? ? ? ? A short pause of mutual thoughtfulness succeeded. Willoughby first rousing himself, broke it thus:
? ? ? ? "Well, let me make haste and be gone. Your sister is certainly better, certainly out of danger?"
? ? ? ? "We are assured of it."
? ? ? ? "Your poor mother, too!--doting on Marianne."
? ? ? ? "But the letter, Mr. Willoughby, your own letter; have you any thing to say about that?"
? ? ? ? "Yes, yes, THAT in particular. Your sister wrote to me again, you know, the very next morning. You saw what she said.
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