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of the case, thought it incumbent on her to be dignified, and therefore took a seat as far from him as she could, and maintained a strict silence.
When Elinor had ceased to rejoice in the dryness of the season, a very awful pause took place. It was put an end to by Mrs. Dashwood, who felt obliged to hope that he had left Mrs. Ferrars very well. In an hurried manner, he replied in the affirmative.
Another pause.
Elinor, resolving to exert herself, though fearing the sound of her own voice, now said --
"Is Mrs. Ferrars at Longstaple?"
"At Longstaple!" -- he replied, with an air of surprise. "No, my mother is in town."
"I meant," said Elinor, taking up some work from the table, "to inquire after Mrs. Edward Ferrars."
She dared not look up; -- but her mother and Marianne both turned their eyes on him. He coloured, seemed perplexed, looked doubtingly, and after some hesitation, said --
"Perhaps you mean -- my brother -- you mean Mrs. -- Mrs. Robert Ferrars."
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