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Good evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf

where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm your host, Elizabeth.

Thank you for choosing to be here this evening.

Tonight, we are continuing with sense and sensibility.

Before we begin, let's take some time to get comfortable in bed. Once you have found a cozy spot, take a big inhale and then a deep sigh and let it all go.

Working your way up from your toes all the way to your eyebrows.

Gently tense and release each muscle in your body.

Going back to repeat any areas that need extra attention.

Don't worry about falling asleep now. We all drift off in our own time.

Just allow your mind to be enticed into the story and move away from any

thoughts from the day that are trying to steal your focus.

Last time, Marianne questioned Edward's interest in drawing Eleanor's favorite pastime, and she

defended him to the end. She told honestly, however, of her reserve in allowing herself to become

too sure of her match, as she guessed that his mother wouldn't approve of an engagement to a woman of no real fortune or standing.

Mrs. John Dashwood made her feelings known to her mother-in-law.

And so Mrs. Dashwood decided to remove herself and her daughters from the house as soon as she could.

Her cousin, Sir John Middleton in Devonshire, offered her a cottage on his estate, furnished,

and available immediately. She kindly acquiesced, taking great joy in announcing the move to her daughter-in-law and

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