Last week I complained about not getting to see Edward in action, as it were, at Norland. In this week's chapters, he pays a week-long visit to Barton Cottage and we get several glimpses of what might have attracted Elinor to him.

I especially like the teasing of Marianne he engages in over what she would buy in London if she were suddenly rich - books of course: "...she would buy up every copy, I believe, to prevent their falling into unworthy hands;" LOL!

And then later over his lack of knowledge and appreciation of the picturesque: "I shall call hills steep, which ought to be bold! surfaces strange and uncouth, which ought to be irregular and rugged;"

But my favorite Edward moment has been set up through previous conversations wherein Marianne has stated a need for hunters, and when he gleans some information about Willoughby.

...he went immediately round to her [Marianne] and said, in a whisper, "I have been guessing. Shall I tell you my guess?"

"What do you mean?"

"Shall I tell you?"

"Certainly."

"Well, then, I guess that Mr. Willoughby hunts."

Marianne was surprised and confused, yet she could not help smiling at the quiet archness of his manner...