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His character is now before you; expensive, dissipated, and worse thanboth. Knowing all this, as I have now known it many weeks, guess whatI must have felt on seeing your sister as fond of him as ever, and onbeing assured that she was to marry him: guess what I must have feltfor all your sakes. When I came to you last week and found you alone,I came determined to know the truth; though irresolute what to do whenit WAS known. My behaviour must have seemed strange to you then; butnow you will comprehend it. To suffer you all to be so deceived; tosee your sister--but what could I do?
I had no hope of interferingwith success; and sometimes I thought your sister's influence might yetreclaim him. But now, after such dishonorable usage, who can tell whatwere his designs on her. Whatever they may have been, however, she maynow, and hereafter doubtless WILL turn with gratitude towards her owncondition, when she compares it with that of my poor Eliza, when sheconsiders the wretched and hopeless situation of this poor girl, andpictures her to herself, with an affection for him so strong, still asstrong as her own, and with a mind tormented by self-reproach, whichmust attend her through life. Surely this comparison must have its usewith her.
She will feel her own sufferings to be nothing. Theyproceed from no misconduct, and can bring no disgrace. On thecontrary, every friend must be made still more her friend by them.Concern for her unhappiness, and respect for her fortitude under it,must strengthen every attachment. Use your own discretion, however, incommunicating to her what I have told you. You must know best whatwill be its effect;, and from my heart believedit might be of service, might lessen her regrets, I would not havesuffered myself to trouble you with this account of my familyafflictions, with a recital which may seem to have been intended toraise myself at the expense of others.
Elinor's thanks followed this speech with grateful earnestness;attended too with the assurance of her expecting material advantage toMarianne, from the communication of what had passed.
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