Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Mrs. Jennings came immediately to their room on her return, and without waiting to have her request of admittance answered, opened the door and walked in with a look of real concern. "'How do you do, my dear?' said she in a voice of great compassion to Marianne, who turned away her face without attempting to answer." How is she, Miss Dashwood? Poor thing. She looks very bad. No wonder.
Aye, it is but too true. He is to be married very soon. A good-for-nothing fellow. I have no patience with him. Mrs. Taylor told me of it half an hour ago, and she was told it by a particular friend of Miss Gray herself, else I am sure I should not have believed it, and I was almost ready to sink as it was.
Well, said I, all I can say is that if this be true, he has used a young lady of my acquaintance abominably ill and I wish with all my soul his wife may plague his heart out. And so I shall always say, my dear, you may depend on it. I have no notion of men's going on in this way, and if ever I meet him again, I will give him such a dressing as he has not had this many a day.
But there is one comfort, my dear Miss Marianne. He is not the only young man in the world worth having, and with your pretty face, you will never want admirers. Well, poor thing, I won't disturb her any longer, for she had better have her cry out at once and have done with. The Parrys and Sandersons luckily are coming tonight, you know, and that will amuse her.
She then went away, walking on tiptoe out of the room, as if she supposed her young friend's affliction could be increased by noise. Marianne, to the surprise of her sister, determined on dining with them. Eleanor even advised her against it. But no, she would go down. She could bear it very well and the bustle about her would be less.
Eleanor, pleased to have her governed for a moment by such a motive, though believing it hardly possible that she could sit out the dinner, said no more, and adjusting her dress for her as well as she could, while Marianne still remained on the bed, was ready to assist her into the dining room as soon as they were summoned to it.
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Chapter 2: What emotional turmoil is Marianne experiencing after Willoughby's betrayal?
Marianne I dare say will not leave her room again this evening. I shall persuade her if I can to go early to bed for I am sure she wants rest. Aye, I believe that will be best for her. Let her name her own supper and go to bed. Lord, no wonder she has been looking so bad and so cast down this last week or two. For this matter, I suppose, has been hanging over her head as long as that.
And so the letter that came today finished it. poor soul i am sure if i had had a notion of it i would not have joked her about it for all my money but then you know how should i guess such a thing i made sure of its being nothing but a common love letter and you know young people like to be laughed at about them lord how concerned sir john and my daughters will be when they hear it
If I had my senses about me, I might have called in Conduit Street in my way home and told them of it, but I shall see them tomorrow. It would be unnecessary, I am sure, for you to caution Mrs. Palmer and Sir John against ever naming Mr. Willoughby or making the slightest allusion to what has passed before my sister.'
Their own good nature must point out to them the real cruelty of appearing to know anything about it when she is present. And the less that may ever be said to myself on the subject, the more my feelings will be spared, as you, my dear madam, will easily believe. Oh, Lord, yes, that I do indeed. Indeed. It must be terrible for you to hear it talked of.
And as for your sister, I am sure I would not mention a word about it to her for the world. You saw I did not all dinner time. No more would Sir John, nor my daughters, for they are all very thoughtful and considerate, especially if I give them a hint, as I certainly will. For my part, I think the less that is said about such things, the better, the sooner tis blown over and forgot.
And what good does talking ever do, you know? In this affair it can only do harm, more so perhaps than in many cases of a similar kind, for it has been attended by circumstances which, for the sake of everyone concerned in it, make it unfit to become the public conversation. I must do this justice to Mr. Willoughby. He has broken no positive engagement with my sister."
Eleanor, for her sister's sake, could not press the subject farther, and she hoped it was not required of her for Willoughby's. since, though Marianne might lose much, he could gain very little by the enforcement of the real truth. After a short silence on both sides, Mrs Jennings, with all her natural hilarity, burst forth again.
"'Well, my dear, "'tis a true saying about an ill wind, "'for it will be all the better for Colonel Brandon,' He will have her at last. Aye, that he will. Mind me now if they aren't married by midsummer. Lord, how he'll chuckle over this news. I hope he will come tonight. It will be all to one a better match for your sister. "'Two thousand a year without debt or drawback.
"'Except the little love-child, indeed. "'Aye, I had forgot her. "'But she may be prenticed out at a small cost. "'And then what does it signify? "'Delaford is a nice place, I can tell you. "'Exactly what I call a nice old-fashioned place, "'full of comforts and conveniences.'
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