to hope was to expect
Elinor agreed with it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
And what am I to do on the occasion? -- It seems an hopeless business.
Her heart did whisper that he had done it for her.
It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.
A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.