Sense and Sensibility, Volume the Second, Chapters Five and Six

In which Colonel Brandon's slight hopes regarding Marianne are dashed by Elinor, and Marianne's great hopes regarding Willoughby are dashed by Willoughby.



Somewhat short entry tonight, as the upcoming chapter would have pushed this recording to upwards of 40 minutes, which is a bit much. We do have one illustration, though!

15:52 - At that moment she first perceived him.

And one short note: at 19:44, they use hartshorn to restore Marianne a little to herself. Hartshorn was just a type of smelling salt, which uses the rather noxious scent of ammonia to awaken someone, usually after a fainting spell.


If you would like to read along, the text can be found at Project Gutenberg, and high-res copies of the Thompson illustrations can be found in the British Library's Flickr stream. No reading ahead, though!