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“ It is . But have you likewise heard that Miss Grey has fifty thousand pounds ? In that , if in any thing , we may find an explanation . ” “ It may be so ; but Willoughby is capable — at least I think ” — he stopped a moment ; then added in a voice which seemed to distrust itself , “ And your sister — how did she — ” “ Her sufferings have been very severe . I have only to hope that they may be proportionately short . It has been , it is a most cruel affliction . Till yesterday , I believe , she never doubted his regard ; and even now , perhaps — but I am almost convinced that he never was really attached to her . He has been very deceitful ! and , in some points , there seems a hardness of heart about him . ” “ Ah ! ” said Colonel Brandon , “ there is , indeed ! But your sister does not — I think you said so — she does not consider quite as you do ? ” “ You know her disposition , and may believe how eagerly she would still justify him if she could . ” He made no answer ; and soon afterwards , by the removal of the tea - things , and the arrangement of the card parties , the subject was necessarily dropped . Mrs . Jennings , who had watched them with pleasure while they were talking , and who expected to see the effect of Miss Dashwood’s communication , in such an instantaneous gaiety on Colonel Brandon’s side , as might have become a man in the bloom of youth , of hope and happiness , saw him , with amazement , remain the whole evening more serious and thoughtful than usual . CHAPTER XXXI . From a night of more sleep than she had expected , Marianne awoke the next morning to the same consciousness of misery in which she had closed her eyes . Elinor encouraged her as much as possible to talk of what she felt ; and before breakfast was ready , they had gone through the subject again and again ; and with the same steady conviction and affectionate counsel on Elinor’s side , the same impetuous feelings and varying opinions on Marianne’s , as before . Sometimes she could believe Willoughby to be as unfortunate and as innocent as herself , and at others , lost every consolation in the impossibility of acquitting him . At one moment she was absolutely indifferent to the observation of all the world , at another she would seclude herself from it for ever , and at a third could resist it with energy . In one thing , however , she was uniform , when it came to the point , in avoiding , where it was possible , the presence of Mrs . Jennings , and in a determined silence when obliged to endure it . Her heart was hardened against the belief of Mrs . Jennings’s entering into her sorrows with any compassion .
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