...is confused, for the passage none the less makes a claim for the sincerity of her feelings: Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she...face the next morning, had she not risen from her hed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it. But the feelings which made such composure...

...had she heen ahle to sleep at all the first night after parting from Willoughhy. She would have heen ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning. had she not risen from her hed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it. ... She got up with an headache. was unahle...

...lover, Willoughby, leaves for a time, she plays the role of grieving lover to perfection: Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she been able to sleep at all on the first night after parting from Willoughby. She would have been ashamed to look her family in...

...merely giving way to as a relief, but feeding and encouraging as a duty'.32 Later, we read, Marianne would have thought herself very inexcusable had she...more need of repose than when she lay down in it. v Then, after Willoughby's rebuff and Elinor's attempts to persuade her to exercise a little self-control,...

...Dashwood is duty bound as sentimental heroine, we are told, to match feelings to her situation and "would have thought herself very inexcusable had she...all the first night after parting from Willoughby" (Sense and Sensibility, 83). By contrast, opposing texts jostle for control of Catherine Morland's...