At present, I know him so well, that I think him really handsome; or at least, almost so.

What say you, Marianne ?" "I shall very soon think him handsome, Elinor, if I do not now.

When you tell me to love him as a brother, I shall no more see imperfection in his face, than I now do in his heart." Elinor started at this declaration, and was sorry for the warmth she had been betrayed into, in speaking of him.

She felt that Edward stood very high in her opinion.

She believed the regard to be mutual; but she required greater certainty of it to make Marianne's conviction of their attachment agreeable to her.