To Marianne, indeed, the meeting between Edward and her sister was but a continuation of that unaccountable coldness which she had often observed at Norland in their mutual behaviour.
In Marianne's oogen scheen de begroeting tusschen Edward en haar zuster slechts de voortzetting van die onverklaarbaar koele houding, die zij hen te Norland reeds zoo dikwijls tegenover elkaar had zien in acht nemen.