Chapter XXXIX

           

           TheMissDashwoodshadnowbeenrathermorethantwomonthsintown,andMarianne’simpatiencetobegoneincreasedeveryday.Shesighedfortheair,theliberty,thequietofthecountry;andfanciedthatifanyplacecouldgiveherease,Bartonmustdoit.Elinorwashardlylessanxiousthanherselffortheirremoval,andonlysomuchlessbentonitsbeingeffectedimmediately,asthatshewasconsciousofthedifficultiesofsolongajourney,whichMariannecouldnotbebroughttoacknowledge.Shebegan,however,seriouslytoturnherthoughtstowardsitsaccomplishment,andhadalreadymentionedtheirwishestotheirkindhostess,whoresistedthemwithalltheeloquenceofhergood-will,whenaplanwassuggested,which,thoughdetainingthemfromhomeyetafewweekslonger,appearedtoElinoraltogethermuchmoreeligiblethananyother.ThePalmersweretoremovetoClevelandabouttheendofMarch,fortheEasterholidays;andMrs.Jennings,withbothherfriends,receivedaverywarminvitationfromCharlottetogowiththem.Thiswouldnot,initself,havebeensufficientforthedelicacyofMissDashwood;—butitwasinforcedwithsomuchrealpolitenessbyMr.Palmerhimself,as,joinedtotheverygreatamendmentofhismannerstowardsthemsincehersisterhadbeenknowntobeunhappy,inducedhertoacceptitwithpleasure.

           WhenshetoldMariannewhatshehaddone,however,herfirstreplywasnotveryauspicious.

           "Cleveland!"—shecried,withgreatagitation."No,IcannotgotoCleveland."—

           "Youforget,"saidElinorgently,"thatitssituationisnot...thatitisnotintheneighbourhoodof...

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