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CHAPTER XXIV . In a firm , though cautious tone , Elinor thus began . “ I should be undeserving of the confidence you have honoured me with , if I felt no desire for its continuance , or no farther curiosity on its subject . I will not apologize therefore for bringing it forward again . ” “ Thank you , ” cried Lucy warmly , “ for breaking the ice ; you have set my heart at ease by it ; for I was somehow or other afraid I had offended you by what I told you that Monday . ” “ Offended me ! How could you suppose so ? Believe me , ” and Elinor spoke it with the truest sincerity , “ nothing could be farther from my intention than to give you such an idea . Could you have a motive for the trust , that was not honourable and flattering to me ? ” “ And yet I do assure you , ” replied Lucy , her little sharp eyes full of meaning , “ there seemed to me to be a coldness and displeasure in your manner that made me quite uncomfortable . I felt sure that you was angry with me ; and have been quarrelling with myself ever since , for having took such a liberty as to trouble you with my affairs . But I am very glad to find it was only my own fancy , and that you really do not blame me . If you knew what a consolation it was to me to relieve my heart speaking to you of what I am always thinking of every moment of my life , your compassion would make you overlook every thing else I am sure . ” “ Indeed , I can easily believe that it was a very great relief to you , to acknowledge your situation to me , and be assured that you shall never have reason to repent it . Your case is a very unfortunate one ; you seem to me to be surrounded with difficulties , and you will have need of all your mutual affection to support you under them . Mr . Ferrars , I believe , is entirely dependent on his mother . ” “ He has only two thousand pounds of his own ; it would be madness to marry upon that , though for my own part , I could give up every prospect of more without a sigh . I have been always used to a very small income , and could struggle with any poverty for him ; but I love him too well to be the selfish means of robbing him , perhaps , of all that his mother might give him if he married to please her . We must wait , it may be for many years . With almost every other man in the world , it would be an alarming prospect ; but Edward’s affection and constancy nothing can deprive me of I know . ” “ That conviction must be every thing to you ; and he is undoubtedly supported by the same trust in your’s . If the strength of your reciprocal attachment had failed , as between many people , and under many circumstances it naturally would during a four years ’ engagement , your situation would have been pitiable , indeed . ” Lucy here looked up ; but Elinor was careful in guarding her countenance from every expression that could give her words a suspicious tendency .
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