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I am having some problem in understanding... Written by Reeba (10/19/2006 1:32 p.m.)

these few lines of the dialogue when Edward pays a visit at Berkeley street, the next day after that famous dinner, where Mrs. Ferrars is present.

CH 35;

"Engaged! But what was that, when such friends were to be met?"

"Perhaps, Miss Marianne," cried Lucy, eager to take some revenge on her, "you think young men never stand upon engagements, if they have no mind to keep them, little as well as great."

The second thing is, why does Miss Steele call the Dashwoods' carriage a chariot?

Is that a kind of special carriage?
I have never heard of this word being used for a carriage before.
It *is* a carriage isn't it?
I can't imagine a Benhur like carriage running wildly in Kensington gardens.

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I am having some problem in understanding... Reeba (10/19/2006 1:32 p.m.)

Thank you Maisy and Mandy. :) nfm Reeba (10/19/2006 2:02 p.m.)
My impressions of Ch. 35 Mandy N (10/19/2006 1:54 p.m.)
- Oh yes! Maisy (10/19/2006 2:06 p.m.)
  - Yes--double or triple meaning there Barbara (10/19/2006 2:22 p.m.)
- I had read that differently Kara M (10/19/2006 2:02 p.m.)
  - All of the above. :-) -nfm Maisy (10/19/2006 2:08 p.m.)
Town Chariot Maisy (10/19/2006 1:50 p.m.)

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