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“ I am afraid , ” replied Elinor , “ that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety . ” “ On the contrary , nothing can be a stronger proof of it , Elinor ; for if there had been any real impropriety in what I did , I should have been sensible of it at the time , for we always know when we are acting wrong , and with such a conviction I could have had no pleasure . ” “ But , my dear Marianne , as it has already exposed you to some very impertinent remarks , do you not now begin to doubt the discretion of your own conduct ? ” “ If the impertinent remarks of Mrs . Jennings are to be the proof of impropriety in conduct , we are all offending every moment of our lives . I value not her censure any more than I should do her commendation . I am not sensible of having done anything wrong in walking over Mrs . Smith’s grounds , or in seeing her house . They will one day be Mr . Willoughby’s , and — ” “ If they were one day to be your own , Marianne , you would not be justified in what you have done . ” She blushed at this hint ; but it was even visibly gratifying to her ; and after a ten minutes ’ interval of earnest thought , she came to her sister again , and said with great good humour , “ Perhaps , Elinor , it was rather ill - judged in me to go to Allenham ; but Mr . Willoughby wanted particularly to show me the place ; and it is a charming house , I assure you . — There is one remarkably pretty sitting room up stairs ; of a nice comfortable size for constant use , and with modern furniture it would be delightful . It is a corner room , and has windows on two sides . On one side you look across the bowling - green , behind the house , to a beautiful hanging wood , and on the other you have a view of the church and village , and , beyond them , of those fine bold hills that we have so often admired . I did not see it to advantage , for nothing could be more forlorn than the furniture , — but if it were newly fitted up — a couple of hundred pounds , Willoughby says , would make it one of the pleasantest summer - rooms in England . ” Could Elinor have listened to her without interruption from the others , she would have described every room in the house with equal delight . CHAPTER XIV . The sudden termination of Colonel Brandon’s visit at the park , with his steadiness in concealing its cause , filled the mind , and raised the wonder of Mrs . Jennings for two or three days ; she was a great wonderer , as every one must be who takes a very lively interest in all the comings and goings of all their acquaintance . She wondered , with little intermission what could be the reason of it ; was sure there must be some bad news , and thought over every kind of distress that could have befallen him , with a fixed determination that he should not escape them all .
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