Feeling anxious and not understanding why her love does not look at her, Marianne approaches Willoughby who immediately dismisses her, when she asks him if he has received her letters he insensitively states that he did so but never found her at home when he tried to answer. Shocked and stricken by grief, Marianne can do nothing but return home and give in to depression. Receives a letter from Willoughby that it sounds like you are from a big family and I'm sorry that you thought there was something between us, here are the letters you sent me and the lock of hair you gave me. This crushes Marianne and is ultimately the turning point of the novel, this is where Marianne begins her spiral into a deep depression which makes her almost die of grief, meanwhile Elinor (who is also heartbroken but cannot afford the luxury of expressing her distress, she is too good for that) supports her and cares for her as she struggles to overcome the pain she has experienced. Marianne slowly improves and after a while she manages to find Colonel Brandon (a friend of the Middletons who was in love with her even while she was in love with Willoughby) who is trying to win her over slowly and steadily. Edward Ferrars attempts to marry Lucy Steele who