? ? ? ? To this Elinor had no answer to make, and did not attempt any.
? ? ? ? "Are you ill, Miss Dashwood?--you seem low--you don't speak;--sure you an't well."
? ? ? ? "I never was in better health."
? ? ? ? "I am glad of it with all my heart; but really you did not look it. I should be sorry to have YOU ill; you, that have been the greatest comfort to me in the world!--Heaven knows what I should have done without your friendship."--
? ? ? ? Elinor tried to make a civil answer, though doubting her own success. But it seemed to satisfy Lucy, for she directly replied,
? ? ? ? "Indeed I am perfectly convinced of your regard for me, and next to Edward's love, it is the greatest comfort I have.
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