I am all astonishment.

She is probably by this time as tired of me, as I am of her; but as she is too Polite and I am too civil to say so, our letters are still as frequent and affectionate as ever, and our Attachment as firm and sincere as when it first commenced.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

Life could do nothing for her, beyond giving time for a better preparation for death.

Elinor could sit still no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease.

I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

I pay very little regard...to what any young person says on the subject of marriage. If they profess a disinclination for it, I only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person.