "that Willoughby were among us again."


? ? ? ? This, and Marianne's blushing, gave new suspicions to Edward. "And who is Willoughby?" said he, in a low voice, to Miss Dashwood, by whom he was sitting.


? ? ? ? She gave him a brief reply.


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