? ? ? ? In the evening, when they were all three together, Marianne began voluntarily to speak of him again;-- but that it was not without an effort, the restless, unquiet thoughtfulness in which she had been for some time previously sitting--her rising colour, as she spoke,-- and her unsteady voice, plainly shewed.
? ? ? ? "I wish to assure you both," said she, "that I see every thing--as you can desire me to do."
? ? ? ? Mrs. Dashwood would have interrupted her instantly with soothing tenderness, had not Elinor, who really wished to hear her sister's unbiased opinion, by an eager sign, engaged her silence. Marianne slowly continued--
? ? ? ? "It is a great relief to me--what Elinor told me this morning--I have now heard exactly what I wished to hear.
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