? ? ? ? The sisters set out at a pace, slow as the feebleness of Marianne in an exercise hitherto untried since her illness required;--and they had advanced only so far beyond the house as to admit a full view of the hill, the important hill behind, when pausing with her eyes turned towards it, Marianne calmly said,
? ? ? ? "There, exactly there,"--pointing with one hand, "on that projecting mound,--there I fell; and there I first saw Willoughby."
? ? ? ? Her voice sunk with the word, but presently reviving she added,
? ? ? ? "I am thankful to find that I can look with so little pain on the spot!--shall we ever talk on that subject, Elinor?"-- hesitatingly it was said.--"Or will it be wrong?--I can talk of it now, I hope, as I ought to do."--
? ? ? ? Elinor tenderly invited her to be open.
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