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“ I am sorry we cannot see your sister , Miss Dashwood , ” said Miss Steele . “ I am sorry she is not well — ” for Marianne had left the room on their arrival . “ You are very good . My sister will be equally sorry to miss the pleasure of seeing you ; but she has been very much plagued lately with nervous head - aches , which make her unfit for company or conversation . ” “ Oh , dear , that is a great pity ! but such old friends as Lucy and me ! — I think she might see us ; and I am sure we would not speak a word . ” Elinor , with great civility , declined the proposal . Her sister was perhaps laid down upon the bed , or in her dressing gown , and therefore not able to come to them . “ Oh , if that’s all , ” cried Miss Steele , “ we can just as well go and see her . ” Elinor began to find this impertinence too much for her temper ; but she was saved the trouble of checking it , by Lucy’s sharp reprimand , which now , as on many occasions , though it did not give much sweetness to the manners of one sister , was of advantage in governing those of the other . CHAPTER XXXIII . After some opposition , Marianne yielded to her sister’s entreaties , and consented to go out with her and Mrs . Jennings one morning for half an hour . She expressly conditioned , however , for paying no visits , and would do no more than accompany them to Gray’s in Sackville Street , where Elinor was carrying on a negotiation for the exchange of a few old - fashioned jewels of her mother . When they stopped at the door , Mrs . Jennings recollected that there was a lady at the other end of the street on whom she ought to call ; and as she had no business at Gray’s , it was resolved , that while her young friends transacted their’s , she should pay her visit and return for them . On ascending the stairs , the Miss Dashwoods found so many people before them in the room , that there was not a person at liberty to tend to their orders ; and they were obliged to wait . All that could be done was , to sit down at that end of the counter which seemed to promise the quickest succession ; one gentleman only was standing there , and it is probable that Elinor was not without hope of exciting his politeness to a quicker despatch . But the correctness of his eye , and the delicacy of his taste , proved to be beyond his politeness . He was giving orders for a toothpick - case for himself , and till its size , shape , and ornaments were determined , all of which , after examining and debating for a quarter of an hour over every toothpick - case in the shop , were finally arranged by his own inventive fancy , he had no leisure to bestow any other attention on the two ladies , than what was comprised in three or four very broad stares ; a kind of notice which served to imprint on Elinor the remembrance of a person and face , of strong , natural , sterling insignificance , though adorned in the first style of fashion .
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