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“ No . He thinks Marianne’s affection too deeply rooted for any change in it under a great length of time , and even supposing her heart again free , is too diffident of himself to believe , that with such a difference of age and disposition he could ever attach her . There , however , he is quite mistaken . His age is only so much beyond hers as to be an advantage , as to make his character and principles fixed ; and his disposition , I am well convinced , is exactly the very one to make your sister happy . And his person , his manners too , are all in his favour . My partiality does not blind me ; he certainly is not so handsome as Willoughby ; but at the same time , there is something much more pleasing in his countenance . There was always a something , if you remember , in Willoughby’s eyes at times , which I did not like . ” Elinor could not remember it ; but her mother , without waiting for her assent , continued , “ And his manners , the Colonel’s manners are not only more pleasing to me than Willoughby’s ever were , but they are of a kind I well know to be more solidly attaching to Marianne . Their gentleness , their genuine attention to other people , and their manly unstudied simplicity is much more accordant with her real disposition , than the liveliness , often artificial , and often ill - timed of the other . I am very sure myself , that had Willoughby turned out as really amiable , as he has proved himself the contrary , Marianne would yet never have been so happy with him as she will be with Colonel Brandon . ” She paused . — Her daughter could not quite agree with her , but her dissent was not heard , and therefore gave no offence . “ At Delaford , she will be within an easy distance of me , ” added Mrs . Dashwood , “ even if I remain at Barton ; and in all probability , — for I hear it is a large village , — indeed there certainly must be some small house or cottage close by , that would suit us quite as well as our present situation . ” Poor Elinor ! — here was a new scheme for getting her to Delaford ! — but her spirit was stubborn . “ His fortune too ! — for at my time of life you know , everybody cares about that ; — and though I neither know nor desire to know , what it really is , I am sure it must be a good one . ” Here they were interrupted by the entrance of a third person , and Elinor withdrew to think it all over in private , to wish success to her friend , and yet in wishing it , to feel a pang for Willoughby . CHAPTER XLVI . Marianne’s illness , though weakening in its kind , had not been long enough to make her recovery slow ; and with youth , natural strength , and her mother’s presence in aid , it proceeded so smoothly as to enable her to remove , within four days after the arrival of the latter , into Mrs . Palmer’s dressing - room . When there , at her own particular request , for she was impatient to pour forth her thanks to him for fetching her mother , Colonel Brandon was invited to visit her .
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