](SNIP) "The kindness, the unceasing kindness of Mrs. Jennings, I had repaid with ungrateful contempt. To the Middletons, the Palmers, the Steeles, to every common acquaintance even, I had been insolent and unjust"

One thing I've always found rather strange is that Marianne never mentions Colonel Brandon in her list of aquantices she's treated with contempt. Do you suppose its because she's too embarrassed to mention it (and has figured out that Elinor and Mother are hoping she'll marry him)? Or because she never actually said anything to his face? ( I seem to remember it was all snide comments behind his back)

Any ideas?