![]() ![]() John Dashwood would not much approve of Edward's going into orders." Conversation between the two became very stilted when Elinor refused to give her opinion of Lucy's situation, and finally, Lucy asked Elinor if she would be staying in London that winter. John Dashwood was Edward's sister, " that must be recommendation enough to her husband" But Lucy reminded her that "Mrs. Elinor coolly pointed out that since Mrs. She and Lucy discussed Edward's dependence on his mother, and Lucy asked Elinor to use her influence with John Dashwood to persuade him to give the Norland living to Edward. ![]() So, during a visit to Barton Hall, she offered to help Lucy finish a basket which she was making for Annamaria. And above all, she wanted to convince Lucy that she wasn't hurt by Lucy's revelation. Much though the conversation with Lucy had upset her, she was eager to "hear many particulars of their engagement repeated again." She wanted to judge the sincerity of Lucy's feelings for Edward. Grieving "for him more than for herself," Elinor concealed both the secret and her deep distress from her mother and Marianne. Reflecting on Edward's behavior towards herself, Elinor decided that "his affection was all her own." She attributed his and Lucy's engagement to a youthful infatuation and felt that he would never be satisfied with a wife like her - "illiterate, artful, and selfish."
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