there just so that she might meet him again. As you know by now, Marianne who represents sensibility, never hides her feeling. She again wept for days and days without eating or talking with anyone. Her immediate resolution was followed by Elinor's climax. It began when Elinor met Lucy (who is Edward's fiancee). Elinor was more than shocked to face the shocking truth. However, she still kept her promise of keeping it a secret. Lucy and Edward had been engaged for more than four years, and they were supposed to be married very soon. This thought bothered Elinor so much. She began to doubt the credibility of Edward. "Had Edward been intentionally deceiving her? Had he feigned a regard for her which he did not feel? Was his engagement to Lucy an engagement of the heart? NO, whatever it might once have be, she could not believe it such at present. His affection was all her own. She could not be deceived in that. Her mother, sisters, Fanny, all had been conscious of his regard for her at Norland; it was not an illusion of her own vanity. Her certainly loved her. How much could it not tempt her to forgive! He had been blamable, highly blamable, in remaining at Norland after he first felt her influence over him to be more than it ought to be." (pg. 127) From that little passage, it is explicit that Elinor is confused with soberness. From later passages, we can infer that Elinor has suffered as much pain as Marianne and, the only difference is that she carried on with composure and never showed her feelings. She practically went through the whole situation without arousing anyone's suspicion. The first climax fell when Elinor finally tells Marianne the pain she has been going through. Marianne felt guilty and embarrassed because, Elinor, besides, going through her own pain, she has also suffered along with Marianne's pain. Furthermore, in Marianne's view, Elinor has been suffering FOR her. Marianne, regretted her own beh...
