She is put at ease by Mrs. Jennings's comments about the bad weather since they make her believe that her beloved has been stuck in the rain.
When this character plays the pianoforte in front of her future husband, he hears her "without raptures" and only pays her "the compliment of attention." Later, this character accepts a gift of a horse from Somersetshire that has been specially bred to hold a woman. She is put at ease by Mrs. Jennings's comments about the bad weather since they make her believe that her beloved has been stuck in the rain. This woman becomes interested in a man living at Allenham, although he (*) breaks her heart by getting engaged to Miss Grey. While taking a walk in the rain with her sister Margaret, this character injures her ankle and is brought home by a man to whom she later gives a lock of her hair, Mr. Willoughby. She eventually marries the thirty-five year old Colonel Brandon. For 10 points, name this Jane Austen character that represents "sensibility" in contrast to her sister Elinor's "sense."
When this character plays the pianoforte in front of her future husband, he hears her "without raptures" and only pays her "the compliment of attention."
Marianne Dashwood [or Marianne Dashwood; prompt on Dashwood]