ughby."(pg. 305) As for Willoughby, he could not hear of her marriage without a pang; He long thought of Colonel Brandon with envy and of Marianne with regret! As for Elinor and Edward, I think it's especially comforting for Elinor. I can imagine how happy and joyful she must have felt. After all those days of wondering and doubting if Edward really loved her or not, she must felt a sense of relieve now. "They are realistic; they do not imagine that one can live on integrity and no income. But, given a stipend sufficient for moderate comfort, another fact of life is that something is more important to true sense and sensibility that the selfish and ignorant possession of a great deal of money." (pg. 314) 4.) There are two climaxes in the novel. One that belongs to Marianne and the other to Elinor. Marianne's climax came first. It all began when Willoughby left without bidding her goodbye in a sincere manner; in fact, his attitude was rather rude. Marianne's heart was struck, she cried and mourned for days and days without talking to anyone much or eating her meals. Later, when Marianne and Elinor went to London with Mrs. Jennings, Marianne was so eager to see Willoughby. She wrote a letter to Willoughby as soon as she reached London. For the whole day, Marianne was so eager to receive Willoughby's mail. Her heart sank when no shadow of Willoughby was seen and no voice of his was heard. Marianne continued to write him two letters. Finally, after Marianne's third letter he wrote back. It included first an apology, then his honest feeling towards Marianne. Marianne was shocked to hear that he did not feel the same way as she felt for him. She always assumed that he loved her. This was not only her own assumption, there are many others assumed this too! They seemed so close that some believed that they were engaged. After reading that note, Marianne felt that her whole trip is now pointless, for she came all the way...
