"And are they going farther westward?"
"Yes, ma'am--but not to bide long. They will soon
be back again, and then they'd be sure and call here."
Mrs. Dashwood now looked at her daughter;
but Elinor knew better than to expect them.
She recognised the whole of Lucy in the message, and was
very confident that Edward would never come near them.
She observed in a low voice, to her mother, that they
were probably going down to Mr. Pratt's, near Plymouth.
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