Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition.
This refers to Robert Ferrars. Earlier Elinor had resolved, concerning Marianne:
"Opposition on so tender a subject would only attach her the more to her own opinion."
And in a verbal duel with Lucy: "Elinor would not humour her by farther opposition."
Elinor's indifferent silences have multiple uses and edges.
