Sense and Sensibility Chapter XXVII

In which we witness the Miss Dashwoods adapting to London society, amidst the hopeful stirrings and anxieties provoked by the arrival and attentions of certain gentlemen, while Mrs. Jennings endeavours to soften their establishment with kindness and civility. Elinor, observant and cautiously concerned, navigates the delicate tensions between propriety and affection, as confidences both revealed and concealed temper the social engagements that surround them.