Read the following quotation from Sense and Sensibility (Chapter 48), and answer the question below. "Perhaps you do not know-yo
u may not have heard that my brother is lately married to-to the youngest-to Miss Lucy Steele." His words were echoed with unspeakable astonishment by all but Elinor, who sat with her head leaning over her work, in a state of such agitation as made her hardly know where she was. "Yes," said he, "they were married last week, and are now at Dawlish." Elinor could sit it no longer. She almost ran out of the room, and as soon as the door was closed, burst into tears of joy, which at first she thought would never cease. This excerpt reveals Elinor's decision to keep her feelings a secret
"Sense and Sensibility" is a novel written by Jane Austen. The novel is about two sisters, Elinor Dashwood and Marianne Dashwood, who both represents the sense and sensibility. Elinor is a self-controlled and rational, whereas, Marianne is sensitive.
In the given excerpt, Elinor's reaction to <em>run out of the room and burst into tears of joy </em>tells that she intends to hide her emotions from people around and refrain from arousing any suspicion toward her.
