HowherheartswelledwithjoyandgratitudeasshepassedthebarriersofPortsmouth，andhowSusan’sfaceworeitsbroadestsmiles，maybeeasilyconceived。
Sittingforwards，however，andscreenedbyherbonnet，thosesmileswereunseen。
Thejourneywaslikelytobeasilentone。Edmund’sdeepsighsoftenreachedFanny。Hadhebeenalonewithher，hisheartmusthaveopenedinspiteofeveryresolution；
butSusan’spresencedrovehimquiteintohimself，andhisattemptstotalkonindifferentsubjectscouldneverbelongsupported。
Fannywatchedhimwithnever-failingsolicitude，andsometimescatchinghiseye，revivedanaffectionatesmile，whichcomfortedher；butthefirstday’sjourneypassedwithoutherhearingawordfromhimonthesubjectsthatwereweighinghimdown。Thenextmorningproducedalittlemore。JustbeforetheirsettingoutfromOxford，whileSusanwasstationedatawindow，ineagerobservationofthedepartureofalargefamilyfromtheinn，theothertwowerestandingbythefire；andEdmund，particularlystruckbythealterationinFanny’slooks，andfromhisignoranceofthedailyevilsofherfather’shouse，attributinganundueshareofthechange，attributing_all_totherecentevent，tookherhand，andsaidinalow，butveryexpressivetone，“Nowonder——