She could not consider her partiality for Edward in so prosperous a state as Marianne had believed it.

There was, at times, a want of spirits about him which, if it did not denote indifference, spoke of something almost as unpromising.

A doubt of her regard, supposing him to feel it, need not give him more than inquietude.

It would not be likely to produce that dejection of mind which frequently attended him.

A more reasonable cause might be found in the dependent situation which forbade the indulgence of his affection.