Edward’s reserve and moodiness since Norland points to unhappiness that could be accounted for by an engagement he regrets. Two particular incidents point to a lack of affection for Lucy. In Ch.35 Lucy visits Elinor and Edward appears creating a very awkward situation. He is embarrassed but this is the only time we see Lucy & Edward together and he shows absolutely no sign of affection or even attention. While Lucy did “look her tenderness” at Edward the narrator does not note that he returned it and when Elinor leaves them alone together there is no evidence of (the ironically identified) Edward’s raptures in her absence. In S&S 2 he ends up walking Lucy to his sisters at her request but in the novel he high-tails it to parts unknown leaving Lucy to find her own way home. In Ch. 38 Nancy tells Elinor that Edward did not contact Lucy for three days after the engagement was exposed which, from her point of view, sort of left her hanging in the wind and again does not say much for his affection for her.