…it was rather because she felt less happy than she had expected. She laughed because she was disappointed… Auteur: Jane Austen Copy Quote More from Jane Austen “Only think of Mrs. Holder's being dead! Poor woman, she has done the only thing…” “Yet some happiness must and would arise, from the very conviction, that he did …” “Ah! There is nothing like staying at home, for real comfort.” “Elinor, I have been cruelly used; but not by Willoughby.”