'
'I am quite serious,' said Jane. 'You will see that I am right.'
Here they were interrupted, and as soon as she returned from her walk
Marianne, perplexed and amazed, went to her mother, and told her all
that Jane had said.
'How can she be so silly?' said Mrs. Weston.
'Then it is all nonsense, as I thought,' said Marianne, joyfully. 'I
should not like Alethea to marry an old man.'
'Mr. Mohun is very unlikely to make himself ridiculous,' said Mrs.
Weston. 'Do not say anything of it to Alethea; it would only make
her uncomfortable.'
'If it had been Captain Mohun, now --' Marianne stopped, and blushed,
finding her speech unanswered.
A few days after, Mr. Mohun overtook Marianne and her mother, as he
was riding home from Raynham, and dismounting, led his horse, and
walked on with them. Either not perceiving Marianne, or not caring
whether she heard him, he said,
'Has Miss Weston received the letter she expected?'
'No,' said Mrs. Weston, 'she thinks, as there is no answer, the
family must be gone abroad, and very probably they have taken Miss
Aylmer with them; but she has written to another friend to ask about
them.'
'From all I hear,' said Mr.
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