101:  3, 1'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot, of Kellynch-hall, in Somersetshire,
101:  3, 2'  !| was a man who$6#1$, for$4$ his own$2$ amusement, never took up
101:  3, 3'  !| any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation
101:  3, 4'  !| for$4$ an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one;
101:  3, 5'  !| there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect$0$,
101:  3, 6'  !| by$4$ contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest
101:  3, 7'  !| patents; there any unwelcome sensations, arising from
101:  3, 8'  !| domestic$2$ affairs, changed naturally into pity$0$ and contempt,
101:  3, 9'  !| as he turned over the almost endless creations of the last$2$
101:  3,10'  !| century ~ and there, if every other leaf were powerless,
101:  3,11'  !| he could read his own$2$ history with an interest$0$ which$6#1$
101:  3,12'  !| never failed ~ this was the page at which$6#1$ the favourite$2$
101:  3,13'  !| volume always opened:
101:  3,14     |
101:  3,15'  !|          "$PN#G1$ELLIOT*OF*KELLYNCH-HALL.
101:  3,17'  !| "$PN#G$Walter*Elliot, born$1#1$ March*1_*1760, married, July*15_*1784,
101:  3,18'  !| $PN#ZK$Elizabeth, daughter of $PN#ZZK$James*Stevenson_*Esq% of
101:  3,19'  !| South*Park, in the county of Gloucester; by$4$ which$6#1$ lady
101:  3,20'  !| (who$6#1$ died 1800) he has issue$0$ $PN#H$Elizabeth, born$1#1$ June*1_*1785;
101:  3,21'  !| $PN#A$Anne, born$1#1$ August*9_*1787; a still-born son,
101:  3,22'  !| Nov%*5_*1789; $PN#P$Mary, born$1#1$ Nov%*20_*1791."
101:  3,23'  !| Precisely such had the paragraph originally stood from
101:  3,24'  !| the printer's hands; but $PN#G$Sir*Walter had improved it by$4$
101:  3,25'  !| adding, for$4$ the information of himself and his family,
101:  3,26'  !| these words, after$4$ the date of $PN#P$Mary's birth$0#1$ ~
101:  3,26G  !| "married,
101:  3,27G  !| Dec%*16_*1810, $PN#O$Charles, son and heir of $PN#M$Charles*Musgrove_*Esq%
101:  3,28G  !| of Uppercross, in the county of Somerset," ~
101:  3,28'  !| and by$4$
101:  3,29'  !| inserting most accurately the day of the month on$4$ which$6#1$
101:  3,30'  !| he had lost his wife.
101:  3,31'  !| Then followed the history and rise$0$ of the ancient and
101:  4, 1'  !| respectable family, in the usual terms:  how it had been
101:  4, 2'  !| first settled$1$ in Cheshire; how mentioned in $PN#Z1$Dugdale ~
101:  4, 3'  !| serving the office of High*Sheriff, representing a borough
101:  4, 4'  !| in three successive parliaments, exertions of loyalty, and
101:  4, 5'  !| dignity of baronet, in the first year of $PN#Z1$Charles*II%, with
101:  4, 6'  !| all the $PN#G2$Marys and $PN#G2$Elizabeths they had married; forming
101:  4, 7'  !| altogether two handsome duodecimo pages, and concluding
101:  4, 8'  !| with the arms and motto:  "Principal$2$ seat,
101:  4, 9'  !| Kellynch*hall, in the county of Somerset," and $PN#G$Sir*Walter's
101:  4,10'  !| hand-writing again in this finale:
101:  4,11G  !| "Heir*presumptive, $PN#I$William*Walter*Elliot_*Esq%,
101:  4,12G  !| great*grandson of the second$2$ $PN#G2$Sir*Walter."
101:  4,13'  !| Vanity was the beginning$0$ and the end$0$ of $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot's
101:  4,14'  !| character; vanity of person and of situation.
101:  4,15'  !| He had been remarkably handsome in his youth; and,
101:  4,16'  !| at fifty-four, was still$5$ a very fine man.  Few women
101:  4,17'  !| could think more of their personal appearance than he
101:  4,18'  !| did; nor could the valet of any new*made lord$0$ be more
101:  4,19'  !| delighted with the place$0$ he held in society.  He considered
101:  4,20'  !| the blessing of beauty as inferior only to$4$ the blessing of
101:  4,21'  !| a baronetcy; and the $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot, who$6#1$ united these
101:  4,22'  !| gifts, was the constant object$0$ of his warmest respect$0$ and
101:  4,23'  !| devotion.
101:  4,24'  !| His good looks$0$ and his rank$0$ had one fair claim$0$ on$4$ his
101:  4,25'  !| attachment; since to$4$ them he must have owed a wife
101:  4,26'  !| of very superior$2$ character to$4$ any*thing deserved by$4$ his
101:  4,27'  !| own$2$.  $PN#ZK$Lady*Elliot had been an excellent woman, sensible$2#2$
101:  4,28'  !| and amiable; whose$6#1$ judgment and conduct$0$, if they
101:  4,29'  !| might be pardoned the youthful infatuation which$6#1$ made
101:  4,30'  !| her $PN#ZK$Lady*Elliot, had never required indulgence afterwards.
101:  4,31'  !| ~ She had humoured, or softened, or concealed his
101:  4,32'  !| failings, and promoted his real respectability for$4$ seventeen
101:  4,33'  !| years; and though not the very happiest being$0$ in the
101:  4,34'  !| world herself, had found enough in her duties, her friends,
101:  4,35'  !| and her children, to$9$ attach her to$4$ life, and make$1$ it no$2$
101:  4,36'  !| matter of indifference to$4$ her when she was called on$5$ to$9$
101:  4,37'  !| quit them. ~ Three girls, the two eldest sixteen and
101:  4,38'  !| fourteen, was an awful legacy for$4$ a mother to$9$ bequeath;
101:  5, 1'  !| an awful charge$0$ rather, to$9$ confide to$4$ the authority and
101:  5, 2'  !| guidance of a conceited, silly father.  She had, however,
101:  5, 3'  !| one very intimate$2$ friend, a sensible$2#2$, deserving woman,
101:  5, 4'  !| who$6#1$ had been brought, by$4$ strong attachment to$4$ herself, to$9$
101:  5, 5'  !| settle close$9$ by$4$ her, in the village of Kellynch; and on$4$ her
101:  5, 6'  !| kindness and advice, $PN#ZK$Lady*Elliot mainly relied for$4$ the best
101:  5, 7'  !| help$0$ and maintenance of the good principles and instruction
101:  5, 8'  !| which$6#1$ she had been anxiously giving her daughters.
101:  5, 9'  !| This friend, and $PN#G$Sir*Walter, did \not\ marry, whatever
101:  5,10'  !| might have been anticipated on$4$ that$6#2$ head$0$ by$4$ their
101:  5,11'  !| acquaintance. ~ Thirteen years had passed away since
101:  5,12'  !| $PN#ZK$Lady*Elliot's death, and they were still$5$ near$9$ neighbours
101:  5,13'  !| and intimate$2$ friends; and one remained a widower, the
101:  5,14'  !| other a widow.
101:  5,15'  !| That$3$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell, of steady age and character, and
101:  5,16'  !| extremely well$9$ provided$1$ for$5$, should have no$2$ thought$0$ of
101:  5,17'  !| a second$2$ marriage, needs no$2$ apology to$4$ the public$0$, which$6#1$
101:  5,18'  !| is rather apt to$9$ be unreasonably discontented when a
101:  5,19'  !| woman \does\ marry again, than when she does \not\; but
101:  5,20'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter's continuing in singleness requires explanation. ~
101:  5,21'  !| Be it known then, that$3$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter, like$9$ a good
101:  5,22'  !| father, (having met with one or two private$2$ disappointments
101:  5,23'  !| in very unreasonable applications) prided himself
101:  5,24'  !| on$4$ remaining single for$4$ his dear$2#1$ daughter's sake.  For$4$
101:  5,25'  !| one daughter, his eldest, he would really have given up
101:  5,26'  !| any*thing, which$6#1$ he had not been very much tempted to$9$
101:  5,27'  !| do.  $PN#H$Elizabeth had succeeded, at sixteen, to$4$ all that$6#1$ was
101:  5,28'  !| possible, of her mother's rights and consequence; and
101:  5,29'  !| being$1$ very handsome, and very like$9$ himself, her influence$0$
101:  5,30'  !| had always been great, and they had gone on$5$ together
101:  5,31'  !| most happily.  His two other children were of very
101:  5,32'  !| inferior value$0$.  $PN#P$Mary had acquired a little artificial
101:  5,33'  !| importance, by$4$ becoming$1$ $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles*Musgrove; but
101:  5,34'  !| $PN#A$Anne, with an elegance of mind$0$ and sweetness of character,
101:  5,35'  !| which$6#1$ must have placed her high with any people
101:  5,36'  !| of real understanding$0$, was nobody with either father or
101:  5,37'  !| sister:  her word had no$2$ weight; her convenience was
101:  5,38'  !| always to$9$ give way; ~ she was only $PN#A$Anne.
101:  6, 1'  !| To$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell, indeed, she was a most dear$2#1$ and
101:  6, 2'  !| highly valued god-daughter, favourite$0$ and friend.  $PN#T$Lady*Russell
101:  6, 3'  !| loved them all; but it was only in $PN#A$Anne that$6#1$ she
101:  6, 4'  !| could fancy$1$ the mother to$9$ revive again.
101:  6, 5'  !| A few years before$5$, $PN#A$Anne*Elliot had been a very pretty$2$
101:  6, 6'  !| girl, but her bloom had vanished early; and as even$5$ in
101:  6, 7'  !| its height, her father had found little to$9$ admire in her,
101:  6, 8'  !| (so$5#1$ totally different were her delicate features and mild
101:  6, 9'  !| dark$2$ eyes from his own$2$); there could be nothing in them
101:  6,10'  !| now that$3$ she was faded and thin, to$9$ excite his esteem$0$.
101:  6,11'  !| He had never indulged much hope$0$, he had now none, of
101:  6,12'  !| ever reading her name$0$ in any other page of his favourite$2$
101:  6,13'  !| work$0$.  All equality of alliance must rest$1$ with $PN#H$Elizabeth;
101:  6,14'  !| for$3$ $PN#P$Mary had merely connected herself with an old
101:  6,15'  !| country family of respectability and large fortune, and
101:  6,16'  !| had therefore \given\ all the honour$0$, and received none:
101:  6,17'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth would, one day or other, marry suitably.
101:  6,18'  !| It sometimes happens, that$3$ a woman is handsomer at
101:  6,19'  !| twenty-nine than she was ten years before$5$; and, generally
101:  6,20'  !| speaking, if there has been neither ill*health nor anxiety,
101:  6,21'  !| it is a time of life at which$6#1$ scarcely any charm$0$ is lost.
101:  6,22'  !| It was so$5#2$ with $PN#H$Elizabeth; still$5$ the same handsome
101:  6,23'  !| $PN#H$Miss*Elliot that$6#1$ she had begun to$9$ be thirteen years ago;
101:  6,24'  !| and $PN#G$Sir*Walter might be excused, therefore, in forgetting
101:  6,25'  !| her age, or, at least, be deemed only half a fool, for$4$
101:  6,26'  !| thinking himself and $PN#H$Elizabeth as blooming as ever,
101:  6,27'  !| amidst the wreck of the good looks$0$ of every*body else;
101:  6,28'  !| for$3$ he could plainly see how old all the rest$0#1$ of his family
101:  6,29'  !| and acquaintance were growing.  $PN#A$Anne haggard, $PN#P$Mary
101:  6,30'  !| coarse, every face$0$ in the neighbourhood worsting; and
101:  6,31'  !| the rapid increase$0$ of crow's*foot about$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell's
101:  6,32'  !| temples had long$9$ been a distress$0$ to$4$ him.
101:  6,33'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth did not quite equal$1$ her father in personal
101:  6,34'  !| contentment.  Thirteen years had seen her mistress of
101:  6,35'  !| Kellynch*Hall, presiding and directing with a self-possession
101:  6,36'  !| and decision which$6#1$ could never have given
101:  6,37'  !| the idea of her being$1$ younger than she was.  For$4$ thirteen
101:  6,38'  !| years had she been doing the honours, and laying down$5$
101:  7, 1'  !| the domestic$2$ law at home, and leading the way to$4$ the
101:  7, 2'  !| chaise*and*four, and walking immediately after$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell
101:  7, 3'  !| out$8$ of all the drawing-rooms and dining-rooms
101:  7, 4'  !| in the country.  Thirteen winters' revolving frosts had
101:  7, 5'  !| seen her opening every ball$0#2$ of credit$2$ which$6#1$ a scanty
101:  7, 6'  !| neighbourhood afforded; and thirteen springs shewn
101:  7, 7'  !| their blossoms, as she travelled up to$4$ London with her
101:  7, 8'  !| father, for$4$ a few weeks annual enjoyment of the great
101:  7, 9'  !| world.  She had the remembrance of all this; she had
101:  7,10'  !| the consciousness of being$1$ nine-and-twenty, to$9$ give her
101:  7,11'  !| some regrets and some apprehensions.  She was fully
101:  7,12'  !| satisfied$1$ of being$1$ still$5$ quite as handsome as ever; but
101:  7,13'  !| she felt her approach$0$ to$4$ the years of danger, and would
101:  7,14'  !| have rejoiced to$9$ be certain of being$1$ properly solicited
101:  7,15'  !| by$4$ baronet-blood within the next twelvemonth or two.
101:  7,16'  !| Then might she again take up the book of books with
101:  7,17'  !| as much enjoyment as in her early youth; but now she
101:  7,18'  !| liked it not.  Always to$9$ be presented with the date of
101:  7,19'  !| her own$2$ birth$0#1$, and see no$2$ marriage follow but that$6#2$ of
101:  7,20'  !| a youngest sister, made the book an evil; and more
101:  7,21'  !| than once, when her father had left$1$ it open$2$ on$4$ the table
101:  7,22'  !| near$4$ her, had she closed it, with averted eyes, and pushed
101:  7,23'  !| it away.
101:  7,24'  !| She had had a disappointment, moreover, which$6#1$ that$6#2$
101:  7,25'  !| book, and especially the history of her own$2$ family, must
101:  7,26'  !| ever present$1$ the remembrance of.  The heir*presumptive,
101:  7,27'  !| the very $PN#I$William*Walter*Elliot_*Esq% whose$6#1$ rights had
101:  7,28'  !| been so$5#1$ generously supported by$4$ her father, had disappointed
101:  7,29'  !| her.
101:  7,30'  !| She had, while$9$ a very young girl, as soon as she had
101:  7,31'  !| known him to$9$ be, in the event of her having no$2$ brother,
101:  7,32'  !| the future baronet, meant to$9$ marry him; and her father
101:  7,33'  !| had always meant that$3$ she should.  He had not been
101:  7,34'  !| known to$4$ them as a boy, but soon after$4$ $PN#ZK$Lady*Elliot's
101:  7,35'  !| death $PN#G$Sir*Walter had sought the acquaintance, and though
101:  7,36'  !| his overtures had not been met with any warmth, he had
101:  7,37'  !| persevered in seeking it, making allowance for$4$ the modest
101:  7,38'  !| drawing back$5$ of youth; and in one of their spring$0$
101:  8, 1'  !| excursions to$4$ London, when $PN#H$Elizabeth was in her first
101:  8, 2'  !| bloom, $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had been forced into the introduction.
101:  8, 3'  !| He was at that$6#2$ time a very young man, just$9$ engaged
101:  8, 4'  !| in the study$0$ of the law; and $PN#H$Elizabeth found him
101:  8, 5'  !| extremely agreeable, and every plan in his favour$0$ was
101:  8, 6'  !| confirmed.  He was invited to$4$ Kellynch*Hall; he was
101:  8, 7'  !| talked of and expected$1$ all the rest$0#1$ of the year; but he
101:  8, 8'  !| never came.  The following spring$0$ he was seen again in
101:  8, 9'  !| town, found equally agreeable, again encouraged, invited
101:  8,10'  !| and expected$1$, and again he did not come; and the next
101:  8,11'  !| tidings were that$3$ he was married.  Instead of pushing
101:  8,12'  !| his fortune in the line marked out$5$ for$4$ the heir of the
101:  8,13'  !| house of $PN#G1$Elliot, he had purchased independence by$4$ uniting
101:  8,14'  !| himself to$4$ a rich woman of inferior birth$0#1$.
101:  8,15'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter had resented it.  As the head$0$ of the house,
101:  8,16'  !| he felt that$3$ he ought to$9$ have been consulted, especially
101:  8,17'  !| after$4$ taking the young man so$5#1$ publicly by$4$ the hand$0$:
101:  8,18G  !| "For$3$ they must have been seen together,"
101:  8,18'  !| he observed,
101:  8,19G  !| "once at $PN#Z1$Tattersal's, and twice in the lobby of the House*of*Commons."
101:  8,20'  !| His disapprobation was expressed, but
101:  8,21'  !| apparently very little regarded.  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had attempted
101:  8,22'  !| no$2$ apology, and shewn himself as unsolicitous of being$1$
101:  8,23'  !| longer noticed by$4$ the family, as $PN#G$Sir*Walter considered
101:  8,24'  !| him unworthy of it:  all acquaintance between them had
101:  8,25'  !| ceased.
101:  8,26'  !| This very awkward history of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, was still$5$,
101:  8,27'  !| after$4$ an interval of several years, felt with anger$0$ by$4$
101:  8,28'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth, who$6#1$ had liked the man for$4$ himself, and still$5$
101:  8,29'  !| more for$4$ being$1$ her father's heir, and whose$6#1$ strong family
101:  8,30'  !| pride could see only in \him\, a proper match$0$ for$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot's
101:  8,31'  !| eldest daughter.  There was not a baronet from
101:  8,32'  !| $PN#Z2$A to$4$ $PN#Z2$Z, whom$6#1$ her feelings could have so$5#1$ willingly acknowledged
101:  8,33'  !| as an equal$0$.  Yet so$5#1$ miserably had he conducted
101:  8,34'  !| himself, that$3$ though she was at this present$9$ time, (the
101:  8,35'  !| summer of 1814,) wearing black ribbons for$4$ his wife, she
101:  8,36'  !| could not admit him to$9$ be worth thinking of again.  The
101:  8,37'  !| disgrace$0$ of his first marriage might, perhaps, as there was
101:  8,38'  !| no$2$ reason$0$ to$9$ suppose it perpetuated by$4$ offspring, have
101:  9, 1'  !| been got over, had he not done worse; but he had, as
101:  9, 2'  !| by$4$ the accustomary intervention of kind$2$ friends they
101:  9, 3'  !| had been informed, spoken most disrespectfully of them
101:  9, 4'  !| all, most slightingly and contemptuously of the very
101:  9, 5'  !| blood he belonged to$4$, and the honours which$6#1$ were hereafter
101:  9, 6'  !| to$9$ be his own$2$.  This could not be pardoned.
101:  9, 7'  !| Such were $PN#H$Elizabeth*Elliot's sentiments and sensations;
101:  9, 8'  !| such the cares$0$ to$9$ alloy, the agitations to$9$ vary, the sameness
101:  9, 9'  !| and the elegance, the prosperity and the nothingness,
101:  9,10'  !| of her scene of life ~ such the feelings to$9$ give interest$0$ to$4$
101:  9,11'  !| a long$9$, uneventful residence in one country circle, to$9$ fill
101:  9,12'  !| the vacancies which$6#1$ there were no$2$ habits of utility abroad,
101:  9,13'  !| no$2$ talents or accomplishments for$4$ home, to$9$ occupy.
101:  9,14'  !| But now, another occupation and solicitude of mind$0$ was
101:  9,15'  !| beginning$1$ to$9$ be added to$4$ these.  Her father was growing
101:  9,16'  !| distressed for$4$ money.  She knew, that$3$ when he now took
101:  9,17'  !| up the Baronetage, it was to$9$ drive$1$ the heavy bills of his
101:  9,18'  !| tradespeople, and the unwelcome hints of $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd,
101:  9,19'  !| his agent, from his thoughts.  The Kellynch property
101:  9,20'  !| was good, but not equal$2$ to$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter's apprehension of
101:  9,21'  !| the state$0$ required in its possessor.  While$9$ $PN#ZK$Lady*Elliot
101:  9,22'  !| lived, there had been method, moderation, and economy,
101:  9,23'  !| which$6#1$ had just$9$ kept him within his income; but with
101:  9,24'  !| her had died all such right-mindedness, and from that$6#2$
101:  9,25'  !| period he had been constantly exceeding it.  It had not
101:  9,26'  !| been possible for$4$ him to$9$ spend less; he had done nothing
101:  9,27'  !| but what$6#1$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot was imperiously called on$5$ to$9$
101:  9,28'  !| do; but blameless as he was, he was not only growing
101:  9,29'  !| dreadfully in debt, but was hearing of it so$5#1$ often, that$3$
101:  9,30'  !| it became vain to$9$ attempt$1$ concealing it longer, even$5$
101:  9,31'  !| partially, from his daughter.  He had given her some
101:  9,32'  !| hints of it the last$2$ spring$0$ in town; he had gone so$5#1$ far
101:  9,33'  !| even$5$ as to$9$ say,
101:  9,33G  !| "Can we retrench? does it occur to$4$ you
101:  9,34G  !| that$3$ there is any one article in which$6#1$ we can retrench?" ~
101:  9,35'  !| and $PN#H$Elizabeth, to$9$ do her justice, had, in the first ardour
101:  9,36'  !| of female$2$ alarm$0$, set$1$ seriously to$9$ think what$6#1$ could be
101:  9,37'  !| done, and had finally proposed these two branches of
101:  9,38'  !| economy:  to$9$ cut$9$ off some unnecessary charities, and to$9$
101: 10, 1'  !| refrain from new-furnishing the drawing-room; to$4$ which$6#1$
101: 10, 2'  !| expedients she afterwards added the happy thought$0$ of
101: 10, 3'  !| their taking no$2$ present$0#2$ down$5$ to$4$ $PN#A$Anne, as had been the
101: 10, 4'  !| usual yearly custom.  But these measures, however good
101: 10, 5'  !| in themselves, were insufficient for$4$ the real extent of the
101: 10, 6'  !| evil, the whole$0$ of which$6#1$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter found himself obliged
101: 10, 7'  !| to$9$ confess to$4$ her soon afterwards.  $PN#H$Elizabeth had nothing
101: 10, 8'  !| to$9$ propose of deeper efficacy.  She felt herself ill-used
101: 10, 9'  !| and unfortunate, as did her father; and they were neither
101: 10,10'  !| of them able to$9$ devise any means$0$ of lessening their expenses
101: 10,11'  !| without compromising their dignity, or relinquishing
101: 10,12'  !| their comforts in a way not to$9$ be borne.
101: 10,13'  !| There was only a small part$0$ of his estate that$6#1$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter
101: 10,14'  !| could dispose of; but had every acre been alienable, it
101: 10,15'  !| would have made no$2$ difference.  He had condescended
101: 10,16'  !| to$9$ mortgage as far as he had the power, but he would never
101: 10,17'  !| condescend to$9$ sell.  No$7$; he would never disgrace$1$ his
101: 10,18'  !| name$1$ so$5#1$ far.  The Kellynch estate should be transmitted
101: 10,19'  !| whole$2$ and entire, as he had received it.
101: 10,20'  !| Their two confidential friends, $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd, who$6#1$ lived
101: 10,21'  !| in the neighbouring market town, and $PN#T$Lady*Russell, were
101: 10,22'  !| called on$5$ to$9$ advise them; and both father and daughter
101: 10,23'  !| seemed to$9$ expect that$3$ something should be struck out$5$
101: 10,24'  !| by$4$ one or the other to$9$ remove$1$ their embarrassments and
101: 10,25'  !| reduce their expenditure, without involving the loss of
101: 10,26'  !| any indulgence of taste or pride.
102: 11, 1'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd, a civil, cautious lawyer, who$6#1$, whatever
102: 11, 2'  !| might be his hold$0$ or his views on$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter, would rather
102: 11, 3'  !| have the \disagreeable\ prompted by$4$ any*body else, excused
102: 11, 4'  !| himself from offering the slightest hint$0$, and only begged
102: 11, 5'  !| leave$0$ to$9$ recommend an implicit deference to$4$ the excellent
102: 11, 6'  !| judgment of $PN#T$Lady*Russell, ~ from whose$6#1$ known good sense
102: 11, 7'  !| he fully expected$1$ to$9$ have just$9$ such resolute measures
102: 11, 8'  !| advised, as he meant to$9$ see finally adopted.
102: 11, 9'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell was most anxiously zealous on$4$ the subject$0$,
102: 11,10'  !| and gave it much serious$2$ consideration.  She was a woman
102: 11,11'  !| rather of sound$9$ than of quick$2$ abilities, whose$6#1$ difficulties
102: 11,12'  !| in coming to$4$ any decision in this instance$0$ were great,
102: 11,13'  !| from the opposition of two leading principles.  She was
102: 11,14'  !| of strict integrity herself, with a delicate sense of honour$0$;
102: 11,15'  !| but she was as desirous of saving $PN#G$Sir*Walter's feelings,
102: 11,16'  !| as solicitous for$4$ the credit$0$ of the family, as aristocratic
102: 11,17'  !| in her ideas of what$6#1$ was due$2$ to$4$ them, as any*body of
102: 11,18'  !| sense and honesty could well$9$ be.  She was a benevolent,
102: 11,19'  !| charitable, good woman, and capable of strong attachments;
102: 11,20'  !| most correct$2$ in her conduct$0$, strict in her notions
102: 11,21'  !| of decorum, and with manners that$6#1$ were held a standard
102: 11,22'  !| of good-breeding.  She had a cultivated mind$0$, and was,
102: 11,23'  !| generally speaking, rational and consistent ~ but she had
102: 11,24'  !| prejudices on$4$ the side$0$ of ancestry; she had a value$0$ for$4$
102: 11,25'  !| rank$0$ and consequence, which$6#1$ blinded her a little to$4$ the
102: 11,26'  !| faults of those who$6#1$ possessed them.  Herself, the widow
102: 11,27'  !| of only a knight, she gave the dignity of a baronet all its
102: 11,28'  !| due$0$; and $PN#G$Sir*Walter, independent of his claims as an
102: 11,29'  !| old acquaintance, an attentive neighbour, an obliging
102: 11,30'  !| landlord, the husband of her very dear$2#1$ friend, the father
102: 11,31'  !| of $PN#A$Anne and her sisters, was, as being$1$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter, in her
102: 11,32'  !| apprehension entitled to$4$ a great deal$0#2$ of compassion and
102: 11,33'  !| consideration under his present$9$ difficulties.
102: 12, 1'  !| They must retrench; that$6#2$ did not admit of a doubt$0$.
102: 12, 2'  !| But she was very anxious to$9$ have it done with the least
102: 12, 3'  !| possible pain$0$ to$4$ him and $PN#H$Elizabeth.  She drew up plans
102: 12, 4'  !| of economy, she made exact$2$ calculations, and she did,
102: 12, 5'  !| what$6#1$ nobody else thought$1$ of doing, she consulted $PN#A$Anne,
102: 12, 6'  !| who$6#1$ never seemed considered by$4$ the others as having
102: 12, 7'  !| any interest$0$ in the question$0$.  She consulted, and in
102: 12, 8'  !| a degree was influenced by$4$ her, in marking out$5$ the
102: 12, 9'  !| scheme$0$ of retrenchment, which$6#1$ was at last$0$ submitted to$4$
102: 12,10'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter.  Every emendation of $PN#A$Anne's had been on$4$
102: 12,11'  !| the side$0$ of honesty against importance.  She wanted
102: 12,12'  !| more vigorous measures, a more complete$2$ reformation,
102: 12,13'  !| a quicker release$0$ from debt, a much higher tone of
102: 12,14'  !| indifference for$4$ every*thing but justice and equity.
102: 12,15T  !| "If we can persuade your father to$4$ all this,"
102: 12,15'  !| said
102: 12,16'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell, looking over her paper,
102: 12,16T  !| "much may$1$ be
102: 12,17T  !| done.  If he will$1$ adopt these regulations, in seven years
102: 12,18T  !| he will$1$ be clear$2$; and I hope$1$ we may$1$ be able to$9$ convince
102: 12,19T  !| him and $PN#H$Elizabeth, that$3$ Kellynch-hall has a respectability
102: 12,20T  !| in itself, which$6#1$ cannot be affected by$4$ these reductions;
102: 12,21T  !| and that$3$ the true dignity of $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot will$1$ be very
102: 12,22T  !| far from lessened, in the eyes of sensible$2#2$ people, by$4$ his
102: 12,23T  !| acting like$9$ a man of principle.  What$6#2$ will$1$ he be doing,
102: 12,24T  !| in fact, but what$6#1$ very many of our first families have done,
102: 12,25T  !| ~ or ought to$9$ do? ~ There will$1$ be nothing singular in
102: 12,26T  !| his case; and it is singularity which$6#1$ often makes the
102: 12,27T  !| worst part$0$ of our suffering, as it always does of our conduct$0$.
102: 12,28T  !| I have great hope$0$ of our prevailing.  We must
102: 12,29T  !| be serious$2$ and decided$2$ ~ for$3$, after$4$ all, the person who$6#1$ has
102: 12,30T  !| contracted debts must pay$1$ them; and though a great
102: 12,31T  !| deal$0#2$ is due$2$ to$4$ the feelings of the gentleman, and the head$0$
102: 12,32T  !| of a house, like$9$ your father, there is still$5$ more due$2$ to$4$ the
102: 12,33T  !| character of an honest man."
102: 12,34'  !| This was the principle on$4$ which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne wanted her
102: 12,35'  !| father to$9$ be proceeding, his friends to$9$ be urging him.  She
102: 12,36'  !| considered it as an act$0$ of indispensable duty to$9$ clear$1$
102: 12,37'  !| away the claims of creditors, with all the expedition
102: 12,38'  !| which$6#1$ the most comprehensive retrenchments could
102: 13, 1'  !| secure$1$, and saw no$2$ dignity in any*thing short$2$ of it.  She
102: 13, 2'  !| wanted it to$9$ be prescribed, and felt as a duty.  She rated
102: 13, 3'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell's influence$0$ highly, and as to$4$ the severe
102: 13, 4'  !| degree of self-denial, which$6#1$ her own$2$ conscience prompted,
102: 13, 5'  !| she believed there might be little more difficulty in
102: 13, 6'  !| persuading them to$4$ a complete$2$, than to$4$ half a reformation.
102: 13, 7'  !| Her knowledge of her father and $PN#H$Elizabeth, inclined her
102: 13, 8'  !| to$9$ think that$3$ the sacrifice$0$ of one pair$0$ of horses would be
102: 13, 9'  !| hardly less painful than of both, and so$5#2$ on$5$, through$4$ the
102: 13,10'  !| whole$2$ list of $PN#T$Lady*Russell's too$5#1$ gentle reductions.
102: 13,11'  !| How $PN#A$Anne's more rigid requisitions might have been
102: 13,12'  !| taken, is of little consequence.  $PN#T$Lady*Russell's had no$2$
102: 13,13'  !| success at all ~ could not be put up with ~ were not to$9$
102: 13,14'  !| be borne.
102: 13,14G  !| "What$7$|  Every comfort$0$ of life knocked off|
102: 13,15G  !| Journeys, London, servants, horses, table, ~ contractions
102: 13,16G  !| and restrictions every*where.  To$9$ live no$2$ longer with the
102: 13,17G  !| decencies even$5$ of a private$2$ gentleman|  No$7$, he would
102: 13,18G  !| sooner quit Kellynch-hall at once, than remain in it on$4$
102: 13,19G  !| such disgraceful terms."
102: 13,20U  !| "Quit Kellynch-hall."
102: 13,20'  !| The hint$0$ was immediately taken
102: 13,21'  !| up by$4$ $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd, whose$6#1$ interest$0$ was involved in the
102: 13,22'  !| reality of $PN#G$Sir*Walter's retrenching, and who$6#1$ was perfectly
102: 13,23'  !| persuaded that$3$ nothing would be done without a change$0$
102: 13,24'  !| of abode. ~
102: 13,24U  !| "Since the idea had been started in the very
102: 13,25U  !| quarter$0#2$ which$6#1$ ought to$9$ dictate$1$, he had no$2$ scruple$0$,"
102: 13,26'  !| he said,
102: 13,26U  !| "in confessing his judgment to$9$ be entirely on$4$
102: 13,27U  !| that$6#2$ side$0$.  It did not appear to$4$ him that$3$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter
102: 13,28U  !| could materially alter his style of living$9$ in a house which$6#1$
102: 13,29U  !| had such a character of hospitality and ancient dignity
102: 13,30U  !| to$9$ support$1$. ~ In any other place$0$, $PN#G$Sir*Walter might judge$1$
102: 13,31U  !| for$4$ himself; and would be looked up to$4$, as regulating
102: 13,32U  !| the modes of life, in whatever way he might choose to$9$
102: 13,33U  !| model his household."
102: 13,34'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter would quit Kellynch-hall; ~ and after$4$ a very
102: 13,35'  !| few days more of doubt$0$ and indecision, the great question$0$
102: 13,36'  !| of whither he should go, was settled$1$, and the first outline
102: 13,37'  !| of this important change$0$ made out$5$.
102: 13,38'  !| There had been three alternatives, London, Bath$0#1$, or
102: 14, 1'  !| another house in the country.  All $PN#A$Anne's wishes$0$ had been
102: 14, 2'  !| for$4$ the latter.  A small house in their own$2$ neighbourhood,
102: 14, 3'  !| where they might still$5$ have $PN#T$Lady*Russell's society, still$5$
102: 14, 4'  !| be near$4$ $PN#P$Mary, and still$5$ have the pleasure of sometimes
102: 14, 5'  !| seeing the lawns and groves of Kellynch, was the object$0$
102: 14, 6'  !| of her ambition.  But the usual fate of $PN#A$Anne attended
102: 14, 7'  !| her, in having something very opposite from her inclination
102: 14, 8'  !| fixed on$5$.  She disliked Bath$0#1$, and did not think it
102: 14, 9'  !| agreed with her ~ and Bath$0#1$ was to$9$ be her home.
102: 14,10'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter had at first thought$1$ more of London, but
102: 14,11'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd felt that$3$ he could not be trusted in London,
102: 14,12'  !| and had been skilful enough to$9$ dissuade him from it, and
102: 14,13'  !| make$1$ Bath$0#1$ preferred.
102: 14,13@u   | It was a much safer place$0$ for$4$
102: 14,14@u   | a gentleman in his predicament: ~ he might there be
102: 14,15@u   | important at comparatively little expense. ~
102: 14,15'  !| Two material$2$
102: 14,16'  !| advantages of Bath$0#1$ over London had of course$8$ been given
102: 14,17'  !| all their weight, its more convenient distance$0$ from
102: 14,18'  !| Kellynch, only fifty miles, and $PN#T$Lady*Russell's spending
102: 14,19'  !| some part$0$ of every winter there; and to$4$ the very great
102: 14,20'  !| satisfaction of $PN#T$Lady*Russell, whose$6#1$ first views on$4$ the
102: 14,21'  !| projected change$0$ had been for$4$ Bath$0#1$, $PN#G$Sir*Walter and
102: 14,22'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth were induced to$9$ believe that$3$ they should lose
102: 14,23'  !| neither consequence nor enjoyment by$4$ settling there.
102: 14,24'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell felt obliged to$9$ oppose her dear$2#1$ $PN#A$Anne's
102: 14,25'  !| known wishes$0$.  It would be too$5#1$ much to$9$ expect $PN#G$Sir*Walter
102: 14,26'  !| to$9$ descend into a small house in his own$2$ neighbourhood.
102: 14,27'  !| $PN#A$Anne herself would have found the mortifications
102: 14,28'  !| of it more than she foresaw, and to$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter's
102: 14,29'  !| feelings they must have been dreadful.  And with regard$0$
102: 14,30'  !| to$4$ $PN#A$Anne's dislike$0$ of Bath$0#1$, she considered it as a prejudice
102: 14,31'  !| and mistake$0$, arising first from the circumstance of her
102: 14,32'  !| having been three years at school there, after$4$ her mother's
102: 14,33'  !| death, and, secondly, from her happening to$9$ be not in
102: 14,34'  !| perfectly good spirits the only winter which$6#1$ she had
102: 14,35'  !| afterwards spent there with herself.
102: 14,36'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell was fond of Bath$0#1$ in short$0$, and disposed
102: 14,37'  !| to$9$ think it must suit$1$ them all; and as to$4$ her young friend's
102: 14,38'  !| health, by$4$ passing$1$ all the warm$2$ months with her at
102: 15, 1'  !| Kellynch-lodge, every danger would be avoided; and it
102: 15, 2'  !| was, in fact, a change$0$ which$6#1$ must do both health and
102: 15, 3'  !| spirits good.  $PN#A$Anne had been too$5#1$ little from home, too$5#1$
102: 15, 4'  !| little seen.  Her spirits were not high.  A larger society
102: 15, 5'  !| would improve them.  She wanted her to$9$ be more known.
102: 15, 6'  !| The undesirableness of any other house in the same
102: 15, 7'  !| neighbourhood for$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter, was certainly much
102: 15, 8'  !| strengthened by$4$ one part$0$, and a very material$2$ part$0$ of
102: 15, 9'  !| the scheme$0$, which$6#1$ had been happily engrafted on$4$ the
102: 15,10'  !| beginning$0$.  He was not only to$9$ quit his home, but to$9$ see
102: 15,11'  !| it in the hands of others; a trial of fortitude, which$6#1$
102: 15,12'  !| stronger heads than $PN#G$Sir*Walter's have found too$5#1$ much. ~
102: 15,13'  !| Kellynch-hall was to$9$ be let.  This, however, was a profound
102: 15,14'  !| secret$0$; not to$9$ be breathed beyond$4$ their own$2$ circle.
102: 15,15'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter could not have borne the degradation of
102: 15,16'  !| being$1$ known to$9$ design$1$ letting his house. ~ $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd
102: 15,17'  !| had once mentioned the word, "advertise;" ~ but never
102: 15,18'  !| dared approach$1$ it again; $PN#G$Sir*Walter spurned the idea of
102: 15,19'  !| its being$1$ offered in any manner; forbad the slightest hint$0$
102: 15,20'  !| being$1$ dropped of his having such an intention; and it
102: 15,21'  !| was only on$4$ the supposition of his being$1$ spontaneously
102: 15,22'  !| solicited by$4$ some most unexceptionable applicant, on$4$ his
102: 15,23'  !| own$2$ terms, and as a great favor, that$3$ he would let it at all.
102: 15,24'  !| How quick$2$ come the reasons for$4$ approving what$6#1$ we
102: 15,25'  !| like$1$| ~ $PN#T$Lady*Russell had another excellent one at hand$0$,
102: 15,26'  !| for$4$ being$1$ extremely glad that$3$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter and his family
102: 15,27'  !| were to$9$ remove$1$ from the country.  $PN#H$Elizabeth had been
102: 15,28'  !| lately forming an intimacy, which$6#1$ she wished to$9$ see
102: 15,29'  !| interrupted.  It was with a daughter of $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd,
102: 15,30'  !| who$6#1$ had returned, after$4$ an unprosperous marriage, to$4$
102: 15,31'  !| her father's house, with the additional burthen of two
102: 15,32'  !| children.  She was a clever young woman, who$6#1$ understood
102: 15,33'  !| the art of pleasing; the art of pleasing, at least,
102: 15,34'  !| at Kellynch-hall; and who$6#1$ had made herself so$5#1$ acceptable
102: 15,35'  !| to$4$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot, as to$9$ have been already staying there more
102: 15,36'  !| than once, in spite$8$ of all that$6#1$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell, who$6#1$ thought$1$
102: 15,37'  !| it a friendship quite out$8$ of place$0$, could hint$1$ of caution$0$
102: 15,38'  !| and reserve$0$.
102: 16, 1'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell, indeed, had scarcely any influence$0$ with
102: 16, 2'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth, and seemed to$9$ love$1$ her, rather because she
102: 16, 3'  !| would love$1$ her, than because $PN#H$Elizabeth deserved it.  She
102: 16, 4'  !| had never received from her more than outward attention,
102: 16, 5'  !| nothing beyond$4$ the observances of complaisance; had
102: 16, 6'  !| never succeeded in any point$0$ which$6#1$ she wanted to$9$ carry,
102: 16, 7'  !| against previous inclination.  She had been repeatedly
102: 16, 8'  !| very earnest in trying$1$ to$9$ get $PN#A$Anne included in the visit$0$
102: 16, 9'  !| to$4$ London, sensibly open$2$ to$4$ all the injustice and all the
102: 16,10'  !| discredit of the selfish arrangements which$6#1$ shut her out$5$,
102: 16,11'  !| and on$4$ many lesser occasions had endeavoured to$9$ give
102: 16,12'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth the advantage of her own$2$ better$9$ judgment and
102: 16,13'  !| experience$0$ ~ but always in vain; $PN#H$Elizabeth would go her
102: 16,14'  !| own$2$ way ~ and never had she pursued it in more decided$2$
102: 16,15'  !| opposition to$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell, than in this selection of
102: 16,16'  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay; turning$1$ from the society of so$5#1$ deserving a
102: 16,17'  !| sister to$9$ bestow her affection and confidence on$4$ one who$6#1$
102: 16,18'  !| ought to$9$ have been nothing to$4$ her but the object$0$ of distant
102: 16,19'  !| civility.
102: 16,20'  !| From situation, $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay was, in $PN#T$Lady*Russell's
102: 16,21'  !| estimate$0$, a very unequal, and in her character she believed
102: 16,22'  !| a very dangerous companion ~ and a removal that$6#1$ would
102: 16,23'  !| leave$1$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay behind, and bring a choice$0$ of more suitable
102: 16,24'  !| intimates within $PN#H$Miss*Elliot's reach$0$, was therefore an
102: 16,25'  !| object$0$ of first-rate importance.
103: 17, 1U  !| "I must take leave$0$ to$9$ observe, $PN#G$Sir*Walter,"
103: 17, 1'  !| said
103: 17, 2'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd one morning at Kellynch*Hall, as he laid
103: 17, 3'  !| down$5$ the newspaper,
103: 17, 3U  !| "that$3$ the present$9$ juncture is much
103: 17, 4U  !| in our favour$0$.  This peace will$1$ be turning$1$ all our rich
103: 17, 5U  !| Navy Officers ashore.  They will$1$ be all wanting a home.
103: 17, 6U  !| Could not be a better$9$ time, $PN#G$Sir*Walter, for$4$ having a choice$0$
103: 17, 7U  !| of tenants, very responsible tenants.  Many a noble
103: 17, 8U  !| fortune has been made during the war.  If a rich Admiral
103: 17, 9U  !| were to$9$ come in our way, $PN#G$Sir*Walter ~"
103: 17,10G  !| "He would be a very lucky man, $PN#U$Shepherd,"
103: 17,10'  !| replied
103: 17,11'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter,
103: 17,11G  !| "that's all I have to$9$ remark$1$.  A prize$0$ indeed
103: 17,12G  !| would Kellynch*Hall be to$4$ him; rather the greatest
103: 17,13G  !| prize$0$ of all, let him have taken ever so$5#1$ many before$5$ ~ hey,
103: 17,14G  !| $PN#U$Shepherd?"
103: 17,15'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd laughed, as he knew he must, at this wit$0#1$,
103: 17,16'  !| and then added,
103: 17,17U  !| "I presume to$9$ observe, $PN#G$Sir*Walter, that$3$, in the way of
103: 17,18U  !| business, gentlemen of the navy are well$9$ to$9$ deal$1$ with.
103: 17,19U  !| I have had a little knowledge of their methods of doing
103: 17,20U  !| business, and I am free to$9$ confess that$3$ they have very
103: 17,21U  !| liberal notions, and are as likely to$9$ make$1$ desirable
103: 17,22U  !| tenants as any set$0$ of people one should meet$1$ with.  Therefore,
103: 17,23U  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter, what$6#1$ I would take leave$0$ to$9$ suggest is,
103: 17,24U  !| that$3$ if in consequence of any rumours getting abroad of
103: 17,25U  !| your intention ~ which$6#1$ must be contemplated as a possible
103: 17,26U  !| thing, because we know how difficult it is to$9$ keep the
103: 17,27U  !| actions and designs of one part$0$ of the world from the
103: 17,28U  !| notice$0$ and curiosity of the other, ~ consequence has its
103: 17,29U  !| tax$0$ ~ I, $PN#U$John*Shepherd, might conceal any family-matters
103: 17,30U  !| that$6#1$ I chose, for$3$ nobody would think it worth
103: 17,31U  !| their while$0$ to$9$ observe me, but $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot has eyes
103: 17,32U  !| upon him which$6#1$ it may$1$ be very difficult to$9$ elude ~ and
103: 17,33U  !| therefore, thus much I venture upon, that$3$ it will$1$ not
103: 18, 1U  !| greatly surprise$1$ me if, with all our caution$0$, some rumour
103: 18, 2U  !| of the truth should get abroad ~ in the supposition of
103: 18, 3U  !| which$6#1$, as I was going to$9$ observe, since applications will$1$
103: 18, 4U  !| unquestionably follow, I should think any from our
103: 18, 5U  !| wealthy naval commanders particularly worth attending
103: 18, 6U  !| to$4$ ~ and beg leave$0$ to$9$ add, that$3$ two hours will$1$ bring me
103: 18, 7U  !| over at any time, to$9$ save$1$ you the trouble$0$ of replying."
103: 18, 8'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter only nodded.  But soon afterwards, rising
103: 18, 9'  !| and pacing the room, he observed sarcastically,
103: 18,10G  !| "There are few among the gentlemen of the navy,
103: 18,11G  !| I imagine, who$6#1$ would not be surprised to$9$ find themselves
103: 18,12G  !| in a house of this description."
103: 18,13C  !| "They would look$1$ around$4$ them, no$2$ doubt$0$, and bless
103: 18,14C  !| their good fortune,"
103: 18,14'  !| said $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay, for$3$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay was
103: 18,15'  !| present$9$; her father had driven her over, nothing being$1$ of
103: 18,16'  !| so$5#1$ much use$0$ to$4$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay's health as a drive$0$ to$4$ Kellynch:
103: 18,17C  !| "but I quite agree with my father in thinking a sailor
103: 18,18C  !| might be a very desirable tenant.  I have known a good
103: 18,19C  !| deal$0#2$ of the profession$0#2$; and besides their liberality, they
103: 18,20C  !| are so$5#1$ neat and careful in all their ways|  These valuable
103: 18,21C  !| pictures of yours, $PN#G$Sir*Walter, if you chose to$9$ leave$1$ them,
103: 18,22C  !| would be perfectly safe.  Every*thing in and about$4$ the
103: 18,23C  !| house would be taken such excellent care$0$ of|  the gardens
103: 18,24C  !| and shrubberies would be kept in almost as high order$0$
103: 18,25C  !| as they are now.  You need$1$ not be afraid, $PN#H$Miss*Elliot,
103: 18,26C  !| of your own$2$ sweet flower-garden's being$1$ neglected."
103: 18,27G  !| "As to$4$ all that$6#2$,"
103: 18,27'  !| rejoined $PN#G$Sir*Walter coolly,
103: 18,27G  !| "supposing
103: 18,28G  !| I were induced to$9$ let my house, I have by$4$ no$2$ means$0$
103: 18,29G  !| made up my mind$0$ as to$4$ the privileges to$9$ be annexed to$4$
103: 18,30G  !| it.  I am not particularly disposed to$9$ favour$1$ a tenant.
103: 18,31G  !| The park would be open$2$ to$4$ him of course$8$, and few navy
103: 18,32G  !| officers, or men of any other description, can have had
103: 18,33G  !| such a range$0$; but what$6#1$ restrictions I might impose on$4$
103: 18,34G  !| the use$0$ of the pleasure-grounds, is another thing.  I am
103: 18,35G  !| not fond of the idea of my shrubberies being$1$ always
103: 18,36G  !| approachable; and I should recommend $PN#H$Miss*Elliot to$9$ be
103: 18,37G  !| on$4$ her guard$0$ with respect$0$ to$4$ her flower-garden.  I am very
103: 18,38G  !| little disposed to$9$ grant a tenant of Kellynch*Hall any
103: 19, 1G  !| extraordinary favour$0$, I assure you, be he sailor or
103: 19, 2G  !| soldier."
103: 19, 3'  !| After$4$ a short$2$ pause$0$, $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd presumed to$9$ say,
103: 19, 4U  !| "In all these cases, there are established usages which$6#1$
103: 19, 5U  !| make$1$ every*thing plain and easy between landlord and
103: 19, 6U  !| tenant.  Your interest$0$, $PN#G$Sir*Walter, is in pretty$5$ safe hands.
103: 19, 7U  !| Depend upon me for$4$ taking care$0$ that$3$ no$2$ tenant has more
103: 19, 8U  !| than his just$2$ rights.  I venture to$9$ hint$1$, that$3$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot
103: 19, 9U  !| cannot be half so$5#1$ jealous for$4$ his own$2$, as $PN#U$John*Shepherd
103: 19,10U  !| will$1$ be for$4$ him."
103: 19,11'  !| Here $PN#A$Anne spoke, ~
103: 19,12A  !| "The navy, I think, who$6#1$ have done so$5#1$ much for$4$ us,
103: 19,13A  !| have at least an equal$2$ claim$0$ with any other set$0$ of men, for$4$
103: 19,14A  !| all the comforts and all the privileges which$6#1$ any home
103: 19,15A  !| can give.  Sailors work$1$ hard enough for$4$ their comforts,
103: 19,16A  !| we must all allow."
103: 19,17U  !| "Very true, very true.  What$6#1$ $PN#A$Miss*Anne says, is very
103: 19,18U  !| true,"
103: 19,18'  !| was $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd's rejoinder, and
103: 19,18C  !| "Oh| certainly,"
103: 19,19'  !| was his daughter's; but $PN#G$Sir*Walter's remark$0$
103: 19,20'  !| was, soon afterwards ~
103: 19,21G  !| "The profession$0#2$ has its utility, but I should be sorry
103: 19,22G  !| to$9$ see any friend of mine$0$ belonging to$4$ it."
103: 19,23C  !| "Indeed|"
103: 19,23'  !| was the reply$0$, and with a look$0$ of surprise$0$.
103: 19,24G  !| "Yes; it is in two points offensive to$4$ me; I have
103: 19,25G  !| two strong grounds of objection to$4$ it.  First, as being$1$
103: 19,26G  !| the means$0$ of bringing persons of obscure birth$0#1$ into undue
103: 19,27G  !| distinction, and raising men to$4$ honours which$6#1$ their fathers
103: 19,28G  !| and grandfathers never dreamt of; and secondly, as it
103: 19,29G  !| cuts up a man's youth and vigour most horribly; a sailor
103: 19,30G  !| grows old sooner than any other man; I have observed
103: 19,31G  !| it all my life.  A man is in greater danger in the navy of
103: 19,32G  !| being$1$ insulted by$4$ the rise$0$ of one whose$6#1$ father, his father
103: 19,33G  !| might have disdained to$9$ speak to$4$, and of becoming$1$
103: 19,34G  !| prematurely an object$0$ of disgust$0$ himself, than in any
103: 19,35G  !| other line.  One day last$2$ spring$0$, in town, I was in company
103: 19,36G  !| with two men, striking instances of what$6#1$ I am talking of,
103: 19,37G  !| $PN#ZZC$Lord*St%*Ives whose$6#1$ father we all know to$9$ have been
103: 19,38G  !| a country curate, without bread to$9$ eat; I was to$9$ give
103: 20, 1G  !| place$0$ to$4$ $PN#ZZC$Lord*St%*Ives, and a certain $PN#ZC$Admiral*Baldwin,
103: 20, 2G  !| the most deplorable*looking personage you can imagine,
103: 20, 3G  !| his face$0$ the colour of mahogany, rough and rugged to$4$
103: 20, 4G  !| the last$2$ degree, all lines and wrinkles, nine grey hairs of
103: 20, 5G  !| a side$0$, and nothing but a dab of powder at top. ~ ""In
103: 20, 6G  !| the name$0$ of heaven, who$6#2$ is that$6#2$ old fellow?"" said I, to$4$
103: 20, 7G  !| a friend of mine$0$ who$6#1$ was standing$1$ near$9$, ($PN#ZX$Sir*Basil*Morley.)
103: 20, 8G  !| ""Old fellow|"" cried $PN#ZX$Sir*Basil, ""it is $PN#ZC$Admiral*Baldwin.
103: 20, 9G  !| What$6#2$ do you take his age to$9$ be?""  ""Sixty,"" said I, ""or
103: 20,10G  !| perhaps sixty-two.""  ""Forty,"" replied $PN#ZX$Sir*Basil, ""forty,
103: 20,11G  !| and no$2$ more.""  Picture$1$ to$4$ yourselves my amazement;
103: 20,12G  !| I shall not easily forget $PN#ZC$Admiral*Baldwin.  I never saw
103: 20,13G  !| quite so$5#1$ wretched an example of what$6#1$ a sea-faring life
103: 20,14G  !| can do; but to$4$ a degree, I know it is the same with them
103: 20,15G  !| all:  they are all knocked about$5$, and exposed to$4$ every
103: 20,16G  !| climate, and every weather, till they are not fit$9$ to$9$ be
103: 20,17G  !| seen.  It is a pity$0$ they are not knocked on$4$ the head$0$ at
103: 20,18G  !| once, before$3$ they reach$1$ $PN#ZC$Admiral*Baldwin's age."
103: 20,19C  !| "Nay, $PN#G$Sir*Walter,"
103: 20,19'  !| cried $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay,
103: 20,19C  !| "this is being$1$
103: 20,20C  !| severe indeed.  Have a little mercy on$4$ the poor men.
103: 20,21C  !| We are not all born$1#1$ to$9$ be handsome.  The sea is no$2$
103: 20,22C  !| beautifier, certainly; sailors do grow old betimes; I
103: 20,23C  !| have often observed it; they soon lose the look$0$ of youth.
103: 20,24C  !| But then, is not it the same with many other professions,
103: 20,25C  !| perhaps most other?  Soldiers, in active service, are not
103: 20,26C  !| at all better$9$ off:  and even$5$ in the quieter professions,
103: 20,27C  !| there is a toil and a labour of the mind$0$, if not the body,
103: 20,28C  !| which$6#1$ seldom leaves$1$ a man's looks$0$ to$4$ the natural$2$ effect$0$
103: 20,29C  !| of time.  The lawyer plods, quite care-worn; the physician
103: 20,30C  !| is up at all hours, and travelling in all weather; and
103: 20,31C  !| even$5$ the clergyman ~"
103: 20,31'  !| she stopt a moment to$9$ consider
103: 20,32'  !| what$6#1$ might do for$4$ the clergyman; ~
103: 20,32C  !| "and even$5$ the clergyman,
103: 20,33C  !| you know, is obliged to$9$ go into infected rooms, and
103: 20,34C  !| expose his health and looks$0$ to$4$ all the injury of a poisonous
103: 20,35C  !| atmosphere.  In fact, as I have long$9$ been convinced,
103: 20,36C  !| though every profession$0#2$ is necessary and honourable in
103: 20,37C  !| its turn$0$, it is only the lot of those who$6#1$ are not obliged
103: 20,38C  !| to$9$ follow any, who$6#1$ can live in a regular way, in the
103: 21, 1C  !| country, choosing their own$2$ hours, following their own$2$
103: 21, 2C  !| pursuits, and living$9$ on$4$ their own$2$ property, without the
103: 21, 3C  !| torment$0$ of trying$1$ for$4$ more; it is only \their\ lot, I say, to$9$
103: 21, 4C  !| hold$1$ the blessings of health and a good appearance to$4$
103: 21, 5C  !| the utmost:  I know no$2$ other set$0$ of men but what$6#1$ lose
103: 21, 6C  !| something of their personableness when they cease to$9$ be
103: 21, 7C  !| quite young."
103: 21, 8'  !| It seemed as if $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd, in this anxiety to$9$ bespeak
103: 21, 9'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter's goodwill towards a naval officer as tenant,
103: 21,10'  !| had been gifted with foresight; for$3$ the very first application
103: 21,11'  !| for$4$ the house was from an $PN#D$Admiral*Croft, with whom$6#1$
103: 21,12'  !| he shortly afterwards fell into company in attending the
103: 21,13'  !| quarter*sessions at Taunton; and indeed, he had received
103: 21,14'  !| a hint$0$ of the $PN#D$admiral from a London correspondent.  By$4$
103: 21,15'  !| the report$0$ which$6#1$ he hastened over to$4$ Kellynch to$9$ make$1$,
103: 21,16@u   | $PN#D$Admiral*Croft was a native$0$ of Somersetshire, who$6#1$ having
103: 21,17@u   | acquired a very handsome fortune, was wishing to$9$ settle
103: 21,18@u   | in his own$2$ country, and had come down$5$ to$4$ Taunton in
103: 21,19@u   | order$8$ to$9$ look$1$ at some advertised places$0$ in that$6#2$ immediate
103: 21,20@u   | neighbourhood, which$6#1$, however, had not suited him;
103: 21,21@u   | that$3$ accidentally hearing ~ (it was just$9$ as he had foretold,
103: 21,22'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd observed,
103: 21,22@u   | $PN#G$Sir*Walter's concerns$0$ could not
103: 21,23@u   | be kept a secret$0$,) ~ accidentally hearing of the possibility
103: 21,24@u   | of Kellynch*Hall being$1$ to$9$ let, and understanding$1$ his
103: 21,25'  !| ($PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd's)
103: 21,25@u   | connection with the owner, he had
103: 21,26@u   | introduced himself to$4$ him in order$8$ to$9$ make$1$ particular
103: 21,27@u   | inquiries, and had, in the course$0$ of a pretty$5$ long$9$ conference,
103: 21,28@u   | expressed as strong an inclination for$4$ the place$0$
103: 21,29@u   | as a man who$6#1$ knew it only by$4$ description, could feel;
103: 21,30@u   | and given $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd, in his explicit account$0$ of himself,
103: 21,31@u   | every proof of his being$1$ a most responsible, eligible
103: 21,32@u   | tenant.
103: 21,33G  !| "And who$6#2$ is $PN#D$Admiral*Croft?"
103: 21,33'  !| was $PN#G$Sir*Walter's cold$2$
103: 21,34'  !| suspicious inquiry.
103: 21,35'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd answered for$4$ his being$1$ of a gentleman's
103: 21,36'  !| family, and mentioned a place$0$; and $PN#A$Anne, after$4$ the
103: 21,37'  !| little pause$0$ which$6#1$ followed, added ~
103: 21,38A  !| "He is rear*admiral of the white.  He was in the
103: 22, 1A  !| Trafalgar action, and has been in the East*Indies since;
103: 22, 2A  !| he has been stationed there, I believe, several years."
103: 22, 3G  !| "Then I take it for$4$ granted,"
103: 22, 3'  !| observed $PN#G$Sir*Walter,
103: 22, 4G  !| "that$3$ his face$0$ is about$4$ as orange as the cuffs and capes
103: 22, 5G  !| of my livery."
103: 22, 6'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd hastened to$9$ assure him, that$3$
103: 22, 6@u   | $PN#D$Admiral*Croft
103: 22, 7@u   | was a very hale, hearty, well-looking man, a little
103: 22, 8@u   | weather-beaten, to$9$ be sure, but not much; and quite
103: 22, 9@u   | the gentleman in all his notions and behaviour; ~ not
103: 22,10@u   | likely to$9$ make$1$ the smallest difficulty about$4$ terms; ~ only
103: 22,11@u   | wanted a comfortable home, and to$9$ get into it as soon as
103: 22,12@u   | possible; ~ knew he must pay$1$ for$4$ his convenience; ~
103: 22,13@u   | knew what$6#1$ rent a ready-furnished house of that$6#2$ consequence
103: 22,14@u   | might fetch; ~ should not have been surprised
103: 22,15@u   | if $PN#G$Sir*Walter had asked more; ~ had inquired
103: 22,16@u   | about$4$ the manor; ~ would be glad of the deputation,
103: 22,17@u   | certainly, but made no$2$ great point$0$ of it; ~ said he sometimes
103: 22,18@u   | took out$5$ a gun, but never killed; ~ quite the
103: 22,19@u   | gentleman.
103: 22,20'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd was eloquent on$4$ the subject$0$; pointing
103: 22,21'  !| out$5$ all the circumstances of the $PN#D$admiral's family, which$6#1$
103: 22,22'  !| made him peculiarly desirable as a tenant.
103: 22,22@u   | He was
103: 22,23@u   | a married man, and without children; the very state$0$
103: 22,24@u   | to$9$ be wished for$5$.  A house was never taken good care$0$
103: 22,25@u   | of,
103: 22,25'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd observed,
103: 22,25@u   | without a lady:  he did not
103: 22,26@u   | know, whether furniture might not be in danger of suffering
103: 22,27@u   | as much where there was no$2$ lady, as where there were
103: 22,28@u   | many children.  A lady, without a family, was the very
103: 22,29@u   | best preserver of furniture in the world.  He had seen
103: 22,30@u   | $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft, too$5#2$; she was at Taunton with the admiral,
103: 22,31@u   | and had been present$9$ almost all the time they were talking
103: 22,32@u   | the matter over.
103: 22,33U  !| "And a very well-spoken, genteel, shrewd lady, she
103: 22,34U  !| seemed to$9$ be,"
103: 22,34'  !| continued he;
103: 22,34U  !| "asked more questions
103: 22,35U  !| about$4$ the house, and terms, and taxes, than the $PN#D$admiral
103: 22,36U  !| himself, and seemed more conversant with business.  And
103: 22,37U  !| moreover, $PN#G$Sir*Walter, I found she was not quite unconnected
103: 22,38U  !| in this country, any more than her husband;
103: 23, 1U  !| that$6#2$ is to$9$ say, she is sister to$4$ a gentleman who$6#1$ did live
103: 23, 2U  !| amongst us once; she told me so$5#2$ herself:  sister to$4$ the
103: 23, 3U  !| gentleman who$6#1$ lived a few years back$5$, at Monkford.
103: 23, 4U  !| Bless me| what$6#2$ was his name$0$?  At this moment I
103: 23, 5U  !| cannot recollect his name$0$, though I have heard it so$5#2$
103: 23, 6U  !| lately.  $PN#C$Penelope, my dear$2#1$, can you help$1$ me to$4$ the name$0$
103: 23, 7U  !| of the gentleman who$6#1$ lived at Monkford ~ $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft's
103: 23, 8U  !| brother?"
103: 23, 9'  !| But $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay was talking so$5#1$ eagerly with $PN#H$Miss*Elliot,
103: 23,10'  !| that$3$ she did not hear the appeal.
103: 23,11G  !| "I have no$2$ conception whom$6#1$ you can mean$1$, $PN#U$Shepherd;
103: 23,12G  !| I remember no$2$ gentleman resident at Monkford since the
103: 23,13G  !| time of old $PN#ZZL$Governor*Trent."
103: 23,14U  !| "Bless me| how very odd|  I shall forget my own$2$
103: 23,15U  !| name$0$ soon, I suppose.  A name$0$ that$6#1$ I am so$5#1$ very well$9$
103: 23,16U  !| acquainted with; knew the gentleman so$5#1$ well$9$ by$4$ sight;
103: 23,17U  !| seen him a hundred times; came to$9$ consult me once,
103: 23,18U  !| I remember, about$4$ a trespass of one of his neighbours;
103: 23,19U  !| farmer's man breaking into his orchard ~ wall torn down$5$ ~
103: 23,20U  !| apples stolen ~ caught in the fact; and afterwards,
103: 23,21U  !| contrary$8$ to$4$ my judgment, submitted to$4$ an amicable
103: 23,22U  !| compromise.  Very odd indeed|"
103: 23,23'  !| After$4$ waiting another moment ~
103: 23,24A  !| "You mean$1$ $PN#ZZO$Mr%*Wentworth, I suppose,"
103: 23,24'  !| said $PN#A$Anne.
103: 23,25'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd was all gratitude.
103: 23,26U  !| "$PN#ZZO$Wentworth was the very name$0$|  $PN#ZZO$Mr%*Wentworth
103: 23,27U  !| was the very man.  He had the curacy of Monkford, you
103: 23,28U  !| know, $PN#G$Sir*Walter, some time back$5$, for$4$ two or three years.
103: 23,29U  !| Came there about$4$ the year @@5, I take it.  You remember
103: 23,30U  !| him, I am sure."
103: 23,31G  !| "$PN#ZZO$Wentworth?  Oh| ay, ~ $PN#ZZO$Mr%*Wentworth, the curate
103: 23,32G  !| of Monkford.  You misled me by$4$ the term$0$ \gentleman\.
103: 23,33G  !| I thought$1$ you were speaking of some man of property:
103: 23,34G  !| $PN#ZZO$Mr%*Wentworth was nobody, I remember; quite unconnected;
103: 23,35G  !| nothing to$9$ do with the $PN#Z1$Strafford family.  One
103: 23,36G  !| wonders$1$ how the names of many of our nobility become
103: 23,37G  !| so$5#1$ common$2$."
103: 23,38'  !| As $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd perceived that$3$ this connexion of the
103: 24, 1'  !| $PN#D1$Crofts did them no$2$ service with $PN#G$Sir*Walter, he mentioned
103: 24, 2'  !| it no$2$ more; returning, with all his zeal, to$9$ swell on$4$ the
103: 24, 3'  !| circumstances more indisputably in their favour$0$; their
103: 24, 4'  !| age, and number, and fortune; the high idea they had
103: 24, 5'  !| formed of Kellynch*Hall, and extreme$2$ solicitude for$4$ the
103: 24, 6'  !| advantage of renting it; making it appear as if they
103: 24, 7'  !| ranked nothing beyond$4$ the happiness of being$1$ the tenants
103: 24, 8'  !| of $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot:  an extraordinary taste, certainly,
103: 24, 9'  !| could they have been supposed in the secret$0$ of $PN#G$Sir*Walter's
103: 24,10'  !| estimate$0$ of the dues of a tenant.
103: 24,11'  !| It succeeded, however; and though $PN#G$Sir*Walter must
103: 24,12'  !| ever look$1$ with an evil eye on$4$ any*one intending to$9$ inhabit
103: 24,13'  !| that$6#2$ house, and think them infinitely too$5#1$ well$9$ off in being$1$
103: 24,14'  !| permitted to$9$ rent it on$4$ the highest terms, he was talked
103: 24,15'  !| into allowing $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd to$9$ proceed in the treaty, and
103: 24,16'  !| authorising him to$9$ wait on$4$ $PN#D$Admiral*Croft, who$6#1$ still$5$
103: 24,17'  !| remained at Taunton, and fix a day for$4$ the house being$1$
103: 24,18'  !| seen.
103: 24,19'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter was not very wise; but still$5$ he had experience$0$
103: 24,20'  !| enough of the world to$9$ feel, that$3$ a more unobjectionable
103: 24,21'  !| tenant, in all essentials, than $PN#D$Admiral*Croft bid fair
103: 24,22'  !| to$9$ be, could hardly offer$1$.  So$5#1$ far went his understanding$0$;
103: 24,23'  !| and his vanity supplied a little additional soothing, in
103: 24,24'  !| the $PN#D$admiral's situation in life, which$6#1$ was just$9$ high enough,
103: 24,25'  !| and not too$5#1$ high.  "I have let my house to$4$ $PN#D$Admiral*Croft,"
103: 24,26'  !| would sound$1$ extremely well$9$; very much better$9$
103: 24,27'  !| than to$4$ any mere \Mr%\*@@@@; a \Mr%\ (save$3$, perhaps, some
103: 24,28'  !| half*dozen in the nation,) always needs a note$0$ of explanation.
103: 24,29'  !| An admiral speaks his own$2$ consequence, and, at
103: 24,30'  !| the same time, can never make$1$ a baronet look$1$ small.  In
103: 24,31'  !| all their dealings and intercourse, $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot must
103: 24,32'  !| ever have the precedence.
103: 24,33'  !| Nothing could be done without a reference to$4$ $PN#H$Elizabeth;
103: 24,34'  !| but her inclination was growing so$5#1$ strong for$4$ a removal,
103: 24,35'  !| that$3$ she was happy to$9$ have it fixed and expedited by$4$
103: 24,36'  !| a tenant at hand$0$; and not a word to$9$ suspend decision
103: 24,37'  !| was uttered by$4$ her.
103: 24,38'  !| $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd was completely empowered to$9$ act$1$; and
103: 25, 1'  !| no$2$ sooner had such an end$0$ been reached, than $PN#A$Anne,
103: 25, 2'  !| who$6#1$ had been a most attentive listener to$4$ the whole$0$,
103: 25, 3'  !| left$1$ the room, to$9$ seek the comfort$0$ of cool$2$ air for$4$ her
103: 25, 4'  !| flushed cheeks; and as she walked along$4$ a favourite$2$
103: 25, 5'  !| grove, said, with a gentle sigh$0$,
103: 25, 5A  !| "a few months more, and
103: 25, 6A  !| \he\, perhaps, may$1$ be walking here."
104: 26, 1'  !| \He\ was not $PN#ZZO$Mr%*Wentworth, the former curate of Monkford,
104: 26, 2'  !| however suspicious appearances may$1$ be, but a
104: 26, 3'  !| $PN#B$captain*Frederick*Wentworth, his brother, who$6#1$ being$1$
104: 26, 4'  !| made commander in consequence of the action off
104: 26, 5'  !| St%*Domingo, and not immediately employed, had come
104: 26, 6'  !| into Somersetshire, in the summer of 1806; and having
104: 26, 7'  !| no$2$ parent living$9$, found a home for$4$ half a year, at Monkford.
104: 26, 8'  !| He was, at that$6#2$ time, a remarkably fine young
104: 26, 9'  !| man, with a great deal$0#2$ of intelligence, spirit and brilliancy;
104: 26,10'  !| and $PN#A$Anne an extremely pretty$2$ girl, with gentleness,
104: 26,11'  !| modesty, taste, and feeling$0$. ~ Half the sum of attraction,
104: 26,12'  !| on$4$ either side$0$, might have been enough, for$3$ he had nothing
104: 26,13'  !| to$9$ do, and she had hardly any*body to$9$ love$1$; but the
104: 26,14'  !| encounter of such lavish recommendations could not fail.
104: 26,15'  !| They were gradually acquainted, and when acquainted,
104: 26,16'  !| rapidly and deeply in love$0$.  It would be difficult to$9$ say
104: 26,17'  !| which$6#2$ had seen highest perfection in the other, or which$6#2$
104: 26,18'  !| had been the happiest; she, in receiving his declarations
104: 26,19'  !| and proposals, or he in having them accepted.
104: 26,20'  !| A short$2$ period of exquisite felicity followed, and but
104: 26,21'  !| a short$2$ one. ~ Troubles soon arose.  $PN#G$Sir*Walter, on$4$ being$1$
104: 26,22'  !| applied to$4$, without actually withholding his consent$0$, or
104: 26,23'  !| saying it should never be, gave it all the negative of great
104: 26,24'  !| astonishment, great coldness, great silence$0$, and a professed
104: 26,25'  !| resolution of doing nothing for$4$ his daughter.  He
104: 26,26'  !| thought$1$ it a very degrading alliance; and $PN#T$Lady*Russell,
104: 26,27'  !| though with more tempered and pardonable pride,
104: 26,28'  !| received it as a most unfortunate one.
104: 26,29@t   | $PN#A$Anne*Elliot, with all her claims of birth$0#1$, beauty, and
104: 26,30@t   | mind$0$, to$9$ throw$1$ herself away at nineteen; involve herself
104: 26,31@t   | at nineteen in an engagement with a young man, who$6#1$
104: 26,32@t   | had nothing but himself to$9$ recommend him, and no$2$ hopes$0$
104: 26,33@t   | of attaining affluence, but in the chances of a most uncertain
104: 27, 1@t   | profession$0#2$, and no$2$ connexions to$9$ secure$1$ even$5$ his
104: 27, 2@t   | farther rise$0$ in that$6#2$ profession$0#2$; would be, indeed, a
104: 27, 3@t   | throwing away, which$6#1$ she grieved to$9$ think of|  $PN#A$Anne*Elliot,
104: 27, 4@t   | so$5#1$ young; known to$4$ so$5#1$ few, to$9$ be snatched off
104: 27, 5@t   | by$4$ a stranger$0$ without alliance or fortune; or rather sunk
104: 27, 6@t   | by$4$ him into a state$0$ of most wearing, anxious, youth-killing
104: 27, 7@t   | dependance|  It must not be, if by$4$ any fair
104: 27, 8@t   | interference of friendship, any representations from one
104: 27, 9@t   | who$6#1$ had almost a mother's love$0$, and mother's rights, it
104: 27,10@t   | would be prevented.
104: 27,11'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth had no$2$ fortune.  He had been
104: 27,12'  !| lucky in his profession$0#2$, but spending freely, what$6#1$ had
104: 27,13'  !| come freely, had realized nothing.  But, he was confident
104: 27,14'  !| that$3$ he should soon be rich; ~ full of life and ardour, he
104: 27,15'  !| knew that$3$
104: 27,15@b   | he should soon have a ship, and soon be on$4$
104: 27,16@b   | a station that$6#1$ would lead$1$ to$4$ every*thing he wanted.  He
104: 27,17@b   | had always been lucky; he knew he should be so$5#1$ still$5$. ~
104: 27,18'  !| Such confidence, powerful in its own$2$ warmth, and bewitching
104: 27,19'  !| in the wit$0#1$ which$6#1$ often expressed it, must have
104: 27,20'  !| been enough for$4$ $PN#A$Anne; but $PN#T$Lady*Russell saw it very
104: 27,21'  !| differently. ~ His sanguine temper, and fearlessness of
104: 27,22'  !| mind$0$, operated very differently on$4$ her.  She saw in it
104: 27,23'  !| but an aggravation of the evil.
104: 27,23@t   | It only added a dangerous
104: 27,24@t   | character to$4$ himself.  He was brilliant, he was headstrong.
104: 27,25'  !| ~ $PN#T$Lady*Russell had little taste for$4$ wit$0#1$; and of any*thing
104: 27,26'  !| approaching to$4$ imprudence a horror.  She deprecated
104: 27,27'  !| the connexion in every light$0$.
104: 27,28'  !| Such opposition, as these feelings produced, was more
104: 27,29'  !| than $PN#A$Anne could combat.  Young and gentle as she was,
104: 27,30'  !| it might yet have been possible to$9$ withstand her father's
104: 27,31'  !| ill-will, though unsoftened by$4$ one kind$2$ word or look$0$ on$4$
104: 27,32'  !| the part$0$ of her sister; ~ but $PN#T$Lady*Russell, whom$6#1$ she had
104: 27,33'  !| always loved and relied on$4$, could not, with such steadiness
104: 27,34'  !| of opinion, and such tenderness of manner, be continually
104: 27,35'  !| advising her in vain.  She was persuaded to$9$ believe the
104: 27,36'  !| engagement a wrong$9$ thing ~ indiscreet, improper, hardly
104: 27,37'  !| capable of success, and not deserving it.  But it was not
104: 27,38'  !| a merely selfish caution$0$, under which$6#1$ she acted, in putting
104: 28, 1'  !| an end$0$ to$4$ it.  Had she not imagined herself consulting
104: 28, 2'  !| his good, even$5$ more than her own$2$, she could hardly have
104: 28, 3'  !| given him up. ~ The belief of being$1$ prudent, and self-denying
104: 28, 4'  !| principally for$4$ \his\ advantage, was her chief
104: 28, 5'  !| consolation, under the misery of a parting ~ a final
104: 28, 6'  !| parting; and every consolation was required, for$3$ she had
104: 28, 7'  !| to$9$ encounter all the additional pain$0$ of opinions, on$4$ his
104: 28, 8'  !| side$0$, totally unconvinced and unbending, and of his
104: 28, 9'  !| feeling$1$ himself ill-used by$4$ so$5#1$ forced a relinquishment. ~ He
104: 28,10'  !| had left$1$ the country in consequence.
104: 28,11'  !| A few months had seen the beginning$0$ and the end$0$ of
104: 28,12'  !| their acquaintance; but, not with a few months ended
104: 28,13'  !| $PN#A$Anne's share$0$ of suffering from it.  Her attachment and
104: 28,14'  !| regrets had, for$4$ a long$9$ time, clouded every enjoyment of
104: 28,15'  !| youth; and an early loss of bloom and spirits had been
104: 28,16'  !| their lasting effect$0$.
104: 28,17'  !| More than seven years were gone since this little history
104: 28,18'  !| of sorrowful interest$0$ had reached its close$0$; and time had
104: 28,19'  !| softened down$5$ much, perhaps nearly all of peculiar
104: 28,20'  !| attachment to$4$ him, ~ but she had been too$5#1$ dependant
104: 28,21'  !| on$4$ time alone; no$2$ aid had been given in change$0$ of place$0$,
104: 28,22'  !| (except in one visit$0$ to$4$ Bath$0#1$ soon after$4$ the rupture,) or
104: 28,23'  !| in any novelty or enlargement of society. ~ No*one had
104: 28,24'  !| ever come within the Kellynch circle, who$6#1$ could bear$1$
104: 28,25'  !| a comparison with $PN#B$Frederick*Wentworth, as he stood in
104: 28,26'  !| her memory.  No$2$ second$2$ attachment, the only thoroughly
104: 28,27'  !| natural$2$, happy, and sufficient cure$0$, at her time of life,
104: 28,28'  !| had been possible to$4$ the nice tone of her mind$0$, the
104: 28,29'  !| fastidiousness of her taste, in the small limits of the society
104: 28,30'  !| around$4$ them.  She had been solicited, when about$4$ two-and-twenty,
104: 28,31'  !| to$9$ change$1$ her name$0$, by$4$ the young man, who$6#1$
104: 28,32'  !| not long$9$ afterwards found a more willing mind$0$ in her
104: 28,33'  !| younger sister; and $PN#T$Lady*Russell had lamented her
104: 28,34'  !| refusal; for$3$ $PN#O$Charles*Musgrove was the eldest son of
104: 28,35'  !| a man, whose$6#1$ landed property and general$2$ importance,
104: 28,36'  !| were second$2$, in that$6#2$ country, only to$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter's, and of
104: 28,37'  !| good character and appearance; and however $PN#T$Lady*Russell
104: 28,38'  !| might have asked yet for$4$ something more, while$9$
104: 29, 1'  !| $PN#A$Anne was nineteen, she would have rejoiced to$9$ see her
104: 29, 2'  !| at twenty-two, so$5#1$ respectably removed from the partialities
104: 29, 3'  !| and injustice of her father's house, and settled$1$ so$5#1$ permanently
104: 29, 4'  !| near$4$ herself.  But in this case, $PN#A$Anne had left$1$
104: 29, 5'  !| nothing for$4$ advice to$9$ do; and though $PN#T$Lady*Russell, as
104: 29, 6'  !| satisfied$2$ as ever with her own$2$ discretion, never wished
104: 29, 7'  !| the past$0$ undone, she began now to$9$ have the anxiety
104: 29, 8'  !| which$6#1$ borders on$4$ hopelessness for$4$ $PN#A$Anne's being$1$ tempted,
104: 29, 9'  !| by$4$ some man of talents and independence, to$9$ enter
104: 29,10'  !| a state$0$ for$4$ which$6#1$ she held her to$9$ be peculiarly fitted by$4$
104: 29,11'  !| her warm$2$ affections and domestic$2$ habits.
104: 29,12'  !| They knew not each other's opinion, either its constancy
104: 29,13'  !| or its change$0$, on$4$ the one leading point$0$ of $PN#A$Anne's conduct$0$,
104: 29,14'  !| for$3$ the subject$0$ was never alluded to$4$, ~ but $PN#A$Anne, at seven*and*twenty,
104: 29,15'  !| thought$1$ very differently from what$6#1$ she had
104: 29,16'  !| been made to$9$ think at nineteen. ~ She did not blame$1$
104: 29,17'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell, she did not blame$1$ herself for$4$ having been
104: 29,18'  !| guided by$4$ her; but she felt that$3$ were any young person,
104: 29,19'  !| in similar circumstances, to$9$ apply to$4$ her for$4$ counsel$0$,
104: 29,20'  !| they would never receive any of such certain immediate
104: 29,21'  !| wretchedness, such uncertain future good. ~ She was
104: 29,22'  !| persuaded that$3$ under every disadvantage of disapprobation
104: 29,23'  !| at home, and every anxiety attending his profession$0#2$,
104: 29,24'  !| all their probable fears, delays and disappointments, she
104: 29,25'  !| should yet have been a happier woman in maintaining
104: 29,26'  !| the engagement, than she had been in the sacrifice$0$ of it;
104: 29,27'  !| and this, she fully believed, had the usual share$0$, had even$5$
104: 29,28'  !| more than a usual share$0$ of all such solicitudes and suspense
104: 29,29'  !| been theirs, without reference to$4$ the actual results
104: 29,30'  !| of their case, which$6#1$, as it happened, would have bestowed
104: 29,31'  !| earlier prosperity than could be reasonably calculated on$5$.
104: 29,32'  !| All his sanguine expectations, all his confidence had been
104: 29,33'  !| justified.  His genius and ardour had seemed to$9$ foresee
104: 29,34'  !| and to$9$ command$1$ his prosperous path.  He had, very
104: 29,35'  !| soon after$4$ their engagement ceased, got employ; and all
104: 29,36'  !| that$6#1$ he had told her would follow, had taken place$0$.  He
104: 29,37'  !| had distinguished himself, and early gained the other step$0$
104: 29,38'  !| in rank$0$ ~ and must now, by$4$ successive captures, have
104: 30, 1'  !| made a handsome fortune.  She had only navy*lists and
104: 30, 2'  !| newspapers for$4$ her authority, but she could not doubt$1$
104: 30, 3'  !| his being$1$ rich; ~ and, in favour$0$ of his constancy, she had
104: 30, 4'  !| no$2$ reason$0$ to$9$ believe him married.
104: 30, 5'  !| How eloquent could $PN#A$Anne*Elliot have been, ~ how
104: 30, 6'  !| eloquent, at least, were her wishes$0$ on$4$ the side$0$ of early
104: 30, 7'  !| warm$2$ attachment, and a cheerful confidence in futurity,
104: 30, 8'  !| against that$6#2$ over-anxious caution$0$ which$6#1$ seems to$9$ insult
104: 30, 9'  !| exertion and distrust$1$ Providence| ~ She had been forced
104: 30,10'  !| into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she
104: 30,11'  !| grew older ~ the natural$2$ sequel of an unnatural beginning$0$.
104: 30,12'  !| With all these circumstances, recollections and feelings,
104: 30,13'  !| she could not hear that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's sister was
104: 30,14'  !| likely to$9$ live at Kellynch, without a revival of former pain$0$;
104: 30,15'  !| and many a stroll and many a sigh$0$ were necessary to$9$
104: 30,16'  !| dispel the agitation of the idea.  She often told herself
104: 30,17'  !| it was folly, before$3$ she could harden her nerves sufficiently
104: 30,18'  !| to$9$ feel the continual discussion of the $PN#D1$Crofts and their
104: 30,19'  !| business no$2$ evil.  She was assisted, however, by$4$ that$6#2$
104: 30,20'  !| perfect$2$ indifference and apparent unconsciousness, among
104: 30,21'  !| the only three of her own$2$ friends in the secret$0$ of the past$0$,
104: 30,22'  !| which$6#1$ seemed almost to$9$ deny any recollection of it.  She
104: 30,23'  !| could do justice to$4$ the superiority of $PN#T$Lady*Russell's
104: 30,24'  !| motives in this, over those of her father and $PN#H$Elizabeth;
104: 30,25'  !| she could honour$1$ all the better$9$ feelings of her calmness ~
104: 30,26'  !| but the general$2$ air of oblivion among them was highly
104: 30,27'  !| important, from whatever it sprung; and in the event
104: 30,28'  !| of $PN#D$Admiral*Croft's really taking Kellynch-hall, she
104: 30,29'  !| rejoiced anew over the conviction which$6#1$ had always been
104: 30,30'  !| most grateful to$4$ her, of the past$0$ being$1$ known to$4$ those
104: 30,31'  !| three only among her connexions, by$4$ whom$6#1$ no$2$ syllable,
104: 30,32'  !| she believed, would ever be whispered, and in the trust$0$
104: 30,33'  !| that$3$ among his, the brother only with whom$6#1$ he had been
104: 30,34'  !| residing, had received any information of their short-lived
104: 30,35'  !| engagement. ~ That$6#2$ brother had been long$9$ removed from
104: 30,36'  !| the country ~ and being$1$ a sensible$2#2$ man, and, moreover,
104: 30,37'  !| a single man at the time, she had a fond dependance on$4$
104: 30,38'  !| no$2$ human creature's having heard of it from him.
104: 31, 1'  !| The sister, $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft, had then been out$8$ of England,
104: 31, 2'  !| accompanying her husband on$4$ a foreign station, and her
104: 31, 3'  !| own$2$ sister, $PN#P$Mary, had been at school while$9$ it all occurred ~
104: 31, 4'  !| and never admitted by$4$ the pride of some, and the delicacy
104: 31, 5'  !| of others, to$4$ the smallest knowledge of it afterwards.
104: 31, 6'  !| With these supports, she hoped that$3$ the acquaintance
104: 31, 7'  !| between herself and the $PN#D1$Crofts, which$6#1$, with $PN#T$Lady*Russell,
104: 31, 8'  !| still$5$ resident in Kellynch, and $PN#P$Mary fixed only three miles
104: 31, 9'  !| off, must be anticipated, need$1$ not involve any particular
104: 31,10'  !| awkwardness.
105: 32, 1'  !| On$4$ the morning appointed for$4$ $PN#D$Admiral and $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft's
105: 32, 2'  !| seeing Kellynch-hall, $PN#A$Anne found it most natural$2$ to$9$ take
105: 32, 3'  !| her almost daily walk$0$ to$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell's, and keep out$8$
105: 32, 4'  !| of the way till all was over; when she found it most
105: 32, 5'  !| natural$2$ to$9$ be sorry that$3$ she had missed the opportunity of
105: 32, 6'  !| seeing them.
105: 32, 7'  !| This meeting$0$ of the two parties proved highly satisfactory,
105: 32, 8'  !| and decided$1$ the whole$2$ business at once.  Each lady
105: 32, 9'  !| was previously well*disposed for$4$ an agreement, and saw
105: 32,10'  !| nothing, therefore, but good manners in the other; and,
105: 32,11'  !| with regard$0$ to$4$ the gentlemen, there was such an hearty
105: 32,12'  !| good*humour, such an open$2$, trusting liberality on$4$ the
105: 32,13'  !| $PN#D$Admiral's side$0$, as could not but influence$1$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter, who$6#1$
105: 32,14'  !| had besides been flattered into his very best and most
105: 32,15'  !| polished behaviour by$4$ $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd's assurances of his
105: 32,16'  !| being$1$ known, by$4$ report$0$, to$4$ the $PN#D$Admiral, as a model of
105: 32,17'  !| good*breeding.
105: 32,18'  !| The house and grounds, and furniture, were approved,
105: 32,19'  !| the $PN#D1$Crofts were approved, terms, time, every*thing, and
105: 32,20'  !| every*body, was right$2#1$; and $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd's clerks were
105: 32,21'  !| set$1$ to$9$ work$0$, without there having been a single preliminary
105: 32,22'  !| difference to$9$ modify of all that$6#1$ "This indenture sheweth."
105: 32,23'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter, without hesitation, declared
105: 32,23@g   | the $PN#D$Admiral
105: 32,24@g   | to$9$ be the best-looking sailor he had ever met with,
105: 32,24'  !| and
105: 32,25'  !| went so$5#1$ far as to$9$ say, that$3$,
105: 32,25@g   | if his own$2$ man might have
105: 32,26@g   | had the arranging of his hair, he should not be ashamed
105: 32,27@g   | of being$1$ seen with him any*where;
105: 32,27'  !| and the $PN#D$Admiral,
105: 32,28'  !| with sympathetic cordiality, observed to$4$ his wife as they
105: 32,29'  !| drove back$5$ through$4$ the Park,
105: 32,29D  !| "I thought$1$ we should
105: 32,30D  !| soon come to$4$ a deal$0#2$, my dear$2#1$, in spite$8$ of what$6#1$ they told
105: 32,31D  !| us at Taunton.  The baronet will$1$ never set$1$ the Thames on$4$
105: 32,32D  !| fire$1$, but there seems no$2$ harm$0$ in him:" ~
105: 32,32'  !| reciprocal compliments,
105: 32,33'  !| which$6#1$ would have been esteemed about$4$ equal$2$.
105: 33, 1'  !| The $PN#D1$Crofts were to$9$ have possession at Michaelmas, and
105: 33, 2'  !| as $PN#G$Sir*Walter proposed removing to$4$ Bath$0#1$ in the course$0$
105: 33, 3'  !| of the preceding month, there was no$2$ time to$9$ be lost in
105: 33, 4'  !| making every dependant arrangement.
105: 33, 5'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell, convinced that$3$ $PN#A$Anne would not be
105: 33, 6'  !| allowed to$9$ be of any use$0$, or any importance, in the choice$0$
105: 33, 7'  !| of the house which$6#1$ they were going to$9$ secure$1$, was very
105: 33, 8'  !| unwilling to$9$ have her hurried away so$5#1$ soon, and wanted
105: 33, 9'  !| to$9$ make$1$ it possible for$4$ her to$9$ stay$1$ behind, till she might
105: 33,10'  !| convey her to$4$ Bath$0#1$ herself after$4$ Christmas; but having
105: 33,11'  !| engagements of her own$2$, which$6#1$ must take her from
105: 33,12'  !| Kellynch for$4$ several weeks, she was unable to$9$ give the
105: 33,13'  !| full invitation she wished; and $PN#A$Anne, though dreading
105: 33,14'  !| the possible heats of September in all the white glare of
105: 33,15'  !| Bath$0#1$, and grieving to$9$ forego all the influence$0$ so$5#1$ sweet
105: 33,16'  !| and so$5#1$ sad of the autumnal months in the country, did
105: 33,17'  !| not think that$3$, every*thing considered, she wished to$9$
105: 33,18'  !| remain.
105: 33,18@a   | It would be most right$2#1$, and most wise, and,
105: 33,19@a   | therefore, must involve least suffering, to$9$ go with the
105: 33,20@a   | others.
105: 33,21'  !| Something occurred, however, to$9$ give her a different
105: 33,22'  !| duty.  $PN#P$Mary, often a little unwell, and always thinking
105: 33,23'  !| a great deal$0#2$ of her own$2$ complaints, and always in the
105: 33,24'  !| habit of claiming $PN#A$Anne when any*thing was the matter,
105: 33,25'  !| was indisposed; and foreseeing that$3$ she should not have
105: 33,26'  !| a day's health all the autumn, entreated, or rather
105: 33,27'  !| required her, for$3$ it was hardly entreaty, to$9$ come to$4$ Uppercross*Cottage,
105: 33,28'  !| and bear$1$ her company as long$9$ as she
105: 33,29'  !| should want$1$ her, instead of going to$4$ Bath$0#1$.
105: 33,30P  !| "I cannot possibly do without $PN#A$Anne,"
105: 33,30'  !| was $PN#P$Mary's
105: 33,31'  !| reasoning; and $PN#H$Elizabeth's reply$0$ was,
105: 33,31H  !| "Then I am sure
105: 33,32H  !| $PN#A$Anne had better$9$ stay$1$, for$3$ nobody will$1$ want$1$ her in Bath$0#1$."
105: 33,33'  !| To$9$ be claimed as a good, though in an improper style,
105: 33,34'  !| is at least better$9$ than being$1$ rejected as no$2$ good at all;
105: 33,35'  !| and $PN#A$Anne, glad to$9$ be thought$1$ of some use$0$, glad to$9$ have
105: 33,36'  !| any*thing marked out$5$ as a duty, and certainly not sorry
105: 33,37'  !| to$9$ have the scene of it in the country, and her own$2$ dear$2#1$
105: 33,38'  !| country, readily agreed to$9$ stay$1$.
105: 34, 1'  !| This invitation of $PN#P$Mary's removed all $PN#T$Lady*Russell's
105: 34, 2'  !| difficulties, and it was consequently soon settled$1$ that$3$
105: 34, 3'  !| $PN#A$Anne should not go to$4$ Bath$0#1$ till $PN#T$Lady*Russell took her,
105: 34, 4'  !| and that$3$ all the intervening time should be divided
105: 34, 5'  !| between Uppercross*Cottage and Kellynch-lodge.
105: 34, 6'  !| So$5#1$ far all was perfectly right$2#1$; but $PN#T$Lady*Russell was
105: 34, 7'  !| almost startled by$4$ the wrong$0$ of one part$0$ of the Kellynch-hall
105: 34, 8'  !| plan, when it burst$1$ on$4$ her, which$6#1$ was, $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay's
105: 34, 9'  !| being$1$ engaged to$9$ go to$4$ Bath$0#1$ with $PN#G$Sir*Walter and $PN#H$Elizabeth,
105: 34,10'  !| as a most important and valuable assistant to$4$ the latter
105: 34,11'  !| in all the business before$4$ her.  $PN#T$Lady*Russell was extremely
105: 34,12'  !| sorry that$3$ such a measure$0$ should have been resorted to$4$
105: 34,13'  !| at all ~ wondered, grieved, and feared ~ and the affront
105: 34,14'  !| it contained to$4$ $PN#A$Anne, in $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay's being$1$ of so$5#1$ much use$0$,
105: 34,15'  !| while$9$ $PN#A$Anne could be of none, was a very sore aggravation.
105: 34,16'  !| $PN#A$Anne herself was become hardened to$4$ such affronts;
105: 34,17'  !| but she felt the imprudence of the arrangement quite as
105: 34,18'  !| keenly as $PN#T$Lady*Russell.  With a great deal$0#2$ of quiet$2$
105: 34,19'  !| observation, and a knowledge, which$6#1$ she often wished
105: 34,20'  !| less, of her father's character, she was sensible$2#1$ that$3$
105: 34,21'  !| results the most serious$2$ to$4$ his family from the intimacy,
105: 34,22'  !| were more than possible.  She did not imagine that$3$ her
105: 34,23'  !| father had at present$0#1$ an idea of the kind$0$.  $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay
105: 34,24'  !| had freckles, and a projecting tooth, and a clumsy wrist,
105: 34,25'  !| which$6#1$ he was continually making severe remarks upon,
105: 34,26'  !| in her absence; but she was young, and certainly altogether
105: 34,27'  !| well-looking, and possessed, in an acute mind$0$ and
105: 34,28'  !| assiduous pleasing manners, infinitely more dangerous
105: 34,29'  !| attractions than any merely personal might have been.
105: 34,30'  !| $PN#A$Anne was so$5#1$ impressed by$4$ the degree of their danger, that$3$
105: 34,31'  !| she could not excuse$1$ herself from trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ it perceptible
105: 34,32'  !| to$4$ her sister.  She had little hope$0$ of success;
105: 34,33'  !| but $PN#H$Elizabeth, who$6#1$ in the event of such a reverse would
105: 34,34'  !| be so$5#1$ much more to$9$ be pitied than herself, should never,
105: 34,35'  !| she thought$1$, have reason$0$ to$9$ reproach$1$ her for$4$ giving no$2$
105: 34,36'  !| warning.
105: 34,37'  !| She spoke, and seemed only to$9$ offend.  $PN#H$Elizabeth could
105: 34,38'  !| not conceive how such an absurd suspicion should occur
105: 35, 1'  !| to$4$ her; and indignantly answered for$4$ each party's
105: 35, 2'  !| perfectly knowing their situation.
105: 35, 3H  !| "$PN#C$Mrs%*Clay,"
105: 35, 3'  !| said she warmly,
105: 35, 3H  !| "never forgets who$6#2$ she
105: 35, 4H  !| is; and as I am rather better$9$ acquainted with her sentiments
105: 35, 5H  !| than you can be, I can assure you, that$3$ upon the
105: 35, 6H  !| subject$0$ of marriage they are particularly nice; and that$3$
105: 35, 7H  !| she reprobates all inequality of condition$0$ and rank$0$ more
105: 35, 8H  !| strongly than most people.  And as to$4$ my father, I really
105: 35, 9H  !| should not have thought$1$ that$3$ he, who$6#1$ has kept himself
105: 35,10H  !| single so$5#1$ long$9$ for$4$ our sakes, need$1$ be suspected now.  If
105: 35,11H  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay were a very beautiful woman, I grant you, it
105: 35,12H  !| might be wrong$9$ to$9$ have her so$5#1$ much with me; not that$3$
105: 35,13H  !| any*thing in the world, I am sure, would induce my
105: 35,14H  !| father to$9$ make$1$ a degrading match$0$; but he might be
105: 35,15H  !| rendered unhappy.  But poor $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay, who$6#1$, with all
105: 35,16H  !| her merits, can never have been reckoned tolerably
105: 35,17H  !| pretty$2$|  I really think poor $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay may$1$ be staying
105: 35,18H  !| here in perfect$2$ safety.  One would imagine you had never
105: 35,19H  !| heard my father speak of her personal misfortunes,
105: 35,20H  !| though I know you must fifty times.  That$6#2$ tooth of her's|
105: 35,21H  !| and those freckles|  Freckles do not disgust$1$ me so$5#1$ very
105: 35,22H  !| much as they do him:  I have known a face$0$ not materially
105: 35,23H  !| disfigured by$4$ a few, but he abominates them.  You must
105: 35,24H  !| have heard him notice$1$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay's freckles."
105: 35,25A  !| "There is hardly any personal defect,"
105: 35,25'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne,
105: 35,26A  !| "which$6#1$ an agreeable manner might not gradually reconcile
105: 35,27A  !| one to$4$."
105: 35,28H  !| "I think very differently,"
105: 35,28'  !| answered $PN#H$Elizabeth,
105: 35,29'  !| shortly;
105: 35,29H  !| "an agreeable manner may$1$ set$1$ off handsome
105: 35,30H  !| features, but can never alter plain ones.  However, at
105: 35,31H  !| any rate$0$, as I have a great deal$0#2$ more at stake$0$ on$4$ this
105: 35,32H  !| point$0$ than any*body else can have, I think it rather
105: 35,33H  !| unnecessary in you to$9$ be advising me."
105: 35,34'  !| $PN#A$Anne had done ~ glad that$3$ it was over, and not absolutely
105: 35,35'  !| hopeless of doing good.  $PN#H$Elizabeth, though resenting
105: 35,36'  !| the suspicion, might yet be made observant by$4$ it.
105: 35,37'  !| The last$2$ office of the four carriage-horses was to$9$ draw
105: 35,38'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter, $PN#H$Miss*Elliot, and $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay to$4$ Bath$0#1$.  The party
105: 36, 1'  !| drove off in very good spirits; $PN#G$Sir*Walter prepared with
105: 36, 2'  !| condescending bows for$4$ all the afflicted tenantry and
105: 36, 3'  !| cottagers who$6#1$ might have had a hint$0$ to$9$ shew$1$ themselves:
105: 36, 4'  !| and $PN#A$Anne walked up at the same time, in a sort of desolate
105: 36, 5'  !| tranquillity, to$4$ the Lodge, where she was to$9$ spend the
105: 36, 6'  !| first week.
105: 36, 7'  !| Her friend was not in better$9$ spirits than herself.  $PN#T$Lady*Russell
105: 36, 8'  !| felt this break-up of the family exceedingly.
105: 36, 9'  !| Their respectability was as dear$2#1$ to$4$ her as her own$2$; and
105: 36,10'  !| a daily intercourse had become precious by$4$ habit.  It was
105: 36,11'  !| painful to$9$ look$1$ upon their deserted grounds, and still$5$
105: 36,12'  !| worse to$9$ anticipate the new hands they were to$9$ fall$1$ into;
105: 36,13'  !| and to$9$ escape$1$ the solitariness and the melancholy$0$ of so$5#1$
105: 36,14'  !| altered a village, and be out$8$ of the way when $PN#D$Admiral
105: 36,15'  !| and $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft first arrived, she had determined$1$ to$9$ make$1$
105: 36,16'  !| her own$2$ absence from home begin when she must give up
105: 36,17'  !| $PN#A$Anne.  Accordingly their removal was made together, and
105: 36,18'  !| $PN#A$Anne was set$1$ down$5$ at Uppercross*Cottage, in the first
105: 36,19'  !| stage$0#1$ of $PN#T$Lady*Russell's journey.
105: 36,20'  !| Uppercross was a moderate-sized village, which$6#1$ a few
105: 36,21'  !| years back$5$ had been completely in the old English style;
105: 36,22'  !| containing only two houses superior$2$ in appearance to$4$
105: 36,23'  !| those of the yeomen and labourers, ~ the mansion of the
105: 36,24'  !| 'squire, with its high walls, great gates, and old trees,
105: 36,25'  !| substantial and unmodernized ~ and the compact, tight
105: 36,26'  !| parsonage, enclosed in its own$2$ neat garden, with a vine
105: 36,27'  !| and a pear-tree trained round$4$ its casements; but upon
105: 36,28'  !| the marriage of the young 'squire, it had received the
105: 36,29'  !| improvement of a farm-house elevated into a cottage for$4$
105: 36,30'  !| his residence; and Uppercross*Cottage, with its viranda,
105: 36,31'  !| French*windows, and other prettinesses, was quite as
105: 36,32'  !| likely to$9$ catch$1$ the traveller's eye, as the more consistent
105: 36,33'  !| and considerable aspect and premises of the Great*House,
105: 36,34'  !| about$4$ a quarter$0#1$ of a mile farther on$5$.
105: 36,35'  !| Here $PN#A$Anne had often been staying.  She knew the ways
105: 36,36'  !| of Uppercross as well$9$ as those of Kellynch.  The two
105: 36,37'  !| families were so$5#1$ continually meeting$9$, so$5#1$ much in the habit
105: 36,38'  !| of running in and out$8$ of each other's house at all hours,
105: 37, 1'  !| that$3$ it was rather a surprise$0$ to$4$ her to$9$ find $PN#P$Mary alone;
105: 37, 2'  !| but being$1$ alone, her being$1$ unwell and out$8$ of spirits, was
105: 37, 3'  !| almost a matter of course$8$.  Though better$9$ endowed than the
105: 37, 4'  !| elder sister, $PN#P$Mary had not $PN#A$Anne's understanding$0$ or temper.
105: 37, 5'  !| While$9$ well$9$, and happy, and properly attended to$4$, she had
105: 37, 6'  !| great good*humour and excellent spirits; but any indisposition
105: 37, 7'  !| sunk her completely; she had no$2$ resources for$4$
105: 37, 8'  !| solitude; and inheriting a considerable share$0$ of the $PN#G1$Elliot
105: 37, 9'  !| self-importance, was very prone to$9$ add to$4$ every other distress$0$
105: 37,10'  !| that$6#2$ of fancying herself neglected and ill-used.  In person,
105: 37,11'  !| she was inferior to$4$ both sisters, and had, even$5$ in her
105: 37,12'  !| bloom, only reached the dignity of being$1$ "a fine girl."
105: 37,13'  !| She was now lying on$4$ the faded sofa of the pretty$2$ little
105: 37,14'  !| drawing-room, the once elegant furniture of which$6#1$ had
105: 37,15'  !| been gradually growing shabby, under the influence$0$ of
105: 37,16'  !| four summers and two children; and, on$4$ $PN#A$Anne's appearing,
105: 37,17'  !| greeted her with,
105: 37,18P  !| "So$5#1$, you are come at last$0$|  I began to$9$ think I should
105: 37,19P  !| never see you.  I am so$5#1$ ill I can hardly speak.  I have
105: 37,20P  !| not seen a creature the whole$2$ morning|"
105: 37,21A  !| "I am sorry to$9$ find you unwell,"
105: 37,21'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne.
105: 37,21A  !| "You
105: 37,22A  !| sent me such a good account$0$ of yourself on$4$ Thursday|"
105: 37,23P  !| "Yes, I made the best of it; I always do; but I was
105: 37,24P  !| very far from well$9$ at the time; and I do not think I ever
105: 37,25P  !| was so$5#1$ ill in my life as I have been all this morning ~ very
105: 37,26P  !| unfit to$9$ be left$1$ alone, I am sure.  Suppose I were to$9$ be
105: 37,27P  !| seized of a sudden$8$ in some dreadful way, and not able
105: 37,28P  !| to$9$ ring$1$ the bell|  So$5#1$, $PN#T$Lady*Russell would not get out$5$.
105: 37,29P  !| I do not think she has been in this house three times
105: 37,30P  !| this summer."
105: 37,31'  !| $PN#A$Anne said what$6#1$ was proper, and enquired after$4$ her
105: 37,32'  !| husband.
105: 37,32P  !| "Oh| $PN#O$Charles is out$5$ shooting.  I have not
105: 37,33P  !| seen him since seven o'clock.  He would go, though I told
105: 37,34P  !| him how ill I was.  He said he should not stay$1$ out$5$ long$9$;
105: 37,35P  !| but he has never come back$5$, and now it is almost one.
105: 37,36P  !| I assure you, I have not seen a soul this whole$2$ long$9$
105: 37,37P  !| morning."
105: 37,38A  !| "You have had your little boys with you?"
105: 38, 1P  !| "Yes, as long$9$ as I could bear$1$ their noise; but they are
105: 38, 2P  !| so$5#1$ unmanageable that$3$ they do me more harm$0$ than good.
105: 38, 3P  !| Little $PN#P1$Charles does not mind$1$ a word I say, and $PN#P2$Walter
105: 38, 4P  !| is growing quite as bad."
105: 38, 5A  !| "Well$7$, you will$1$ soon be better$9$ now,"
105: 38, 5'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne,
105: 38, 6'  !| cheerfully.
105: 38, 6A  !| "You know I always cure$1$ you when I come.
105: 38, 7A  !| How are your neighbours at the Great*House?"
105: 38, 8P  !| "I can give you no$2$ account$0$ of them.  I have not seen
105: 38, 9P  !| one of them to-day, except $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove, who$6#1$ just$9$
105: 38,10P  !| stopped and spoke through$4$ the window, but without
105: 38,11P  !| getting off his horse; and though I told him how ill I was,
105: 38,12P  !| not one of them had been near$4$ me.  It did not happen
105: 38,13P  !| to$9$ suit$1$ the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves, I suppose, and they never
105: 38,14P  !| put themselves out$8$ of their way."
105: 38,15A  !| "You will$1$ see them yet, perhaps, before$3$ the morning
105: 38,16A  !| is gone.  It is early."
105: 38,17P  !| "I never want$1$ them, I assure you.  They talk$1$ and laugh$1$
105: 38,18P  !| a great deal$0#2$ too$5#1$ much for$4$ me.  Oh| $PN#A$Anne, I am so$3$ very
105: 38,19P  !| unwell|  It was quite unkind of you not to$9$ come on$4$
105: 38,20P  !| Thursday."
105: 38,21A  !| "My dear$2#1$ $PN#P$Mary, recollect what$6#1$ a comfortable account$0$
105: 38,22A  !| you sent me of yourself|  You wrote in the cheerfullest
105: 38,23A  !| manner, and said you were perfectly well$9$, and in no$2$
105: 38,24A  !| hurry$0$ for$4$ me; and that$6#2$ being$1$ the case, you must be
105: 38,25A  !| aware that$3$ my wish$0$ would be to$9$ remain with $PN#T$Lady*Russell
105: 38,26A  !| to$4$ the last$0$:  and besides what$6#1$ I felt on$4$ her
105: 38,27A  !| account$0$, I have really been so$5#1$ busy, have had so$3$ much
105: 38,28A  !| to$9$ do, that$3$ I could not very conveniently have left$1$
105: 38,29A  !| Kellynch sooner."
105: 38,30P  !| "Dear$7$ me| what$6#2$ can \you\ possibly have to$9$ do?"
105: 38,31A  !| "A great many things, I assure you.  More than I can
105: 38,32A  !| recollect in a moment:  but I can tell you some.  I have
105: 38,33A  !| been making a duplicate of the catalogue of my father's
105: 38,34A  !| books and pictures.  I have been several times in the
105: 38,35A  !| garden with $PN#ZU$Mackenzie, trying$1$ to$9$ understand, and make$1$
105: 38,36A  !| him understand, which$6#2$ of $PN#H$Elizabeth's plants are for$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell.
105: 38,37A  !| I have had all my own$2$ little concerns$0$ to$9$ arrange
105: 38,38A  !| ~ books and music to$9$ divide, and all my trunks to$9$ repack,
105: 39, 1A  !| from not having understood in time what$6#1$ was intended
105: 39, 2A  !| as to$4$ the waggons.  And one thing I have had to$9$ do,
105: 39, 3A  !| $PN#P$Mary, of a more trying$2$ nature; going to$4$ almost every
105: 39, 4A  !| house in the parish, as a sort of take-leave.  I was told
105: 39, 5A  !| that$3$ they wished it.  But all these things took up a great
105: 39, 6A  !| deal$0#2$ of time."
105: 39, 7P  !| "Oh| well$7$;" ~
105: 39, 7'  !| and after$4$ a moment's pause$0$,
105: 39, 7P  !| "But
105: 39, 8P  !| you have never asked me one word about$4$ our dinner at
105: 39, 9P  !| the $PN#ZY$Pooles yesterday."
105: 39,10A  !| "Did you go then?  I have made no$2$ enquiries, because
105: 39,11A  !| I concluded you must have been obliged to$9$ give up the
105: 39,12A  !| party."
105: 39,13P  !| "Oh| yes, I went.  I was very well$9$ yesterday; nothing
105: 39,14P  !| at all the matter with me till this morning.  It would have
105: 39,15P  !| been strange if I had not gone."
105: 39,16A  !| "I am very glad you were well$9$ enough, and I hope$1$
105: 39,17A  !| you had a pleasant party."
105: 39,18P  !| "Nothing remarkable.  One always knows beforehand
105: 39,19P  !| what$6#1$ the dinner will$1$ be, and who$6#2$ will$1$ be there.  And it
105: 39,20P  !| is so$5#1$ very uncomfortable, not having a carriage of one's
105: 39,21P  !| own$2$.  $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove took me, and we were
105: 39,22P  !| so$5#1$ crowded|  They are both so$5#1$ very large, and take up
105: 39,23P  !| so$5#1$ much room|  And $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove always sits forward$8$.
105: 39,24P  !| So$3$, there was I, crowded into the back$0$ seat with $PN#R$Henrietta
105: 39,25P  !| and $PN#S$Louisa.  And I think it very likely that$3$ my illness
105: 39,26P  !| to-day may$1$ be owing to$4$ it."
105: 39,27'  !| A little farther perseverance in patience, and forced
105: 39,28'  !| cheerfulness on$4$ $PN#A$Anne's side$0$, produced nearly a cure$0$ on$4$
105: 39,29'  !| $PN#P$Mary's.  She could soon sit upright on$4$ the sofa, and
105: 39,30'  !| began to$9$ hope$1$ she might be able to$9$ leave$1$ it by$4$ dinner-time.
105: 39,31'  !| Then, forgetting to$9$ think of it, she was at the other end$0$
105: 39,32'  !| of the room, beautifying a nosegay; then, she ate her
105: 39,33'  !| cold$2$ meat; and then she was well$9$ enough to$9$ propose
105: 39,34'  !| a little walk$0$.
105: 39,35P  !| "Where shall we go?"
105: 39,35'  !| said she, when they were
105: 39,36'  !| ready.
105: 39,36P  !| "I suppose you will$1$ not like$1$ to$9$ call$1$ at the Great*House
105: 39,37P  !| before$3$ they have been to$9$ see you?"
105: 39,38A  !| "I have not the smallest objection on$4$ that$6#2$ account$0$,"
105: 40, 1'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne.
105: 40, 1A  !| "I should never think of standing$1$ on$4$ such
105: 40, 2A  !| ceremony with people I know so$5#1$ well$9$ as $PN#N$Mrs% and the
105: 40, 3A  !| $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves."
105: 40, 4P  !| "Oh| but they ought to$9$ call$1$ upon you as soon as
105: 40, 5P  !| possible.  They ought to$9$ feel what$6#1$ is due$2$ to$4$ you as \my\
105: 40, 6P  !| sister.  However, we may$1$ as well$9$ go and sit with them
105: 40, 7P  !| a little while$0$, and when we have got that$6#2$ over, we can
105: 40, 8P  !| enjoy our walk$0$."
105: 40, 9'  !| $PN#A$Anne had always thought$1$ such a style of intercourse
105: 40,10'  !| highly imprudent; but she had ceased to$9$ endeavour$1$ to$9$
105: 40,11'  !| check$1$ it, from believing that$3$, though there were on$4$ each
105: 40,12'  !| side$0$ continual subjects of offence, neither family could
105: 40,13'  !| now do without it.  To$4$ the Great*House accordingly
105: 40,14'  !| they went, to$9$ sit the full half*hour in the old-fashioned
105: 40,15'  !| square parlour, with a small carpet and shining floor, to$4$
105: 40,16'  !| which$6#1$ the present$9$ daughters of the house were gradually
105: 40,17'  !| giving the proper air of confusion by$4$ a grand piano*forte
105: 40,18'  !| and a harp, flower-stands and little tables placed in
105: 40,19'  !| every direction.  Oh| could the originals of the portraits
105: 40,20'  !| against the wainscot, could the gentlemen in brown
105: 40,21'  !| velvet and the ladies in blue satin have seen what$6#1$ was
105: 40,22'  !| going on$5$, have been conscious of such an overthrow of
105: 40,23'  !| all order$0$ and neatness|  The portraits themselves seemed
105: 40,24'  !| to$9$ be staring in astonishment.
105: 40,25'  !| The $PN#M1$Musgroves, like$9$ their houses, were in a state$0$ of
105: 40,26'  !| alteration, perhaps of improvement.  The father and
105: 40,27'  !| mother were in the old English style, and the young
105: 40,28'  !| people in the new.  $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove were a very
105: 40,29'  !| good sort of people; friendly and hospitable, not much
105: 40,30'  !| educated, and not at all elegant.  Their children had more
105: 40,31'  !| modern minds and manners.  There was a numerous
105: 40,32'  !| family; but the only two grown*up, excepting $PN#O$Charles,
105: 40,33'  !| were $PN#R$Henrietta and $PN#S$Louisa, young ladies of nineteen and
105: 40,34'  !| twenty, who$6#1$ had brought from a school at Exeter all the
105: 40,35'  !| usual stock of accomplishments, and were now, like$9$
105: 40,36'  !| thousands of other young ladies, living$9$ to$9$ be fashionable,
105: 40,37'  !| happy, and merry.  Their dress$0$ had every advantage,
105: 40,38'  !| their faces were rather pretty$2$, their spirits extremely
105: 41, 1'  !| good, their manners unembarrassed and pleasant; they
105: 41, 2'  !| were of consequence at home, and favourites abroad.
105: 41, 3'  !| $PN#A$Anne always contemplated them as some of the happiest
105: 41, 4'  !| creatures of her acquaintance; but still$5$, saved as we all
105: 41, 5'  !| are by$4$ some comfortable feeling$0$ of superiority from wishing
105: 41, 6'  !| for$4$ the possibility of exchange$0$, she would not have given
105: 41, 7'  !| up her own$2$ more elegant and cultivated mind$0$ for$4$ all their
105: 41, 8'  !| enjoyments; and envied them nothing but that$6#2$ seemingly
105: 41, 9'  !| perfect$2$ good understanding$0$ and agreement together, that$6#2$
105: 41,10'  !| good-humoured mutual affection, of which$6#1$ she had known
105: 41,11'  !| so$5#1$ little herself with either of her sisters.
105: 41,12'  !| They were received with great cordiality.  Nothing
105: 41,13'  !| seemed amiss on$4$ the side$0$ of the Great*House family,
105: 41,14'  !| which$6#1$ was generally, as $PN#A$Anne very well$9$ knew, the least
105: 41,15'  !| to$9$ blame$1$.  The half*hour was chatted away pleasantly
105: 41,16'  !| enough; and she was not at all surprised, at the end$0$ of
105: 41,17'  !| it, to$9$ have their walking party joined by$4$ both the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves,
105: 41,18'  !| at $PN#P$Mary's particular invitation.
106: 42, 1'  !| $PN#A$Anne had not wanted this visit$0$ to$4$ Uppercross, to$9$ learn
106: 42, 2'  !| that$3$ a removal from one set$0$ of people to$4$ another, though
106: 42, 3'  !| at a distance$0$ of only three miles, will$1$ often include a total
106: 42, 4'  !| change$0$ of conversation, opinion, and idea.  She had never
106: 42, 5'  !| been staying there before$5$, without being$1$ struck by$4$ it,
106: 42, 6'  !| or without wishing that$3$ other $PN#G1$Elliots could have her
106: 42, 7'  !| advantage in seeing how unknown, or unconsidered there,
106: 42, 8'  !| were the affairs which$6#1$ at Kellynch-hall were treated as
106: 42, 9'  !| of such general$2$ publicity and pervading interest$0$; yet,
106: 42,10'  !| with all this experience$0$, she believed she must now submit
106: 42,11'  !| to$9$ feel that$3$ another lesson, in the art of knowing our own$2$
106: 42,12'  !| nothingness beyond$4$ our own$2$ circle, was become necessary
106: 42,13'  !| for$4$ her; ~ for$3$ certainly, coming as she did, with a heart
106: 42,14'  !| full of the subject$0$ which$6#1$ had been completely occupying
106: 42,15'  !| both houses in Kellynch for$4$ many weeks, she had expected$1$
106: 42,16'  !| rather more curiosity and sympathy than she found in
106: 42,17'  !| the separate$2$, but very similar remark$0$ of $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove
106: 42,18Y1 !| ~ "So$3$, $PN#A$Miss*Anne, $PN#G$Sir*Walter and your sister
106: 42,19Y1 !| are gone; and what$6#2$ part$0$ of Bath$0#1$ do you think they will$1$
106: 42,20Y1 !| settle in?"
106: 42,20'  !| and this, without much waiting for$4$ an
106: 42,21'  !| answer$0$; ~ or in the young ladies' addition of,
106: 42,21Y2 !| "I hope$1$
106: 42,22Y2 !| we shall be in Bath$0#1$ in the winter; but remember, papa,
106: 42,23Y2 !| if we do go, we must be in a good situation ~ none of your
106: 42,24Y2 !| Queen-squares for$4$ us|"
106: 42,24'  !| or in the anxious supplement
106: 42,25'  !| from $PN#P$Mary, of
106: 42,25P  !| "Upon my word, I shall be pretty$5$ well$9$ off,
106: 42,26P  !| when you are all gone away to$9$ be happy at Bath$0#1$|"
106: 42,27'  !| She could only resolve$1$ to$9$ avoid such self-delusion in
106: 42,28'  !| future, and think with heightened gratitude of the
106: 42,29'  !| extraordinary blessing of having one such truly sympathising
106: 42,30'  !| friend as $PN#T$Lady*Russell.
106: 42,31'  !| The $PN#M2$Mr%*Musgroves had their own$2$ game to$9$ guard$1$, and
106: 42,32'  !| to$9$ destroy; their own$2$ horses, dogs, and newspapers to$9$
106: 42,33'  !| engage them; and the females were fully occupied in
106: 43, 1'  !| all the other common$2$ subjects of house-keeping, neighbours,
106: 43, 2'  !| dress$0$, dancing$0$, and music.  She acknowledged it
106: 43, 3'  !| to$9$ be very fitting, that$3$ every little social commonwealth
106: 43, 4'  !| should dictate$1$ its own$2$ matters of discourse; and hoped,
106: 43, 5'  !| ere long$9$, to$9$ become a not unworthy member of the one
106: 43, 6'  !| she was now transplanted into. ~ With the prospect of
106: 43, 7'  !| spending at least two months at Uppercross, it was
106: 43, 8'  !| highly incumbent on$4$ her to$9$ clothe her imagination, her
106: 43, 9'  !| memory, and all her ideas in as much of Uppercross as
106: 43,10'  !| possible.
106: 43,11'  !| She had no$2$ dread$0$ of these two months.  $PN#P$Mary was not
106: 43,12'  !| so$5#1$ repulsive and unsisterly as $PN#H$Elizabeth, nor so$5#1$ inaccessible
106: 43,13'  !| to$4$ all influence$0$ of hers; neither was there any*thing
106: 43,14'  !| among the other component parts of the cottage inimical
106: 43,15'  !| to$4$ comfort$0$. ~ She was always on$4$ friendly terms with her
106: 43,16'  !| brother-in-law; and in the children, who$6#1$ loved her nearly
106: 43,17'  !| as well$9$, and respected her a great deal$0#2$ more than their
106: 43,18'  !| mother, she had an object$0$ of interest$0$, amusement, and
106: 43,19'  !| wholesome exertion.
106: 43,20'  !| $PN#O$Charles*Musgrove was civil and agreeable; in sense
106: 43,21'  !| and temper he was undoubtedly superior$2$ to$4$ his wife;
106: 43,22'  !| but not of powers, or conversation, or grace$0$, to$9$ make$1$ the
106: 43,23'  !| past$0$, as they were connected together, at all a dangerous
106: 43,24'  !| contemplation; though, at the same time, $PN#A$Anne could
106: 43,25'  !| believe, with $PN#T$Lady*Russell, that$3$ a more equal$2$ match$0$
106: 43,26'  !| might have greatly improved him; and that$3$ a woman
106: 43,27'  !| of real understanding$0$ might have given more consequence
106: 43,28'  !| to$4$ his character, and more usefulness, rationality, and
106: 43,29'  !| elegance to$4$ his habits and pursuits.  As it was, he did
106: 43,30'  !| nothing with much zeal, but sport$0$; and his time was
106: 43,31'  !| otherwise trifled away, without benefit from books, or
106: 43,32'  !| any*thing else.  He had very good spirits, which$6#1$ never
106: 43,33'  !| seemed much affected by$4$ his wife's occasional lowness;
106: 43,34'  !| bore$1#1$ with her unreasonableness sometimes to$4$ $PN#A$Anne's admiration;
106: 43,35'  !| and, upon the whole$0$, though there was very often
106: 43,36'  !| a little disagreement, (in which$6#1$ she had sometimes more
106: 43,37'  !| share$0$ than she wished, being$1$ appealed to$4$ by$4$ both parties)
106: 43,38'  !| they might pass$1$ for$4$ a happy couple.  They were always
106: 44, 1'  !| perfectly agreed in the want$0$ of more money, and a strong
106: 44, 2'  !| inclination for$4$ a handsome present$0#2$ from his father; but
106: 44, 3'  !| here, as on$4$ most topics, he had the superiority, for$3$ while$9$
106: 44, 4'  !| $PN#P$Mary thought$1$ it a great shame$0$ that$3$ such a present$0#2$ was
106: 44, 5'  !| not made, he always contended for$4$ his father's having
106: 44, 6'  !| many other uses for$4$ his money, and a right$0$ to$9$ spend it
106: 44, 7'  !| as he liked.
106: 44, 8'  !| As to$4$ the management of their children, his theory was
106: 44, 9'  !| much better$9$ than his wife's, and his practice$0$ not so$5#1$ bad. ~
106: 44,10O  !| "I could manage them very well$9$, if it were not for$4$ $PN#P$Mary's
106: 44,11O  !| interference," ~
106: 44,11'  !| was what$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne often heard him say,
106: 44,12'  !| and had a good deal$0#2$ of faith in; but when listening in
106: 44,13'  !| turn$0$ to$4$ $PN#P$Mary's reproach$0$ of
106: 44,13P  !| "$PN#O$Charles spoils the children
106: 44,14P  !| so$5#2$ that$3$ I cannot get them into any order$0$," ~
106: 44,14'  !| she never had
106: 44,15'  !| the smallest temptation to$9$ say, "Very true."
106: 44,16'  !| one of the least agreeable circumstances of her residence
106: 44,17'  !| there, was her being$1$ treated with too$5#1$ much confidence by$4$
106: 44,18'  !| all parties, and being$1$ too$5#1$ much in the secret$0$ of the complaints
106: 44,19'  !| of each house.  Known to$9$ have some influence$0$
106: 44,20'  !| with her sister, she was continually requested, or at least
106: 44,21'  !| receiving hints to$9$ exert it, beyond$4$ what$6#1$ was practicable.
106: 44,22O  !| "I wish$1$ you could persuade $PN#P$Mary not to$9$ be always
106: 44,23O  !| fancying herself ill,"
106: 44,23'  !| was $PN#O$Charles's language; and, in an
106: 44,24'  !| unhappy mood, thus spoke $PN#P$Mary; ~
106: 44,24P  !| "I do believe if
106: 44,25P  !| $PN#O$Charles were to$9$ see me dying, he would not think there
106: 44,26P  !| was any*thing the matter with me.  I am sure, $PN#A$Anne,
106: 44,27P  !| if you would, you might persuade him that$3$ I really am
106: 44,28P  !| very ill ~ a great deal$0#2$ worse than I ever own$1$."
106: 44,29'  !| $PN#P$Mary's declaration was,
106: 44,29P  !| "I hate sending the children
106: 44,30P  !| to$4$ the Great*House, though their grandmamma is always
106: 44,31P  !| wanting to$9$ see them, for$3$ she humours and indulges them
106: 44,32P  !| to$4$ such a degree, and gives them so$5#1$ much trash and sweet
106: 44,33P  !| things, that$3$ they are sure to$9$ come back$5$ sick and cross$2$
106: 44,34P  !| for$4$ the rest$0#1$ of the day." ~
106: 44,34'  !| And $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove took the
106: 44,35'  !| first opportunity of being$1$ alone with $PN#A$Anne, to$9$ say,
106: 44,35N  !| "Oh|
106: 44,36N  !| $PN#A$Miss*Anne, I cannot help$1$ wishing $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles had a little
106: 44,37N  !| of your method with those children.  They are quite
106: 44,38N  !| different creatures with you|  But to$9$ be sure, in general$0$
106: 45, 1N  !| they are so$5#1$ spoilt|  It is a pity$0$ you cannot put your
106: 45, 2N  !| sister in the way of managing them.  They are as fine
106: 45, 3N  !| healthy children as ever were seen, poor little dears,
106: 45, 4N  !| without partiality; but $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles knows no$2$ more how
106: 45, 5N  !| they should be treated| ~ Bless me, how troublesome they
106: 45, 6N  !| are sometimes| ~ I assure you, $PN#A$Miss*Anne, it prevents my
106: 45, 7N  !| wishing to$9$ see them at our house so$5#1$ often as I otherwise
106: 45, 8N  !| should.  I believe $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles is not quite pleased with
106: 45, 9N  !| my not inviting them oftener; but you know it is very
106: 45,10N  !| bad to$9$ have children with one, that$6#1$ one is obliged to$9$ be
106: 45,11N  !| checking every moment; ""don't do this, and don't do
106: 45,12N  !| that$6#2$;"" ~ or that$6#1$ one can only keep in tolerable order$0$ by$4$
106: 45,13N  !| more cake than is good for$4$ them."
106: 45,14'  !| She had this communication, moreover, from $PN#P$Mary.
106: 45,15P  !| "$PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove thinks all her servants so$5#1$ steady, that$3$
106: 45,16P  !| it would be high treason to$9$ call$1$ it in question$0$; but I am
106: 45,17P  !| sure, without exaggeration, that$3$ her upper house-maid
106: 45,18P  !| and laundry-maid, instead of being$1$ in their business, are
106: 45,19P  !| gadding about$4$ the village, all day long$9$.  I meet$1$ them
106: 45,20P  !| wherever I go; and I declare, I never go twice into my
106: 45,21P  !| nursery without seeing something of them.  If $PN#ZT$Jemima
106: 45,22P  !| were not the trustiest, steadiest creature in the world,
106: 45,23P  !| it would be enough to$9$ spoil her; for$3$ she tells me, they
106: 45,24P  !| are always tempting her to$9$ take a walk$0$ with them."
106: 45,25'  !| And on$4$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's side$0$, it was, ~
106: 45,25N  !| "I make$1$ a rule
106: 45,26N  !| of never interfering in any of my daughter-in-law's
106: 45,27N  !| concerns$0$, for$3$ I know it would not do; but I shall tell \you\,
106: 45,28N  !| $PN#A$Miss*Anne, because you may$1$ be able to$9$ set$0$ things to$4$
106: 45,29N  !| rights, that$3$ I have no$2$ very good opinion of $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles's
106: 45,30N  !| nursery-maid:  I hear strange stories of her; she is
106: 45,31N  !| always upon the gad:  and from my own$2$ knowledge,
106: 45,32N  !| I can declare, she is such a fine-dressing lady, that$3$ she is
106: 45,33N  !| enough to$9$ ruin$1$ any servants she comes near$9$.  $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles
106: 45,34N  !| quite swears by$4$ her, I know; but I just$9$ give you this
106: 45,35N  !| hint$0$, that$3$ you may$1$ be upon the watch$0$; because, if you
106: 45,36N  !| see any*thing amiss, you need$1$ not be afraid of mentioning
106: 45,37N  !| it."
106: 45,38'  !| Again; it was $PN#P$Mary's complaint, that$3$
106: 45,38@p   | $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove
106: 46, 1@p   | was very apt not to$9$ give her the precedence that$6#1$ was her
106: 46, 2@p   | due$0$, when they dined at the Great*House with other
106: 46, 3@p   | families; and she did not see any reason$0$ why she was to$9$
106: 46, 4@p   | be considered so$5#1$ much at home as to$9$ lose her place$0$.
106: 46, 4'  !| And
106: 46, 5'  !| one day, when $PN#A$Anne was walking with only the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves,
106: 46, 6'  !| one of them, after$4$ talking of rank$0$, people of rank$0$,
106: 46, 7'  !| and jealousy of rank$0$, said,
106: 46, 7R  !| "I have no$2$ scruple$0$ of observing
106: 46, 8R  !| to$4$ \you\, how nonsensical some persons are about$4$ their
106: 46, 9R  !| place$0$, because, all the world knows how easy and indifferent
106: 46,10R  !| you are about$4$ it:  but I wish$1$ any*body could give $PN#P$Mary
106: 46,11R  !| a hint$0$ that$3$ it would be a great deal$0#2$ better$9$ if she were not
106: 46,12R  !| so$5#1$ very tenacious; especially, if she would not be always
106: 46,13R  !| putting herself forward$8$ to$9$ take place$0$ of mamma.  Nobody
106: 46,14R  !| doubts$1$ her right$0$ to$9$ have precedence of mamma, but it
106: 46,15R  !| would be more becoming$2$ in her not to$9$ be always insisting
106: 46,16R  !| on$4$ it.  It is not that$3$ mamma cares$1$ about$4$ it the least in the
106: 46,17R  !| world, but I know it is taken notice$0$ of by$4$ many persons."
106: 46,18'  !| How was $PN#A$Anne to$9$ set$1$ all these matters to$4$ rights?  She
106: 46,19'  !| could do little more than listen patiently, soften every
106: 46,20'  !| grievance, and excuse$1$ each to$4$ the other; give them all
106: 46,21'  !| hints of the forbearance necessary between such near$9$ neighbours,
106: 46,22'  !| and make$1$ those hints broadest which$6#1$ were meant
106: 46,23'  !| for$4$ her sister's benefit.
106: 46,24'  !| In all other respects, her visit$0$ began and proceeded very
106: 46,25'  !| well$9$.  Her own$2$ spirits improved by$4$ change$0$ of place$0$ and
106: 46,26'  !| subject$0$, by$4$ being$1$ removed three miles from Kellynch:
106: 46,27'  !| $PN#P$Mary's ailments lessened by$4$ having a constant companion;
106: 46,28'  !| and their daily intercourse with the other family, since
106: 46,29'  !| there was neither superior$2$ affection, confidence, nor
106: 46,30'  !| employment in the cottage, to$9$ be interrupted by$4$ it, was
106: 46,31'  !| rather an advantage.  It was certainly carried nearly as
106: 46,32'  !| far as possible, for$3$ they met every morning, and hardly
106: 46,33'  !| ever spent an evening asunder; but she believed they
106: 46,34'  !| should not have done so$5#1$ well$9$ without the sight of $PN#M$Mr% and
106: 46,35'  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's respectable forms in the usual places$0$,
106: 46,36'  !| or without the talking, laughing, and singing of their
106: 46,37'  !| daughters.
106: 46,38'  !| She played a great deal$0#2$ better$9$ than either of the
106: 47, 1'  !| $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves; but having no$2$ voice, no$2$ knowledge of
106: 47, 2'  !| the harp, and no$2$ fond parents to$9$ sit by$5$ and fancy$1$ themselves
106: 47, 3'  !| delighted, her performance was little thought$1$ of,
106: 47, 4'  !| only out$8$ of civility, or to$9$ refresh the others, as she was
106: 47, 5'  !| well$9$ aware.  She knew that$3$ when she played she was
106: 47, 6'  !| giving pleasure only to$4$ herself; but this was no$2$ new
106: 47, 7'  !| sensation$0#1$:  excepting one short$2$ period of her life, she had
106: 47, 8'  !| never, since the age of fourteen, never since the loss of
106: 47, 9'  !| her dear$2#1$ mother, known the happiness of being$1$ listened
106: 47,10'  !| to$4$, or encouraged by$4$ any just$2$ appreciation or real taste.
106: 47,11'  !| In music she had been always used$1#2$ to$9$ feel alone in the
106: 47,12'  !| world; and $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's fond partiality for$4$
106: 47,13'  !| their own$2$ daughters' performance, and total indifference
106: 47,14'  !| to$4$ any other person's, gave her much more pleasure for$4$
106: 47,15'  !| their sakes, than mortification for$4$ her own$2$.
106: 47,16'  !| The party at the Great*House was sometimes increased
106: 47,17'  !| by$4$ other company.  The neighbourhood was not large,
106: 47,18'  !| but the $PN#M1$Musgroves were visited by$4$ every*body, and had
106: 47,19'  !| more dinner*parties, and more callers, more visitors by$4$
106: 47,20'  !| invitation and by$4$ chance$0$, than any other family.  They
106: 47,21'  !| were more completely popular.
106: 47,22'  !| The girls were wild for$4$ dancing$0$; and the evenings
106: 47,23'  !| ended, occasionally, in an unpremeditated little ball$0#2$.
106: 47,24'  !| There was a family of cousins within a walk$0$ of Uppercross,
106: 47,25'  !| in less affluent circumstances, who$6#1$ depended on$4$ the $PN#M1$Musgroves
106: 47,26'  !| for$4$ all their pleasures:  they would come at any
106: 47,27'  !| time, and help$1$ play$1$ at any*thing, or dance$1$ any*where;
106: 47,28'  !| and $PN#A$Anne, very much preferring the office of musician
106: 47,29'  !| to$4$ a more active post, played country*dances to$4$ them by$4$
106: 47,30'  !| the hour together; a kindness which$6#1$ always recommended
106: 47,31'  !| her musical powers to$4$ the notice$0$ of $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove
106: 47,32'  !| more than any*thing else, and often drew this compliment$0$;
106: 47,33Y1 !| ~ "Well$9$ done, $PN#A$Miss*Anne| very well$9$ done indeed|
106: 47,34Y1 !| Lord$7$ bless me| how those little fingers of yours fly$1$ about$5$|"
106: 47,35'  !| So$5#2$ passed the first three weeks.  Michaelmas came;
106: 47,36'  !| and now $PN#A$Anne's heart must be in Kellynch again.  A
106: 47,37'  !| beloved home made over to$4$ others; all the precious
106: 47,38'  !| rooms and furniture, groves, and prospects, beginning$1$ to$9$
106: 48, 1'  !| own$1$ other eyes and other limbs|  She could not think of
106: 48, 2'  !| much else on$4$ the 29th of September; and she had this
106: 48, 3'  !| sympathetic touch$0$ in the evening, from $PN#P$Mary, who$6#1$, on$4$
106: 48, 4'  !| having occasion$0$ to$9$ note$1$ down$5$ the day of the month,
106: 48, 5'  !| exclaimed,
106: 48, 5P  !| "Dear$7$ me| is not this the day the $PN#D1$Crofts
106: 48, 6P  !| were to$9$ come to$4$ Kellynch?  I am glad I did not think of
106: 48, 7P  !| it before$5$.  How low it makes me|"
106: 48, 8'  !| The $PN#D1$Crofts took possession with true naval alertness,
106: 48, 9'  !| and were to$9$ be visited.  $PN#P$Mary deplored the necessity
106: 48,10'  !| for$4$ herself.
106: 48,10P  !| "Nobody knew how much she should suffer.
106: 48,11P  !| She should put it off as long$9$ as she could."
106: 48,11'  !| But was not
106: 48,12'  !| easy till she had talked $PN#O$Charles into driving her over on$4$
106: 48,13'  !| an early day; and was in a very animated, comfortable
106: 48,14'  !| state$0$ of imaginary agitation, when she came back$5$.  $PN#A$Anne
106: 48,15'  !| had very sincerely rejoiced in there being$1$ no$2$ means$0$ of
106: 48,16'  !| her going.  She wished, however, to$9$ see the $PN#D1$Crofts, and
106: 48,17'  !| was glad to$9$ be within when the visit$0$ was returned.  They
106: 48,18'  !| came; the master of the house was not at home, but the
106: 48,19'  !| two sisters were together; and as it chanced that$3$
106: 48,20'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft fell to$4$ the share$0$ of $PN#A$Anne, while$9$ the $PN#D$admiral
106: 48,21'  !| sat by$4$ $PN#P$Mary, and made himself very agreeable by$4$ his
106: 48,22'  !| good-humoured notice$0$ of her little boys, she was well$9$
106: 48,23'  !| able to$9$ watch$1$ for$4$ a likeness, and if it failed her in the
106: 48,24'  !| features, to$9$ catch$1$ it in the voice, or the turn$0$ of sentiment
106: 48,25'  !| and expression.
106: 48,26'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft, though neither tall nor fat, had a squareness,
106: 48,27'  !| uprightness, and vigour of form$0$, which$6#1$ gave importance
106: 48,28'  !| to$4$ her person.  She had bright dark$2$ eyes, good teeth,
106: 48,29'  !| and altogether an agreeable face$0$; though her reddened
106: 48,30'  !| and weather-beaten complexion, the consequence of her
106: 48,31'  !| having been almost as much at sea as her husband, made
106: 48,32'  !| her seem to$9$ have lived some years longer in the world
106: 48,33'  !| than her real eight*and*thirty.  Her manners were open$2$,
106: 48,34'  !| easy, and decided$2$, like$9$ one who$6#1$ had no$2$ distrust$0$ of herself,
106: 48,35'  !| and no$2$ doubts$0$ of what$6#1$ to$9$ do; without any approach$0$ to$4$
106: 48,36'  !| coarseness, however, or any want$0$ of good humour.  $PN#A$Anne
106: 48,37'  !| gave her credit$0$, indeed, for$4$ feelings of great consideration
106: 48,38'  !| towards herself, in all that$6#1$ related to$4$ Kellynch; and it
106: 49, 1'  !| pleased her:  especially, as she had satisfied$1$ herself in
106: 49, 2'  !| the very first half*minute, in the instant$0$ even$5$ of introduction,
106: 49, 3'  !| that$3$ there was not the smallest symptom of any
106: 49, 4'  !| knowledge or suspicion on$4$ $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft's side$0$, to$9$ give a bias$0$
106: 49, 5'  !| of any sort.  She was quite easy on$4$ that$6#2$ head$0$, and consequently
106: 49, 6'  !| full of strength and courage, till for$4$ a moment
106: 49, 7'  !| electrified by$4$ $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft's suddenly saying, ~
106: 49, 8E  !| "It was you, and not your sister, I find, that$6#1$ my brother
106: 49, 9E  !| had the pleasure of being$1$ acquainted with, when he was
106: 49,10E  !| in this country."
106: 49,11'  !| $PN#A$Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but
106: 49,12'  !| the age of emotion she certainly had not.
106: 49,13E  !| "Perhaps you may$1$ not have heard that$3$ he is married,"
106: 49,14'  !| added $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft.
106: 49,15'  !| She could now answer$1$ as she ought; and was happy
106: 49,16'  !| to$9$ feel, when $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft's next words explained it to$9$ be
106: 49,17'  !| $PN#ZZO$Mr%*Wentworth of whom$6#1$ she spoke, that$3$ she had said
106: 49,18'  !| nothing which$6#1$ might not do for$4$ either brother.  She
106: 49,19'  !| immediately felt how reasonable it was, that$3$ $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft
106: 49,20'  !| should be thinking and speaking of $PN#ZZO$Edward, and not of
106: 49,21'  !| $PN#B$Frederick; and with shame$0$ at her own$2$ forgetfulness,
106: 49,22'  !| applied herself to$4$ the knowledge of their former neighbour's
106: 49,23'  !| present$9$ state$0$, with proper interest$0$.
106: 49,24'  !| The rest$0#1$ was all tranquillity; till just$9$ as they were
106: 49,25'  !| moving, she heard the $PN#D$admiral say to$4$ $PN#P$Mary,
106: 49,26D  !| "We are expecting a brother of $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft's here soon;
106: 49,27D  !| I dare$1#2$ say you know him by$4$ name$0$."
106: 49,28'  !| He was cut$9$ short$2$ by$4$ the eager attacks of the little
106: 49,29'  !| boys, clinging to$4$ him like$9$ an old friend, and declaring
106: 49,30'  !| he should not go; and being$1$ too$5#1$ much engrossed by$4$
106: 49,31'  !| proposals of carrying them away in his coat pocket, &c%
106: 49,32'  !| to$9$ have another moment for$4$ finishing or recollecting what$6#1$
106: 49,33'  !| he had begun, $PN#A$Anne was left$1$ to$9$ persuade herself, as well$9$
106: 49,34'  !| as she could, that$3$ the same brother must still$5$ be in question$0$.
106: 49,35'  !| She could not, however, reach$1$ such a degree of
106: 49,36'  !| certainty, as not to$9$ be anxious to$9$ hear whether any*thing
106: 49,37'  !| had been said on$4$ the subject$0$ at the other house, where
106: 49,39'  !| the $PN#D1$Crofts had previously been calling.
106: 50, 1'  !| The folks of Great*House were to$9$ spend the evening
106: 50, 2'  !| of this day at the Cottage; and it being$1$ now too$5#1$ late in
106: 50, 3'  !| the year for$4$ such visits to$9$ be made on$4$ foot, the coach
106: 50, 4'  !| was beginning$1$ to$9$ be listened for$5$, when the youngest
106: 50, 5'  !| $PN#S$Miss*Musgrove walked in.  That$3$ she was coming to$9$
106: 50, 6'  !| apologize, and that$3$ they should have to$9$ spend the evening
106: 50, 7'  !| by$4$ themselves, was the first black idea; and $PN#P$Mary was
106: 50, 8'  !| quite ready to$9$ be affronted, when $PN#S$Louisa made all right$2#1$
106: 50, 9'  !| by$4$ saying, that$3$ she only came on$4$ foot, to$9$ leave$1$ more
106: 50,10'  !| room for$4$ the harp, which$6#1$ was bringing in the carriage.
106: 50,11S  !| "And I will$1$ tell you our reason$0$,"
106: 50,11'  !| she added,
106: 50,11S  !| "and all
106: 50,12S  !| about$4$ it.  I am come on$5$ to$9$ give you notice$0$, that$3$ papa and
106: 50,13S  !| mamma are out$8$ of spirits this evening, especially mamma;
106: 50,14S  !| she is thinking so$5#1$ much of poor $PN#Q$Richard|  And we agreed
106: 50,15S  !| it would be best to$9$ have the harp, for$3$ it seems to$9$ amuse
106: 50,16S  !| her more than the piano-forte.  I will$1$ tell you why she
106: 50,17S  !| is out$8$ of spirits.  When the $PN#D1$Crofts called this morning,
106: 50,18S  !| (they called here afterwards, did not they?) they
106: 50,19S  !| happened to$9$ say, that$3$ her brother, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
106: 50,20S  !| is just$9$ returned to$4$ England, or paid off, or something, and
106: 50,21S  !| is coming to$9$ see them almost directly; and most unluckily
106: 50,22S  !| it came into mamma's head$0$, when they were gone, that$3$
106: 50,23S  !| $PN#B$Wentworth, or something very like$9$ it, was the name$0$ of
106: 50,24S  !| poor $PN#Q$Richard's captain, at one time, I do not know when
106: 50,25S  !| or where, but a great while$0$ before$3$ he died, poor fellow|
106: 50,26S  !| And upon looking over his letters and things, she found
106: 50,27S  !| it was so$5#2$; and is perfectly sure that$3$ this must be the very
106: 50,28S  !| man, and her head$0$ is quite full of it, and of poor $PN#Q$Richard|
106: 50,29S  !| So$3$ we must all be as merry as we can, that$3$ she may$1$ not
106: 50,30S  !| be dwelling upon such gloomy things."
106: 50,31'  !| The real circumstances of this pathetic piece of family
106: 50,32'  !| history were, that$3$ the $PN#M1$Musgroves had had the ill fortune of
106: 50,33'  !| a very troublesome, hopeless son; and the good fortune
106: 50,34'  !| to$9$ lose him before$3$ he reached his twentieth year; that$3$ he
106: 50,35'  !| had been sent to$4$ sea, because he was stupid and unmanageable
106: 50,36'  !| on$4$ shore; that$3$ he had been very little cared for$5$
106: 50,37'  !| at any time by$4$ his family, though quite as much as he
106: 50,38'  !| deserved; seldom heard of, and scarcely at all regretted,
106: 51, 1'  !| when the intelligence of his death abroad had worked its
106: 51, 2'  !| way to$4$ Uppercross, two years before$5$.
106: 51, 3'  !| He had, in fact, though his sisters were now doing all
106: 51, 4'  !| they could for$4$ him, by$4$ calling him
106: 51, 4Y2 !| "poor $PN#Q$Richard,"
106: 51, 4'  !| been
106: 51, 5'  !| nothing better$9$ than a thick-headed, unfeeling, unprofitable
106: 51, 6'  !| $PN#Q$Dick*Musgrove, who$6#1$ had never done any*thing to$9$ entitle
106: 51, 7'  !| himself to$4$ more than the abbreviation of his name$0$, living$9$
106: 51, 8'  !| or dead.
106: 51, 9'  !| He had been several years at sea, and had, in the course$0$
106: 51,10'  !| of those removals to$4$ which$6#1$ all midshipmen are liable, and
106: 51,11'  !| especially such midshipmen as every captain wishes$1$ to$9$
106: 51,12'  !| get rid of, been six months on$4$ board $PN#B$Captain*Frederick*Wentworth's
106: 51,13'  !| frigate, the Laconia; and from the Laconia
106: 51,14'  !| he had, under the influence$0$ of his captain, written the
106: 51,15'  !| only two letters which$6#1$ his father and mother had ever
106: 51,16'  !| received from him during the whole$0$ of his absence; that$6#2$
106: 51,17'  !| is to$9$ say, the only two disinterested letters; all the rest$0#1$
106: 51,18'  !| had been mere applications for$4$ money.
106: 51,19'  !| In each letter he had spoken well$9$ of his captain; but
106: 51,20'  !| yet, so$5#1$ little were they in the habit of attending to$4$ such
106: 51,21'  !| matters, so$5#1$ unobservant and incurious were they as to$4$
106: 51,22'  !| the names of men or ships, that$3$ it had made scarcely any
106: 51,23'  !| impression at the time; and that$3$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove should
106: 51,24'  !| have been suddenly struck, this very day, with a recollection,
106: 51,25'  !| of the name$0$ of $PN#B$Wentworth, as connected with her
106: 51,26'  !| son, seemed one of those extraordinary bursts of mind$0$
106: 51,27'  !| which$6#1$ do sometimes occur.
106: 51,28'  !| She had gone to$4$ her letters, and found it all as she
106: 51,29'  !| supposed; and the reperusal of these letters, after$4$ so$5#1$
106: 51,30'  !| long$9$ an interval, her poor son gone for*ever, and all the
106: 51,31'  !| strength of his faults forgotten, had affected her spirits
106: 51,32'  !| exceedingly, and thrown her into greater grief for$4$ him
106: 51,33'  !| than she had known on$4$ first hearing of his death.  $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove
106: 51,34'  !| was, in a lesser degree, affected likewise; and when
106: 51,35'  !| they reached the cottage, they were evidently in want$0$,
106: 51,36'  !| first, of being$1$ listened to$4$ anew on$4$ this subject$0$, and afterwards,
106: 51,37'  !| of all the relief which$6#1$ cheerful companions could
106: 51,38'  !| give.
106: 52, 1'  !| To$9$ hear them talking so$5#1$ much of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
106: 52, 2'  !| repeating his name$0$ so$5#1$ often, puzzling over past$9$ years,
106: 52, 3'  !| and at least ascertaining that$3$ it \might\, that$3$ it probably
106: 52, 4'  !| \would\, turn$1$ out$5$ to$9$ be the very same $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
106: 52, 5'  !| whom$6#1$ they recollected meeting$9$, once or twice, after$4$ their
106: 52, 6'  !| coming back$5$ from Clifton; ~ a very fine young man; but
106: 52, 7'  !| they could not say whether it was seven or eight years
106: 52, 8'  !| ago, ~ was a new sort of trial to$4$ $PN#A$Anne's nerves.  She
106: 52, 9'  !| found, however, that$3$ it was one to$4$ which$6#1$ she must enure
106: 52,10'  !| herself.  Since he actually was expected$1$ in the country,
106: 52,11'  !| she must teach herself to$9$ be insensible on$4$ such points.
106: 52,12'  !| And not only did it appear that$3$ he was expected$1$, and
106: 52,13'  !| speedily, but the $PN#M1$Musgroves, in their warm$2$ gratitude for$4$
106: 52,14'  !| the kindness he had shewn poor $PN#Q$Dick, and very high
106: 52,15'  !| respect$0$ for$4$ his character, stamped as it was by$4$ poor
106: 52,16'  !| $PN#Q$Dick's having been six months under his care$0$, and
106: 52,17'  !| mentioning him in strong, though not perfectly well$9$
106: 52,18'  !| spelt praise$0$, as
106: 52,18Q  !| "a fine dashing felow, only two perticular
106: 52,19Q  !| about$4$ the school-master,"
106: 52,19'  !| were bent on$4$ introducing
106: 52,20'  !| themselves, and seeking his acquaintance, as soon as they
106: 52,21'  !| could hear of his arrival.
106: 52,22'  !| The resolution of doing so$5#2$ helped to$9$ form$1$ the comfort$0$
106: 52,23'  !| of their evening.
107: 53, 1'  !| A very few days more, and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was
107: 53, 2'  !| known to$9$ be at Kellynch, and $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove had called
107: 53, 3'  !| on$4$ him, and come back$5$ warm$2$ in his praise$0$, and he was
107: 53, 4'  !| engaged with the $PN#D1$Crofts to$9$ dine at Uppercross, by$4$ the
107: 53, 5'  !| end$0$ of another week.  It had been a great disappointment
107: 53, 6'  !| to$4$ $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove, to$9$ find that$3$ no$2$ earlier day could be
107: 53, 7'  !| fixed, so$5#1$ impatient was he to$9$ shew$1$ his gratitude, by$4$ seeing
107: 53, 8'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth under his own$2$ roof, and welcoming
107: 53, 9'  !| him to$4$ all that$6#1$ was strongest and best in his cellars.  But
107: 53,10'  !| a week must pass$1$; only a week, in $PN#A$Anne's reckoning,
107: 53,11'  !| and then, she supposed, they must meet$1$; and soon she
107: 53,12'  !| began to$9$ wish$1$ that$3$ she could feel secure$2$ even$5$ for$4$ a week.
107: 53,13'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth made a very early return$0$ to$4$
107: 53,14'  !| $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove's civility, and she was all but calling there
107: 53,15'  !| in the same half*hour| ~ She and $PN#P$Mary were actually
107: 53,16'  !| setting forward$8$ for$4$ the great*house, where, as she afterwards
107: 53,17'  !| learnt, they must inevitably have found him, when
107: 53,18'  !| they were stopped by$4$ the eldest boy's being$1$ at that$6#2$
107: 53,19'  !| moment brought home in consequence of a bad fall$0$.  The
107: 53,20'  !| child's situation put the visit$0$ entirely aside, but she could
107: 53,21'  !| not hear of her escape$0$ with indifference, even$5$ in the midst
107: 53,22'  !| of the serious$2$ anxiety which$6#1$ they afterwards felt on$4$ his
107: 53,23'  !| account$0$.
107: 53,24'  !| His collar-bone was found to$9$ be dislocated, and such
107: 53,25'  !| injury received in the back$0$, as roused the most alarming
107: 53,26'  !| ideas.  It was an afternoon of distress$0$, and $PN#A$Anne had
107: 53,27'  !| every*thing to$9$ do at once ~ the apothecary to$9$ send for$4$ ~
107: 53,28'  !| the father to$9$ have pursued and informed ~ the mother to$9$
107: 53,29'  !| support$1$ and keep from hysterics ~ the servants to$9$ control
107: 53,30'  !| ~ the youngest child to$9$ banish, and the poor suffering
107: 53,31'  !| one to$9$ attend and soothe; ~ besides sending, as soon as
107: 53,32'  !| she recollected it, proper notice$0$ to$4$ the other house, which$6#1$
107: 53,33'  !| brought her an accession rather of frightened, enquiring
107: 53,34'  !| companions, than of very useful assistants.
107: 54, 1'  !| Her brother's return$0$ was the first comfort$0$; he could
107: 54, 2'  !| take best care$0$ of his wife, and the second$2$ blessing was the
107: 54, 3'  !| arrival of the apothecary.  Till he came and had examined
107: 54, 4'  !| the child, their apprehensions were the worse for$4$ being$1$
107: 54, 5'  !| vague; ~ they suspected great injury, but knew not
107: 54, 6'  !| where; but now the collar-bone was soon replaced, and
107: 54, 7'  !| though $PN#ZZ$Mr%*Robinson felt and felt, and rubbed, and looked
107: 54, 8'  !| grave$2$, and spoke low words both to$4$ the father and the
107: 54, 9'  !| aunt, still$5$ they were all to$9$ hope$1$ the best, and to$9$ be able
107: 54,10'  !| to$9$ part$1$ and eat their dinner in tolerable ease$0$ of mind$0$;
107: 54,11'  !| and then it was, just$9$ before$3$ they parted, that$3$ the two
107: 54,12'  !| young aunts were able so$5#1$ far to$9$ digress from their nephew's
107: 54,13'  !| state$0$, as to$9$ give the information of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's
107: 54,14'  !| visit$0$; ~ staying five minutes behind their father and
107: 54,15'  !| mother, to$9$ endeavour$1$ to$9$ express$1$
107: 54,15@y2  | how perfectly delighted
107: 54,16@y2  | they were with him, how much handsomer, how infinitely
107: 54,17@y2  | more agreeable they thought$1$ him than any individual
107: 54,18@y2  | among their male acquaintance, who$6#1$ had been at all
107: 54,19@y2  | a favourite$0$ before$5$ ~ how glad they had been to$9$ hear papa
107: 54,20@y2  | invite him to$9$ stay$1$ dinner ~ how sorry when he said it
107: 54,21@y2  | was quite out$8$ of his power ~ and how glad again, when he
107: 54,22@y2  | had promised to$9$ reply$1$ to$4$ papa and mamma's farther
107: 54,23@y2  | pressing invitations, to$9$ come and dine with them on$4$ the
107: 54,24@y2  | morrow, actually on$4$ the morrow| ~ And he had promised
107: 54,25@y2  | it in so$5#1$ pleasant a manner, as if he felt all the motive of
107: 54,26@y2  | their attention just$9$ as he ought| ~ And, in short$0$, he had
107: 54,27@y2  | looked and said every*thing with such exquisite grace$0$,
107: 54,28@y2  | that$3$ they could assure them all, their heads were both
107: 54,29@y2  | turned by$4$ him| ~
107: 54,29'  !| And off they ran, quite as full of glee
107: 54,30'  !| as of love$0$, and apparently more full of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
107: 54,31'  !| than of little $PN#P1$Charles.
107: 54,32'  !| The same story and the same raptures were repeated,
107: 54,33'  !| when the two girls came with their father, through$4$ the
107: 54,34'  !| gloom of the evening, to$9$ make$1$ enquiries; and $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove,
107: 54,35'  !| no$2$ longer under the first uneasiness about$4$ his heir,
107: 54,36'  !| could add his confirmation and praise$0$, and
107: 54,36@m   | hope$1$ there
107: 54,37@m   | would be now no$2$ occasion$0$ for$4$ putting $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
107: 54,38@m   | off, and only be sorry to$9$ think that$3$ the cottage*party,
107: 55, 1@m   | probably, would not like$1$ to$9$ leave$1$ the little boy, to$9$ give
107: 55, 2@m   | him the meeting$0$. ~
107: 55, 2Y3 !| "Oh, no$7$| as to$4$ leaving the little boy|"
107: 55, 3'  !| ~ both father and mother were in much too$5#1$ strong and
107: 55, 4'  !| recent alarm$0$ to$9$ bear$1$ the thought$0$; and $PN#A$Anne, in the joy
107: 55, 5'  !| of the escape$0$, could not help$1$ adding her warm$2$ protestations
107: 55, 6'  !| to$4$ theirs.
107: 55, 7'  !| $PN#O$Charles*Musgrove, indeed, afterwards shewed more of inclination;
107: 55, 8O  !| "the child was going on$5$ so$5#1$ well$9$ ~ and he wished
107: 55, 9O  !| so$5#1$ much to$9$ be introduced to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, that$3$,
107: 55,10O  !| perhaps, he might join them in the evening; he would
107: 55,11O  !| not dine from home, but he might walk$1$ in for$4$ half an hour."
107: 55,12'  !| But in this he was eagerly opposed by$4$ his wife, with
107: 55,13P  !| "Oh, no$7$| indeed, $PN#O$Charles, I cannot bear$1$ to$9$ have you go
107: 55,14P  !| away.  Only think, if any*thing should happen|"
107: 55,15'  !| The child had a good night, and was going on$5$ well$9$ the
107: 55,16'  !| next day.  It must be a work$0$ of time to$9$ ascertain that$3$ no$2$
107: 55,17'  !| injury had been done to$4$ the spine, but $PN#ZZ$Mr%*Robinson
107: 55,18'  !| found nothing to$9$ increase$1$ alarm$0$, and $PN#O$Charles*Musgrove
107: 55,19'  !| began consequently to$9$ feel no$2$ necessity for$4$ longer confinement.
107: 55,20@o   | The child was to$9$ be kept in bed, and amused as
107: 55,21@o   | quietly as possible; but what$6#2$ was there for$4$ a father to$9$
107: 55,22@o   | do?  This was quite a female$2$ case, and it would be highly
107: 55,23@o   | absurd in him, who$6#1$ could be of no$2$ use$0$ at home, to$9$ shut
107: 55,24@o   | himself up.  His father very much wished him to$9$ meet$1$
107: 55,25@o   | $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, and there being$1$ no$2$ sufficient reason$0$
107: 55,26@o   | against it, he ought to$9$ go;
107: 55,26'  !| and it ended in his making
107: 55,27'  !| a bold public$2$ declaration, when he came in from shooting,
107: 55,28'  !| of his meaning$1$ to$9$ dress$1$ directly, and dine at the other
107: 55,29'  !| house.
107: 55,30O  !| "Nothing can be going on$5$ better$9$ than the child,"
107: 55,31'  !| said he,
107: 55,31O  !| "so$3$ I told my father just$9$ now that$3$ I would come,
107: 55,32O  !| and he thought$1$ me quite right$2#1$.  Your sister being$1$ with
107: 55,33O  !| you, my love$0$, I have no$2$ scruple$0$ at all.  You would not
107: 55,34O  !| like$1$ to$9$ leave$1$ him yourself, but you see I can be of no$2$ use$0$.
107: 55,35O  !| $PN#A$Anne will$1$ send for$4$ me if any*thing is the matter."
107: 55,36'  !| Husbands and wives generally understand when
107: 55,37'  !| opposition will$1$ be vain.  $PN#P$Mary knew, from $PN#O$Charles's
107: 55,38'  !| manner of speaking, that$3$ he was quite determined$2$ on$4$
107: 56, 1'  !| going, and that$3$ it would be of no$2$ use$0$ to$9$ teaze him.  She
107: 56, 2'  !| said nothing, therefore, till he was out$8$ of the room, but
107: 56, 3'  !| as soon as there was only $PN#A$Anne to$9$ hear,
107: 56, 4P  !| "So$3$|  You and I are to$9$ be left$1$ to$9$ shift$1$ by$4$ ourselves,
107: 56, 5P  !| with this poor sick child ~ and not a creature coming near$4$
107: 56, 6P  !| us all the evening|  I knew how it would be.  This is
107: 56, 7P  !| always my luck|  If there is any*thing disagreeable going
107: 56, 8P  !| on$5$, men are always sure to$9$ get out$8$ of it, and $PN#O$Charles is
107: 56, 9P  !| as bad as any of them.  Very unfeeling|  I must say it
107: 56,10P  !| is very unfeeling of him, to$9$ be running away from his
107: 56,11P  !| poor little boy; talks of his being$1$ going on$5$ so$5#1$ well$9$|
107: 56,12P  !| How does he know that$3$ he is going on$5$ well$9$, or that$3$ there
107: 56,13P  !| may$1$ not be a sudden$2$ change$0$ half an hour hence?  I did
107: 56,14P  !| not think $PN#O$Charles would have been so$5#1$ unfeeling.  So$3$, here
107: 56,15P  !| he is to$9$ go away and enjoy himself, and because I am the
107: 56,16P  !| poor mother, I am not to$9$ be allowed to$9$ stir; ~ and yet,
107: 56,17P  !| I am sure, I am more unfit than any*body else to$9$ be about$4$
107: 56,18P  !| the child.  My being$1$ the mother is the very reason$0$ why
107: 56,19P  !| my feelings should not be tried.  I am not at all equal$2$
107: 56,20P  !| to$4$ it.  You saw how hysterical I was yesterday."
107: 56,21A  !| "But that$6#2$ was only the effect$0$ of the suddenness of your
107: 56,22A  !| alarm$0$ ~ of the shock$0$.  You will$1$ not be hysterical again.
107: 56,23A  !| I dare$1#2$ say we shall have nothing to$9$ distress$1$ us.  I perfectly
107: 56,24A  !| understand $PN#ZZ$Mr%*Robinson's directions, and have no$2$ fears;
107: 56,25A  !| and indeed, $PN#P$Mary, I cannot wonder$1$ at your husband.
107: 56,26A  !| Nursing does not belong to$4$ a man, it is not his province.
107: 56,27A  !| A sick child is always the mother's property, her own$2$
107: 56,28A  !| feelings generally make$1$ it so$5#2$."
107: 56,29P  !| "I hope$1$ I am as fond of my child as any mother ~ but
107: 56,30P  !| I do not know that$3$ I am of any more use$0$ in the sick-room
107: 56,31P  !| than $PN#O$Charles, for$3$ I cannot be always scolding and teazing
107: 56,32P  !| a poor child when it is ill; and you saw, this morning,
107: 56,33P  !| that$3$ if I told him to$9$ keep quiet$2$, he was sure to$9$ begin
107: 56,34P  !| kicking about$5$.  I have not nerves for$4$ the sort of thing."
107: 56,35A  !| "But, could you be comfortable yourself, to$9$ be spending
107: 56,36A  !| the whole$2$ evening away from the poor boy?"
107: 56,37P  !| "Yes; you see his papa can, and why should not I? ~
107: 56,38P  !| $PN#ZT$Jemima is so$5#1$ careful|  And she could send us word every
107: 57, 1P  !| hour how he was.  I really think $PN#O$Charles might as well$9$
107: 57, 2P  !| have told his father we would all come.  I am not more
107: 57, 3P  !| alarmed about$4$ little $PN#P1$Charles now than he is.  I was
107: 57, 4P  !| dreadfully alarmed yesterday, but the case is very
107: 57, 5P  !| different to-day."
107: 57, 6A  !| "Well$7$ ~ if you do not think it too$5#1$ late to$9$ give notice$0$
107: 57, 7A  !| for$4$ yourself, suppose you were to$9$ go, as well$9$ as your
107: 57, 8A  !| husband.  Leave$1$ little $PN#P1$Charles to$4$ my care$0$.  $PN#M$Mr% and
107: 57, 9A  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove cannot think it wrong$9$, while$9$ I remain
107: 57,10A  !| with him."
107: 57,11P  !| "Are you serious$2$?"
107: 57,11'  !| cried $PN#P$Mary, her eyes brightening.
107: 57,12P  !| "Dear$7$ me| that's a very good thought$0$, very good
107: 57,13P  !| indeed.  To$9$ be sure I may$1$ just$9$ as well$9$ go as not, for$3$ I am
107: 57,14P  !| of no$2$ use$0$ at home ~ am I? and it only harasses me.  You,
107: 57,15P  !| who$6#1$ have not a mother's feelings, are a great deal$0#2$ the
107: 57,16P  !| properest person.  You can make$1$ little $PN#P1$Charles do any*thing;
107: 57,17P  !| he always minds you at a word.  It will$1$ be a great
107: 57,18P  !| deal$0#2$ better$9$ than leaving him with only $PN#ZT$Jemima.  Oh|
107: 57,19P  !| I will$1$ certainly go; I am sure I ought if I can, quite as
107: 57,20P  !| much as $PN#O$Charles, for$3$ they want$1$ me excessively to$9$ be
107: 57,21P  !| acquainted with $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, and I know you do
107: 57,22P  !| not mind$1$ being$1$ left$1$ alone.  An excellent thought$0$ of yours,
107: 57,23P  !| indeed, $PN#A$Anne|  I will$1$ go and tell $PN#O$Charles, and get ready
107: 57,24P  !| directly.  You can send for$4$ us, you know, at a moment's
107: 57,25P  !| notice$0$, if any*thing is the matter; but I dare$1#2$ say there
107: 57,26P  !| will$1$ be nothing to$9$ alarm$1$ you.  I should not go, you may$1$
107: 57,27P  !| be sure, if I did not feel quite at ease$0$ about$4$ my dear$2#1$
107: 57,28P  !| child."
107: 57,29'  !| The next moment she was tapping at her husband's
107: 57,30'  !| dressing-room door, and as $PN#A$Anne followed her up*stairs,
107: 57,31'  !| she was in time for$4$ the whole$2$ conversation, which$6#1$ began
107: 57,32'  !| with $PN#P$Mary's saying, in a tone of great exultation,
107: 57,33P  !| "I mean$1$ to$9$ go with you, $PN#O$Charles, for$3$ I am of no$2$ more
107: 57,34P  !| use$0$ at home than you are.  If I were to$9$ shut myself up
107: 57,35P  !| for*ever with the child, I should not be able to$9$ persuade
107: 57,36P  !| him to$9$ do any*thing he did not like$1$.  $PN#A$Anne will$1$ stay$1$;
107: 57,37P  !| $PN#A$Anne undertakes to$9$ stay$1$ at home and take care$0$ of him.
107: 57,38P  !| It is $PN#A$Anne's own$2$ proposal, and so$3$ I shall go with you,
107: 58, 1P  !| which$6#1$ will$1$ be a great deal$0#2$ better$9$, for$3$ I have not dined at
107: 58, 2P  !| the other house since Tuesday."
107: 58, 3O  !| "This is very kind$2$ of $PN#A$Anne,"
107: 58, 3'  !| was her husband's answer$0$,
107: 58, 4O  !| "and I should be very glad to$9$ have you go; but it seems
107: 58, 5O  !| rather hard that$3$ she should be left$1$ at home by$4$ herself,
107: 58, 6O  !| to$9$ nurse$1$ our sick child."
107: 58, 7'  !| $PN#A$Anne was now at hand$0$ to$9$ take up her own$2$ cause, and
107: 58, 8'  !| the sincerity of her manner being$1$ soon sufficient to$9$ convince
107: 58, 9'  !| him, where conviction was at least very agreeable,
107: 58,10'  !| he had no$2$ farther scruples as to$4$ her being$1$ left$1$ to$9$ dine
107: 58,11'  !| alone, though he still$5$ wanted her to$9$ join them in the
107: 58,12'  !| evening, when the child might be at rest$0#2$ for$4$ the night,
107: 58,13'  !| and kindly urged her to$9$ let him come and fetch her;
107: 58,14'  !| but she was quite unpersuadable; and this being$1$ the
107: 58,15'  !| case, she had ere long$9$ the pleasure of seeing them set$1$ off
107: 58,16'  !| together in high spirits.  They were gone, she hoped, to$9$
107: 58,17'  !| be happy, however oddly constructed such happiness
107: 58,18'  !| might seem; as for$4$ herself, she was left$1$ with as many
107: 58,19'  !| sensations of comfort$0$, as were, perhaps, ever likely to$9$ be
107: 58,20'  !| hers.  She knew herself to$9$ be of the first utility to$4$ the
107: 58,21'  !| child;
107: 58,21@a   | and what$6#2$ was it to$4$ her, if $PN#B$Frederick*Wentworth
107: 58,22@a   | were only half a mile distant, making himself agreeable
107: 58,23@a   | to$9$ others|
107: 58,24@a   | She would have liked to$9$ know how he felt as to$4$ a meeting$0$.
107: 58,25@a   | Perhaps indifferent, if indifference could exist under
107: 58,26@a   | such circumstances.  He must be either indifferent or
107: 58,27@a   | unwilling.  Had he wished ever to$9$ see her again, he need$1$
107: 58,28@a   | not have waited till this time; he would have done what$6#1$
107: 58,29@a   | she could not but believe that$3$ in his place$0$ she should
107: 58,30@a   | have done long$9$ ago, when events had been early giving
107: 58,31@a   | him the independence which$6#1$ alone had been wanting.
107: 58,32'  !| Her brother and sister came back$5$ delighted with their
107: 58,33'  !| new acquaintance, and their visit$0$ in general$0$.  There
107: 58,34'  !| had been music, singing, talking, laughing, all that$6#1$ was
107: 58,35'  !| most agreeable; charming manners in $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
107: 58,36'  !| no$2$ shyness or reserve$0$; they seemed all to$9$ know
107: 58,37'  !| each other perfectly, and he was coming the very next
107: 58,38'  !| morning to$9$ shoot with $PN#O$Charles.  He was to$9$ come to$4$
107: 59, 1'  !| breakfast$1$, but not at the Cottage, though that$6#2$ had been
107: 59, 2'  !| proposed at first; but then he had been pressed to$9$ come
107: 59, 3'  !| to$4$ the Great*House instead, and he seemed afraid of being$1$
107: 59, 4'  !| in $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles*Musgrove's way, on$4$ account$0$ of the child;
107: 59, 5'  !| and therefore, somehow, they hardly knew how, it ended
107: 59, 6'  !| in $PN#O$Charles's being$1$ to$9$ meet$1$ him to$9$ breakfast$1$ at his father's.
107: 59, 7'  !| $PN#A$Anne understood it.
107: 59, 7@a   | He wished to$9$ avoid seeing her.
107: 59, 8'  !| He had enquired after$4$ her, she found, slightly, as might
107: 59, 9'  !| suit$1$ a former slight$2$ acquaintance, seeming to$9$ acknowledge
107: 59,10'  !| such as she had acknowledged, actuated, perhaps, by$4$ the
107: 59,11'  !| same view$0$ of escaping introduction when they were to$9$
107: 59,12'  !| meet$1$.
107: 59,13'  !| The morning hours of the Cottage were always later
107: 59,14'  !| than those of the other house; and on$4$ the morrow the
107: 59,15'  !| difference was so$5#1$ great, that$3$ $PN#P$Mary and $PN#A$Anne were not
107: 59,16'  !| more than beginning$1$ breakfast$0$ when $PN#O$Charles came in to$9$
107: 59,17'  !| say that$3$ they were just$9$ setting off, that$3$ he was come for$4$
107: 59,18'  !| his dogs, that$3$ his sisters were following with $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
107: 59,19'  !| his sisters meaning$1$ to$9$ visit$1$ $PN#P$Mary and the
107: 59,20'  !| child, and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth proposing also to$9$ wait on$4$
107: 59,21'  !| her for$4$ a few minutes, if not inconvenient; and though
107: 59,22'  !| $PN#O$Charles had answered for$4$ the child's being$1$ in no$2$ such
107: 59,23'  !| state$0$ as could make$1$ it inconvenient, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
107: 59,24'  !| would not be satisfied$2$ without his running on$5$ to$9$ give
107: 59,25'  !| notice$0$.
107: 59,26'  !| $PN#P$Mary, very much gratified by$4$ this attention, was
107: 59,27'  !| delighted to$9$ receive him; while$9$ a thousand feelings
107: 59,28'  !| rushed on$4$ $PN#A$Anne, of which$6#1$ this was the most consoling,
107: 59,29'  !| that$3$ it would soon be over.  And it was soon over.  In
107: 59,30'  !| two minutes after$4$ $PN#O$Charles's preparation, the others
107: 59,31'  !| appeared; they were in the drawing-room.  Her eye half
107: 59,32'  !| met $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's; a bow$0#1$, a curtsey passed;
107: 59,33'  !| she heard his voice ~
107: 59,33@a   | he talked to$4$ $PN#P$Mary, said all that$6#1$ was
107: 59,34@a   | right$2#1$; said something to$4$ the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves, enough to$9$
107: 59,35@a   | mark$1$ an easy footing:  the room seemed full ~ full of
107: 59,36@a   | persons and voices ~
107: 59,36'  !| but a few minutes ended it.  $PN#O$Charles
107: 59,37'  !| shewed himself at the window, all was ready, their visitor
107: 59,38'  !| had bowed and was gone; the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves were gone
107: 60, 1'  !| too$5#2$, suddenly resolving to$9$ walk$1$ to$4$ the end$0$ of the village
107: 60, 2'  !| with the sportsmen:  the room was cleared, and $PN#A$Anne
107: 60, 3'  !| might finish$1$ her breakfast$0$ as she could.
107: 60, 4A  !| "It is over| it is over|"
107: 60, 4'  !| she repeated to$4$ herself
107: 60, 5'  !| again, and again, in nervous gratitude.
107: 60, 5A  !| "The worst is
107: 60, 6A  !| over|"
107: 60, 7'  !| $PN#P$Mary talked, but she could not attend.  She had seen
107: 60, 8'  !| him.  They had met.  They had been once more in the
107: 60, 9'  !| same room|
107: 60,10'  !| Soon, however, she began to$9$ reason$1$ with herself, and
107: 60,11'  !| try to$9$ be feeling$1$ less.
107: 60,11@a   | Eight years, almost eight years
107: 60,12@a   | had passed, since all had been given up.  How absurd to$9$
107: 60,13@a   | be resuming the agitation which$6#1$ such an interval had
107: 60,14@a   | banished into distance$0$ and indistinctness|  What$6#2$ might
107: 60,15@a   | not eight years do?  Events of every description, changes$0$,
107: 60,16@a   | alienations, removals, ~ all, all must be comprised in it;
107: 60,17@a   | and oblivion of the past$0$ ~ how natural$2$, how certain too$5#2$|
107: 60,18@a   | It included nearly a third part$0$ of her own$2$ life.
107: 60,19'  !| Alas|  with all her reasonings, she found, that$3$ to$4$
107: 60,20'  !| retentive feelings eight years may$1$ be little more than
107: 60,21'  !| nothing.
107: 60,22@a   | Now, how were his sentiments to$9$ be read?  Was this
107: 60,23@a   | like$9$ wishing to$9$ avoid her?
107: 60,23'  !| And the next moment she
107: 60,24'  !| was hating herself for$4$ the folly which$6#1$ asked the question$0$.
107: 60,25'  !| On$4$ one other question$0$, which$6#1$ perhaps her utmost
107: 60,26'  !| wisdom might not have prevented, she was soon spared all
107: 60,27'  !| suspense; for$3$ after$3$ the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves had returned and
107: 60,28'  !| finished their visit$0$ at the Cottage, she had this spontaneous
107: 60,29'  !| information from $PN#P$Mary:
107: 60,30P  !| "$PN#B$Captain*Wentworth is not very gallant by$4$ you, $PN#A$Anne,
107: 60,31P  !| though he was so$5#1$ attentive to$4$ me.  $PN#R$Henrietta asked him
107: 60,32P  !| what$6#1$ he thought$1$ of you, when they went away; and he
107: 60,33P  !| said,
107: 60,33B  !| "You were so$5#1$ altered he should not have known
107: 60,34B  !| you again."
107: 60,35'  !| $PN#P$Mary had no$2$ feelings to$9$ make$1$ her respect$1$ her sister's
107: 60,36'  !| in a common$2$ way; but she was perfectly unsuspicious
107: 60,37'  !| of being$1$ inflicting any peculiar wound$0$.
107: 60,38B  !| "Altered beyond$4$ his knowledge|"
107: 60,38'  !| $PN#A$Anne fully submitted,
107: 61, 1'  !| in silent, deep mortification.
107: 61, 1@a   | Doubtless it was
107: 61, 2@a   | so$5#2$;
107: 61, 2'  !| and she could take no$2$ revenge, for$3$ he was not altered,
107: 61, 3'  !| or not for$4$ the worse.  She had already acknowledged it
107: 61, 4'  !| to$4$ herself, and she could not think differently, let him
107: 61, 5'  !| think of her as he would.
107: 61, 5@a   | No$7$; the years which$6#1$ had
107: 61, 6@a   | destroyed her youth and bloom had only given him a more
107: 61, 7@a   | glowing, manly, open$2$ look$0$, in no$2$ respect$0$ lessening his
107: 61, 8@a   | personal advantages.
107: 61, 8'  !| She had seen the same $PN#B$Frederick*Wentworth.
107: 61, 9     |
107: 61,10B  !| "So$5#1$ altered that$3$ he should not have known her again|"
107: 61,11'  !| These were words which$6#1$ could not but dwell with her.
107: 61,12'  !| Yet she soon began to$9$ rejoice that$3$ she had heard them.
107: 61,13'  !| They were of sobering tendency; they allayed agitation;
107: 61,14'  !| they composed, and consequently must make$1$ her happier.
107: 61,15'  !| $PN#B$Frederick*Wentworth had used$1#1$ such words, or something
107: 61,16'  !| like$9$ them, but without an idea that$3$ they would be carried
107: 61,17'  !| round$9$ to$4$ her.  He had thought$1$ her wretchedly altered, and,
107: 61,18'  !| in the first moment of appeal, had spoken as he felt.
107: 61,19@b   | He had not forgiven $PN#A$Anne*Elliot.  She had used$1#1$ him ill;
107: 61,20@b   | deserted and disappointed him; and worse, she had
107: 61,21@b   | shewn a feebleness of character in doing so$5#2$, which$6#1$ his
107: 61,22@b   | own$2$ decided$2$, confident temper could not endure.  She
107: 61,23@b   | had given him up to$9$ oblige others.  It had been the
107: 61,24@b   | effect$0$ of over-persuasion.  It had been weakness and
107: 61,25@b   | timidity.
107: 61,26'  !| He had been most warmly attached to$4$ her, and had
107: 61,27'  !| never seen a woman since whom$6#1$ he thought$1$ her equal$0$;
107: 61,28'  !| but, except from some natural$2$ sensation$0#1$ of curiosity, he
107: 61,29'  !| had no$2$ desire$0$ of meeting$9$ her again.  Her power with him
107: 61,30'  !| was gone for*ever.
107: 61,31'  !| It was now his object$0$ to$9$ marry.  He was rich, and being$1$
107: 61,32'  !| turned on$4$ shore, fully intended to$9$ settle as soon as he
107: 61,33'  !| could be properly tempted; actually looking round$9$,
107: 61,34'  !| ready to$9$ fall$1$ in love$0$ with all the speed which$6#1$ a clear$2$ head$0$
107: 61,35'  !| and quick$2$ taste could allow.  He had a heart for$4$ either
107: 61,36'  !| of the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves, if they could catch$1$ it; a heart,
107: 61,37'  !| in short$0$, for$4$ any pleasing young woman who$6#1$ came in
107: 61,38'  !| his way, excepting $PN#A$Anne*Elliot.  This was his only secret$2$
107: 62, 1'  !| exception, when he said to$4$ his sister, in answer$0$ to$4$ her
107: 62, 2'  !| suppositions,
107: 62, 3B  !| "Yes, here I am, $PN#E$Sophia, quite ready to$9$ make$1$ a foolish
107: 62, 4B  !| match$0$.  Any*body between fifteen and thirty may$1$ have
107: 62, 5B  !| me for$4$ asking.  A little beauty, and a few smiles, and
107: 62, 6B  !| a few compliments to$4$ the navy, and I am a lost man.
107: 62, 7B  !| Should not this be enough for$4$ a sailor, who$6#1$ has had no$2$
107: 62, 8B  !| society among women to$9$ make$1$ him nice?"
107: 62, 9'  !| He said it, she knew, to$9$ be contradicted.  His bright,
107: 62,10'  !| proud eye spoke the happy conviction that$3$ he was nice;
107: 62,11'  !| and $PN#A$Anne*Elliot was not out$8$ of his thoughts, when he
107: 62,12'  !| more seriously described the woman he should wish$1$ to$9$
107: 62,13'  !| meet$1$ with.
107: 62,13B  !| "A strong mind$0$, with sweetness of manner,"
107: 62,14'  !| made the first and the last$0$ of the description.
107: 62,15B  !| "This is the woman I want$1$,
107: 62,15'  !| said he.
107: 62,15B  !| "Something
107: 62,16B  !| a little inferior I shall of course$8$ put up with, but it must
107: 62,17B  !| not be much.  If I am a fool, I shall be a fool indeed, for$3$
107: 62,18B  !| I have thought$1$ on$4$ the subject$0$ more than most men."
108: 63, 1'  !| From this time $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth and $PN#A$Anne*Elliot
108: 63, 2'  !| were repeatedly in the same circle.  They were soon dining
108: 63, 3'  !| in company together at $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove's, for$3$ the little
108: 63, 4'  !| boy's state$0$ could no$2$ longer supply$1$ his aunt with a pretence
108: 63, 5'  !| for$4$ absenting herself; and this was but the beginning$0$ of
108: 63, 6'  !| other dinings and other meetings.
108: 63, 7'  !| Whether former feelings were to$9$ be renewed, must be
108: 63, 8'  !| brought to$4$ the proof; former times must undoubtedly
108: 63, 9'  !| be brought to$4$ the recollection of each; \they\ could not but
108: 63,10'  !| be reverted to$4$; the year of their engagement could not
108: 63,11'  !| but be named by$4$ him, in the little narratives or descriptions
108: 63,12'  !| which$6#1$ conversation called forth.  His profession$0#2$
108: 63,13'  !| qualified him, his disposition led him, to$9$ talk$1$; and
108: 63,14B  !| "\That$6#2$\ was in the year six;"
108: 63,14B  !| "\That$6#2$\ happened before$3$
108: 63,15B  !| I went to$4$ sea in the year six,"
108: 63,15'  !| occurred in the course$0$ of
108: 63,16'  !| the first evening they spent together:  and though his
108: 63,17'  !| voice did not falter, and though she had no$2$ reason$0$ to$9$
108: 63,18'  !| suppose his eye wandering towards her while$9$ he spoke,
108: 63,19'  !| $PN#A$Anne felt the utter$2$ impossibility, from her knowledge of
108: 63,20'  !| his mind$0$, that$3$ he could be unvisited by$4$ remembrance any
108: 63,21'  !| more than herself.  There must be the same immediate
108: 63,22'  !| association of thought$0$, though she was very far from
108: 63,23'  !| conceiving it to$9$ be of equal$2$ pain$0$.
108: 63,24@a   | They had no$2$ conversation together, no$2$ intercourse but
108: 63,25@a   | what$6#1$ the commonest civility required.  Once so$5#1$ much
108: 63,26@a   | to$4$ each other|  Now nothing|  There \had\ been a time,
108: 63,27@a   | when of all the large party now filling the drawing-room
108: 63,28@a   | at Uppercross, they would have found it most difficult
108: 63,29@a   | to$9$ cease to$9$ speak to$4$ one another.  With the exception,
108: 63,30@a   | perhaps, of $PN#D$Admiral and $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft, who$6#1$ seemed particularly
108: 63,31@a   | attached and happy,
108: 63,31'  !| ($PN#A$Anne could allow no$2$ other
108: 63,32'  !| exception even$5$ among the married couples)
108: 63,32@a   | there could
108: 63,33@a   | have been no$2$ two hearts so$5#1$ open$2$, no$2$ tastes so$5#1$ similar, no$2$
108: 64, 1@a   | feelings so$5#1$ in unison, no$2$ countenances so$5#1$ beloved.  Now
108: 64, 2@a   | they were as strangers; nay, worse than strangers, for$3$
108: 64, 3@a   | they could never become acquainted.  It was a perpetual
108: 64, 4@a   | estrangement.
108: 64, 5'  !| When he talked, she heard the same voice, and discerned
108: 64, 6'  !| the same mind$0$.  There was a very general$2$ ignorance of
108: 64, 7'  !| all naval matters throughout the party; and he was
108: 64, 8'  !| very much questioned, and especially by$4$ the two $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves,
108: 64, 9'  !| who$6#1$ seemed hardly to$9$ have any eyes but for$4$ him,
108: 64,10'  !| as to$4$ the manner of living$9$ on$4$ board, daily regulations,
108: 64,11'  !| food, hours, &c%; and their surprise$0$ at his accounts, at
108: 64,12'  !| learning the degree of accommodation and arrangement
108: 64,13'  !| which$6#1$ was practicable, drew from him some pleasant
108: 64,14'  !| ridicule$0#1$, which$6#1$ reminded $PN#A$Anne of the early days when
108: 64,15'  !| she too$5#2$ had been ignorant, and she too$5#2$ had been accused
108: 64,16'  !| of supposing sailors to$9$ be living$9$ on$4$ board without any*thing
108: 64,17'  !| to$9$ eat, or any cook to$9$ dress$1$ it if there were, or
108: 64,18'  !| any servant to$9$ wait, or any knife and fork to$9$ use$1$.
108: 64,19'  !| From thus listening and thinking, she was roused by$4$
108: 64,20'  !| a whisper$0$ of $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's, who$6#1$, overcome by$4$ fond
108: 64,21'  !| regrets, could not help$1$ saying,
108: 64,22N  !| "Ah| $PN#A$Miss*Anne, if it had pleased Heaven to$9$ spare$1$
108: 64,23N  !| my poor son, I dare$1#2$ say he would have been just$9$ such
108: 64,24N  !| another by$4$ this time."
108: 64,25'  !| $PN#A$Anne suppressed a smile$0$, and listened kindly, while$9$
108: 64,26'  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove relieved her heart a little more; and for$4$
108: 64,27'  !| a few minutes, therefore, could not keep pace$0$ with the
108: 64,28'  !| conversation of the others. ~ When she could let her
108: 64,29'  !| attention take its natural$2$ course$0$ again, she found the
108: 64,30'  !| $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves just$9$ fetching the navy-list, ~ (their own$2$
108: 64,31'  !| navy*list, the first that$6#1$ had ever been at Uppercross);
108: 64,32'  !| and sitting$1$ down$5$ together to$9$ pore over it, with the
108: 64,33'  !| professed view$0$ of finding out$5$ the ships which$6#1$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
108: 64,34'  !| had commanded.
108: 64,35Y2 !| "Your first was the Asp, I remember; we will$1$ look$1$
108: 64,36Y2 !| for$4$ the Asp."
108: 64,37B  !| "You will$1$ not find her there. ~ Quite worn out$5$ and
108: 64,38B  !| broken up.  I was the last$2$ man who$6#1$ commanded her. ~
108: 65, 1B  !| Hardly fit$9$ for$4$ service then. ~ Reported fit$9$ for$4$ the home
108: 65, 2B  !| service for$4$ a year or two, ~ and so$3$ I was sent off to$4$ the
108: 65, 3B  !| West*Indies."
108: 65, 4'  !| The girls looked all amazement.
108: 65, 5B  !| "The admiralty,"
108: 65, 5'  !| he continued,
108: 65, 5B  !| "entertain themselves
108: 65, 6B  !| now and then, with sending a few hundred men to$4$ sea,
108: 65, 7B  !| in a ship not fit$9$ to$9$ be employed.  But they have a great
108: 65, 8B  !| many to$9$ provide for$5$; and among the thousands that$6#1$
108: 65, 9B  !| may$1$ just$9$ as well$9$ go to$4$ the bottom as not, it is impossible
108: 65,10B  !| for$4$ them to$9$ distinguish the very set$0$ who$6#1$ may$1$ be least
108: 65,11B  !| missed."
108: 65,12D  !| "Phoo| phoo|"
108: 65,12'  !| cried the $PN#D$admiral,
108: 65,12D  !| "what$7$ stuff
108: 65,13D  !| these young fellows talk$1$|  Never was a better$1$ sloop than
108: 65,14D  !| the Asp in her day. ~ For$4$ an old*built sloop, you would
108: 65,15D  !| not see her equal$0$.  Lucky fellow to$9$ get her| ~ He knows
108: 65,16D  !| there must have been twenty better$9$ men than himself
108: 65,17D  !| applying for$4$ her at the same time.  Lucky fellow to$9$ get
108: 65,18D  !| any*thing so$5#1$ soon, with no$2$ more interest$0$ than his."
108: 65,19B  !| "I felt my luck, $PN#D$admiral, I assure you;"
108: 65,19'  !| replied
108: 65,20'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, seriously. ~
108: 65,20B  !| "I was as well$9$ satisfied$2$
108: 65,21B  !| with my appointment as you can desire$1$.  It was a great
108: 65,22B  !| object$0$ with me, at that$6#2$ time, to$9$ be at sea, ~ a very great
108: 65,23B  !| object$0$.  I wanted to$9$ be doing something."
108: 65,24D  !| "To$9$ be sure you did. ~ What$6#2$ should a young fellow,
108: 65,25D  !| like$9$ you, do ashore, for$4$ half a year together? ~ If a man
108: 65,26D  !| has not a wife, he soon wants$1$ to$9$ be afloat again."
108: 65,27S  !| "But, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,"
108: 65,27'  !| cried $PN#S$Louisa,
108: 65,27S  !| "how vexed
108: 65,28S  !| you must have been when you came to$4$ the Asp, to$9$ see
108: 65,29S  !| what$6#1$ an old thing they had given you."
108: 65,30B  !| "I knew pretty$5$ well$9$ what$6#1$ she was, before$4$ that$6#2$ day;"
108: 65,31'  !| said he, smiling.
108: 65,31B  !| "I had no$2$ more discoveries to$9$ make$1$,
108: 65,32B  !| than you would have as to$4$ the fashion$0$ and strength of
108: 65,33B  !| any old pelisse, which$6#1$ you had seen lent about$5$ among
108: 65,34B  !| half your acquaintance, ever since you could remember,
108: 65,35B  !| and which$6#1$ at last$0$, on$4$ some very wet$2$ day, is lent to$4$ yourself.
108: 65,36B  !| ~ Ah| she was a dear$2#1$ old Asp to$4$ me.  She did all
108: 65,37B  !| that$6#1$ I wanted.  I knew she would. ~ I knew that$3$ we
108: 65,38B  !| should either go to$4$ the bottom together, or that$3$ she
108: 66, 1B  !| would be the making of me; and I never had two days
108: 66, 2B  !| of foul weather all the time I was at sea in her; and after$4$
108: 66, 3B  !| taking privateers enough to$9$ be very entertaining, I had
108: 66, 4B  !| the good luck, in my passage home the next autumn,
108: 66, 5B  !| to$9$ fall$1$ in with the very French frigate I wanted. ~ I brought
108: 66, 6B  !| her into Plymouth; and here was another instance$0$ of
108: 66, 7B  !| luck.  We had not been six hours in the Sound$0$, when
108: 66, 8B  !| a gale came on$5$, which$6#1$ lasted four days and nights, and
108: 66, 9B  !| which$6#1$ would have done for$4$ poor old Asp, in half the time;
108: 66,10B  !| our touch$0$ with the Great*Nation not having much improved
108: 66,11B  !| our condition$0$.  Four-and-twenty hours later,
108: 66,12B  !| and I should only have been a gallant $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
108: 66,13B  !| in a small paragraph at one corner of the newspapers;
108: 66,14B  !| and being$1$ lost in only a sloop, nobody would have thought$1$
108: 66,15B  !| about$4$ me."
108: 66,16'  !| $PN#A$Anne's shudderings were to$4$ herself, alone:  but the
108: 66,17'  !| $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves could be as open$2$ as they were sincere,
108: 66,18'  !| in their exclamations of pity$0$ and horror.
108: 66,19N  !| "And so$3$ then, I suppose,"
108: 66,19'  !| said $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, in
108: 66,20'  !| a low voice, as if thinking aloud,
108: 66,20N  !| "so$3$ then he went away
108: 66,21N  !| to$4$ the Laconia, and there he met with our poor boy. ~
108: 66,22N  !| $PN#O$Charles, my dear$2#1$,"
108: 66,22'  !| (beckoning him to$4$ her),
108: 66,22N  !| "do ask
108: 66,23N  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth where it was he first met with your
108: 66,24N  !| poor brother.  I always forget."
108: 66,25O  !| "It was at Gibraltar, mother, I know.  $PN#Q$Dick had been
108: 66,26O  !| left$1$ ill at Gibraltar, with a recommendation from his
108: 66,27O  !| former captain to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth."
108: 66,28N  !| "Oh| ~ but, $PN#O$Charles, tell $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, he need$1$
108: 66,29N  !| not be afraid of mentioning poor $PN#Q$Dick before$4$ me, for$3$ it
108: 66,30N  !| would be rather a pleasure to$9$ hear him talked of, by$4$ such
108: 66,31N  !| a good friend."
108: 66,32'  !| $PN#O$Charles, being$1$ somewhat more mindful of the probabilities
108: 66,33'  !| of the case, only nodded in reply$0$, and walked away.
108: 66,34'  !| The girls were now hunting for$4$ the Laconia; and
108: 66,35'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth could not deny himself the pleasure
108: 66,36'  !| of taking the precious volume into his own$2$ hands to$9$ save$1$
108: 66,37'  !| them the trouble$0$, and once more read aloud the little
108: 66,38'  !| statement of her name$0$ and rate$0$, and present$9$ non-commissioned
108: 67, 1'  !| class$0$, observing over it, that$3$ she too$5#2$ had been
108: 67, 2'  !| one of the best friends man ever had.
108: 67, 3B  !| "Ah| those were pleasant days when I had the
108: 67, 4B  !| Laconia|  How fast I made money in her. ~ A friend of
108: 67, 5B  !| mine$0$, and I, had such a lovely cruise together off the
108: 67, 6B  !| Western*Islands. ~ Poor $PN#J$Harville, sister|  You know how
108: 67, 7B  !| much he wanted money ~ worse than myself.  He had
108: 67, 8B  !| a wife. ~ Excellent fellow|  I shall never forget his happiness.
108: 67, 9B  !| He felt it all, so$5#1$ much for$4$ her sake. ~ I wished for$4$
108: 67,10B  !| him again the next summer, when I had still$5$ the same
108: 67,11B  !| luck in the Mediterranean."
108: 67,12N  !| "And I am sure, Sir,"
108: 67,12'  !| said $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove,
108: 67,12N  !| "it was
108: 67,13N  !| a lucky day for$4$ \us\, when you were put captain into that$6#2$
108: 67,14N  !| ship.  \We\ shall never forget what$6#1$ you did."
108: 67,15'  !| Her feelings made her speak low; and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
108: 67,16'  !| hearing only in part$0$, and probably not having
108: 67,17'  !| $PN#Q$Dick*Musgrove at all near$4$ his thoughts, looked rather in
108: 67,18'  !| suspense, and as if waiting for$4$ more.
108: 67,19Y2 !| "My brother,"
108: 67,19'  !| whispered one of the girls;
108: 67,19Y2 !| "mamma
108: 67,20Y2 !| is thinking of poor $PN#Q$Richard."
108: 67,21N  !| "Poor dear$2#1$ fellow|"
108: 67,21'  !| continued $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove;
108: 67,21N  !| "he
108: 67,22N  !| was grown so$5#1$ steady, and such an excellent correspondent,
108: 67,23N  !| while$9$ he was under your care$0$|  Ah| it would have
108: 67,24N  !| been a happy thing, if he had never left$1$ you.  I assure you,
108: 67,25N  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, we are very sorry he ever left$1$ you."
108: 67,26'  !| There was a momentary expression in $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's
108: 67,27'  !| face$0$ at this speech, a certain glance$0$ of his bright
108: 67,28'  !| eye, and curl$0$ of his handsome mouth, which$6#1$ convinced
108: 67,29'  !| $PN#A$Anne, that$3$
108: 67,29@a   | instead of sharing in $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's kind$2$
108: 67,30@a   | wishes$0$, as to$4$ her son, he had probably been at some pains
108: 67,31@a   | to$9$ get rid of him; but it was too$5#1$ transient an indulgence
108: 67,32@a   | of self-amusement to$9$ be detected by$4$ any who$6#1$ understood
108: 67,33@a   | him less than herself; in another moment he was
108: 67,34@a   | perfectly collected and serious$2$; and almost instantly
108: 67,35@a   | afterwards coming up to$4$ the sofa, on$4$ which$6#1$ she and
108: 67,36@a   | $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove were sitting$1$, took a place$0$ by$4$ the latter,
108: 67,37@a   | and entered into conversation with her, in a low voice,
108: 67,38@a   | about$4$ her son, doing it with so$5#1$ much sympathy and
108: 68, 1@a   | natural$2$ grace$0$, as shewed the kindest consideration for$4$
108: 68, 2@a   | all that$6#1$ was real and unabsurd in the parent's feelings.
108: 68, 3@a   | They were actually on$4$ the same sofa, for$3$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove
108: 68, 4@a   | had most readily made room for$4$ him; ~ they were divided
108: 68, 5@a   | only by$4$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove.
108: 68, 5'  !| It was no$2$ insignificant barrier
108: 68, 6'  !| indeed.  $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove was of a comfortable substantial
108: 68, 7'  !| size, infinitely more fitted by$4$ nature to$9$ express$1$ good
108: 68, 8'  !| cheer and good*humour, than tenderness and sentiment;
108: 68, 9'  !| and while$9$ the agitations of $PN#A$Anne's slender form$0$, and
108: 68,10'  !| pensive face$0$, may$1$ be considered as very completely
108: 68,11'  !| screened, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth should be allowed some
108: 68,12'  !| credit$0$ for$4$ the self-command with which$6#1$ he attended to$4$
108: 68,13'  !| her large fat sighings over the destiny of a son, whom$6#1$
108: 68,14'  !| alive nobody had cared for$4$.
108: 68,15'  !| Personal size and mental sorrow have certainly no$2$
108: 68,16'  !| necessary proportions.  A large bulky figure has as good
108: 68,17'  !| a right$0$ to$9$ be in deep affliction, as the most graceful set$0$
108: 68,18'  !| of limbs in the world.  But, fair or not fair, there are
108: 68,19'  !| unbecoming conjunctions, which$6#1$ reason$0$ will$1$ patronize
108: 68,20'  !| in vain, ~ which$6#1$ taste cannot tolerate, ~ which$6#1$ ridicule$0#1$
108: 68,21'  !| will$1$ seize.
108: 68,22'  !| The $PN#D$admiral, after$4$ taking two or three refreshing turns$0$
108: 68,23'  !| about$4$ the room with his hands behind him, being$1$ called
108: 68,24'  !| to$4$ order$0$ by$4$ his wife, now came up to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
108: 68,25'  !| and without any observation of what$6#1$ he might be interrupting,
108: 68,26'  !| thinking only of his own$2$ thoughts, began with,
108: 68,27D  !| "If you had been a week later at Lisbon, last$2$ spring$0$,
108: 68,28D  !| $PN#B$Frederick, you would have been asked to$9$ give a passage
108: 68,29D  !| to$4$ $PN#ZN$Lady*Mary*Grierson and her daughters."
108: 68,30B  !| "Should I?  I am glad I was not a week later then."
108: 68,31'  !| The $PN#D$admiral abused him for$4$ his want$0$ of gallantry.  He
108: 68,32'  !| defended himself; though professing that$3$
108: 68,32@b   | he would never
108: 68,33@b   | willingly admit any ladies on$4$ board a ship of his, excepting
108: 68,34@b   | for$4$ a ball$0#2$, or a visit$0$, which$6#1$ a few hours might comprehend.
108: 68,35B  !| "But, if I know myself,"
108: 68,35'  !| said he,
108: 68,35B  !| "this is from no$2$
108: 68,36B  !| want$0$ of gallantry towards them.  It is rather from feeling$1$
108: 68,37B  !| how impossible it is, with all one's efforts, and all one's
108: 68,38B  !| sacrifices, to$9$ make$1$ the accommodations on$4$ board, such
108: 69, 1B  !| as women ought to$9$ have.  There can be no$2$ want$0$ of
108: 69, 2B  !| gallantry, $PN#D$admiral, in rating the claims of women to$4$ every
108: 69, 3B  !| personal comfort$0$ \high\ ~ and this is what$6#1$ I do.  I hate to$9$
108: 69, 4B  !| hear of women on$4$ board, or to$9$ see them on$4$ board; and
108: 69, 5B  !| no$2$ ship, under my command$0$, shall ever convey a family
108: 69, 6B  !| of ladies any*where, if I can help$1$ it."
108: 69, 7'  !| This brought his sister upon him.
108: 69, 8E  !| "Oh $PN#B$Frederick| ~ But I cannot believe it of you. ~ All
108: 69, 9E  !| idle refinement| ~ Women may$1$ be as comfortable on$4$
108: 69,10E  !| board, as in the best house in England.  I believe I have
108: 69,11E  !| lived as much on$4$ board as most women, and I know
108: 69,12E  !| nothing superior$2$ to$4$ the accommodations of a man*of*war.
108: 69,13E  !| I declare I have not a comfort$0$ or an indulgence
108: 69,14E  !| about$4$ me, even$5$ at Kellynch-hall,"
108: 69,14'  !| (with a kind$2$ bow$0#1$ to$4$
108: 69,15'  !| $PN#A$Anne)
108: 69,15E  !| "beyond$4$ what$6#1$ I always had in most of the ships
108: 69,16E  !| I have lived in; and they have been five altogether."
108: 69,17B  !| "Nothing to$4$ the purpose,"
108: 69,17'  !| replied her brother.
108: 69,17B  !| "You
108: 69,18B  !| were living$9$ with your husband; and were the only
108: 69,19B  !| woman on$4$ board."
108: 69,20E  !| "But you, yourself, brought $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville, her sister,
108: 69,21E  !| her cousin, and the three children, round$9$ from Portsmouth
108: 69,22E  !| to$4$ Plymouth.  Where was this superfine, extraordinary
108: 69,23E  !| sort of gallantry of yours, then?"
108: 69,24B  !| "All merged in my friendship, $PN#E$Sophia.  I would assist
108: 69,25B  !| any brother officer's wife that$6#1$ I could, and I would bring
108: 69,26B  !| any*thing of $PN#J$Harville's from the world's end$0$, if he wanted
108: 69,27B  !| it.  But do not imagine that$3$ I did not feel it an evil in
108: 69,28B  !| itself."
108: 69,29E  !| "Depend upon it they were all perfectly comfortable."
108: 69,30B  !| "I might not like$1$ them the better$9$ for$4$ that$6#2$, perhaps.
108: 69,31B  !| Such a number of women and children have no$2$ \right$0$\ to$9$
108: 69,32B  !| be comfortable on$4$ board."
108: 69,33E  !| "My dear$2#1$ $PN#B$Frederick, you are talking quite idly.  Pray,
108: 69,34E  !| what$6#2$ would become of us poor sailors' wives, who$6#1$ often
108: 69,35E  !| want$1$ to$9$ be conveyed to$4$ one port or another, after$4$ our
108: 69,36E  !| husbands, if every*body had your feelings?"
108: 69,37B  !| "My feelings, you see, did not prevent my taking
108: 69,38B  !| $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville, and all her family, to$4$ Plymouth."
108: 70, 1E  !| "But I hate to$9$ hear you talking so$5#2$, like$9$ a fine gentleman,
108: 70, 2E  !| and as if women were all fine ladies, instead of
108: 70, 3E  !| rational creatures.  We none of us expect to$9$ be in smooth$2$
108: 70, 4E  !| water all our days."
108: 70, 5D  !| "Ah| my dear$2#1$,"
108: 70, 5'  !| said the $PN#D$admiral,
108: 70, 5D  !| "when he has got
108: 70, 6D  !| a wife, he will$1$ sing a different tune.  When he is married,
108: 70, 7D  !| if we have the good luck to$9$ live to$4$ another war, we shall
108: 70, 8D  !| see him do as you and I, and a great many others, have
108: 70, 9D  !| done.  We shall have him very thankful to$4$ any*body that$6#1$
108: 70,10D  !| will$1$ bring him his wife."
108: 70,11E  !| "Ay, that$6#2$ we shall."
108: 70,12B  !| "Now I have done,"
108: 70,12'  !| cried $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth ~
108: 70,13B  !| "When once married people begin to$9$ attack$1$ me with,
108: 70,14B  !| ""Oh| you will$1$ think very differently, when you are
108: 70,15B  !| married.""  I can only say, ""No$2$, I shall not;"" and then
108: 70,16B  !| they say again, ""Yes, you will$1$,"" and there is an end$0$ of it."
108: 70,17'  !| He got up and moved away.
108: 70,18N  !| "What$7$ a great traveller you must have been, ma'am|"
108: 70,19'  !| said $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove to$4$ $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft.
108: 70,20E  !| "Pretty$5$ well$9$, ma'am, in the fifteen years of my
108: 70,21E  !| marriage; though many women have done more.  I have
108: 70,22E  !| crossed the Atlantic four times, and have been once to$4$
108: 70,23E  !| the East*Indies, and back$5$ again; and only once, besides
108: 70,24E  !| being$1$ in different places$0$ about$4$ home ~ Cork, and Lisbon,
108: 70,25E  !| and Gibraltar.  But I never went beyond$4$ the Streights ~
108: 70,26E  !| and never was in the West*Indies.  We do not call$1$
108: 70,27E  !| Bermuda or Bahama, you know, the West*Indies."
108: 70,28'  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove had not a word to$9$ say in dissent; she
108: 70,29'  !| could not accuse herself of having ever called them any*thing
108: 70,30'  !| in the whole$2$ course$0$ of her life.
108: 70,31E  !| "And I do assure you, ma'am,"
108: 70,31'  !| pursued $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft,
108: 70,32E  !| "that$3$ nothing can exceed the accommodations of a man*of*war;
108: 70,33E  !| I speak, you know, of the higher rates.  When
108: 70,34E  !| you come to$4$ a frigate, of course$8$, you are more confined ~
108: 70,35E  !| though any reasonable woman may$1$ be perfectly happy
108: 70,36E  !| in one of them; and I can safely say, that$3$ the happiest
108: 70,37E  !| part$0$ of my life has been spent on$4$ board a ship.  While$9$ we
108: 70,38E  !| were together, you know, there was nothing to$9$ be feared.
108: 71, 1E  !| Thank God|  I have always been blessed with excellent
108: 71, 2E  !| health, and no$2$ climate disagrees with me.  A little disordered
108: 71, 3E  !| always the first twenty-four hours of going to$4$
108: 71, 4E  !| sea, but never knew what$6#1$ sickness was afterwards.  The
108: 71, 5E  !| only time that$6#1$ I ever really suffered in body or mind$0$, the
108: 71, 6E  !| only time that$6#1$ I ever fancied myself unwell, or had any
108: 71, 7E  !| ideas of danger, was the winter that$6#1$ I passed by$4$ myself
108: 71, 8E  !| at Deal$0#1$, when the $PN#D$Admiral (\$PN#D$Captain\*Croft then) was in
108: 71, 9E  !| the North*Seas.  I lived in perpetual fright at that$6#2$ time,
108: 71,10E  !| and had all manner of imaginary complaints from not
108: 71,11E  !| knowing what$6#1$ to$9$ do with myself, or when I should hear
108: 71,12E  !| from him next; but as long$9$ as we could be together,
108: 71,13E  !| nothing ever ailed me, and I never met with the smallest
108: 71,14E  !| inconvenience."
108: 71,15N  !| "Ay, to$9$ be sure. ~ Yes, indeed, oh yes, I am quite of
108: 71,16N  !| your opinion, $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft,"
108: 71,16'  !| was $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's hearty
108: 71,17'  !| answer$0$.
108: 71,17N  !| "There is nothing so$5#1$ bad as a separation.  I am
108: 71,18N  !| quite of your opinion.  \I\ know what$6#1$ it is, for$3$ $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove
108: 71,19N  !| always attends the assizes, and I am so$5#1$ glad when they
108: 71,20N  !| are over, and he is safe back$5$ again."
108: 71,21'  !| The evening ended with dancing$0$.  On$4$ its being$1$ proposed,
108: 71,22'  !| $PN#A$Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes
108: 71,23'  !| would sometimes fill with tears as she sat at the instrument,
108: 71,24'  !| she was extremely glad to$9$ be employed, and desired
108: 71,25'  !| nothing in return$0$ but to$9$ be unobserved.
108: 71,26'  !| It was a merry, joyous party, and no*one seemed in
108: 71,27'  !| higher spirits than $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.  She felt that$3$ he
108: 71,28'  !| had every*thing to$9$ elevate him, which$6#1$ general$2$ attention
108: 71,29'  !| and deference, and especially the attention of all the
108: 71,30'  !| young women could do.
108: 71,30@a   | The $PN#ZR$Miss*Hayters, the females
108: 71,31@a   | of the family of cousins already mentioned, were apparently
108: 71,32@a   | admitted to$4$ the honour$0$ of being$1$ in love$0$ with him;
108: 71,33@a   | and as for$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta and $PN#S$Louisa, they both seemed so$5#1$
108: 71,34@a   | entirely occupied by$4$ him, that$3$ nothing but the continued
108: 71,35@a   | appearance of the most perfect$2$ good-will between themselves,
108: 71,36@a   | could have made it credible that$3$ they were not
108: 71,37@a   | decided$2$ rivals.  If he were a little spoilt by$4$ such universal,
108: 71,38@a   | such eager admiration, who$6#2$ could wonder$1$?
108: 72, 1'  !| These were some of the thoughts which$6#1$ occupied $PN#A$Anne,
108: 72, 2'  !| while$9$ her fingers were mechanically at work$0$, proceeding
108: 72, 3'  !| for$4$ half an hour together, equally without error, and without
108: 72, 4'  !| consciousness.  \Once\ she felt that$3$ he was looking at
108: 72, 5'  !| herself ~ observing her altered features, perhaps, trying$1$ to$9$
108: 72, 6'  !| trace in them the ruins of the face$0$ which$6#1$ had once charmed
108: 72, 7'  !| him; and \once\ she knew that$3$ he must have spoken of
108: 72, 8'  !| her; ~ she was hardly aware of it, till she heard the
108: 72, 9'  !| answer$0$; but then she was sure of his having asked his
108: 72,10'  !| partner whether $PN#A$Miss*Elliot never danced?  The answer$0$
108: 72,11'  !| was,
108: 72,11Y  !| "Oh| no$7$, never; she has quite given up dancing$0$.
108: 72,12Y  !| She had rather play$1$.  She is never tired of playing."
108: 72,13'  !| Once, too$5#2$, he spoke to$4$ her.  She had left$1$ the instrument
108: 72,14'  !| on$4$ the dancing$0$ being$1$ over, and he had sat down$5$ to$9$ try
108: 72,15'  !| to$9$ make$1$ out$5$ an air which$6#1$ he wished to$9$ give the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves
108: 72,16'  !| an idea of.  Unintentionally she returned to$4$ that$6#2$
108: 72,17'  !| part$0$ of the room; he saw her, and, instantly rising, said,
108: 72,18'  !| with studied politeness,
108: 72,19B  !| "I beg your pardon$0$, madam, this is your seat;"
108: 72,19'  !| and
108: 72,20'  !| though she immediately drew back$5$ with a decided$2$
108: 72,21'  !| negative, he was not to$9$ be induced to$9$ sit down$5$ again.
108: 72,22'  !| $PN#A$Anne did not wish$1$ for$4$ more of such looks$0$ and speeches.
108: 72,23@a   | His cold$2$ politeness, his ceremonious grace$0$, were worse
108: 72,24@a   | than any*thing.
109: 73, 1'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was come to$4$ Kellynch as to$4$
109: 73, 2'  !| a home, to$9$ stay$1$ as long$1$ as he liked, being$1$ as thoroughly
109: 73, 3'  !| the object$0$ of the $PN#D$Admiral's fraternal kindness as of his
109: 73, 4'  !| wife's.  He had intended, on$4$ first arriving, to$9$ proceed
109: 73, 5'  !| very soon into Shropshire, and visit$1$ the brother settled$1$
109: 73, 6'  !| in that$6#2$ county, but the attractions of Uppercross induced
109: 73, 7'  !| him to$9$ put this off.  There was so$5#1$ much of friendliness,
109: 73, 8'  !| and of flattery, and of every*thing most bewitching in
109: 73, 9'  !| his reception there; the old were so$5#1$ hospitable, the
109: 73,10'  !| young so$5#1$ agreeable, that$3$ he could not but resolve$1$ to$9$ remain
109: 73,11'  !| where he was, and take all the charms and perfections of
109: 73,12'  !| $PN#ZZO$Edward's wife upon credit$0$ a little longer.
109: 73,13'  !| It was soon Uppercross with him almost every day.
109: 73,14'  !| The $PN#M1$Musgroves could hardly be more ready to$9$ invite than
109: 73,15'  !| he to$9$ come, particularly in the morning, when he had
109: 73,16'  !| no$2$ companion at home, for$3$ the $PN#D$Admiral and $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft
109: 73,17'  !| were generally out$8$ of doors together, interesting themselves
109: 73,18'  !| in their new possessions, their grass, and their sheep, and
109: 73,19'  !| dawdling about$5$ in a way not endurable to$4$ a third person,
109: 73,20'  !| or driving out$5$ in a gig, lately added to$4$ their establishment.
109: 73,21'  !| Hitherto there had been but one opinion of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
109: 73,22'  !| among the $PN#M1$Musgroves and their dependencies.
109: 73,23'  !| It was unvarying, warm$2$ admiration every*where.  But
109: 73,24'  !| this intimate$2$ footing was not more than established, when
109: 73,25'  !| a certain $PN#L$Charles*Hayter returned among them, to$9$ be
109: 73,26'  !| a good deal$0#2$ disturbed by$4$ it, and to$9$ think $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
109: 73,27'  !| very much in the way.
109: 73,28'  !| $PN#L$Charles*Hayter was the eldest of all the cousins, and
109: 73,29'  !| a very amiable, pleasing young man, between whom$6#1$ and
109: 73,30'  !| $PN#R$Henrietta there had been a considerable appearance of
109: 73,31'  !| attachment previous to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's introduction.
109: 73,32'  !| He was in orders$0#2$, and having a curacy in the
109: 73,33'  !| neighbourhood where residence was not required, lived
109: 74, 1'  !| at his father's house, only two miles from Uppercross.
109: 74, 2'  !| A short$2$ absence from home had left$1$ his fair one unguarded
109: 74, 3'  !| by$4$ his attentions at this critical period, and when he
109: 74, 4'  !| came back$5$ he had the pain$0$ of finding very altered manners,
109: 74, 5'  !| and of seeing $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.
109: 74, 6'  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove and $PN#ZQ$Mrs%*Hayter were sisters.  They
109: 74, 7'  !| had each had money, but their marriages had made
109: 74, 8'  !| a material$2$ difference in their degree of consequence.
109: 74, 9'  !| $PN#ZP$Mr%*Hayter had some property of his own$2$, but it was
109: 74,10'  !| insignificant compared with $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove's; and while$9$
109: 74,11'  !| the $PN#M1$Musgroves were in the first class$0$ of society in the
109: 74,12'  !| country, the young $PN#ZQ1$Hayters would, from their parents'
109: 74,13'  !| inferior, retired, and unpolished way of living$9$, and their
109: 74,14'  !| own$2$ defective education, have been hardly in any class$0$
109: 74,15'  !| at all, but for$4$ their connexion with Uppercross; this
109: 74,16'  !| eldest son of course$8$ excepted, who$6#1$ had chosen to$9$ be a
109: 74,17'  !| scholar and a gentleman, and who$6#1$ was very superior$2$ in
109: 74,18'  !| cultivation and manners to$4$ all the rest$0#1$.
109: 74,19'  !| The two families had always been on$4$ excellent terms,
109: 74,20'  !| there being$1$ no$2$ pride on$4$ one side$0$, and no$2$ envy$0$ on$4$ the
109: 74,21'  !| other, and only such a consciousness of superiority in
109: 74,22'  !| the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves, as made them pleased to$9$ improve
109: 74,23'  !| their cousins. ~ $PN#L$Charles's attentions to$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta had been
109: 74,24'  !| observed by$4$ her father and mother without any disapprobation.
109: 74,25Y1 !| "It would not be a great match$0$ for$4$ her; but
109: 74,26Y1 !| if $PN#R$Henrietta liked him, ~ and $PN#R$Henrietta \did\ seem to$9$ like$1$
109: 74,27Y1 !| him."
109: 74,28'  !| $PN#R$Henrietta fully thought$1$ so$5#2$ herself, before$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
109: 74,29'  !| came; but from that$6#2$ time $PN#L$Cousin*Charles
109: 74,30'  !| had been very much forgotten.
109: 74,31'  !| Which$6#1$ of the two sisters was preferred by$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
109: 74,32'  !| was as yet quite doubtful, as far as $PN#A$Anne's
109: 74,33'  !| observation reached.
109: 74,33@a   | $PN#R$Henrietta was perhaps the prettiest,
109: 74,34@a   | $PN#S$Louisa had the higher spirits; and she knew not \now\,
109: 74,35@a   | whether the more gentle or the more lively character
109: 74,36@a   | were most likely to$9$ attract him.
109: 74,37'  !| $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, either from seeing little, or
109: 74,38'  !| from an entire confidence in the discretion of both their
109: 75, 1'  !| daughters, and of all the young men who$6#1$ came near$4$ them,
109: 75, 2'  !| seemed to$9$ leave$1$ every*thing to$9$ take its chance$0$.  There
109: 75, 3'  !| was not the smallest appearance of solicitude or remark$0$
109: 75, 4'  !| about$4$ them, in the Mansion-house; but it was different
109: 75, 5'  !| at the Cottage:  the young couple there were more disposed
109: 75, 6'  !| to$9$ speculate and wonder$1$; and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
109: 75, 7'  !| had not been above$4$ four or five times in the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves'
109: 75, 8'  !| company, and $PN#L$Charles*Hayter had but just$9$
109: 75, 9'  !| reappeared, when $PN#A$Anne had to$9$ listen to$4$ the opinions of
109: 75,10'  !| her brother and sister, as to$4$ \which$6#2$\ was the one liked best.
109: 75,11'  !| $PN#O$Charles gave it for$4$ $PN#S$Louisa, $PN#P$Mary for$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta, but quite
109: 75,12'  !| agreeing that$3$ to$9$ have him marry either would be extremely
109: 75,13'  !| delightful.
109: 75,14'  !| $PN#O$Charles
109: 75,14O  !| "had never seen a pleasanter man in his life;
109: 75,15O  !| and from what$6#1$ he had once heard $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
109: 75,16O  !| himself say, was very sure that$3$ he had not made less than
109: 75,17O  !| twenty thousand pounds by$4$ the war.  Here was a fortune
109: 75,18O  !| at once; besides which$6#1$, there would be the chance$0$ of
109: 75,19O  !| what$6#1$ might be done in any future war;  and he was sure
109: 75,20O  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was as likely a man to$9$ distinguish
109: 75,21O  !| himself as any officer in the navy.  Oh|  it would be
109: 75,22O  !| a capital match$0$ for$4$ either of his sisters."
109: 75,23P  !| "Upon my word it would,"
109: 75,23'  !| replied $PN#P$Mary.
109: 75,23P  !| "Dear$7$
109: 75,24P  !| me|  If he should rise$1$ to$4$ any very great honours|  If
109: 75,25P  !| he should ever be made a Baronet|  ""$PN#X$Lady*Wentworth""
109: 75,26P  !| sounds$1$ very well$9$.  That$6#2$ would be a noble thing, indeed,
109: 75,27P  !| for$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta|  She would take place$0$ of me then, and
109: 75,28P  !| $PN#R$Henrietta would not dislike$1$ that$6#2$.  $PN#X$Sir*Frederick and
109: 75,29P  !| $PN#X$Lady*Wentworth|  It would be but a new creation,
109: 75,30P  !| however, and I never think much of your new creations."
109: 75,31'  !| It suited $PN#P$Mary best to$9$ think $PN#R$Henrietta the one preferred,
109: 75,32'  !| on$4$ the very account$0$ of $PN#L$Charles*Hayter, whose$6#1$ pretensions
109: 75,33'  !| she wished to$9$ see put an end$0$ to$4$.  She looked down$5$ very
109: 75,34'  !| decidedly upon the $PN#ZP1$Hayters, and thought$1$ it would be
109: 75,35'  !| quite a misfortune to$9$ have the existing connection between
109: 75,36'  !| the families renewed ~ very sad for$4$ herself and her
109: 75,37'  !| children.
109: 75,38P  !| "You know,"
109: 75,38'  !| said she,
109: 75,38P  !| "I cannot think him at all
109: 76, 1P  !| a fit$9$ match$0$ for$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta; and considering the alliances
109: 76, 2P  !| which$6#1$ the $PN#M1$Musgroves have made, she has no$2$ right$0$ to$9$
109: 76, 3P  !| throw$1$ herself away.  I do not think any young woman
109: 76, 4P  !| has a right$0$ to$9$ make$1$ a choice$0$ that$6#1$ may$1$ be disagreeable and
109: 76, 5P  !| inconvenient to$4$ the \principal$2$\ part$0$ of her family, and be
109: 76, 6P  !| giving bad connections to$4$ those who$6#1$ have not been used$1#2$
109: 76, 7P  !| to$4$ them.  And, pray, who$6#2$ is $PN#L$Charles*Hayter?  Nothing
109: 76, 8P  !| but a country curate.  A most improper match$0$ for$4$
109: 76, 9P  !| $PN#R$Miss*Musgrove, of Uppercross."
109: 76,10'  !| Her husband, however, would not agree with her
109: 76,11'  !| here; for$4$ besides having a regard$0$ for$3$ his cousin, $PN#L$Charles*Hayter
109: 76,12'  !| was an eldest son, and he saw things as an eldest
109: 76,13'  !| son himself.
109: 76,14O  !| "Now you are talking nonsense, $PN#P$Mary,"
109: 76,14'  !| was therefore
109: 76,15'  !| his answer$0$.
109: 76,15O  !| "It would not be a \great\ match$0$ for$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta,
109: 76,16O  !| but $PN#L$Charles has a very fair chance$0$, through$4$ the $PN#ZZI$Spicers,
109: 76,17O  !| of getting something from the Bishop in the course$0$ of
109: 76,18O  !| a year or two; and you will$1$ please to$9$ remember, that$3$ he
109: 76,19O  !| is the eldest son; whenever my uncle dies, he steps into
109: 76,20O  !| very pretty$2$ property.  The estate at Winthrop is not less
109: 76,21O  !| than two hundred and fifty acres, besides the farm near$4$
109: 76,22O  !| Taunton, which$6#1$ is some of the best land in the country.
109: 76,23O  !| I grant you, that$3$ any of them but $PN#L$Charles would be a very
109: 76,24O  !| shocking match$0$ for$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta, and indeed it could not
109: 76,25O  !| be; he is the only one that$6#1$ could be possible; but he
109: 76,26O  !| is a very good-natured, good sort of a fellow; and
109: 76,27O  !| whenever Winthrop comes into his hands, he will$1$ make$1$
109: 76,28O  !| a different sort of place$0$ of it, and live in a very different
109: 76,29O  !| sort of way; and with that$6#2$ property, he will$0$ never be
109: 76,30O  !| a contemptible man.  Good, freehold property.  No$7$, no$7$;
109: 76,31O  !| $PN#R$Henrietta might do worse than marry $PN#L$Charles*Hayter;
109: 76,32O  !| and if she has him, and $PN#S$Louisa can get $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
109: 76,33O  !| I shall be very well$9$ satisfied$2$."
109: 76,34P  !| "$PN#O$Charles may$1$ say what$6#1$ he pleases,"
109: 76,34'  !| cried $PN#P$Mary to$4$
109: 76,35'  !| $PN#A$Anne, as soon as he was out$8$ of the room,
109: 76,35P  !| "but it would
109: 76,36P  !| be shocking to$9$ have $PN#R$Henrietta marry $PN#L$Charles*Hayter;
109: 76,37P  !| a very bad thing for$4$ \her\, and still$5$ worse for$4$ \me\; and
109: 76,38P  !| therefore it is very much to$9$ be wished that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
109: 77, 1P  !| may$1$ soon put him quite out$8$ of her head$0$, and I have
109: 77, 2P  !| very little doubt$0$ that$3$ he has.  She took hardly any
109: 77, 3P  !| notice$0$ of $PN#L$Charles*Hayter yesterday.  I wish$1$ you had been
109: 77, 4P  !| there to$9$ see her behaviour.  And as to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's
109: 77, 5P  !| liking $PN#S$Louisa as well$9$ as $PN#R$Henrietta, it is nonsense to$9$ say
109: 77, 6P  !| so$5#2$; for$3$ he certainly \does\ like$1$ $PN#R$Henrietta a great deal$0#2$ the
109: 77, 7P  !| best.  But $PN#O$Charles is so$5#1$ positive|  I wish$1$ you had been
109: 77, 8P  !| with us yesterday, for$3$ then you might have decided$1$
109: 77, 9P  !| between us; and I am sure you would have thought$1$
109: 77,10P  !| as I did, unless you had been determined$2$ to$9$ give it
109: 77,11P  !| against me."
109: 77,12'  !| A dinner at $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove's had been the occasion$0$,
109: 77,13'  !| when all these things should have been seen by$4$ $PN#A$Anne;
109: 77,14'  !| but she had staid at home, under the mixed plea of
109: 77,15'  !| a head-ache of her own$2$, and some return$0$ of indisposition
109: 77,16'  !| in little $PN#P1$Charles.  She had thought$1$ only of avoiding
109: 77,17'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth; but an escape$0$ from being$1$ appealed
109: 77,18'  !| to$4$ as umpire, was now added to$4$ the advantages of a quiet$2$
109: 77,19'  !| evening.
109: 77,20'  !| As to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's views, she deemed it of
109: 77,21'  !| more consequence that$3$ he should know his own$2$ mind$0$,
109: 77,22'  !| early enough not to$9$ be endangering the happiness of
109: 77,23'  !| either sister, or impeaching his own$2$ honour$0$, than that$3$
109: 77,24'  !| he should prefer $PN#R$Henrietta to$4$ $PN#S$Louisa, or $PN#S$Louisa to$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta.
109: 77,25'  !| Either of them would, in all probability, make$1$
109: 77,26'  !| him an affectionate, good-humoured wife.  With regard$0$
109: 77,27'  !| to$4$ $PN#L$Charles*Hayter, she had delicacy which$6#1$ must be pained
109: 77,28'  !| by$4$ any lightness of conduct$0$ in a well-meaning young
109: 77,29'  !| woman, and a heart to$9$ sympathize in any of the sufferings
109: 77,30'  !| it occasioned; but if $PN#R$Henrietta found herself mistaken
109: 77,31'  !| in the nature of her feelings, the alteration could not be
109: 77,32'  !| understood too$5#1$ soon.
109: 77,33'  !| $PN#L$Charles*Hayter had met with much to$9$ disquiet and
109: 77,34'  !| mortify him in his cousin's behaviour.  She had too$5#1$ old
109: 77,35'  !| a regard$0$ for$4$ him to$9$ be so$5#1$ wholly estranged, as might in
109: 77,36'  !| two meetings extinguish every past$9$ hope$0$, and leave$1$ him
109: 77,37'  !| nothing to$9$ do but to$9$ keep away from Uppercross; but
109: 77,38'  !| there was such a change$0$ as became very alarming, when
109: 78, 1'  !| such a man as $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was to$9$ be regarded
109: 78, 2'  !| as the probable cause.  He had been absent only two
109: 78, 3'  !| Sundays; and when they parted, had left$1$ her interested
109: 78, 4'  !| even$5$ to$4$ the height of his wishes$0$, in his prospect of soon
109: 78, 5'  !| quitting his present$9$ curacy, and obtaining that$6#2$ of Uppercross
109: 78, 6'  !| instead.  It had then seemed the object$0$ nearest her
109: 78, 7'  !| heart, that$3$ $PN#ZZE$Dr%*Shirley, the rector, who$6#1$ for$4$ more than
109: 78, 8'  !| forty years had been zealously discharging all the duties
109: 78, 9'  !| of his office, but was now growing too$5#1$ infirm for$4$ many of
109: 78,10'  !| them, should be quite fixed on$4$ engaging a curate; should
109: 78,11'  !| make$1$ his curacy quite as good as he could afford, and
109: 78,12'  !| should give $PN#L$Charles*Hayter the promise$0$ of it.  The
109: 78,13'  !| advantage of his having to$9$ come only to$4$ Uppercross,
109: 78,14'  !| instead of going six miles another way; of his having,
109: 78,15'  !| in every respect$0$, a better$9$ curacy; of his belonging to$4$
109: 78,16'  !| their dear$2#1$ $PN#ZZE$Dr%*Shirley, and of dear$2#1$, good $PN#ZZE$Dr%*Shirley's
109: 78,17'  !| being$1$ relieved from the duty which$6#1$ he could no$2$ longer
109: 78,18'  !| get through$5$ without most injurious fatigue$0$, had been
109: 78,19'  !| a great deal$0#2$, even$5$ to$4$ $PN#S$Louisa, but had been almost every*thing
109: 78,20'  !| to$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta.  When he came back$5$, alas|  the zeal
109: 78,21'  !| of the business was gone by$5$.  $PN#S$Louisa could not listen at
109: 78,22'  !| all to$4$ his account$0$ of a conversation which$6#1$ he had just$9$
109: 78,23'  !| held with $PN#ZZE$Dr%*Shirley:  she was at window, looking out$5$
109: 78,24'  !| for$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth; and even$5$ $PN#R$Henrietta had at
109: 78,25'  !| best only a divided attention to$9$ give, and seemed to$9$ have
109: 78,26'  !| forgotten all the former doubt$0$ and solicitude of the
109: 78,27'  !| negociation.
109: 78,28R  !| "Well$7$, I am very glad indeed, but I always thought$1$
109: 78,29R  !| you would have it; I always thought$1$ you sure.  It did
109: 78,30R  !| not appear to$4$ me that$3$ ~ In short$0$, you know, $PN#ZZE$Dr%*Shirley
109: 78,31R  !| must have a curate, and you had secured his promise$0$.
109: 78,32R  !| Is he coming, $PN#S$Louisa?"
109: 78,33'  !| one morning, very soon after$4$ the dinner at the $PN#M1$Musgroves,
109: 78,34'  !| at which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne had not been present$9$, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
109: 78,35'  !| walked into the drawing-room at the Cottage,
109: 78,36'  !| where were only herself and the little invalid $PN#P1$Charles,
109: 78,37'  !| who$6#1$ was lying on$4$ the sofa.
109: 78,38'  !| The surprise$0$ of finding himself almost alone with $PN#A$Anne*Elliot,
109: 79, 1'  !| deprived his manners of their usual composure:
109: 79, 2'  !| he started, and could only say,
109: 79, 2B  !| "I thought$1$ the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves
109: 79, 3B  !| had been here ~ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove told me I should
109: 79, 4B  !| find them here,"
109: 79, 4'  !| before$3$ he walked to$4$ the window to$9$
109: 79, 5'  !| recollect himself, and feel how he ought to$9$ behave.
109: 79, 6A  !| "They are up*stairs with my sister ~ they will$1$ be down$5$
109: 79, 7A  !| in a few moments, I dare$1#2$ say," ~
109: 79, 7'  !| had been $PN#A$Anne's reply$0$,
109: 79, 8'  !| in all the confusion that$6#1$ was natural$2$; and if the child
109: 79, 9'  !| had not called her to$9$ come and do something for$4$ him,
109: 79,10'  !| she would have been out$8$ of the room the next moment,
109: 79,11'  !| and released $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth as well$9$ as herself.
109: 79,12'  !| He continued at the window; and after$4$ calmly and
109: 79,13'  !| politely saying,
109: 79,13B  !| "I hope$1$ the little boy is better$9$,"
109: 79,13'  !| was
109: 79,14'  !| silent.
109: 79,15'  !| She was obliged to$9$ kneel down$5$ by$4$ the sofa, and remain
109: 79,16'  !| there to$9$ satisfy her patient; and thus they continued
109: 79,17'  !| a few minutes, when, to$4$ her very great satisfaction, she
109: 79,18'  !| heard some other person crossing the little vestibule.
109: 79,19'  !| She hoped, on$4$ turning$1$ her head$0$, to$9$ see the master of the
109: 79,20'  !| house; but it proved to$9$ be one much less calculated for$4$
109: 79,21'  !| making matters easy ~ $PN#L$Charles*Hayter, probably not at
109: 79,22'  !| all better$9$ pleased by$4$ the sight of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
109: 79,23'  !| than $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth had been by$4$ the sight of $PN#A$Anne.
109: 79,24'  !| She only attempted to$9$ say,
109: 79,24A  !| "How do you do?  Will$1$
109: 79,25A  !| not you sit down$5$?  The others will$1$ be here presently."
109: 79,26'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, however, came from his window,
109: 79,27'  !| apparently not ill-disposed for$4$ conversation; but $PN#L$Charles*Hayter
109: 79,28'  !| soon put an end$0$ to$4$ his attempts, by$4$ seating
109: 79,29'  !| himself near$4$ the table, and taking up the newspaper;
109: 79,30'  !| and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth returned to$4$ his window.
109: 79,31'  !| Another minute$0$ brought another addition.  The younger
109: 79,32'  !| boy, a remarkable stout, forward$2$ child, of two years old,
109: 79,33'  !| having got the door opened for$4$ him by$4$ some*one without,
109: 79,34'  !| made his determined$2$ appearance among them, and went
109: 79,35'  !| straight to$4$ the sofa to$9$ see what$6#1$ was going on$5$, and put in
109: 79,36'  !| his claim$0$ to$4$ any*thing good that$6#1$ might be giving away.
109: 79,37'  !| There being$1$ nothing to$9$ be eat, he could only have some
109: 79,38'  !| play$0$; and as his aunt would not let him teaze his sick
109: 80, 1'  !| brother, he began to$9$ fasten himself upon her, as she
109: 80, 2'  !| knelt, in such a way that$3$, busy as she was about$4$ $PN#P1$Charles,
109: 80, 3'  !| she could not shake$1$ him off.  She spoke to$4$ him ~ ordered,
109: 80, 4'  !| intreated, and insisted in vain.  Once she did contrive
109: 80, 5'  !| to$9$ push$1$ him away, but the boy had the greater pleasure
109: 80, 6'  !| in getting upon her back$0$ again directly.
109: 80, 7A  !| "$PN#P2$Walter,"
109: 80, 7'  !| said she,
109: 80, 7A  !| "get down$5$ this moment.  You are
109: 80, 8A  !| extremely troublesome.  I am very angry with you."
109: 80, 9L  !| "$PN#P2$Walter,"
109: 80, 9'  !| cried $PN#L$Charles*Hayter,
109: 80, 9L  !| "why do you not
109: 80,10L  !| do as you are bid?  Do not you hear your aunt speak?
109: 80,11L  !| Come to$4$ me, $PN#P2$Walter, come to$4$ $PN#L$cousin*Charles."
109: 80,12'  !| But not a bit did $PN#P2$Walter stir.
109: 80,13'  !| In another moment, however, she found herself in the
109: 80,14'  !| state$0$ of being$1$ released from him;
109: 80,14@a   | some*one was taking him
109: 80,15@a   | from her,
109: 80,15'  !| though he had bent down$5$ her head$0$ so$5#1$ much,
109: 80,16'  !| that$3$ his little sturdy hands were unfastened from around$4$
109: 80,17'  !| her neck, and he was resolutely borne away, before$3$ she
109: 80,18'  !| knew that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth had done it.
109: 80,19'  !| Her sensations on$4$ the discovery made her perfectly
109: 80,20'  !| speechless.  She could not even$5$ thank him.  She could
109: 80,21'  !| only hang over little $PN#P1$Charles, with most disordered feelings.
109: 80,22@a   | His kindness in stepping forward$8$ to$4$ her relief ~ the manner
109: 80,23@a   | ~ the silence$0$ in which$6#1$ it had passed ~ the little particulars
109: 80,24@a   | of the circumstance ~
109: 80,24'  !| with the conviction soon forced on$4$
109: 80,25'  !| her by$4$ the noise he was studiously making with the
109: 80,26'  !| child, that$3$
109: 80,26@a   | he meant to$9$ avoid hearing her thanks, and
109: 80,27@a   | rather sought to$9$ testify that$3$ her conversation was the last$0$
109: 80,28@a   | of his wants$0$,
109: 80,28'  !| produced such a confusion of varying, but
109: 80,29'  !| very painful agitation, as she could not recover from,
109: 80,30'  !| till enabled by$4$ the entrance of $PN#P$Mary and the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves
109: 80,31'  !| to$9$ make$1$ over her little patient to$4$ their cares$0$, and
109: 80,32'  !| leave$1$ the room.
109: 80,32@a   | She could not stay$1$.  It might have been
109: 80,33@a   | an opportunity of watching the loves and jealousies of
109: 80,34@a   | the four; they were now all together, but she could stay$1$
109: 80,35@a   | for$4$ none of it.  It was evident that$3$ $PN#L$Charles*Hayter was
109: 80,36@a   | not well$9$ inclined towards $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.
109: 80,36'  !| She had
109: 80,37'  !| a strong impression of his having said, in a vext tone of
109: 80,38'  !| voice, after$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's interference,
109: 80,38L  !| "You
109: 81, 1L  !| ought to$9$ have minded \me\, $PN#P2$Walter; I told you not to$9$
109: 81, 2L  !| teaze your aunt;"
109: 81, 2'  !| and could comprehend his regretting
109: 81, 3'  !| that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth should do what$6#1$ he ought to$9$
109: 81, 4'  !| have done himself.  But neither $PN#L$Charles*Hayter's feelings,
109: 81, 5'  !| nor any*body's feelings, could interest$1$ her, till she had
109: 81, 6'  !| a little better$9$ arranged her own$2$.  She was ashamed of
109: 81, 7'  !| herself, quite ashamed of being$1$ so$5#1$ nervous, so$5#1$ overcome
109: 81, 8'  !| by$4$ such a trifle$0$; but so$5#2$ it was; and it required a long$9$
109: 81, 9'  !| application of solitude and reflection to$9$ recover her.
110: 82, 1'  !| Other opportunities of making her observations could
110: 82, 2'  !| not fail to$9$ occur.  $PN#A$Anne had soon been in company with
110: 82, 3'  !| all the four together often enough to$9$ have an opinion,
110: 82, 4'  !| though too$5#1$ wise to$9$ acknowledge as much at home, where
110: 82, 5'  !| she knew it would have satisfied$1$ neither husband nor
110: 82, 6'  !| wife; for$3$ while$9$ she considered $PN#S$Louisa to$9$ be rather the
110: 82, 7'  !| favourite$0$, she could not but think, as far as she might
110: 82, 8'  !| dare$1#1$ to$9$ judge$1$ from memory and experience$0$, that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
110: 82, 9'  !| was not in love$0$ with either.
110: 82, 9@a   | They were more
110: 82,10@a   | in love$0$ with him; yet there it was not love$0$.  It was
110: 82,11@a   | a little fever of admiration; but it might, probably must,
110: 82,12@a   | end$1$ in love$0$ with some.  $PN#L$Charles*Hayter seemed aware of
110: 82,13@a   | being$1$ slighted, and yet $PN#R$Henrietta had sometimes the air
110: 82,14@a   | of being$1$ divided between them.
110: 82,14'  !| $PN#A$Anne longed for$4$ the power
110: 82,15'  !| of representing to$4$ them all what$6#1$ they were about$5$, and of
110: 82,16'  !| pointing out$5$ some of the evils they were exposing themselves
110: 82,17'  !| to$4$.  She did not attribute guile to$4$ any.  It was the
110: 82,18'  !| highest satisfaction to$4$ her, to$9$ believe $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
110: 82,19'  !| not in the least aware of the pain$0$ he was occasioning.
110: 82,20@a   | There was no$2$ triumph$0$, no$2$ pitiful triumph$0$ in his manner.
110: 82,21@a   | He had, probably, never heard, and never thought$1$ of any
110: 82,22@a   | claims of $PN#L$Charles*Hayter.  He was only wrong$9$ in accepting
110: 82,23@a   | the attentions ~ (for$3$ accepting must be the word) of two
110: 82,24@a   | young women at once.
110: 82,25'  !| After$4$ a short$2$ struggle$0$, however, $PN#L$Charles*Hayter seemed
110: 82,26'  !| to$9$ quit the field.  Three days had passed without his
110: 82,27'  !| coming once to$4$ Uppercross; a most decided$2$ change$0$.  He
110: 82,28'  !| had even$5$ refused one regular invitation to$4$ dinner; and
110: 82,29'  !| having been found on$4$ the occasion$0$ by$4$ $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove with
110: 82,30'  !| some large books before$4$ him, $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove
110: 82,31'  !| were sure all could not be right$2#1$, and talked, with grave$2$
110: 82,32'  !| faces, of his studying himself to$4$ death.  It was $PN#P$Mary's
110: 82,33'  !| hope$0$ and belief, that$3$ he had received a positive dismissal
110: 83, 1'  !| from $PN#R$Henrietta, and her husband lived under the constant
110: 83, 2'  !| dependance of seeing him to-morrow.  $PN#A$Anne could only
110: 83, 3'  !| feel that$3$ $PN#L$Charles*Hayter was wise.
110: 83, 4'  !| one morning, about$4$ this time, $PN#O$Charles*Musgrove and
110: 83, 5'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth being$1$ gone a*shooting together, as
110: 83, 6'  !| the sisters in the cottage were sitting$1$ quietly at work$0$,
110: 83, 7'  !| they were visited at the window by$4$ the sisters from the
110: 83, 8'  !| mansion-house.
110: 83, 9'  !| It was a very fine November day, and the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves
110: 83,10'  !| came through$4$ the little grounds, and stopped for$4$
110: 83,11'  !| no$2$ other purpose than to$9$ say, that$3$ they were going to$9$
110: 83,12'  !| take a \long$9$\ walk$0$, and, therefore, concluded $PN#P$Mary could
110: 83,13'  !| not like$1$ to$9$ go with them; and when $PN#P$Mary immediately
110: 83,14'  !| replied, with some jealousy, at not being$1$ supposed a good
110: 83,15'  !| walker,
110: 83,15P  !| "Oh, yes, I should like$1$ to$9$ join you very much,
110: 83,16P  !| I am very fond of a long$9$ walk$0$,"
110: 83,16'  !| $PN#A$Anne felt persuaded, by$4$
110: 83,17'  !| the looks$0$ of the two girls, that$3$ it was precisely what$6#1$ they
110: 83,18'  !| did not wish$1$, and admired again the sort of necessity
110: 83,19'  !| which$6#1$ the family-habits seemed to$9$ produce, of every*thing
110: 83,20'  !| being$1$ to$9$ be communicated, and every thing
110: 83,21'  !| being$1$ to$9$ be done together, however undesired and
110: 83,22'  !| inconvenient.  She tried to$9$ dissuade $PN#P$Mary from going,
110: 83,23'  !| but in vain; and that$6#2$ being$1$ the case, thought$1$ it best to$9$
110: 83,24'  !| accept the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves' much more cordial$2$ invitation
110: 83,25'  !| to$4$ herself to$9$ go likewise, as she might be useful in turning$1$
110: 83,26'  !| back$5$ with her sister, and lessening the interference in
110: 83,27'  !| any plan of their own$2$.
110: 83,28P  !| "I cannot imagine why they should suppose I should
110: 83,29P  !| not like$1$ a long$9$ walk$0$|"
110: 83,29'  !| said $PN#P$Mary, as she went up*stairs.
110: 83,30P  !| "Every*body is always supposing that$3$ I am not a good
110: 83,31P  !| walker|  And yet they would not have been pleased,
110: 83,32P  !| if we had refused to$9$ join them.  When people come in
110: 83,33P  !| this manner on$4$ purpose to$9$ ask us, how can one say no$7$?"
110: 83,34'  !| Just$9$ as they were setting off, the gentlemen returned.
110: 83,35'  !| They had taken out$5$ a young dog, who$6#1$ had spoilt their
110: 83,36'  !| sport$0$, and sent them back$5$ early.  Their time and strength,
110: 83,37'  !| and spirits, were, therefore, exactly ready for$4$ this walk$0$,
110: 83,38'  !| and they entered into it with pleasure.  Could $PN#A$Anne have
110: 84, 1'  !| foreseen such a junction, she would have staid at home;
110: 84, 2'  !| but, from some feelings of interest$0$ and curiosity, she
110: 84, 3'  !| fancied now that$3$ it was too$5#1$ late to$9$ retract, and the whole$2$
110: 84, 4'  !| six set$1$ forward$8$ together in the direction chosen by$4$ the
110: 84, 5'  !| $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves, who$6#1$ evidently considered the walk$0$ as
110: 84, 6'  !| under their guidance.
110: 84, 7'  !| $PN#A$Anne's object$0$ was, not to$9$ be in the way of any*body,
110: 84, 8'  !| and where the narrow paths across$4$ the fields made many
110: 84, 9'  !| separations necessary, to$9$ keep with her brother and
110: 84,10'  !| sister.  Her \pleasure\ in the walk$0$ must arise from the exercise$0$
110: 84,11'  !| and the day, from the view$0$ of the last$2$ smiles of the
110: 84,12'  !| year upon the tawny leaves$0$ and withered hedges, and
110: 84,13'  !| from repeating to$4$ herself some few of the thousand
110: 84,14'  !| poetical descriptions extant of autumn, that$6#2$ season of
110: 84,15'  !| peculiar and inexhaustible influence$0$ on$4$ the mind$0$ of taste
110: 84,16'  !| and tenderness, that$6#2$ season which$6#1$ has drawn from every
110: 84,17'  !| poet, worthy of being$1$ read, some attempt$0$ at description,
110: 84,18'  !| or some lines of feeling$0$.  She occupied her mind$0$ as much
110: 84,19'  !| as possible in such like$9$ musings and quotations; but it
110: 84,20'  !| was not possible, that$3$ when within reach$0$ of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's
110: 84,21'  !| conversation with either of the $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves,
110: 84,22'  !| she should not try to$9$ hear it; yet she caught
110: 84,23'  !| little very remarkable.
110: 84,23@a   | It was mere lively chat$0$, ~ such
110: 84,24@a   | as any young persons, on$4$ an intimate$2$ footing, might fall$1$
110: 84,25@a   | into.  He was more engaged with $PN#S$Louisa than with
110: 84,26@a   | $PN#R$Henrietta.  $PN#S$Louisa certainly put more forward$8$ for$4$ his
110: 84,27@a   | notice$0$ than her sister.
110: 84,27'  !| This distinction appeared to$9$
110: 84,28'  !| increase$1$, and there was one speech of $PN#S$Louisa's which$6#1$
110: 84,29'  !| struck her.  After$4$ one of the many praises of the day,
110: 84,30'  !| which$6#1$ were continually bursting forth, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
110: 84,31'  !| added,
110: 84,32B  !| "What$7$ glorious weather for$4$ the $PN#D$Admiral and my
110: 84,33B  !| sister|  They meant to$9$ take a long$9$ drive$0$ this morning;
110: 84,34B  !| perhaps we may$1$ hail them from some of these hills.
110: 84,35B  !| They talked of coming into this side$0$ of the country.
110: 84,36B  !| I wonder$1$ whereabouts they will$1$ upset to-day.  Oh| it does
110: 84,37B  !| happen very often, I assure you ~ but my sister makes
110: 84,38B  !| nothing of it ~ she would as lieve be tossed out$5$ as not."
110: 85, 1S  !| "Ah|  You make$1$ the most of it, I know,"
110: 85, 1'  !| cried $PN#S$Louisa,
110: 85, 2S  !| "but if it were really so$5#2$, I should do just$9$ the same in her
110: 85, 3S  !| place$0$.  If I loved a man, as she loves the $PN#D$Admiral, I would
110: 85, 4S  !| be always with him, nothing should ever separate$1$ us,
110: 85, 5S  !| and I would rather be overturned by$4$ him, than driven
110: 85, 6S  !| safely by$4$ anybody else."
110: 85, 7'  !| It was spoken with enthusiasm.
110: 85, 8B  !| "Had you?"
110: 85, 8'  !| cried he, catching the same tone;
110: 85, 9B  !| "I honour$1$ you|"
110: 85, 9'  !| And there was silence$0$ between them
110: 85,10'  !| for$4$ a little while$0$.
110: 85,11'  !| $PN#A$Anne could not immediately fall$1$ into a quotation again.
110: 85,12'  !| The sweet scenes of autumn were for$4$ a while$0$ put by$5$ ~
110: 85,13'  !| unless some tender$2$ sonnet, fraught with the apt analogy
110: 85,14'  !| of the declining year, with declining happiness, and the
110: 85,15'  !| images of youth and hope$0$, and spring$0$, all gone together,
110: 85,16'  !| blessed her memory.  She roused herself to$9$ say, as they
110: 85,17'  !| struck by$4$ order$0$ into another path,
110: 85,17A  !| "Is not this one of
110: 85,18A  !| the ways to$4$ Winthrop?"
110: 85,18'  !| But nobody heard, or, at
110: 85,19'  !| least, nobody answered her.
110: 85,20'  !| Winthrop, however, or its environs ~ for$3$ young men
110: 85,21'  !| are, sometimes, to$9$ be met with, strolling about$5$ near$4$
110: 85,22'  !| home, was their destination; and after$4$ another half
110: 85,23'  !| mile of gradual ascent through$4$ large enclosures, where
110: 85,24'  !| the ploughs at work$0$, and the fresh-made path spoke the
110: 85,25'  !| farmer, counteracting the sweets of poetical despondence,
110: 85,26'  !| and meaning$1$ to$9$ have spring$0$ again, they gained the summit
110: 85,27'  !| of the most considerable hill, which$6#1$ parted Uppercross
110: 85,28'  !| and Winthrop, and soon commanded a full view$0$
110: 85,29'  !| of the latter, at the foot of the hill on$4$ the other side$0$.
110: 85,30'  !| Winthrop, without beauty and without dignity, was
110: 85,31'  !| stretched before$4$ them; an indifferent house, standing$1$
110: 85,32'  !| low, and hemmed in by$4$ the barns and buildings of
110: 85,33'  !| the farm-yard.
110: 85,34'  !| $PN#P$Mary exclaimed,
110: 85,34P  !| "Bless me| here is Winthrop ~
110: 85,35P  !| I declare I had no$2$ idea| ~ well$7$, now I think we had
110: 85,36P  !| better$9$ turn$1$ back$5$; I am excessively tired."
110: 85,37'  !| $PN#R$Henrietta, conscious and ashamed, and seeing no$2$
110: 85,38'  !| $PN#L$cousin*Charles walking along$4$ any path, or leaning against
110: 86, 1'  !| any gate, was ready to$9$ do as $PN#P$Mary wished; but
110: 86, 1O  !| "No$7$,"
110: 86, 2'  !| said $PN#O$Charles*Musgrove, and
110: 86, 2S  !| "No$7$, no$7$,"
110: 86, 2'  !| cried $PN#S$Louisa more
110: 86, 3'  !| eagerly, and taking her sister aside, seemed to$9$ be arguing
110: 86, 4'  !| the matter warmly.
110: 86, 5'  !| $PN#O$Charles, in the meanwhile, was very decidedly declaring
110: 86, 6'  !| his resolution of calling on$4$ his aunt, now that$3$ he was so$5#1$
110: 86, 7'  !| near$9$; and very evidently, though more fearfully, trying$1$
110: 86, 8'  !| to$9$ induce his wife to$9$ go too$5#2$.  But this was one of the
110: 86, 9'  !| points on$4$ which$6#1$ the lady shewed her strength, and when
110: 86,10'  !| he recommended the advantage of resting herself a
110: 86,11'  !| quarter$0#1$ of an hour at Winthrop, as she felt so$5#1$ tired, she
110: 86,12'  !| resolutely answered,
110: 86,12P  !| "Oh| no$7$, indeed| ~ walking up
110: 86,13P  !| that$6#2$ hill again would do her more harm$0$ than any sitting$0$
110: 86,14P  !| down$5$ could do her good;" ~
110: 86,14'  !| and, in short$0$, her look$0$ and
110: 86,15'  !| manner declared, that$3$ go she would not.
110: 86,16'  !| After$4$ a little succession of these sort of debates and
110: 86,17'  !| consultations, it was settled$1$ between $PN#O$Charles and his
110: 86,18'  !| two sisters, that$3$ he, and $PN#R$Henrietta, should just$9$ run$1$ down$5$
110: 86,19'  !| for$4$ a few minutes, to$9$ see their aunt and cousins, while$9$
110: 86,20'  !| the rest$0#1$ of the party waited for$4$ them at the top of the
110: 86,21'  !| hill.  $PN#S$Louisa seemed the principal$2$ arranger of the plan;
110: 86,22'  !| and, as she went a little way with them, down$4$ the hill,
110: 86,23'  !| still$5$ talking to$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta, $PN#P$Mary took the opportunity of
110: 86,24'  !| looking scornfully around$4$ her, and saying to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
110: 86,25     |
110: 86,26P  !| "It is very unpleasant, having such connexions|
110: 86,27P  !| But I assure you, I have never been in the house above$4$
110: 86,28P  !| twice in my life."
110: 86,29'  !| She received no$2$ other answer$0$, than an artificial,
110: 86,30'  !| assenting smile$0$, followed by$4$ a contemptuous glance$0$, as
110: 86,31'  !| he turned away, which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne perfectly knew the meaning$0$
110: 86,32'  !| of.
110: 86,33'  !| The brow of the hill, where they remained, was a cheerful
110: 86,34'  !| spot; $PN#S$Louisa returned, and $PN#P$Mary finding a comfortable
110: 86,35'  !| seat for$4$ herself, on$4$ the step$0$ of a stile, was very well$9$
110: 86,36'  !| satisfied$2$ so$5#1$ long$9$ as the others all stood about$4$ her; but
110: 86,37'  !| when $PN#S$Louisa drew $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth away, to$9$ try for$4$
110: 86,38'  !| a gleaning of nuts in an adjoining hedge-row, and they
110: 87, 1'  !| were gone by$4$ degrees quite out$8$ of sight and sound$0$, $PN#P$Mary
110: 87, 2'  !| was happy no$2$ longer; she quarrelled with her own$2$ seat, ~
110: 87, 3@p   | was sure $PN#S$Louisa had got a much better$9$ somewhere, ~ and
110: 87, 4@p   | nothing could prevent her from going to$9$ look$1$ for$4$ a better$9$
110: 87, 5@p   | also.
110: 87, 5'  !| She turned through$4$ the same gate, ~ but could not
110: 87, 6'  !| see them. ~ $PN#A$Anne found a nice seat for$4$ her, on$4$ a dry$2$
110: 87, 7'  !| sunny bank, under the hedge-row, in which$6#1$ she had no$2$
110: 87, 8'  !| doubt$0$ of their still$5$ being$1$ ~ in some spot or other.  $PN#P$Mary
110: 87, 9'  !| sat down$5$ for$4$ a moment, but it would not do;
110: 87, 9@p   | she was
110: 87,10@p   | sure $PN#S$Louisa had found a better$9$ seat somewhere else, and
110: 87,11@p   | she would go on$5$, till she overtook her.
110: 87,12'  !| $PN#A$Anne, really tired herself, was glad to$9$ sit down$5$; and
110: 87,13'  !| she very soon heard $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth and $PN#S$Louisa
110: 87,14'  !| in the hedge-row, behind her, as if making their way
110: 87,15'  !| back$5$, along$4$ the rough, wild sort of channel, down$4$ the
110: 87,16'  !| centre$0$.  They were speaking as they drew near$9$.  $PN#S$Louisa's
110: 87,17'  !| voice was the first distinguished.  She seemed to$9$ be in
110: 87,18'  !| the middle of some eager speech.  What$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne first
110: 87,19'  !| heard was,
110: 87,20S  !| "And so$3$, I made her go.  I could not bear$1$ that$3$ she
110: 87,21S  !| should be frightened from the visit$0$ by$4$ such nonsense.
110: 87,22S  !| What$7$| ~ would I be turned back$5$ from doing a thing that$6#1$
110: 87,23S  !| I had determined$1$ to$9$ do, and that$6#1$ I knew to$9$ be right$2#1$, by$4$
110: 87,24S  !| the airs and interference of such a person? ~ or, of any
110: 87,25S  !| person I may$1$ say.  No$7$, ~ I have no$2$ idea of being$1$ so$5#1$ easily
110: 87,26S  !| persuaded.  When I have made up my mind$0$, I have made
110: 87,27S  !| it.  And $PN#R$Henrietta seemed entirely to$9$ have made up hers
110: 87,28S  !| to$9$ call$1$ at Winthrop to-day ~ and yet, she was as near$9$
110: 87,29S  !| giving it up, out$8$ of nonsensical complaisance|"
110: 87,30B  !| "She would have turned back$5$ then, but for$4$ you?"
110: 87,31S  !| "She would indeed.  I am almost ashamed to$9$ say it."
110: 87,32B  !| "Happy for$4$ her, to$9$ have such a mind$0$ as yours at hand$0$|
110: 87,33B  !| ~ After$4$ the hints you gave just$9$ now, which$6#1$ did but confirm
110: 87,34B  !| my own$2$ observations, the last$2$ time I was in company
110: 87,35B  !| with him, I need$1$ not affect to$9$ have no$2$ comprehension of
110: 87,36B  !| what$6#1$ is going on$5$.  I see that$3$ more than a mere dutiful
110: 87,37B  !| morning-visit to$4$ your aunt was in question$0$; ~ and woe
110: 87,38B  !| betide him, and her too$5#2$, when it comes to$4$ things of
110: 88, 1B  !| consequence, when they are placed in circumstances,
110: 88, 2B  !| requiring fortitude and strength of mind$0$, if she have not
110: 88, 3B  !| resolution enough to$9$ resist idle interference in such
110: 88, 4B  !| a trifle$0$ as this.  Your sister is an amiable creature; but
110: 88, 5B  !| \yours\ is the character of decision and firmness, I see.  If
110: 88, 6B  !| you value$1$ her conduct$0$ or happiness, infuse as much of
110: 88, 7B  !| your own$2$ spirit into her, as you can.  But this, no$2$ doubt$0$,
110: 88, 8B  !| you have been always doing.  It is the worst evil of too$5#1$
110: 88, 9B  !| yielding and indecisive a character, that$3$ no$2$ influence$0$
110: 88,10B  !| over it can be depended on$5$. ~ You are never sure of a good
110: 88,11B  !| impression being$1$ durable.  Every*body may$1$ sway it;
110: 88,12B  !| let those who$6#1$ would be happy be firm. ~ Here is a nut,"
110: 88,13'  !| said he, catching one down$5$ from an upper bough.
110: 88,13B  !| "To$9$
110: 88,14B  !| exemplify, ~ a beautiful glossy nut, which$6#1$, blessed with
110: 88,15B  !| original strength, has outlived all the storms of autumn.
110: 88,16B  !| Not a puncture, not a weak spot any*where. ~ This nut,"
110: 88,17'  !| he continued, with playful solemnity, ~
110: 88,17B  !| "while$9$ so$5#1$ many
110: 88,18B  !| of its brethren have fallen and been trodden under foot,
110: 88,19B  !| is still$5$ in possession of all the happiness that$6#1$ a hazel-hut
110: 88,20B  !| can be supposed capable of."
110: 88,20'  !| Then, returning to$4$ his
110: 88,21'  !| former earnest tone:
110: 88,21B  !| "My first wish$0$ for$4$ all, whom$6#1$ I am
110: 88,22B  !| interested in, is that$3$ they should be firm.  If $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove
110: 88,23B  !| would be beautiful and happy in her November
110: 88,24B  !| of life, she will$1$ cherish all her present$9$ powers of mind$0$."
110: 88,25'  !| He had done, ~ and was unanswered.  It would have
110: 88,26'  !| surprised $PN#A$Anne, if $PN#S$Louisa could have readily answered
110: 88,27'  !| such a speech ~
110: 88,27@a   | words of such interest$0$, spoken with such
110: 88,28@a   | serious$2$ warmth| ~ she could imagine what$6#1$ $PN#S$Louisa was
110: 88,29@a   | feeling$1$.  For$4$ herself ~ she feared to$9$ move$1$, lest she should
110: 88,30@a   | be seen.
110: 88,30'  !| While$9$ she remained, a bush of low rambling
110: 88,31'  !| holly protected her, and they were moving on$5$.  Before$3$
110: 88,32'  !| they were beyond$4$ her hearing, however, $PN#S$Louisa spoke again.
110: 88,33S  !| "$PN#P$Mary is good-natured enough in many respects,"
110: 88,34'  !| said she;
110: 88,34S  !| "but she does sometimes provoke me excessively,
110: 88,35S  !| by$4$ her nonsense and her pride; the $PN#G1$Elliot pride.
110: 88,36S  !| She has a great deal$0#2$ too$5#1$ much of the $PN#G1$Elliot pride. ~ We
110: 88,37S  !| do so$5#1$ wish$1$ that$3$ $PN#O$Charles had married $PN#A$Anne instead. ~
110: 88,38S  !| I suppose you know he wanted to$9$ marry $PN#A$Anne?"
110: 89, 1'  !| After$4$ a moment's pause$0$, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth said,
110: 89, 2B  !| "Do you mean$1$ that$3$ she refused him?"
110: 89, 3S  !| "Oh| yes certainly."
110: 89, 4B  !| "When did that$6#2$ happen?"
110: 89, 5S  !| "I do not exactly know, for$3$ $PN#R$Henrietta and I were at
110: 89, 6S  !| school at the time; but I believe about$4$ a year before$3$ he
110: 89, 7S  !| married $PN#P$Mary.  I wish$1$ she had accepted him.  We should
110: 89, 8S  !| all have liked her a great deal$0#2$ better$9$; and papa and
110: 89, 9S  !| mamma always think it was her great friend $PN#T$Lady*Russell's
110: 89,10S  !| doing, that$3$ she did not. ~ They think $PN#O$Charles might not
110: 89,11S  !| be learned and bookish enough to$9$ please $PN#T$Lady*Russell,
110: 89,12S  !| and that$3$ therefore, she persuaded $PN#A$Anne to$9$ refuse him."
110: 89,13'  !| The sounds$0$ were retreating, and $PN#A$Anne distinguished
110: 89,14'  !| no$2$ more.  Her own$2$ emotions still$5$ kept her fixed.  She
110: 89,15'  !| had much to$9$ recover from, before$3$ she could move$1$.  The
110: 89,16'  !| listener's proverbial fate was not absolutely hers; she
110: 89,17'  !| had heard no$2$ evil of herself, ~ but she had heard a great
110: 89,18'  !| deal$0#2$ of very painful import.  She saw how her own$2$
110: 89,19'  !| character was considered by$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth; and
110: 89,20'  !| there had been just$9$ that$6#2$ degree of feeling$0$ and curiosity
110: 89,21'  !| about$4$ her in his manner, which$6#1$ must give her extreme$2$
110: 89,22'  !| agitation.
110: 89,23'  !| As soon as she could, she went after$4$ $PN#P$Mary, and having
110: 89,24'  !| found, and walked back$5$ with her to$4$ their former station,
110: 89,25'  !| by$4$ the stile, felt some comfort$0$ in their whole$2$ party being$1$
110: 89,26'  !| immediately afterwards collected, and once more in
110: 89,27'  !| motion together.  Her spirits wanted the solitude and
110: 89,28'  !| silence$0$ which$6#1$ only numbers could give.
110: 89,29'  !| $PN#O$Charles and $PN#R$Henrietta returned, bringing, as may$1$ be
110: 89,30'  !| conjectured, $PN#L$Charles*Hayter with them.  The minutiae
110: 89,31'  !| of the business $PN#A$Anne could not attempt$1$ to$9$ understand;
110: 89,32@a   | even$5$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth did not seem admitted to$4$ perfect$2$
110: 89,33@a   | confidence here; but that$3$ there had been a withdrawing
110: 89,34@a   | on$4$ the gentleman's side$0$, and a relenting on$4$ the lady's,
110: 89,35@a   | and that$3$ they were now very glad to$9$ be together again,
110: 89,36@a   | did not admit a doubt$0$.  $PN#R$Henrietta looked a little ashamed,
110: 89,37@a   | but very well$9$ pleased; ~ $PN#L$Charles*Hayter exceedingly
110: 89,38@a   | happy, and they were devoted to$4$ each other almost from
110: 90, 1@a   | the first instant$0$ of their all setting forward$8$ for$4$ Uppercross.
110: 90, 2     |
110: 90, 3@a   | Every*thing now marked out$5$ $PN#S$Louisa for$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth;
110: 90, 4@a   | nothing could be plainer;
110: 90, 4'  !| and where many
110: 90, 5'  !| divisions were necessary, or even$5$ where they were not,
110: 90, 6'  !| they walked side$0$ by$4$ side$0$, nearly as much as the other two.
110: 90, 7'  !| In a long$9$ strip of meadow-land, where there was ample
110: 90, 8'  !| space for$4$ all, they were thus divided ~ forming three
110: 90, 9'  !| distinct parties; and to$4$ that$6#2$ party of the three which$6#1$
110: 90,10'  !| boasted$1$ least animation, and least complaisance, $PN#A$Anne
110: 90,11'  !| necessarily belonged.  She joined $PN#O$Charles and $PN#P$Mary, and
110: 90,12'  !| was tired enough to$9$ be very glad of $PN#O$Charles's other arm$0$;
110: 90,13'  !| ~ but $PN#O$Charles, though in very good*humour with her,
110: 90,14'  !| was out$8$ of temper with his wife.  $PN#P$Mary had shewn herself
110: 90,15'  !| disobliging to$4$ him, and was now to$9$ reap the consequence,
110: 90,16'  !| which$6#1$ consequence was his dropping her arm$0$ almost
110: 90,17'  !| every moment, to$9$ cut$9$ off the heads of some nettles in
110: 90,18'  !| the hedge with his switch; and when $PN#P$Mary began to$9$
110: 90,19'  !| complain of it, and lament her being$1$ ill-used, according
110: 90,20'  !| to$4$ custom, in being$1$ on$4$ the hedge*side, while$9$ $PN#A$Anne was
110: 90,21'  !| never incommoded on$4$ the other, he dropped the arms of
110: 90,22'  !| both to$9$ hunt after$4$ a weasel which$6#1$ he had a momentary
110: 90,23'  !| glance$0$ of; and they could hardly get him along$5$ at all.
110: 90,24'  !| This long$9$ meadow bordered a lane, which$6#1$ their footpath,
110: 90,25'  !| at the end$0$ of it, was to$9$ cross$1$; and when the party had
110: 90,26'  !| all reached the gate of exit, the carriage advancing in
110: 90,27'  !| the same direction, which$6#1$ had been some time heard,
110: 90,28'  !| was just$9$ coming up, and proved to$4$ be $PN#D$Admiral*Croft's
110: 90,29'  !| gig. ~ He and his wife had taken their intended drive$0$,
110: 90,30'  !| and were returning home.  Upon hearing how long$9$ a walk$0$
110: 90,31'  !| the young people had engaged in, they kindly offered
110: 90,32'  !| a seat to$9$ any lady who$6#1$ might be particularly tired; it
110: 90,33'  !| would save$1$ her a full mile, and they were going through$4$
110: 90,34'  !| Uppercross.  The invitation was general$2$, and generally
110: 90,35'  !| declined.  The $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves were not at all tired, and
110: 90,36'  !| $PN#P$Mary was either offended, by$4$ not being$1$ asked before$4$ any
110: 90,37'  !| of the others, or what$6#1$ $PN#S$Louisa called the $PN#G1$Elliot pride could
110: 90,38'  !| not endure to$9$ make$1$ a third in a one horse chaise.
110: 91, 1'  !| The walking-party had crossed the lane, and were
110: 91, 2'  !| surmounting an opposite stile; and the $PN#D$admiral was
110: 91, 3'  !| putting his horse into motion again, when $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
110: 91, 4'  !| cleared the hedge in a moment to$9$ say something to$4$
110: 91, 5'  !| his sister. ~ The something might be guessed by$4$ its effects.
110: 91, 6E  !| "$PN#A$Miss*Elliot, I am sure \you\ are tired,"
110: 91, 6'  !| cried $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft.
110: 91, 7E  !| "Do let us have the pleasure of taking you home.  Here
110: 91, 8E  !| is excellent room for$4$ three, I assure you.  If we were all
110: 91, 9E  !| like$9$ you, I believe we might sit four. ~ You must, indeed,
110: 91,10E  !| you must."
110: 91,11'  !| $PN#A$Anne was still$5$ in the lane; and though instinctively
110: 91,12'  !| beginning$1$ to$9$ decline, she was not allowed to$9$ proceed.  The
110: 91,13'  !| $PN#D$admiral's kind$2$ urgency came in support$0$ of his wife's;
110: 91,14'  !| they would not be refused; they compressed themselves
110: 91,15'  !| into the smallest possible space to$9$ leave$1$ her a corner, and
110: 91,16'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, without saying a word, turned to$4$ her,
110: 91,17'  !| and quietly obliged her to$9$ be assisted into the carriage.
110: 91,18@a   | Yes, ~ he had done it.  She was in the carriage, and felt
110: 91,19@a   | that$3$ he had placed her there, that$3$ his will$0$ and his hands
110: 91,20@a   | had done it, that$3$ she owed it to$4$ his perception of her
110: 91,21@a   | fatigue$0$, and his resolution to$9$ give her rest$0#2$.  She was very
110: 91,22@a   | much affected by$4$ the view$0$ of his disposition towards her
110: 91,23@a   | which$6#1$ all these things made apparent.  This little circumstance
110: 91,24@a   | seemed the completion of all that$6#1$ had gone
110: 91,25@a   | before$5$.  She understood him.  He could not forgive her, ~
110: 91,26@a   | but he could not be unfeeling.  Though condemning her
110: 91,27@a   | for$4$ the past$0$, and considering it with high and unjust
110: 91,28@a   | resentment, though perfectly careless of her, and though
110: 91,29@a   | becoming$1$ attached to$4$ another, still$5$ he could not see her
110: 91,30@a   | suffer, without the desire$0$ of giving her relief.  It was
110: 91,31@a   | a remainder of former sentiment; it was an impulse of
110: 91,32@a   | pure, though unacknowledged friendship; it was a proof
110: 91,33@a   | of his own$2$ warm$2$ and amiable heart, which$6#1$ she could not
110: 91,34@a   | contemplate without emotions so$5#1$ compounded of pleasure
110: 91,35@a   | and pain$0$, that$3$ she knew not which$6#1$ prevailed.
110: 91,36'  !| Her answers to$4$ the kindness and the remarks of her
110: 91,37'  !| companions were at first unconsciously given.  They had
110: 91,38'  !| travelled half their way along$4$ the rough lane, before$3$ she
110: 92, 1'  !| was quite awake$2$ to$4$ what$6#1$ they said.  She then found
110: 92, 2'  !| them talking of
110: 92, 2Y7 !| "$PN#B$Frederick."
110: 92, 3D  !| "He certainly means$1$ to$9$ have one or other of those
110: 92, 4D  !| two girls, $PN#E$Sophy,"
110: 92, 4'  !| said the $PN#D$admiral; ~
110: 92, 4D  !| "but there is no$2$
110: 92, 5D  !| saying which$6#2$.  He has been running after$4$ them, too$5#2$,
110: 92, 6D  !| long$9$ enough, one would think, to$9$ make$1$ up his mind$0$.  Ay,
110: 92, 7D  !| this comes of the peace.  If it were war, now, he would
110: 92, 8D  !| have settled$1$ it long$9$ ago. ~ We sailors, $PN#A$Miss*Elliot, cannot
110: 92, 9D  !| afford to$9$ make$1$ long$9$ courtships in time of war.  How many
110: 92,10D  !| days was it, my dear$2#1$, between the first time of my seeing
110: 92,11D  !| you, and our sitting$0$ down$5$ together in our lodgings at
110: 92,12D  !| North*Yarmouth?"
110: 92,13E  !| "We had better$9$ not talk$1$ about$4$ it, my dear$2#1$,"
110: 92,13'  !| replied
110: 92,14'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft, pleasantly;
110: 92,14E  !| "for$3$ if $PN#A$Miss*Elliot were to$9$ hear
110: 92,15E  !| how soon we came to$4$ an understanding$0$, she would never
110: 92,16E  !| be persuaded that$3$ we could be happy together.  I had
110: 92,17E  !| known you by$4$ character, however, long$9$ before$5$."
110: 92,18D  !| "Well$7$, and I had heard of you as a very pretty$2$ girl;
110: 92,19D  !| and what$6#2$ were we to$9$ wait for$4$ besides? ~ I do not like$1$
110: 92,20D  !| having such things so$5#1$ long$9$ in hand$0$.  I wish$1$ $PN#B$Frederick
110: 92,21D  !| would spread a little more canvas, and bring us home one
110: 92,22D  !| of these young ladies to$4$ Kellynch.  Then, there would
110: 92,23D  !| always be company for$4$ them. ~ And very nice young
110: 92,24D  !| ladies they both are; I hardly know one from the other."
110: 92,25E  !| "Very good*humoured, unaffected girls, indeed,"
110: 92,25'  !| said
110: 92,26'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft, in a tone of calmer praise$0$, such as made $PN#A$Anne
110: 92,27'  !| suspect that$3$ her keener power might not consider either
110: 92,28'  !| of them as quite worthy of her brother;
110: 92,28E  !| "and a very
110: 92,29E  !| respectable family.  One could not be connected with
110: 92,30E  !| better$9$ people. ~ My dear$2#1$ $PN#D$admiral, that$6#2$ post| ~ we shall
110: 92,31E  !| certainly take that$6#2$ post."
110: 92,32'  !| But by$4$ coolly giving the reins a better$9$ direction herself,
110: 92,33'  !| they happily passed the danger; and by$4$ once afterwards
110: 92,34'  !| judiciously putting out$5$ her hand$0$, they neither fell into
110: 92,35'  !| a rut, nor ran foul of a dung-cart; and $PN#A$Anne, with some
110: 92,36'  !| amusement at their style of driving, which$6#1$ she imagined no$2$
110: 92,37'  !| bad representation of the general$2$ guidance of their affairs,
110: 92,38'  !| found herself safely deposited by$4$ them at the cottage.
111: 93, 1'  !| The time now approached for$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell's return$0$;
111: 93, 2'  !| the day was even$5$ fixed, and $PN#A$Anne, being$1$ engaged to$9$ join
111: 93, 3'  !|  her as soon as she was resettled, was looking forward$8$ to$4$
111: 93, 4'  !| an early removal to$4$ Kellynch, and beginning$1$ to$9$ think
111: 93, 5'  !| how her own$2$ comfort$0$ was likely to$9$ be affected by$4$ it.
111: 93, 6@a   | It would place$1$ her in the same village with $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
111: 93, 7@a   | within half a mile of him; they would have
111: 93, 8@a   | to$9$ frequent the same church, and there must be intercourse
111: 93, 9@a   | between the two families.  This was against her;
111: 93,10@a   | but, on$4$ the other hand$0$, he spent so$5#1$ much of his time at
111: 93,11@a   | Uppercross, that$3$ in removing thence she might be considered
111: 93,12@a   | rather as leaving him behind, than as going towards
111: 93,13@a   | him; and, upon the whole$0$, she believed she must,
111: 93,14@a   | on$4$ this interesting question$0$, be the gainer, almost as
111: 93,15@a   | certainly as in her change$0$ of domestic$2$ society, in leaving
111: 93,16@a   | poor $PN#P$Mary for$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell.
111: 93,17@a   | She wished it might be possible for$4$ her to$9$ avoid ever
111: 93,18@a   | seeing $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth at the hall; ~ those rooms had
111: 93,19@a   | witnessed former meetings which$6#1$ would be brought too$5#1$
111: 93,20@a   | painfully before$4$ her; but she was yet more anxious for$4$
111: 93,21@a   | the possibility of $PN#T$Lady*Russell and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
111: 93,22@a   | never meeting$9$ any*where.  They did not like$1$ each other,
111: 93,23@a   | and no$2$ renewal of acquaintance now could do any good;
111: 93,24@a   | and were $PN#T$Lady*Russell to$9$ see them together, she might
111: 93,25@a   | think that$3$ he had too$5#1$ much self-possession, and she too$5#1$
111: 93,26@a   | little.
111: 93,27'  !| These points formed her chief solicitude in anticipating
111: 93,28'  !| her removal from Uppercross, where she felt she had
111: 93,29'  !| been stationed quite long$9$ enough.
111: 93,29@a   | Her usefulness to$4$
111: 93,30@a   | little $PN#P1$Charles would always give some sweetness to$4$ the
111: 93,31@a   | memory of her two months visit$0$ there, but he was gaining
111: 93,32@a   | strength apace, and she had nothing else to$9$ stay$1$ for$4$.
111: 93,33'  !| The conclusion of her visit$0$, however, was diversified
111: 94, 1'  !| in a way which$6#1$ she had not at all imagined.  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
111: 94, 2'  !| after$4$ being$1$ unseen and unheard of at Uppercross
111: 94, 3'  !| for$4$ two whole$2$ days, appeared again among them to$9$
111: 94, 4'  !| justify himself by$4$ a relation of what$6#1$ had kept him away.
111: 94, 5'  !| A letter from his friend, $PN#J$Captain*Harville, having found
111: 94, 6'  !| him out$5$ at last$0$, had brought intelligence of $PN#J$Captain*Harville's
111: 94, 7'  !| being$1$ settled$1$ with his family at Lyme for$4$ the
111: 94, 8'  !| winter; of their being$1$, therefore, quite unknowingly,
111: 94, 9'  !| within twenty miles of each other.  $PN#J$Captain*Harville
111: 94,10'  !| had never been in good health since a severe wound$0$ which$6#1$
111: 94,11'  !| he received two years before$5$, and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's
111: 94,12'  !| anxiety to$9$ see him had determined$1$ him to$9$ go immediately
111: 94,13'  !| to$4$ Lyme.  He had been there for$4$ four-and-twenty hours.
111: 94,14'  !| His acquittal was complete$2$, his friendship warmly
111: 94,15'  !| honoured, a lively interest$0$ excited for$4$ his friend, and his
111: 94,16'  !| description of the fine country about$4$ Lyme so$5#1$ feelingly
111: 94,17'  !| attended to$4$ by$4$ the party, that$3$ an earnest desire$0$ to$9$ see
111: 94,18'  !| Lyme themselves, and a project for$4$ going thither was the
111: 94,19'  !| consequence.
111: 94,20'  !| The young people were all wild to$9$ see Lyme.  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
111: 94,21'  !| talked of going there again himself; it was
111: 94,22'  !| only seventeen miles from Uppercross; though November,
111: 94,23'  !| the weather was by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ bad; and, in short$0$,
111: 94,24'  !| $PN#S$Louisa, who$6#1$ was the most eager of the eager, having
111: 94,25'  !| formed the resolution to$9$ go, and besides the pleasure of
111: 94,26'  !| doing as she liked, being$1$ now armed with the idea of
111: 94,27'  !| merit$0$ in maintaining her own$2$ way, bore$1#1$ down$5$ all the
111: 94,28'  !| wishes$0$ of her father and mother for$4$ putting it off till
111: 94,29'  !| summer; and to$4$ Lyme they were to$9$ go ~ $PN#O$Charles, $PN#P$Mary,
111: 94,30'  !| $PN#A$Anne, $PN#R$Henrietta, $PN#S$Louisa, and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.
111: 94,31'  !| The first heedless scheme$0$ had been to$9$ go in the morning
111: 94,32'  !| and return$1$ at night, but to$4$ this $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove, for$4$ the sake
111: 94,33'  !| of his horses, would not consent$1$; and when it came to$9$
111: 94,34'  !| be rationally considered, a day in the middle of November
111: 94,35'  !| would not leave$1$ much time for$4$ seeing a new place$0$,
111: 94,36'  !| after$4$ deducting seven hours, as the nature of the country
111: 94,37'  !| required, for$4$ going and returning.  They were consequently
111: 94,38'  !| to$9$ stay$1$ the night there, and not to$9$ be expected$1$
111: 95, 1'  !| back$5$ till the next day's dinner.  This was felt to$9$ be
111: 95, 2'  !| a considerable amendment; and though they all met
111: 95, 3'  !| at the Great*House at rather an early breakfast$0$ hour, and
111: 95, 4'  !| set$1$ off very punctually, it was so$5#1$ much past$9$ noon before$3$
111: 95, 5'  !| the two carriages, $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove's coach containing the
111: 95, 6'  !| four ladies, and $PN#O$Charles's curricle, in which$6#1$ he drove
111: 95, 7'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, were descending the long$9$ hill into
111: 95, 8'  !| Lyme, and entering upon the still$5$ steeper street of the
111: 95, 9'  !| town itself, that$3$ it was very evident they would not have
111: 95,10'  !| more than time for$4$ looking about$4$ them, before$3$ the light$0$
111: 95,11'  !| and warmth of the day were gone.
111: 95,12'  !| After$4$ securing accommodations, and ordering a dinner
111: 95,13'  !| at one of the inns, the next thing to$9$ be done was unquestionably
111: 95,14'  !| to$9$ walk$1$ directly down$5$ to$4$ the sea.  They were
111: 95,15'  !| come too$5#1$ late in the year for$4$ any amusement or variety
111: 95,16'  !| which$6#1$ Lyme, as a public$2$ place$0$, might offer$1$; the rooms
111: 95,17'  !| were shut up, the lodgers almost all gone, scarcely any
111: 95,18'  !| family but of the residents left$1$ ~ and, as there is nothing
111: 95,19'  !| to$9$ admire in the buildings themselves, the remarkable
111: 95,20'  !| situation of the town, the principal$2$ street almost hurrying
111: 95,21'  !| into the water, the walk$0$ to$4$ the Cobb, skirting round$4$ the
111: 95,22'  !| pleasant little bay, which$6#1$ in the season is animated with
111: 95,23'  !| bathing*machines and company, the Cobb itself, its old
111: 95,24'  !| wonders$0$ and new improvements, with the very beautiful
111: 95,25'  !| line of cliffs stretching out$5$ to$4$ the east of the town, are
111: 95,26'  !| what$6#1$ the stranger's eye will$1$ seek; and a very strange
111: 95,27'  !| stranger$0$ it must be, who$6#1$ does not see charms in the
111: 95,28'  !| immediate environs of Lyme, to$9$ make$1$ him wish$1$ to$9$ know
111: 95,29'  !| it better$9$.  The scenes in its neighbourhood, Charmouth,
111: 95,30'  !| with its high grounds and extensive sweeps of country,
111: 95,31'  !| and still$5$ more its sweet retired bay, backed by$4$ dark$2$ cliffs,
111: 95,32'  !| where fragments of low rock among the sands make$1$ it
111: 95,33'  !| the happiest spot for$4$ watching the flow$0$ of the tide, for$4$
111: 95,34'  !| sitting$1$ in unwearied contemplation; ~ the woody varieties
111: 95,35'  !| of the cheerful village of Up*Lyme, and, above$4$ all, Pinny,
111: 95,36'  !| with its green chasms between romantic rocks, where the
111: 95,37'  !| scattered forest trees and orchards of luxuriant growth
111: 95,38'  !| declare that$3$ many a generation must have passed away
111: 96, 1'  !| since the first partial falling of the cliff prepared the
111: 96, 2'  !| ground for$4$ such a state$0$, where a scene so$5#1$ wonderful and
111: 96, 3'  !| so$5#1$ lovely is exhibited, as may$1$ more than equal$1$ any of the
111: 96, 4'  !| resembling scenes of the far-famed Isle*of*Wight:  these
111: 96, 5'  !| places$0$ must be visited, and visited again, to$9$ make$1$ the
111: 96, 6'  !| worth of Lyme understood.
111: 96, 7'  !| The party from Uppercross passing$1$ down$5$ by$4$ the now
111: 96, 8'  !| deserted and melancholy*looking rooms, and still$5$ descending,
111: 96, 9'  !| soon found themselves on$4$ the sea shore, and lingering
111: 96,10'  !| only, as all must linger and gaze on$4$ a first return$0$ to$4$ the
111: 96,11'  !| sea, who$6#1$ ever deserve to$9$ look$1$ on$4$ it at all, proceeded
111: 96,12'  !| towards the Cobb, equally their object$0$ in itself and on$4$
111: 96,13'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's account$0$; for$3$ in a small house, near$4$
111: 96,14'  !| the foot of an old pier of unknown date, were the $PN#J1$Harvilles
111: 96,15'  !| settled$1$.  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth turned in to$9$ call$1$ on$4$ his
111: 96,16'  !| friend; the others walked on$5$, and he was to$9$ join them on$4$
111: 96,17'  !| the Cobb.
111: 96,18'  !| They were by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ tired of wondering and admiring;
111: 96,19'  !| and not even$5$ $PN#S$Louisa seemed to$9$ feel that$3$ they had
111: 96,20'  !| parted with $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth long$9$, when they saw him
111: 96,21'  !| coming after$4$ them, with three companions, all well$9$
111: 96,22'  !| known already by$4$ description to$9$ be $PN#J$Captain and $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville,
111: 96,23'  !| and a $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, who$6#1$ was staying with them.
111: 96,24'  !| $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick had some time ago been first lieutenant
111: 96,25'  !| of the Laconia; and the account$0$ which$6#1$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
111: 96,26'  !| had given of him, on$4$ his return$0$ from Lyme before$5$;
111: 96,27'  !| his warm$2$ praise$0$ of him as an excellent young man and
111: 96,28'  !| an officer, whom$6#1$ he had always valued highly, which$6#1$
111: 96,29'  !| must have stamped him well$9$ in the esteem$0$ of every
111: 96,30'  !| listener, had been followed by$4$ a little history of his private$2$
111: 96,31'  !| life, which$6#1$ rendered him perfectly interesting in the eyes
111: 96,32'  !| of all the ladies.  He had been engaged to$4$ $PN#J$Captain*Harville's
111: 96,33'  !| sister, and was now mourning her loss.  They
111: 96,34'  !| had been a year or two waiting for$4$ fortune and promotion.
111: 96,35'  !| Fortune came, his prize-money as lieutenant being$1$ great,
111: 96,36'  !| ~ promotion, too$5#2$, came at \last$0$\; but $PN#ZO$Fanny*Harville did
111: 96,37'  !| not live to$9$ know it.  She had died the preceding summer,
111: 96,38'  !| while$9$ he was at sea.  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth believed it
111: 97, 1'  !| impossible for$4$ man to$9$ be more attached to$4$ woman than
111: 97, 2'  !| poor $PN#ZD$Benwick had been to$4$ $PN#ZO$Fanny*Harville, or to$9$ be more
111: 97, 3'  !| deeply afflicted under the dreadful change$0$.  He considered
111: 97, 4'  !| his disposition as of the sort which$6#1$ must suffer heavily,
111: 97, 5'  !| uniting very strong feelings with quiet$2$, serious$2$, and
111: 97, 6'  !| retiring manners, and a decided$2$ taste for$4$ reading, and
111: 97, 7'  !| sedentary pursuits.  To$9$ finish$1$ the interest$0$ of the story,
111: 97, 8'  !| the friendship between him and the $PN#J1$Harvilles seemed, if
111: 97, 9'  !| possible, augmented by$4$ the event which$6#1$ closed all their
111: 97,10'  !| views of alliance, and $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick was now living$9$
111: 97,11'  !| with them entirely.  $PN#J$Captain*Harville had taken his
111: 97,12'  !| present$9$ house for$4$ half a year, his taste, and his health,
111: 97,13'  !| and his fortune all directing him to$4$ a residence unexpensive,
111: 97,14'  !| and by$4$ the sea; and the grandeur of the country,
111: 97,15'  !| and the retirement of Lyme in the winter, appeared
111: 97,16'  !| exactly adapted to$4$ $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick's state$0$ of mind$0$.
111: 97,17'  !| The sympathy and good-will excited towards $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick
111: 97,18'  !| was very great.
111: 97,19A  !| "And yet,"
111: 97,19'  !| said $PN#A$Anne to$4$ herself, as they now moved
111: 97,20'  !| forward$8$ to$9$ meet$1$ the party,
111: 97,20A  !| "he has not, perhaps, a more
111: 97,21A  !| sorrowing heart than I have.  I cannot believe his
111: 97,22A  !| prospects so$5#1$ blighted for*ever.  He is younger than I am;
111: 97,23A  !| younger in feeling$0$, if not in fact; younger as a man.
111: 97,24A  !| He will$1$ rally again, and be happy with another."
111: 97,25'  !| They all met, and were introduced.  $PN#J$Captain*Harville
111: 97,26'  !| was a tall, dark$2$ man, with a sensible$2#2$, benevolent countenance;
111: 97,27'  !| a little lame; and from strong features, and
111: 97,28'  !| want$0$ of health, looking much older than $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.
111: 97,29'  !| $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick looked and was the youngest
111: 97,30'  !| of the three, and, compared with either of them, a little
111: 97,31'  !| man.  He had a pleasing face$0$ and a melancholy$2$ air, just$9$
111: 97,32'  !| as he ought to$9$ have, and drew back$5$ from conversation.
111: 97,33'  !| $PN#J$Captain*Harville, though not equalling $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
111: 97,34'  !| in manners, was a perfect$2$ gentleman, unaffected,
111: 97,35'  !| warm$2$, and obliging.  $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville, a degree less polished
111: 97,36'  !| than her husband, seemed however to$9$ have the same good
111: 97,37'  !| feelings; and nothing could be more pleasant than their
111: 97,38'  !| desire$0$ of considering the whole$2$ party as friends of their
111: 98, 1'  !| own$2$, because the friends of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, or more
111: 98, 2'  !| kindly hospitable than their entreaties for$4$ their all
111: 98, 3'  !| promising to$9$ dine with them.  The dinner, already ordered
111: 98, 4'  !| at the inn, was at last$0$, though unwillingly, accepted as
111: 98, 5'  !| an excuse$0$; but they seemed almost hurt that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
111: 98, 6'  !| should have brought any such party to$4$ Lyme,
111: 98, 7'  !| without considering it as a thing of course$8$ that$3$ they
111: 98, 8'  !| should dine with them.
111: 98, 9'  !| There was so$5#1$ much attachment to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
111: 98,10'  !| in all this, and such a bewitching charm$0$ in a degree of
111: 98,11'  !| hospitality so$5#1$ uncommon, so$5#1$ unlike the usual style of
111: 98,12'  !| give-and-take invitations, and dinners of formality and
111: 98,13'  !| display$0$, that$3$ $PN#A$Anne felt her spirits not likely to$9$ be benefited
111: 98,14'  !| by$4$ an increasing acquaintance among his brother-officers.
111: 98,15@a   | "These would have been all my friends,"
111: 98,15'  !| was
111: 98,16'  !| her thought$0$; and she had to$9$ struggle$1$ against a great
111: 98,17'  !| tendency to$4$ lowness.
111: 98,18'  !| On$4$ quitting the Cobb, they all went indoors with their
111: 98,19'  !| new friends, and found rooms so$5#1$ small as none but those
111: 98,20'  !| who$6#1$ invite from the heart could think capable of accommodating
111: 98,21'  !| so$5#1$ many.  $PN#A$Anne had a moment's astonishment on$4$
111: 98,22'  !| the subject$0$ herself; but it was soon lost in the pleasanter
111: 98,23'  !| feelings which$6#1$ sprang from the sight of all the ingenious
111: 98,24'  !| contrivances and nice arrangements of $PN#J$Captain*Harville,
111: 98,25'  !| to$9$ turn$1$ the actual space to$4$ the best possible account$0$, to$9$
111: 98,26'  !| supply$1$ the deficiencies of lodging-house furniture, and
111: 98,27'  !| defend the windows and doors against the winter storms
111: 98,28'  !| to$9$ be expected$1$.  The varieties in the fitting-up of the
111: 98,29'  !| rooms, where the common$2$ necessaries provided$1$ by$4$ the
111: 98,30'  !| owner, in the common$2$ indifferent plight, were contrasted
111: 98,31'  !| with some few articles of a rare species of wood, excellently
111: 98,32'  !| worked up, and with something curious and valuable
111: 98,33'  !| from all the distant countries $PN#J$Captain*Harville had
111: 98,34'  !| visited, were more than amusing to$4$ $PN#A$Anne:  connected
111: 98,35'  !| as it all was with his profession$0#2$, the fruit of its labours,
111: 98,36'  !| the effect$0$ of its influence$0$ on$4$ his habits, the picture$0$ of
111: 98,37'  !| repose and domestic$2$ happiness it presented, made it to$4$
111: 98,38'  !| her a something more, or less, than gratification.
111: 99, 1'  !| $PN#J$Captain*Harville was no$2$ reader; but he had contrived
111: 99, 2'  !| excellent accommodations, and fashioned very pretty$2$
111: 99, 3'  !| shelves, for$4$ a tolerable collection of well-bound volumes,
111: 99, 4'  !| the property of $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick.  His lameness prevented
111: 99, 5'  !| him from taking much exercise$0$; but a mind$0$ of
111: 99, 6'  !| usefulness and ingenuity seemed to$9$ furnish him with
111: 99, 7'  !| constant employment within.  He drew, he varnished,
111: 99, 8'  !| he carpentered, he glued; he made toys for$4$ the children,
111: 99, 9'  !| he fashioned new netting-needles and pins with improvements;
111: 99,10'  !| and if every*thing else was done, sat down$5$ to$4$
111: 99,11'  !| his large fishing-net at one corner of the room.
111: 99,12'  !| $PN#A$Anne thought$1$ she left$1$ great happiness behind her
111: 99,13'  !| when they quitted the house; and $PN#S$Louisa, by$4$ whom$6#1$ she
111: 99,14'  !| found herself walking, burst$1$ forth into raptures of admiration
111: 99,15'  !| and delight$0$ on$4$ the character of the navy ~
111: 99,15@s   | their
111: 99,16@s   | friendliness, their brotherliness, their openness, their
111: 99,17@s   | uprightness; protesting that$3$ she was convinced of sailors
111: 99,18@s   | having more worth and warmth than any other set$0$ of
111: 99,19@s   | men in England; that$3$ they only knew how to$9$ live, and
111: 99,20@s   | they only deserved to$9$ be respected and loved.
111: 99,21'  !| They went back$5$ to$9$ dress$1$ and dine; and so$5#1$ well$9$ had the
111: 99,22'  !| scheme$0$ answered already, that$3$ nothing was found amiss;
111: 99,23'  !| though its being$1$
111: 99,23Y  !| "so$5#1$ entirely out$8$ of the season,"
111: 99,23'  !| and the
111: 99,24Y  !| "no-thorough-fare of Lyme,"
111: 99,24'  !| and the
111: 99,24Y  !| "no$2$ expectation
111: 99,25Y  !| of company,"
111: 99,25'  !| had brought many apologies from the heads
111: 99,26'  !| of the inn.
111: 99,27'  !| $PN#A$Anne found herself by$4$ this time growing so$5#1$ much more
111: 99,28'  !| hardened to$4$ being$1$ in $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's company than
111: 99,29'  !| she had at first imagined could ever be, that$3$ the sitting$0$
111: 99,30'  !| down$5$ to$4$ the same table with him now, and the interchange
111: 99,31'  !| of the common$2$ civilities attending on$4$ it ~ (they never
111: 99,32'  !| got beyond$5$) was become a mere nothing.
111: 99,33'  !| The nights were too$5#1$ dark$2$ for$4$ the ladies to$9$ meet$1$ again
111: 99,34'  !| till the morrow, but $PN#J$Captain*Harville had promised them
111: 99,35'  !| a visit$0$ in the evening; and he came, bringing his friend
111: 99,36'  !| also, which$6#1$ was more than had been expected$1$, it having
111: 99,37'  !| been agreed that$3$ $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick had all the appearance
111: 99,38'  !| of being$1$ oppressed by$4$ the presence of so$5#1$ many strangers.
111:100, 1'  !| He ventured among them again, however, though his
111:100, 2'  !| spirits certainly did not seem fit$9$ for$4$ the mirth of the party
111:100, 3'  !| in general$0$.
111:100, 4'  !| While$9$ $PN#B$Captains*Wentworth and $PN#J$Harville led the talk$0$
111:100, 5'  !| on$4$ one side$0$ of the room, and, by$4$ recurring to$4$ former days,
111:100, 6'  !| supplied anecdotes in abundance to$9$ occupy and entertain
111:100, 7'  !| the others, it fell to$4$ $PN#A$Anne's lot to$9$ be placed rather apart
111:100, 8'  !| with $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick; and a very good impulse of her
111:100, 9'  !| nature obliged her to$9$ begin an acquaintance with him.
111:100,10'  !| He was shy, and disposed to$4$ abstraction; but the
111:100,11'  !| engaging mildness of her countenance, and gentleness of
111:100,12'  !| her manners, soon had their effect$0$; and $PN#A$Anne was well$9$
111:100,13'  !| repaid the first trouble$0$ of exertion.
111:100,13@a   | He was evidently
111:100,14@a   | a young man of considerable taste in reading, though
111:100,15@a   | principally in poetry; and besides the persuasion of
111:100,16@a   | having given him at least an evening's indulgence in the
111:100,17@a   | discussion of subjects, which$6#1$ his usual companions had
111:100,18@a   | probably no$2$ concern$0$ in, she had the hope$0$ of being$1$ of
111:100,19@a   | real use$0$ to$4$ him in some suggestions as to$4$ the duty and
111:100,20@a   | benefit of struggling against affliction, which$6#1$ had naturally
111:100,21@a   | grown out$5$ of their conversation.  For$3$, though shy, he
111:100,22@a   | did not seem reserved; it had rather the appearance of
111:100,23@a   | feelings glad to$9$ burst$1$ their usual restraints; and having
111:100,24@a   | talked of poetry, the richness of the present$9$ age, and gone
111:100,25@a   | through$4$ a brief comparison of opinion as to$4$ the first-rate
111:100,26@a   | poets, trying$1$ to$9$ ascertain whether \Marmion\ or \The*Lady*of*the*Lake\
111:100,27@a   | were to$9$ be preferred, and how ranked the*\Giaour\
111:100,28@a   | and \The*Bride*of*Abydos\; and moreover, how
111:100,29@a   | the*\Giaour\ was to$9$ be pronounced, he shewed himself so$5#1$
111:100,30@a   | intimately acquainted with all the tenderest songs of
111:100,31@a   | the one poet, and all the impassioned descriptions of
111:100,32@a   | hopeless agony of the other; he repeated, with such
111:100,33@a   | tremulous feeling$0$, the various lines which$6#1$ imaged a broken
111:100,34@a   | heart, or a mind$0$ destroyed by$4$ wretchedness, and looked
111:100,35@a   | so$5#1$ entirely as if he meant to$9$ be understood, that$3$ she
111:100,36@a   | ventured to$9$ hope$1$ he did not always read only poetry;
111:100,37@a   | and to$9$ say, that$3$ she thought$1$ it was the misfortune of
111:100,38@a   | poetry, to$9$ be seldom safely enjoyed by$4$ those who$6#1$ enjoyed
111:101, 1@a   | it completely; and that$3$ the strong feelings which$6#1$ alone
111:101, 2@a   | could estimate$1$ it truly, were the very feelings which$6#1$
111:101, 3@a   | ought to$9$ taste it but sparingly.
111:101, 4@a   | His looks$0$ shewing him not pained, but pleased with
111:101, 5@a   | this allusion to$4$ his situation,
111:101, 5'  !| she was emboldened to$9$ go
111:101, 6'  !| on$5$; and feeling$1$ in herself the right$0$ of seniority of mind$0$,
111:101, 7'  !| she ventured to$9$ recommend a larger allowance of prose
111:101, 8'  !| in his daily study$0$; and on$4$ being$1$ requested to$9$ particularize,
111:101, 9'  !| mentioned such works$0$ of our best moralists, such collections
111:101,10'  !| of the finest letters, such memoirs of characters
111:101,11'  !| of worth and suffering, as occurred to$4$ her at the moment
111:101,12'  !| as calculated to$9$ rouse and fortify the mind$0$ by$4$ the highest
111:101,13'  !| precepts, and the strongest examples of moral and religious
111:101,14'  !| endurances.
111:101,15'  !| $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick listened attentively, and seemed
111:101,16'  !| grateful for$4$ the interest$0$ implied; and though with a shake$0$
111:101,17'  !| of the head$0$, and sighs which$6#1$ declared his little faith in
111:101,18'  !| the efficacy of any books on$4$ grief like$9$ his, noted down$5$
111:101,19'  !| the names of those she recommended, and promised to$4$
111:101,20'  !| procure and read them.
111:101,21'  !| When the evening was over, $PN#A$Anne could not but be
111:101,22'  !| amused at the idea of her coming to$4$ Lyme, to$9$ preach
111:101,23'  !| patience and resignation to$9$ a young man whom$6#1$ she had
111:101,24'  !| never seen before$5$; nor could she help$1$ fearing, on$4$ more
111:101,25'  !| serious$2$ reflection, that$3$, like$9$ many other great moralists
111:101,26'  !| and preachers, she had been eloquent on$4$ a point$0$ in which$6#1$
111:101,27'  !| her own$2$ conduct$0$ would ill bear$1$ examination.
112:102, 1'  !| $PN#A$Anne and $PN#R$Henrietta, finding themselves the earliest
112:102, 2'  !| of the party the next morning, agreed to$9$ stroll down$5$ to$4$
112:102, 3'  !| the sea before$4$ breakfast$0$. ~ They went to$4$ the sands, to$9$
112:102, 4'  !| watch$1$ the flowing of the tide, which$6#1$ a fine south-easterly
112:102, 5'  !| breeze was bringing in with all the grandeur which$6#1$ so$5#1$ flat
112:102, 6'  !| a shore admitted.  They praised the morning; gloried
112:102, 7'  !| in the sea; sympathized in the delight$0$ of the fresh-feeling
112:102, 8'  !| breeze ~ and were silent; till $PN#R$Henrietta suddenly began
112:102, 9'  !| again, with,
112:102,10R  !| "Oh| yes, ~ I am quite convinced that$3$, with very
112:102,11R  !| few exceptions, the sea-air always does good.  There can
112:102,12R  !| be no$2$ doubt$0$ of its having been of the greatest service to$4$
112:102,13R  !| $PN#ZZE$Dr%*Shirley, after$4$ his illness, last$2$ spring$0$ twelvemonth.
112:102,14R  !| He declares himself, that$3$ coming to$4$ Lyme for$4$ a month,
112:102,15R  !| did him more good than all the medicine he took; and,
112:102,16R  !| that$3$ being$1$ by$4$ the sea, always makes him feel young
112:102,17R  !| again.  Now, I cannot help$1$ thinking it a pity$0$ that$3$ he does
112:102,18R  !| not live entirely by$4$ the sea.  I do think he had better$9$
112:102,19R  !| leave$1$ Uppercross entirely, and fix at Lyme. ~ Do not you,
112:102,20R  !| $PN#A$Anne? ~ Do not you agree with me, that$3$ it is the best
112:102,21R  !| thing he could do, both for$4$ himself and $PN#ZZF$Mrs%*Shirley? ~
112:102,22R  !| She has cousins here, you know, and many acquaintance,
112:102,23R  !| which$6#1$ would make$1$ it cheerful for$4$ her, ~ and I am sure
112:102,24R  !| she would be glad to$9$ get to$4$ a place$0$ where she could have
112:102,25R  !| medical attendance at hand$0$, in case of his having another
112:102,26R  !| seizure.  Indeed I think it quite melancholy$2$ to$9$ have
112:102,27R  !| such excellent people as $PN#ZZE$Dr% and $PN#ZZF$Mrs%*Shirley, who$6#1$ have
112:102,28R  !| been doing good all their lives$0$, wearing out$5$ their last$2$
112:102,29R  !| days in a place$0$ like$9$ Uppercross, where, excepting our
112:102,30R  !| family, they seem shut out$5$ from all the world.  I wish$1$ his
112:102,31R  !| friends would propose it to$4$ him.  I really think they ought.
112:102,32R  !| And, as to$4$ procuring a dispensation, there could be no$2$
112:102,33R  !| difficulty at his time of life, and with his character.  My
112:103, 1R  !| only doubt$0$ is, whether any*thing could persuade him to$9$
112:103, 2R  !| leave$1$ his parish.  He is so$5#1$ very strict and scrupulous in
112:103, 3R  !| his notions; over-scrupulous, I must say.  Do not you
112:103, 4R  !| think, $PN#A$Anne, it is being$1$ over-scrupulous?  Do not you
112:103, 5R  !| think it is quite a mistaken point$0$ of conscience, when
112:103, 6R  !| a clergyman sacrifices his health for$4$ the sake of duties,
112:103, 7R  !| which$6#1$ may$1$ be just$9$ as well$9$ performed by$4$ another person? ~
112:103, 8R  !| And at Lyme too$5#2$, ~ only seventeen miles off, ~ he would
112:103, 9R  !| be near$9$ enough to$9$ hear, if people thought$1$ there was any*thing
112:103,10R  !| to$9$ complain of."
112:103,11'  !| $PN#A$Anne smiled more than once to$4$ herself during this
112:103,12'  !| speech, and entered into the subject$0$, as ready to$9$ do good
112:103,13'  !| by$4$ entering into the feelings of a young lady as of a young
112:103,14'  !| man, ~ though here it was good of a lower$2$ standard, for$3$
112:103,15'  !| what$6#2$ could be offered but general$2$ acquiescence? ~ She
112:103,16'  !| said all that$6#1$ was reasonable and proper on$4$ the business;
112:103,17'  !| felt the claims of $PN#ZZE$Dr%*Shirley to$4$ repose, as she ought; saw
112:103,18'  !| how very desirable it was that$3$ he should have some active,
112:103,19'  !| respectable young man, as a resident curate, and was
112:103,20'  !| even$5$ courteous enough to$9$ hint$1$ at the advantage of such
112:103,21'  !| resident curate's being$1$ married.
112:103,22R  !| "I wish$1$,"
112:103,22'  !| said $PN#R$Henrietta, very well$9$ pleased with her
112:103,23'  !| companion,
112:103,23R  !| "I wish$1$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell lived at Uppercross,
112:103,24R  !| and were intimate$2$ with $PN#ZZE$Dr%*Shirley.  I have always heard
112:103,25R  !| of $PN#T$Lady*Russell, as a woman of the greatest influence$0$ with
112:103,26R  !| every*body|  I always look$1$ upon her as able to$9$ persuade
112:103,27R  !| a person to$4$ any*thing|  I am afraid of her, as I have told
112:103,28R  !| you before$5$, quite afraid of her, because she is so$5#1$ very
112:103,29R  !| clever; but I respect$1$ her amazingly, and wish$1$ we had
112:103,30R  !| such a neighbour at Uppercross."
112:103,31'  !| $PN#A$Anne was amused by$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta's manner of being$1$
112:103,32'  !| grateful, and amused also, that$3$ the course$0$ of events and
112:103,33'  !| the new interests$0$ of $PN#R$Henrietta's views should have placed
112:103,34'  !| her friend at all in favour$0$ with any of the $PN#M1$Musgrove family;
112:103,35'  !| she had only time, however, for$4$ a general$2$ answer$0$, and
112:103,36'  !| a wish$0$ that$3$ such another woman were at Uppercross,
112:103,37'  !| before$3$ all subjects suddenly ceased, on$4$ seeing $PN#S$Louisa
112:103,38'  !| and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth coming towards them.  They
112:104, 1'  !| came also for$4$ a stroll till breakfast$0$ was likely to$9$ be ready;
112:104, 2'  !| but $PN#S$Louisa recollecting, immediately afterwards, that$3$ she
112:104, 3'  !| had something to$9$ procure at a shop, invited them all to$9$
112:104, 4'  !| go back$5$ with her into the town.  They were all at her
112:104, 5'  !| disposal.
112:104, 6'  !| When they came to$4$ the steps, leading upwards from
112:104, 7'  !| the beach, a gentleman at the same moment preparing
112:104, 8'  !| to$9$ come down$5$, politely drew back$5$, and stopped to$9$ give
112:104, 9'  !| them way.  They ascended and passed him; and as they
112:104,10'  !| passed, $PN#A$Anne's face$0$ caught his eye, and he looked at her
112:104,11'  !| with a degree of earnest admiration, which$6#1$ she could not
112:104,12'  !| be insensible of.  She was looking remarkably well$9$; her
112:104,13'  !| very regular, very pretty$2$ features, having the bloom and
112:104,14'  !| freshness of youth restored by$4$ the fine wind which$6#1$ had
112:104,15'  !| been blowing on$4$ her complexion, and by$4$ the animations
112:104,16'  !| of eye which$6#1$ it had also produced.
112:104,16@a   | It was evident that$3$
112:104,17@a   | the gentleman, (completely a gentleman in manner)
112:104,18@a   | admired her exceedingly.  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth looked
112:104,19@a   | round$9$ at her instantly in a way which$6#1$ shewed his noticing
112:104,20@a   | of it.  He gave her a momentary glance$0$, ~ a glance$0$ of
112:104,21@a   | brightness, which$6#1$ seemed to$9$ say, "That$6#2$ man is struck
112:104,22@a   | with you, ~ and even$5$ I, at this moment, see something
112:104,23@a   | like$9$ $PN#A$Anne*Elliot again."
112:104,24'  !| After$4$ attending $PN#S$Louisa through$4$ her business, and
112:104,25'  !| loitering about$5$ a little longer, they returned to$4$ the inn;
112:104,26'  !| and $PN#A$Anne in passing$1$ afterwards quickly from her own$2$
112:104,27'  !| chamber to$4$ their dining-room, had nearly run$1$ against
112:104,28'  !| the very same gentleman, as he came out$8$ of an adjoining
112:104,29'  !| apartment.  She had before$5$ conjectured him to$9$ be
112:104,30'  !| a stranger$0$ like$9$ themselves, and determined$1$ that$3$ a well-looking
112:104,31'  !| groom, who$6#1$ was strolling about$5$ near$4$ the two inns
112:104,32'  !| as they came back$5$, should be his servant.  Both master
112:104,33'  !| and man being$1$ in mourning, assisted the idea.
112:104,33@a   | It was
112:104,34@a   | now proved that$3$ he belonged to$4$ the same inn as themselves;
112:104,35@a   | and this second$2$ meeting$0$, short$2$ as it was, also
112:104,36@a   | proved again by$4$ the gentleman's looks$0$, that$3$ he thought$1$
112:104,37@a   | hers very lovely, and by$4$ the readiness and propriety of
112:104,38@a   | his apologies, that$3$ he was a man of exceedingly good
112:105, 1@a   | manners.  He seemed about$4$ thirty, and, though not
112:105, 2@a   | handsome, had an agreeable person.
112:105, 2'  !| $PN#A$Anne felt that$3$ she
112:105, 3'  !| should like$1$ to$9$ know who$6#2$ he was.
112:105, 4'  !| They had nearly done breakfast$0$, when the sound$0$ of
112:105, 5'  !| a carriage, (almost the first they had heard since entering
112:105, 6'  !| Lyme) drew half the party to$4$ the window.
112:105, 6Y  !| "It was
112:105, 7Y  !| a gentleman's carriage ~ a curricle ~ but only coming
112:105, 8Y  !| round$9$ from the stable-yard to$4$ the front$2$ door ~ Somebody
112:105, 9Y  !| must be going away. ~ It was driven by$4$ a servant in
112:105,10Y  !| mourning."
112:105,11'  !| The word curricle made $PN#O$Charles*Musgrove jump up,
112:105,12'  !| that$3$ he might compare it with his own$2$, the servant in
112:105,13'  !| mourning roused $PN#A$Anne's curiosity, and the whole$2$ six
112:105,14'  !| were collected to$9$ look$1$, by$4$ the time the owner of the
112:105,15'  !| curricle was to$9$ be seen issuing from the door amidst the
112:105,16'  !| bows and civilities of the household, and taking his seat,
112:105,17'  !| to$9$ drive$1$ off.
112:105,18B  !| "Ah|"
112:105,18'  !| cried $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, instantly, and with
112:105,19'  !| half a glance$0$ at $PN#A$Anne;
112:105,19B  !| "it is the very man we passed."
112:105,20'  !| The $PN#R1$Miss*Musgroves agreed to$4$ it; and having all
112:105,21'  !| kindly watched him as far up the hill as they could, they
112:105,22'  !| returned to$4$ the breakfast-table.  The waiter came into
112:105,23'  !| the room soon afterwards.
112:105,24B  !| "Pray,"
112:105,24'  !| said $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, immediately,
112:105,24B  !| "can
112:105,25B  !| you tell us the name$0$ of the gentleman who$6#1$ is just$9$ gone
112:105,26B  !| away?"
112:105,27W  !| "Yes, Sir, a $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot; a gentleman of large fortune, ~
112:105,28W  !| came in last$2$ night from Sidmouth, ~ dare$1#2$ say you heard
112:105,29W  !| the carriage, Sir, while$9$ you were at dinner; and going on$5$
112:105,30W  !| now for$4$ Crewkherne, in his way to$4$ Bath$0#1$ and London."
112:105,31Y  !| "$PN#I$Elliot|" ~
112:105,31'  !| Many had looked on$4$ each other, and
112:105,32'  !| many had repeated the name$0$, before$3$ all this had been got
112:105,33'  !| through$5$, even$5$ by$4$ the smart rapidity of a waiter.
112:105,34P  !| "Bless me|"
112:105,34'  !| cried $PN#P$Mary;
112:105,34P  !| "it must be our cousin; ~
112:105,35P  !| it must be our $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, it must, indeed| ~ $PN#O$Charles,
112:105,36P  !| $PN#A$Anne, must not it?  In mourning, you see, just$9$ as our
112:105,37P  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot must be.  How very extraordinary|  In the
112:105,38P  !| very same inn with us|  $PN#A$Anne, must not it be our $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot;
112:106, 1P  !| my father's next heir?  Pray Sir,"
112:106, 1'  !| (turning$1$ to$4$
112:106, 2'  !| the waiter),
112:106, 2P  !| "did not you hear, ~ did not his servant say
112:106, 3P  !| whether he belonged to$4$ the Kellynch family?"
112:106, 4W  !| "No$7$, ma'am, ~ he did not mention$1$ no$2$ particular
112:106, 5W  !| family; but he said his master was a very rich gentleman,
112:106, 6W  !| and would be a baronight some day."
112:106, 7P  !| "There| you see|"
112:106, 7'  !| cried $PN#P$Mary, in an ecstacy,
112:106, 7P  !| "Just$9$
112:106, 8P  !| as I said|  Heir to$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot| ~ I was sure that$3$
112:106, 9P  !| would come out$5$, if it was so$5#2$.  Depend upon it, that$6#2$ is
112:106,10P  !| a circumstance which$6#1$ his servants take care$0$ to$9$ publish
112:106,11P  !| wherever he goes.  But, $PN#A$Anne, only conceive how extraordinary|
112:106,12P  !| I wish$1$ I had looked at him more.  I wish$1$ we
112:106,13P  !| had been aware in time, who$6#1$ it was, that$3$ he might have
112:106,14P  !| been introduced to$4$ us.  What$7$ a pity$0$ that$3$ we should not
112:106,15P  !| have been introduced to$4$ each other| ~ Do you think he
112:106,16P  !| had the $PN#G1$Elliot countenance?  I hardly looked at him,
112:106,17P  !| I was looking at the horses; but I think he had something
112:106,18P  !| of the $PN#G1$Elliot countenance.  I wonder$1$ the arms did not
112:106,19P  !| strike me|  Oh| ~ the great-coat was hanging$1$ over the
112:106,20P  !| pannel, and hid the arms; so$5#2$ it did, otherwise, I am sure,
112:106,21P  !| I should have observed them, and the livery too$5#2$; if the
112:106,22P  !| servant had not been in mourning, one should have known
112:106,23P  !| him by$4$ the livery."
112:106,24B  !| "Putting all these very extraordinary circumstances
112:106,25B  !| together,"
112:106,25'  !| said $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
112:106,25B  !| "we must consider
112:106,26B  !| it to$9$ be the arrangement of Providence, that$3$ you should
112:106,27B  !| not be introduced to$4$ your cousin."
112:106,28'  !| When she could command$1$ $PN#P$Mary's attention, $PN#A$Anne
112:106,29'  !| quietly tried to$9$ convince her that$3$
112:106,29@a   | their father and
112:106,30@a   | $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had not, for$4$ many years, been on$4$ such terms
112:106,31@a   | as to$9$ make$1$ the power of attempting an introduction at
112:106,32@a   | all desirable.
112:106,33@a   | At the same time, however, it was a secret$2$ gratification
112:106,34@a   | to$4$ herself to$9$ have seen her cousin, and to$9$ know that$3$ the
112:106,35@a   | future owner of Kellynch was undoubtedly a gentleman,
112:106,36@a   | and had an air of good sense.
112:106,36'  !| She would not, upon any
112:106,37'  !| account$0$, mention$1$ her having met with him the second$2$
112:106,38'  !| time; luckily $PN#P$Mary did not much attend to$4$ their having
112:107, 1'  !| passed close$9$ by$4$ him in their early walk$0$, but she would
112:107, 2'  !| have felt quite ill-used by$4$ $PN#A$Anne's having actually run$1$
112:107, 3'  !| against him in the passage, and received his very polite
112:107, 4'  !| excuses, while$9$ she had never been near$4$ him at all; no$7$, that$6#2$
112:107, 5'  !| cousinly little interview must remain a perfect$2$ secret$0$.
112:107, 6P  !| "Of course$8$,"
112:107, 6'  !| said $PN#P$Mary,
112:107, 6P  !| "you will$1$ mention$1$ our seeing
112:107, 7P  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, the next time you write to$4$ Bath$0#1$.  I think my
112:107, 8P  !| father certainly ought to$9$ hear of it; do mention$1$ all about$4$
112:107, 9P  !| him."
112:107,10'  !| $PN#A$Anne avoided a direct$2$ reply$0$, but it was just$9$ the circumstance
112:107,11'  !| which$6#1$ she considered
112:107,11@a   | as not merely unnecessary to$9$
112:107,12@a   | be communicated, but as what$6#1$ ought to$9$ be suppressed.
112:107,13@a   | The offence which$6#1$ had been given her father, many years
112:107,14@a   | back$5$, she knew; $PN#H$Elizabeth's particular share$0$ in it she
112:107,15@a   | suspected; and that$3$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's idea always produced
112:107,16@a   | irritation in both, was beyond$4$ a doubt$0$.  $PN#P$Mary never
112:107,17@a   | wrote to$4$ Bath$0#1$ herself;
112:107,17'  !| all the toil of keeping$1$ up a slow
112:107,18'  !| and unsatisfactory correspondence with $PN#H$Elizabeth fell on$4$
112:107,19'  !| $PN#A$Anne.
112:107,20'  !| Breakfast$0$ had not been long$9$ over, when they were
112:107,21'  !| joined by$4$ $PN#J$Captain and $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville, and $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick,
112:107,22'  !| with whom$6#1$ they had appointed to$9$ take their last$2$ walk$0$
112:107,23'  !| about$4$ Lyme.  They ought to$9$ be setting off for$4$ Uppercross
112:107,24'  !| by$4$ one, and in the meanwhile were to$9$ be all together,
112:107,25'  !| and out$8$ of doors as long$9$ as they could.
112:107,26'  !| $PN#A$Anne found $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick getting near$4$ her, as soon
112:107,27'  !| as they were all fairly in the street.  Their conversation,
112:107,28'  !| the preceding evening, did not disincline him to$9$ seek her
112:107,29'  !| again; and they walked together some time, talking as
112:107,30'  !| before$5$ of $PN#Z1$Mr%*Scott and $PN#Z1$Lord*Byron, and still$5$ as unable,
112:107,31'  !| as before$5$, and as unable as any other two readers, to$9$ think
112:107,32'  !| exactly alike of the merits of either, till something
112:107,33'  !| occasioned an almost general$2$ change$0$ amongst their party,
112:107,34'  !| and instead of $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, she had $PN#J$Captain*Harville
112:107,35'  !| by$4$ her side$0$.
112:107,36J  !| "$PN#A$Miss*Elliot,"
112:107,36'  !| said he, speaking rather low,
112:107,36J  !| "you have
112:107,37J  !| done a good deed in making that$6#2$ poor fellow talk$1$ so$5#1$ much.
112:107,38J  !| I wish$1$ he could have such company oftener.  It is bad
112:108, 1J  !| for$4$ him, I know, to$9$ be shut up as he is; but what$6#2$ can we
112:108, 2J  !| do? we cannot part$1$."
112:108, 3A  !| "No$7$,"
112:108, 3'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
112:108, 3A  !| "that$6#2$ I can easily believe to$9$ be
112:108, 4A  !| impossible; but in time, perhaps ~ we know what$6#1$ time
112:108, 5A  !| does in every case of affliction, and you must remember,
112:108, 6A  !| $PN#J$Captain*Harville, that$3$ your friend may$1$ yet be called
112:108, 7A  !| a young mourner ~ Only last$2$ summer, I understand."
112:108, 8J  !|  "Ay, true enough,"
112:108, 8'  !| (with a deep sigh$0$)
112:108, 8J  !| "only June."
112:108, 9A  !| "And not known to$4$ him, perhaps, so$5#1$ soon."
112:108,10J  !| "Not till the first week in August, when he came home
112:108,11J  !| from the Cape, ~ just$9$ made into the Grappler.  I was at
112:108,12J  !| Plymouth, dreading to$9$ hear of him; he sent in letters,
112:108,13J  !| but the Grappler was under orders$0#1$ for$4$ Portsmouth.
112:108,14J  !| There the news must follow him, but who$6#2$ was to$9$ tell it?
112:108,15J  !| not I.  I would as soon have been run$1$ up to$4$ the yard-arm.
112:108,16J  !| Nobody could do it, but that$6#2$ good fellow,
112:108,16'  !| (pointing to$4$
112:108,17'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.)
112:108,17J  !| The Laconia had come into
112:108,18J  !| Plymouth the week before$5$; no$2$ danger of her being$1$ sent
112:108,19J  !| to$4$ sea again.  He stood his chance$0$ for$4$ the rest$0#1$ ~ wrote up
112:108,20J  !| for$4$ leave$0$ of absence, but without waiting the return$0$,
112:108,21J  !| travelled night and day till he got to$4$ Portsmouth, rowed
112:108,22J  !| off to$4$ the Grappler that$6#2$ instant$0$, and never left$1$ the poor
112:108,23J  !| fellow for$4$ a week; that's what$6#1$ he did, and nobody else
112:108,24J  !| could have saved poor $PN#ZD$James.  You may$1$ think, $PN#A$Miss*Elliot,
112:108,25J  !| whether he is dear$2#1$ to$4$ us|"
112:108,26'  !| $PN#A$Anne did think on$4$ the question$0$ with perfect$2$ decision,
112:108,27'  !| and said as much in reply$0$ as her own$2$ feelings could
112:108,28'  !| accomplish, or as his seemed able to$9$ bear$1$, for$3$ he was too$5#1$
112:108,29'  !| much affected to$9$ renew the subject$0$ ~ and when he spoke
112:108,30'  !| again, it was of something totally different.
112:108,31'  !| $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville's giving it as her opinion that$3$
112:108,31@k   | her husband
112:108,32@k   | would have quite walking enough by$4$ the time he reached
112:108,33@k   | home,
112:108,33'  !| determined$1$ the direction of all the party in what$6#1$
112:108,34'  !| was to$9$ be their last$2$ walk$0$; they would accompany them
112:108,35'  !| to$4$ their door, and then return$1$ and set$1$ off themselves.
112:108,36'  !| By$4$ all their calculations there was just$9$ time for$4$ this;
112:108,37'  !| but as they drew near$4$ the Cobb, there was such a general$2$
112:108,38'  !| wish$0$ to$9$ walk$1$ along$4$ it once more, all were so$5#2$ inclined,
112:109, 1'  !| and $PN#S$Louisa soon grew so$5#1$ determined$2$, that$3$ the difference of
112:109, 2'  !| a quarter$0#1$ of an hour, it was found, would be no$2$ difference
112:109, 3'  !| at all, so$3$ with all the kind$2$ leave-taking, and all the kind$2$
112:109, 4'  !| interchange of invitations and promises$0$ which$6#1$ may$1$ be
112:109, 5'  !| imagined, they parted from $PN#J$Captain and $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville
112:109, 6'  !| at their own$2$ door, and still$5$ accompanied by$4$ $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick,
112:109, 7'  !| who$6#1$ seemed to$9$ cling to$4$ them to$4$ the last$0$, proceeded
112:109, 8'  !| to$9$ make$1$ the proper adieus to$4$ the Cobb.
112:109, 9'  !| $PN#A$Anne found $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick again drawing near$4$ her.
112:109,10'  !| $PN#Z1$Lord*Byron's
112:109,10Z1 !| "dark$2$ blue seas"
112:109,10'  !| could not fail of being$1$
112:109,11'  !| brought forward$8$ by$4$ their present$9$ view$0$, and she gladly
112:109,12'  !| gave him all her attention as long$9$ as attention was possible.
112:109,13'  !| It was soon drawn per*force another way.
112:109,14'  !| There was too$5#1$ much wind to$9$ make$1$ the high part$0$ of the
112:109,15'  !| new Cobb pleasant for$4$ the ladies, and they agreed to$9$ get
112:109,16'  !| down$4$ the steps to$4$ the lower$2$, and all were contented to$9$
112:109,17'  !| pass$1$ quietly and carefully down$4$ the steep flight, excepting
112:109,18'  !| $PN#S$Louisa; she must be jumped down$5$ them by$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.
112:109,19'  !| In all their walks$0$, he had had to$9$ jump her
112:109,20'  !| from the stiles; the sensation$0#1$ was delightful to$4$ her.  The
112:109,21'  !| hardness of the pavement for$4$ her feet, made him less
112:109,22'  !| willing upon the present$9$ occasion$0$; he did it, however;
112:109,23'  !| she was safely down$5$, and instantly, to$9$ shew$1$ her enjoyment,
112:109,24'  !| ran up the steps to$9$ be jumped down$5$ again.  He
112:109,25'  !| advised her against it, thought$1$ the jar too$5#1$ great; but no$7$,
112:109,26'  !| he reasoned and talked in vain; she smiled and said,
112:109,27S  !| "I am determined$2$ I will$1$:"
112:109,27'  !| he put out$5$ his hands; she
112:109,28'  !| was too$5#1$ precipitate by$4$ half a second$0$, she fell on$4$ the
112:109,29'  !| pavement on$4$ the Lower*Cobb, and was taken up lifeless|
112:109,30'  !| There was no$2$ wound$0$, no$2$ blood, no$2$ visible bruise; but
112:109,31'  !| her eyes were closed, she breathed not, her face$0$ was like$9$
112:109,32'  !| death. ~ The horror of that$6#2$ moment to$4$ all who$6#1$ stood
112:109,33'  !| around$5$|
112:109,34'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, who$6#1$ had caught her up, knelt with
112:109,35'  !| her in his arms, looking on$4$ her with a face$0$ as pallid as her
112:109,36'  !| own$2$, in an agony of silence$0$.
112:109,36P  !| "She is dead| she is dead|"
112:109,37'  !| screamed $PN#P$Mary, catching hold$0$ of her husband, and contributing
112:109,38'  !| with his own$2$ horror to$9$ make$1$ him immoveable;
112:110, 1'  !| and in another moment, $PN#R$Henrietta, sinking under the
112:110, 2'  !| conviction, lost her senses too$5#2$, and would have fallen on$4$
112:110, 3'  !| the steps, but for$4$ $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick and $PN#A$Anne, who$6#1$ caught
112:110, 4'  !| and supported her between them.
112:110, 5B  !| "Is there no*one to$9$ help$1$ me?"
112:110, 5'  !| were the first words
112:110, 6'  !| which$6#1$ burst$1$ from $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, in a tone of despair$0$,
112:110, 7'  !| and as if all his own$2$ strength were gone.
112:110, 8A  !| "Go to$4$ him, go to$4$ him,"
112:110, 8'  !| cried $PN#A$Anne,
112:110, 8A  !| "for$4$ heaven's
112:110, 9A  !| sake go to$4$ him.  I can support$1$ her myself.  Leave$1$ me,
112:110,10A  !| and go to$4$ him.  Rub her hands, rub her temples; here
112:110,11A  !| are salts, ~ take them, take them."
112:110,12'  !| $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick obeyed, and $PN#O$Charles at the same
112:110,13'  !| moment, disengaging himself from his wife, they were
112:110,14'  !| both with him; and $PN#S$Louisa was raised up and supported
112:110,15'  !| more firmly between them, and every*thing was done
112:110,16'  !| that$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne had prompted, but in vain; while$9$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
112:110,17'  !| staggering against the wall for$4$ his support$0$,
112:110,18'  !| exclaimed in the bitterest agony,
112:110,19B  !| "Oh God| her father and mother|"
112:110,20A  !| "A surgeon|"
112:110,20'  !| said $PN#A$Anne.
112:110,21'  !| He caught the word; it seemed to$9$ rouse him at once,
112:110,22'  !| and saying only
112:110,22B  !| "True, true, a surgeon this instant$0$,"
112:110,23'  !| was darting away, when $PN#A$Anne eagerly suggested,
112:110,24A  !| "$PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, would not it be better$9$ for$4$ $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick?
112:110,25A  !| He knows where a surgeon is to$9$ be found."
112:110,26'  !| Every*one capable of thinking felt the advantage of
112:110,27'  !| the idea, and in a moment (it was all done in rapid
112:110,28'  !| moments) $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick had resigned the poor corpse-like
112:110,29'  !| figure entirely to$4$ the brother's care$0$, and was off for$4$
112:110,30'  !| the town with the utmost rapidity.
112:110,31'  !| As to$4$ the wretched party left$1$ behind, it could scarcely
112:110,32'  !| be said which$6#1$ of the three, who$6#1$ were completely rational,
112:110,33'  !| was suffering most, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, $PN#A$Anne, or $PN#O$Charles,
112:110,34'  !| who$6#1$, really a very affectionate brother, hung over $PN#S$Louisa
112:110,35'  !| with sobs of grief, and could only turn$1$ his eyes from one
112:110,36'  !| sister, to$9$ see the other in a state$0$ as insensible, or to$9$ witness$1$
112:110,37'  !| the hysterical agitations of his wife, calling on$4$ him for$4$
112:110,38'  !| help$0$ which$6#1$ he could not give.
112:111, 1'  !| $PN#A$Anne, attending with all the strength and zeal, and
112:111, 2'  !| thought$0$, which$6#1$ instinct supplied, to$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta, still$5$ tried,
112:111, 3'  !| at intervals, to$9$ suggest comfort$0$ to$4$ the others, tried to$9$
112:111, 4'  !| quiet$2$ $PN#P$Mary, to$9$ animate$1$ $PN#O$Charles, to$9$ assuage the feelings
112:111, 5'  !| of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.  Both seemed to$9$ look$1$ to$4$ her for$4$
112:111, 6'  !| directions.
112:111, 7O  !| "$PN#A$Anne, $PN#A$Anne,"
112:111, 7'  !| cried $PN#O$Charles,
112:111, 7O  !| "what$6#2$ is to$9$ be done
112:111, 8O  !| next?  What$6#2$, in heaven's name$0$, is to$9$ be done next?"
112:111, 9'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's eyes were also turned towards her.
112:111,10A  !| "Had not she better$9$ be carried to$4$ the inn?  Yes, I am
112:111,11A  !| sure, carry her gently to$4$ the inn."
112:111,12B  !| "Yes, yes, to$4$ the inn,"
112:111,12'  !| repeated $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
112:111,13'  !| comparatively collected, and eager to$9$ be doing something.
112:111,14B  !| "I will$1$ carry her myself.  $PN#O$Musgrove, take care$0$ of the
112:111,15B  !| others."
112:111,16'  !| By$4$ this time the report$0$ of the accident had spread
112:111,17'  !| among the workmen and boatmen about$4$ the Cobb, and
112:111,18'  !| many were collected near$4$ them, to$9$ be useful if wanted,
112:111,19'  !| at any rate$0$, to$9$ enjoy the sight of a dead young lady,
112:111,19@y   | nay,
112:111,20@y   | two dead young ladies, for$3$ it proved twice as fine as the
112:111,21@y   | first report$0$.
112:111,21'  !| To$4$ some of the best-looking of these good
112:111,22'  !| people $PN#R$Henrietta was consigned, for$3$, though partially
112:111,23'  !| revived, she was quite helpless; and in this manner,
112:111,24'  !| $PN#A$Anne walking by$4$ her side$0$, and $PN#O$Charles attending to$4$ his
112:111,25'  !| wife, they set$1$ forward$8$, treading back$5$ with feelings
112:111,26'  !| unutterable, the ground which$6#1$ so$5#1$ lately, so$5#1$ very lately,
112:111,27'  !| and so$5#1$ light$9$ of heart, they had passed along$5$.
112:111,28'  !| They were not off the Cobb, before$3$ the $PN#J1$Harvilles met
112:111,29'  !| them.  $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick had been seen flying by$4$ their
112:111,30'  !| house, with a countenance which$6#1$ shewed something to$9$
112:111,31'  !| be wrong$9$; and they had set$1$ off immediately, informed
112:111,32'  !| and directed, as they passed, towards the spot.  Shocked
112:111,33'  !| as $PN#J$Captain*Harville was, he brought senses and nerves
112:111,34'  !| that$6#1$ could be instantly useful; and a look$0$ between him
112:111,35'  !| and his wife decided$1$ what$6#1$ was to$9$ be done.
112:111,35@y4  | She must be
112:111,36@y4  | taken to$4$ their house ~ all must go to$4$ their house ~ and
112:111,37@y4  | wait the surgeon's arrival there.
112:111,37'  !| They would not listen
112:111,38'  !| to$4$ scruples:  he was obeyed; they were all beneath his
112:112, 1'  !| roof; and while$9$ $PN#S$Louisa, under $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville's direction,
112:112, 2'  !| was conveyed up*stairs, and given possession of her own$2$
112:112, 3'  !| bed, assistance, cordials, restoratives were supplied by$4$
112:112, 4'  !| her husband to$4$ all who$6#1$ needed them.
112:112, 5'  !| $PN#S$Louisa had once opened her eyes, but soon closed them
112:112, 6'  !| again, without apparent consciousness.  This had been
112:112, 7'  !| a proof of life, however, of service to$4$ her sister; and
112:112, 8'  !| $PN#R$Henrietta, though perfectly incapable of being$1$ in the same
112:112, 9'  !| room with $PN#S$Louisa, was kept, by$4$ the agitation of hope$0$ and
112:112,10'  !| fear$0$, from a return$0$ of her own$1$ insensibility.  $PN#P$Mary, too$5#2$,
112:112,11'  !| was growing calmer.
112:112,12'  !| The surgeon was with them almost before$3$ it had seemed
112:112,13'  !| possible.  They were sick with horror while$9$ he examined;
112:112,14'  !| but he was not hopeless.  The head$0$ had received a severe
112:112,15'  !| contusion, but he had seen greater injuries recovered
112:112,16'  !| from:  he was by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ hopeless; he spoke cheerfully.
112:112,17'  !| That$3$ he did not regard$1$ it as a desperate case ~ that$3$ he
112:112,18'  !| did not say a few hours must end$1$ it ~ was at first felt,
112:112,19'  !| beyond$4$ the hope$0$ of most; and the ecstasy of such
112:112,20'  !| a reprieve, the rejoicing, deep and silent, after$4$ a few
112:112,21'  !| fervent ejaculations of gratitude to$4$ Heaven had been
112:112,22'  !| offered, may$1$ be conceived.
112:112,23'  !| The tone, the look$0$, with which$6#1$
112:112,23B  !| "Thank God|"
112:112,23'  !| was
112:112,24'  !| uttered by$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, $PN#A$Anne was sure could
112:112,25'  !| never be forgotten by$4$ her; nor the sight of him afterwards,
112:112,26'  !| as he sat near$4$ a table, leaning over it with folded arms,
112:112,27'  !| and face$0$ concealed, as if overpowered by$4$ the various
112:112,28'  !| feelings of his soul, and trying$1$ by$4$ prayer and reflection
112:112,29'  !| to$9$ calm$1$ them.
112:112,30'  !| $PN#S$Louisa's limbs had escaped.  There was no$2$ injury but
112:112,31'  !| to$4$ the head$0$.
112:112,32'  !| It now became necessary for$4$ the party to$9$ consider what$6#1$
112:112,33'  !| was best to$9$ be done, as to$4$ their general$2$ situation.  They
112:112,34'  !| were now able to$9$ speak to$4$ each other, and consult.  That$3$
112:112,35'  !| $PN#S$Louisa must remain where she was, however distressing
112:112,36'  !| to$4$ her friends to$9$ be involving the $PN#J1$Harvilles in such
112:112,37'  !| trouble$0$, did not admit a doubt$0$.  Her removal was impossible.
112:112,38'  !| The $PN#J1$Harvilles silenced all scruples; and, as
112:113, 1'  !| much as they could, all gratitude.  They had looked forward$8$
112:113, 2'  !| and arranged every*thing, before$3$ the others began
112:113, 3'  !| to$9$ reflect.
112:113, 3@y4  | $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick must give up his room to$4$
112:113, 4@y4  | them, and get a bed elsewhere ~
112:113, 4'  !| and the whole$0$ was
112:113, 5'  !| settled$1$.
112:113, 5@y4  | They were only concerned that$3$ the house could
112:113, 6@y4  | accommodate no$2$ more; and yet perhaps by$4$
112:113, 6Y4 !| "putting
112:113, 7Y4 !| the children away in the maids' room, or swinging a cot
112:113, 8Y4 !| somewhere,"
112:113, 8@y4  | they could hardly bear$1$ to$9$ think of not
112:113, 9@y4  | finding room for$4$ two or three besides, supposing they might
112:113,10@y4  | wish$1$ to$9$ stay$1$; though, with regard$0$ to$4$ any attendance on$4$
112:113,11@y4  | $PN#S$Miss*Musgrove, there need$1$ not be the least uneasiness in
112:113,12@y4  | leaving her to$4$ $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville's care$0$ entirely.  $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville
112:113,13@y4  | was a very experienced nurse$0$; and her nursery-maid,
112:113,14@y4  | who$6#1$ had lived with her long$9$ and gone about$5$ with her every*where,
112:113,15@y4  | was just$9$ such another.  Between those two, she
112:113,16@y4  | could want$1$ no$2$ possible attendance by$4$ day or night.
112:113,16'  !| And
112:113,17'  !| all this was said with a truth and sincerity of feeling$0$
112:113,18'  !| irresistible.
112:113,19'  !| $PN#O$Charles, $PN#R$Henrietta, and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth were the
112:113,20'  !| three in consultation, and for$4$ a little while$0$ it was only
112:113,21'  !| an interchange of perplexity and terror.
112:113,21Y  !| "Uppercross, ~
112:113,22Y  !| the necessity of some*one's going to$4$ Uppercross, ~ the
112:113,23Y  !| news to$9$ be conveyed ~ how it could be broken to$4$ $PN#M$Mr% and
112:113,24Y  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove ~ the lateness of the morning, ~ an hour
112:113,25Y  !| already gone since they ought to$9$ have been off, ~ the
112:113,26Y  !| impossibility of being$1$ in tolerable time.
112:113,27'  !| At first, they
112:113,27'  !| were capable of nothing more to$4$ the purpose than such
112:113,28'  !| exclamations; but, after$4$ a while$0$, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
112:113,29'  !| exerting himself, said,
112:113,30B  !| "We must be decided$2$, and without the loss of another
112:113,31B  !| minute$0$.  Every minute$0$ is valuable.  Some must resolve$1$
112:113,32B  !| on$4$ being$1$ off for$4$ Uppercross instantly.  $PN#O$Musgrove, either
112:113,33B  !| you or I must go."
112:113,34'  !| $PN#O$Charles agreed; but declared his resolution of not
112:113,35'  !| going away.
112:113,35@o   | He would be as little incumbrance as possible
112:113,36@o   | to$4$ $PN#J$Captain and $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville; but as to$4$ leaving his
112:113,37@o   | sister in such a state$0$, he neither ought, nor would.
112:113,37'  !| So$5#1$
112:113,38'  !| far it was decided$1$; and $PN#R$Henrietta at first declared the
112:114, 1'  !| same.  She, however, was soon persuaded to$9$ think
112:114, 2'  !| differently.
112:114, 2@y   | The usefulness of her staying| ~ She, who$6#1$
112:114, 3@y   | had not been able to$9$ remain in $PN#S$Louisa's room, or to$9$ look$1$
112:114, 4@y   | at her, without sufferings which$6#1$ made her worse than
112:114, 5@y   | helpless|
112:114, 5'  !| She was forced to$9$ acknowledge that$3$ she could
112:114, 6'  !| do no$2$ good; yet was still$5$ unwilling to$9$ be away, till touched
112:114, 7'  !| by$4$ the thought$0$ of her father and mother, she gave it up;
112:114, 8'  !| she consented, she was anxious to$9$ be at home.
112:114, 9'  !| The plan had reached this point$0$, when $PN#A$Anne, coming
112:114,10'  !| quietly down$5$ from $PN#S$Louisa's room, could not but hear
112:114,11'  !| what$6#1$ followed, for$3$ the parlour door was open$2$.
112:114,12B  !| "Then it is settled$1$, $PN#O$Musgrove,"
112:114,12'  !| cried $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
112:114,13B  !| "that$3$ you stay$1$, and that$3$ I take care$0$ of your
112:114,14B  !| sister home.  But as to$4$ the rest$0#1$; ~ as to$4$ the others; ~
112:114,15B  !| If one stays to$9$ assist $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville, I think it need$1$ be
112:114,16B  !| only one. ~ $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles*Musgrove will$1$, of course$8$, wish$1$
112:114,17B  !| to$9$ get back$5$ to$4$ her children; but, if $PN#A$Anne will$1$ stay$1$, no$2$
112:114,18B  !| one so$5#1$ proper, so$5#1$ capable as $PN#A$Anne|"
112:114,19'  !| She paused a moment to$4$ recover from the emotion of
112:114,20'  !| hearing herself so$5#2$ spoken of.  The other two warmly
112:114,21'  !| agreed to$4$ what$6#1$ he said, and she then appeared.
112:114,22B  !| "You will$1$ stay$1$, I am sure; you will$1$ stay$1$ and nurse$1$
112:114,23B  !| her;"
112:114,23'  !| cried he, turning$1$ to$4$ her and speaking with a glow,
112:114,24'  !| and yet a gentleness, which$6#1$ seemed almost restoring the
112:114,25'  !| past$0$. ~ She coloured deeply; and he recollected himself,
112:114,26'  !| and moved away. ~ She expressed herself
112:114,26@a   | most willing,
112:114,27@a   | ready, happy to$9$ remain.
112:114,27A  !| "It was what$6#1$ she had been
112:114,28A  !| thinking of, and wishing to$9$ be allowed to$9$ do. ~ A bed on$4$
112:114,29A  !| the floor in $PN#S$Louisa's room would be sufficient for$4$ her, if
112:114,30A  !| $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville would but think so$5#2$."
112:114,31'  !| one thing more, and all seemed arranged.  Though it
112:114,32'  !| was rather desirable that$3$ $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove should
112:114,33'  !| be previously alarmed by$4$ some share$0$ of delay$0$; yet the
112:114,34'  !| time required by$4$ the Uppercross horses to$9$ take them back$5$,
112:114,35'  !| would be a dreadful extension of suspense; and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
112:114,36'  !| proposed, and $PN#O$Charles*Musgrove agreed, that$3$
112:114,37'  !| it would be much better$9$ for$4$ him to$9$ take a chaise from the
112:114,38'  !| inn, and leave$1$ $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove's carriage and horses to$9$ be
112:115, 1'  !| sent home the next morning early, when there would be the
112:115, 2'  !| farther advantage of sending an account$0$ of $PN#S$Louisa's night.
112:115, 3'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth now hurried off to$9$ get every*thing
112:115, 4'  !| ready on$4$ his part$0$, and to$9$ be soon followed by$4$ the two
112:115, 5'  !| ladies.  When the plan was made known to$4$ $PN#P$Mary, however,
112:115, 6'  !| there was an end$0$ of all peace in it.  She was so$5#1$
112:115, 7'  !| wretched, and so$5#1$ vehement, complained so$5#1$ much of injustice
112:115, 8'  !| in being$1$ expected$1$ to$9$ go away, instead of $PN#A$Anne; ~
112:115, 9@p   | $PN#A$Anne, who$6#1$ was nothing to$4$ $PN#S$Louisa, while$9$ she was her sister,
112:115,10@p   | and had the best right$0$ to$9$ stay$1$ in $PN#R$Henrietta's stead|
112:115,11@p   | Why was not she to$9$ be as useful as $PN#A$Anne?  And to$9$ go
112:115,12@p   | home without $PN#O$Charles, too$5#2$ ~ without her husband|  No$7$,
112:115,13@p   | it was too$5#1$ unkind|
112:115,13'  !| And, in short$0$, she said more than her
112:115,14'  !| husband could long$9$ withstand; and as none of the others
112:115,15'  !| could oppose when he gave way, there was no$2$ help$0$ for$4$
112:115,16'  !| it:  the change$0$ of $PN#P$Mary for$4$ $PN#A$Anne was inevitable.
112:115,17'  !| $PN#A$Anne had never submitted more reluctantly to$4$ the
112:115,18'  !| jealous and ill-judging claims of $PN#P$Mary; but so$5#2$ it must be,
112:115,19'  !| and they set$1$ off for$4$ the town, $PN#O$Charles taking care$0$ of his
112:115,20'  !| sister, and $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick attending to$4$ her.  She gave
112:115,21'  !| a moment's recollection, as they hurried along$5$, to$4$ the
112:115,22'  !| little circumstances which$6#1$ the same spots had witnessed
112:115,23'  !| earlier in the morning.
112:115,23@a   | There she had listened to$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta's
112:115,24@a   | schemes for$4$ $PN#ZZE$Dr%*Shirley's leaving Uppercross;
112:115,25@a   | farther on$5$, she had first seen $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot; a moment
112:115,26@a   | seemed all that$6#1$ could now be given to$4$ any*one but $PN#S$Louisa,
112:115,27@a   | or those who$6#1$ were wrapt up in her welfare.
112:115,28'  !| $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick was most considerately attentive to$4$
112:115,29'  !| her; and, united as they all seemed by$4$ the distress$0$ of the
112:115,30'  !| day, she felt an increasing degree of good-will towards
112:115,31'  !| him, and a pleasure even$5$ in thinking that$3$ it might,
112:115,32'  !| perhaps, be the occasion$0$ of continuing their acquaintance.
112:115,33'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was on$4$ the watch$0$ for$4$ them, and
112:115,34'  !| a chaise*and*four in waiting, stationed for$4$ their convenience
112:115,35'  !| in the lowest part$0$ of the street; but his evident
112:115,36'  !| surprise$0$ and vexation, at the substitution of one sister for$4$
112:115,37'  !| the other ~ the change$0$ of his countenance ~ the astonishment ~
112:115,38'  !| the expressions begun and suppressed, with which$6#1$
112:116, 1'  !| $PN#O$Charles was listened to$4$, made but a mortifying reception
112:116, 2'  !| of $PN#A$Anne; or must at least convince her that$3$ she was
112:116, 3'  !| valued only as she could be useful to$4$ $PN#S$Louisa.
112:116, 4'  !| She endeavoured to$9$ be composed, and to$9$ be just$2$.
112:116, 5'  !| Without emulating the feelings of an $PN#Z2$Emma towards her
112:116, 6'  !| $PN#Z2$Henry, she would have attended on$4$ $PN#S$Louisa with a zeal
112:116, 7'  !| above$4$ the common$2$ claims of regard$0$, for$4$ his sake; and she
112:116, 8'  !| hoped he would not long$9$ be so$5#1$ unjust as to$9$ suppose she
112:116, 9'  !| would shrink unnecessarily from the office of a friend.
112:116,10'  !| In the meanwhile she was in the carriage.  He had
112:116,11'  !| handed them both in, and placed himself between them;
112:116,12'  !| and in this manner, under these circumstances full of
112:116,13'  !| astonishment and emotion to$4$ $PN#A$Anne, she quitted Lyme.
112:116,14@a   | How the long$9$ stage$0#1$ would pass$1$; how it was to$9$ affect
112:116,15@a   | their manners; what$6#1$ was to$9$ be their sort of intercourse,
112:116,16@a   | she could not foresee.  It was all quite natural$2$, however.
112:116,17@a   | He was devoted to$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta; always turning$1$ towards
112:116,18@a   | her; and when he spoke at all, always with the view$0$ of
112:116,19@a   | supporting her hopes$0$ and raising her spirits.  In general$0$,
112:116,20@a   | his voice and manner were studiously calm$2$.  To$9$ spare$1$
112:116,21@a   | $PN#R$Henrietta from agitation seemed the governing principle.
112:116,22'  !| Once only, when she had been grieving over the last$2$ ill-judged,
112:116,23'  !| ill-fated walk$0$ to$4$ the Cobb, bitterly lamenting
112:116,24'  !| that$3$ it ever had been thought$1$ of, he burst$1$ forth, as if
112:116,25'  !| wholly overcome ~
112:116,26B  !| "Don't talk$1$ of it, don't talk$1$ of it,"
112:116,26'  !| he cried.
112:116,26B  !| "Oh
112:116,27B  !| God|  that$3$ I had not given way to$4$ her at the fatal moment|
112:116,28B  !| Had I done as I ought|  But so$5#1$ eager and so$5#1$ resolute|
112:116,29B  !| Dear$2#1$, sweet $PN#S$Louisa|"
112:116,30'  !| $PN#A$Anne wondered
112:116,30@a   | whether it ever occurred to$4$ him now,
112:116,31@a   | to$9$ question$1$ the justness of his own$2$ previous opinion as
112:116,32@a   | to$4$ the universal felicity and advantage of firmness of
112:116,33@a   | character; and whether it might not strike him, that$3$,
112:116,34@a   | like$9$ all other qualities of the mind$0$, it should have its
112:116,35@a   | proportions and limits.
112:116,35'  !| She thought$1$
112:116,35@a   | it could scarcely
112:116,36@a   | escape$1$ him to$9$ feel, that$3$ a persuadable temper might
112:116,37@a   | sometimes be as much in favour$0$ of happiness, as a very
112:116,38@a   | resolute character.
112:117, 1'  !| They got on$5$ fast.  $PN#A$Anne was astonished to$9$ recognise
112:117, 2'  !| the same hills and the same objects$0$ so$5#1$ soon.  Their actual
112:117, 3'  !| speed, heightened by$4$ some dread$0$ of the conclusion, made
112:117, 4'  !| the road appear but half as long$9$ as on$4$ the day before$5$.  It
112:117, 5'  !| was growing quite dusk, however, before$3$ they were in
112:117, 6'  !| the neighbourhood of Uppercross, and there had been
112:117, 7'  !| total silence$0$ among them for$4$ some time, $PN#R$Henrietta
112:117, 8'  !| leaning back$5$ in the corner, with a shawl over her face$0$,
112:117, 9'  !| giving the hope$0$ of her having cried herself to$4$ sleep$0$; when,
112:117,10'  !| as they were going up their last$2$ hill, $PN#A$Anne found herself
112:117,11'  !| all at once addressed by$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.  In a low,
112:117,12'  !| cautious voice, he said,
112:117,13B  !| "I have been considering what$6#1$ we had best do.  She
112:117,14B  !| must not appear at first.  She could not stand$1$ it.  I have
112:117,15B  !| been thinking whether you had not better$9$ remain in the
112:117,16B  !| carriage with her, while$9$ I go in and break it to$4$ $PN#M$Mr% and
112:117,17B  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove.  Do you think this a good plan?"
112:117,18'  !| She did:  he was satisfied$2$, and said no$2$ more.  But
112:117,19'  !| the remembrance of the appeal remained a pleasure to$4$
112:117,20'  !| her ~
112:117,20@a   | as a proof of friendship, and of deference for$4$ her
112:117,21@a   | judgment, a great pleasure; and when it became a sort
112:117,22@a   | of parting proof, its value$0$ did not lessen.
112:117,23'  !| When the distressing communication at Uppercross
112:117,24'  !| was over, and he had seen the father and mother quite
112:117,25'  !| as composed as could be hoped, and the daughter all the
112:117,26'  !| better$9$ for$4$ being$1$ with them, he announced his intention
112:117,27'  !| of returning in the same carriage to$4$ Lyme; and when
112:117,28'  !| the horses were baited, he was off.
201:121, 1'  !| The remainder of $PN#A$Anne's time at Uppercross, comprehending
201:121, 2'  !| only two days, was spent entirely at the mansion-house,
201:121, 3'  !| and she had the satisfaction of knowing herself
201:121, 4'  !| extremely useful there, both as an immediate companion,
201:121, 5'  !| and as assisting in all those arrangements for$4$ the future,
201:121, 6'  !| which$6#1$, in $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's distressed state$0$ of
201:121, 7'  !| spirits, would have been difficulties.
201:121, 8'  !| They had an early account$0$ from Lyme the next morning.
201:121, 9'  !| $PN#S$Louisa was much the same.  No$2$ symptoms worse than
201:121,10'  !| before$5$ had appeared.  $PN#O$Charles came a few hours afterwards,
201:121,11'  !| to$9$ bring a later and more particular account$0$.  He
201:121:12'  !| was tolerably cheerful.
201:121,12@o   | A speedy cure$0$ must not be hoped,
201:121,13@o   | but every*thing was going on$5$ as well$9$ as the nature of the
201:121,14@o   | case admitted.
201:121,14'  !| In speaking of the $PN#J1$Harvilles, he seemed
201:121,15'  !| unable to$9$ satisfy his own$2$ sense of their kindness, especially
201:121,16'  !| of $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville's exertions as a nurse$0$.
201:121,17O  !| "She really left$1$
201:121,18O  !| nothing for$4$ $PN#P$Mary to$9$ do.  He and $PN#P$Mary had been persuaded
201:121,19O  !| to$9$ go early to$4$ their inn last$2$ night.  $PN#P$Mary had been hysterical
201:121,20O  !| again this morning.  When he came away, she was
201:121,21O  !| going to$9$ walk$1$ out$5$ with $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, which$6#1$, he hoped,
201:121,22O  !| would do her good.  He almost wished she had been
201:121,23O  !| prevailed on$5$ to$9$ come home the day before$5$; but the
201:121,24O  !| truth was, that$3$ $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville left$1$ nothing for$4$ any*body
201:121,25O  !| to$9$ do."
201:121,26'  !| $PN#O$Charles was to$9$ return$1$ to$4$ Lyme the same afternoon, and
201:121,27'  !| his father had at first half a mind$0$ to$9$ go with him, but
201:121,28'  !| the ladies could not consent$1$.  It would be going only to$9$
201:121,29'  !| multiply trouble$0$ to$4$ the others, and increase$1$ his own$2$
201:121,30'  !| distress$0$; and a much better$9$ scheme$0$ followed and was
201:121,31'  !| acted upon.  A chaise was sent for$5$ from Crewkherne, and
201:122, 1'  !| $PN#O$Charles conveyed back$5$ a far more useful person in the
201:122, 2'  !| old nursery-maid of the family, one who$6#1$ having brought
201:122, 3'  !| up all the children, and seen the very last$0$, the lingering
201:122, 4'  !| and long-petted master $PN#N1$Harry, sent to$4$ school after$4$ his
201:122, 5'  !| brothers, was now living$9$ in her deserted nursery to$9$ mend
201:122, 6'  !| stockings, and dress$1$ all the blains and bruises she could
201:122, 7'  !| get near$4$ her, and who$6#1$, consequently, was only too$5#1$ happy
201:122, 8'  !| in being$1$ allowed to$9$ go and help$1$ nurse$1$ dear$2#1$ $PN#S$Miss*Louisa.
201:122, 9'  !| Vague wishes$0$ of getting $PN#ZZD$Sarah thither, had occurred before$5$
201:122,10'  !| to$4$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove and $PN#R$Henrietta; but without $PN#A$Anne, it
201:122,11'  !| would hardly have been resolved on$5$, and found practicable
201:122,12'  !| so$5#1$ soon.
201:122,13'  !| They were indebted, the next day, to$4$ $PN#L$Charles*Hayter
201:122,14'  !| for$4$ all the minute$2$ knowledge of $PN#S$Louisa, which$6#1$ it was so$5#1$
201:122,15'  !| essential to$9$ obtain every twenty-four hours.  He made
201:122,16'  !| it his business to$9$ go to$4$ Lyme, and his account$0$ was still$5$
201:122,17'  !| encouraging.  The intervals of sense and consciousness
201:122,18'  !| were believed to$9$ be stronger.  Every report$0$ agreed in
201:122,19'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's appearing fixed in Lyme.
201:122,20'  !| $PN#A$Anne was to$9$ leave$1$ them on$4$ the morrow, an event which$6#1$
201:122,21'  !| they all dreaded.
201:122,21Y  !| "What$6#2$ should they do without her?
201:122,22Y  !| They were wretched comforters for$4$ one another|"
201:122,22'  !| And
201:122,23'  !| so$5#1$ much was said in this way, that$3$ $PN#A$Anne thought$1$ she
201:122,24'  !| could not do better$9$ than impart among them the general$2$
201:122,25'  !| inclination to$4$ which$6#1$ she was privy, and persuade them
201:122,26'  !| all to$9$ go to$4$ Lyme at once.  She had little difficulty; it
201:122,27'  !| was soon determined$1$ that$3$
201:122,27@y   | they would go, go to-morrow,
201:122,28@y   | fix themselves at the inn, or get into lodgings, as it suited,
201:122,29@y   | and there remain till dear$2#1$ $PN#S$Louisa could be moved.  They
201:122,30@y   | must be taking off some trouble$0$ from the good people she
201:122,31@y   | was with; they might at least relieve $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville from
201:122,32@y   | the care$0$ of her own$2$ children;
201:122,32'  !| and in short$0$ they were so$5#1$
201:122,33'  !| happy in the decision, that$3$ $PN#A$Anne was delighted with what$6#1$
201:122,34'  !| she had done, and felt that$3$ she could not spend her last$2$
201:122,35'  !| morning at Uppercross better$9$ than in assisting their preparations,
201:122,36'  !| and sending them off at an early hour, though
201:122,37'  !| her being$1$ left$1$ to$4$ the solitary range$0$ of the house was the
201:122,38'  !| consequence.
201:123, 1@a   | She was the last$0$, excepting the little boys at the cottage,
201:123, 2@a   | she was the very last$0$, the only remaining one of all that$6#1$
201:123, 3@a   | had filled and animated both houses, of all that$6#1$ had given
201:123, 4@a   | Uppercross its cheerful character.  A few days had made
201:123, 5@a   | a change$0$ indeed|
201:123, 6@a   | If $PN#S$Louisa recovered, it would all be well$9$ again.  More
201:123, 7@a   | than former happiness would be restored.  There could
201:123, 8@a   | not be a doubt$0$,
201:123, 8'  !| to$4$ her mind$0$ there was none,
201:123, 8@a   | of what$6#1$
201:123, 9@a   | would follow her recovery.  A few months hence, and the
201:123,10@a   | room now so$5#1$ deserted, occupied but by$4$ her silent, pensive
201:123,11@a   | self, might be filled again with all that$6#1$ was happy and
201:123,12@a   | gay, all that$6#1$ was glowing and bright in prosperous love$0$,
201:123,13@a   | all that$3$ was most unlike $PN#A$Anne*Elliot|
201:123,14'  !| An hour's complete$2$ leisure for$4$ such reflections as these,
201:123,15'  !| on$4$ a dark$2$ November day, a small thick rain$0$ almost
201:123,16'  !| blotting out$5$ the very few objects$0$ ever to$9$ be discerned
201:123,17'  !| from the windows, was enough to$9$ make$1$ the sound$0$ of
201:123,18'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell's carriage exceedingly welcome$2$; and yet,
201:123,19'  !| though desirous to$9$ be gone, she could not quit the
201:123,20'  !| mansion-house, or look$1$ an adieu to$4$ the cottage, with its
201:123,21'  !| black, dripping, and comfortless veranda, or even$5$ notice$1$
201:123,22'  !| through$4$ the misty glasses the last$2$ humble$2$ tenements of
201:123,23'  !| the village, without a saddened heart. ~
201:123,23@a   | Scenes had passed
201:123,24@a   | in Uppercross, which$6#1$ made it precious.  It stood the
201:123,25@a   | record of many sensations of pain$0$, once severe, but now
201:123,26@a   | softened; and of some instances of relenting feeling$0$, some
201:123,27@a   | breathings of friendship and reconciliation, which$6#1$ could
201:123,28@a   | never be looked for$5$ again, and which$6#1$ could never cease
201:123,29@a   | to$9$ be dear$2#1$.
201:123,29'  !| She left$1$ it all behind her; all but the recollection
201:123,30'  !| that$3$ such things had been.
201:123,31'  !| $PN#A$Anne had never entered Kellynch since her quitting
201:123,32'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell's house, in September.  It had not been
201:123,33'  !| necessary, and the few occasions of its being$1$ possible for$4$
201:123,34'  !| her to$9$ go to$4$ the hall she had contrived to$9$ evade and
201:123,35'  !| escape$1$ from.  Her first return$0$, was to$9$ resume her place$0$
201:123,36'  !| in the modern and elegant apartments of the lodge, and
201:123,37'  !| to$9$ gladden the eyes of its mistress.
201:123,38'  !| There was some anxiety mixed with $PN#T$Lady*Russell's joy
201:124, 1'  !| in meeting$9$ her.  She knew who$6#1$ had been frequenting
201:124, 2'  !| Uppercross.  But happily, either $PN#A$Anne was improved in
201:124, 3'  !| plumpness and looks$0$, or $PN#T$Lady*Russell fancied her so$5#2$;
201:124, 4'  !| and $PN#A$Anne, in receiving her compliments on$4$ the occasion$0$,
201:124, 5'  !| had the amusement of connecting them with the silent
201:124, 6'  !| admiration of her cousin, and of hoping that$3$ she was to$9$
201:124, 7'  !| be blessed with a second$2$ spring$0$ of youth and beauty.
201:124, 8'  !| When they came to$9$ converse, she was soon sensible$2#1$ of
201:124, 9'  !| some mental change$0$.  The subjects of which$6#1$ her heart
201:124,10'  !| had been full on$4$ leaving Kellynch, and which$6#1$ she had
201:124,11'  !| felt slighted, and been compelled to$9$ smother among the
201:124,12'  !| $PN#M1$Musgroves, were now become but of secondary interest$0$.
201:124,13'  !| She had lately lost sight even$5$ of her father and sister
201:124,14'  !| and Bath$0#1$.  Their concerns$0$ had been sunk under those of
201:124,15'  !| Uppercross, and when $PN#T$Lady*Russell reverted to$4$ their
201:124,16'  !| former hopes$0$ and fears, and spoke her satisfaction in the
201:124,17'  !| house in Camden-place, which$6#1$ had been taken, and her
201:124,18'  !| regret$0$ that$3$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay should still$5$ be with them, $PN#A$Anne
201:124,19'  !| would have been ashamed to$9$ have it known, how much
201:124,20'  !| more she was thinking of Lyme, and $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove,
201:124,21'  !| and all her acquaintance there; how much more interesting
201:124,22'  !| to$4$ her was the home and the friendship of the $PN#J1$Harvilles
201:124,23'  !| and $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, than her own$2$ father's house in
201:124,24'  !| Camden-place, or her own$2$ sister's intimacy with $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay.
201:124,25'  !| She was actually forced to$9$ exert herself, to$9$ meet$1$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell
201:124,26'  !| with anything like$9$ the appearance of equal$2$
201:124,27'  !| solicitude, on$4$ topics which$6#1$ had by$4$ nature the first claim$0$
201:124,28'  !| on$4$ her.
201:124,29'  !| There was a little awkwardness at first in their discourse
201:124,30'  !| on$4$ another subject$0$.  They must speak of the accident at
201:124,31'  !| Lyme.  $PN#T$Lady*Russell had not been arrived five minutes
201:124,32'  !| the day before$5$, when a full account$0$ of the whole$0$ had
201:124,33'  !| burst$1$ on$4$ her; but still$5$ it must be talked of, she must
201:124,34'  !| make$1$ enquiries, she must regret$1$ the imprudence, lament
201:124,35'  !| the result$0$, and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's name$0$ must be mentioned
201:124,36'  !| by$4$ both.  $PN#A$Anne was conscious of not doing it so$5#1$
201:124,37'  !| well$9$ as $PN#T$Lady*Russell.  She could not speak the name$0$,
201:124,38'  !| and look$1$ straight forward$8$ to$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell's eye, till she
201:125, 1'  !| had adopted the expedient$0$ of telling her briefly what$6#1$
201:125, 2'  !| she thought$1$ of the attachment between him and $PN#S$Louisa.
201:125, 3'  !| When this was told, his name$0$ distressed her no$2$ longer.
201:125, 4'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell had only to$9$ listen composedly, and wish$1$
201:125, 5'  !| them happy; but internally her heart revelled in angry
201:125, 6'  !| pleasure, in pleased contempt, that$3$ the man who$6#1$ at
201:125, 7'  !| twenty-three had seemed to$9$ understand somewhat of the
201:125, 8'  !| value$0$ of an $PN#A$Anne*Elliot, should, eight years afterwards,
201:125, 9'  !| be charmed by$4$ a $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove.
201:125,10'  !| The first three or four days passed most quietly, with
201:125,11'  !| no$2$ circumstance to$9$ mark$1$ them excepting the receipt of
201:125,12'  !| a note$0$ or two from Lyme, which$6#1$ found their way to$4$
201:125,13'  !| $PN#A$Anne, she could not tell how, and brought a rather
201:125,14'  !| improving account$0$ of $PN#S$Louisa.  At the end$0$ of that$6#2$ period,
201:125,15'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell's politeness could repose no$2$ longer, and the
201:125,16'  !| fainter self-threatenings of the past$0$, became in a decided$2$
201:125,17'  !| tone,
201:125,17T  !| "I must call$1$ on$4$ $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft; I really must call$1$ upon
201:125,18T  !| her soon.  $PN#A$Anne, have you courage to$9$ go with me, and
201:125,19T  !| pay$1$ a visit$0$ in that$6#2$ house?  It will$1$ be some trial to$4$ us both."
201:125,20'  !| $PN#A$Anne did not shrink from it; on$4$ the contrary$0$, she
201:125,21'  !| truly felt as she said, in observing,
201:125,22A  !| "I think you are very likely to$9$ suffer the most of the
201:125,23A  !| two; your feelings are less reconciled to$4$ the change$0$ than
201:125,24A  !| mine$0$.  By$4$ remaining in the neighbourhood, I am become
201:125,25A  !| inured to$4$ it."
201:125,26'  !| She could have said more on$4$ the subject$0$; for$3$ she had
201:125,27'  !| in fact so$5#1$ high an opinion of the $PN#D1$Crofts, and considered
201:125,28'  !| her father so$5#1$ very fortunate in his tenants, felt the parish
201:125,29'  !| to$9$ be so$5#1$ sure of a good example, and the poor of the best
201:125,30'  !| attention and relief, that$3$ however sorry and ashamed for$4$
201:125,31'  !| the necessity of the removal, she could not but in conscience
201:125,32'  !| feel that$3$ they were gone who$6#1$ deserved not to$9$
201:125,33'  !| stay$1$, and that$3$ Kellynch-hall had passed into better$9$ hands
201:125,34'  !| than its owners'.  These convictions must unquestionably
201:125,35'  !| have their own$2$ pain$0$, and severe was its kind$0$; but they
201:125,36'  !| precluded that$6#2$ pain$0$ which$6#1$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell would suffer in
201:125,37'  !| entering the house again, and returning through$4$ the well-known
201:125,38'  !| apartments.
201:126, 1'  !| In such moments $PN#A$Anne had no$2$ power of saying to$4$
201:126, 2'  !| herself, "These rooms ought to$9$ belong only to$4$ us.  Oh,
201:126, 3'  !| how fallen in their destination|  How unworthily occupied|
201:126, 4'  !| An ancient family to$9$ be so$5#2$ driven away|  Strangers
201:126, 5'  !| filling their place$0$|"  No$7$, except when she thought$1$ of her
201:126, 6'  !| mother, and remembered where she had been used$1#2$ to$9$ sit
201:126, 7'  !| and preside, she had no$2$ sigh$0$ of that$6#2$ description to$9$
201:126, 8'  !| heave.
201:126, 9'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft always met her with a kindness which$6#1$ gave
201:126,10'  !| her the pleasure of fancying herself a favourite$0$; and on$4$
201:126,11'  !| the present$9$ occasion$0$, receiving her in that$6#2$ house, there
201:126,12'  !| was particular attention.
201:126,13'  !| The sad accident at Lyme was soon the prevailing
201:126,14'  !| topic; and on$4$ comparing their latest accounts of the
201:126,15'  !| invalid, it appeared that$3$ each lady dated her intelligence
201:126,16'  !| from the same hour of yester*morn, that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
201:126,17'  !| had been in Kellynch yesterday ~ (the first time
201:126,18'  !| since the accident) had brought $PN#A$Anne the last$2$ note$0$, which$6#1$
201:126,19'  !| she had not been able to$9$ trace the exact$2$ steps of, had
201:126,20'  !| staid a few hours and then returned again to$4$ Lyme ~ and
201:126,21'  !| without any present$9$ intention of quitting it any more. ~
201:126,22'  !| He had enquired after$4$ her, she found, particularly; ~ had
201:126,23'  !| expressed his hope$0$ of $PN#A$Miss*Elliot's not being$1$ the worse
201:126,24'  !| for$4$ her exertions, and had spoken of those exertions as
201:126,25'  !| great. ~ This was handsome, ~ and gave her more pleasure
201:126,26'  !| than almost any*thing else could have done.
201:126,27'  !| As to$4$ the sad catastrophe itself, it could be canvassed
201:126,28'  !| only in one style by$4$ a couple of steady, sensible$2#2$ women,
201:126,29'  !| whose$6#1$ judgments had to$9$ work$1$ on$4$ ascertained events;
201:126,30'  !| and it was perfectly decided$1$ that$3$ it had been the consequence
201:126,31'  !| of much thoughtlessness and much imprudence;
201:126,32'  !| that$3$ its effects were most alarming, and that$3$ it was
201:126,33'  !| frightful to$9$ think, how long$9$ $PN#S$Miss*Musgrove's recovery
201:126,34'  !| might yet be doubtful, and how liable she would still$5$
201:126,35'  !| remain to$9$ suffer from the concussion hereafter| ~ The
201:126,36'  !| $PN#D$Admiral wound$1#1$ it all up summarily by$4$ exclaiming,
201:126,37D  !| "Ay, a very bad business indeed. ~ A new sort of way
201:126,38D  !| this, for$4$ a young fellow to$9$ be making love$0$, by$4$ breaking
201:127, 1D  !| his mistress's head$0$| ~ is not it, $PN#A$Miss*Elliot? ~ This is
201:127, 2D  !| breaking a head$0$ and giving a plaister truly|"
201:127, 3'  !| $PN#D$Admiral*Croft's manners were not quite of the tone to$9$
201:127, 4'  !| suit$1$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell, but they delighted $PN#A$Anne.  His goodness
201:127, 5'  !| of heart and simplicity of character were irresistible.
201:127, 6D  !| "Now, this must be very bad for$4$ you,"
201:127, 6'  !| said he, suddenly
201:127, 7'  !| rousing from a little reverie,
201:127, 7D  !| "to$9$ be coming and
201:127, 8D  !| finding us here. ~ I had not recollected it before$5$, I declare,
201:127, 9D  !| ~ but it must be very bad. ~ But now, do not stand$1$ upon
201:127,10D  !| ceremony. ~ Get up and go over all the rooms in the
201:127,11D  !| house if you like$1$ it."
201:127,12A  !| "Another time, Sir, I thank you, not now."
201:127,13D  !| "Well$7$, whenever it suits you. ~ You can slip in from
201:127,14D  !| the shrubbery at any time.  And there you will$1$ find we
201:127,15D  !| keep our umbrellas, hanging$1$ up by$4$ that$6#2$ door.  A good
201:127,16D  !| place$0$, is not it?  But"
201:127,16'  !| (checking himself)
201:127,16D  !| "you will$1$ not
201:127,17D  !| think it a good place$0$, for$3$ yours were always kept in the
201:127,18D  !| butler's room.  Ay, so$5#2$ it always is, I believe.  One man's
201:127,19D  !| ways may$1$ be as good as another's, but we all like$1$ our
201:127,20D  !| own$2$ best.  And so$3$ you must judge$1$ for$4$ yourself, whether
201:127,21D  !| it would be better$9$ for$4$ you to$9$ go about$4$ the house or not."
201:127,22'  !| $PN#A$Anne, finding she might decline it, did so$5#2$, very gratefully.
201:127,23     |
201:127,24D  !| "We have made very few changes$0$ either|"
201:127,24'  !| continued
201:127,25'  !| the $PN#D$Admiral, after$4$ thinking a moment.
201:127,25D  !| "Very few. ~ We
201:127,26D  !| told you about$4$ the laundry-door, at Uppercross.  That$6#2$
201:127,27D  !| has been a very great improvement.  The wonder$0$ was,
201:127,28D  !| how any family upon earth could bear$1$ with the inconvenience
201:127,29D  !| of its opening as it did, so$5#1$ long$9$| ~ You will$1$ tell
201:127,30D  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter what$6#1$ we have done, and that$3$ $PN#U$Mr%*Shepherd
201:127,31D  !| thinks it the greatest improvement the house ever had.
201:127,32D  !| Indeed, I must do ourselves the justice to$9$ say, that$3$ the
201:127,33D  !| few alterations we have made have been all very much
201:127,34D  !| for$4$ the better$9$.  My wife should have the credit$0$ of them,
201:127,35D  !| however.  I have done very little besides sending away
201:127,36D  !| some of the large looking-glasses from my dressing-room,
201:127,37D  !| which$6#1$ was your father's.  A very good man, and very
201:127,38D  !| much the gentleman I am sure ~ but I should think, $PN#A$Miss*Elliot"
201:128, 1'  !| (looking with serious$2$ reflection)
201:128, 1D  !| "I should think
201:128, 2D  !| he must be rather a dressy man for$4$ his time of life. ~
201:128, 3D  !| Such a number of looking-glasses| oh Lord$7$| there was
201:128, 4D  !| no$2$ getting away from oneself.  So$3$ I got $PN#E$Sophy to$9$ lend
201:128, 5D  !| me a hand$0$, and we soon shifted their quarters; and now
201:128, 6D  !| I am quite snug, with my little shaving*glass in one
201:128, 7D  !| corner, and another great thing that$6#1$ I never go near$9$."
201:128, 8'  !| $PN#A$Anne, amused in spite$8$ of herself, was rather distressed
201:128, 9'  !| for$4$ an answer$0$, and the $PN#D$Admiral, fearing he might not
201:128,10'  !| have been civil enough, took up the subject$0$ again, to$9$ say,
201:128,11D  !| "The next time you write to$4$ your good father, $PN#A$Miss*Elliot,
201:128,12D  !| pray give my compliments and $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft's, and
201:128,13D  !| say that$3$ we are settled$1$ here quite to$4$ our liking, and have
201:128,14D  !| no$2$ fault at all to$9$ find with the place$0$.  The breakfast-room
201:128,15D  !| chimney smokes a little, I grant you, but it is only
201:128,16D  !| when the wind is due$2$ north and blows hard, which$6#1$ may$1$
201:128,17D  !| not happen three times a winter.  And take it altogether,
201:128,18D  !| now that$3$ we have been into most of the houses hereabouts
201:128,19D  !| and can judge$1$, there is not one that$6#1$ we like$1$ better$9$
201:128,20D  !| than this.  Pray say so$5#2$, with my compliments.  He will$1$
201:128,21D  !| be glad to$9$ hear it."
201:128,22'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell and $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft were very well$9$ pleased
201:128,23'  !| with each other; but the acquaintance which$6#1$ this visit$0$
201:128,24'  !| began, was fated not to$9$ proceed far at present$0#1$; for$3$ when
201:128,25'  !| it was returned, the $PN#D1$Crofts announced themselves to$9$ be
201:128,26'  !| going away for$4$ a few weeks, to$9$ visit$1$ their connexions in
201:128,27'  !| the north of the county, and probably might not be at
201:128,28'  !| home again before$3$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell would be removing to$4$
201:128,29'  !| Bath$0#1$.
201:128,30'  !| So$5#2$ ended all danger to$4$ $PN#A$Anne of meeting$9$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
201:128,31'  !| at Kellynch-hall, or of seeing him in company with
201:128,32'  !| her friend.  Every*thing was safe enough, and she smiled
201:128,33'  !| over the many anxious feelings she had wasted on$4$ the
201:128,34'  !| subject$0$.
202:129, 1'  !| Though $PN#O$Charles and $PN#P$Mary had remained at Lyme much
202:129, 2'  !| longer after$4$ $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's going, than $PN#A$Anne
202:129, 3'  !| conceived they could have been at all wanted, they were
202:129, 4'  !| yet the first of the family to$9$ be at home again, and as
202:129, 5'  !| soon as possible after$4$ their return$0$ to$4$ Uppercross, they
202:129, 6'  !| drove over to$4$ the lodge. ~ They had left$1$ $PN#S$Louisa beginning$1$
202:129, 7'  !| to$9$ sit up; but her head$0$, though clear$2$, was exceedingly
202:129, 8'  !| weak, and her nerves susceptible to$4$ the highest extreme$0$
202:129, 9'  !| of tenderness; and though she might be pronounced to$9$
202:129,10'  !| be altogether doing very well$9$, it was still$5$ impossible to$9$
202:129,11'  !| say when she might be able to$9$ bear$1$ the removal home;
202:129,12'  !| and her father and mother, who$6#1$ must return$1$ in time to$9$
202:129,13'  !| receive their younger children for$4$ the Christmas holidays,
202:129,14'  !| had hardly a hope$0$ of being$1$ allowed to$9$ bring her with
202:129,15'  !| them.
202:129,16'  !| They had been all in lodgings together.  $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove
202:129,17'  !| had got $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville's children away as much as she
202:129,18'  !| could, every possible supply$0$ from Uppercross had been
202:129,19'  !| furnished, to$9$ lighten the inconvenience to$4$ the $PN#J1$Harvilles,
202:129,20'  !| while$9$ the $PN#J1$Harvilles had been wanting them to$9$ come to$4$
202:129,21'  !| dinner every day; and in short$0$, it seemed to$9$ have been
202:129,22'  !| only a struggle$0$ on$4$ each side$0$ as to$4$ which$6#2$ should be most
202:129,23'  !| disinterested and hospitable.
202:129,24'  !| $PN#P$Mary had had her evils; but upon the whole$0$, as was
202:129,25'  !| evident by$4$ her staying so$5#1$ long$9$, she had found more to$9$
202:129,26'  !| enjoy than to$9$ suffer. ~
202:129,26@p   | $PN#L$Charles*Hayter had been at Lyme
202:129,27@p   | oftener than suited her, and when they dined with the
202:129,28@p   | $PN#J1$Harvilles there had been only a maid-servant to$9$ wait,
202:129,29@p   | and at first, $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville had always given $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove
202:129,30@p   | precedence; but then, she had received so$5#1$ very handsome
202:129,31@p   | an apology from her on$4$ finding out$5$ whose$6#2$ daughter
202:129,32@p   | she was, and there had been so$5#1$ much going on$5$ every day,
202:129,33@p   | there had been so$5#1$ many walks$0$ between their lodgings
202:130, 1@p   | and the $PN#J1$Harvilles, and she had got books from the library
202:130, 2@p   | and changed them so$5#1$ often, that$3$ the balance had certainly
202:130, 3@p   | been much in favour$0$ of Lyme.  She had been taken to$4$
202:130, 4@p   | Charmouth too$5#2$, and she had bathed, and she had gone
202:130, 5@p   | to$4$ church, and there were a great many more people to$9$
202:130, 6@p   | look$1$ at in the church at Lyme than at Uppercross, ~ and
202:130, 7@p   | all this, joined to$9$ the sense of being$1$ so$5#1$ very useful, had
202:130, 8@p   | made really an agreeable fortnight.
202:130, 9'  !| $PN#A$Anne enquired after$4$ $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick.  $PN#P$Mary's face$0$ was
202:130,10'  !| clouded directly.  $PN#O$Charles laughed.
202:130,11P  !| "Oh|  $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick is very well$9$, I believe, but he
202:130,12P  !| is a very odd young man.  I do not know what$6#1$ he would
202:130,13P  !| be at.  We asked him to$9$ come home with us for$4$ a day
202:130,14P  !| or two; $PN#O$Charles undertook to$9$ give him some shooting,
202:130,15P  !| and he seemed quite delighted, and for$4$ my part$0$, I thought$1$
202:130,16P  !| it was all settled$1$; when behold| on$4$ Tuesday night, he
202:130,17P  !| made a very awkward sort of excuse$0$; ""he never shot""
202:130,18P  !| and he had ""been quite misunderstood,"" ~ and he had
202:130,19P  !| promised this and he had promised that$6#2$, and the end$0$ of
202:130,20P  !| it was, I found, that$3$ he did not mean$1$ to$9$ come.  I suppose
202:130,21P  !| he was afraid of finding it dull; but upon my word
202:130,22P  !| I should have thought$1$ we were lively enough at the
202:130,23P  !| Cottage for$4$ such a heart-broken man as $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick."
202:130,24     |
202:130,25'  !| $PN#O$Charles laughed again and said,
202:130,25O  !| "Now $PN#P$Mary, you know
202:130,26O  !| very well$9$ how it really was. ~ It was all your doing,"
202:130,27'  !| (turning$1$ to$4$ $PN#A$Anne).
202:130,27O  !| "He fancied that$3$ if he went with us,
202:130,28O  !| he should find you close$9$ by$5$; he fancied every*body to$9$
202:130,29O  !| be living$9$ in Uppercross; and when he discovered that$3$
202:130,30O  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell lived three miles off, his heart failed him,
202:130,31O  !| and he had not courage to$9$ come.  That$6#2$ is the fact, upon
202:130,32O  !| my honour$0$.  $PN#P$Mary knows it is."
202:130,33'  !| But $PN#P$Mary did not give into it very graciously; whether
202:130,34'  !| from not considering $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick entitled by$4$ birth$0#1$
202:130,35'  !| and situation to$9$ be in love$0$ with an $PN#G1$Elliot, or from not
202:130,36'  !| wanting to$9$ believe $PN#A$Anne a greater attraction to$4$ Uppercross
202:130,37'  !| than herself, must be left$1$ to$9$ be guessed.  $PN#A$Anne's
202:130,38'  !| good-will, however, was not to$9$ be lessened by$4$ what$6#1$ she
202:131, 1'  !| heard.  She boldly acknowledged herself flattered, and
202:131, 2'  !| continued her enquiries.
202:131, 3O  !| "Oh| he talks of you,"
202:131, 3'  !| cried $PN#O$Charles,
202:131, 3O  !| "in such
202:131, 4'  !| terms," ~ $PN#P$Mary interrupted him.
202:131, 4P  !| "I declare, $PN#O$Charles,
202:131, 5P  !| I never heard him mention$1$ $PN#A$Anne twice all the time
202:131, 6P  !| I was there.  I declare, $PN#A$Anne, he never talks of you
202:131, 7P  !| at all."
202:131, 8O  !| "No$7$,"
202:131, 8'  !| admitted $PN#O$Charles,
202:131, 8O  !| "I do not know that$3$ he ever
202:131, 9O  !| does, in a general$2$ way ~ but however, it is a very clear$2$
202:131,10O  !| thing that$3$ he admires you exceedingly. ~ His head$0$ is full
202:131,11O  !| of some books that$3$ he is reading upon your recommendation,
202:131,12O  !| and he wants$1$ to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ you about$4$ them; he has
202:131,13O  !| found out$5$ something or other in one of them which$6#1$ he
202:131,14O  !| thinks ~ Oh|  I cannot pretend to$9$ remember it, but it
202:131,15O  !| was something very fine ~ I overheard him telling $PN#R$Henrietta
202:131,16O  !| all about$4$ it ~ and then ""$PN#A$Miss*Elliot"" was spoken of
202:131,17O  !| in the highest terms| ~ Now $PN#P$Mary, I declare it was so$5#2$,
202:131,18O  !| I heard it myself, and you were in the other room. ~
202:131,19O  !| ""Elegance, sweetness, beauty,"" Oh| there was no$2$ end$0$
202:131,20O  !| of $PN#A$Miss*Elliot's charms."
202:131,21P  !| "And I am sure,"
202:131,21'  !| cried $PN#P$Mary warmly,
202:131,21P  !| "it was very
202:131,22P  !| little to$4$ his credit$0$, if he did.  $PN#ZO$Miss*Harville only died last$2$
202:131,23P  !| June.  Such a heart is very little worth having; is it,
202:131,24P  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell?  I am sure you will$1$ agree with me."
202:131,25T  !| "I must see $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick before$3$ I decide,"
202:131,25'  !| said
202:131,26'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell, smiling.
202:131,27O  !| "And that$6#2$ you are very likely to$9$ do very soon, I can
202:131,28O  !| tell you, ma'am,"
202:131,28'  !| said $PN#O$Charles.
202:131,28O  !| "Though he had not
202:131,29O  !| nerves for$4$ coming away with us and setting off again
202:131,30O  !| afterwards to$9$ pay$1$ a formal visit$0$ here, he will$1$ make$1$ his
202:131,31O  !| way over to$4$ Kellynch one day by$4$ himself, you may$1$
202:131,32O  !| depend on$4$ it.  I told him the distance$0$ and the road, and
202:131,33O  !| I told him of the church's being$1$ so$5#1$ very well$9$ worth seeing,
202:131,34O  !| for$3$ as he has a taste for$4$ those sort of things, I thought$1$
202:131,35O  !| that$3$ would be a good excuse$0$, and he listened with all his
202:131,36O  !| understanding$0$ and soul; and I am sure from his manner
202:131,37O  !| that$3$ you will$1$ have him calling here soon.  So$3$, I give you
202:131,38O  !| notice$0$, $PN#T$Lady*Russell."
202:132, 1T  !| "Any acquaintance of $PN#A$Anne's will$1$ always be welcome$2$
202:132, 2T  !| to$9$ me,"
202:132, 2'  !| was $PN#T$Lady*Russell's kind$2$ answer$0$.
202:132, 3P  !| "Oh| as to$4$ being$1$ $PN#A$Anne's acquaintance,"
202:132, 3'  !| said $PN#P$Mary,
202:132, 4P  !| "I think he is rather my acquaintance, for$3$ I have been
202:132, 5P  !| seeing him every day this last$2$ fortnight."
202:132, 6T  !| "Well$7$, as your joint acquaintance, then, I shall be
202:132, 7T  !| very happy to$9$ see $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick."
202:132, 8P  !| "You will$1$ not find any*thing very agreeable in him,
202:132, 9P  !| I assure you, ma'am.  He is one of the dullest young
202:132,10P  !| men that$6#1$ ever lived.  He has walked with me, sometimes,
202:132,11P  !| from one end$0$ of the sands to$4$ the other, without saying
202:132,12P  !| a word.  He is not at all a well-bred young man.  I am
202:132,13P  !| sure you will$1$ not like$1$ him."
202:132,14A  !| "There we differ, $PN#P$Mary,"
202:132,14'  !| said $PN#A$Anne.
202:132,14A  !| "I think $PN#T$Lady*Russell
202:132,15A  !| would like$1$ him.  I think she would be so$5#1$ much
202:132,16A  !| pleased with his mind$0$, that$3$ she would very soon see no$2$
202:132,17A  !| deficiency in his manner."
202:132,18O  !| "So$5#2$ do I, $PN#A$Anne,"
202:132,18'  !| said $PN#O$Charles.
202:132,18O  !| "I am sure $PN#T$Lady*Russell
202:132,19O  !| would like$1$ him.  He is just$9$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell's sort.
202:132,20O  !| Give him a book, and he will$1$ read all day long$9$."
202:132,21P  !| "Yes, that$6#2$ he will$1$|"
202:132,21'  !| exclaimed $PN#P$Mary, tauntingly.
202:132,22P  !| "He will$1$ sit poring over his book, and not know when
202:132,23P  !| a person speaks to$4$ him, or when one drops$1$ one's scissors,
202:132,24P  !| or any*thing that$6#1$ happens.  Do you think $PN#T$Lady*Russell
202:132,25P  !| would like$1$ that$6#2$?"
202:132,26'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell could not help$1$ laughing.
202:132,26T  !| "Upon my
202:132,27T  !| word,"
202:132,27'  !| said she,
202:132,27T  !| "I should not have supposed that$3$ my
202:132,28T  !| opinion of any*one could have admitted of such difference
202:132,29T  !| of conjecture$0$, steady and matter of fact as I may$1$ call$1$
202:132,30T  !| myself.  I have really a curiosity to$9$ see the person who$6#1$
202:132,31T  !| can give occasion$0$ to$4$ such directly opposite notions.  I wish$1$
202:132,32T  !| he may$1$ be induced to$9$ call$1$ here.  And when he does,
202:132,33T  !| $PN#P$Mary, you may$1$ depend upon hearing my opinion; but
202:132,34T  !| I am determined$2$ not to$9$ judge$1$ him before-hand."
202:132,35P  !| "You will$1$ not like$1$ him, I will$1$ answer$1$ for$4$ it."
202:132,36'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell began talking of something else.  $PN#P$Mary
202:132,37'  !| spoke with animation of their meeting$9$ with, or rather
202:132,38'  !| missing, $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot so$5#1$ extraordinarily.
202:133, 1T  !| "He is a man,"
202:133, 1'  !| said $PN#T$Lady*Russell,
202:133, 1T  !| "whom$6#1$ I have no$2$
202:133, 2T  !| wish$0$ to$9$ see.  His declining to$9$ be on$4$ cordial$2$ terms with
202:133, 3T  !| the head$0$ of his family, has left$1$ a very strong impression
202:133, 4T  !| in his disfavour with me."
202:133, 5'  !| This decision checked $PN#P$Mary's eagerness, and stopped
202:133, 6'  !| her short$2$ in the midst of the $PN#G1$Elliot countenance.
202:133, 7'  !| With regard$0$ to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, though $PN#A$Anne
202:133, 8'  !| hazarded no$2$ enquiries, there was voluntary communication
202:133, 9'  !| sufficient.
202:133, 9@y3  | His spirits had been greatly recovering
202:133,10@y3  | lately, as might be expected$1$.  As $PN#S$Louisa improved, he
202:133,11@y3  | had improved; and he was now quite a different creature
202:133,12@y3  | from what$6#1$ he had been the first week.  He had not seen
202:133,13@y3  | $PN#S$Louisa; and was so$5#1$ extremely fearful of any ill consequence
202:133,14@y3  | to$4$ her from an interview, that$3$ he did not press$1$
202:133,15@y3  | for$4$ it at all; and, on$4$ the contrary$0$, seemed to$9$ have a plan
202:133,16@y3  | of going away for$4$ a week or ten days, till her head$0$ were
202:133,17@y3  | stronger.  He had talked of going down$5$ to$4$ Plymouth for$4$
202:133,18@y3  | a week, and wanted to$9$ persuade $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick to$9$ go
202:133,19@y3  | with him;
202:133,19@o   | but,
202:133,19'  !| as $PN#O$Charles maintained to$4$ the last$0$,
202:133,19@o   | $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick
202:133,20@o   | seemed much more disposed to$9$ ride$1$ over to$4$
202:133,21@o   | Kellynch.
202:133,22'  !| There can be no$2$ doubt$0$ that$3$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell and $PN#A$Anne
202:133,23'  !| were both occasionally thinking of $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, from
202:133,24'  !| this time.  $PN#T$Lady*Russell could not hear the door-bell
202:133,25'  !| without feeling$1$ that$3$ it might be his herald; nor could
202:133,26'  !| $PN#A$Anne return$1$ from any stroll of solitary indulgence in her
202:133,27'  !| father's grounds, or any visit$0$ of charity in the village,
202:133,28'  !| without wondering whether she might see him or hear of
202:133,29'  !| him.  $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick came not, however.  He was
202:133,30'  !| either less disposed for$4$ it than $PN#O$Charles had imagined, or
202:133,31'  !| he was too$5#1$ shy; and after$4$ giving him a week's indulgence,
202:133,32'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell determined$1$ him to$9$ be unworthy of the
202:133,33'  !| interest$0$ which$6#1$ he had been beginning$1$ to$9$ excite.
202:133,34'  !| The $PN#M1$Musgroves came back$5$ to$9$ receive their happy boys
202:133,35'  !| and girls from school, bringing with them $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville's
202:133,36'  !| little children, to$9$ improve the noise of Uppercross, and
202:133,37'  !| lessen that$6#2$ of Lyme.  $PN#R$Henrietta remained with $PN#S$Louisa; but
202:133,38'  !| all the rest$0#1$ of the family were again in their usual quarters.
202:134, 1'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell and $PN#A$Anne paid their compliments to$4$ them
202:134, 2'  !| once, when $PN#A$Anne could not but feel that$3$ Uppercross was
202:134, 3'  !| already quite alive again.  Though neither $PN#R$Henrietta, nor
202:134, 4'  !| $PN#S$Louisa, nor $PN#L$Charles*Hayter, nor $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth were
202:134, 5'  !| there, the room presented as strong a contrast as could
202:134, 6'  !| be wished, to$4$ the last$2$ state$0$ she had seen it in.
202:134, 7'  !| Immediately surrounding $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove were the little
202:134, 8'  !| $PN#K1$Harvilles, whom$6#1$ she was sedulously guarding from the
202:134, 9'  !| tyranny of the two children from the Cottage, expressly
202:134,10'  !| arrived to$9$ amuse them.  On$4$ one side$0$ was a table, occupied
202:134,11'  !| by$4$ some chattering girls, cutting up silk and gold paper;
202:134,12'  !| and on$4$ the other were tressels and trays, bending under
202:134,13'  !| the weight of brawn and cold$2$ pies, where riotous boys
202:134,14'  !| were holding high revel; the whole$0$ completed by$4$ a roaring
202:134,15'  !| Christmas fire$0$, which$6#1$ seemed determined$2$ to$9$ he heard, in
202:134,16'  !| spite$8$ of all the noise of the others.  $PN#O$Charles and $PN#P$Mary
202:134,17'  !| also came in, of course$8$, during their visit$0$; and $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove
202:134,18'  !| made a point$0$ of paying his respects to$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell,
202:134,19'  !| and sat down$5$ close$9$ to$4$ her for$4$ ten minutes, talking with
202:134,20'  !| a very raised voice, but, from the clamour of the children
202:134,21'  !| on$4$ her knees, generally in vain.  It was a fine family-piece.
202:134,22'  !| $PN#A$Anne, judging from her own$2$ temperament, would have
202:134,23'  !| deemed such a domestic$2$ hurricane a bad restorative of
202:134,24'  !| the nerves, which$6#1$ $PN#S$Louisa's illness must have so$5#1$ greatly
202:134,25'  !| shaken; but $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, who$6#1$ got $PN#A$Anne near$4$ her on$4$
202:134,26'  !| purpose to$9$ thank her most cordially, again and again,
202:134,27'  !| for$4$ all her attentions to$4$ them, concluded a short$2$ recapitulation
202:134,28'  !| of what$6#1$ she had suffered herself, by$4$ observing, with
202:134,29'  !| a happy glance$0$ round$4$ the room, that$3$ after$4$ all she had
202:134,30'  !| gone through$5$, nothing was so$5#1$ likely to$9$ do her good as
202:134,31'  !| a little quiet$2$ cheerfulness at home.
202:134,32'  !| $PN#S$Louisa was now recovering apace.  Her mother could
202:134,33'  !| even$5$ think of her being$1$ able to$9$ join their party at home,
202:134,34'  !| before$3$ her brothers and sisters went to$4$ school again.  The
202:134,35'  !| $PN#J1$Harvilles had promised to$9$ come with her and stay$1$ at
202:134,36'  !| Uppercross, whenever she returned.  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
202:134,37'  !| was gone, for$4$ the present$0#1$, to$9$ see his brother in
202:134,38'  !| Shropshire.
202:135, 1T  !| "I hope$1$ I shall remember, in future,"
202:135, 1'  !| said $PN#T$Lady*Russell,
202:135, 2'  !| as soon as they were reseated in the carriage,
202:135, 3T  !| "not to$9$ call$1$ at Uppercross in the Christmas holidays."
202:135, 4'  !| Every*body has their taste in noises as well$9$ as in other
202:135, 5'  !| matters; and sounds$0$ are quite innoxious, or most distressing,
202:135, 6'  !| by$4$ their sort rather than their quantity.  When
202:135, 7'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell, not long$9$ afterwards, was entering Bath$0#1$ on$4$
202:135, 8'  !| a wet$2$ afternoon, and driving through$4$ the long$9$ course$0$ of
202:135, 9'  !| streets from the Old*Bridge to$4$ Camden-place, amidst the
202:135,10'  !| dash of other carriages, the heavy rumble of carts and
202:135,11'  !| drays, the bawling of newsmen, muffin-men and milk-men,
202:135,12'  !| and the ceaseless clink of pattens, she made no$2$
202:135,13'  !| complaint.  No$7$, these were noises which$6#1$ belonged to$4$ the
202:135,14'  !| winter pleasures; her spirits rose$1$ under their influence$0$;
202:135,15'  !| and, like$9$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, she was feeling$1$, though not
202:135,16'  !| saying, that$3$, after$4$ being$1$ long$9$ in the country, nothing
202:135,17'  !| could be so$5#1$ good for$4$ her as a little quiet$2$ cheerfulness.
202:135,18'  !| $PN#A$Anne did not share$1$ these feelings.  She persisted in
202:135,19'  !| a very determined$2$, though very silent, disinclination for$4$
202:135,20'  !| Bath$0#1$; caught the first dim view$0$ of the extensive buildings,
202:135,21'  !| smoking in rain$0$, without any wish$0$ of seeing them better$9$;
202:135,22'  !| felt their progress through$4$ the streets to$9$ be, however
202:135,23'  !| disagreeable, yet too$5#1$ rapid; for$3$ who$6#2$ would be glad to$9$
202:135,24'  !| see her when she arrived?  And looked back$5$, with fond
202:135,25'  !| regret$0$, to$4$ the bustles of Uppercross and the seclusion of
202:135,26'  !| Kellynch.
202:135,27'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth's last$2$ letter had communicated a piece of
202:135,28'  !| news of some interest$0$.
202:135,28@h   | $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was in Bath$0#1$.  He had
202:135,29@h   | called in Camden-place; had called a second$2$ time, a third;
202:135,30@h   | had been pointedly attentive:  if $PN#H$Elizabeth and her father
202:135,31@h   | did not deceive themselves, had been taking as much
202:135,32@h   | pains to$9$ seek the acquaintance, and proclaim the value$0$
202:135,33@h   | of the connection, as he had formerly taken pains to$9$
202:135,34@h   | shew$1$ neglect$0$.
202:135,34'  !| This was very wonderful, if it were true;
202:135,35'  !| and $PN#T$Lady*Russell was in a state$0$ of very agreeable curiosity
202:135,36'  !| and perplexity about$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, already recanting the
202:135,37'  !| sentiment she had so$5#1$ lately expressed to$4$ $PN#P$Mary, of his
202:135,38'  !| being$1$
202:135,38T  !| "a man whom$6#1$ she had no$2$ wish$0$ to$9$ see."
202:135,38@t   | She had
202:136, 1@t   | a great wish$0$ to$9$ see him.  If he really sought to$9$ reconcile
202:136, 2@t   | himself like$9$ a dutiful branch, he must be forgiven for$4$
202:136, 3@t   | having dismembered himself from the paternal tree.
202:136, 4'  !| $PN#A$Anne was not animated to$4$ an equal$2$ pitch by$4$ the
202:136, 5'  !| circumstance; but she felt that$3$
202:136, 5@a   | she would rather see
202:136, 6@a   | $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot again than not, which$6#1$ was more than she could
202:136, 7@a   | say for$4$ many other persons in Bath$0#1$.
202:136, 8@a   | She was put down$5$ in Camden-place; and $PN#T$Lady*Russell
202:136, 9@a   | then drove to$4$ her own$2$ lodgings, in Rivers-street.
203:137, 1'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter had taken a very good house in Camden-place,
203:137, 2'  !| a lofty, dignified situation, such as becomes a man
203:137, 3'  !| of consequence; and both he and $PN#H$Elizabeth were settled$1$
203:137, 4'  !| there, much to$4$ their satisfaction.
203:137, 5'  !| $PN#A$Anne entered it with a sinking heart, anticipating an
203:137, 6'  !| imprisonment of many months, and anxiously saying to$4$
203:137, 7'  !| herself,
203:137, 7@a   | "Oh| when shall I leave$1$ you again?"
203:137, 7'  !| A degree
203:137, 8'  !| of unexpected cordiality, however, in the welcome$0$ she
203:137, 9'  !| received, did her good.  Her father and sister were glad
203:137,10'  !| to$9$ see her, for$4$ the sake of shewing her the house and
203:137,11'  !| furniture, and met her with kindness.  Her making
203:137,12'  !| a fourth, when they sat down$5$ to$4$ dinner, was noticed as
203:137,13'  !| an advantage.
203:137,14'  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay was very pleasant, and very smiling; but
203:137,15'  !| her courtesies and smiles were more a matter of course$8$.
203:137,16'  !| $PN#A$Anne had always felt that$3$ she would pretend what$6#1$ was
203:137,17'  !| proper on$4$ her arrival; but the complaisance of the others
203:137,18'  !| was unlooked for$5$.  They were evidently in excellent
203:137,19'  !| spirits, and she was soon to$9$ listen to$4$ the causes.  They
203:137,20'  !| had no$2$ inclination to$9$ listen to$4$ her.  After$4$ laying out$5$ for$4$
203:137,21'  !| some compliments of being$1$ deeply regretted in their old
203:137,22'  !| neighbourhood, which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne could not pay$1$, they had only
203:137,23'  !| a few faint$2$ enquiries to$9$ make$1$, before$3$ the talk$0$ must be
203:137,24'  !| all their own$2$.  Uppercross excited no$2$ interest$0$, Kellynch
203:137,25'  !| very little, it was all Bath$0#1$.
203:137,26'  !| They had the pleasure of assuring her that$3$
203:137,27@y5  | Bath$0#1$
203:137,28@y5  | more than answered their expectations in every respect$0$.
203:137,29@y5  | Their house was undoubtedly the best in Camden-place;
203:137,30@y5  | their drawing-rooms had many decided$2$ advantages over
203:137,31@y5  | all the others which$6#1$ they had either seen or heard of;
203:137,32@y5  | and the superiority was not less in the style of the fitting-up,
203:137,33@y5  | or the taste of the furniture.  Their acquaintance
203:137,34@y5  | was exceedingly sought after$5$.  Every*body was wanting
203:138, 1@y5  | to$9$ visit$1$ them.  They had drawn back$5$ from many introductions,
203:138, 2@y5  | and still$5$ were perpetually having cards left$1$ by$4$
203:138, 3@y5  | people of whom$6#1$ they knew nothing.
203:138, 4'  !| Here were funds of enjoyment|  Could $PN#A$Anne wonder$1$
203:138, 5'  !| that$3$ her father and sister were happy?  She might not
203:138, 6'  !| wonder$1$, but she must sigh$1$ that$3$
203:138, 6@a   | her father should feel no$2$
203:138, 7@a   | degradation in his change$0$; should see nothing to$9$ regret$1$
203:138, 8@a   | in the duties and dignity of the resident land-holder;
203:138, 9@a   | should find so$5#1$ much to$9$ be vain of in the littlenesses of
203:138,10@a   | a town;
203:138,10'  !| and she must sigh$1$, and smile$1$, and wonder$1$ too$5#2$,
203:138,11'  !| as $PN#H$Elizabeth threw open$2$ the folding-doors, and walked
203:138,12'  !| with exultation from one drawing-room to$4$ the other,
203:138,13'  !| boasting of their space, at the possibility of that$6#2$ woman,
203:138,14'  !| who$6#1$ had been mistress of Kellynch*Hall, finding extent
203:138,15'  !| to$9$ be proud of between two walls, perhaps thirty feet
203:138,16'  !| asunder.
203:138,17'  !| But this was not all which$6#1$ they had to$9$ make$1$ them
203:138,18'  !| happy.  They had $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, too$5#2$.  $PN#A$Anne had a great
203:138,19'  !| deal$0#2$ to$9$ hear of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  He was not only pardoned,
203:138,20'  !| they were delighted with him.
203:138,20@y5  | He had been in Bath$0#1$
203:138,21@y5  | about$4$ a fortnight; (he had passed through$4$ Bath$0#1$ in
203:138,22@y5  | November, in his way to$4$ London, when the intelligence
203:138,23@y5  | of $PN#G$Sir*Walter's being$1$ settled$1$ there had of course$0$ reached
203:138,24@y5  | him, though only twenty-four hours in the place$0$, but he
203:138,25@y5  | had not been able to$9$ avail himself of it):  but he had
203:138,26@y5  | now been a fortnight in Bath$0#1$, and his first object$0$, on$4$
203:138,27@y5  | arriving, had been to$9$ leave$1$ his card in Camden-place,
203:138,28@y5  | following it up by$4$ such assiduous endeavours$0$ to$9$ meet$1$,
203:138,29@y5  | and, when they did meet$1$, by$4$ such great openness of
203:138,30@y5  | conduct$0$, such readiness to$9$ apologize for$4$ the past$0$, such
203:138,31@y5  | solicitude to$9$ be received as a relation again, that$3$ their
203:138,32@y5  | former good understanding$0$ was completely re-established.
203:138,33@y5  | They had not a fault to$9$ find in him.  He had explained
203:138,34@y5  | away all the appearance of neglect$0$ on$4$ his own$2$ side$0$.
203:138,34@i   | It
203:138,35@i   | had originated in misapprehension entirely.  He had never
203:138,36@i   | had an idea of throwing himself off; he had feared that$3$
203:138,37@i   | he was thrown off, but knew not why; and delicacy had
203:138,38@i   | kept him silent.
203:138,38'  !| Upon the hint$0$ of having spoken disrespectfully
203:139, 1'  !| or carelessly of the family, and the family
203:139, 2'  !| honours, he was quite indignant.
203:139, 2@i   | He, who$6#1$ had ever
203:139, 3@i   | boasted$1$ of being$1$ an $PN#G1$Elliot, and whose$6#1$ feelings, as to$4$
203:139, 4@i   | connection, were only too$5#1$ strict to$9$ suit$1$ the unfeudal tone
203:139, 5@i   | of the present$9$ day|  He was astonished, indeed|  But
203:139, 6@i   | his character and general$2$ conduct$0$ must refute it.  He
203:139, 7@i   | could refer $PN#G$Sir*Walter to$4$ all who$6#1$ knew him; and,
203:139, 7@y5  | certainly,
203:139, 8@y5  | the pains he had been taking on$4$ this, the first
203:139, 9@y5  | opportunity of reconciliation, to$9$ be restored to$4$ the footing
203:139,10@y5  | of a relation and heir-presumptive, was a strong proof of
203:139,11@y5  | his opinions on$4$ the subject$0$.
203:139,12'  !| The circumstances of his marriage too$5#2$ were found to$9$
203:139,13'  !| admit of much extenuation.  This was an article not
203:139,14'  !| to$9$ be entered on$5$ by$4$ himself;
203:139,14@y5  | but a very intimate$2$ friend
203:139,15@y5  | of his, a $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis, a highly respectable man, perfectly
203:139,16@y5  | the gentleman,
203:139,16@g   | (and not an ill-looking man,
203:139,16'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter
203:139,17'  !| added)
203:139,17@y5  | who$6#1$ was living$9$ in very good style in
203:139,18@y5  | Marlborough*Buildings, and had, at his own$2$ particular
203:139,19@y5  | request$0$, been admitted to$4$ their acquaintance through$4$
203:139,20@y5  | $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, had mentioned one or two things relative to$4$
203:139,21@y5  | the marriage, which$6#1$ made a material$2$ difference in the
203:139,22@y5  | discredit of it.
203:139,23@y5  | $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis had known $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot long$9$, had been
203:139,24@y5  | well$9$ acquainted also with his wife, had perfectly understood
203:139,25@y5  | the whole$2$ story.  She was certainly not a woman
203:139,26@y5  | of family, but well$9$ educated, accomplished, rich, and
203:139,27@y5  | excessively in love$0$ with his friend.  There had been the
203:139,28@y5  | charm$0$.  She had sought him.  Without that$6#2$ attraction,
203:139,29@y5  | not all her money would have tempted $PN#I$Elliot, and $PN#G$Sir*Walter
203:139,30@y5  | was, moreover, assured of her having been a very
203:139,31@y5  | fine woman.  Here was a great deal$0#2$ to$9$ soften the business.
203:139,32@y5  | A very fine woman, with a large fortune, in love$0$ with
203:139,33@y5  | him|
203:139,33'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter seemed to$9$ admit it as complete$2$ apology,
203:139,34'  !| and though $PN#H$Elizabeth could not see the circumstance in
203:139,35'  !| quite so$5#1$ favourable a light$0$, she allowed it be a great
203:139,36'  !| extenuation.
203:139,37@y5  | $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had called repeatedly, had dined with them
203:139,38@y5  | once, evidently delighted by$4$ the distinction of being$1$
203:140, 1@y5  | asked, for$3$ they gave no$2$ dinners in general$0$; delighted,
203:140, 2@y5  | in short$0$, by$4$ every proof of cousinly notice$0$, and placing
203:140, 3@y5  | his whole$0$ happiness in being$1$ on$4$ intimate$2$ terms in Camden-place.
203:140, 4     |
203:140, 5'  !| $PN#A$Anne listened, but without quite understanding$1$ it.
203:140, 6@a   | Allowances, large allowances,
203:140, 6'  !| she knew,
203:140, 6@a   | must be made
203:140, 7@a   | for$4$ the ideas of those who$6#1$ spoke.  She heard it all under
203:140, 8@a   | embellishment.  All that$6#1$ sounded extravagant or irrational
203:140, 9@a   | in the progress of the reconciliation might have no$2$
203:140,10@a   | origin but in the language of the relators.
203:140,10'  !| Still$5$, however,
203:140,11'  !| she had the sensation$0#1$ of
203:140,11@a   | there being$1$ something more than
203:140,12@a   | immediately appeared, in $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's wishing, after$4$ an
203:140,13@a   | interval of so$5#1$ many years, to$9$ be well$9$ received by$4$ them.
203:140,14@a   | In a worldly view$0$, he had nothing to$9$ gain$1$ by$4$ being$1$ on$4$
203:140,15@a   | terms with $PN#G$Sir*Walter, nothing to$9$ risk$1$ by$4$ a state$0$ of
203:140,16@a   | variance.  In all probability he was already the richer of
203:140,17@a   | the two, and the Kellynch estate would as surely be his
203:140,18@a   | hereafter as the title.  A sensible$2#2$ man|  and he had
203:140,19@a   | looked like$9$ a \very\ sensible$2#2$ man, why should it be an
203:140,20@a   | object$0$ to$4$ him?  She could only offer$1$ one solution; it
203:140,21@a   | was, perhaps, for$4$ $PN#H$Elizabeth's sake.  There might really
203:140,22@a   | have been a liking formerly, though convenience and
203:140,23@a   | accident had drawn him a different way, and now that$3$
203:140,24@a   | he could afford to$9$ please himself, he might mean$1$ to$9$ pay$1$
203:140,25@a   | his addresses to$4$ her.  $PN#H$Elizabeth was certainly very handsome,
203:140,26@a   | with well-bred, elegant manners, and her character
203:140,27@a   | might never have been penetrated by$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, knowing
203:140,28@a   | her but in public$0$, and when very young himself.  How
203:140,29@a   | her temper and understanding$0$ might bear$1$ the investigation
203:140,30@a   | of his present$9$ keener time of life was another concern$0$,
203:140,31@a   | and rather a fearful one.  Most earnestly did she
203:140,32@a   | wish$1$ that$3$ he might not be too$5#1$ nice, or too$5#1$ observant, if
203:140,33@a   | $PN#H$Elizabeth were his object$0$; and that$3$ $PN#H$Elizabeth was disposed
203:140,34@a   | to$9$ believe herself so$5#2$, and that$3$ her friend $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay
203:140,35@a   | was encouraging the idea, seemed apparent by$4$ a glance$0$
203:140,36@a   | or two between them, while$9$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's frequent visits
203:140,37@a   | were talked of.
203:140,38'  !| $PN#A$Anne mentioned the glimpses she had had of him at
203:141, 1'  !| Lyme, but without being$1$ much attended to$4$.
203:141, 1Y5 !| "Oh| yes,
203:141, 2Y5 !| perhaps, it had been $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  They did not know.
203:141, 3Y5 !| It might be him, perhaps."
203:141, 3'  !| They could not listen to$4$ her
203:141, 4'  !| description of him.  They were describing him themselves;
203:141, 5'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter especially.  He did justice to$4$
203:141, 5@g   | his very
203:141, 6@g   | gentlemanlike appearance, his air of elegance and fashion$0$,
203:141, 7@g   | his good*shaped face$0$, his sensible$2#2$ eye, but, at the same
203:141, 8@g   | time,
203:141, 8G  !| "must lament his being$1$ very much under-hung,
203:141, 9G  !| a defect which$6#1$ time seemed to$9$ have increased; nor could
203:141,10G  !| he pretend to$9$ say that$3$ ten years had not altered almost
203:141,11G  !| every feature for$4$ the worse.  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot appeared to$9$ think
203:141,12G  !| that$3$ he
203:141,12'  !| ($PN#G$Sir*Walter)
203:141,12G  !| was looking exactly as he had done
203:141,13G  !| when they last$2$ parted;"
203:141,13'  !| but $PN#G$Sir*Walter had
203:141,13G  !| "not been
203:141,14G  !| able to$9$ return$1$ the compliment$0$ entirely, which$6#1$ had embarrassed
203:141,15G  !| him.  He did not mean$1$ to$9$ complain, however.
203:141,16G  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was better$9$ to$9$ look$1$ at than most men, and he
203:141,17G  !| had no$2$ objection to$4$ being$1$ seen with him any*where."
203:141,18'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, and his friends in Marlborough*Buildings,
203:141,19'  !| were talked of the whole$2$ evening.
203:141,19Y5 !| "$PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis
203:141,20Y5 !| had been so$5#1$ impatient to$9$ be introduced to$4$ them| and
203:141,21Y5 !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot so$5#1$ anxious that$3$ he should|"
203:141,21@y5  | And there was
203:141,22@y5  | a $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis, at present$0#1$ only known to$4$ them by$4$ description,
203:141,23@y5  | as she was in daily expectation of her confinement;
203:141,24@y5  | but $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot spoke of her as "a most charming woman,
203:141,25@y5  | quite worthy of being$1$ known in Camden-place," and as
203:141,26@y5  | soon as she recovered, they were to$9$ be acquainted.
203:141,26'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter
203:141,27'  !| thought$1$ much of $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis;
203:141,27@g   | she was said to$9$
203:141,28@g   | be an excessively pretty$2$ woman, beautiful.
203:141,28G  !| "He longed
203:141,29G  !| to$9$ see her.  He hoped she might make$1$ some amends for$4$
203:141,30G  !| the many very plain faces he was continually passing$1$ in
203:141,31G  !| the streets.  The worst of Bath$0#1$ was, the number of its
203:141,32G  !| plain women.  He did not mean$1$ to$9$ say that$3$ there were
203:141,33G  !| no$2$ pretty$2$ women, but the number of the plain was out$8$
203:141,34G  !| of all proportion.  He had frequently observed, as he
203:141,35G  !| walked, that$3$ one handsome face$0$ would be followed by$4$
203:141,36G  !| thirty, or five*and*thirty frights; and once, as he had
203:141,37G  !| stood in the shop in Bond-street, he had counted eighty-seven
203:141,38G  !| women go by$5$, one after$4$ another, without there
203:142, 1G  !| being$1$ a tolerable face$0$ among them.  It had been a frosty
203:142, 2G  !| morning, to$9$ be sure, a sharp frost, which$6#1$ hardly one
203:142, 3G  !| woman in a thousand could stand$1$ the test of.  But still$5$,
203:142, 4G  !| there certainly were a dreadful multitude of ugly women
203:142, 5G  !| in Bath$0#1$; and as for$4$ the men| they were infinitely worse.
203:142, 6G  !| Such scare-crows as the streets were full of|  It was
203:142, 7G  !| evident how little the women were used$1#2$ to$4$ the sight of
203:142, 8G  !| any*thing tolerable, by$4$ the effect$0$ which$6#1$ a man of decent
203:142, 9G  !| appearance produced.  He had never walked any*where
203:142,10G  !| arm*in*arm with $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis, (who$6#1$ was a fine military
203:142,11G  !| figure, though sandy-haired) without observing that$3$ every
203:142,12G  !| woman's eye was upon him; every woman's eye was
203:142,13G  !| sure to$9$ be upon $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis."
203:142,13'  !| Modest $PN#G$Sir*Walter|
203:142,14'  !| He was not allowed to$9$ escape$1$, however.  His daughter
203:142,15'  !| and $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay united in hinting that$3$ $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis's
203:142,16'  !| companion might have as good a figure as $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis,
203:142,17'  !| and certainly was not sandy-haired.
203:142,18G  !| "How is $PN#P$Mary looking?"
203:142,18'  !| said $PN#G$Sir*Walter, in the height
203:142,19'  !| of his good*humour.
203:142,19G  !| "The last$2$ time I saw her, she had
203:142,20G  !| a red nose, but I hope$1$ that$6#2$ may$1$ not happen every day."
203:142,21A  !| "Oh| no$7$, that$6#2$ must have been quite accidental.  In
203:142,22A  !| general$0$ she has been in very good health, and very good
203:142,23A  !| looks$0$ since Michaelmas."
203:142,24G  !| "If I thought$1$ it would not tempt her to$9$ go out$5$ in
203:142,25G  !| sharp winds, and grow coarse, I would send her a new
203:142,26G  !| hat and pelisse."
203:142,27'  !| $PN#A$Anne was considering whether she should venture to$9$
203:142,28'  !| suggest that$3$ a gown, or a cap, would not be liable to$4$ any
203:142,29'  !| such misuse, when a knock$0$ at the door suspended every
203:142,30'  !| thing.
203:142,30Y5 !| "A knock$0$ at the door| and so$5#1$ late|  It was ten
203:142,31Y5 !| o'clock.  Could it be $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot?  They knew he was to$9$
203:142,32Y5 !| dine in Lansdown*Crescent.  It was possible that$3$ he might
203:142,33Y5 !| stop$1$ in his way home, to$9$ ask them how they did.  They
203:142,34Y5 !| could think of no*one else.  $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay decidedly thought$1$
203:142,35Y5 !| it $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's knock$0$."
203:142,35'  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay was right$2#1$.  With all
203:142,36'  !| the state$0$ which$6#1$ a butler and foot-boy could give, $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
203:142,37'  !| was ushered into the room.
203:142,38@a   | It was the same, the very same man, with no$2$ difference
203:143, 1@a   | but of dress$0$.
203:143, 1'  !| $PN#A$Anne drew a little back$5$, while$9$ the others
203:143, 2'  !| received his compliments, and her sister his apologies for$4$
203:143, 3'  !| calling at so$5#1$ unusual an hour, but
203:143, 3I  !| "he could not be so$5#1$
203:143, 4I  !| near$9$ without wishing to$9$ know that$3$ neither she nor her
203:143, 5I  !| friend had taken cold$0$ the day before$5$, &c% &c%"
203:143, 5@a   | which$6#1$
203:143, 6@a   | was all as politely done, and as politely taken as possible,
203:143, 7@a   | but her part$0$ must follow then.
203:143, 7'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter talked of his
203:143, 8'  !| youngest daughter;
203:143, 8G  !| "$PN#I$Mr%*Elliot must give him leave$0$ to$9$
203:143, 9G  !| present$1$ him to$4$ his youngest daughter" ~
203:143, 9'  !| (there was no$2$
203:143,10'  !| occasion$0$ for$4$ remembering $PN#P$Mary) and $PN#A$Anne, smiling and
203:143,11'  !| blushing, very becomingly shewed to$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot the pretty$2$
203:143,12'  !| features which$6#1$ he had by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ forgotten, and
203:143,13'  !| instantly saw, with amusement at his little start$0$ of surprise$0$,
203:143,14'  !| that$3$ he had not been at all aware of who$6#2$ she was.
203:143,15@a   | He looked completely astonished, but not more astonished
203:143,16@a   | than pleased; his eye brightened, and with the most
203:143,17@a   | perfect$2$ alacrity he welcomed the relationship, alluded to$4$
203:143,18@a   | the past$0$, and entreated to$9$ be received as an acquaintance
203:143,19@a   | already.  He was quite as good-looking as he had appeared
203:143,20@a   | at Lyme, his countenance improved by$4$ speaking, and his
203:143,21@a   | manners were so$5#1$ exactly what$6#1$ they ought to$9$ be, so$5#1$
203:143,22@a   | polished, so$5#1$ easy, so$5#1$ particularly agreeable, that$3$ she could
203:143,23@a   | compare them in excellence to$4$ only one person's manners.
203:143,24@a   | They were not the same, but they were, perhaps, equally
203:143,25@a   | good.
203:143,26@a   | He sat down$5$ with them, and improved their conversation
203:143,27@a   | very much.  There could be no$2$ doubt$0$ of his being$1$
203:143,28@a   | a sensible$2#2$ man.  Ten minutes were enough to$9$ certify that$6#2$.
203:143,29@a   | His tone, his expressions, his choice$0$ of subject$0$, his knowing
203:143,30@a   | where to$9$ stop$1$, ~ it was all the operation of a sensible$2#2$,
203:143,31@a   | discerning mind$0$.  As soon as he could, he began to$9$ talk$1$
203:143,32@a   | to$4$ her of Lyme, wanting to$9$ compare opinions respecting
203:143,33@a   | the place$0$, but especially wanting to$9$ speak of the circumstance
203:143,34@a   | of their happening to$9$ be guests in the same inn at
203:143,35@a   | the same time, to$9$ give his own$2$ route, understand something
203:143,36@a   | of her, and regret$1$ that$3$ he should have lost such
203:143,37@a   | an opportunity of paying his respects to$4$ her.
203:143,37'  !| She gave
203:143,38'  !| him a short$2$ account$0$ of her party, and business at Lyme.
203:144, 1'  !| His regret$0$ increased as he listened.
203:144, 1@i   | He had spent his
203:144, 2@i   | whole$2$ solitary evening in the room adjoining theirs; had
203:144, 3@i   | heard voices ~ mirth continually; thought$1$ they must be
203:144, 4@i   | a most delightful set$0$ of people ~ longed to$9$ be with them;
203:144, 5@i   | but certainly without the smallest suspicion of his possessing
203:144, 6@i   | the shadow of a right$0$ to$9$ introduce himself.  If
203:144, 7@i   | he had but asked who$6#2$ the party were|  The name$0$ of
203:144, 8@i   | $PN#M1$Musgrove would have told him enough.
203:144, 8I  !| "Well$7$, it would
203:144, 9I  !| serve to$9$ cure$1$ him of an absurd practice$0$ of never asking
203:144,10I  !| a question$0$ at an inn, which$6#1$ he had adopted, when quite
203:144,11I  !| a young man, on$4$ the principle of its being$1$ very ungenteel
203:144,12I  !| to$9$ be curious.
203:144,13I  !| "The notions of a young man of one or two*and*twenty,"
203:144,14'  !| said he,
203:144,14I  !| "as to$4$ what$6#1$ is necessary in manners
203:144,15I  !| to$9$ make$1$ him quite the thing, are more absurd, I believe,
203:144,16I  !| than those of any other set$0$ of beings in the world.  The
203:144,17I  !| folly of the means$0$ they often employ is only to$9$ be equalled
203:144,18I  !| by$4$ the folly of what$6#1$ they have in view$0$."
203:144,19'  !| But he must not be addressing his reflections to$4$ $PN#A$Anne
203:144,20'  !| alone;
203:144,20'  !| he knew it; he was soon diffused again among
203:144,21'  !| the others, and it was only at intervals that$6#1$ he could
203:144,22'  !| return$1$ to$4$ Lyme.
203:144,23'  !| His enquiries, however, produced at length an account$0$
203:144,24'  !| of the scene she had been engaged in there, soon after$4$
203:144,25'  !| his leaving the place$0$.  Having alluded to$4$
203:144,25A  !| "an accident,"
203:144,25'  !| he
203:144,26'  !| must hear the whole$0$.  When he questioned, $PN#G$Sir*Walter and
203:144,27'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth began to$9$ question$1$ also;
203:144,27@a   | but the difference in their
203:144,28@a   | manner of doing it could not be unfelt.  She could only
203:144,29@a   | compare $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot to$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell, in the wish$0$ of really
203:144,30@a   | comprehending what$6#1$ had passed, and in the degree of
203:144,31@a   | concern$0$ for$4$ what$6#1$ she must have suffered in witnessing it.
203:144,32'  !| He staid an hour with them.  The elegant little clock
203:144,33'  !| on$4$ the mantle-piece had struck "eleven with its silver
203:144,34'  !| sounds$0$," and the watchman was beginning$1$ to$9$ be heard
203:144,35'  !| at a distance$0$ telling the same tale, before$3$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot or
203:144,36'  !| any of them seemed to$9$ feel that$3$ he had been there long$9$.
203:144,37'  !| $PN#A$Anne could not have supposed it possible that$3$ her first
203:144,38'  !| evening in Camden-place could have passed so$5#1$ well$9$|
204:145, 1'  !| There was one point$0$ which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne, on$4$ returning to$4$ her
204:145, 2'  !| family, would have been more thankful to$9$ ascertain, even$5$
204:145, 3'  !| than $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's being$1$ in love$0$ with $PN#H$Elizabeth, which$6#1$ was,
204:145, 4'  !| her father's not being$1$ in love$0$ with $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay; and she
204:145, 5'  !| was very far from easy about$4$ it, when she had been at
204:145, 6'  !| home a few hours.  On$4$ going down$5$ to$4$ breakfast$0$ the next
204:145, 7'  !| morning, she found there had just$9$ been a decent pretence
204:145, 8'  !| on$4$ the lady's side$0$ of meaning$1$ to$9$ leave$1$ them.  She could
204:145, 9'  !| imagine $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay to$9$ have said, that$3$ "now $PN#A$Miss*Anne
204:145,10'  !| was come, she could not suppose herself at all wanted;"
204:145,11'  !| for$3$ $PN#H$Elizabeth was replying, in a sort of whisper$0$,
204:145,11H  !| "That$6#2$
204:145,12H  !| must not be any reason$0$, indeed.  I assure you I feel it
204:145,13H  !| none.  She is nothing to$4$ me, compared with you;"
204:145,13'  !| and
204:145,14'  !| she was in full time to$9$ hear her father say,
204:145,14G  !| "My dear$2#1$
204:145,15G  !| Madam, this must not be.  As yet, you have seen nothing
204:145,16G  !| of Bath$0#1$.  You have been here only to$9$ be useful.  You
204:145,17G  !| must not run$1$ away from us now.  You must stay$1$ to$9$ be
204:145,18G  !| acquainted with $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis, the beautiful $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis.
204:145,19G  !| To$4$ your fine mind$0$, I well$9$ know the sight of beauty is
204:145,20G  !| a real gratification."
204:145,21'  !| He spoke and looked so$5#1$ much in earnest, that$3$ $PN#A$Anne
204:145,22'  !| was not surprised to$9$ see $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay stealing a glance$0$ at
204:145,23'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth and herself.
204:145,23@a   | Her countenance, perhaps, might
204:145,24@a   | express$1$ some watchfulness; but the praise$0$ of the fine
204:145,25@a   | mind$0$ did not appear to$9$ excite a thought$0$ in her sister.
204:145,26'  !| The lady could not but yield to$4$ such joint entreaties, and
204:145,27'  !| promise$1$ to$9$ stay$1$.
204:145,28'  !| In the course$0$ of the same morning, $PN#A$Anne and her father
204:145,29'  !| chancing to$9$ be alone together, he began to$9$ compliment$1$
204:145,30'  !| her on$4$ her improved looks$0$; he thought$1$ her
204:145,30G  !| "less thin
204:145,31G  !| in her person, in her cheeks; her skin, her complexion,
204:145,32G  !| greatly improved ~ clearer, fresher.  Had she been using
204:145,33G  !| any*thing in particular?"
204:145,33A  !| "No$7$, nothing."
204:145,33G  !| "Merely
204:146, 1G  !| Gowland,"
204:146, 1'  !| he supposed.
204:146, 1A  !| "No$7$, nothing at all."
204:146, 1G  !| "Ha|
204:146, 2G  !| he was surprised at that$6#2$;"
204:146, 2'  !| and added,
204:146, 2G  !| "Certainly you
204:146, 3G  !| cannot do better$9$ than continue as you are; you cannot
204:146, 4G  !| be better$9$ than well$9$; or I should recommend Gowland,
204:146, 5G  !| the constant use$0$ of Gowland, during the spring$0$ months.
204:146, 6G  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay has been using it at my recommendation, and
204:146, 7G  !| you see what$6#1$ it has done for$4$ her.  You see how it has
204:146, 8G  !| carried away her freckles."
204:146, 9@a   | If $PN#H$Elizabeth could but have heard this|  Such personal
204:146,10@a   | praise$0$ might have struck her, especially as it did not
204:146,11@a   | appear to$4$ $PN#A$Anne that$3$ the freckles were at all lessened.
204:146,12@a   | But every*thing must take its chance$0$.  The evil of the
204:146,13@a   | marriage would be much diminished, if $PN#H$Elizabeth were
204:146,14@a   | also to$9$ marry.  As for$4$ herself, she might always command$1$
204:146,15@a   | a home with $PN#T$Lady*Russell.
204:146,16'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell's composed mind$0$ and polite manners were
204:146,17'  !| put to$4$ some trial on$4$ this point$0$, in her intercourse in
204:146,18'  !| Camden-place.  The sight of $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay in such favour$0$,
204:146,19'  !| and of $PN#A$Anne so$5#1$ overlooked, was a perpetual provocation
204:146,20'  !| to$4$ her there; and vexed her as much when she was
204:146,21'  !| away, as a person in Bath$0#1$ who$6#1$ drinks the water, gets all
204:146,22'  !| the new publications, and has a very large acquaintance,
204:146,23'  !| has time to$9$ be vexed.
204:146,24'  !| As $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot became known to$4$ her, she grew more
204:146,25'  !| charitable, or more indifferent, towards the others.
204:146,25@t   | His
204:146,26@t   | manners were an immediate recommendation; and on$4$
204:146,27@t   | conversing with him she found the solid so$5#1$ fully supporting
204:146,28@t   | the superficial, that$3$ she was at first, as she told
204:146,29@t   | $PN#A$Anne, almost ready to$9$ exclaim, "Can this be $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot?"
204:146,30@t   | and could not seriously picture$1$ to$4$ herself a more agreeable
204:146,31@t   | or estimable man.  Every*thing united in him; good
204:146,32@t   | understanding$0$, correct$2$ opinions, knowledge of the world,
204:146,33@t   | and a warm$2$ heart.  He had strong feelings of family-attachment
204:146,34@t   | and family-honour, without pride or weakness;
204:146,35@t   | he lived with the liberality of a man of fortune,
204:146,36@t   | without display$0$; he judged for$4$ himself in every*thing
204:146,37@t   | essential, without defying public$2$ opinion in any point$0$ of
204:146,38@t   | worldly decorum.  He was steady, observant, moderate,
204:147, 1@t   | candid; never run$1$ away with by$4$ spirits or by$4$ selfishness,
204:147, 2@t   | which$6#1$ fancied itself strong feeling$0$; and yet, with a sensibility
204:147, 3@t   | to$4$ what$6#1$ was amiable and lovely, and a value$0$ for$4$
204:147, 4@t   | all the felicities of domestic$2$ life, which$6#1$ characters of
204:147, 5@t   | fancied enthusiasm and violent agitation seldom really
204:147, 6@t   | possess.  She was sure that$3$ he had not been happy in
204:147, 7@t   | marriage.
204:147, 7'  !| $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis said it, and $PN#T$Lady*Russell saw
204:147, 8'  !| it;
204:147, 8@t   | but it had been no$2$ unhappiness to$9$ sour his mind$0$,
204:147, 9@t   | nor
204:147, 9'  !| (she began pretty$5$ soon to$9$ suspect)
204:147, 9@t   | to$9$ prevent his
204:147,10@t   | thinking of a second$2$ choice$0$.
204:147,10'  !| Her satisfaction in $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
204:147,11'  !| outweighed all the plague of $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay.
204:147,12'  !| It was now some years since $PN#A$Anne had begun to$9$ learn
204:147,13'  !| that$3$ she and her excellent friend could sometimes think
204:147,14'  !| differently; and it did not surprise$1$ her, therefore, that$3$
204:147,15'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell should see nothing suspicious or inconsistent,
204:147,16'  !| nothing to$9$ require more motives than appeared,
204:147,17'  !| in $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's great desire$0$ of a reconciliation.  In $PN#T$Lady*Russell's
204:147,18'  !| view$0$, it was perfectly natural$2$ that$3$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot,
204:147,19'  !| at a mature time of life, should feel it a most desirable
204:147,20'  !| object$0$, and what$6#1$ would very generally recommend him,
204:147,21'  !| among all sensible$2#2$ people, to$9$ be on$4$ good terms with the
204:147,22'  !| head$0$ of his family; the simplest process in the world of
204:147,23'  !| time upon a head$0$ naturally clear$2$, and only erring in the
204:147,24'  !| heyday of youth.  $PN#A$Anne presumed, however, still$5$ to$9$ smile$1$
204:147,25'  !| about$4$ it; and at last$0$ to$9$ mention$1$
204:147,25A  !| "$PN#H$Elizabeth."
204:147,25'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell
204:147,26'  !| listened, and looked, and made only this cautious
204:147,27'  !| reply$0$:
204:147,27T  !| "$PN#H$Elizabeth|  Very well$9$.  Time will$1$ explain."
204:147,28'  !| It was a reference to$4$ the future, which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne, after$4$
204:147,29'  !| a little observation, felt she must submit to$4$.  She could
204:147,30'  !| determine nothing at present$0#1$.
204:147,30@a   | In that$6#2$ house $PN#H$Elizabeth
204:147,31@a   | must be first; and she was in the habit of such general$2$
204:147,32@a   | observance as "$PN#H$Miss*Elliot," that$3$ any particularity of
204:147,33@a   | attention seemed almost impossible.  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, too$5#2$, it
204:147,34@a   | must be remembered, had not been a widower seven
204:147,35@a   | months.  A little delay$0$ on$4$ his side$0$ might be very excusable.
204:147,36'  !| In fact, $PN#A$Anne could never see the crape round$4$ his
204:147,37'  !| hat, without fearing that$3$ she was the inexcusable one, in
204:147,38'  !| attributing to$4$ him such imaginations; for$3$ though his
204:148, 1'  !| marriage had not been very happy, still$5$ it had existed
204:148, 2'  !| so$5#1$ many years that$3$ she could not comprehend a very
204:148, 3'  !| rapid recovery from the awful impression of its being$1$
204:148, 4'  !| dissolved.
204:148, 5@a   | However it might end$1$, he was without any question$0$
204:148, 6@a   | their pleasantest acquaintance in Bath$0#1$; she saw nobody
204:148, 7@a   | equal$2$ to$4$ him; and it was a great indulgence now and
204:148, 8@a   | then to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ him about$4$ Lyme, which$6#1$ he seemed to$9$
204:148, 9@a   | have as lively a wish$0$ to$9$ see again, and to$9$ see more of,
204:148,10@a   | as herself.
204:148,10'  !| They went through$4$ the particulars of their
204:148,11'  !| first meeting$0$ a great many times.  He gave her to$9$ understand
204:148,12'  !| that$3$ he had looked at her with some earnestness.
204:148,13'  !| She knew it well$9$; and she remembered another person's
204:148,14'  !| look$0$ also.
204:148,15'  !| They did not always think alike.  His value$0$ for$4$ rank$0$
204:148,16'  !| and connexion she perceived to$9$ be greater than hers.
204:148,16@a   | It
204:148,17@a   | was not merely complaisance, it must be a liking to$4$ the
204:148,18@a   | cause, which$6#1$ made him enter warmly into her father
204:148,19@a   | and sister's solicitudes on$4$ a subject$0$ which$6#1$ she thought$1$
204:148,20@a   | unworthy to$9$ excite them.
204:148,20'  !| The Bath$0#1$ paper one morning
204:148,21'  !| announced the arrival of the $PN#F$Dowager*Viscountess*Dalrymple,
204:148,22'  !| and her daughter, the $PN#ZH$Honourable*Miss*Carteret;
204:148,23'  !| and all the comfort$0$ of No%*@@, Camden-place, was swept
204:148,24'  !| away for$4$ many days; for$3$ the $PN#F1$Dalrymples (in $PN#A$Anne's
204:148,25'  !| opinion, most unfortunately) were cousins of the $PN#G1$Elliots;
204:148,26'  !| and the agony was, how to$9$ introduce themselves properly.
204:148,27'  !| $PN#A$Anne had never seen her father and sister before$5$ in
204:148,28'  !| contact with nobility, and she must acknowledge herself
204:148,29'  !| disappointed.  She had hoped better$9$ things from their
204:148,30'  !| high ideas of their own$2$ situation in life, and was reduced
204:148,31'  !| to$9$ form$1$ a wish$0$ which$6#1$ she had never foreseen ~ a wish$0$
204:148,32'  !| that$3$ they had more pride; for$3$
204:148,32Y5 !| "our cousins $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple
204:148,33Y5 !| and $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret;" "our cousins, the $PN#F1$Dalrymples,"
204:148,34'  !| sounded in her ears all day long$9$.
204:148,35'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter had once been in company with the late
204:148,36'  !| $PN#ZG$Viscount, but had never seen any of the rest$0#1$ of the
204:148,37'  !| family, and the difficulties of the case arose from there
204:148,38'  !| having been a suspension of all intercourse by$4$ letters of
204:149, 1'  !| ceremony, ever since the death of that$6#2$ said late $PN#ZG$Viscount,
204:149, 2'  !| when, in consequence of a dangerous illness of $PN#G$Sir*Walter's
204:149, 3'  !| at the same time, there had been an unlucky omission
204:149, 4'  !| at Kellynch.  No$2$ letter of condolence had been sent to$4$
204:149, 5'  !| Ireland.  The neglect$0$ had been visited on$4$ the head$0$ of
204:149, 6'  !| the sinner, for$3$ when poor $PN#ZK$Lady*Elliot died herself, no$2$
204:149, 7'  !| letter of condolence was received at Kellynch, and, consequently,
204:149, 8'  !| there was but too$5#1$ much reason$0$ to$9$ apprehend
204:149, 9'  !| that$3$ the $PN#F1$Dalrymples considered the relationship as closed.
204:149,10'  !| How to$9$ have this anxious business set$1$ to$4$ rights, and be
204:149,11'  !| admitted as cousins again, was the question$0$; and it was
204:149,12'  !| a question$0$ which$6#1$, in a more rational manner, neither $PN#T$Lady*Russell
204:149,13'  !| nor $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot thought$1$ unimportant.
204:149,13Y6 !| "Family
204:149,14Y6 !| connexions were always worth preserving, good company
204:149,15Y6 !| always worth seeking; $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple had taken a
204:149,16Y6 !| house, for$4$ three months, in Laura-place, and would be
204:149,17Y6 !| living$9$ in style.  She had been at Bath$0#1$ the year before$5$,
204:149,18Y6 !| and $PN#T$Lady*Russell had heard her spoken of as a charming
204:149,19Y6 !| woman.  It was very desirable that$3$ the connexion should
204:149,20Y6 !| be renewed, if it could be done, without any compromise
204:149,21Y6 !| of propriety on$4$ the side$0$ of the $PN#G1$Elliots."
204:149,22'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter, however, would choose his own$2$ means$0$, and
204:149,23'  !| at last$0$ wrote a very fine letter of ample explanation, regret$0$
204:149,24'  !| and entreaty, to$4$ his right$2#1$ honourable cousin.  Neither
204:149,25'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell nor $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot could admire the letter; but
204:149,26'  !| it did all that$6#1$ was wanted, in bringing three lines of
204:149,27'  !| scrawl from the $PN#F$Dowager*Viscountess.
204:149,27F  !| "She was very
204:149,28F  !| much honoured, and should be happy in their acquaintance."
204:149,29'  !| The toils of the business were over, the sweets
204:149,30'  !| began.  They visited in Laura-place, they had the cards
204:149,31'  !| of $PN#F$Dowager*Viscountess*Dalrymple, and the $PN#ZH$Hon%*Miss*Carteret,
204:149,32'  !| to$9$ be arranged wherever they might be most
204:149,33'  !| visible; and
204:149,33Y5 !| "Our cousins in Laura-place," ~ "Our
204:149,34Y5 !| cousins, $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple and $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret,"
204:149,34'  !| were talked
204:149,35'  !| of to$4$ every*body.
204:149,36'  !| $PN#A$Anne was ashamed.  Had $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple and her
204:149,37'  !| daughter even$5$ been very agreeable, she would still$5$ have
204:149,38'  !| been ashamed of the agitation they created, but they
204:150, 1'  !| were nothing.
204:150, 1@a   | There was no$2$ superiority of manner,
204:150, 2@a   | accomplishment, or understanding$0$.  $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple had
204:150, 3@a   | acquired the name$0$ of "a charming woman," because she
204:150, 4@a   | had a smile$0$ and a civil answer$0$ for$4$ every*body.  $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret,
204:150, 5@a   | with still$5$ less to$9$ say, was so$5#1$ plain and so$5#1$ awkward,
204:150, 6@a   | that$3$ she would never have been tolerated in
204:150, 7@a   | Camden-place but for$4$ her birth$0#1$.
204:150, 8'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell confessed that$3$
204:150, 8@t   | she had expected$1$ something
204:150, 9@t   | better$9$; but yet
204:150, 9T  !| "it was an acquaintance worth
204:150,10T  !| having,"
204:150,10'  !| and when $PN#A$Anne ventured to$9$ speak her opinion
204:150,11'  !| of them to$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, he agreed to$4$
204:150,11@i   | their being$1$ nothing
204:150,12@i   | in themselves, but still$5$ maintained that$3$ as a family connexion,
204:150,13@i   | as good company, as those who$6#1$ would collect
204:150,14@i   | good company around$4$ them, they had their value$0$.
204:150,14'  !| $PN#A$Anne
204:150,15'  !| smiled and said,
204:150,16A  !| "My idea of good company, $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, is the company
204:150,17A  !| of clever, well-informed people, who$6#1$ have a great deal$0#2$ of
204:150,18A  !| conversation; that$6#2$ is what$6#1$ I call$1$ good company."
204:150,19I  !| "You are mistaken,"
204:150,19'  !| said he gently,
204:150,19I  !| "that$6#2$ is not good
204:150,20I  !| company, that$6#2$ is the best.  Good company requires only
204:150,21I  !| birth$0#1$, education and manners, and with regard$0$ to$4$ education
204:150,22I  !| is not very nice.  Birth$0#1$ and good manners are
204:150,23I  !| essential; but a little learning is by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ a dangerous
204:150,24I  !| thing in good company, on$4$ the contrary$0$, it will$1$ do very
204:150,25I  !| well$9$.  My cousin, $PN#A$Anne, shakes her head$0$.  She is not
204:150,26I  !| satisfied$2$.  She is fastidious.  My dear$2#1$ cousin,
204:150,26'  !| (sitting$1$
204:150,27'  !| down$5$ by$4$ her)
204:150,27I  !| you have a better$9$ right$0$ to$9$ be fastidious
204:150,28I  !| than almost any other woman I know; but will$1$ it
204:150,29I  !| answer$1$?  Will$1$ it make$1$ you happy?  Will$1$ it not be wiser
204:150,30I  !| to$9$ accept the society of these good ladies in Laura-place,
204:150,31I  !| and enjoy all the advantages of the connexion as far as
204:150,32I  !| possible?  You may$1$ depend upon it, that$3$ they will$1$ move$1$
204:150,33I  !| in the first set$0$ in Bath$0#1$ this winter, and as rank$0$ is rank$0$,
204:150,34I  !| your being$1$ known to$9$ be related to$4$ them will$1$ have its use$0$
204:150,35I  !| in fixing your family (our family let me say) in that$6#2$
204:150,36I  !| degree of consideration which$6#1$ we must all wish$1$ for$4$."
204:150,37A  !| "Yes,"
204:150,37'  !| sighed $PN#A$Anne,
204:150,37A  !| "we shall, indeed, be known to$9$
204:150,38A  !| be related to$4$ them|" ~
204:150,38'  !| then recollecting herself, and not
204:151, 1'  !| wishing to$9$ be answered, she added,
204:151, 1A  !| "I certainly do think
204:151, 2A  !| there has been by$4$ far too$5#1$ much trouble$0$ taken to$9$ procure
204:151, 3A  !| the acquaintance.  I suppose
204:151, 3'  !| (smiling)
204:151, 3A  !| I have more pride
204:151, 4A  !| than any of you; but I confess it does vex me, that$3$ we
204:151, 5A  !| should be so$5#1$ solicitous to$9$ have the relationship acknowledged,
204:151, 6A  !| which$6#1$ we may$1$ be very sure is a matter of perfect$2$
204:151, 7A  !| indifference to$4$ them."
204:151, 8I  !| "Pardon$1$ me, my dear$2#1$ cousin, you are unjust to$4$ your
204:151, 9I  !| own$2$ claims.  In London, perhaps, in your present$9$ quiet$2$
204:151,10I  !| style of living$9$, it might be as you say; but in Bath$0#1$,
204:151,11I  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot and his family will$1$ always be worth
204:151,12I  !| knowing, always acceptable as acquaintance."
204:151,13A  !| "Well$7$,"
204:151,13'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
204:151,13A  !| "I certainly am proud, too$5#1$ proud
204:151,14A  !| to$9$ enjoy a welcome$0$ which$6#1$ depends so$5#1$ entirely upon place$0$."
204:151,15I  !| "I love$1$ your indignation,"
204:151,15'  !| said he;
204:151,15I  !| "it is very natural$2$.
204:151,16I  !| But here you are in Bath$0#1$, and the object$0$ is to$9$ be established
204:151,17I  !| here with all the credit$0$ and dignity which$6#1$ ought
204:151,18I  !| to$9$ belong to$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter*Elliot.  You talk$1$ of being$1$ proud,
204:151,19I  !| I am called proud I know, and I shall not wish$1$ to$9$ believe
204:151,20I  !| myself otherwise, for$4$ our pride, if investigated, would
204:151,21I  !| have the same object$0$, I have no$2$ doubt$0$, though the kind$0$
204:151,22I  !| may$1$ seem a little different.  In one point$0$, I am sure, my
204:151,23I  !| dear$2#1$ cousin,
204:151,23'  !| (he continued, speaking lower$2$, though there
204:151,24'  !| was no*one else in the room)
204:151,24I  !| in one point$0$, I am sure, we
204:151,25I  !| must feel alike.  We must feel that$3$ every addition to$4$
204:151,26I  !| your father's society, among his equals or superiors, may$1$
204:151,27I  !| be of use$0$ in diverting his thoughts from those who$6#1$ are
204:151,28I  !| beneath him."
204:151,29'  !| He looked, as he spoke, to$4$ the seat which$6#1$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay
204:151,30'  !| had been lately occupying, a sufficient explanation of
204:151,31'  !| what$6#1$ he particularly meant; and though $PN#A$Anne could not
204:151,32'  !| believe in their having the same sort of pride, she was
204:151,33'  !| pleased with him for$4$ not liking $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay; and her conscience
204:151,34'  !| admitted that$3$
204:151,34@a   | his wishing to$9$ promote her father's
204:151,35@a   | getting great acquaintance, was more than excusable in
204:151,36@a   | the view$0$ of defeating her.
205:152, 1'  !| While$9$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter and $PN#H$Elizabeth were assiduously
205:152, 2'  !| pushing their good fortune in Laura-place, $PN#A$Anne was
205:152, 3'  !| renewing an acquaintance of a very different description.
205:152, 4'  !| She had called on$4$ her former governess, and had heard
205:152, 5'  !| from her of there being$1$ an old school-fellow in Bath$0#1$, who$6#1$
205:152, 6'  !| had the two strong claims on$4$ her attention, of past$9$
205:152, 7'  !| kindness and present$9$ suffering.  $PN#V$Miss*Hamilton, now
205:152, 8'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, had shewn her kindness in one of those
205:152, 9'  !| periods of her life when it had been most valuable.  $PN#A$Anne
205:152,10'  !| had gone unhappy to$4$ school, grieving for$4$ the loss of
205:152,11'  !| a mother whom$6#1$ she had dearly$5#1$ loved, feeling$1$ her separation
205:152,12'  !| from home, and suffering as a girl of fourteen, of
205:152,13'  !| strong sensibility and not high spirits, must suffer at such
205:152,14'  !| a time; and $PN#V$Miss*Hamilton, three years older than herself,
205:152,15'  !| but still$5$ from the want$0$ of near$9$ relations and a settled$2$
205:152,16'  !| home, remaining another year at school, had been useful
205:152,17'  !| and good to$4$ her in a way which$6#1$ had considerably lessened
205:152,18'  !| her misery, and could never be remembered with indifference.
205:152,19     |
205:152,20'  !| $PN#V$Miss*Hamilton had left$1$ school, had married not long$9$
205:152,21'  !| afterwards, was said to$9$ have married a man of fortune,
205:152,22'  !| and this was all that$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne had known of her, till now
205:152,23'  !| that$3$ their governess's account$0$ brought her situation forward$8$
205:152,24'  !| in a more decided$2$ but very different form$0$.
205:152,25'  !| She was a widow, and poor.  Her husband had been
205:152,26'  !| extravagant; and at his death, about$4$ two years before$5$,
205:152,27'  !| had left$1$ his affairs dreadfully involved.  She had had
205:152,28'  !| difficulties of every sort to$9$ contend with, and in addition
205:152,29'  !| to$4$ these distresses, had been afflicted with a severe rheumatic
205:152,30'  !| fever, which$6#1$ finally settling in her legs, had made
205:152,31'  !| her for$4$ the present$0#1$ a cripple.  She had come to$4$ Bath$0#1$ on$4$
205:152,32'  !| that$6#2$ account$0$, and was now in lodgings near$4$ the hot-baths,
205:152,33'  !| living$9$ in a very humble$2$ way, unable even$5$ to$9$ afford
205:153, 1'  !| herself the comfort$0$ of a servant, and of course$8$ almost
205:153, 2'  !| excluded from society.
205:153, 3'  !| Their mutual friend answered for$4$ the satisfaction which$6#1$
205:153, 4'  !| a visit$0$ from $PN#A$Miss*Elliot would give $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, and $PN#A$Anne
205:153, 5'  !| therefore lost no$2$ time in going.  She mentioned nothing
205:153, 6'  !| of what$6#1$ she had heard, or what$6#1$ she intended, at home.
205:153, 7@a   | It would excite no$2$ proper interest$0$ there.
205:153, 7'  !| She only consulted
205:153, 8'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell, who$6#1$ entered thoroughly into her
205:153, 9'  !| sentiments, and was most happy to$9$ convey her as near$9$
205:153,10'  !| to$4$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith's lodgings in Westgate-buildings, as $PN#A$Anne
205:153,11'  !| chose to$9$ be taken.
205:153,12'  !| The visit$0$ was paid, their acquaintance re-established,
205:153,13'  !| their interest$0$ in each other more than re-kindled.  The
205:153,14'  !| first ten minutes had its awkwardness and its emotion.
205:153,15'  !| Twelve years were gone since they had parted, and each
205:153,16'  !| presented a somewhat different person from what$6#1$ the
205:153,17'  !| other had imagined.  Twelve years had changed $PN#A$Anne
205:153,18'  !| from the blooming, silent, unformed girl of fifteen, to$4$ the
205:153,19'  !| elegant little woman of seven*and*twenty, with every
205:153,20'  !| beauty excepting bloom, and with manners as consciously
205:153,21'  !| right$2#1$ as they were invariably gentle; and twelve years
205:153,22'  !| had transformed the fine-looking, well-grown $PN#V$Miss*Hamilton,
205:153,23'  !| in all the glow of health and confidence of superiority,
205:153,24'  !| into a poor, infirm, helpless widow, receiving the visit$0$ of
205:153,25'  !| her former protegee= as a favour$0$; but all that$6#1$ was uncomfortable
205:153,26'  !| in the meeting$0$ had soon passed away, and left$1$
205:153,27'  !| only the interesting charm$0$ of remembering former partialities
205:153,28'  !| and talking over old times.
205:153,29'  !| $PN#A$Anne found in $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith the good sense and agreeable
205:153,30'  !| manners which$6#1$ she had almost ventured to$9$ depend on$4$,
205:153,31'  !| and a disposition to$9$ converse and be cheerful beyond$4$ her
205:153,32'  !| expectation.  Neither the dissipations of the past$0$ ~ and
205:153,33'  !| she had lived very much in the world, nor the restrictions
205:153,34'  !| of the present$0#1$; neither sickness nor sorrow seemed to$9$
205:153,35'  !| have closed her heart or ruined her spirits.
205:153,36'  !| In the course$0$ of a second$2$ visit$0$ she talked with great
205:153,37'  !| openness, and $PN#A$Anne's astonishment increased.  She could
205:153,38'  !| scarcely imagine a more cheerless situation in itself than
205:154, 1'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith's.  She had been very fond of her husband, ~
205:154, 2'  !| she had buried him.  She had been used$1#2$ to$4$ affluence, ~ it
205:154, 3'  !| was gone.  She had no$2$ child to$9$ connect her with life and
205:154, 4'  !| happiness again, no$2$ relations to$9$ assist in the arrangement
205:154, 5'  !| of perplexed affairs, no$2$ health to$9$ make$1$ all the rest$0#1$ supportable.
205:154, 6'  !| Her accommodations were limited to$4$ a noisy
205:154, 7'  !| parlour, and a dark$2$ bed-room behind, with no$2$ possibility
205:154, 8'  !| of moving from one to$4$ the other without assistance, which$6#1$
205:154, 9'  !| there was only one servant in the house to$9$ afford, and
205:154,10'  !| she never quitted the house but to$9$ be conveyed into the
205:154,11'  !| warm$2$ bath$0#2$. ~ Yet, in spite$8$ of all this, $PN#A$Anne had reason$0$
205:154,12'  !| to$9$ believe that$3$ she had moments only of languor and
205:154,13'  !| depression, to$4$ hours of occupation and enjoyment.  How
205:154,14'  !| could it be? ~ She watched ~ observed ~ reflected ~ and
205:154,15'  !| finally determined$1$ that$3$ this was not a case of fortitude
205:154,16'  !| or of resignation only. ~
205:154,16@a   | A submissive spirit might be
205:154,17@a   | patient, a strong understanding$0$ would supply$1$ resolution,
205:154,18@a   | but here was something more; here was that$6#2$ elasticity
205:154,19@a   | of mind$0$, that$6#2$ disposition to$9$ be comforted, that$6#2$ power of
205:154,20@a   | turning$1$ readily from evil to$4$ good, and of finding employment
205:154,21@a   | which$6#1$ carried her out$8$ of herself, which$6#1$ was from
205:154,22@a   | Nature alone.  It was the choicest gift of Heaven;
205:154,22'  !| and
205:154,23'  !| $PN#A$Anne viewed her friend as one of those instances in which$6#1$,
205:154,24'  !| by$4$ a merciful appointment, it seems designed to$9$ counterbalance
205:154,25'  !| almost every other want$0$.
205:154,26@v   | There had been a time,
205:154,26'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith told her,
205:154,26@v   | when her
205:154,27@v   | spirits had nearly failed.  She could not call$1$ herself an
205:154,28@v   | invalid now, compared with her state$0$ on$4$ first reaching
205:154,29@v   | Bath$0#1$.  Then, she had indeed been a pitiable object$0$ ~ for$3$
205:154,30@v   | she had caught cold$0$ on$4$ the journey, and had hardly taken
205:154,31@v   | possession of her lodgings, before$3$ she was again confined
205:154,32@v   | to$4$ her bed, and suffering under severe and constant pain$0$;
205:154,33@v   | and all this among strangers ~ with the absolute necessity
205:154,34@v   | of having a regular nurse$0$, and finances at that$6#2$ moment
205:154,35@v   | particularly unfit to$9$ meet$1$ any extraordinary expense.
205:154,36@v   | She had weathered it however, and could truly say that$3$
205:154,37@v   | it had done her good.  It had increased her comforts by$4$
205:154,38@v   | making her feel herself to$9$ be in good hands.  She had
205:155, 1@v   | seen too$5#1$ much of the world, to$9$ expect sudden$2$ or disinterested
205:155, 2@v   | attachment any*where, but her illness had
205:155, 3@v   | proved to$4$ her that$3$ her landlady had a character to$9$ preserve,
205:155, 4@v   | and would not use$1$ her ill; and she had been
205:155, 5@v   | particularly fortunate in her nurse$0$, as a sister of her
205:155, 6@v   | landlady, a nurse$0$ by$4$ profession$0#2$, and who$6#1$ had always
205:155, 7@v   | a home in that$6#2$ house when unemployed, chanced to$9$ be
205:155, 8@v   | at liberty just$9$ in time to$9$ attend her. ~
205:155, 8V  !| "And she,"
205:155, 8'  !| said
205:155, 9'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
205:155, 9V  !| "besides nursing me most admirably, has
205:155,10V  !| really proved an invaluable acquaintance. ~ As soon as
205:155,11V  !| I could use$1$ my hands, she taught me to$9$ knit, which$6#1$ has
205:155,12V  !| been a great amusement; and she put me in the way
205:155,13V  !| of making these little thread-cases, pin-cushions and card-racks,
205:155,14V  !| which$6#1$ you always find me so$5#1$ busy about$4$, and which$6#1$
205:155,15V  !| supply$1$ me with the means$0$ of doing a little good to$4$ one
205:155,16V  !| or two very poor families in this neighbourhood.  She has
205:155,17V  !| a large acquaintance, of course$8$ professionally, among
205:155,18V  !| those who$6#1$ can afford to$9$ buy, and she disposes of my
205:155,19V  !| merchandize.  She always takes the right$2#1$ time for$4$ applying.
205:155,20V  !| Every*body's heart is open$2$, you know, when they
205:155,21V  !| have recently escaped from severe pain$0$, or are recovering
205:155,22V  !| the blessing of health, and $PN#ZZA$nurse*Rooke thoroughly understands
205:155,23V  !| when to$9$ speak.  She is a shrewd, intelligent,
205:155,24V  !| sensible$2#2$ woman.  Hers is a line for$4$ seeing human nature;
205:155,25V  !| and she has a fund of good sense and observation which$6#1$,
205:155,26V  !| as a companion, make$1$ her infinitely superior$2$ to$4$ thousands
205:155,27V  !| of those who$6#1$ having only received ""the best education
205:155,28V  !| in the world,"" know nothing worth attending to$4$.  Call$1$ it
205:155,29V  !| gossip if you will$1$; but when $PN#ZZA$nurse*Rooke has half an
205:155,30V  !| hour's leisure to$9$ bestow on$4$ me, she is sure to$9$ have something
205:155,31V  !| to$9$ relate that$6#1$ is entertaining and profitable, something
205:155,32V  !| that$6#1$ makes one know one's species better$9$.  One
205:155,33V  !| likes to$9$ hear what$6#1$ is going on$5$, to$9$ be \au\*\fait\ as to$4$ the
205:155,34V  !| newest modes of being$1$ trifling and silly.  To$4$ me, who$6#1$ live
205:155,35V  !| so$5#1$ much alone, her conversation I assure you is a treat$0$."
205:155,36'  !| $PN#A$Anne, far from wishing to$9$ cavil at the pleasure, replied,
205:155,37A  !| "I can easily believe it.  Women of that$6#2$ class$0$ have great
205:155,38A  !| opportunities, and if they are intelligent may$1$ be well$9$
205:156, 1A  !| worth listening to$4$.  Such varieties of human nature as
205:156, 2A  !| they are in the habit of witnessing|  And it is not merely
205:156, 3A  !| in its follies, that$6#1$ they are well$9$ read; for$3$ they see it
205:156, 4A  !| occasionally under every circumstance that$6#1$ can be most
205:156, 5A  !| interesting or affecting.  What$6#1$ instances must pass$1$ before$4$
205:156, 6A  !| them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of
205:156, 7A  !| heroism, fortitude, patience, resignation ~ of all the conflicts
205:156, 8A  !| and all the sacrifices that$6#1$ ennoble us most.  A sick*chamber
205:156, 9A  !| may$1$ often furnish the worth of volumes."
205:156,10V  !| "Yes,"
205:156,10'  !| said $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith more doubtingly,
205:156,10V  !| "sometimes
205:156,11V  !| it may$1$, though I fear$1$ its lessons are not often in the
205:156,12V  !| elevated style you describe.  Here and there, human
205:156,13V  !| nature may$1$ be great in times of trial, but generally
205:156,14V  !| speaking it is its weakness and not its strength that$6#1$
205:156,15V  !| appears in a sick*chamber; it is selfishness and impatience
205:156,16V  !| rather than generosity and fortitude, that$6#1$ one hears of.
205:156,17V  !| There is so$5#1$ little real friendship in the world| ~ and
205:156,18V  !| unfortunately"
205:156,18'  !| (speaking low and tremulously)
205:156,18V  !| "there
205:156,19V  !| are so$5#1$ many who$6#1$ forget to$9$ think seriously till it is almost
205:156,20V  !| too$5#1$ late."
205:156,21'  !| $PN#A$Anne saw the misery of such feelings.
205:156,21@a   | The husband
205:156,22@a   | had not been what$6#1$ he ought, and the wife had been led
205:156,23@a   | among that$6#2$ part$0$ of mankind which$6#1$ made her think worse
205:156,24@a   | of the world, than she hoped it deserved.
205:156,24'  !| It was but
205:156,25'  !| a passing$1$ emotion however with $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, she shook
205:156,26'  !| it off, and soon added in a different tone.
205:156,27V  !| "I do not suppose the situation my friend $PN#ZZA$Mrs%*Rooke
205:156,28V  !| is in at present$0#1$, will$1$ furnish much either to$9$ interest$1$ or
205:156,29V  !| edify me. ~ She is only nursing $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis of Marlborough-buildings
205:156,30V  !| ~ a mere pretty$2$, silly, expensive, fashionable
205:156,31V  !| woman, I believe ~ and of course$8$ will$1$ have nothing to$9$
205:156,32V  !| report$0$ but of lace$0$ and finery. ~ I mean$1$ to$9$ make$1$ my profit
205:156,33V  !| of $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis, however.  She has plenty of money, and
205:156,34V  !| I intend she shall buy all the high-priced things I have
205:156,35V  !| in hand$0$ now."
205:156,36'  !| $PN#A$Anne had called several times on$4$ her friend, before$3$ the
205:156,37'  !| existence of such a person was known in Camden-place.
205:156,38'  !| At last$0$, it became necessary to$9$ speak of her. ~ $PN#G$Sir*Walter,
205:157, 1'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth, and $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay returned one morning from
205:157, 2'  !| Laura-place, with a sudden$2$ invitation from $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple
205:157, 3'  !| for$4$ the same evening, and $PN#A$Anne was already
205:157, 4'  !| engaged, to$9$ spend that$6#2$ evening in Westgate-buildings.
205:157, 5@a   | She was not sorry for$4$ the excuse$0$.  They were only asked,
205:157, 6@a   | she was sure, because $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple being$1$ kept at
205:157, 7@a   | home by$4$ a bad cold$0$, was glad to$9$ make$1$ use$0$ of the relationship
205:157, 8@a   | which$6#1$ had been so$5#2$ pressed on$4$ her, ~
205:157, 8'  !| and she declined
205:157, 9'  !| on$4$ her own$2$ account$0$ with great alacrity ~
205:157, 9A  !| "She was
205:157,10A  !| engaged to$9$ spend the evening with an old schoolfellow."
205:157,11'  !| They were not much interested in any*thing relative to$4$
205:157,12'  !| $PN#A$Anne, but still$5$ there were questions enough asked, to$9$
205:157,13'  !| make$1$ it understood what$6#1$ this old schoolfellow was; and
205:157,14'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth was disdainful, and $PN#G$Sir*Walter severe.
205:157,15G  !| "Westgate-buildings|"
205:157,15'  !| said he;
205:157,15G  !| "and who$6#2$ is $PN#A$Miss*Anne*Elliot
205:157,16G  !| to$9$ be visiting in Westgate-buildings? ~ A
205:157,17G  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith.  A widow $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, ~ and who$6#2$ was her
205:157,18G  !| husband?  One of the five thousand $PN#X$Mr%*Smiths whose$6#1$
205:157,19G  !| names are to$9$ be met with every*where.  And what$6#2$ is her
205:157,20G  !| attraction?  That$3$ she is old and sickly. ~ Upon my word,
205:157,21G  !| $PN#A$Miss*Anne*Elliot, you have the most extraordinary taste|
205:157,22G  !| Every*thing that$6#1$ revolts other people, low company,
205:157,23G  !| paltry rooms, foul air, disgusting associations are inviting
205:157,24G  !| to$4$ you.  But surely, you may$1$ put off this old lady till
205:157,25G  !| to-morrow.  She is not so$5#1$ near$4$ her end$0$, I presume, but
205:157,26G  !| that$3$ she may$1$ hope$1$ to$9$ see another day.  What$6#2$ is her
205:157,27G  !| age?  Forty?"
205:157,28A  !| "No$7$, Sir, she is not one*and*thirty; but I do not
205:157,29A  !| think I can put off my engagement, because it is the only
205:157,30A  !| evening for$4$ some time which$6#1$ will$1$ at once suit$1$ her and
205:157,31A  !| myself. ~ She goes into the warm$2$ bath$0#2$ to-morrow, and for$4$
205:157,32A  !| the rest$0#1$ of the week you know we are engaged."
205:157,33H  !| "But what$6#2$ does $PN#T$Lady*Russell think of this acquaintance?"
205:157,34'  !| asked $PN#H$Elizabeth.
205:157,35A  !| "She sees nothing to$9$ blame$1$ in it,"
205:157,35'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne;
205:157,35A  !| "on$4$
205:157,36A  !| the contrary$0$, she approves it; and has generally taken
205:157,37A  !| me, when I have called on$4$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith."
205:157,38G  !| "Westgate-buildings must have been rather surprised
205:158, 1G  !| by$4$ the appearance of a carriage drawn up near$4$ its pavement|"
205:158, 2'  !| observed $PN#G$Sir*Walter. ~
205:158, 2G  !| "$PN#ZZB$Sir*Henry*Russell's
205:158, 3G  !| widow, indeed, has no$2$ honours to$9$ distinguish her arms;
205:158, 4G  !| but still$5$, it is a handsome equipage, and no$2$ doubt$0$ is well$9$
205:158, 5G  !| known to$9$ convey a $PN#A$Miss*Elliot. ~ A widow $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
205:158, 6G  !| lodging in Westgate-buildings| ~ A poor widow, barely
205:158, 7G  !| able to$9$ live, between thirty and fifty ~ a mere $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
205:158, 8G  !| an every*day $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, of all people and all names in
205:158, 9G  !| the world, to$9$ be the chosen friend of $PN#A$Miss*Anne*Elliot,
205:158,10G  !| and to$9$ be preferred by$4$ her, to$4$ her own$2$ family connections
205:158,11G  !| among the nobility of England and Ireland|  $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
205:158,12G  !| such a name$0$|"
205:158,13'  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay, who$6#1$ had been present$9$ while$9$ all this passed,
205:158,14'  !| now thought$1$ it advisable to$9$ leave$1$ the room, and $PN#A$Anne
205:158,15'  !| could have said much and did long$1$ to$9$ say a little, in
205:158,16'  !| defence of \her\ friend's not very dissimilar claims to$4$ theirs,
205:158,17'  !| but her sense of personal respect$0$ to$4$ her father prevented
205:158,18'  !| her.  She made no$2$ reply$0$.  She left$1$ it to$4$ himself to$9$ recollect,
205:158,19'  !| that$3$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith was not the only widow in Bath$0#1$ between
205:158,20'  !| thirty and forty, with little to$9$ live on$4$, and no$2$ sirname
205:158,21'  !| of dignity.
205:158,22'  !| $PN#A$Anne kept her appointment; the others kept theirs,
205:158,23'  !| and of course$8$ she heard the next morning that$3$ they had
205:158,24'  !| had a delightful evening. ~
205:158,24@y5  | She had been the only one of
205:158,25@y5  | the set$0$ absent; for$3$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter and $PN#H$Elizabeth had not
205:158,26@y5  | only been quite at her ladyship's service themselves, but
205:158,27@y5  | had actually been happy to$9$ be employed by$4$ her in collecting
205:158,28@y5  | others, and had been at the trouble$0$ of inviting both
205:158,29@y5  | $PN#T$Lady*Russell and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot; and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had made
205:158,30@y5  | a point$0$ of leaving $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis early, and $PN#T$Lady*Russell
205:158,31@y5  | had fresh arranged all her evening engagements in order$8$
205:158,32@y5  | to$9$ wait on$4$ her.
205:158,32'  !| $PN#A$Anne had the whole$2$ history of all that$6#1$
205:158,33'  !| such an evening could supply$1$, from $PN#T$Lady*Russell.  To$4$
205:158,34'  !| her, its greatest interest$0$ must be, in having been very
205:158,35'  !| much talked of between her friend and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, in
205:158,36'  !| having been wished for$5$, regretted, and at the same time
205:158,37'  !| honoured for$4$ staying away in such a cause. ~ Her kind$2$,
205:158,38'  !| compassionate visits to$4$ this old schoolfellow, sick and
205:159, 1'  !| reduced, seemed to$9$ have quite delighted $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  He
205:159, 2'  !| thought$1$ her a most extraordinary young woman; in her
205:159, 3'  !| temper, manners, mind$0$, a model of female$2$ excellence.
205:159, 4'  !| He could meet$1$ even$5$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell in a discussion of her
205:159, 5'  !| merits; and $PN#A$Anne could not be given to$9$ understand so$5#1$
205:159, 6'  !| much by$4$ her friend, could not know herself to$9$ be so$5#1$
205:159, 7'  !| highly rated by$4$ a sensible$2#2$ man, without many of those
205:159, 8'  !| agreeable sensations which$6#1$ her friend meant to$9$ create.
205:159, 9'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell was now perfectly decided$2$ in her opinion
205:159,10'  !| of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  She was as much convinced of his meaning$1$
205:159,11'  !| to$9$ gain$1$ $PN#A$Anne in time, as of his deserving her; and was
205:159,12'  !| beginning$1$ to$9$ calculate the number of weeks which$6#1$ would
205:159,13'  !| free him from all the remaining restraints of widowhood,
205:159,14'  !| and leave$1$ him at liberty to$9$ exert his most open$2$ powers
205:159,15'  !| of pleasing.  She would not speak to$4$ $PN#A$Anne with half the
205:159,16'  !| certainty she felt on$4$ the subject$0$, she would venture on$4$
205:159,17'  !| little more than hints of what$6#1$ might be hereafter, of
205:159,18'  !| a possible attachment on$4$ his side$0$, of the desirableness
205:159,19'  !| of the alliance, supposing such attachment to$9$ be real,
205:159,20'  !| and returned.  $PN#A$Anne heard her, and made no$2$ violent
205:159,21'  !| exclamations.  She only smiled, blushed, and gently shook
205:159,22'  !| her head$0$.
205:159,23T  !| "I am no$2$ match-maker, as you well$9$ know,"
205:159,23'  !| said $PN#T$Lady*Russell,
205:159,24T  !| "being$1$ much too$5#1$ well$9$ aware of the uncertainty
205:159,25T  !| of all human events and calculations.  I only mean$1$ that$3$
205:159,26T  !| if $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot should some time hence pay$1$ his addresses
205:159,27T  !| to$4$ you, and if you should be disposed to$9$ accept him,
205:159,28T  !| I think there would be every possibility of your being$1$
205:159,29T  !| happy together.  A most suitable connection every*body
205:159,30T  !| must consider it ~ but I think it might be a very happy
205:159,31T  !| one."
205:159,32A  !| "$PN#I$Mr%*Elliot is an exceedingly agreeable man, and in
205:159,33A  !| many respects I think highly of him,"
205:159,33'  !| said $PN#A$Anne;
205:159,33A  !| "but
205:159,34A  !| we should not suit$1$."
205:159,35'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell let this pass$1$, and only said in rejoinder,
205:159,36T  !| "I own$1$ that$3$ to$9$ be able to$9$ regard$1$ you as the future
205:159,37T  !| mistress of Kellynch, the future $PN#A$Lady*Elliot ~ to$9$ look$1$
205:159,38T  !| forward$8$ and see you occupying your dear$2#1$ mother's place$0$,
205:160, 1T  !| succeeding to$4$ all her rights, and all her popularity, as
205:160, 2T  !| well$9$ as to$4$ all her virtues, would be the highest possible
205:160, 3T  !| gratification to$4$ me. ~ You are your mother's self in countenance
205:160, 4T  !| and disposition; and if I might be allowed to$9$
205:160, 5T  !| fancy$1$ you such as she was, in situation, and name$0$, and
205:160, 6T  !| home, presiding and blessing in the same spot, and only
205:160, 7T  !| superior$2$ to$4$ her in being$1$ more highly valued|  My dearest
205:160, 8T  !| $PN#A$Anne, it would give me more delight$0$ than is often felt
205:160, 9T  !| at my time of life|"
205:160,10'  !| $PN#A$Anne was obliged to$9$ turn$1$ away, to$9$ rise$1$, to$9$ walk$1$ to$4$
205:160,11'  !| a distant table, and, leaning there in pretended employment,
205:160,12'  !| try to$9$ subdue her feelings this picture$0$ excited.  For$4$
205:160,13'  !| a few moments her imagination and her heart were
205:160,14'  !| bewitched.
205:160,14@a   | The idea of becoming$1$ what$6#1$ her mother had
205:160,15@a   | been; of having the precious name$0$ of "$PN#A$Lady*Elliot"
205:160,16@a   | first revived in herself; of being$1$ restored to$4$ Kellynch,
205:160,17@a   | calling it her home again, her home for*ever, was a charm$0$
205:160,18@a   | which$6#1$ she could not immediately resist.
205:160,18'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell
205:160,19'  !| said not another word, willing to$9$ leave$1$ the matter to$4$ its
205:160,20'  !| own$2$ operation; and believing that$3$, could $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot at
205:160,21'  !| that$6#2$ moment with propriety have spoken for$4$ himself| ~
205:160,22'  !| She believed, in short$0$, what$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne did not believe.  The
205:160,23'  !| same image of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot speaking for$4$ himself, brought
205:160,24'  !| $PN#A$Anne to$4$ composure again.
205:160,24@a   | The charm$0$ of Kellynch and
205:160,25@a   | of "$PN#A$Lady*Elliot" all faded away.  She never could accept
205:160,26@a   | him.
205:160,26'  !| And it was not only that$3$ her feelings were still$5$
205:160,27'  !| adverse to$4$ any man save$3$ one; her judgment, on$4$ a serious$2$
205:160,28'  !| consideration of the possibilities of such a case, was
205:160,29'  !| against $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.
205:160,30'  !| Though they had now been acquainted a month, she
205:160,31'  !| could not be satisfied$2$ that$3$ she really knew his character.
205:160,32@a   | That$3$ he was a sensible$2#2$ man, an agreeable man, ~ that$3$ he
205:160,33@a   | talked well$9$, professed good opinions, seemed to$9$ judge$1$
205:160,34@a   | properly and as a man of principle, ~ this was all clear$2$
205:160,35@a   | enough.  He certainly knew what$6#1$ was right$2#1$, nor could
205:160,36@a   | she fix on$4$ any one article of moral duty evidently transgressed;
205:160,37@a   | but yet she would have been afraid to$9$ answer$1$
205:160,38@a   | for$4$ his conduct$0$.  She distrusted the past$0$, if not the
205:161, 1@a   | present$0#1$.  The names which$6#1$ occasionally dropt of former
205:161, 2@a   | associates$0$, the allusions to$4$ former practices and pursuits,
205:161, 3@a   | suggested suspicions not favourable of what$6#1$ he had been.
205:161, 4@a   | She saw that$3$ there had been bad habits; that$3$ Sunday-travelling
205:161, 5@a   | had been a common$2$ thing; that$3$ there had
205:161, 6@a   | been a period of his life (and probably not a short$2$ one)
205:161, 7@a   | when he had been, at least, careless on$4$ all serious$2$ matters;
205:161, 8@a   | and, though he might now think very differently, who$6#2$
205:161, 9@a   | could answer$1$ for$4$ the true sentiments of a clever, cautious
205:161,10@a   | man, grown old enough to$9$ appreciate a fair character?
205:161,11@a   | How could it ever be ascertained that$3$ his mind$0$ was truly
205:161,12@a   | cleansed?
205:161,13@a   | $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was rational, discreet, polished, ~ but he was
205:161,14@a   | not open$2$.  There was never any burst$0$ of feeling$0$, any
205:161,15@a   | warmth of indignation or delight$0$, at the evil or good of
205:161,16@a   | others.
205:161,16'  !| This, to$4$ $PN#A$Anne, was a decided$2$ imperfection.  Her
205:161,17'  !| early impressions were incurable.  She prized the frank$2$,
205:161,18'  !| the open-hearted, the eager character beyond$4$ all others.
205:161,19'  !| Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still$5$.  She felt
205:161,20'  !| that$3$ she could so$5#1$ much more depend upon the sincerity
205:161,21'  !| of those who$6#1$ sometimes looked or said a careless or
205:161,22'  !| a hasty thing, than of those whose$6#1$ presence of mind$0$
205:161,23'  !| never varied, whose$6#1$ tongue never slipped.
205:161,24@a   | $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was too$5#1$ generally agreeable.  Various as
205:161,25@a   | were the tempers in her father's house, he pleased them
205:161,26@a   | all.  He endured too$5#1$ well$9$, ~ stood too$5#1$ well$9$ with everybody.
205:161,27@a   | He had spoken to$4$ her with some degree of openness
205:161,28@a   | of $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay; had appeared completely to$9$ see what$6#1$
205:161,29@a   | $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay was about$4$, and to$9$ hold$1$ her in contempt; and
205:161,30@a   | yet $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay found him as agreeable as anybody.
205:161,31'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell saw either less or more than her young
205:161,32'  !| friend, for$3$ she saw nothing to$9$ excite distrust$0$.  She could
205:161,33'  !| not imagine a man more exactly what$6#1$ he ought to$9$ be
205:161,34'  !| than $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot; nor did she ever enjoy a sweeter feeling$0$
205:161,35'  !| than the hope$0$ of seeing him receive the hand$0$ of her
205:161,36'  !| beloved $PN#A$Anne in Kellynch church, in the course$0$ of the
205:161,37'  !| following autumn.
206:162, 1'  !| It was the beginning$0$ of February; and $PN#A$Anne, having
206:162, 2'  !| been a month in Bath$0#1$, was growing very eager for$4$ news
206:162, 3'  !| from Uppercross and Lyme.  She wanted to$9$ hear much
206:162, 4'  !| more than $PN#P$Mary communicated.  It was three weeks since
206:162, 5'  !| she had heard at all.  She only knew that$3$ $PN#R$Henrietta was
206:162, 6'  !| at home again; and that$3$ $PN#S$Louisa, though considered to$9$
206:162, 7'  !| be recovering fast, was still$5$ at Lyme; and she was
206:162, 8'  !| thinking of them all very intently one evening, when
206:162, 9'  !| a thicker letter than usual from $PN#P$Mary was delivered to$4$
206:162,10'  !| her, and, to$9$ quicken the pleasure and surprise$0$, with
206:162,11'  !| $PN#D$Admiral and $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft's compliments.
206:162,12@a   | The $PN#D1$Crofts must be in Bath$0#1$|
206:162,12'  !| A circumstance to$9$
206:162,13'  !| interest$1$ her.  They were people whom$6#1$ her heart turned
206:162,14'  !| to$4$ very naturally.
206:162,15G  !| "What$6#2$ is this?"
206:162,15'  !| cried $PN#G$Sir*Walter.
206:162,15G  !| "The $PN#D1$Crofts
206:162,16G  !| arrived in Bath$0#1$?  The $PN#D1$Crofts who$6#1$ rent Kellynch?  What$6#2$
206:162,17G  !| have they brought you?"
206:162,18A  !| "A letter from Uppercross*Cottage, Sir."
206:162,19G  !| "Oh| those letters are convenient passports.  They
206:162,20G  !| secure$1$ an introduction.  I should have visited $PN#D$Admiral*Croft,
206:162,21G  !| however, at any rate$0$.  I know what$6#1$ is due$2$ to$4$ my
206:162,22G  !| tenant."
206:162,23'  !| $PN#A$Anne could listen no$2$ longer; she could not even$5$ have
206:162,24'  !| told how the poor $PN#D$Admiral's complexion escaped; her
206:162,25'  !| letter engrossed her.  It had been begun several days
206:162,26'  !| back$0$.
206:162,27     |
206:162,28P  !|                                   "February*1st*@@@@.
206:162,29P  !| "MY DEAR$2#1$ $PN#A$ANNE,
206:162,30P  !| "I make$1$ no$2$ apology for$4$ my silence$0$, because I know
206:162,31P  !| "how little people think of letters in such a place$0$ as
206:162,32P  !| "Bath$0#1$.  You must be a great deal$0#2$ too$5#1$ happy to$9$ care$1$ for$4$
206:162,33P  !| "Uppercross, which$6#1$, as you well$9$ know, affords little to$4$
206:162,34P  !| "write about$4$.  We have had a very dull Christmas;
206:163, 1P  !| "$PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove have not had one dinner-party
206:163, 2P  !| "all the holidays.  I do not reckon the $PN#ZP1$Hayters as any*body.
206:163, 3P  !| "The holidays, however, are over at last$0$:  I believe
206:163, 4P  !| "no$2$ children ever had such long$9$ ones.  I am sure I had
206:163, 5P  !| "not.  The house was cleared yesterday, except of the
206:163, 6P  !| "little $PN#K1$Harvilles; but you will$1$ be surprised to$9$ hear that$3$
206:163, 7P  !| "they have never gone home.  $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville must be an
206:163, 8P  !| "odd mother to$9$ part$1$ with them so$5#1$ long$9$.  I do not understand
206:163, 9P  !| "it.  They are not at all nice children, in my
206:163,10P  !| "opinion; but $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove seems to$9$ like$1$ them quite
206:163,11P  !| "as well$9$, if not better$9$, than her grand-children.  What$7$
206:163,12P  !| "dreadful weather we have had|  It may$1$ not be felt in
206:163,13P  !| "Bath$0#1$, with your nice pavements; but in the country
206:163,14P  !| "it is of some consequence.  I have not had a creature
206:163,15P  !| "call$1$ on$4$ me since the second$2$ week in January, except
206:163,16P  !| "$PN#L$Charles*Hayter, who$6#1$ has been calling much oftener than
206:163,17P  !| "was welcome$2$.  Between ourselves, I think it a great
206:163,18P  !| "pity$0$ $PN#R$Henrietta did not remain at Lyme as long$9$ as
206:163,19P  !| "$PN#S$Louisa; it would have kept her a little out$8$ of his way.
206:163,20P  !| "The carriage is gone to-day, to$9$ bring $PN#S$Louisa and the
206:163,21P  !| "$PN#J1$Harvilles to-morrow.  We are not asked to$9$ dine with
206:163,22P  !| "them, however, till the day after$5$, $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove is so$5#1$
206:163,23P  !| "afraid of her being$1$ fatigued by$4$ the journey, which$6#1$ is
206:163,24P  !| "not very likely, considering the care$0$ that$3$ will$1$ be taken
206:163,25P  !| "of her; and it would be much more convenient to$4$ me
206:163,26P  !| "to$9$ dine there to-morrow.  I am glad you find $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
206:163,27P  !| "so$5#1$ agreeable, and wish$1$ I could be acquainted with him
206:163,28P  !| "too$5#2$; but I have my usual luck, I am always out$8$ of
206:163,29P  !| "the way when any*thing desirable is going on$5$; always
206:163,30P  !| "the last$0$ of my family to$9$ be noticed.  What$7$ an immense
206:163,31P  !| "time $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay has been staying with $PN#H$Elizabeth|  Does
206:163,32P  !| "she never mean$1$ to$9$ go away?  But perhaps if she were
206:163,33P  !| "to$9$ leave$1$ the room vacant we might not be invited.
206:163,34P  !| "Let me know what$6#1$ you think of this.  I do not expect
206:163,35P  !| "my children to$9$ be asked, you know.  I can leave$1$ them
206:163,36P  !| "at the Great*House very well$9$, for$4$ a month or six weeks.
206:163,37P  !| "I have this moment heard that$3$ the $PN#D1$Crofts are going to$4$
206:163,38P  !| "Bath$0#1$ almost immediately; they think the $PN#D$admiral
206:164, 1P  !| "gouty.  $PN#O$Charles heard it quite by$4$ chance$0$:  they have
206:164, 2P  !| "not had the civility to$9$ give me any notice$0$, or offer$1$ to$9$
206:164, 3P  !| "take any*thing.  I do not think they improve at all as
206:164, 4P  !| "neighbours.  We see nothing of them, and this is really
206:164, 5P  !| "an instance$0$ of gross inattention.  $PN#O$Charles joins me in
206:164, 6P  !| "love$0$, and every*thing proper.  Yours, affectionately,
206:164, 7P  !|                                      "$PN#P$MARY*M@@@@."
206:164, 8     |
206:164, 9P  !| "I am sorry to$9$ say that$3$ I am very far from well$9$; and
206:164,10P  !| "$PN#ZT$Jemima has just$9$ told me that$3$ the butcher says there
206:164,11P  !| "is a bad sore-throat very much about$5$.  I dare$1#2$ say
206:164,12P  !| "I shall catch$1$ it; and my sore-throats, you know, are
206:164,13P  !| "always worse than anybody's."
206:164,14'  !| So$5#2$ ended the first part$0$, which$6#1$ had been afterwards put
206:164,15'  !| into an envelop, containing nearly as much more.
206:164,16P  !| "I kept my letter open$2$, that$3$ I might send you word
206:164,17P  !| "how $PN#S$Louisa bore$1#1$ her journey, and now I am extremely
206:164,18P  !| "glad I did, having a great deal$0#2$ to$9$ add.  In the first
206:164,19P  !| "place$0$, I had a note$0$ from $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft yesterday, offering
206:164,20P  !| "to$9$ convey any*thing to$4$ you; a very kind$2$, friendly note$0$
206:164,21P  !| "indeed, addressed to$4$ me, just$9$ as it ought; I shall therefore
206:164,22P  !| "be able to$9$ make$1$ my letter as long$9$ as I like$1$.  The
206:164,23P  !| "$PN#D$admiral does not seem very ill, and I sincerely hope$1$
206:164,24P  !| "Bath$0#1$ will$1$ do him all the good he wants$1$.  I shall be
206:164,25P  !| "truly glad to$9$ have them back$5$ again.  Our neighbourhood
206:164,26P  !| "cannot spare$1$ such a pleasant family.  But now
206:164,27P  !| "for$4$ $PN#S$Louisa.  I have something to$9$ communicate that$6#1$ will$1$
206:164,28P  !| "astonish you not a little.  She and the $PN#J1$Harvilles came
206:164,29P  !| "on$4$ Tuesday very safely, and in the evening we went
206:164,30P  !| "to$9$ ask her how she did, when we were rather surprised
206:164,31P  !| "not to$9$ find $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick of the party, for$3$ he had
206:164,32P  !| "been invited as well$9$ as the $PN#J1$Harvilles; and what$6#2$ do you
206:164,33P  !| "think was the reason$0$?  Neither more nor less than his
206:164,34P  !| "being$1$ in love$0$ with $PN#S$Louisa, and not choosing to$9$ venture
206:164,35P  !| "to$4$ Uppercross till he had had an answer$0$ from $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove;
206:164,36P  !| "for$3$ it was all settled$1$ between him and her before$3$
206:164,37P  !| "she came away, and he had written to$4$ her father by$4$
206:164,38P  !| "$PN#J$Captain*Harville.  True, upon my honour$0$.  Are not
206:165, 1P  !| "you astonished?  I shall be surprised at least if you
206:165, 2P  !| "ever received a hint$0$ of it, for$3$ I never did.  $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove
206:165, 3P  !| "protests solemnly that$3$ she knew nothing of the matter.
206:165, 4P  !| "We are all very well$9$ pleased, however; for$3$ though it
206:165, 5P  !| "is not equal$2$ to$4$ her marrying $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, it is
206:165, 6P  !| "infinitely better$9$ than $PN#L$Charles*Hayter; and $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove
206:165, 7P  !| "has written his consent$0$, and $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick is
206:165, 8P  !| "expected$1$ to-day.  $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville says her husband feels
206:165, 9P  !| "a good deal$0#2$ on$4$ his poor sister's account$0$; but, however,
206:165,10P  !| "$PN#S$Louisa is a great favourite$0$ with both.  Indeed $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville
206:165,11P  !| "and I quite agree that$3$ we love$1$ her the better$9$ for$4$
206:165,12P  !| "having nursed her.  $PN#O$Charles wonders$1$ what$6#1$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
206:165,13P  !| "will$1$ say; but if you remember, I never
206:165,14P  !| "thought$1$ him attached to$4$ $PN#S$Louisa; I never could see
206:165,15P  !| "any*thing of it.  And this is the end$0$, you see, of $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick's
206:165,16P  !| "being$1$ supposed to$9$ be an admirer of yours.
206:165,17P  !| "How $PN#O$Charles could take such a thing into his head$0$ was
206:165,18P  !| "always incomprehensible to$4$ me.  I hope$1$ he will$1$ be more
206:165,19P  !| "agreeable now.  Certainly not a great match$0$ for$4$ $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove;
206:165,20P  !| "but a million times better$9$ than marrying
206:165,21P  !| "among the $PN#ZP1$Hayters."
206:165,22'  !| $PN#P$Mary need$1$ not have feared her sister's being$1$ in any
206:165,23'  !| degree prepared for$4$ the news.  She had never in her life
206:165,24'  !| been more astonished.
206:165,24@a   | $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick and $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove|
206:165,25@a   | It was almost too$5#1$ wonderful for$4$ belief;
206:165,25'  !| and
206:165,26'  !| it was with the greatest effort that$3$ she could remain in
206:165,27'  !| the room, preserve an air of calmness, and answer$1$ the
206:165,28'  !| common$2$ questions of the moment.  Happily for$4$ her, they
206:165,29'  !| were not many.  $PN#G$Sir*Walter wanted to$9$ know
206:165,29@g   | whether the
206:165,30@g   | $PN#D1$Crofts travelled with four horses, and whether they were
206:165,31@g   | likely to$9$ be situated in such a part$0$ of Bath$0#1$ as it might
206:165,32@g   | suit$0$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot and himself to$9$ visit$1$ in;
206:165,32'  !| but had little
206:165,33'  !| curiosity beyond$5$.
206:165,34H  !| "How is $PN#P$Mary?"
206:165,34'  !| said $PN#H$Elizabeth; and without waiting
206:165,35'  !| for$4$ an answer$0$,
206:165,35H  !| "And pray what$6#2$ brings the $PN#D1$Crofts to$4$
206:165,36H  !| Bath$0#1$?"
206:165,37A  !| "They come on$4$ the $PN#D$Admiral's account$0$.  He is thought$1$
206:165,38A  !| to$9$ be gouty."
206:166, 1G  !| "Gout and decrepitude|"
206:166, 1'  !| said $PN#G$Sir*Walter.
206:166, 1G  !| "Poor old
206:166, 2G  !| gentleman."
206:166, 3H  !| "Have they any acquaintance here?"
206:166, 3'  !| asked $PN#H$Elizabeth.
206:166, 4A  !| "I do not know; but I can hardly suppose that$3$, at
206:166, 5A  !| $PN#D$Admiral*Croft's time of life, and in his profession$0#2$, he
206:166, 6A  !| should not have many acquaintance in such a place$0$ as
206:166, 7A  !| this."
206:166, 8G  !| "I suspect,"
206:166, 8'  !| said $PN#G$Sir*Walter coolly,
206:166, 8G  !| "that$3$ $PN#D$Admiral*Croft
206:166, 9G  !| will$1$ be best known in Bath$0#1$ as the renter of Kellynch-hall.
206:166,10G  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth, may$1$ we venture to$9$ present$1$ him and his
206:166,11G  !| wife in Laura-place?"
206:166,12H  !| "Oh| no$7$, I think not.  Situated as we are with $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple,
206:166,13H  !| cousins, we ought to$9$ be very careful not to$9$
206:166,14H  !| embarrass her with acquaintance she might not approve.
206:166,15H  !| If we were not related, it would not signify; but as
206:166,16H  !| cousins, she would feel scrupulous as to$4$ any proposal of
206:166,17H  !| ours.  We had better$9$ leave$1$ the $PN#D1$Crofts to$9$ find their own$2$
206:166,18H  !| level$0$.  There are several odd-looking men walking about$5$
206:166,19H  !| here, who$6#1$, I am told, are sailors.  The $PN#D1$Crofts will$1$ associate$1$
206:166,20H  !| with them|"
206:166,21'  !| This was $PN#G$Sir*Walter and $PN#H$Elizabeth's share$0$ of interest$0$
206:166,22'  !| in the letter; when $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay had paid her tribute of
206:166,23'  !| more decent attention, in an enquiry after$4$
206:166,23@c   | $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles*Musgrove,
206:166,24@c   | and her fine little boys,
206:166,24'  !| $PN#A$Anne was at liberty.
206:166,25'  !| In her own$2$ room she tried to$9$ comprehend it.
206:166,25@a   | Well$9$
206:166,26@a   | might $PN#O$Charles wonder$1$ how $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth would
206:166,27@a   | feel|  Perhaps he had quitted the field, had given $PN#S$Louisa
206:166,28@a   | up, had ceased to$9$ love$1$, had found he did not love$1$ her.
206:166,29'  !| She could not endure the idea of treachery or levity, or
206:166,30'  !| any*thing akin to$4$ ill-usage between him and his friend.
206:166,31'  !| She could not endure that$3$ such a friendship as theirs
206:166,32'  !| should be severed unfairly.
206:166,33@a   | $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick and $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove|  The high-spirited,
206:166,34@a   | joyous, talking $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove, and the dejected,
206:166,35@a   | thinking, feeling$2$, reading $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, seemed
206:166,36@a   | each of them every*thing that$6#1$ would not suit$1$ the other.
206:166,37@a   | Their minds most dissimilar|  Where could have been
206:166,38@a   | the attraction?  The answer$0$ soon presented itself.  It
206:167, 1@a   | had been in situation.  They had been thrown together
206:167, 2@a   | several weeks; they had been living$9$ in the same small
206:167, 3@a   | family party; since $PN#R$Henrietta's coming away, they must
206:167, 4@a   | have been depending almost entirely on$4$ each other, and
206:167, 5@a   | $PN#S$Louisa, just$9$ recovering from illness, had been in an
206:167, 6@a   | interesting state$0$, and $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick was not inconsolable.
206:167, 7'  !| That$6#2$ was a point$0$ which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne had not been able
206:167, 8'  !| to$9$ avoid suspecting before$5$; and instead of drawing the
206:167, 9'  !| same conclusion as $PN#P$Mary, from the present$9$ course$0$ of
206:167,10'  !| events, they served only to$9$ confirm the idea of his having
206:167,11'  !| felt some dawning of tenderness toward herself.  She did
206:167,12'  !| not mean$1$, however, to$9$ derive much more from it to$9$
206:167,13'  !| gratify her vanity, than $PN#P$Mary might have allowed.  She
206:167,14'  !| was persuaded that$3$ any tolerably pleasing young woman
206:167,15'  !| who$6#1$ had listened and seemed to$9$ feel for$4$ him, would have
206:167,16'  !| received the same compliment$0$.
206:167,16@a   | He had an affectionate
206:167,17@a   | heart.  He must love$1$ somebody.
206:167,18'  !| She saw no$2$ reason$0$ against their being$1$ happy.
206:167,18@a   | $PN#S$Louisa
206:167,19@a   | had fine naval fervour to$9$ begin with, and they would
206:167,20@a   | soon grow more alike.  He would gain$1$ cheerfulness, and
206:167,21@a   | she would learn to$9$ be an enthusiast for$4$ $PN#Z1$Scott and $PN#Z1$Lord*Byron;
206:167,22@a   | nay, that$6#2$ was probably learnt already; of course$8$
206:167,23@a   | they had fallen in love$0$ over poetry.  The idea of $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove
206:167,24@a   | turned into a person of literary taste, and
206:167,25@a   | sentimental reflection, was amusing, but she had no$2$ doubt$0$
206:167,26@a   | of its being$1$ so$5#2$.  The day at Lyme, the fall$0$ from the Cobb,
206:167,27@a   | might influence$1$ her health, her nerves, her courage, her
206:167,28@a   | character to$4$ the end$0$ of her life, as thoroughly as it
206:167,29@a   | appeared to$9$ have influenced her fate.
206:167,30'  !| The conclusion of the whole$0$ was, that$3$ if the woman
206:167,31'  !| who$6#1$ had been sensible$2#1$ of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's merits
206:167,32'  !| could be allowed to$9$ prefer another man, there was nothing
206:167,33'  !| in the engagement to$9$ excite lasting wonder$0$; and if
206:167,34'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth lost no$2$ friend by$4$ it, certainly nothing
206:167,35'  !| to$9$ be regretted.  No$7$, it was not regret$0$ which$6#1$ made $PN#A$Anne's
206:167,36'  !| heart beat in spite$8$ of herself, and brought the colour into
206:167,37'  !| her cheeks when she thought$1$ of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
206:167,38'  !| unshackled and free.  She had some feelings which$6#1$ she
206:168, 1'  !| was ashamed to$9$ investigate.  They were too$5#1$ much like$9$
206:168, 2'  !| joy, senseless joy|
206:168, 3'  !| She longed to$9$ see the $PN#D1$Crofts, but when the meeting$0$
206:168, 4'  !| took place$0$, it was evident that$3$ no$2$ rumour of the news
206:168, 5'  !| had yet reached them.  The visit$0$ of ceremony was paid
206:168, 6'  !| and returned, and $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove was mentioned, and
206:168, 7'  !| $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick too$5#2$, without even$5$ half a smile$0$.
206:168, 8'  !| The $PN#D1$Crofts had placed themselves in lodgings in Gay-street,
206:168, 9'  !| perfectly to$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter's satisfaction.  He was not
206:168,10'  !| at all ashamed of the acquaintance, and did, in fact,
206:168,11'  !| think and talk$1$ a great deal$0#2$ more about$4$ the $PN#D$Admiral, than
206:168,12'  !| the $PN#D$Admiral ever thought$1$ or talked about$4$ him.
206:168,13'  !| The $PN#D1$Crofts knew quite as many people in Bath$0#1$ as they
206:168,14'  !| wished for$4$, and considered their intercourse with the
206:168,15'  !| $PN#G1$Elliots as a mere matter of form$0$, and not in the least
206:168,16'  !| likely to$9$ afford them any pleasure.  They brought with
206:168,17'  !| them their country habit of being$1$ almost always together.
206:168,18'  !| He was ordered to$9$ walk$1$, to$9$ keep off the gout, and
206:168,19'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft seemed to$9$ go shares with him in every*thing,
206:168,20'  !| and to$9$ walk$1$ for$4$ her life, to$9$ do him good.  $PN#A$Anne saw
206:168,21'  !| them wherever she went.  $PN#T$Lady*Russell took her out$5$ in
206:168,22'  !| her carriage almost every morning, and she never failed
206:168,23'  !| to$9$ think of them, and never failed to$9$ see them.  Knowing
206:168,24'  !| their feelings as she did, it was a most attractive picture$0$
206:168,25'  !| of happiness to$4$ her.  She always watched them as long$9$
206:168,26'  !| as she could; delighted to$9$ fancy$1$ she understood what$6#1$
206:168,27'  !| they might be talking of, as they walked along$5$ in happy
206:168,28'  !| independence, or equally delighted to$9$ see the $PN#D$Admiral's
206:168,29'  !| hearty shake$0$ of the hand$0$ when he encountered an old
206:168,30'  !| friend, and observe their eagerness of conversation when
206:168,31'  !| occasionally forming into a little knot of the navy,
206:168,32'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft looking as intelligent and keen as any of the
206:168,33'  !| officers around$4$ her.
206:168,34'  !| $PN#A$Anne was too$5#1$ much engaged with $PN#T$Lady*Russell to$9$ be
206:168,35'  !| often walking herself, but it so$5#2$ happened that$3$ one morning,
206:168,36'  !| about$4$ a week or ten days after$4$ the $PN#D1$Crofts' arrival, it
206:168,37'  !| suited her best to$9$ leave$1$ her friend, or her friend's carriage,
206:168,38'  !| in the lower$2$ part$0$ of the town, and return$1$ alone to$4$ Camden-place;
206:169, 1'  !| and in walking up Milsom-street, she had the good
206:169, 2'  !| fortune to$9$ meet$1$ with the $PN#D$Admiral.  He was standing$1$ by$4$
206:169, 3'  !| himself, at a printshop window, with his hands behind
206:169, 4'  !| him, in earnest contemplation of some print, and she not
206:169, 5'  !| only might have passed him unseen, but was obliged to$9$
206:169, 6'  !| touch$1$ as well$9$ as address$1$ him before$3$ she could catch$1$ his
206:169, 7'  !| notice$0$.  When he did perceive and acknowledge her, however,
206:169, 8'  !| it was done with all his usual frankness and good
206:169, 9'  !| humour.
206:169, 9D  !| "Ha| is it you?  Thank you, thank you.
206:169,10D  !| This is treating me like$9$ a friend.  Here I am, you see,
206:169,11D  !| staring at a picture$0$.  I can never get by$4$ this shop without
206:169,12D  !| stopping.  But what$7$ a thing here is, by$4$ way of a boat.
206:169,13D  !| Do look$0$ at it.  Did you ever see the like$1$?  What$7$ queer
206:169,14D  !| fellows your fine painters must be, to$9$ think that$3$ any*body
206:169,15D  !| would venture their lives$0$ in such a shapeless old
206:169,16D  !| cockleshell as that$6#2$.  And yet, here are two gentlemen
206:169,17D  !| stuck up in it mightily at their ease$0$, and looking about$4$
206:169,18D  !| them at the rocks and mountains, as if they were not to$9$
206:169,19D  !| be upset the next moment, which$6#1$ they certainly must be.
206:169,20D  !| I wonder$1$ where that$6#2$ boat was built|"
206:169,20'  !| (laughing heartily)
206:169,21D  !| "I would not venture over a horsepond in it.  Well$7$,"
206:169,22'  !| (turning$1$ away)
206:169,22D  !| "now, where are you bound?  Can I go
206:169,23D  !| any*where for$4$ you, or with you?  Can I be of any use$0$?"
206:169,24A  !| "None, I thank you, unless you will$1$ give me the
206:169,25A  !| pleasure of your company the little way our road lies$1$
206:169,26A  !| together.  I am going home."
206:169,27D  !| "That$6#2$ I will$1$, with all my heart, and farther too$5#2$.  Yes,
206:169,28D  !| yes, we will$1$ have a snug walk$0$ together; and I have
206:169,29D  !| something to$9$ tell you as we go along$5$.  There, take my
206:169,30D  !| arm$0$; that's right$2#1$; I do not feel comfortable if I have
206:169,31D  !| not a woman there.  Lord$7$| what$7$ a boat it is|"
206:169,31'  !| taking
206:169,32'  !| a last$2$ look$0$ at the picture$0$, as they began to$9$ be in motion.
206:169,33A  !| "Did you say that$3$ you had something to$9$ tell me,
206:169,34A  !| sir?"
206:169,35D  !| "Yes, I have.  Presently.  But here comes a friend,
206:169,36D  !| $PN#ZF$Captain*Brigden; I shall only say, ""How d'ye do,"" as
206:169,37D  !| we pass$1$, however.  I shall not stop$1$.  ""How d'ye do.""
206:169,38D  !| $PN#ZF$Brigden stares to$9$ see anybody with me but my wife.
206:170, 1D  !| She, poor soul, is tied by$4$ the leg.  She has a blister on$4$
206:170, 2D  !| one of her heels, as large as a three shilling piece.  If you
206:170, 3D  !| look$1$ across$4$ the street, you will$1$ see $PN#ZE$Admiral*Brand coming
206:170, 4D  !| down$5$ and his brother.  Shabby fellows, both of them|
206:170, 5D  !| I am glad they are not on$4$ this side$0$ of the way.  $PN#E$Sophy
206:170, 6D  !| cannot bear$1$ them.  They played me a pitiful trick$0$ once ~
206:170, 7D  !| got away some of my best men.  I will$1$ tell you the whole$2$
206:170, 8D  !| story another time.  There comes old $PN#ZI$Sir*Archibald*Drew
206:170, 9D  !| and his grandson.  Look$1$, he sees us; he kisses his hand$0$
206:170,10D  !| to$4$ you; he takes you for$4$ my wife.  Ah| the peace has
206:170,11D  !| come too$5#1$ soon for$4$ that$6#2$ younker.  Poor old $PN#ZI$Sir*Archibald|
206:170,12D  !| How do you like$1$ Bath$0#1$, $PN#A$Miss*Elliot?  It suits us very
206:170,13D  !| well$9$.  We are always meeting$9$ with some old friend or
206:170,14D  !| other; the streets full of them every morning; sure to$9$
206:170,15D  !| have plenty of chat$0$; and then we get away from them
206:170,16D  !| all, and shut ourselves into our lodgings, and draw in our
206:170,17D  !| chairs, and are as snug as if we were at Kellynch, ay, or
206:170,18D  !| as we used$1#2$ to$9$ be even$5$ at North*Yarmouth and Deal$0#1$.  We
206:170,19D  !| do not like$1$ our lodgings here the worse, I can tell you,
206:170,20D  !| for$4$ putting us in mind$0$ of those we first had at North*Yarmouth.
206:170,21D  !| The wind blows through$4$ one of the cupboards
206:170,22D  !| just$9$ in the same way."
206:170,23'  !| When they were got a little farther, $PN#A$Anne ventured to$9$
206:170,24'  !| press$1$ again for$4$ what$6#1$ he had to$9$ communicate.  She had
206:170,25'  !| hoped, when clear$2$ of Milsom-street, to$9$ have her curiosity
206:170,26'  !| gratified; but she was still$5$ obliged to$9$ wait, for$3$ the
206:170,27'  !| $PN#D$Admiral had made up his mind$0$ not to$9$ begin, till they
206:170,28'  !| had gained the greater space and quiet$0$ of Belmont, and
206:170,29'  !| as she was not really $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft, she must let him have
206:170,30'  !| his own$2$ way.  As soon as they were fairly ascending
206:170,31'  !| Belmont, he began,
206:170,32D  !| "Well$7$, now you shall hear something that$6#1$ will$1$ surprise$1$
206:170,33D  !| you.  But first of all, you must tell me the name$0$ of the
206:170,34D  !| young lady I am going to$9$ talk$1$ about$4$.  That$6#2$ young lady,
206:170,35D  !| you know, that$6#1$ we have all been so$5#1$ concerned for$4$.  The
206:170,36D  !| $PN#S$Miss*Musgrove, that$6#1$ all this has been happening to$4$.  Her
206:170,37D  !| christian*name ~ I always forget her christian*name."
206:170,38'  !| $PN#A$Anne had been ashamed to$9$ appear to$9$ comprehend so$5#1$
206:171, 1'  !| soon as she really did; but now she could safely suggest
206:171, 2'  !| the name$0$ of
206:171, 2A  !| "$PN#S$Louisa."
206:171, 3D  !| "Ay, ay, $PN#S$Miss*Louisa*Musgrove, that$6#2$ is the name$0$.
206:171, 4D  !| I wish$1$ young ladies had not such a number of fine christian*names.
206:171, 5D  !| I should never be out$5$, if they were all $PN#X$Sophys,
206:171, 6D  !| or something of that$6#2$ sort.  Well$7$, this $PN#S$Miss*Louisa, we all
206:171, 7D  !| thought$1$, you know, was to$9$ marry $PN#B$Frederick.  He was
206:171, 8D  !| courting her week after$4$ week.  The only wonder$0$ was,
206:171, 9D  !| what$6#1$ they could be waiting for$4$, till the business at Lyme
206:171,10D  !| came; then, indeed, it was clear$2$ enough that$3$ they must
206:171,11D  !| wait till her brain was set$1$ to$4$ right$0$.  But even$5$ then, there
206:171,12D  !| was something odd in their way of going on$5$.  Instead of
206:171,13D  !| staying at Lyme, he went off to$4$ Plymouth, and then he
206:171,14D  !| went off to$9$ see $PN#ZZO$Edward.  When we came back$5$ from
206:171,15D  !| Minehead, he was gone down$5$ to$4$ $PN#ZZO$Edward's, and there he
206:171,16D  !| has been ever since.  We have seen nothing of him since
206:171,17D  !| November.  Even$5$ $PN#E$Sophy could not understand it.  But
206:171,18D  !| now, the matter has taken the strangest turn$0$ of all; for$3$
206:171,19D  !| this young lady, this same $PN#S$Miss*Musgrove, instead of
206:171,20D  !| being$1$ to$9$ marry $PN#B$Frederick, is to$9$ marry $PN#ZD$James*Benwick.
206:171,21D  !| You know $PN#ZD$James*Benwick."
206:171,22A  !| "A little.  I am a little acquainted with $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick."
206:171,23     |
206:171,24D  !| "Well$7$, she is to$9$ marry him.  Nay, most likely they
206:171,25D  !| are married already, for$3$ I do not know what$6#1$ they should
206:171,26D  !| wait for$4$."
206:171,27A  !| "I thought$1$ $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick a very pleasing young
206:171,28A  !| man,"
206:171,28'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
206:171,28A  !| "and I understand that$3$ he bears an
206:171,29A  !| excellent character."
206:171,30D  !| "Oh| yes, yes, there is not a word to$9$ be said against
206:171,31D  !| $PN#ZD$James*Benwick.  He is only a commander, it is true,
206:171,32D  !| made last$2$ summer, and these are bad times for$4$ getting
206:171,33D  !| on$5$, but he has not another fault that$6#1$ I know of.  An
206:171,34D  !| excellent, good-hearted fellow, I assure you, a very active,
206:171,35D  !| zealous officer too$5#2$, which$6#1$ is more than you would think
206:171,36D  !| for$4$, perhaps, for$3$ that$6#2$ soft sort of manner does not do
206:171,37D  !| him justice."
206:171,38A  !| "Indeed you are mistaken there, sir.  I should never
206:172, 1A  !| augur want$0$ of spirit from $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick's manners.
206:172, 2A  !| I thought$1$ them particularly pleasing, and I will$1$ answer$1$
206:172, 3A  !| for$4$ it they would generally please."
206:172, 4D  !| "Well$7$, well$7$, ladies are the best judges; but $PN#ZD$James*Benwick
206:172, 5D  !| is rather too$5#1$ piano for$4$ me, and though very
206:172, 6D  !| likely it is all our partiality, $PN#E$Sophy and I cannot help$1$
206:172, 7D  !| thinking $PN#B$Frederick's manners better$9$ than his.  There is
206:172, 8D  !| something about$4$ $PN#B$Frederick more to$4$ our taste."
206:172, 9'  !| $PN#A$Anne was caught.  She had only meant to$9$ oppose the
206:172,10'  !| too-common idea of spirit and gentleness being$1$ incompatible
206:172,11'  !| with each other, not at all to$9$ represent $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick's
206:172,12'  !| manners as the very best that$6#1$ could possibly
206:172,13'  !| be, and, after$4$ a little hesitation, she was beginning$1$ to$9$
206:172,14'  !| say,
206:172,14A  !| "I was not entering into any comparison of the two
206:172,15A  !| friends,"
206:172,15'  !| but the $PN#D$Admiral interrupted her with,
206:172,16D  !| "And the thing is certainly true.  It is not a mere bit
206:172,17D  !| of gossip.  We have it from $PN#B$Frederick himself.  His sister
206:172,18D  !| had a letter from him yesterday, in which$6#1$ he tells us of
206:172,19D  !| it, and he had just$9$ had it in a letter from $PN#J$Harville, written
206:172,20D  !| upon the spot, from Uppercross.  I fancy$1$ they are all at
206:172,21D  !| Uppercross."
206:172,22'  !| This was an opportunity which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne could not resist;
206:172,23'  !| she said, therefore,
206:172,23A  !| "I hope$1$, $PN#D$Admiral, I hope$1$ there is
206:172,24A  !| nothing in the style of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's letter to$9$
206:172,25A  !| make$1$ you and $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft particularly uneasy.  It did
206:172,26A  !| certainly seem, last$2$ autumn, as if there were an attachment
206:172,27A  !| between him and $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove; but I hope$1$ it
206:172,28A  !| may$1$ be understood to$9$ have worn out$5$ on$4$ each side$0$ equally,
206:172,29A  !| and without violence.  I hope$1$ his letter does not breathe
206:172,30A  !| the spirit of an ill-used man."
206:172,31D  !| "Not at all, not at all; there is not an oath or a murmur
206:172,32D  !| from beginning$0$ to$4$ end$0$."
206:172,33'  !| $PN#A$Anne looked down$5$ to$9$ hide her smile$0$.
206:172,34D  !| "No$7$, no$7$; $PN#B$Frederick is not a man to$9$ whine and complain;
206:172,35D  !| he has too$5#1$ much spirit for$4$ that$6#2$.  If the girl likes
206:172,36D  !| another man better$9$, it is very fit$9$ she should have him."
206:172,37A  !| "Certainly.  But what$6#1$ I mean$1$ is, that$3$ I hope$1$ there is
206:172,38A  !| nothing in $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's manner of writing$0$ to$9$
206:173, 1A  !| make$1$ you suppose he thinks himself ill-used by$4$ his friend,
206:173, 2A  !| which$6#1$ might appear, you know, without its being$1$ absolutely
206:173, 3A  !| said.  I should be very sorry that$3$ such a friendship
206:173, 4A  !| as has subsisted between him and $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick should
206:173, 5A  !| be destroyed, or even$5$ wounded, by$4$ a circumstance of
206:173, 6A  !| this sort."
206:173, 7D  !| "Yes, yes, I understand you.  But there is nothing at
206:173, 8D  !| all of that$6#2$ nature in the letter.  He does not give the
206:173, 9D  !| least fling at $PN#ZD$Benwick; does not so$5#1$ much as say, ""I
206:173,10D  !| wonder$1$ at it, I have a reason$0$ of my own$2$ for$4$ wondering
206:173,11D  !| at it.""  No$7$, you would not guess$1$, from his way of writing$1$,
206:173,12D  !| that$3$ he had ever thought$1$ of this $PN#S$Miss*(what's*her*name)?
206:173,13D  !| for$4$ himself.  He very handsomely hopes$1$ they will$1$ be
206:173,14D  !| happy together, and there is nothing very unforgiving in
206:173,15D  !| that$6#2$, I think."
206:173,16'  !| $PN#A$Anne did not receive the perfect$2$ conviction which$6#1$ the
206:173,17'  !| $PN#D$Admiral meant to$9$ convey, but it would have been useless
206:173,18'  !| to$9$ press$1$ the enquiry farther.  She, therefore, satisfied$1$
206:173,19'  !| herself with common-place remarks, or quiet$2$ attention,
206:173,20'  !| and the $PN#D$Admiral had it all his own$2$ way.
206:173,21D  !| "Poor $PN#B$Frederick|"
206:173,21'  !| said he at last$0$.
206:173,21D  !| "Now he must
206:173,22D  !| begin all over again with somebody else.  I think we
206:173,23D  !| must get him to$4$ Bath$0#1$.  $PN#E$Sophy must write, and beg him
206:173,24D  !| to$9$ come to$4$ Bath$0#1$.  Here are pretty$2$ girls enough, I am
206:173,25D  !| sure.  It would be of no$2$ use$0$ to$9$ go to$4$ Uppercross again,
206:173,26D  !| for$3$ that$6#2$ other $PN#R$Miss*Musgrove, I find, is bespoke by$4$ her
206:173,27D  !| cousin, the young parson.  Do not you think, $PN#A$Miss*Elliot,
206:173,28D  !| we had better$9$ try to$9$ get him to$4$ Bath$0#1$?"
207:174, 1'  !| While$9$ $PN#D$Admiral*Croft was taking this walk$0$ with $PN#A$Anne,
207:174, 2'  !| and expressing his wish$0$ of getting $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth to$4$
207:174, 3'  !| Bath$0#1$, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was already on$4$ his way thither.
207:174, 4'  !| Before$3$ $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft had written, he was arrived; and the
207:174, 5'  !| very next time $PN#A$Anne walked out$5$, she saw him.
207:174, 6'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was attending his two cousins and $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay.
207:174, 7'  !| They were in Milsom-street.  It began to$9$ rain$1$, not much,
207:174, 8'  !| but enough to$9$ make$1$ shelter desirable for$4$ women, and
207:174, 9'  !| quite enough to$9$ make$1$ it very desirable for$4$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot
207:174,10'  !| to$9$ have the advantage of being$1$ conveyed home in $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple's
207:174,11'  !| carriage, which$6#1$ was seen waiting at a little
207:174,12'  !| distance$0$; she, $PN#A$Anne, and $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay, therefore, turned
207:174,13'  !| into $PN#Z1$Molland's, while$9$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot stepped to$4$ $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple.
207:174,14'  !| to$9$ request$1$ her assistance.  He soon joined them
207:174,15'  !| again, successful, of course$8$; $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple
207:174,15@f   | would be
207:174,16@f   | most happy to$9$ take them home, and would call$1$ for$4$ them
207:174,17@f   | in a few minutes.
207:174,18'  !| Her ladyship's carriage was a barouche, and did not
207:174,19'  !| hold$1$ more than four with any comfort$0$.  $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret
207:174,20'  !| was with her mother; consequently it was not reasonable
207:174,21'  !| to$9$ expect accommodation for$4$ all the three Camden-place
207:174,22'  !| ladies.  There could be no$2$ doubt$0$ as to$4$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot.  Whoever
207:174,23'  !| suffered inconvenience, she must suffer none, but it
207:174,24'  !| occupied a little time to$9$ settle the point$0$ of civility between
207:174,25'  !| the other two.  The rain$0$ was a mere trifle$0$, and $PN#A$Anne was
207:174,26'  !| most sincere in preferring a walk$0$ with $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  But
207:174,27'  !| the rain$0$ was also a mere trifle$0$ to$4$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay;
207:174,27@c   | she would
207:174,28@c   | hardly allow it even$5$ to$9$ drop$1$ at all, and her boots were
207:174,29@c   | so$5#1$ thick| much thicker than $PN#A$Miss*Anne's;
207:174,29'  !| and, in short$0$,
207:174,30'  !| her civility rendered her quite as anxious to$9$ be left$1$ to$9$
207:174,31'  !| walk$1$ with $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, as $PN#A$Anne could be, and it was discussed
207:174,32'  !| between them with a generosity so$5#1$ polite and so$5#1$
207:174,33'  !| determined$2$, that$3$ the others were obliged to$9$ settle it for$4$
207:175, 1'  !| them; $PN#H$Miss*Elliot maintaining that$3$
207:175, 1@h   | $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay had a little
207:175, 2@h   | cold$0$ already,
207:175, 2'  !| and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot deciding on$4$ appeal, that$3$
207:175, 2@i   | his
207:175, 3@i   | cousin $PN#A$Anne's boots were rather the thickest.
207:175, 4'  !| It was fixed accordingly that$3$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay should be of
207:175, 5'  !| the party in the carriage; and they had just$9$ reached
207:175, 6'  !| this point$0$ when $PN#A$Anne, as she sat near$4$ the window,
207:175, 7'  !| descried, most decidedly and distinctly, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
207:175, 8'  !| walking down$5$ the street.
207:175, 9'  !| Her start$0$ was perceptible only to$4$ herself; but she
207:175,10'  !| instantly felt that$3$
207:175,10@a   | she was the greatest simpleton in the
207:175,11@a   | world, the most unaccountable and absurd|
207:175,11'  !| For$4$ a few
207:175,12'  !| minutes she saw nothing before$4$ her.  It was all confusion.
207:175,13'  !| She was lost; and when she had scolded back$5$ her senses,
207:175,14'  !| she found the others still$5$ waiting for$4$ the carriage, and
207:175,15'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot (always obliging) just$9$ setting off for$4$ Union-street
207:175,16'  !| on$4$ a commission of $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay's.
207:175,17'  !| She now felt a great inclination to$9$ go to$4$ the outer door;
207:175,18@a   | she wanted to$9$ see if it rained.  Why was she to$9$ suspect
207:175,19@a   | herself of another motive?  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth must be
207:175,20@a   | out$8$ of sight.  She left$1$ her seat, she would go, one half
207:175,21@a   | of her should not be always so$5#1$ much wiser than the
207:175,22@a   | other half, or always suspecting the other of being$1$ worse
207:175,23@a   | than it was.  She would see if it rained.
207:175,23'  !| She was sent
207:175,24'  !| back$5$, however, in a moment by$4$ the entrance of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
207:175,25'  !| himself, among a party of gentlemen and
207:175,26'  !| ladies, evidently his acquaintance, and whom$6#1$ he must
207:175,27'  !| have joined a little below Milsom-street.  He was more
207:175,28'  !| obviously struck and confused by$4$ the sight of her, than
207:175,29'  !| she had ever observed before$5$;
207:175,29@a   | he looked quite red.
207:175,29'  !| For$4$
207:175,30'  !| the first time, since their renewed acquaintance, she felt
207:175,31'  !| that$3$ she was betraying the least sensibility of the two.
207:175,32'  !| She had the advantage of him, in the preparation of the
207:175,33'  !| last$2$ few moments.  All the overpowering, blinding, bewildering,
207:175,34'  !| first effects of strong surprise$0$ were over with her.
207:175,35'  !| Still$5$, however, she had enough to$9$ feel|
207:175,35@a   | It was agitation,
207:175,36@a   | pain$0$, pleasure, a something between delight$0$ and misery.
207:175,37'  !| He spoke to$4$ her, and then turned away.  The character
207:175,38'  !| of his manner was embarrassment.  She could not have
207:176, 1'  !| called it either cold$2$ or friendly, or any*thing so$5#1$ certainly
207:176, 2'  !| as embarrassed.
207:176, 3'  !| After$4$ a short$2$ interval, however, he came towards her
207:176, 4'  !| and spoke again.  Mutual enquiries on$4$ common$2$ subjects
207:176, 5'  !| passed; neither of them, probably, much the wiser for$4$
207:176, 6'  !| what$6#1$ they heard, and $PN#A$Anne continuing fully sensible$2#1$ of his
207:176, 7'  !| being$1$ less at ease$0$ than formerly.  They had, by$4$ dint of
207:176, 8'  !| being$1$ so$5#1$ very much together, got to$9$ speak to$4$ each other
207:176, 9'  !| with a considerable portion of apparent indifference and
207:176,10'  !| calmness; but he could not do it now.
207:176,10@a   | Time had changed
207:176,11@a   | him, or $PN#S$Louisa had changed him.  There was consciousness
207:176,12@a   | of some sort or other.  He looked very well$9$, not as
207:176,13@a   | if he had been suffering in health or spirits, and he talked
207:176,14@a   | of Uppercross, of the $PN#M1$Musgroves, nay, even$5$ of $PN#S$Louisa, and
207:176,15@a   | had even$5$ a momentary look$0$ of his own$2$ arch$2$ significance
207:176,16@a   | as he named her; but yet it was $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth not
207:176,17@a   | comfortable, not easy, not able to$9$ feign that$3$ he was.
207:176,18'  !| It did not surprise$1$, but it grieved $PN#A$Anne to$9$ observe that$3$
207:176,19'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth would not know him.  She saw that$3$ he saw
207:176,20'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth, that$3$ $PN#H$Elizabeth saw him, that$3$ there was complete$2$
207:176,21'  !| internal recognition on$4$ each side$0$; she was convinced
207:176,22'  !| that$3$ he was ready to$9$ be acknowledged as an acquaintance,
207:176,23'  !| expecting it, and she had the pain$0$ of seeing her sister
207:176,24'  !| turn$1$ away with unalterable coldness.
207:176,25'  !| $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple's carriage, for$4$ which$6#1$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot was
207:176,26'  !| growing very impatient, now drew up; the servant came
207:176,27'  !| in to$9$ announce it.  It was beginning$1$ to$9$ rain$1$ again, and
207:176,28'  !| altogether there was a delay$0$, and a bustle$0$, and a talking
207:176,29'  !| which$6#1$ must make$1$ all the little crowd in the shop understand
207:176,30'  !| that$3$ $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple was calling to$9$ convey $PN#H$Miss*Elliot.
207:176,31'  !| At last$0$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot and her friend, unattended
207:176,32'  !| but by$4$ the servant, (for$3$ there was no$2$ cousin returned)
207:176,33'  !| were walking off; and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, watching
207:176,34'  !| them, turned again to$4$ $PN#A$Anne, and by$4$ manner, rather than
207:176,35'  !| words, was offering his services to$4$ her.
207:176,36A  !| "I am much obliged to$4$ you,"
207:176,36'  !| was her answer$0$,
207:176,36A  !| "but
207:176,37A  !| I am not going with them.  The carriage would not
207:176,38A  !| accommodate so$5#1$ many.  I walk$1$.  I prefer walking."
207:177, 1B  !| "But it rains."
207:177, 2A  !| "Oh| very little.  Nothing that$6#1$ I regard$1$."
207:177, 3'  !| After$4$ a moment's pause$0$ he said,
207:177, 3B  !| "Though I came only
207:177, 4B  !| yesterday, I have equipped myself properly for$4$ Bath$0#1$
207:177, 5B  !| already, you see,"
207:177, 5'  !| (pointing to$4$ a new umbrella)
207:177, 5B  !| "I wish$1$
207:177, 6B  !| you would make$1$ use$0$ of it, if you are determined$2$ to$9$ walk$1$;
207:177, 7B  !| though, I think, it would be more prudent to$9$ let me get
207:177, 8B  !| you a chair."
207:177, 9'  !| She was very much obliged to$4$ him, but declined it all,
207:177,10'  !| repeating her conviction, that$3$ the rain$0$ would come to$4$
207:177,11'  !| nothing at present$0#1$, and adding,
207:177,11A  !| "I am only waiting for$4$
207:177,12A  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  He will$1$ be here in a moment, I am sure."
207:177,13'  !| She had hardly spoken the words, when $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
207:177,14'  !| walked in.  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth recollected him perfectly.
207:177,15'  !| There was no$2$ difference between him and the man who$6#1$
207:177,16'  !| had stood on$4$ the steps at Lyme, admiring $PN#A$Anne as she
207:177,17'  !| passed, except in the air and look$0$ and manner of the
207:177,18'  !| privileged relation and friend.  He came in with eagerness,
207:177,19'  !| appeared to$9$ see and think only of her, apologised
207:177,20'  !| for$4$ his stay$0$, was grieved to$9$ have kept her waiting, and
207:177,21'  !| anxious to$9$ get her away without further loss of time,
207:177,22'  !| and before$3$ the rain$0$ increased; and in another moment
207:177,23'  !| they walked off together, her arm$0$ under his, a gentle and
207:177,24'  !| embarrassed glance$0$, and a
207:177,24A  !| "good morning to$4$ you,"
207:177,24'  !| being$1$
207:177,25'  !| all that$6#1$ she had time for$4$, as she passed away.
207:177,26'  !| As soon as they were out$8$ of sight, the ladies of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's
207:177,27'  !| party began talking of them.
207:177,28X  !| "$PN#I$Mr%*Elliot does not dislike$1$ his cousin, I fancy$1$?"
207:177,29X  !| "Oh| no$7$, that$6#2$ is clear$2$ enough.  One can guess$1$ what$6#1$
207:177,30X  !| will$1$ happen there.  He is always with them; half lives$1$
207:177,31X  !| in the family, I believe.  What$7$ a very good-looking
207:177,32X  !| man|"
207:177,33X  !| "Yes, and $PN#ZB$Miss*Atkinson, who$6#1$ dined with him once
207:177,34X  !| at the $PN#ZZM$Wallises, says he is the most agreeable man she
207:177,35X  !| ever was in company with."
207:177,36X  !| "She is pretty$2$, I think; $PN#A$Anne*Elliot; very pretty$2$,
207:177,37X  !| when one comes to$9$ look$1$ at her.   It is not the fashion$0$ to$9$
207:177,38X  !| say so$5#2$, but I confess I admire her more than her sister."
207:178, 1X  !| "Oh| so$5#2$ do I."
207:178, 2X  !| "And so$5#2$ do I.  No$2$ comparison.  But the men are all
207:178, 3X  !| wild after$4$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot.  $PN#A$Anne is too$5#1$ delicate for$4$ them."
207:178, 4'  !| $PN#A$Anne would have been particularly obliged to$4$ her
207:178, 5'  !| cousin, if he would have walked by$4$ her side$0$ all the way
207:178, 6'  !| to$4$ Camden-place, without saying a word.  She had never
207:178, 7'  !| found it so$5#1$ difficult to$9$ listen to$4$ him, though nothing could
207:178, 8'  !| exceed his solicitude and care$0$, and though his subjects
207:178, 9'  !| were principally such as were wont to$9$ be always interesting
207:178,10'  !| ~ praise$0$, warm$2$, just$2$, and discriminating, of $PN#T$Lady*Russell,
207:178,11'  !| and insinuations highly rational against $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay.  But
207:178,12'  !| just$9$ now she could think only of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.
207:178,13'  !| She could not understand his present$9$ feelings, whether
207:178,14'  !| he were really suffering much from disappointment or
207:178,15'  !| not; and till that$6#2$ point$0$ were settled$1$, she could not be
207:178,16'  !| quite herself.
207:178,17@a   | She hoped to$9$ be wise and reasonable in time; but
207:178,18@a   | alas| alas| she must confess to$4$ herself that$3$ she was not
207:178,19@a   | wise yet.
207:178,20@a   | Another circumstance very essential for$4$ her to$9$ know,
207:178,21@a   | was how long$9$ he meant to$9$ be in Bath$0#1$; he had not
207:178,22@a   | mentioned it, or she could not recollect it.  He might be
207:178,23@a   | only passing$1$ through$5$.  But it was more probable that$3$ he
207:178,24@a   | should be come to$9$ stay$1$.  In that$6#2$ case, so$5#1$ liable as every*body
207:178,25@a   | was to$9$ meet$1$ every*body in Bath$0#1$, $PN#T$Lady*Russell
207:178,26@a   | would in all likelihood see him somewhere. ~ Would she
207:178,27@a   | recollect him?  How would it all be?
207:178,28@a   | She had already been obliged to$9$ tell $PN#T$Lady*Russell that$3$
207:178,29@a   | $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove was to$9$ marry $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick.  It had
207:178,30@a   | cost$1$ her something to$9$ encounter $PN#T$Lady*Russell's surprise$0$;
207:178,31@a   | and now, if she were by$4$ any chance$0$ to$9$ be thrown into
207:178,32@a   | company with $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, her imperfect knowledge
207:178,33@a   | of the matter might add another shade of prejudice
207:178,34@a   | against him.
207:178,35'  !| The following morning $PN#A$Anne was out$5$ with her friend,
207:178,36'  !| and for$4$ the first hour, in an incessant and fearful sort of
207:178,37'  !| watch$0$ for$4$ him in vain; but at last$0$, in returning down$4$
207:178,38'  !| Pulteney-street, she distinguished him on$4$ the right*hand
207:179, 1'  !| pavement at such a distance$0$ as to$9$ have him in view$0$ the
207:179, 2'  !| greater part$0$ of the street.
207:179, 2@a   | There were many other men
207:179, 3@a   | about$4$ him, many groups walking the same way, but there
207:179, 4@a   | was no$2$ mistaking him.
207:179, 4'  !| She looked instinctively at $PN#T$Lady*Russell;
207:179, 5'  !| but not from any mad idea of her recognising
207:179, 6'  !| him so$5#1$ soon as she did herself.
207:179, 6@a   | No$7$, it was not to$9$ be supposed
207:179, 7@a   | that$3$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell would perceive him till they were
207:179, 8@a   | nearly opposite.
207:179, 8'  !| She looked at her however, from time
207:179, 9'  !| to$4$ time, anxiously; and when the moment approached
207:179,10'  !| which$6#1$ must point$1$ him out$5$, though not daring to$9$ look$1$
207:179,11'  !| again (for$3$ her own$2$ countenance she knew was unfit to$9$ be
207:179,12'  !| seen), she was yet perfectly conscious of
207:179,12@a   | $PN#T$Lady*Russell's
207:179,13@a   | eyes being$1$ turned exactly in the direction of him, of
207:179,14@a   | her being$1$ in short$0$ intently observing him.  She could
207:179,15@a   | thoroughly comprehend the sort of fascination he must
207:179,16@a   | possess over $PN#T$Lady*Russell's mind$0$, the difficulty it must
207:179,17@a   | be for$4$ her to$9$ withdraw her eyes, the astonishment she
207:179,18@a   | must be feeling$1$ that$3$ eight or nine years should have
207:179,19@a   | passed over him, and in foreign climes and in active
207:179,20@a   | service too$5#2$, without robbing him of one personal grace$0$|
207:179,21'  !| At last$0$, $PN#T$Lady*Russell drew back$5$ her head$0$. ~
207:179,21@a   | "Now,
207:179,22@a   | how would she speak of him?"
207:179,23T  !| "You will$1$ wonder$1$,"
207:179,23'  !| said she,
207:179,23T  !| "what$6#1$ has been fixing
207:179,24T  !| my eye so$5#1$ long$9$; but I was looking after$4$ some window-curtains,
207:179,25T  !| which$6#1$ $PN#ZA$Lady*Alicia and $PN#ZM$Mrs%*Frankland were
207:179,26T  !| telling me of last$2$ night.  They described the drawing-room
207:179,27T  !| window-curtains of one of the houses on$4$ this side$0$
207:179,28T  !| of the way, and this part$0$ of the street, as being$1$ the handsomest
207:179,29T  !| and best hung of any in Bath$0#1$, but could not
207:179,30T  !| recollect the exact$2$ number, and I have been trying$1$ to$9$
207:179,31T  !| find out$5$ which$6#2$ it could be; but I confess I can see no$2$
207:179,32T  !| curtains hereabouts that$6#1$ answer$1$ their description."
207:179,33'  !| $PN#A$Anne sighed and blushed and smiled, in pity$0$ and disdain$0$,
207:179,34'  !| either at her friend or herself. ~ The part$0$ which$6#1$
207:179,35'  !| provoked her most, was that$3$ in all this waste$0$ of foresight
207:179,36'  !| and caution$0$, she should have lost the right$2#1$ moment for$4$
207:179,37'  !| seeing whether he saw them.
207:179,38'  !| A day or two passed without producing any*thing. ~
207:180, 1'  !| The theatre or the rooms, where he was most likely to$9$
207:180, 2'  !| be, were not fashionable enough for$4$ the $PN#G1$Elliots, whose$6#1$
207:180, 3'  !| evening amusements were solely in the elegant stupidity
207:180, 4'  !| of private$2$ parties, in which$6#1$ they were getting more and
207:180, 5'  !| more engaged; and $PN#A$Anne, wearied of such a state$0$ of
207:180, 6'  !| stagnation, sick of knowing nothing, and fancying herself
207:180, 7'  !| stronger because her strength was not tried, was quite
207:180, 8'  !| impatient for$4$ the concert evening.  It was a concert for$4$
207:180, 9'  !| the benefit of a person patronised by$4$ $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple.
207:180,10'  !| Of course$8$ they must attend.  It was really expected$1$ to$9$
207:180,11'  !| be a good one, and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was very fond
207:180,12'  !| of music.  If she could only have a few minutes conversation
207:180,13'  !| with him again, she fancied she should be
207:180,14'  !| satisfied$2$; and as to$4$ the power of addressing him she felt
207:180,15'  !| all over courage if the opportunity occurred.  $PN#H$Elizabeth
207:180,16'  !| had turned from him, $PN#T$Lady*Russell overlooked him; her
207:180,17'  !| nerves were strengthened by$4$ these circumstances; she
207:180,18'  !| felt that$3$ she owed him attention.
207:180,19'  !| She had once partly promised $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith to$9$ spend the
207:180,20'  !| evening with her; but in a short$2$ hurried call$0$ she excused
207:180,21'  !| herself and put it off, with the more decided$2$ promise$0$ of
207:180,22'  !| a longer visit$0$ on$4$ the morrow.  $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith gave a most
207:180,23'  !| good-humoured acquiescence.
207:180,24V  !| "By$4$ all means$0$,"
207:180,24'  !| said she;
207:180,24V  !| "only tell me all about$4$ it,
207:180,25V  !| when you do come.  Who$6#2$ is your party?"
207:180,26'  !| $PN#A$Anne named them all.  $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith made no$2$ reply$0$;
207:180,27'  !| but when she was leaving her, said, and with an expression
207:180,28'  !| half serious$2$, half arch$2$,
207:180,28V  !| "Well$7$, I heartily wish$1$ your
207:180,29V  !| concert may$1$ answer$1$; and do not fail me to-morrow if
207:180,30V  !| you can come; for$3$ I begin to$9$ have a foreboding that$3$
207:180,31V  !| I may$1$ not have many more visits from you."
207:180,32'  !| $PN#A$Anne was startled and confused, but after$4$ standing$1$ in
207:180,33'  !| a moment's suspense, was obliged, and not sorry to$9$ be
207:180,34'  !| obliged, to$9$ hurry$1$ away.
208:181, 1'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter, his two daughters, and $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay, were
208:181, 2'  !| the earliest of all their party, at the rooms in the evening;
208:181, 3'  !| and as $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple must be waited for$5$, they took
208:181, 4'  !| their station by$4$ one of the fires in the octagon*room.  But
208:181, 5'  !| hardly were they so$5#2$ settled$1$, when the door opened again,
208:181, 6'  !| and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth walked in alone.  $PN#A$Anne was the
208:181, 7'  !| nearest to$4$ him, and making yet a little advance$0$, she
208:181, 8'  !| instantly spoke.  He was preparing only to$9$ bow$1$ and pass$1$
208:181, 9'  !| on$5$, but her gentle
208:181, 9A  !| "How do you do?"
208:181, 9'  !| brought him out$8$
208:181,10'  !| of the straight line to$9$ stand$1$ near$4$ her, and make$1$ enquiries
208:181,11'  !| in return$0$, in spite$8$ of the formidable father and sister in
208:181,12'  !| the back*ground.  Their being$1$ in the back*ground was
208:181,13'  !| a support$0$ to$4$ $PN#A$Anne; she knew nothing of their looks$0$, and
208:181,14'  !| felt equal$2$ to$4$ everything which$6#1$ she believed right$2#1$ to$9$ be done.
208:181,15'  !| While$9$ they were speaking, a whispering between her
208:181,16'  !| father and $PN#H$Elizabeth caught her ear.  She could not
208:181,17'  !| distinguish, but she must guess$1$ the subject$0$; and on$4$
208:181,18'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's making a distant bow$0#1$, she comprehended
208:181,19'  !| that$3$ her father had judged so$5#1$ well$9$ as to$9$ give him
208:181,20'  !| that$6#2$ simple$2$ acknowledgment of acquaintance, and she
208:181,21'  !| was just$9$ in time by$4$ a side$2$ glance$0$ to$9$ see a slight$2$ curtsey
208:181,22'  !| from $PN#H$Elizabeth herself.
208:181,22@a   | This, though late and reluctant
208:181,23@a   | and ungracious, was yet better$9$ than nothing,
208:181,23'  !| and her
208:181,24'  !| spirits improved.
208:181,25'  !| After$4$ talking however of the weather and Bath$0#1$ and
208:181,26'  !| the concert, their conversation began to$9$ flag, and so$5#1$ little
208:181,27'  !| was said at last$0$, that$3$ she was expecting him to$9$ go every
208:181,28'  !| moment;
208:181,28@a   | but he did not; he seemed in no$2$ hurry$0$ to$9$
208:181,29@a   | leave$1$ her;
208:181,29'  !| and presently with renewed spirit, with a little
208:181,30'  !| smile$0$, a little glow, he said,
208:181,31B  !| "I have hardly seen you since our day at Lyme.  I am
208:181,32B  !| afraid you must have suffered from the shock$0$, and the
208:181,33B  !| more from its not overpowering you at the time."
208:182, 1'  !| She assured him that$3$ she had not.
208:182, 2B  !| "It was a frightful hour,"
208:182, 2'  !| said he,
208:182, 2B  !| "a frightful day|"
208:182, 3'  !| and he passed his hand$0$ across$4$ his eyes, as if the remembrance
208:182, 4'  !| were still$5$ too$5#1$ painful; but in a moment half
208:182, 5'  !| smiling again, added,
208:182, 5B  !| "The day has produced some effects
208:182, 6B  !| however ~ has had some consequences which$6#1$ must be considered
208:182, 7B  !| as the very reverse of frightful. ~ When you had
208:182, 8B  !| the presence of mind$0$ to$9$ suggest that$3$ $PN#ZD$Benwick would be
208:182, 9B  !| the properest person to$9$ fetch a surgeon, you could have
208:182,10B  !| little idea of his being$1$ eventually one of those most
208:182,11B  !| concerned in her recovery."
208:182,12A  !| "Certainly I could have none.  But it appears ~ I
208:182,13A  !| should hope$1$ it would be a very happy match$0$.  There are
208:182,14A  !| on$4$ both sides good principles and good temper."
208:182,15B  !| "Yes,"
208:182,15'  !| said he, looking not exactly forward$8$ ~
208:182,15B  !| "but
208:182,16B  !| there I think ends$1$ the resemblance.  With all my soul
208:182,17B  !| I wish$1$ them happy, and rejoice over every circumstance
208:182,18B  !| in favour$0$ of it.  They have no$2$ difficulties to$9$ contend with
208:182,19B  !| at home, no$2$ opposition, no$2$ caprice, no$2$ delays. ~ The $PN#M1$Musgroves
208:182,20B  !| are behaving like$9$ themselves, most honourably
208:182,21B  !| and kindly, only anxious with true parental hearts to$9$
208:182,22B  !| promote their daughter's comfort$0$.  All this is much, very
208:182,23B  !| much in favour$0$ of their happiness; more than perhaps ~"
208:182,24'  !| He stopped.
208:182,24@a   | A sudden$2$ recollection seemed to$9$ occur,
208:182,25'  !| and to$9$ give him some taste of that$6#2$ emotion which$6#1$ was
208:182,26'  !| reddening $PN#A$Anne's cheeks and fixing her eyes on$4$ the
208:182,27'  !| ground. ~ After$4$ clearing his throat, however, he proceeded
208:182,28'  !| thus,
208:182,29B  !| "I confess that$3$ I do think there is a disparity, too$5#1$
208:182,30B  !| great a disparity, and in a point$0$ no$2$ less essential than
208:182,31B  !| mind$0$. ~ I regard$1$ $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove as a very amiable,
208:182,32B  !| sweet-tempered girl, and not deficient in understanding$0$;
208:182,33B  !| but $PN#ZD$Benwick is something more.  He is a clever man,
208:182,34B  !| a reading man ~ and I confess that$3$ I do consider his
208:182,35B  !| attaching himself to$4$ her, with some surprise$0$.  Had it
208:182,36B  !| been the effect$0$ of gratitude, had he learnt to$9$ love$1$ her,
208:182,37B  !| because he believed her to$9$ be preferring him, it would
208:182,38B  !| have been another thing.  But I have no$2$ reason$0$ to$9$ suppose
208:183, 1B  !| it so$5#2$.  It seems, on$4$ the contrary$0$, to$9$ have been
208:183, 2B  !| a perfectly spontaneous, untaught feeling$0$ on$4$ his side$0$, and
208:183, 3B  !| this surprises me.  A man like$9$ him, in his situation|
208:183, 4B  !| With a heart pierced, wounded, almost broken|  $PN#ZO$Fanny*Harville
208:183, 5B  !| was a very superior$2$ creature; and his attachment
208:183, 6B  !| to$4$ her was indeed attachment.  A man does not
208:183, 7B  !| recover from such a devotion of the heart to$4$ such a
208:183, 8B  !| woman| ~ He ought not ~ he does not."
208:183, 9'  !| Either from the consciousness, however, that$3$ his friend
208:183,10'  !| had recovered, or from some other consciousness, he went
208:183,11'  !| no$2$ farther; and $PN#A$Anne, who$6#1$, in spite$8$ of the agitated voice
208:183,12'  !| in which$6#1$ the latter part$0$ had been uttered, and in spite$8$
208:183,13'  !| of all the various noises of the room, the almost ceaseless
208:183,14'  !| slam of the door, and ceaseless buzz of persons walking
208:183,15'  !| through$5$, had distinguished every word, was struck, gratified,
208:183,16'  !| confused, and beginning$1$ to$9$ breathe very quick$2$, and
208:183,17'  !| feel an hundred things in a moment.  It was impossible
208:183,18'  !| for$4$ her to$9$ enter on$4$ such a subject$0$; and yet, after$4$ a pause$0$,
208:183,19'  !| feeling$1$ the necessity of speaking, and having not the
208:183,20'  !| smallest wish$0$ for$4$ a total change$0$, she only deviated so$5#1$ far
208:183,21'  !| as to$9$ say,
208:183,22A  !| "You were a good while$0$ at Lyme, I think?"
208:183,23B  !| "About$4$ a fortnight.  I could not leave$1$ it till $PN#S$Louisa's
208:183,24B  !| doing well$9$ was quite ascertained.  I had been too$5#1$ deeply
208:183,25B  !| concerned in the mischief to$9$ be soon at peace.  It had
208:183,26B  !| been my doing ~ solely mine$0$.  She would not have been
208:183,27B  !| obstinate if I had not been weak.  The country round$4$
208:183,28B  !| Lyme is very fine.  I walked and rode a great deal$0#2$; and
208:183,29B  !| the more I saw, the more I found to$9$ admire."
208:183,30A  !| "I should very much like$1$ to$9$ see Lyme again,"
208:183,30'  !| said
208:183,31'  !| $PN#A$Anne.
208:183,32B  !| "Indeed|  I should not have supposed that$3$ you could
208:183,33B  !| have found any*thing in Lyme to$9$ inspire such a feeling$0$.
208:183,34B  !| The horror and distress$0$ you were involved in ~ the stretch
208:183,35B  !| of mind$0$, the wear of spirits| ~ I should have thought$1$
208:183,36B  !| your last$2$ impressions of Lyme must have been strong
208:183,37B  !| disgust$0$."
208:183,38A  !| "The last$2$ few hours were certainly very painful,"
208:184, 1'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne:
208:184, 1A  !| "but when pain$0$ is over, the remembrance
208:184, 2A  !| of it often becomes a pleasure.  One does not love$1$ a place$0$
208:184, 3A  !| the less for$4$ having suffered in it, unless it has been all
208:184, 4A  !| suffering, nothing but suffering ~ which$6#1$ was by$4$ no$2$ means$0$
208:184, 5A  !| the case at Lyme.  We were only in anxiety and distress$0$
208:184, 6A  !| during the last$2$ two hours; and, previously, there had
208:184, 7A  !| been a great deal$0#2$ of enjoyment.  So$5#1$ much novelty and
208:184, 8A  !| beauty|  I have travelled so$5#1$ little, that$3$ every fresh place$0$
208:184, 9A  !| would be interesting to$4$ me ~ but there is real beauty at
208:184,10A  !| Lyme:  and in short$0$"
208:184,10'  !| (with a faint$2$ blush$0$ at some
208:184,11'  !| recollections)
208:184,11A  !| "altogether my impressions of the place$0$
208:184,12A  !| are very agreeable."
208:184,13'  !| As she ceased, the entrance door opened again, and
208:184,14'  !| the very party appeared for$4$ whom$6#1$ they were waiting.
208:184,15X  !| "$PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple, $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple,"
208:184,15'  !| was the rejoicing
208:184,16'  !| sound$0$; and with all the eagerness compatible with
208:184,17'  !| anxious elegance, $PN#G$Sir*Walter and his two ladies stepped
208:184,18'  !| forward$8$ to$9$ meet$1$ her.  $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple and $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret,
208:184,19'  !| escorted by$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot and $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis, who$6#1$ had happened
208:184,20'  !| to$9$ arrive nearly at the same instant$0$, advanced into
208:184,21'  !| the room.  The others joined them, and it was a group
208:184,22'  !| in which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne found herself also necessarily included.
208:184,23'  !| She was divided from $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.  Their interesting,
208:184,24'  !| almost too$5#1$ interesting conversation must be broken
208:184,25'  !| up for$4$ a time; but slight$2$ was the penance compared
208:184,26'  !| with the happiness which$6#1$ brought it on$5$|  She had learnt,
208:184,27'  !| in the last$2$ ten minutes, more of his feelings towards
208:184,28'  !| $PN#S$Louisa, more of all his feelings, than she dared to$9$ think
208:184,29'  !| of| and she gave herself up to$4$ the demands$0$ of the party,
208:184,30'  !| to$4$ the needful civilities of the moment, with exquisite,
208:184,31'  !| though agitated sensations.  She was in good*humour
208:184,32'  !| with all.  She had received ideas which$6#1$ disposed her to$9$
208:184,33'  !| be courteous and kind$2$ to$4$ all, and to$9$ pity$1$ every*one, as
208:184,34'  !| being$1$ less happy than herself.
208:184,35'  !| The delightful emotions were a little subdued, when,
208:184,36'  !| on$4$ stepping back$5$ from the group, to$9$ be joined again by$4$
208:184,37'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, she saw that$3$ he was gone.  She was
208:184,38'  !| just$9$ in time to$9$ see him turn$1$ into the concert*room.
208:184,38@a   | He
208:185, 1@a   | was gone ~ he had disappeared:
208:185, 1'  !| she felt a moment's
208:185, 2'  !| regret$0$.  But
208:185, 2@a   | "they should meet$1$ again.  He would look$1$
208:185, 3@a   | for$4$ her ~ he would find her out$5$ long$9$ before$3$ the evening
208:185, 4@a   | were over ~ and at present$0#1$, perhaps, it was as well$9$ to$9$ be
208:185, 5@a   | asunder.  She was in need$0$ of a little interval for$4$ recollection."
208:185, 6     |
208:185, 7'  !| Upon $PN#T$Lady*Russell's appearance soon afterwards, the
208:185, 8'  !| whole$2$ party was collected, and all that$6#1$ remained, was to$9$
208:185, 9'  !| marshal themselves, and proceed into the concert*room;
208:185,10'  !| and be of all the consequence in their power, draw as
208:185,11'  !| many eyes, excite as many whispers, and disturb as many
208:185,12'  !| people as they could.
208:185,13'  !| Very, very happy were both $PN#H$Elizabeth and $PN#A$Anne*Elliot
208:185,14'  !| as they walked in.  $PN#H$Elizabeth, arm$0$ in arm$0$ with $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret,
208:185,15'  !| and looking on$4$ the broad back$0$ of the $PN#F$dowager*Viscountess*Dalrymple
208:185,16'  !| before$4$ her, had nothing to$9$ wish$1$
208:185,17'  !| for$4$ which$6#1$ did not seem within her reach$0$; and $PN#A$Anne ~
208:185,18'  !| but it would be an insult to$4$ the nature of $PN#A$Anne's felicity,
208:185,19'  !| to$9$ draw any comparison between it and her sister's; the
208:185,20'  !| origin of one all selfish vanity, of the other all generous
208:185,21'  !| attachment.
208:185,22'  !| $PN#A$Anne saw nothing, thought$1$ nothing of the brilliancy of
208:185,23'  !| the room.  Her happiness was from within.  Her eyes were
208:185,24'  !| bright, and her cheeks glowed, ~ but she knew nothing
208:185,25'  !| about$4$ it.  She was thinking only of the last$2$ half*hour,
208:185,26'  !| and as they passed to$4$ their seats, her mind$0$ took a hasty
208:185,27'  !| range$0$ over it.
208:185,27@a   | His choice$0$ of subjects, his expressions,
208:185,28@a   | and still$5$ more his manner and look$0$, had been such as
208:185,29@a   | she could see in only one light$0$.  His opinion of $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove's
208:185,30@a   | inferiority, an opinion which$6#1$ he had seemed
208:185,31@a   | solicitous to$9$ give, his wonder$0$ at $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, his
208:185,32@a   | feelings as to$4$ a first, strong attachment, ~ sentences begun
208:185,33@a   | which$6#1$ he could not finish$1$ ~ his half averted eyes, and more
208:185,34@a   | than half expressive glance$0$, ~ all, all declared that$3$ he had
208:185,35@a   | a heart returning to$4$ her at least; that$3$ anger$0$, resentment,
208:185,36@a   | avoidance, were no$2$ more; and that$3$ they were succeeded,
208:185,37@a   | not merely by$4$ friendship and regard$0$, but by$4$ the tenderness
208:185,38@a   | of the past$0$; yes, some share$0$ of the tenderness of
208:186, 1@a   | the past$0$.  She could not contemplate the change$0$ as
208:186, 2@a   | implying less. ~ He must love$1$ her.
208:186, 3'  !| These were thoughts, with their attendant visions,
208:186, 4'  !| which$6#1$ occupied and flurried her too$5#1$ much to$9$ leave$1$ her
208:186, 5'  !| any power of observation; and she passed along$4$ the
208:186, 6'  !| room without having a glimpse of him, without even$5$
208:186, 7'  !| trying$1$ to$9$ discern him.  When their places$0$ were determined$1$
208:186, 8'  !| on$5$, and they were all properly arranged, she looked
208:186, 9'  !| round$9$ to$9$ see if he should happen to$9$ be in the same part$0$
208:186,10'  !| of the room, but he was not, her eye could not reach$1$
208:186,11'  !| him; and the concert being$1$ just$9$ opening, she must consent$1$
208:186,12'  !| for$4$ a time to$9$ be happy in an humbler way.
208:186,13'  !| The party was divided, and disposed of on$4$ two contiguous
208:186,14'  !| benches:  $PN#A$Anne was among those on$4$ the foremost,
208:186,15'  !| and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had mano*euvred so$5#1$ well$9$, with the assistance
208:186,16'  !| of his friend $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis, as to$9$ have a seat by$4$ her.
208:186,17'  !| $PN#H$Miss*Elliot, surrounded by$4$ her cousins, and the principal$2$
208:186,18'  !| object$0$ of $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis's gallantry, was quite contented.
208:186,19'  !| $PN#A$Anne's mind$0$ was in a most favourable state$0$ for$4$ the
208:186,20'  !| entertainment of the evening:  it was just$9$ occupation
208:186,21'  !| enough:  she had feelings for$4$ the tender$0$, spirits for$4$ the
208:186,22'  !| gay, attention for$4$ the scientific, and patience for$4$ the wearisome;
208:186,23'  !| and had never liked a concert better$9$, at least
208:186,24'  !| during the first act$0$.  Towards the close$0$ of it, in the
208:186,25'  !| interval succeeding an Italian song, she explained the
208:186,26'  !| words of the song to$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot. ~ They had a concert*bill
208:186,27'  !| between them.
208:186,28A  !| "This,"
208:186,28'  !| said she,
208:186,28A  !| "is nearly the sense, or rather the
208:186,29A  !| meaning$0$ of the words, for$3$ certainly the sense of an Italian
208:186,30A  !| love-song must not be talked of, ~ but it is as nearly the
208:186,31A  !| meaning$0$ as I can give; for$3$ I do not pretend to$9$ understand
208:186,32A  !| the language.  I am a very poor Italian scholar."
208:186,33I  !| "Yes, yes, I see you are.  I see you know nothing of
208:186,34I  !| the matter.  You have only knowledge enough of the
208:186,35I  !| language, to$9$ translate at sight these inverted, transposed,
208:186,36I  !| curtailed Italian lines, into clear$2$, comprehensible, elegant
208:186,37I  !| English.  You need$1$ not say anything more of your
208:186,38I  !| ignorance. ~ Here is complete$2$ proof."
208:187, 1A  !| "I will$1$ not oppose such kind$2$ politeness; but I should
208:187, 2A  !| be sorry to$9$ be examined by$4$ a real proficient."
208:187, 3I  !| "I have not had the pleasure of visiting in Camden-place
208:187, 4I  !| so$5#1$ long$9$,"
208:187, 4'  !| replied he,
208:187, 4I  !| "without knowing something
208:187, 5I  !| of $PN#A$Miss*Anne*Elliot; and I do regard$1$ her as one who$6#1$ is
208:187, 6I  !| too$5#1$ modest, for$4$ the world in general$0$ to$9$ be aware of half
208:187, 7I  !| her accomplishments, and too$5#1$ highly accomplished for$4$
208:187, 8I  !| modesty to$9$ be natural$2$ in any other woman."
208:187, 9A  !| "For$4$ shame$0$| for$4$ shame$0$| ~ this is too$5#1$ much of flattery.
208:187,10A  !| I forget what$6#1$ we are to$9$ have next,"
208:187,10'  !| turning$1$ to$4$ the bill.
208:187,11I  !| "Perhaps,"
208:187,11'  !| said $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, speaking low,
208:187,11I  !| "I have had
208:187,12I  !| a longer acquaintance with your character than you are
208:187,13I  !| aware of."
208:187,14A  !| "Indeed| ~ How so$5#2$?  You can have been acquainted
208:187,15A  !| with it only since I came to$4$ Bath$0#1$, excepting as you might
208:187,16A  !| hear me previously spoken of in my own$2$ family."
208:187,17I  !| "I knew you by$4$ report$0$ long$9$ before$3$ you came to$4$ Bath$0#1$.
208:187,18I  !| I had heard you described by$4$ those who$6#1$ knew you
208:187,19I  !| intimately.  I have been acquainted with you by$4$ character
208:187,20I  !| many years.  Your person, your disposition, accomplishments,
208:187,21I  !| manner ~ they were all described, they were all
208:187,22I  !| present$9$ to$4$ me."
208:187,23'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was not disappointed in the interest$0$ he
208:187,24'  !| hoped to$9$ raise.  No*one can withstand the charm$0$ of such
208:187,25'  !| a mystery.  To$9$ have been described long$9$ ago to$4$ a recent
208:187,26'  !| acquaintance, by$4$ nameless people, is irresistible; and
208:187,27'  !| $PN#A$Anne was all curiosity.  She wondered, and questioned
208:187,28'  !| him eagerly ~ but in vain.  He delighted in being$1$ asked,
208:187,29'  !| but he would not tell.
208:187,30I  !| "No$7$, no$7$ ~ some time or other perhaps, but not now.
208:187,31I  !| He would mention$1$ no$2$ names now; but such, he could
208:187,32I  !| assure her, had been the fact.  He had many years ago
208:187,33I  !| received such a description of $PN#A$Miss*Anne*Elliot, as had
208:187,34I  !| inspired him with the highest idea of her merit$0$, and
208:187,35I  !| excited the warmest curiosity to$9$ know her."
208:187,36'  !| $PN#A$Anne could think of no*one so$5#1$ likely to$9$ have spoken
208:187,37'  !| with partiality of her many years ago, as the $PN#ZZO$Mr%*Wentworth,
208:187,38'  !| of Monkford, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's brother.  He
208:188, 1'  !| might have been in $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's company, but she had
208:188, 2'  !| not courage to$9$ ask the question$0$.
208:188, 3I  !| "The name$0$ of $PN#A$Anne*Elliot,"
208:188, 3'  !| said he,
208:188, 3I  !| "has long$9$ had
208:188, 4I  !| an interesting sound$0$ to$4$ me.  Very long$9$ has it possessed
208:188, 5I  !| a charm$0$ over my fancy$0$; and, if I dared, I would breathe
208:188, 6I  !| my wishes$0$ that$3$ the name$0$ might never change$1$."
208:188, 7'  !| Such she believed were his words; but scarcely had
208:188, 8'  !| she received their sound$0$, than her attention was caught
208:188, 9'  !| by$4$ other sounds$0$ immediately behind her, which$6#1$ rendered
208:188,10'  !| every*thing else trivial.  Her father and $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple
208:188,11'  !| were speaking.
208:188,12G  !| "A well-looking man,"
208:188,12'  !| said $PN#G$Sir*Walter,
208:188,12G  !| "a very well-looking
208:188,13G  !| man."
208:188,14F  !| "A very fine young man indeed|"
208:188,14'  !| said $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple.
208:188,15F  !| "More air than one often sees in Bath$0#1$. ~ Irish,
208:188,16F  !| I dare$1#2$ say."
208:188,17G  !| "No$7$, I just$9$ know his name$0$.  A bowing acquaintance.
208:188,18G  !| $PN#B$Wentworth ~ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth of the navy.  His sister
208:188,19G  !| married my tenant in Somersetshire, ~ the $PN#D$Croft, who$6#1$
208:188,20G  !| rents Kellynch."
208:188,21'  !| Before$3$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter had reached this point$0$, $PN#A$Anne's eyes
208:188,22'  !| had caught the right$2#1$ direction, and distinguished $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
208:188,23'  !| standing$1$ among a cluster of men at a little
208:188,24'  !| distance$0$.  As her eyes fell on$4$ him, his seemed to$9$ be
208:188,25'  !| withdrawn from her.
208:188,25@a   | It had that$6#2$ appearance.  It seemed
208:188,26@a   | as if she had been one moment too$5#1$ late;
208:188,26'  !| and as long$9$ as
208:188,27'  !| she dared observe, he did not look$1$ again:  but the performance
208:188,28'  !| was re-commencing, and she was forced to$9$ seem
208:188,29'  !| to$9$ restore her attention to$4$ the orchestra, and look$1$ straight
208:188,30'  !| forward$8$.
208:188,31'  !| When she could give another glance$0$, he had moved
208:188,32'  !| away.  He could not have come nearer to$4$ her if he would;
208:188,33'  !| she was so$5#1$ surrounded and shut in:  but she would rather
208:188,34'  !| have caught his eye.
208:188,35'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's speech too$5#2$ distressed her.  She had no$2$
208:188,36'  !| longer any inclination to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ him.  She wished him
208:188,37'  !| not so$5#1$ near$4$ her.
208:188,38'  !| The first act$0$ was over.  Now she hoped for$4$ some
208:189, 1'  !| beneficial change$0$; and, after$4$ a period of nothing-saying
208:189, 2'  !| amongst the party, some of them did decide on$4$ going in
208:189, 3'  !| quest of tea.  $PN#A$Anne was one of the few who$6#1$ did not
208:189, 4'  !| choose to$9$ move$1$.  She remained in her seat, and so$5#2$ did
208:189, 5'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell; but she had the pleasure of getting rid
208:189, 6'  !| of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot; and she did not mean$1$, whatever she might
208:189, 7'  !| feel on$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell's account$0$, to$9$ shrink from conversation
208:189, 8'  !| with $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, if he gave her the opportunity.
208:189, 9'  !| She was persuaded by$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell's countenance
208:189,10'  !| that$3$ she had seen him.
208:189,11'  !| He did not come however.  $PN#A$Anne sometimes fancied
208:189,12'  !| she discerned him at a distance$0$, but he never came.  The
208:189,13'  !| anxious interval wore away unproductively.  The others
208:189,14'  !| returned, the room filled again, benches were reclaimed
208:189,15'  !| and re-possessed, and another hour of pleasure or of
208:189,16'  !| penance was to$9$ be set$1$ out$5$, another hour of music was to$9$
208:189,17'  !| give delight$0$ or the gapes, as real or affected taste for$4$ it
208:189,18'  !| prevailed.  To$4$ $PN#A$Anne, it chiefly wore the prospect of an
208:189,19'  !| hour of agitation.  She could not quit that$6#2$ room in peace
208:189,20'  !| without seeing $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth once more, without
208:189,21'  !| the interchange of one friendly look$0$.
208:189,22'  !| In re-settling themselves, there were now many changes$0$,
208:189,23'  !| the result$0$ of which$6#1$ was favourable for$4$ her.  $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis
208:189,24'  !| declined sitting$1$ down$5$ again, and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was invited
208:189,25'  !| by$4$ $PN#H$Elizabeth and $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret, in a manner not to$9$
208:189,26'  !| be refused, to$9$ sit between them; and by$4$ some other
208:189,27'  !| removals, and a little scheming of her own$2$, $PN#A$Anne was
208:189,28'  !| enabled to$9$ place$1$ herself much nearer the end$0$ of the bench
208:189,29'  !| than she had been before$5$, much more within reach$0$ of
208:189,30'  !| a passer-by.  She could not do so$5#2$, without comparing
208:189,31'  !| herself with $PN#Z2$Miss*Larolles, the inimitable $PN#Z2$Miss*Larolles, ~
208:189,32'  !| but still$5$ she did it, and not with much happier effect$0$;
208:189,33'  !| though by$4$ what$6#1$ seemed prosperity in the shape$0$ of an
208:189,34'  !| early abdication in her next neighbours, she found herself
208:189,35'  !| at the very end$0$ of the bench before$3$ the concert closed.
208:189,36'  !| Such was her situation, with a vacant space at hand$0$,
208:189,37'  !| when $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was again in sight.  She saw
208:189,38'  !| him not far off.  He saw her too$5#2$; yet he looked grave$2$,
208:190, 1'  !| and seemed irresolute, and only by$4$ very slow degrees
208:190, 2'  !| came at last$0$ near$9$ enough to$9$ speak to$4$ her.  She felt that$3$
208:190, 3@a   | something must be the matter.  The change$0$ was indubitable.
208:190, 4@a   | The difference between his present$9$ air and what$6#1$ it
208:190, 5@a   | had been in the octagon*room was strikingly great. ~ Why
208:190, 6@a   | was it?  She thought$1$ of her father ~ of $PN#T$Lady*Russell.
208:190, 7@a   | Could there have been any unpleasant glances?  He
208:190, 8@a   | began by$4$ speaking of the concert, gravely; more like$9$
208:190, 9@a   | the $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth of Uppercross; owned himself
208:190,10@a   | disappointed, had expected$1$ better$9$ singing; and, in short$0$,
208:190,11@a   | must confess that$3$ he should not be sorry when it was
208:190,12@a   | over.
208:190,12'  !| $PN#A$Anne replied, and spoke in defence of the performance
208:190,13'  !| so$5#1$ well$9$, and yet in allowance for$4$ his feelings,
208:190,14'  !| so$5#1$ pleasantly, that$3$ his countenance improved, and he
208:190,15'  !| replied again with almost a smile$0$.  They talked for$4$ a few
208:190,16'  !| minutes more;
208:190,16@a   | the improvement held; he even$5$ looked
208:190,17@a   | down$5$ towards the bench, as if he saw a place$0$ on$4$ it well$9$
208:190,18@a   | worth occupying;
208:190,18'  !| when, at that$6#2$ moment, a touch$0$ on$4$ her
208:190,19'  !| shoulder obliged $PN#A$Anne to$9$ turn$1$ round$9$. ~ It came from
208:190,20'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  He begged her pardon$0$, but she must be
208:190,21'  !| applied to$4$, to$9$ explain Italian again.
208:190,21@i   | $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret was
208:190,22@i   | very anxious to$9$ have a general$2$ idea of what$6#1$ was next
208:190,23@i   | to$9$ be sung.
208:190,23'  !| $PN#A$Anne could not refuse; but never had she
208:190,24'  !| sacrificed to$4$ politeness with a more suffering spirit.
208:190,25'  !| A few minutes, though as few as possible, were inevitably
208:190,26'  !| consumed; and when her own$2$ mistress again, when
208:190,27'  !| able to$9$ turn$1$ and look$1$ as she had done before$5$, she found
208:190,28'  !| herself accosted by$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, in a reserved yet
208:190,29'  !| hurried sort of farewell.
208:190,29B  !| "He must wish$1$ her good night.
208:190,30B  !| He was going ~ he should get home as fast as he could."
208:190,31A  !| "Is not this song worth staying for$4$?"
208:190,31'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
208:190,32'  !| suddenly struck by$4$ an idea which$6#1$ made her yet more
208:190,33'  !| anxious to$9$ be encouraging.
208:190,34B  !| "No$7$|"
208:190,34'  !| he replied impressively,
208:190,34B  !| "there is nothing
208:190,35B  !| worth my staying for$4$;"
208:190,35'  !| and he was gone directly.
208:190,36@a   | Jealousy of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot|  It was the only intelligible
208:190,37@a   | motive.  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth jealous of her affection|
208:190,38@a   | Could she have believed it a week ago ~ three hours ago|
208:191, 1'  !| For$4$ a moment the gratification was exquisite.  But alas|
208:191, 2'  !| there were very different thoughts to$9$ succeed.
208:191, 2@a   | How was
208:191, 3@a   | such jealousy to$9$ be quieted?  How was the truth to$9$
208:191, 4@a   | reach$1$ him?  How, in all the peculiar disadvantages of
208:191, 5@a   | their respective situations, would he ever learn her real
208:191, 6@a   | sentiments?  It was misery to$9$ think of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's
208:191, 7@a   | attentions. ~ Their evil was incalculable.
209:192, 1'  !| $PN#A$Anne recollected with pleasure the next morning her
209:192, 2'  !| promise$0$ of going to$4$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith; meaning$1$ that$3$ it should
209:192, 3'  !| engage her from home at the time when $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot would
209:192, 4'  !| be most likely to$9$ call$1$; for$3$ to$9$ avoid $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was almost
209:192, 5'  !| a first object$0$.
209:192, 6'  !| She felt a great deal$0#2$ of good*will towards him.
209:192, 6@a   | In
209:192, 7@a   | spite$8$ of the mischief of his attentions, she owed him
209:192, 8@a   | gratitude and regard$0$, perhaps compassion.  She could not
209:192, 9@a   | help$1$ thinking much of the extraordinary circumstances
209:192,10@a   | attending their acquaintance; of the right$0$ which$6#1$ he
209:192,11@a   | seemed to$9$ have to$9$ interest$1$ her, by$4$ every*thing in situation,
209:192,12@a   | by$4$ his own$2$ sentiments, by$4$ his early prepossession.
209:192,13@a   | It was altogether very extraordinary. ~ Flattering, but
209:192,14@a   | painful.  There was much to$9$ regret$1$.  How she might
209:192,15@a   | have felt, had there been no$2$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth in the
209:192,16@a   | case, was not worth enquiry; for$3$ there was a $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth:
209:192,17@a   | and be the conclusion of the present$9$ suspense
209:192,18@a   | good or bad, her affection would be his for*ever.
209:192,19@a   | Their union,
209:192,19'  !| she believed,
209:192,19@a   | could not divide her more from
209:192,20@a   | other men, than their final separation.
209:192,21'  !| Prettier musings of high-wrought love$0$ and eternal constancy,
209:192,22'  !| could never have passed along$4$ the streets of
209:192,23'  !| Bath$0#1$, than $PN#A$Anne was sporting with from Camden-place
209:192,24'  !| to$4$ Westgate-buildings.  It was almost enough to$9$ spread
209:192,25'  !| purification and perfume all the way.
209:192,26@a   | She was sure of a pleasant reception; and her friend
209:192,27@a   | seemed this morning particularly obliged to$4$ her for$4$
209:192,28@a   | coming, seemed hardly to$9$ have expected$1$ her, though it
209:192,29@a   | had been an appointment.
209:192,30'  !| An account$0$ of the concert was immediately claimed;
209:192,31'  !| and $PN#A$Anne's recollections of the concert were quite happy
209:192,32'  !| enough to$9$ animate$1$ her features, and make$1$ her rejoice to$9$
209:192,33'  !| talk$1$ of it.  All that$6#1$ she could tell, she told most gladly;
209:193, 1'  !| but the all was little for$4$ one who$6#1$ had been there, and
209:193, 2'  !| unsatisfactory for$4$ such an enquirer as $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, who$6#1$
209:193, 3'  !| had already heard, through$4$ the short*cut of a laundress
209:193, 4'  !| and a waiter, rather more of the general$2$ success and
209:193, 5'  !| produce of the evening than $PN#A$Anne could relate; and who$6#1$
209:193, 6'  !| now asked in vain for$4$ several particulars of the company.
209:193, 7'  !| Every*body of any consequence or notoriety in Bath$0#1$ was
209:193, 8'  !| well*known by$4$ name$0$ to$4$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith.
209:193, 9V  !| "The little $PN#ZJ$Durands were there, I conclude,"
209:193, 9'  !| said she,
209:193,10V  !| "with their mouths open$2$ to$9$ catch$1$ the music; like$9$
209:193,11V  !| unfledged sparrows ready to$9$ be fed.  They never miss
209:193,12V  !| a concert."
209:193,13A  !| "Yes.  I did not see them myself, but I heard $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
209:193,14A  !| say they were in the room."
209:193,15V  !| "The $PN#ZS$Ibbotsons ~ were they there? and the two new
209:193,16V  !| beauties, with the tall Irish officer, who$6#1$ is talked of for$4$
209:193,17V  !| one of them."
209:193,18A  !| "I do not know. ~ I do not think they were."
209:193,19V  !| "Old $PN#ZV$Lady*Mary*Maclean?  I need$1$ not ask after$4$ her.
209:193,20V  !| She never misses, I know; and you must have seen
209:193,21V  !| her.  She must have been in your own$2$ circle, for$3$ as you
209:193,22V  !| went with $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple, you were in the seats of
209:193,23V  !| grandeur; round$4$ the orchestra, of course$8$."
209:193,24A  !| "No$7$, that$6#2$ was what$6#1$ I dreaded.  It would have been
209:193,25A  !| very unpleasant to$4$ me in every respect$0$.  But happily
209:193,26A  !| $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple always chooses to$9$ be farther off; and
209:193,27A  !| we were exceedingly well*placed ~ that$6#2$ is for$4$ hearing;
209:193,28A  !| I must not say for$4$ seeing, because I appear to$9$ have seen
209:193,29A  !| very little."
209:193,30V  !| "Oh| you saw enough for$4$ your own$2$ amusement. ~
209:193,31V  !| I can understand.  There is a sort of domestic$2$ enjoyment
209:193,32V  !| to$9$ be known even$5$ in a crowd, and this you had.  You
209:193,33V  !| were a large party in yourselves, and you wanted nothing
209:193,34V  !| beyond$5$."
209:193,35A  !| "But I ought to$9$ have looked about$4$ me more,"
209:193,35'  !| said
209:193,36'  !| $PN#A$Anne, conscious while$9$ she spoke, that$3$
209:193,36@a   | there had in fact
209:193,37@a   | been no$2$ want$0$ of looking about$5$; that$3$ the object$0$ only
209:193,38@a   | had been deficient.
209:194, 1V  !| "No$7$, no$7$ ~ you were better$9$ employed.  You need$1$ not
209:194, 2V  !| tell me that$3$ you had a pleasant evening.  I see it in your
209:194, 3V  !| eye.  I perfectly see how the hours passed ~ that$3$ you had
209:194, 4V  !| always something agreeable to$9$ listen to$4$.  In the intervals
209:194, 5V  !| of the concert, it was conversation."
209:194, 6'  !| $PN#A$Anne half smiled and said,
209:194, 6A  !| "Do you see that$6#2$ in my
209:194, 7A  !| eye?"
209:194, 8V  !| "Yes, I do.  Your countenance perfectly informs me
209:194, 9V  !| that$3$ you were in company last$2$ night with the person,
209:194,10V  !| whom$6#1$ you think the most agreeable in the world, the
209:194,11V  !| person who$6#1$ interests$1$ you at this present$9$ time, more than
209:194,12V  !| all the rest$0#1$ of the world put together."
209:194,13'  !| A blush$0$ overspread $PN#A$Anne's cheeks.  She could say
209:194,14'  !| nothing.
209:194,15V  !| "And such being$1$ the case,"
209:194,15'  !| continued $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
209:194,16'  !| after$4$ a short$2$ pause$0$,
209:194,16V  !| "I hope$1$ you believe that$3$ I do know
209:194,17V  !| how to$9$ value$1$ your kindness in coming to$4$ me this morning.
209:194,18V  !| It is really very good of you to$9$ come and sit with me,
209:194,19V  !| when you must have so$5#1$ many pleasanter demands$0$ upon
209:194,20V  !| your time."
209:194,21'  !| $PN#A$Anne heard nothing of this.  She was still$5$ in the
209:194,22'  !| astonishment and confusion excited by$4$ her friend's
209:194,23'  !| penetration, unable to$9$ imagine how any report$0$ of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
209:194,24'  !| could have reached her.  After$4$ another short$2$
209:194,25'  !| silence$0$ ~
209:194,26V  !| "Pray,"
209:194,26'  !| said $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
209:194,26V  !| "is $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot aware of your
209:194,27V  !| acquaintance with me?  Does he know that$3$ I am in Bath$0#1$?"
209:194,28A  !| "$PN#I$Mr%*Elliot|"
209:194,28'  !| repeated $PN#A$Anne, looking up surprised.
209:194,29'  !| A moment's reflection shewed her the mistake$0$ she had
209:194,30'  !| been under.  She caught it instantaneously; and, recovering
209:194,31'  !| courage with the feeling$0$ of safety, soon added, more
209:194,32'  !| composedly,
209:194,32A  !| "are you acquainted with $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot?"
209:194,33V  !| "I have been a good deal$0#2$ acquainted with him,"
209:194,33'  !| replied
209:194,34'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, gravely,
209:194,34V  !| "but it seems worn out$5$ now.  It is
209:194,35V  !| a great while$0$ since we met."
209:194,36A  !| "I was not at all aware of this.  You never mentioned
209:194,37A  !| it before$5$.  Had I known it, I would have had the pleasure
209:194,38A  !| of talking to$4$ him about$4$ you."
209:195, 1V  !| "To$9$ confess the truth,"
209:195, 1'  !| said $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, assuming her
209:195, 2'  !| usual air of cheerfulness,
209:195, 2V  !| "that$6#2$ is exactly the pleasure
209:195, 3V  !| I want$1$ you to$9$ have.  I want$1$ you to$9$ talk$1$ about$4$ me to$4$
209:195, 4V  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  I want$1$ your interest$0$ with him.  He can be
209:195, 5V  !| of essential service to$4$ me; and if you would have the
209:195, 6V  !| goodness, my dear$2#1$ $PN#A$Miss*Elliot, to$9$ make$1$ it an object$0$ to$4$
209:195, 7V  !| yourself, of course$8$ it is done."
209:195, 8A  !| "I should be extremely happy ~ I hope$1$ you cannot
209:195, 9A  !| doubt$1$ my willingness to$9$ be of even$5$ the slightest use$0$ to$4$
209:195,10A  !| you,"
209:195,10'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne;
209:195,10A  !| "but I suspect that$3$ you are considering
209:195,11A  !| me as having a higher claim$0$ on$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot ~
209:195,12A  !| a greater right$0$ to$9$ influence$1$ him, than is really the case.
209:195,13A  !| I am sure you have, somehow or other, imbibed such
209:195,14A  !| a notion.  You must consider me only as $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's
209:195,15A  !| relation.  If in that$6#2$ light$0$, if there is any*thing which$6#1$ you
209:195,16A  !| suppose his cousin might fairly ask of him, I beg you
209:195,17A  !| would not hesitate to$9$ employ me."
209:195,18'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith gave her a penetrating glance$0$, and then,
209:195,19'  !| smiling, said,
209:195,20V  !| "I have been a little premature, I perceive.  I beg
209:195,21V  !| your pardon$0$.  I ought to$9$ have waited for$4$ official information.
209:195,22V  !| But now, my dear$2#1$ $PN#A$Miss*Elliot, as an old friend,
209:195,23V  !| do give me a hint$0$ as to$4$ when I may$1$ speak.  Next week?
209:195,24V  !| To$9$ be sure by$4$ next week I may$1$ be allowed to$9$ think it all
209:195,25V  !| settled$1$, and build my own$2$ selfish schemes on$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's
209:195,26V  !| good fortune."
209:195,27A  !| "No$7$,"
209:195,27'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne,
209:195,27A  !| "nor next week, nor next, nor
209:195,28A  !| next.  I assure you that$3$ nothing of the sort you are
209:195,29A  !| thinking of will$1$ be settled$1$ any week.  I am not going
209:195,30A  !| to$9$ marry $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  I should like$1$ to$9$ know why you
209:195,31A  !| imagine I am."
209:195,32'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith looked at her again, looked earnestly, smiled,
209:195,33'  !| shook her head$0$, and exclaimed,
209:195,34V  !| "Now, how I do wish$1$ I understood you|  How I do
209:195,35V  !| wish$1$ I knew what$6#1$ you were at|  I have a great idea that$3$
209:195,36V  !| you do not design$1$ to$9$ be cruel, when the right$2#1$ moment
209:195,37V  !| comes.  Till it does come, you know, we women never
209:195,38V  !| mean$1$ to$9$ have any*body.  It is a thing of course$8$ among
209:196, 1V  !| us, that$3$ every man is refused ~ till he offers$1$.  But why
209:196, 2V  !| should you be cruel?  Let me plead for$4$ my ~ present$9$
209:196, 3V  !| friend I cannot call$1$ him ~ but for$4$ my former friend.
209:196, 4V  !| Where can you look$1$ for$4$ a more suitable match$0$?  Where
209:196, 5V  !| could you expect a more gentlemanlike, agreeable man?
209:196, 6V  !| Let me recommend $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  I am sure you hear
209:196, 7V  !| nothing but good of him from $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis; and who$6#2$
209:196, 8V  !| can know him better$9$ than $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis?"
209:196, 9A  !| "My dear$2#1$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's wife has not been
209:196,10A  !| dead much above$4$ half a year.  He ought not to$9$ be
209:196,11A  !| supposed to$9$ be paying his addresses to$4$ any*one."
209:196,12V  !| "Oh| if these are your only objections,"
209:196,12'  !| cried
209:196,13'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, archly,
209:196,13V  !| "$PN#I$Mr%*Elliot is safe, and I shall give
209:196,14V  !| myself no$2$ more trouble$0$ about$4$ him.  Do not forget me
209:196,15V  !| when you are married, that's all.  Let him know me to$9$
209:196,16V  !| be a friend of yours, and then he will$1$ think little of the
209:196,17V  !| trouble$0$ required, which$6#1$ it is very natural$2$ for$4$ him now,
209:196,18V  !| with so$5#1$ many affairs and engagements of his own$2$, to$9$
209:196,19V  !| avoid and get rid of as he can ~ very natural$2$, perhaps.
209:196,20V  !| Ninety-nine out$8$ of a hundred would do the same.  Of
209:196,21V  !| course$8$, he cannot be aware of the importance to$4$ me.
209:196,22V  !| Well$7$, my dear$2#1$ $PN#A$Miss*Elliot, I hope$1$ and trust$1$ you will$1$ be
209:196,23V  !| very happy.  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot has sense to$9$ understand the value$0$
209:196,24V  !| of such a woman.  Your peace will$1$ not be shipwrecked
209:196,25V  !| as mine$0$ has been.  You are safe in all worldly matters,
209:196,26V  !| and safe in his character.  He will$1$ not be led astray, he
209:196,27V  !| will$1$ not be misled by$4$ others to$4$ his ruin$0$."
209:196,28A  !| "No$7$,"
209:196,28'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
209:196,28A  !| "I can readily believe all that$6#2$ of
209:196,29A  !| my cousin.  He seems to$9$ have a calm$2$, decided$2$ temper,
209:196,30A  !| not at all open$2$ to$4$ dangerous impressions.  I consider him
209:196,31A  !| with great respect$0$.  I have no$2$ reason$0$, from any*thing
209:196,32A  !| that$6#1$ has fallen within my observation, to$9$ do otherwise.
209:196,33A  !| But I have not known him long$9$; and he is not a man,
209:196,34A  !| I think, to$9$ be known intimately soon.  Will$1$ not this
209:196,35A  !| manner of speaking of him, $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, convince you
209:196,36A  !| that$3$ he is nothing to$4$ me?  Surely, this must be calm$2$
209:196,37A  !| enough.  And, upon my word, he is nothing to$4$ me.
209:196,38A  !| Should he ever propose to$4$ me (which$6#1$ I have very little
209:197, 1A  !| reason$0$ to$9$ imagine he has any thought$0$ of doing), I shall
209:197, 2A  !| not accept him.  I assure you I shall not.  I assure you
209:197, 3A  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had not the share$0$ which$6#1$ you have been supposing,
209:197, 4A  !| in whatever pleasure the concert of last$2$ night
209:197, 5A  !| might afford: ~ not $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot; it is not $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
209:197, 6A  !| that$6#1$ ~"
209:197, 7'  !| She stopped, regretting with a deep blush$0$ that$3$ she had
209:197, 8'  !| implied so$5#1$ much; but less would hardly have been
209:197, 9'  !| sufficient.  $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith would hardly have believed so$5#1$
209:197,10'  !| soon in $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's failure, but from the perception of
209:197,11'  !| there being$1$ somebody else.  As it was, she instantly
209:197,12'  !| submitted, and with all the semblance of seeing nothing
209:197,13'  !| beyond$5$; and $PN#A$Anne, eager to$9$ escape$1$ farther notice$0$, was
209:197,14'  !| impatient to$9$ know
209:197,14@a   | why $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith should have fancied
209:197,15@a   | she was to$9$ marry $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, where she could have received
209:197,16@a   | the idea, or from whom$6#1$ she could have heard it.
209:197,17A  !| "Do tell me how it first came into your head$0$."
209:197,18V  !| "It first came into my head$0$,"
209:197,18'  !| replied $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
209:197,19V  !| "upon finding how much you were together, and feeling$1$
209:197,20V  !| it to$9$ be the most probable thing in the world to$9$ be wished
209:197,21V  !| for$5$ by$4$ everybody belonging to$4$ either of you; and you
209:197,22V  !| may$1$ depend upon it that$3$ all your acquaintance have
209:197,23V  !| disposed of you in the same way.  But I never heard it
209:197,24V  !| spoken of till two days ago."
209:197,25A  !| "And has it indeed been spoken of?"
209:197,26V  !| "Did you observe the woman who$6#1$ opened the door to$4$
209:197,27V  !| you, when you called yesterday?"
209:197,28A  !| "No$7$.  Was not it $PN#ZZH$Mrs%*Speed, as usual, or the maid?
209:197,29A  !| I observed no*one in particular."
209:197,30V  !| "It was my friend, $PN#ZZA$Mrs%*Rooke ~ $PN#ZZA$Nurse*Rooke, who$6#1$, by*the*by,
209:197,31V  !| had a great curiosity to$9$ see you, and was delighted
209:197,32V  !| to$9$ be in the way to$9$ let you in.  She came away from
209:197,33V  !| Marlborough-buildings only on$4$ Sunday; and she it was
209:197,34V  !| who$6#1$ told me you were to$9$ marry $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  She had had
209:197,35V  !| it from $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis herself, which$6#1$ did not seem bad
209:197,36V  !| authority.  She sat an hour with me on$4$ Monday evening,
209:197,37V  !| and gave me the whole$2$ history."
209:197,38A  !| "The whole$2$ history|"
209:197,38'  !| repeated $PN#A$Anne, laughing.
209:197,38A  !| "She
209:198, 1A  !| could not make$1$ a very long$9$ history, I think, of one such
209:198, 2A  !| little article of unfounded news."
209:198, 3'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith said nothing.
209:198, 4A  !| "But,"
209:198, 4'  !| continued $PN#A$Anne, presently,
209:198, 4A  !| "though there is
209:198, 5A  !| no$2$ truth in my having this claim$0$ on$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, I should
209:198, 6A  !| be extremely happy to$9$ be of use$0$ to$4$ you, in any way that$6#1$
209:198, 7A  !| I could.  Shall I mention$1$ to$4$ him your being$1$ in Bath$0#1$?
209:198, 8A  !| Shall I take any message?"
209:198, 9V  !| "No$7$, I thank you:  no$7$, certainly not.  In the warmth
209:198,10V  !| of the moment, and under a mistaken impression, I might,
209:198,11V  !| perhaps, have endeavoured to$9$ interest$1$ you in some circumstances.
209:198,12V  !| But not now:  no$7$, I thank you, I have
209:198,13V  !| nothing to$9$ trouble$1$ you with."
209:198,14A  !| "I think you spoke of having known $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot many
209:198,15A  !| years?"
209:198,16V  !| "I did."
209:198,17A  !| "Not before$3$ he married, I suppose?"
209:198,18V  !| "Yes; he was not married when I knew him first."
209:198,19A  !| "And ~ were you much acquainted?"
209:198,20V  !| "Intimately."
209:198,21A  !| "Indeed|  Then do tell me what$6#1$ he was at that$6#2$ time
209:198,22A  !| of life.  I have a great curiosity to$9$ know what$6#1$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
209:198,23A  !| was as a very young man.  Was he at all such as he
209:198,24A  !| appears now?"
209:198,25V  !| "I have not seen $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot these three years,"
209:198,25'  !| was
209:198,26'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith's answer$0$, given so$5#1$ gravely that$3$ it was impossible
209:198,27'  !| to$9$ pursue the subject$0$ farther; and $PN#A$Anne felt that$3$
209:198,28'  !| she had gained nothing but an increase$0$ of curiosity.  They
209:198,29'  !| were both silent ~ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith very thoughtful.  At last$0$,
209:198,30V  !| "I beg your pardon$0$, my dear$2#1$ $PN#A$Miss*Elliot,"
209:198,30'  !| she cried,
209:198,31'  !| in her natural$2$ tone of cordiality,
209:198,31V  !| "I beg your pardon$0$ for$4$
209:198,32V  !| the short$2$ answers I have been giving you, but I have
209:198,33V  !| been uncertain what$6#1$ I ought to$9$ do.  I have been doubting
209:198,34V  !| and considering as to$4$ what$6#1$ I ought to$9$ tell you.  There
209:198,35V  !| were many things to$9$ be taken into the account$0$.  One
209:198,36V  !| hates to$9$ be officious, to$9$ be giving bad impressions, making
209:198,37V  !| mischief.  Even$5$ the smooth$2$ surface of family-union seems
209:198,38V  !| worth preserving, though there may$1$ be nothing durable
209:199, 1V  !| beneath.  However, I have determined$1$; I think I am
209:199, 2V  !| right$2#1$; I think you ought to$9$ be made acquainted with
209:199, 3V  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's real character.  Though I fully believe that$3$,
209:199, 4V  !| at present$0#1$, you have not the smallest intention of accepting
209:199, 5V  !| him, there is no$2$ saying what$6#1$ may$1$ happen.  You
209:199, 6V  !| might, some time or other, be differently affected towards
209:199, 7V  !| him.  Hear the truth, therefore, now, while$9$ you are
209:199, 8V  !| unprejudiced.  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot is a man without heart or
209:199, 9V  !| conscience; a designing, wary, cold-blooded being$0$, who$6#1$
209:199,10V  !| thinks only of himself; who$6#1$, for$4$ his own$2$ interest$0$ or ease$0$,
209:199,11V  !| would be guilty of any cruelty, or any treachery, that$6#1$
209:199,12V  !| could be perpetrated without risk$0$ of his general$2$ character.
209:199,13V  !| He has no$2$ feeling$0$ for$4$ others.  Those whom$6#1$ he has been
209:199,14V  !| the chief cause of leading into ruin$0$, he can neglect$1$ and
209:199,15V  !| desert$1$ without the smallest compunction.  He is totally
209:199,16V  !| beyond$4$ the reach$0$ of any sentiment of justice or compassion.
209:199,17V  !| Oh| he is black at heart, hollow and black|"
209:199,18'  !| $PN#A$Anne's astonished air, and exclamation of wonder$0$, made
209:199,19'  !| her pause$1$, and in a calmer manner she added,
209:199,20V  !| "My expressions startle you.  You must allow for$4$ an
209:199,21V  !| injured, angry woman.  But I will$1$ try to$9$ command$1$ myself.
209:199,22V  !| I will$1$ not abuse him.  I will$1$ only tell you what$6#1$
209:199,23V  !| I have found him.  Facts shall speak.  He was the
209:199,24V  !| intimate$2$ friend of my dear$2#1$ husband, who$6#1$ trusted and
209:199,25V  !| loved him, and thought$1$ him as good as himself.  The
209:199,26V  !| intimacy had been formed before$4$ our marriage.  I found
209:199,27V  !| them most intimate$2$ friends; and I, too$5#2$, became excessively
209:199,28V  !| pleased with $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, and entertained the highest
209:199,29V  !| opinion of him.  At nineteen, you know, one does not
209:199,30V  !| think very seriously, but $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot appeared to$4$ me quite
209:199,31V  !| as good as others, and much more agreeable than most
209:199,32V  !| others, and we were almost always together.  We were
209:199,33V  !| principally in town, living$9$ in very good style.  He was
209:199,34V  !| then the inferior in circumstances, he was then the poor
209:199,35V  !| one; he had chambers in the Temple, and it was as
209:199,36V  !| much as he could do to$9$ support$1$ the appearance of a gentleman.
209:199,37V  !| He had always a home with us whenever he chose
209:199,38V  !| it; he was always welcome$2$; he was like$9$ a brother.  My
209:200, 1V  !| poor $PN#ZZG$Charles, who$6#1$ had the finest, most generous spirit in
209:200, 2V  !| the world, would have divided his last$2$ farthing with him;
209:200, 3V  !| and I know that$3$ his purse was open$2$ to$4$ him; I know
209:200, 4V  !| that$3$ he often assisted him."
209:200, 5A  !| "This must have been about$4$ that$6#2$ very period of
209:200, 6A  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's life,"
209:200, 6'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
209:200, 6A  !| "which$6#1$ has always excited
209:200, 7A  !| my particular curiosity.  It must have been about$4$ the
209:200, 8A  !| same time that$6#1$ he became known to$4$ my father and sister.
209:200, 9A  !| I never knew him myself, I only heard of him, but there
209:200,10A  !| was a something in his conduct$0$ then with regard$0$ to$4$ my
209:200,11A  !| father and sister, and afterwards in the circumstances of
209:200,12A  !| his marriage, which$6#1$ I never could quite reconcile with
209:200,13A  !| present$9$ times.  It seemed to$9$ announce a different sort
209:200,14A  !| of man."
209:200,15V  !| "I know it all, I know it all,"
209:200,15'  !| cried $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith.
209:200,15V  !| "He
209:200,16V  !| had been introduced to$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter and your sister before$3$
209:200,17V  !| I was acquainted with him, but I heard him speak of
209:200,18V  !| them for*ever.  I know he was invited and encouraged,
209:200,19V  !| and I know he did not choose to$9$ go.  I can satisfy you,
209:200,20V  !| perhaps, on$4$ points which$6#1$ you would little expect; and
209:200,21V  !| as to$4$ his marriage, I knew all about$4$ it at the time.  I was
209:200,22V  !| privy to$4$ all the fors and againsts, I was the friend to$4$
209:200,23V  !| whom$6#1$ he confided his hopes$0$ and plans, and though I did
209:200,24V  !| not know his wife previously, (her inferior situation in
209:200,25V  !| society, indeed, rendered that$6#2$ impossible) yet I knew her
209:200,26V  !| all her life afterwards, or, at least, till within the last$2$
209:200,27V  !| two years of her life, and can answer$1$ any question$0$ you
209:200,28V  !| wish$1$ to$9$ put."
209:200,29A  !| "Nay,"
209:200,29'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
209:200,29A  !| "I have no$2$ particular enquiry to$9$
209:200,30A  !| make$1$ about$4$ her.  I have always understood they were
209:200,31A  !| not a happy couple.  But I should like$1$ to$9$ know why, at
209:200,32A  !| that$6#2$ time of his life, he should slight$1$ my father's acquaintance
209:200,33A  !| as he did.  My father was certainly disposed to$9$
209:200,34A  !| take very kind$2$ and proper notice$0$ of him.  Why did
209:200,35A  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot draw back$5$?"
209:200,36V  !| "$PN#I$Mr%*Elliot,"
209:200,36'  !| replied $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
209:200,36V  !| "at that$6#2$ period of
209:200,37V  !| his life, had one object$0$ in view$0$ ~ to$9$ make$1$ his fortune, and
209:200,38V  !| by$4$ a rather quicker process than the law.  He was determined$2$
209:201, 1V  !| to$9$ make$1$ it by$4$ marriage.  He was determined$2$, at
209:201, 2V  !| least, not to$9$ mar it by$4$ an imprudent marriage; and
209:201, 3V  !| I know it was his belief, (whether justly or not, of course$8$
209:201, 4V  !| I cannot decide) that$3$ your father and sister, in their
209:201, 5V  !| civilities and invitations, were designing a match$0$ between
209:201, 6V  !| the heir and the young lady; and it was impossible that$3$
209:201, 7V  !| such a match$0$ should have answered his ideas of wealth
209:201, 8V  !| and independance.  That$6#2$ was his motive for$4$ drawing
209:201, 9V  !| back$5$, I can assure you.  He told me the whole$2$ story.
209:201,10V  !| He had no$2$ concealments with me.  It was curious, that$3$
209:201,11V  !| having just$9$ left$1$ you behind me in Bath$0#1$, my first and
209:201,12V  !| principal$2$ acquaintance on$4$ marrying, should be your
209:201,13V  !| cousin; and that$3$, through$4$ him, I should be continually
209:201,14V  !| hearing of your father and sister.  He described one
209:201,15V  !| $PN#H$Miss*Elliot, and I thought$1$ very affectionately of the
209:201,16V  !| other."
209:201,17A  !| "Perhaps,"
209:201,17'  !| cried $PN#A$Anne, struck by$4$ a sudden$2$ idea,
209:201,17A  !| "you
209:201,18A  !| sometimes spoke of me to$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot?"
209:201,19V  !| "To$9$ be sure I did, very often.  I used$1#2$ to$9$ boast$1$ of my
209:201,20V  !| own$2$ $PN#A$Anne*Elliot, and vouch for$4$ your being$1$ a very different
209:201,21V  !| creature from ~"
209:201,22'  !| She checked herself just$9$ in time.
209:201,23A  !| "This accounts for$4$ something which$6#1$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot said
209:201,24A  !| last$2$ night,"
209:201,24'  !| cried $PN#A$Anne.
209:201,24A  !| "This explains it.  I found he
209:201,25A  !| had been used$1#2$ to$9$ hear of me.  I could not comprehend
209:201,26A  !| how.  What$7$ wild imaginations one forms, where dear$2#1$ self
209:201,27A  !| is concerned|  How sure to$9$ be mistaken|  But I beg
209:201,28A  !| your pardon$0$; I have interrupted you.  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot married,
209:201,29A  !| then, completely for$4$ money?  The circumstance, probably,
209:201,30A  !| which$6#1$ first opened your eyes to$4$ his character."
209:201,31'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith hesitated a little here.
209:201,31V  !| "Oh| those things
209:201,32V  !| are too$5#1$ common$2$.  When one lives$1$ in the world, a man
209:201,33V  !| or woman's marrying for$4$ money is too$5#1$ common$2$ to$9$ strike
209:201,34V  !| one as it ought.  I was very young, and associated only
209:201,35V  !| with the young, and we were a thoughtless, gay set$0$,
209:201,36V  !| without any strict rules$0$ of conduct$0$.  We lived for$4$ enjoyment.
209:201,37V  !| I think differently now; time and sickness, and
209:201,38V  !| sorrow, have given me other notions; but, at that$6#2$ period,
209:202, 1V  !| I must own$1$ I saw nothing reprehensible in what$6#1$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
209:202, 2V  !| was doing.  ""To$9$ do the best for$4$ himself,"" passed as
209:202, 3V  !| a duty."
209:202, 4A  !| "But was not she a very low woman?"
209:202, 5V  !| "Yes; which$6#1$ I objected to$4$, but he would not regard$1$.
209:202, 6V  !| Money, money, was all that$6#1$ he wanted.  Her father was
209:202, 7V  !| a grazier, her grandfather had been a butcher, but that$6#2$
209:202, 8V  !| was all nothing.  She was a fine woman, had had a decent
209:202, 9V  !| education, was brought forward$8$ by$4$ some cousins, thrown
209:202,10V  !| by$4$ chance$0$ into $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's company, and fell in love$0$
209:202,11V  !| with him; and not a difficulty or a scruple$0$ was there
209:202,12V  !| on$4$ his side$0$, with respect$0$ to$4$ her birth$0#1$.  All his caution$0$
209:202,13V  !| was spent in being$1$ secured of the real amount of her
209:202,14V  !| fortune, before$3$ he committed himself.  Depend upon it,
209:202,15V  !| whatever esteem$0$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot may$1$ have for$4$ his own$2$ situation
209:202,16V  !| in life now, as a young man he had not the smallest
209:202,17V  !| value$0$ for$4$ it.  His chance$0$ of the Kellynch estate was
209:202,18V  !| something, but all the honour$0$ of the family he held as
209:202,19V  !| cheap as dirt.  I have often heard him declare, that$3$ if
209:202,20V  !| baronetcies were saleable, any*body should have his for$4$
209:202,21V  !| fifty pounds, arms and motto, name$0$ and livery included;
209:202,22V  !| but I will$1$ not pretend to$9$ repeat half that$6#1$ I used$1#2$ to$9$ hear
209:202,23V  !| him say on$4$ that$6#2$ subject$0$.  It would not be fair.  And yet
209:202,24V  !| you ought to$9$ have proof; for$3$ what$6#1$ is all this but assertion?
209:202,25V  !| and you shall have proof."
209:202,26A  !| "Indeed, my dear$2#1$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, I want$1$ none,"
209:202,26'  !| cried
209:202,27'  !| $PN#A$Anne.
209:202,27A  !| "You have asserted nothing contradictory to$4$
209:202,28A  !| what$6#1$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot appeared to$9$ be some years ago.  This is
209:202,29A  !| all in confirmation, rather, of what$6#1$ we used$1#2$ to$9$ hear and
209:202,30A  !| believe.  I am more curious to$9$ know why he should be
209:202,31A  !| so$5#1$ different now?"
209:202,32V  !| "But for$4$ my satisfaction; if you will$1$ have the goodness
209:202,33V  !| to$9$ ring$1$ for$4$ $PN#ZW$Mary ~ stay$1$, I am sure you will$1$ have the
209:202,34V  !| still$5$ greater goodness of going yourself into my bed-room,
209:202,35V  !| and bringing me the small inlaid box which$6#1$ you will$1$ find
209:202,36V  !| on$4$ the upper shelf of the closet."
209:202,37'  !| $PN#A$Anne, seeing her friend to$9$ be earnestly bent on$4$ it, did
209:202,38'  !| as she was desired.  The box was brought and placed
209:203, 1'  !| before$4$ her, and $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, sighing over it as she unlocked
209:203, 2'  !| it, said,
209:203, 3V  !| "This is full of papers belonging to$4$ him, to$4$ my husband,
209:203, 4V  !| a small portion only of what$6#1$ I had to$9$ look$1$ over when
209:203, 5V  !| I lost him.  The letter I am looking for$4$, was one written
209:203, 6V  !| by$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot to$4$ him before$4$ our marriage, and happened
209:203, 7V  !| to$9$ be saved; why, one can hardly imagine.  But he was
209:203, 8V  !| careless and immethodical, like$9$ other men, about$4$ those
209:203, 9V  !| things; and when I came to$9$ examine his papers, I found
209:203,10V  !| it with others still$5$ more trivial from different people
209:203,11V  !| scattered here and there, while$9$ many letters and memorandums
209:203,12V  !| of real importance had been destroyed.  Here it
209:203,13V  !| is.  I would not burn it, because being$1$ even$5$ then very
209:203,14V  !| little satisfied$2$ with $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, I was determined$2$ to$9$ preserve
209:203,15V  !| every document of former intimacy.  I have now
209:203,16V  !| another motive for$4$ being$1$ glad that$3$ I can produce it."
209:203,17'  !| This was the letter, directed to$4$
209:203,17I  !| "$PN#ZZG$Charles*Smith_*Esq%
209:203,18I  !| Tunbridge*Wells,"
209:203,18'  !| and dated from London, as far back$5$
209:203,19'  !| as July_*1803.
209:203,20     |
209:203,21I  !| "Dear$2#1$ $PN#ZZG$Smith,
209:203,22I  !| "I have received yours.  Your kindness almost overpowers
209:203,23I  !| "me.  I wish$1$ nature had made such hearts as
209:203,24I  !| "yours more common$2$, but I have lived three*and*twenty
209:203,25I  !| "years in the world, and have seen none like$9$ it.  At
209:203,26I  !| "present$0#1$, believe me, I have no$2$ need$0$ of your services,
209:203,27I  !| "being$1$ in cash again.  Give me joy:  I have got rid of
209:203,28I  !| "$PN#G$Sir*Walter and $PN#H$Miss.  They are gone back$5$ to$4$ Kellynch,
209:203,29I  !| "and almost made me swear to$9$ visit$1$ them this summer,
209:203,30I  !| "but my first visit$0$ to$4$ Kellynch will$1$ be with a surveyor,
209:203,31I  !| "to$9$ tell me how to$9$ bring it with best advantage to$4$ the
209:203,32I  !| "hammer.  The baronet, nevertheless, is not unlikely to$9$
209:203,33I  !| "marry again; he is quite fool enough.  If he does,
209:203,34I  !| "however, they will$1$ leave$1$ me in peace, which$6#1$ may$1$ be
209:203,35I  !| "a decent equivalent for$4$ the reversion.  He is worse than
209:203,36I  !| "last$2$ year.
209:203,37I  !| "I wish$1$ I had any name$0$ but $PN#G1$Elliot.  I am sick of it.
209:203,38I  !| "The name$0$ of $PN#I$Walter I can drop$1$, thank God| and
209:204, 1I  !| "I desire$1$ you will$1$ never insult me with my second$2$ $PN#I$W%
209:204, 2I  !| "again, meaning$1$, for$4$ the rest$0#1$ of my life, to$9$ be only yours
209:204, 3I  !| "truly,
209:204, 4I  !|                                        "$PN#I$WM%*ELLIOT."
209:204, 5     |
209:204, 6'  !| Such a letter could not be read without putting $PN#A$Anne
209:204, 7'  !| in a glow; and $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, observing the high colour
209:204, 8'  !| in her face$0$, said,
209:204, 9V  !| "The language, I know, is highly disrespectful.  Though
209:204,10V  !| I have forgot the exact$2$ terms, I have a perfect$2$ impression
209;204,11V  !| of the general$2$ meaning$0$.  But it shews you the man.
209:204,12V  !| Mark$1$ his professions to$4$ my poor husband.  Can any*thing
209:204,13V  !| be stronger?"
209:204,14'  !| $PN#A$Anne could not immediately get over the shock$0$ and
209:204,15'  !| mortification of finding such words applied to$4$ her father.
209:204,16'  !| She was obliged to$9$ recollect that$3$ her seeing the letter was
209:204,17'  !| a violation of the laws of honour$0$, that$3$ no*one ought to$9$
209:204,18'  !| be judged or to$9$ be known by$4$ such testimonies, that$3$ no$2$
209:204,19'  !| private$2$ correspondence could bear$1$ the eye of others,
209:204,20'  !| before$3$ she could recover calmness enough to$9$ return$1$ the
209:204,21'  !| letter which$6#1$ she had been meditating over, and say,
209:204,22A  !| "Thank you.  This is full proof undoubtedly, proof of
209:204,23A  !| every*thing you were saying.  But why be acquainted
209:204,24A  !| with us now?"
209:204,25V  !| "I can explain this too$5#2$,"
209:204,25'  !| cried $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, smiling.
209:204,26A  !| "Can you really?"
209:204,27V  !| "Yes.  I have shewn you $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, as he was a dozen
209:204,28V  !| years ago, and I will$1$ shew$1$ him as he is now.  I cannot
209:204,29V  !| produce written proof again, but I can give as authentic
209:204,30V  !| oral testimony as you can desire$1$, of what$6#1$ he is now
209:204,31V  !| wanting, and what$6#1$ he is now doing.  He is no$2$ hypocrite
209:204,32V  !| now.  He truly wants$1$ to$9$ marry you.  His present$9$ attentions
209:204,33V  !| to$4$ your family are very sincere, quite from the heart.
209:204,34V  !| I will$1$ give you my authority; his friend $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis."
209:204,35A  !| "$PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis| are you acquainted with him?"
209:204,36V  !| "No$7$.  It does not come to$4$ me in quite so$5#1$ direct$2$ a line
209:204,37V  !| as that$6#2$; it takes a bend$0$ or two, but nothing of consequence.
209:204,38V  !| The stream is as good as at first; the little
209:205, 1V  !| rubbish it collects in the turnings, is easily moved away.
209:205, 2V  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot talks unreservedly to$4$ $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis of his
209:205, 3V  !| views on$4$ you ~ which$6#1$ said $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis I imagine to$9$ be
209:205, 4V  !| in himself a sensible$2#2$, careful, discerning sort of character;
209:205, 5V  !| but $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis has a very pretty$2$ silly wife, to$4$ whom$6#1$
209:205, 6V  !| he tells things which$6#1$ he had better$9$ not, and he repeats
209:205, 7V  !| it all to$4$ her.  She, in the overflowing spirits of her
209:205, 8V  !| recovery, repeats it all to$4$ her nurse$0$; and the nurse$0$,
209:205, 9V  !| knowing my acquaintance with you, very naturally brings
209:205,10V  !| it all to$4$ me.  On$4$ Monday evening my good friend
209:205,11V  !| $PN#ZZA$Mrs%*Rooke let me thus much into the secrets of Marlborough-buildings.
209:205,12V  !| When I talked of a whole$2$ history
209:205,13V  !| therefore, you see, I was not romancing so$5#1$ much as you
209:205,14V  !| supposed."
209:205,15A  !| "My dear$2#1$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, your authority is deficient.  This
209:205,16A  !| will$1$ not do.  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's having any views on$4$ me will$1$
209:205,17A  !| not in the least account$1$ for$4$ the efforts he made towards
209:205,18A  !| a reconciliation with my father.  That$6#2$ was all prior to$4$
209:205,19A  !| my coming to$4$ Bath$0#1$.  I found them on$4$ the most friendly
209:205,20A  !| terms when I arrived."
209:205,21V  !| "I know you did; I know it all perfectly, but" ~
209:205,22A  !| "Indeed, $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, we must not expect to$9$ get real
209:205,23A  !| information in such a line.  Facts or opinions which$6#1$ are
209:205,24A  !| to$9$ pass$1$ through$4$ the hands of so$5#1$ many, to$9$ be misconceived
209:205,25A  !| by$4$ folly in one, and ignorance in another, can hardly
209:205,26A  !| have much truth left$1$."
209:205,27V  !| "Only give me a hearing.  You will$1$ soon be able to$9$
209:205,28V  !| judge$1$ of the general$2$ credit$0$ due$2$, by$4$ listening to$4$ some
209:205,29V  !| particulars which$6#1$ you can yourself immediately contradict
209:205,30V  !| or confirm.  Nobody supposes that$3$ you were his first
209:205,31V  !| inducement.  He had seen you indeed, before$3$ he came
209:205,32V  !| to$4$ Bath$0#1$ and admired you, but without knowing it to$9$ be
209:205,33V  !| you.  So$5#2$ says my historian at least.  Is this true?  Did
209:205,34V  !| he see you last$2$ summer or autumn, ""somewhere down$5$ in
209:205,35V  !| the west,"" to$9$ use$1$ her own$2$ words, without knowing it to$9$
209:205,36V  !| be you?"
209:205,37A  !| "He certainly did.  So$5#1$ far it is very true.  At Lyme;
209:205,38A  !| I happened to$9$ be at Lyme."
209:206, 1V  !| "Well$7$,"
209:206, 1'  !| continued $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith triumphantly,
209:206, 1V  !| "grant
209:206, 2V  !| my friend the credit$0$ due$2$ to$4$ the establishment of the first
209:206, 3V  !| point$0$ asserted.  He saw you then at Lyme, and liked you
209:206, 4V  !| so$5#1$ well$9$ as to$9$ be exceedingly pleased to$9$ meet$1$ with you
209:206, 5V  !| again in Camden-place, as $PN#A$Miss*Anne*Elliot, and from
209:206, 6V  !| that$6#2$ moment, I have no$2$ doubt$0$, had a double$2$ motive in
209:206, 7V  !| his visits there.  But there was another, and an earlier;
209:206, 8V  !| which$6#1$ I will$1$ now explain.  If there is any*thing in my
209:206, 9V  !| story which$6#1$ you know to$9$ be either false or improbable,
209:206,10V  !| stop$1$ me.  My account$0$ states, that$3$ your sister's friend,
209:206,11V  !| the lady now staying with you, whom$6#1$ I have heard you
209:206,12V  !| mention$1$, came to$4$ Bath$0#1$ with $PN#H$Miss*Elliot and $PN#G$Sir*Walter
209:206,13V  !| as long$9$ ago as September, (in short$0$ when they first came
209:206,14V  !| themselves) and has been staying there ever since; that$3$
209:206,15V  !| she is a clever, insinuating, handsome woman, poor and
209:206,16V  !| plausible, and altogether such in situation and manner,
209:206,17V  !| as to$9$ give a general$2$ idea among $PN#G$Sir*Walter's acquaintance,
209:206,18V  !| of her meaning$1$ to$9$ be $PN#C$Lady*Elliot, and as general$2$ a surprise$0$
209:206,19V  !| that$3$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot should be apparently blind$2$ to$4$ the
209:206,20V  !| danger."
209:206,21'  !| Here $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith paused a moment; but $PN#A$Anne had
209:206,22'  !| not a word to$9$ say, and she continued,
209:206,23V  !| "This was the light$0$ in which$6#1$ it appeared to$4$ those who$6#1$
209:206,24V  !| knew the family, long$9$ before$4$ your return$0$ to$4$ it; and
209:206,25V  !| $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis had his eye upon your father enough to$9$
209:206,26V  !| be sensible$2#1$ of it, though he did not then visit$1$ in Camden-place;
209:206,27V  !| but his regard$0$ for$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot gave him an interest$0$
209:206,28V  !| in watching all that$6#1$ was going on$5$ there, and when
209:206,29V  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot came to$4$ Bath$0#1$ for$4$ a day or two, as he happened
209:206,30V  !| to$9$ do a little before$4$ Christmas, $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis made him
209:206,31V  !| acquainted with the appearance of things, and the reports
209:206,32V  !| beginning$1$ to$9$ prevail. ~ Now you are to$9$ understand that$3$
209:206:33V  !| time had worked a very material$2$ change$0$ in $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's
209:206,34V  !| opinions as to$4$ the value$0$ of a baronetcy.  Upon all points
209:206,35V  !| of blood and connexion, he is a completely altered man.
209:206,36V  !| Having long$9$ had as much money as he could spend,
209:206,37V  !| nothing to$9$ wish$1$ for$4$ on$4$ the side$0$ of avarice or indulgence,
209:206,38V  !| he has been gradually learning to$9$ pin his happiness upon
209:207, 1V  !| the consequence he is heir to$4$.  I thought$1$ it coming on$5$,
209:207, 2V  !| before$3$ our acquaintance ceased, but it is now a confirmed
209:207, 3V  !| feeling$0$.  He cannot bear$1$ the idea of not being$1$ $PN#I$Sir*William.
209:207, 4V  !| You may$1$ guess$1$ therefore that$3$ the news he heard from
209:207, 5V  !| his friend, could not be very agreeable, and you may$1$
209:207, 6V  !| guess$1$ what$6#1$ it produced; the resolution of coming back$5$
209:207, 7V  !| to$4$ Bath$0#1$ as soon as possible, and of fixing himself here
209:207, 8V  !| for$4$ a time, with the view$0$ of renewing his former acquaintance
209:207, 9V  !| and recovering such a footing in the family, as
209:207,10V  !| might give him the means$0$ of ascertaining the degree of
209:207,11V  !| his danger, and of circumventing the lady if he found it
209:207,12V  !| material$2$.  This was agreed upon between the two friends,
209:207,13V  !| as the only thing to$9$ be done; and $PN#ZZM$Colonel*Wallis was
209:207,14V  !| to$9$ assist in every way that$6#1$ he could.  He was to$9$ be
209:207,15V  !| introduced, and $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis was to$9$ be introduced, and
209:207,16V  !| every*body was to$9$ be introduced.  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot came back$5$
209:207,17V  !| accordingly; and on$4$ application was forgiven, as you
209:207,18V  !| know, and re-admitted into the family; and there it was
209:207,19V  !| his constant object$0$, and his only object$0$ (till your arrival
209:207,20V  !| added another motive) to$9$ watch$1$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter and $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay.
209:207,21V  !| He omitted no$2$ opportunity of being$1$ with them, threw
209:207,22V  !| himself in their way, called at all hours ~ but I need$1$ not
209:207,23V  !| be particular on$4$ this subject$0$.  You can imagine what$6#1$ an
209:207,24V  !| artful man would do; and with this guide$0$, perhaps, may$1$
209:207,25V  !| recollect what$6#1$ you have seen him do."
209:207,26A  !| "Yes,"
209:207,26'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
209:207,26A  !| "you tell me nothing which$6#1$ does
209:207,27A  !| not accord with what$6#1$ I have known, or could imagine.
209:207,28A  !| There is always something offensive in the details of
209:207,29A  !| cunning.  The mano*euvres of selfishness and duplicity
209:207,30A  !| must ever be revolting, but I have heard nothing which$6#1$
209:207,31A  !| really surprises me.  I know those who$6#1$ would be shocked
209:207,32A  !| by$4$ such a representation of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, who$6#1$ would have
209:207,33A  !| difficulty in believing it; but I have never been satisfied$2$.
209:207,34A  !| I have always wanted some other motive for$4$ his conduct$0$
209:207,35A  !| than appeared. ~ I should like$1$ to$9$ know his present$9$ opinion,
209:207,36A  !| as to$4$ the probability of the event he has been in dread$0$
209:207,37A  !| of; whether he considers the danger to$9$ be lessening
209:207,38A  !| or not."
209:208, 1V  !| "Lessening, I understand,"
209:208, 1'  !| replied $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith.
209:208, 1V  !| "He
209:208, 2V  !| thinks $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay afraid of him, aware that$3$ he sees through$4$
209:208, 3V  !| her, and not daring to$9$ proceed as she might do in his
209:208, 4V  !| absence.  But since he must be absent some*time or
209:208, 5V  !| other, I do not perceive how he can ever be secure$2$, while$9$
209:208, 6V  !| she holds her present$9$ influence$0$.  $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis has an
209:208, 7V  !| amusing idea, as nurse$0$ tells me, that$3$ it is to$9$ be put into
209:208, 8V  !| the marriage articles when you and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot marry,
209:208, 9V  !| that$3$ your father is not to$9$ marry $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay.  A scheme$0$,
209:208,10V  !| worthy of $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis's understanding$0$, by$4$ all accounts;
209:208,11V  !| but my sensible$2#2$ $PN#ZZA$nurse*Rooke sees the absurdity of it. ~
209:208,12V  !| ""Why, to$9$ be sure ma'am,"" said she, ""it would not
209:208,13V  !| prevent his marrying any*body else.""  And indeed, to$9$
209:208,14V  !| own$1$ the truth, I do not think nurse$0$ in her heart is a very
209:208,15V  !| strenuous opposer of $PN#G$Sir*Walter's making a second$2$ match$0$.
209:208,16V  !| She must be allowed to$9$ be a favourer of matrimony you
209:208,17V  !| know, and (since self will$1$ intrude) who$6#2$ can say that$3$ she
209:208,18V  !| may$1$ not have some flying visions of attending the next
209:208,19V  !| $PN#X$Lady*Elliot, through$4$ $PN#ZZN$Mrs%*Wallis's recommendation?"
209:208,20A  !| "I am very glad to$9$ know all this,"
209:208,20'  !| said $PN#A$Anne, after$4$
209:208,21'  !| a little thoughtfulness.
209:208,21A  !| "It will$1$ be more painful to$4$ me
209:208,22A  !| in some respects to$9$ be in company with him, but I shall
209:208,23A  !| know better$9$ what$6#1$ to$9$ do.  My line of conduct$0$ will$1$ be more
209:208,24A  !| direct$2$.  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot is evidently a disingenuous, artificial,
209:208,25A  !| worldly man, who$6#1$ has never had any better$9$ principle to$9$
209;208,26A  !| guide$1$ him than selfishness."
209:208,27'  !| But $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was not yet done with.  $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith had
209:208,28'  !| been carried away from her first direction, and $PN#A$Anne
209:208,29'  !| had forgotten, in the interest$0$ of her own$2$ family concerns$0$,
209:208,30'  !| how much had been originally implied against him; but
209:208,31'  !| her attention was now called to$4$ the explanation of those
209:208,32'  !| first hints, and she listened to$4$ a recital which$6#1$, if it did not
209:208,33'  !| perfectly justify the unqualified bitterness of $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
209:208,34'  !| proved him to$9$ have been very unfeeling in his conduct$0$
209:208,35'  !| towards her, very deficient both in justice and compassion.
209:208,36'  !| She learned that$3$ (the intimacy between them continuing
209:208,37'  !| unimpaired by$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's marriage) they had been as
209:208,38'  !| before$5$ always together, and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had led his friend
209:209, 1'  !| into expenses much beyond$4$ his fortune.  $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith did
209:209, 2'  !| not want$1$ to$9$ take blame$0$ to$4$ herself, and was most tender$2$
209:209, 3'  !| of throwing any on$4$ her husband; but $PN#A$Anne could collect
209:209, 4'  !| that$3$ their income had never been equal$2$ to$4$ their style of
209:209, 5'  !| living$9$, and that$3$ from the first, there had been a great
209:209, 6'  !| deal$0#2$ of general$2$ and joint extravagance.  From his wife's
209:209, 7'  !| account$0$ of him, she could discern
209:209, 7@a   | $PN#ZZG$Mr%*Smith to$9$ have been
209:209, 8@a   | a man of warm$2$ feelings, easy temper, careless habits, and
209:209, 9@a   | not strong understanding$0$, much more amiable than his
209:209,10@a   | friend, and very unlike him ~ led by$4$ him, and probably
209:209,11@a   | despised by$4$ him.
209:209,11'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, raised by$4$ his marriage to$4$
209:209,12'  !| great affluence, and disposed to$4$ every gratification of
209:209,13'  !| pleasure and vanity which$6#1$ could be commanded without
209:209,14'  !| involving himself, (for$3$ with all his self-indulgence he had
209:209,15'  !| become a prudent man) and beginning$1$ to$9$ be rich, just$9$
209:209,16'  !| as his friend ought to$9$ have found himself to$9$ be poor,
209:209,17'  !| seemed to$9$ have had no$2$ concern$0$ at all for$4$ that$6#2$ friend's
209:209,18'  !| probable finances, but, on$4$ the contrary$0$, had been prompting
209:209,19'  !| and encouraging expenses, which$6#1$ could end$1$ only in
209:209,20'  !| ruin$0$.  And the $PN#V1$Smiths accordingly had been ruined.
209:209,21'  !| The husband had died just$9$ in time to$9$ be spared the full
209:209,22'  !| knowledge of it.  They had previously known embarrassments
209:209,23'  !| enough to$9$ try the friendship of their friends, and
209:209,24'  !| to$9$ prove that$3$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's had better$9$ not be tried; but
209:209,25'  !| it was not till his death that$3$ the wretched state$0$ of his
209:209,26'  !| affairs was fully known.  With a confidence in $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's
209:209,27'  !| regard$0$, more creditable to$4$ his feelings than his judgment,
209:209,28'  !| $PN#ZZG$Mr%*Smith had appointed him the executor of his will$0$;
209:209,29'  !| but $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot would not act$1$, and the difficulties and
209:209,30'  !| distresses which$6#1$ this refusal had heaped on$4$ her, in addition
209:209,31'  !| to$4$ the inevitable sufferings of her situation, had been
209:209,32'  !| such as could not be related without anguish of spirit, or
209:209,33'  !| listened to$4$ without corresponding indignation.
209:209,34'  !| $PN#A$Anne was shewn some letters of his on$4$ the occasion$0$,
209:209,35'  !| answers to$4$ urgent applications from $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, which$6#1$
209:209,36'  !| all breathed the same stern resolution of not engaging in
209:209,37'  !| a fruitless trouble$0$, and, under a cold$2$ civility, the same
209:209,38'  !| hard-hearted indifference to$4$ any of the evils it might
209:210, 1'  !| bring on$4$ her.  It was a dreadful picture$0$ of ingratitude
209:210, 2'  !| and inhumanity; and $PN#A$Anne felt at some moments, that$3$
209:210, 3'  !| no$2$ flagrant open$2$ crime could have been worse.  She had
209:210, 4'  !| a great deal$0#2$ to$9$ listen to$4$; all the particulars of past$9$ sad
209:210, 5'  !| scenes, all the minutia*e of distress$0$ upon distress$0$, which$6#1$
209:210, 6'  !| in former conversations had been merely hinted at, were
209:210, 7'  !| dwelt on$5$ now with a natural$2$ indulgence.  $PN#A$Anne could
209:210, 8'  !| perfectly comprehend the exquisite relief, and was only
209:210, 9'  !| the more inclined to$9$ wonder$1$ at the composure of her
209:210,10'  !| friend's usual state$0$ of mind$0$.
209:210,11'  !| There was one circumstance in the history of her
209:210,12'  !| grievances of particular irritation.  She had good reason$0$
209:210,13'  !| to$9$ believe that$3$ some property of her husband in the West*Indies,
209:210,14'  !| which$6#1$ had been for$4$ many years under a sort of
209:210,15'  !| sequestration for$4$ the payment of its own$2$ incumbrances,
209:210,16'  !| might be recoverable by$4$ proper measures; and this property,
209:210,17'  !| though not large, would be enough to$9$ make$1$ her
209:210,18'  !| comparatively rich.  But there was nobody to$9$ stir in it.
209:210,19'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot would do nothing, and she could do nothing
209:210,20'  !| herself, equally disabled from personal exertion by$4$ her
209:210,21'  !| state$0$ of bodily weakness, and from employing others by$4$
209:210,22'  !| her want$0$ of money.  She had no$2$ natural$2$ connexions to$9$
209:210,23'  !| assist her even$5$ with their counsel$0$, and she could not
209:210,24'  !| afford to$9$ purchase$1$ the assistance of the law.  This was
209:210,25'  !| a cruel aggravation of actually streightened means$0$.  To$9$
209:210,26'  !| feel that$3$ she ought to$9$ be in better$9$ circumstances, that$3$
209:210,27'  !| a little trouble$0$ in the right$2#1$ place$0$ might do it, and to$9$ fear$1$
209:210,28'  !| that$3$ delay$0$ might be even$5$ weakening her claims, was hard
209:210,29'  !| to$9$ bear$1$|
209:210,30'  !| It was on$4$ this point$0$ that$6#1$ she had hoped to$9$ engage
209:210,31'  !| $PN#A$Anne's good offices with $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  She had previously,
209:210,32'  !| in the anticipation of their marriage, been very apprehensive
209:210,33'  !| of losing her friend by$4$ it; but on$4$ being$1$ assured
209:210,34'  !| that$3$ he could have made no$2$ attempt$0$ of that$6#2$ nature, since
209:210,35'  !| he did not even$5$ know her to$9$ be in Bath$0#1$, it immediately
209:210,36'  !| occurred, that$3$ something might be done in her favour$0$ by$4$
209:210,37'  !| the influence$0$ of the woman he loved, and she had been
209:210,38'  !| hastily preparing to$9$ interest$1$ $PN#A$Anne's feelings, as far as the
209:211, 1'  !| observances due$2$ to$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's character would allow,
209:211, 2'  !| when $PN#A$Anne's refutation of the supposed engagement
209:211, 3'  !| changed the face$0$ of every*thing, and while$9$ it took from
209:211, 4'  !| her the new-formed hope$0$ of succeeding in the object$0$ of
209:211, 5'  !| her first anxiety, left$1$ her at least the comfort$0$ of telling
209:211, 6'  !| the whole$2$ story her own$2$ way.
209:211, 7'  !| After$4$ listening to$4$ this full description of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot,
209:211, 8'  !| $PN#A$Anne could not but express$1$ some surprise$0$ at $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith's
209:211, 9'  !| having spoken of him so$5#1$ favourably in the beginning$0$ of
209:211,10'  !| their conversation.
209:211,11A  !| "She had seemed to$9$ recommend and
209:211,12A  !| praise$1$ him|"
209:211,13V  !| "My dear$2#1$,"
209:211,13'  !| was $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith's reply$0$,
209:211,13V  !| "there was nothing
209:211,14V  !| else to$9$ be done.  I considered your marrying him as
209:211,15V  !| certain, though he might not yet have made the offer$0$,
209:211,16V  !| and I could no$2$ more speak the truth of him, than if he
209:211,17V  !| had been your husband.  My heart bled for$4$ you, as
209:211,18V  !| I talked of happiness.  And yet, he is sensible$2#2$, he is
209:211,19V  !| agreeable, and with such a woman as you, it was not
209:211,20V  !| absolutely hopeless.  He was very unkind to$4$ his first
209:211,21V  !| wife.  They were wretched together.  But she was too$5#1$
209:211,22V  !| ignorant and giddy for$4$ respect$0$, and he had never loved
209:211,23V  !| her.  I was willing to$9$ hope$1$ that$3$ you must fare$1$ better$9$."
209:211,24'  !| $PN#A$Anne could just$9$ acknowledge within herself such a possibility
209:211,25'  !| of having been induced to$9$ marry him, as made
209:211,26'  !| her shudder at the idea of the misery which$6#1$ must have
209:211,27'  !| followed.
209:211,27@a   | It was just$9$ possible that$3$ she might have been
209:211,28@a   | persuaded by$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell|  And under such a supposition,
209:211,29@a   | which$6#1$ would have been most miserable, when time
209:211,30@a   | had disclosed all, too$5#1$ late?
209:211,31@a   | It was very desirable that$3$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell should be no$2$
209:211,32@a   | longer deceived;
209:211,32'  !| and one of the concluding arrangements
209:211,33'  !| of this important conference, which$6#1$ carried them through$4$
209:211,34'  !| the greater part$0$ of the morning was, that$3$ $PN#A$Anne had full
209:211,35'  !| liberty to$9$ communicate to$4$ her friend every*thing relative
209:211,36'  !| to$4$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, in which$6#1$ his conduct$0$ was involved.
210:212, 1'  !| $PN#A$Anne went home to$9$ think over all that$6#1$ she had heard.
210:212, 2'  !| In one point$0$, her feelings were relieved by$4$ this knowledge
210:212, 3'  !| of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.
210:212, 3@a   | There was no$2$ longer any*thing of
210:212, 4@a   | tenderness due$2$ to$4$ him.  He stood, as opposed to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
210:212, 5@a   | in all his own$2$ unwelcome obtrusiveness; and
210:212, 6@a   | the evil of his attentions last$2$ night, the irremediable
210:212, 7@a   | mischief he might have done, was considered with sensations
210:212, 8@a   | unqualified, unperplexed. ~ Pity$0$ for$4$ him was all
210:212, 9@a   | over.
210:212, 9'  !| But this was the only point$0$ of relief.  In every
210:212,10'  !| other respect$0$, in looking around$4$ her, or penetrating forward$8$,
210:212,11'  !| she saw more to$9$ distrust$1$ and to$9$ apprehend.  She
210:212,12'  !| was concerned for$4$ the disappointment and pain$0$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell
210:212,13'  !| would be feeling$1$, for$4$ the mortifications which$6#1$
210:212,14'  !| must be hanging$1$ over her father and sister, and had all
210:212,15'  !| the distress$0$ of foreseeing many evils, without knowing
210:212,16'  !| how to$9$ avert any one of them. ~ She was most thankful
210:212,17'  !| for$4$ her own$2$ knowledge of him.  She had never considered
210:212,18'  !| herself as entitled to$9$ reward$0$ for$4$ not slighting an old friend
210:212,19'  !| like$9$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, but here was a reward$0$ indeed springing
210:212,20'  !| from it| ~
210:212,20@a   | $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith had been able to$9$ tell her what$6#1$ no$2$
210:212,21@a   | one else could have done.  Could the knowledge have
210:212,22@a   | been extended through$4$ her family| ~ But this was a vain
210:212,23@a   | idea.  She must talk$1$ to$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell, tell her, consult
210:212,24@a   | with her, and having done her best, wait the event with
210:212,25@a   | as much composure as possible; and after$4$ all, her greatest
210:212,26@a   | want$0$ of composure would be in that$6#2$ quarter$0#2$ of the mind$0$
210:212,27@a   | which$6#1$ could not be opened to$4$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell, in that$6#2$ flow$0$
210:212,28@a   | of anxieties and fears which$6#1$ must be all to$4$ herself.
210:212,29'  !| She found, on$4$ reaching home, that$3$ she had, as she
210:212,30'  !| intended, escaped seeing $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot; that$3$ he had called
210:212,31'  !| and paid them a long$9$ morning visit$0$; but hardly had she
210:212,32'  !| congratulated herself, and felt safe till to-morrow, when
210:212,33'  !| she heard that$3$ he was coming again in the evening.
210:213, 1H  !| "I had not the smallest intention of asking him,"
210:213, 1'  !| said
210:213, 2'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth, with affected carelessness,
210:213, 2H  !| "but he gave so$5#1$
210:213, 3H  !| many hints; so$5#2$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay says, at least."
210:213, 4C  !| "Indeed I do say it.  I never saw any*body in my
210:213, 5C  !| life spell harder for$4$ an invitation.  Poor man|  I was
210:213, 6C  !| really in pain$0$ for$4$ him; for$4$ your hard-hearted sister, $PN#A$Miss*Anne,
210:213, 7C  !| seems bent on$4$ cruelty."
210:213, 8H  !| "Oh|"
210:213, 8'  !| cried $PN#H$Elizabeth,
210:213, 8H  !| "I have been rather too$5#1$ much
210:213, 9H  !| used$1#2$ to$4$ the game to$9$ be soon overcome by$4$ a gentleman's
210:213,10H  !| hints.  However, when I found how excessively he was
210:213,11H  !| regretting that$3$ he should miss my father this morning,
210:213,12H  !| I gave way immediately, for$3$ I would never really omit
210:213,13H  !| an opportunity of bringing him and $PN#G$Sir*Walter together.
210:213,14H  !| They appear to$4$ so$5#1$ much advantage in company with each
210:213,15H  !| other|  Each behaving so$5#1$ pleasantly|  $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot looking
210:213,16H  !| up with so$5#1$ much respect$0$|"
210:213,17C  !| "Quite delightful|"
210:213,17'  !| cried $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay, not daring, however,
210:213,18'  !| to$9$ turn$1$ her eyes towards $PN#A$Anne.
210:213,18C  !| "Exactly like$9$
210:213,19C  !| father and son|  Dear$2#1$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot, may$1$ I not say father
210:213,20C  !| and son?"
210:213,21H  !| "Oh| I lay$1#2$ no$2$ embargo on$4$ any*body's words.  If you
210:213,22H  !| will$1$ have such ideas|  But, upon my word, I am scarcely
210:213,23H  !| sensible$2#1$ of his attentions being$1$ beyond$4$ those of other
210:213,24H  !| men."
210:213,25C  !| "My dear$2#1$ $PN#H$Miss*Elliot|"
210:213,25'  !| exclaimed $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay, lifting
210:213,26'  !| up her hands and eyes, and sinking all the rest$0#1$ of her
210:213,27'  !| astonishment in a convenient silence$0$.
210:213,28H  !| "Well$7$, my dear$2#1$ $PN#C$Penelope, you need$1$ not be so$5#1$ alarmed
210:213,29H  !| about$4$ him.  I did invite him, you know.  I sent him
210:213,30H  !| away with smiles.  When I found he was really going to$4$
210:213,31H  !| his friends at Thornberry-park for$4$ the whole$2$ day to-morrow,
210:213,32H  !| I had compassion on$4$ him."
210:213,33'  !| $PN#A$Anne admired the good acting of the friend, in being$1$
210:213,34'  !| able to$9$ shew$1$ such pleasure as she did, in the expectation,
210:213,35'  !| and in the actual arrival of the very person whose$6#1$ presence
210:213,36'  !| must really be interfering with her prime object$0$.  It was
210:213,37'  !| impossible but that$3$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay must hate the sight of
210:213,38'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot; and yet she could assume a most obliging,
210:214, 1'  !| placid look$0$, and appear quite satisfied$2$ with the curtailed
210:214, 2'  !| license of devoting herself only half as much to$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter
210:214, 3'  !| as she would have done otherwise.
210:214, 4'  !| To$4$ $PN#A$Anne herself it was most distressing to$9$ see $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
210:214, 5'  !| enter the room; and quite painful to$9$ have him approach$1$
210:214, 6'  !| and speak to$4$ her.  She had been used$1#2$ before$5$ to$9$ feel that$3$
210:214, 7'  !| he could not be always quite sincere, but now she saw
210:214, 8'  !| insincerity in every*thing.  His attentive deference to$4$ her
210:214, 9'  !| father, contrasted with his former language, was odious;
210:214,10'  !| and when she thought$1$ of his cruel conduct$0$ towards
210:214,11'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith, she could hardly bear$1$ the sight of his present$9$
210:214,12'  !| smiles and mildness, or the sound$0$ of his artificial good
210:214,13'  !| sentiments.  She meant to$9$ avoid any such alteration of
210:214,14'  !| manners as might provoke a remonstrance on$4$ his side$0$.
210:214,15'  !| It was a great object$0$ with her to$9$ escape$1$ all enquiry or
210:214,16'  !| eclat; but it was her intention to$9$ be as decidedly cool$2$
210:214,17'  !| to$4$ him as might be compatible with their relationship,
210:214,18'  !| and to$9$ retrace, as quietly as she could, the few steps of
210:214,19'  !| unnecessary intimacy she had been gradually led along$5$.
210:214,20'  !| She was accordingly more guarded, and more cool$2$, than
210:214,21'  !| she had been the night before$5$.
210:214,22'  !| He wanted to$9$ animate$1$ her curiosity again as to$4$ how
210:214,23'  !| and where he could have heard her formerly praised;
210:214,24'  !| wanted very much to$9$ be gratified by$4$ more solicitation;
210:214,25'  !| but the charm$0$ was broken:  he found that$3$ the heat$0$ and
210:214,26'  !| animation of a public$2$ room were necessary to$9$ kindle his
210:214,27'  !| modest cousin's vanity; he found, at least, that$3$ it was
210:214,28'  !| not to$9$ be done now, by$4$ any of those attempts which$6#1$ he
210:214,29'  !| could hazard$1$ among the too-commanding claims of the
210:214,30'  !| others.  He little surmised that$3$ it was a subject$0$ acting
210:214,31'  !| now exactly against his interest$0$, bringing immediately
210:214,32'  !| into her thoughts all those parts of his conduct$0$ which$6#1$
210:214,33'  !| were least excusable.
210:214,34'  !| She had some satisfaction in finding that$3$ he was really
210:214,35'  !| going out$8$ of Bath$0#1$ the next morning, going early, and
210:214,36'  !| that$3$ he would be gone the greater part$0$ of two days.  He
210:214,37'  !| was invited again to$4$ Camden-place the very evening of
210:214,38'  !| his return$0$; but from Thursday to$4$ Saturday evening his
210:215, 1'  !| absence was certain.
210:215, 1@a   | It was bad enough that$3$ a $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay
210:215, 2@a   | should be always before$4$ her; but that$3$ a deeper hypocrite
210:215, 3@a   | should be added to$4$ their party, seemed the destruction of
210:215, 4@a   | every*thing like$9$ peace and comfort$0$.  It was so$5#1$ humiliating
210:215, 5@a   | to$9$ reflect on$4$ the constant deception practised on$4$ her father
210:215, 6@a   | and $PN#H$Elizabeth; to$9$ consider the various sources of mortification
210:215, 7@a   | preparing for$4$ them|  $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay's selfishness was
210:215, 8@a   | not so$5#1$ complicate nor so$5#1$ revolting as his;
210:215, 8'  !| and $PN#A$Anne
210:215, 9'  !| would have compounded for$4$ the marriage at once, with
210:215,10'  !| all its evils, to$9$ be clear$2$ of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's subtleties, in
210:215,11'  !| endeavouring to$9$ prevent it.
210:215,12'  !| On$4$ Friday morning she meant to$9$ go very early to$4$
210:215,13'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell, and accomplish the necessary communication;
210:215,14'  !| and she would have gone directly after$4$ breakfast$0$
210:215,15'  !| but that$3$ $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay was also going out$5$ on$4$ some obliging
210:215,16'  !| purpose of saving her sister trouble$0$, which$6#1$ determined$1$
210:215,17'  !| her to$9$ wait till she might be safe from such a companion.
210:215,18'  !| She saw $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay fairly off, therefore, before$3$ she began
210:215,19'  !| to$9$ talk$1$ of spending the morning in Rivers-street.
210:215,20H  !| "Very well$9$,"
210:215,20'  !| said $PN#H$Elizabeth,
210:215,20H  !| "I have nothing to$9$ send
210:215,21H  !| but my love$0$.  Oh| you may$1$ as well$9$ take back$5$ that$6#2$
210:215,22H  !| tiresome book she would lend me, and pretend I have
210:215,23H  !| read it through$5$.  I really cannot be plaguing myself for*ever
210:215,24H  !| with all the new poems and states of the nation
210:215,25H  !| that$6#1$ come out$5$.  $PN#T$Lady*Russell quite bores one with her
210:215,26H  !| new publications.  You need$1$ not tell her so$5#2$, but I thought$1$
210:215,27H  !| her dress$0$ hideous the other night.  I used$1#2$ to$9$ think she
210:215,28H  !| had some taste in dress$0$, but I was ashamed of her at
210:215,29H  !| the concert.  Something so$5#1$ formal and \arrange=\ in her air|
210:215,30H  !| and she sits so$5#1$ upright|  My best love$0$, of course$8$."
210:215,31G  !| "And mine$0$,"
210:215,31'  !| added $PN#G$Sir*Walter.
210:215,31G  !| "Kindest regards$0$.
210:215,32G  !| And you may$1$ say, that$3$ I mean$1$ to$9$ call$1$ upon her soon.
210:215,33G  !| Make$1$ a civil message.  But I shall only leave$1$ my card.
210:215,34G  !| Morning visits are never fair by$4$ women at her time of
210:215,35G  !| life, who$6#1$ make$1$ themselves up so$5#1$ little.  If she would only
210:215,36G  !| wear rouge, she would not be afraid of being$1$ seen; but
210:215,37G  !| last$2$ time I called, I observed the blinds were let down$5$
210:215,38G  !| immediately."
210:216, 1'  !| While$9$ her father spoke, there was a knock$0$ at the door.
210:216, 2'  !| Who$6#2$ could it be?  $PN#A$Anne, remembering the preconcerted
210:216, 3'  !| visits, at all hours, of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, would have expected$1$
210:216, 4'  !| him, but for$4$ his known engagement seven miles off.
210:216, 5'  !| After$4$ the usual period of suspense, the usual sounds$0$ of
210:216, 6'  !| approach$0$ were heard, and
210:216, 6X  !| "$PN#O$Mr% and $PN#P$Mrs%*Charles*Musgrove"
210:216, 7'  !| were ushered into the room.
210:216, 8'  !| Surprise$0$ was the strongest emotion raised by$4$ their
210:216, 9'  !| appearance; but $PN#A$Anne was really glad to$9$ see them; and
210:216,10'  !| the others were not so$5#1$ sorry but that$3$ they could put on$5$
210:216,11'  !| a decent air of welcome$0$; and as soon as it became clear$2$
210:216,12'  !| that$3$ these, their nearest relations, were not arrived with
210:216,13'  !| any views of accommodation in that$6#2$ house, $PN#G$Sir*Walter
210:216,14'  !| and $PN#H$Elizabeth were able to$9$ rise$1$ in cordiality, and do the
210:216,15'  !| honours of it very well$9$.  They were come to$4$ Bath$0#1$ for$4$
210:216,16'  !| a few days with $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, and were at the White*Hart.
210:216,17'  !| So$5#1$ much was pretty$5$ soon understood; but till
210:216,18'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter and $PN#H$Elizabeth were walking $PN#P$Mary into the
210:216,19'  !| other drawing-room, and regaling themselves with her
210:216,20'  !| admiration, $PN#A$Anne could not draw upon $PN#O$Charles's brain
210:216,21'  !| for$4$ a regular history of their coming, or an explanation
210:216,22'  !| of some smiling hints of particular business, which$6#1$ had
210:216,23'  !| been ostentatiously dropped by$4$ $PN#P$Mary, as well$9$ as of some
210:216,24'  !| apparent confusion as to$4$ whom$6#2$ their party consisted of.
210:216,25'  !| She then found that$3$ it consisted of $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove,
210:216,26'  !| $PN#R$Henrietta, and $PN#J$Captain*Harville, beside$4$ their two selves.
210:216,27'  !| He gave her a very plain, intelligible account$0$ of the
210:216,28'  !| whole$0$; a narration in which$6#1$ she saw a great deal$0#2$ of most
210:216,29'  !| characteristic proceeding.
210:216,29@o   | The scheme$0$ had received its
210:216,30@o   | first impulse by$4$ $PN#J$Captain*Harville's wanting to$9$ come to$4$
210:216,31@o   | Bath$0#1$ on$4$ business.  He had begun to$9$ talk$1$ of it a week ago;
210:216,32@o   | and by$4$ way of doing something, as shooting was over,
210:216,33@o   | $PN#O$Charles had proposed coming with him, and $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville
210:216,34@o   | had seemed to$9$ like$1$ the idea of it very much, as an
210:216,35@o   | advantage to$4$ her husband; but $PN#P$Mary could not bear$1$ to$9$
210:216,36@o   | be left$1$, and had made herself so$5#1$ unhappy about$4$ it that$3$,
210:216,37@o   | for$4$ a day or two, every*thing seemed to$9$ be in suspense,
210:216,38@o   | or at an end$0$.  But then, it had been taken up by$4$ his
210:217, 1@o   | father and mother.  His mother had some old friends in
210:217, 2@o   | Bath$0#1$, whom$6#1$ she wanted to$9$ see; it was thought$1$ a good
210:217, 3@o   | opportunity for$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta to$9$ come and buy wedding-clothes
210:217, 4@o   | for$4$ herself and her sister; and, in short$0$, it ended
210:217, 5@o   | in being$1$ his mother's party, that$3$ every*thing might be
210:217, 6@o   | comfortable and easy to$4$ $PN#J$Captain*Harville; and he and
210:217, 7@o   | $PN#P$Mary were included in it, by$4$ way of general$2$ convenience.
210:217, 8@o   | They had arrived late the night before$5$.  $PN#K$Mrs%*Harville, her
210:217, 9@o   | children, and $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, remained with $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove
210:217,10@o   | and $PN#S$Louisa at Uppercross.
210:217,11'  !| $PN#A$Anne's only surprise$0$ was, that$3$ affairs should be in
210:217,12'  !| forwardness enough for$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta's wedding-clothes to$9$ be
210:217,13'  !| talked of:  she had imagined such difficulties of fortune
210:217,14'  !| to$9$ exist there as must prevent the marriage from being$1$
210:217,15'  !| near$9$ at hand$0$; but she learned from $PN#O$Charles that$3$, very
210:217,16'  !| recently, (since $PN#P$Mary's last$2$ letter to$4$ herself) $PN#L$Charles*Hayter
210:217,17'  !| had been applied to$4$ by$4$ a friend to$9$ hold$1$ a living$0$
210:217,18'  !| for$4$ a youth who$6#1$ could not possibly claim$0$ it under many
210:217,19'  !| years; and that$3$, on$4$ the strength of this present$9$ income,
210:217,20'  !| with almost a certainty of something more permanent
210:217,21'  !| long$9$ before$4$ the term$0$ in question$0$, the two families had
210:217,22'  !| consented to$4$ the young people's wishes$0$, and that$3$ their
210:217,23'  !| marriage was likely to$9$ take place$0$ in a few months, quite
210:217,24'  !| as soon as $PN#S$Louisa's.
210:217,24O  !| "And a very good living$0$ it was,"
210:217,25'  !| $PN#O$Charles added,
210:217,25O  !| "only five-and-twenty miles from Uppercross,
210:217,26O  !| and in a very fine country ~ fine part$0$ of Dorsetshire.
210:217,27O  !| In the centre$0$ of some of the best preserves in the kingdom,
210:217,28O  !| surrounded by$4$ three great proprietors, each more careful
210:217,29O  !| and jealous than the other; and to$4$ two of the three, at
210:217,30O  !| least, $PN#L$Charles*Hayter might get a special recommendation.
210:217,31O  !| Not that$3$ he will$1$ value$1$ it as he ought,"
210:217,31'  !| he observed,
210:217,32O  !| "$PN#L$Charles is too$5#1$ cool$2$ about$4$ sporting.  That's the worst
210:217,33O  !| of him."
210:217,34A  !| "I am extremely glad, indeed,"
210:217,34'  !| cried $PN#A$Anne,
210:217,34A  !| "particularly
210:217,35A  !| glad that$3$ this should happen:  and that$3$ of two
210:217,36A  !| sisters, who$6#1$ both deserve equally well$9$, and who$6#1$ have
210:217,37A  !| always been such good friends, the pleasant prospects of
210:217,38A  !| one should not be dimming those of the other ~ that$3$ they
210:218, 1A  !| should be so$5#1$ equal$2$ in their prosperity and comfort$0$.  I hope$1$
210:218, 2A  !| your father and mother are quite happy with regard$0$ to$4$
210:218, 3A  !| both."
210:218, 4O  !| "Oh| yes.  My father would be as well$9$ pleased if
210:218, 5O  !| the gentlemen were richer, but he has no$2$ other fault to$9$
210:218, 6O  !| find.  Money, you know, coming down$5$ with money ~ two
210:218, 7O  !| daughters at once ~ it cannot be a very agreeable operation,
210:218, 8O  !| and it streightens him as to$4$ many things.  However,
210:218, 9O  !| I do not mean$1$ to$9$ say they have not a right$0$ to$4$ it.  It is
210:218,10O  !| very fit$9$ they should have daughters' shares; and I am
210:218,11O  !| sure he has always been a very kind$2$, liberal father to$4$
210:218,12O  !| me.  $PN#P$Mary does not above$4$ half like$1$ $PN#R$Henrietta's match$0$.
210:218,13O  !| She never did, you know.  But she does not do him
210:218,14O  !| justice, nor think enough about$4$ Winthrop.  I cannot
210:218,15O  !| make$1$ her attend to$4$ the value$0$ of the property.  It is
210:218,16O  !| a very fair match$0$, as times go; and I have liked $PN#L$Charles*Hayter
210:218,17O  !| all my life, and I shall not leave$1$ off now."
210:218,18A  !| "Such excellent parents as $PN#M$Mr% and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove,"
210:218,19'  !| exclaimed $PN#A$Anne,
210:218,19A  !| "should be happy in their children's
210:218,20A  !| marriages.  They do every*thing to$9$ confer happiness,
210:218,21A  !| I am sure.  What$7$ a blessing to$4$ young people to$9$ be in
210:218,22A  !| such hands|  Your father and mother seem so$5#1$ totally
210:218,23A  !| free from all those ambitious feelings which$6#1$ have led to$4$
210:218,24A  !| so$5#1$ much misconduct and misery, both in young and old|
210:218,25A  !| I hope$1$ you think $PN#S$Louisa perfectly recovered now?"
210:218,26'  !| He answered rather hesitatingly,
210:218,26O  !| "Yes, I believe I do ~
210:218,27O  !| very much recovered; but she is altered:  there is no$2$
210:218,28O  !| running or jumping about$5$, no$2$ laughing or dancing$0$; it is
210:218,29O  !| quite different.  If one happens only to$9$ shut the door
210:218,30O  !| a little hard, she starts and wriggles like$9$ a young dab*chick
210:218,31O  !| in the water; and $PN#ZD$Benwick sits at her elbow,
210:218,32O  !| reading verses, or whispering to$4$ her, all day long$9$."
210:218,33'  !| $PN#A$Anne could not help$1$ laughing.
210:218,33A  !| "That$6#2$ cannot be much
210:218,34A  !| to$4$ your taste, I know,"
210:218,34'  !| said she;
210:218,34A  !| "but I do believe him
210:218,35A  !| to$9$ be an excellent young man."
210:218,36O  !| "To$9$ be sure he is.  Nobody doubts$1$ it; and I hope$1$
210:218,37O  !| you do not think I am so$5#1$ illiberal as to$9$ want$1$ every man
210:218,38O  !| to$9$ have the same objects$0$ and pleasures as myself.  I have
210:219, 1O  !| a great value$0$ for$4$ $PN#ZD$Benwick; and when one can but get
210:219, 2O  !| him to$9$ talk$1$, he has plenty to$9$ say.  His reading has done
210:219, 3O  !| him no$2$ harm$0$, for$3$ he has fought as well$9$ as read.  He is
210:219, 4O  !| a brave fellow.  I got more acquainted with him last$2$
210:219, 5O  !| Monday than ever I did before$5$.  We had a famous set-to
210:219, 6O  !| at rat-hunting all the morning, in my father's great barns;
210:219, 7O  !| and he played his part$0$ so$5#1$ well$9$, that$3$ I have liked him the
210:219, 8O  !| better$9$ ever since."
210:219, 9'  !| Here they were interrupted by$4$ the absolute necessity
210:219,10'  !| of $PN#O$Charles's following the others to$9$ admire mirrors and
210:219,11'  !| china; but $PN#A$Anne had heard enough to$9$ understand the
210:219,12'  !| present$9$ state$0$ of Uppercross, and rejoice in its happiness;
210:219,13'  !| and though she sighed as she rejoiced, her sigh$0$ had none
210:219,14'  !| of the ill-will of envy$0$ in it.  She would certainly have
210:219,15'  !| risen to$4$ their blessings if she could, but she did not want$1$
210:219,16'  !| to$9$ lessen theirs.
210:219,17'  !| The visit$0$ passed off altogether in high good*humour.
210:219,18'  !| $PN#P$Mary was in excellent spirits, enjoying the gaiety and the
210:219,19'  !| change$0$; and so$5#1$ well*satisfied with the journey in her
210:219,20'  !| mother-in-law's carriage with four horses, and with her
210:219,21'  !| own$2$ complete$2$ independence of Camden-place, that$3$ she
210:219,22'  !| was exactly in a temper to$9$ admire every*thing as she
210:219,23'  !| ought, and enter most readily into all the superiorities
210:219,24'  !| of the house, as they were detailed to$4$ her.  She had no$2$
210:219,25'  !| demands$0$ on$4$ her father or sister, and her consequence was
210:219,26'  !| just$9$ enough increased by$4$ their handsome drawing-rooms.
210:219,27'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth was, for$4$ a short$2$ time, suffering a good deal$0#2$.
210:219,28'  !| She felt that$3$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove and all her party ought to$9$
210:219,29'  !| be asked to$9$ dine with them, but she could not bear$1$ to$9$
210:219,30'  !| have the difference of style, the reduction of servants,
210:219,31'  !| which$6#1$ a dinner must betray, witnessed by$4$ those who$6#1$ had
210:219,32'  !| been always so$5#1$ inferior to$4$ the $PN#G1$Elliots*of*Kellynch.  It
210:219,33'  !| was a struggle$0$ between propriety and vanity; but vanity
210:219,34'  !| got the better$9$, and then $PN#H$Elizabeth was happy again.
210:219,35'  !| These were her internal persuasions. ~
210:219,35@h   | "Old*fashioned
210:219,36@h   | notions ~ country hospitality ~ we do not profess to$9$ give
210:219,37@h   | dinners ~ few people in Bath$0#1$ do ~ $PN#ZA$Lady*Alicia never does;
210:219,38@h   | did not even$5$ ask her own$2$ sister's family, though they
210:220, 1@h   | were here a month:  and I dare$1#2$ say it would be very
210:220, 2@h   | inconvenient to$4$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove ~ put her quite out$8$ of her
210:220, 3@h   | way.  I am sure she would rather not come ~ she cannot
210:220, 4@h   | feel easy with us.  I will$1$ ask them all for$4$ an evening; that$6#2$
210:220, 5@h   | will$1$ be much better$9$ ~ that$6#2$ will$1$ be a novelty and a treat$0$.
210:220, 6@h   | They have not seen two such drawing*rooms before$5$.
210:220, 7@h   | They will$1$ be delighted to$9$ come to-morrow evening.  It
210:220, 8@h   | shall be a regular party ~ small, but most elegant."
210:220, 8'  !| And
210:220, 9'  !| this satisfied$1$ $PN#H$Elizabeth:  and when the invitation was
210:220,10'  !| given to$4$ the two present$9$, and promised for$4$ the absent,
210:220,11'  !| $PN#P$Mary was as completely satisfied$2$.  She was particularly
210:220,12'  !| asked to$4$ meet$1$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, and be introduced to$9$ $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple
210:220,13'  !| and $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret, who$6#1$ were fortunately already
210:220,14'  !| engaged to$9$ come; and she could not have received a more
210:220,15'  !| gratifying attention.  $PN#H$Miss*Elliot was to$9$ have the honour$0$
210:220,16'  !| of calling on$4$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove in the course$0$ of the morning,
210:220,17'  !| and $PN#A$Anne walked off with $PN#O$Charles and $PN#P$Mary, to$9$ go and
210:220,18'  !| see her and $PN#R$Henrietta directly.
210:220,19'  !| Her plan of sitting$1$ with $PN#T$Lady*Russell must give way
210:220,20'  !| for$4$ the present$0#1$.  They all three called in Rivers-street
210:220,21'  !| for$4$ a couple of minutes; but $PN#A$Anne convinced herself
210:220,22'  !| that$3$ a day's delay$0$ of the intended communication could
210:220,23'  !| be of no$2$ consequence, and hastened forward$8$ to$4$ the White*Hart,
210:220,24'  !| to$9$ see again the friends and companions of the last$2$
210:220,25'  !| autumn, with an eagerness of good*will which$6#1$ many
210:220,26'  !| associations contributed to$9$ form$1$.
210:220,27'  !| They found $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove and her daughter within,
210:220,28'  !| and by$4$ themselves, and $PN#A$Anne had the kindest welcome$0$
210:220,29'  !| from each.  $PN#R$Henrietta was exactly in that$6#2$ state$0$ of
210:220,30'  !| recently-improved views, of fresh-formed happiness, which$6#1$
210:220,31'  !| made her full of regard$0$ and interest$0$ for$4$ every*body she
210:220,32'  !| had ever liked before$5$ at all; and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's real
210:220,33'  !| affection had been won by$4$ her usefulness when they were
210:220,34'  !| in distress$0$.  It was a heartiness, and a warmth, and
210:220,35'  !| a sincerity which$6#1$ $PN#A$Anne delighted in the more, from the
210:220,36'  !| sad want$0$ of such blessings at home.  She was intreated
210:220,37'  !| to$9$ give them as much of her time as possible, invited for$4$
210:220,38'  !| every day and all day long$9$, or rather claimed as a part$0$ of
210:221, 1'  !| the family; and in return$0$, she naturally fell into all her
210:221, 2'  !| wonted ways of attention and assistance, and on$4$ $PN#O$Charles's
210:221, 3'  !| leaving them together, was listening to$4$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove's
210:221, 4'  !| history of $PN#S$Louisa, and to$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta's of herself, giving
210:221, 5'  !| opinions on$4$ business, and recommendations to$4$ shops;
210:221, 6'  !| with intervals of every help$0$ which$6#1$ $PN#P$Mary required, from
210:221, 7'  !| altering her ribbon to$4$ settling her accounts, from finding
210:221, 8'  !| her keys, and assorting her trinkets, to$4$ trying$1$ to$9$ convince
210:221, 9'  !| her that$3$ she was not ill*used by$4$ any*body; which$6#1$ $PN#P$Mary,
210:221,10'  !| well$9$ amused as she generally was in her station at a window
210:221,11'  !| overlooking the entrance to$4$ the pump-room, could not
210:221,12'  !| but have her moments of imagining.
210:221,13'  !| A morning of thorough confusion was to$9$ be expected$1$.
210:221,14'  !| A large party in an hotel ensured a quick-changing,
210:221,15'  !| unsettled scene.  One five minutes brought a note$0$, the
210:221,16'  !| next a parcel, and $PN#A$Anne had not been there half an hour,
210:221,17'  !| when their dining-room, spacious as it was, seemed more
210:221,18'  !| than half filled:  a party of steady old friends were seated
210:221,19'  !| round$0$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, and $PN#O$Charles came back$0$ with $PN#J$Captains*Harville
210:221,20'  !| and $PN#B$Wentworth.  The appearance of the
210:221,21'  !| latter could not be more than the surprise$0$ of the moment.
210:221,22'  !| It was impossible for$4$ her to$9$ have forgotten to$9$ feel, that$3$
210:221,23'  !| this arrival of their common$2$ friends must be soon bringing
210:221,24'  !| them together again.  Their last$2$ meeting$0$ had been most
210:221,25'  !| important in opening his feelings; she had derived from
210:221,26'  !| it a delightful conviction; but she feared from his looks$0$,
210:221,27'  !| that$3$ the same unfortunate persuasion, which$6#1$ had hastened
210:221,28'  !| him away from the concert*room, still$5$ governed.  He did
210:221,29'  !| not seem to$9$ want$1$ to$9$ be near$9$ enough for$4$ conversation.
210:221,30'  !| She tried to$9$ be calm$2$, and leave$1$ things to$9$ take their
210:221,31'  !| course$0$; and tried to$9$ dwell much on$4$ his argument of
210:221,32'  !| rational dependance ~
210:221,32@a   | "Surely, if there be constant
210:221,33@a   | attachment on$4$ each side$0$, our hearts must understand
210:221,34@a   | each other ere long$9$.  We are not boy and girl, to$9$ be
210:221,35@a   | captiously irritable, misled by$4$ every moment's inadvertence,
210:221,36@a   | and wantonly playing with our own$2$ happiness."
210:221,37'  !| And yet, a few minutes afterwards, she felt as if their
210:221,38'  !| being$1$ in company with each other, under their present$9$
210:222, 1'  !| circumstances, could only be exposing them to$4$ inadvertencies
210:222, 2'  !| and misconstructions of the most mischievous
210:222, 3'  !| kind$0$.
210:222, 4P  !| "$PN#A$Anne,"
210:222, 4'  !| cried $PN#P$Mary, still$5$ at her window,
210:222, 4P  !| "there is
210:222, 5P  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay, I am sure, standing$1$ under the colonnade, and
210:222, 6P  !| a gentleman with her.  I saw them turn$1$ the corner from
210:222, 7P  !| Bath-street just$9$ now.  They seem deep in talk$0$.  Who$6#2$ is
210:222, 8P  !| it? ~ Come, and tell me.  Good heavens|  I recollect. ~
210:222, 9P  !| It is $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot himself."
210:222,10A  !| "No$7$,"
210:222,10'  !| cried $PN#A$Anne quickly,
210:222,10A  !| "it cannot be $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot,
210:222,11A  !| I assure you.  He was to$9$ leave$1$ Bath$0#1$ at nine this morning,
210:222,12A  !| and does not come back$5$ till to-morrow."
210:222,13'  !| As she spoke, she felt that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was
210:222,14'  !| looking at her; the consciousness of which$6#1$ vexed and
210:222,15'  !| embarrassed her, and made her regret$1$ that$3$ she had said
210:222,16'  !| so$5#1$ much, simple$2$ as it was.
210:222,17'  !| $PN#P$Mary, resenting that$3$ she should be supposed not to$9$
210:222,18'  !| know her own$2$ cousin, began talking very warmly about$4$
210:222,19'  !| the family features, and protesting still$5$ more positively
210:222,20'  !| that$3$ it was $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, calling again upon $PN#A$Anne to$9$ come
210:222,21'  !| and look$1$ herself; but $PN#A$Anne did not mean$1$ to$9$ stir, and
210:222,22'  !| tried to$9$ be cool$2$ and unconcerned.  Her distress$0$ returned,
210:222,23'  !| however, on$4$ perceiving smiles and intelligent glances pass$1$
210:222,24'  !| between two or three of the lady visitors, as if they
210:222,25'  !| believed themselves quite in the secret$0$.  It was evident
210:222,26'  !| that$3$ the report$0$ concerning her had spread; and a short$2$
210:222,27'  !| pause$0$ succeeded, which$6#1$ seemed to$9$ ensure that$3$ it would
210:222,28'  !| now spread further.
210:222,29P  !| "Do come, $PN#A$Anne,"
210:222,29'  !| cried $PN#P$Mary,
210:222,29P  !| "come and look$1$ yourself.
210:222,30P  !| You will$1$ be too$5#1$ late, if you do not make$1$ haste.
210:222,31P  !| They are parting, they are shaking hands.  He is turning$1$
210:222,32P  !| away.  Not know $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, indeed| ~ You seem to$9$ have
210:222,33P  !| forgot all about$4$ Lyme."
210:222,34'  !| To$9$ pacify $PN#P$Mary, and perhaps screen her own$2$ embarrassment,
210:222,35'  !| $PN#A$Anne did move$1$ quietly to$4$ the window.  She was
210:222,36'  !| just$9$ in time to$9$ ascertain that$3$ it really was $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot
210:222,37'  !| (which$6#1$ she had never believed), before$3$ he disappeared on$4$
210:222,38'  !| one side$0$, as $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay walked quickly off on$4$ the other;
210:223, 1'  !| and checking the surprise$0$ which$6#1$ she could not but feel
210:223, 2'  !| at such an appearance of friendly conference between two
210:223, 3'  !| persons of totally opposite interests$0$, she calmly said,
210:223, 4A  !| "Yes, it is $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot certainly.  He has changed his
210:223, 5A  !| hour of going, I suppose, that$6#2$ is all ~ or I may$1$ be mistaken;
210:223, 6A  !| I might not attend;"
210:223, 6'  !| and walked back$5$ to$4$ her
210:223, 7'  !| chair, recomposed, and with the comfortable hope$0$ of
210:223, 8'  !| having acquitted herself well$9$.
210:223, 9'  !| The visitors took their leave$0$; and $PN#O$Charles, having
210:223,10'  !| civilly seen them off, and then made a face$0$ at them, and
210:223,11'  !| abused them for$4$ coming, began with ~
210:223,12O  !| "Well$7$, mother, I have done something for$4$ you that$6#1$
210:223,13O  !| you will$1$ like$1$.  I have been to$4$ the theatre, and secured
210:223,14O  !| a box for$4$ to-morrow night.  A'n't I a good boy?  I know
210:223,15O  !| you love$1$ a play$0$; and there is room for$4$ us all.  It holds
210:223,16O  !| nine.  I have engaged $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.  $PN#A$Anne will$1$
210:223,17O  !| not be sorry to$9$ join us, I am sure.  We all like$1$ a play$0$.
210:223,18O  !| Have not I done well$9$, mother?"
210:223,19'  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove was good*humouredly beginning$1$ to$9$
210:223,20'  !| express$1$ her perfect$2$ readiness for$4$ the play$0$, if $PN#R$Henrietta
210:223,21'  !| and all the others liked it, when $PN#P$Mary eagerly interrupted
210:223,22'  !| her by$4$ exclaiming,
210:223,23P  !| "Good heavens, $PN#O$Charles| how can you think of such
210:223,24P  !| a thing?  Take a box for$4$ to-morrow night|  Have you
210:223,25P  !| forgot that$3$ we are engaged to$4$ Camden-place to-morrow
210:223,26P  !| night? and that$3$ we were most particularly asked on$4$
210:223,27P  !| purpose to$9$ meet$1$ $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple and her daughter, and
210:223,28P  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot ~ all the principal$2$ family connexions ~ on$4$ purpose
210:223,29P  !| to$9$ be introduced to$4$ them?  How can you be so$5#1$
210:223,30P  !| forgetful?"
210:223,31O  !| "Phoo| phoo|"
210:223,31'  !| replied $PN#O$Charles,
210:223,31O  !| "what's an evening
210:223,32O  !| party?  Never worth remembering.  Your father might
210:223,33O  !| have asked us to$4$ dinner, I think, if he had wanted to$9$ see
210:223,34O  !| us.  You may$1$ do as you like$1$, but I shall go to$4$ the play$0$."
210:223,35P  !| "Oh| $PN#O$Charles, I declare it will$1$ be too$5#1$ abominable if
210:223,36P  !| you do| when you promised to$9$ go."
210:223,37O  !| "No$7$, I did not promise$1$.  I only smirked and bowed,
210:223,38O  !| and said the word ""happy.""  There was no$2$ promise$0$."
210:224, 1P  !| "But you must go, $PN#O$Charles.  It would be unpardonable
210:224, 2P  !| to$9$ fail.  We were asked on$4$ purpose to$9$ be introduced.
210:224, 3P  !| There was always such a great connexion between the
210:224, 4P  !| $PN#F1$Dalrymples and ourselves.  Nothing ever happened on$4$
210:224, 5P  !| either side$0$ that$6#1$ was not announced immediately.  We
210:224, 6P  !| are quite near$9$ relations, you know:  and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot too$5#2$,
210:224, 7P  !| whom$6#1$ you ought to$9$ particularly to$9$ be acquainted with|
210:224, 8P  !| Every attention is due$2$ to$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot.  Consider, my
210:224, 9P  !| father's heir ~ the future representative of the family."
210:224,10O  !| "Don't talk$1$ to$4$ me about$4$ heirs and representatives,"
210:224,11'  !| cried $PN#O$Charles.
210:224,11O  !| "I am not one of those who$6#1$ neglect$1$ the
210:224,12O  !| reigning power to$9$ bow$1$ to$4$ the rising sun.  If I would not go
210:224,13O  !| for$4$ the sake of your father, I should think it scandalous to$9$
210:224,14O  !| go for$4$ the sake of his heir.  What$6#2$ is $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot to$4$ me?"
210:224,15'  !| The careless expression was life to$4$ $PN#A$Anne, who$6#1$ saw
210:224,16'  !| that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was all attention, looking and
210:224,17'  !| listening with his whole$2$ soul; and that$3$ the last$2$ words
210:224,18'  !| brought his enquiring eyes from $PN#O$Charles to$4$ herself.
210:224,19'  !| $PN#O$Charles and $PN#P$Mary still$5$ talked on$5$ in the same style;
210:224,20'  !| he, half serious$2$ and half jesting, maintaining the scheme$0$
210:224,21'  !| for$4$ the play$0$; and she, invariably serious$2$, most warmly
210:224,22'  !| opposing it, and not omitting to$9$ make$1$ it known, that$3$
210:224,23'  !| however determined$2$ to$9$ go to$4$ Camden-place herself, she
210:224,24'  !| should not think herself very well*used, if they went to$4$
210:224,25'  !| the play$0$ without her.  $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove interposed.
210:224,26N  !| "We had better$9$ put it off.  $PN#O$Charles, you had much
210:224,27N  !| better$9$ go back$5$, and change$1$ the box for$4$ Tuesday.  It
210:224,28N  !| would be a pity$0$ to$9$ be divided, and we should be losing
210:224,29N  !| $PN#A$Miss*Anne too$5#2$, if there is a party at her father's; and
210:224,30N  !| I am sure neither $PN#R$Henrietta nor I should care$1$ at all for$4$
210:224,31N  !| the play$0$, if $PN#A$Miss*Anne could not be with us."
210:224,32'  !| $PN#A$Anne felt truly obliged to$4$ her for$4$ such kindness; and
210:224,33'  !| quite as much so$5#2$, moreover, for$4$ the opportunity it gave
210:224,34'  !| her of decidedly saying ~
210:224,35A  !| "If it depended only on$4$ my inclination, ma'am, the
210:224,36A  !| party at home (excepting on$4$ $PN#P$Mary's account$0$) would not
210:224,37A  !| be the smallest impediment.  I have no$2$ pleasure in the
210:224,38A  !| sort of meeting$0$, and should be too$5#1$ happy to$9$ change$1$ it
210:225, 1A  !| for$4$ a play$0$, and with you.  But, it had better$9$ not be
210:225, 2A  !| attempted, perhaps."
210:225, 3'  !| She had spoken it; but she trembled when it was
210:225, 4'  !| done, conscious that$3$ her words were listened to$4$, and
210:225, 5'  !| daring not even$5$ to$9$ try to$9$ observe their effect$0$.
210:225, 6'  !| It was soon generally agreed that$3$ Tuesday should be
210:225, 7'  !| the day, $PN#O$Charles only reserving the advantage of still$5$
210:225, 8'  !| teasing his wife, by$4$ persisting that$3$
210:225, 8@o   | he would go to$4$ the
210:225, 9@o   | play$0$ to-morrow, if nobody else would.
210:225,10'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth left$1$ his seat, and walked to$4$ the
210:225,11'  !| fire-place; probably for$4$ the sake of walking away from
210:225,12'  !| it soon afterwards, and taking a station, with less bare-faced
210:225,13'  !| design$0$, by$4$ $PN#A$Anne.
210:225,14B  !| "You have not been long$9$ enough in Bath$0#1$,"
210:225,14'  !| said he,
210:225,15B  !| "to$9$ enjoy the evening parties of the place$0$."
210:225,16A  !| "Oh| no$7$.  The usual character of them has nothing
210:225,17A  !| for$4$ me.  I am no$2$ card-player."
210:225,18B  !| "You were not formerly, I know.  You did not use$1$
210:225,19B  !| to$9$ like$0$ cards; but time makes many changes$0$."
210:225,20A  !| "I am not yet so$5#1$ much changed,"
210:225,20'  !| cried $PN#A$Anne, and
210:225,21'  !| stopped, fearing she hardly knew what$6#1$ misconstruction.
210:225,22'  !| After$4$ waiting a few moments he said ~ and as if it were
210:225,23'  !| the result$0$ of immediate feeling$0$ ~
210:225,23B  !| "It is a period, indeed|
210:225,24B  !| Eight years and a half is a period|"
210:225,25'  !| Whether he would have proceeded farther was left$1$ to$4$
210:225,26'  !| $PN#A$Anne's imagination to$9$ ponder over in a calmer hour; for$3$
210:225,27'  !| while$9$ still$5$ hearing the sounds$0$ he had uttered, she was
210:225,28'  !| startled to$4$ other subjects by$4$ $PN#R$Henrietta, eager to$9$ make$1$
210:225,29'  !| use$0$ of the present$9$ leisure for$4$ getting out$5$, and calling on$4$
210:225,30'  !| her companions to$9$ lose no$2$ time, lest somebody else should
210:225,31'  !| come in.
210:225,32'  !| They were obliged to$9$ move$1$.  $PN#A$Anne talked of being$1$
210:225,33'  !| perfectly ready, and tried to$9$ look$1$ it; but she felt that$3$
210:225,34'  !| could $PN#R$Henrietta have known the regret$0$ and reluctance of
210:225,35'  !| her heart in quitting that$6#2$ chair, in preparing to$9$ quit the
210:225,36'  !| room, she would have found, in all her own$2$ sensations
210:225,37'  !| for$4$ her cousin, in the very security of his affection, wherewith
210:225,38'  !| to$9$ pity$1$ her.
210:226, 1'  !| Their preparations, however, were stopped short$2$.
210:226, 2'  !| Alarming sounds$0$ were heard; other visitors approached,
210:226, 3'  !| and the door was thrown open$2$ for$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter and $PN#H$Miss*Elliot,
210:226, 4'  !| whose$6#1$ entrance seemed to$9$ give a general$2$ chill.
210:226, 5'  !| $PN#A$Anne felt an instant$2$ oppression, and, wherever she looked,
210:226, 6'  !| saw symptoms of the same.
210:226, 6@a   | The comfort$0$, the freedom,
210:226, 7@a   | the gaiety of the room was over, hushed into cold$2$ composure,
210:226, 8@a   | determined$2$ silence$0$, or insipid talk$0$, to$9$ meet$1$ the
210:226, 9@a   | heartless elegance of her father and sister.  How mortifying
210:226,10@a   | to$9$ feel that$3$ it was so$5#2$|
210:226,11@a   | Her jealous eye was satisfied$2$ in one particular.  $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
210:226,12@a   | was acknowledged again by$4$ each, by$4$ $PN#H$Elizabeth
210:226,13@a   | more graciously than before$5$.  She even$5$ addressed
210:226,14@a   | him once, and looked at him more than once.
210:226,14'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth
210:226,15'  !| was, in fact, revolving a great measure$0$.  The sequel
210:226,16'  !| explained it.  After$4$ the waste$0$ of a few minutes in saying
210:226,17'  !| the proper nothings, she began to$9$ give the invitation
210:226,18'  !| which$6#1$ was to$9$ comprise all the remaining dues of the
210:226,19'  !| $PN#M1$Musgroves.
210:226,19H  !| "To-morrow evening, to$9$ meet$1$ a few friends,
210:226,20H  !| no$2$ formal party."
210:226,20'  !| It was all said very gracefully, and
210:226,21'  !| the cards with which$6#1$ she had provided$1$ herself, the
210:226,21H  !| $PN#H$Miss*Elliot
210:226,22H  !| at home,"
210:226,22'  !| were laid on$4$ the table, with a courteous,
210:226,23'  !| comprehensive smile$0$ to$4$ all; and one smile$0$ and one card
210:226,24'  !| more decidedly for$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.  The truth was,
210:226,25'  !| that$3$ $PN#H$Elizabeth had been long$9$ enough in Bath$0#1$, to$9$ understand
210:226,26'  !| the importance of a man of such an air and appearance
210:226,27'  !| as his.  The past$0$ was nothing.  The present$0#1$ was
210:226,28'  !| that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth would move$1$ about$5$ well$9$ in her
210:226,29'  !| drawing-room.  The card was pointedly given, and $PN#G$Sir*Walter
210:226,30'  !| and $PN#H$Elizabeth arose and disappeared.
210:226,31'  !| The interruption had been short$2$, though severe; and
210:226,32'  !| ease$0$ and animation returned to$4$ most of those they left$1$,
210:226,33'  !| as the door shut them out$5$, but not to$4$ $PN#A$Anne.  She could
210:226,34'  !| think only of the invitation she had with such astonishment
210:226,35'  !| witnessed; and of the manner in which$6#1$ it had been
210:226,36'  !| received, a manner of doubtful meaning$0$, of surprise$0$ rather
210:226,37'  !| than gratification, of polite acknowledgment rather than
210:226,38'  !| acceptance.  She knew him; she saw disdain$0$ in his eye,
210:227, 1'  !| and could not venture to$9$ believe that$3$ he had determined$1$
210:227, 2'  !| to$9$ accept such an offering, as atonement for$4$ all the
210:227, 3'  !| insolence of the past$0$.  Her spirits sank.  He held the
210:227, 4'  !| card in his hand$0$ after$3$ they were gone, as if deeply considering
210:227, 5'  !| it.
210:227, 6P  !| "Only think of $PN#H$Elizabeth's including every*body|"
210:227, 7'  !| whispered $PN#P$Mary very audibly.
210:227, 7P  !| "I do not wonder$1$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
210:227, 8P  !| is delighted|  You see he cannot put the card
210:227, 9P  !| out$8$ of his hand$0$."
210:227,10'  !| $PN#A$Anne caught his eye, saw his cheeks glow, and his
210:227,11'  !| mouth form$1$ itself into a momentary expression of contempt,
210:227,12'  !| and turned away, that$3$ she might neither see nor
210:227,13'  !| hear more to$9$ vex her.
210:227,14'  !| The party separated.  The gentlemen had their own$2$
210:227,15'  !| pursuits, the ladies proceeded on$4$ their own$2$ business, and
210:227,16'  !| they met no$2$ more while$9$ $PN#A$Anne belonged to$4$ them.  She
210:227,17'  !| was earnestly begged to$9$ return$1$ and dine, and give them
210:227,18'  !| all the rest$0#1$ of the day; but her spirits had been so$5#1$ long$9$
210:227,19'  !| exerted, that$3$ at present$0#1$ she felt unequal to$4$ more, and
210:227,20'  !| fit$9$ only for$4$ home, where she might be sure of being$1$ as
210:227,21'  !| silent as she chose.
210:227,22'  !| Promising to$9$ be with them the whole$0$ of the following
210:227,23'  !| morning, therefore, she closed the fatigues$0$ of the present$0#1$,
210:227,24'  !| by$4$ a toilsome walk$0$ to$4$ Camden-place, there to$9$ spend the
210:227,25'  !| evening chiefly in listening to$4$ the busy arrangements of
210:227,26'  !| $PN#H$Elizabeth and $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay for$4$ the morrow's party, the
210:227,27'  !| frequent enumeration of the persons invited, and the
210:227,28'  !| continually improving detail$0$ of all the embellishments
210:227,29'  !| which$6#1$ were to$9$ make$1$ it the most completely elegant of
210:227,30'  !| its kind$0$ in Bath$0#1$, while$9$ harassing herself in secret$0$ with
210:227,31'  !| the never-ending question$0$, of
210:227,31@a   | whether $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
210:227,32@a   | would come or not?  They were reckoning him as certain,
210:227,33@a   | but, with her, it was a gnawing solicitude never appeased
210:227,34@a   | for$4$ five minutes together.  She generally thought$1$ he would
210:227,35@a   | come, because she generally thought$1$ he ought;
210:227,35'  !| but it
210:227,36'  !| was a case which$6#1$ she could not so$5#2$ shape$1$ into any positive
210:227,37'  !| act$0$ of duty or discretion, as inevitably to$9$ defy the suggestions
210:227,38'  !| of very opposite feelings.
210:228, 1'  !| She only roused herself from the broodings of this
210:228, 2'  !| restless agitation, to$9$ let $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay know that$3$ she had
210:228, 3'  !| been seen with $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot three hours after$4$ his being$1$
210:228, 4'  !| supposed to$9$ be out$8$ of Bath$0#1$; for$3$ having watched in vain
210:228, 5'  !| for$4$ some intimation of the interview from the lady herself,
210:228, 6'  !| she determined$1$ to$9$ mention$1$ it; and it seemed to$4$
210:228, 7'  !| her that$3$ there was guilt in $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay's face$0$ as she listened.
210:228, 8'  !| It was transient, cleared away in an instant$0$, but $PN#A$Anne
210:228, 9'  !| could imagine she read there the consciousness of having,
210:228,10'  !| by$4$ some complication of mutual trick$0$, or some overbearing
210:228,11'  !| authority of his, been obliged to$9$ attend (perhaps for$4$ half
210:228,12'  !| an hour) to$4$ his lectures and restrictions on$4$ her designs
210:228,13'  !| on$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter.  She exclaimed, however, with a very
210:228,14'  !| tolerable imitation of nature,
210:228,15C  !| "Oh dear$7$| very true.  Only think, $PN#H$Miss*Elliot, to$4$ my
210:228,16C  !| great surprise$0$ I met with $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot in Bath-street|  I was
210:228,17C  !| never more astonished.  He turned back$5$ and walked with
210:228,18C  !| me to$4$ the Pump-yard.  He had been prevented setting
210:228,19C  !| off for$4$ Thornberry, but I really forget by$4$ what$6#1$ ~ for$3$ I was
210:228,20C  !| in a hurry$0$, and could not much attend, and I can only
210:228,21C  !| answer$1$ for$4$ his being$1$ determined$2$ not to$9$ be delayed in his
210:228,22C  !| return$0$.  He wanted to$9$ know how early he might be
210:228,23C  !| admitted to-morrow.  He was full of ""to-morrow;"" and
210:228,24C  !| it is very evident that$3$ I have been full of it too$5#2$ ever since
210:228,25C  !| I entered the house, and learnt the extension of your
210:228,26C  !| plan, and all that$6#1$ had happened, or my seeing him could
210:228,27C  !| never have gone so$5#1$ entirely out$8$ of my head$0$."
211:229, 1'  !| one day only had passed since $PN#A$Anne's conversation
211:229, 2'  !| with $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith; but a keener interest$0$ had succeeded,
211:229, 3'  !| and she was now so$5#1$ little touched by$4$ $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's conduct$0$,
211:229, 4'  !| except by$4$ its effects in one quarter$0#2$, that$3$ it became
211:229, 5'  !| a matter of course$8$ the next morning, still$5$ to$9$ defer her
211:229, 6'  !| explanatory visit$0$ in Rivers-street.  She had promised to$9$
211:229, 7'  !| be with the $PN#M1$Musgroves from breakfast$0$ to$4$ dinner.  Her
211:229, 8'  !| faith was plighted, and $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's character, like$9$ the
211:229, 9'  !| $PN#Z2$Sultaness*Scheherazade's head$0$, must live another day.
211:229,10'  !| She could not keep her appointment punctually, however;
211:229,11'  !| the weather was unfavourable, and she had grieved
211:229,12'  !| over the rain$0$ on$4$ her friends' account$0$, and felt it very
211:229,13'  !| much on$4$ her own$2$, before$3$ she was able to$9$ attempt$1$ the
211:229,14'  !| walk$0$.  When she reached the White*Hart, and made her
211:229,15'  !| way to$4$ the proper apartment, she found herself neither
211:229,16'  !| arriving quite in time, nor the first to$9$ arrive.  The party
211:229,17'  !| before$4$ her were $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, talking to$4$ $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft,
211:229,18'  !| and $PN#J$Captain*Harville to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, and she
211:229,19'  !| immediately heard that$3$ $PN#P$Mary and $PN#R$Henrietta, too$5#1$ impatient
211:229,20'  !| to$9$ wait, had gone out$5$ the moment it had cleared,
211:229,21'  !| but would be back$5$ again soon, and that$3$ the strictest
211:229,22'  !| injunctions had been left$1$ with $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, to$9$ keep
211:229,23'  !| her there till they returned.  She had only to$9$ submit, sit
211:229,24'  !| down$5$, be outwardly composed, and feel herself plunged
211:229,25'  !| at once in all the agitations which$6#1$ she had merely laid
211:229,26'  !| her account$0$ of tasting a little before$3$ the morning closed.
211:229,27'  !| There was no$2$ delay$0$, no$2$ waste$0$ of time.  She was deep in
211:229,28'  !| the happiness of such misery, or the misery of such
211:229,29'  !| happiness, instantly.  Two minutes after$4$ her entering the
211:229,30'  !| room, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth said,
211:229,31B  !| "We will$1$ write the letter we were talking of, $PN#J$Harville,
211:229,32B  !| now, if you will$1$ give me materials."
211:229,33'  !| Materials were all at hand$0$, on$4$ a separate$2$ table; he
211:230, 1'  !| went to$4$ it, and nearly turning$1$ his back$0$ on$4$ them all, was
211:230, 2'  !| engrossed by$4$ writing$1$.
211:230, 3'  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove was giving $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft the history of her
211:230, 4'  !| eldest daughter's engagement, and just$9$ in that$6#2$ inconvenient
211:230, 5'  !| tone of voice which$6#1$ was perfectly audible while$9$
211:230, 6'  !| it pretended to$9$ be a whisper$0$.  $PN#A$Anne felt that$3$ she did not
211:230, 7'  !| belong to$4$ the conversation, and yet, as $PN#J$Captain*Harville
211:230, 8'  !| seemed thoughtful and not disposed to$9$ talk$1$, she could
211:230, 9'  !| not avoid hearing many undesirable particulars, such as
211:230,10N  !| "how $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove and my brother $PN#ZP$Hayter had met
211:230,11N  !| again and again to$9$ talk$1$ it over; what$6#1$ my brother $PN#ZP$Hayter
211:230,12N  !| had said one day, and what$6#1$ $PN#M$Mr%*Musgrove had proposed
211:230,13N  !| the next, and what$6#1$ had occurred to$4$ my sister $PN#ZQ$Hayter,
211:230,14N  !| and what$6#1$ the young people had wished, and what$6#1$ I said
211:230,15N  !| at first I never could consent$1$ to$4$, but was afterwards
211:230,16N  !| persuaded to$9$ think might do very well$9$,"
211:230,16'  !| and a great
211:230,17'  !| deal$0#2$ in the same style of open-hearted communication ~
211:230,18'  !| Minutia*e which$6#1$, even$5$ with every advantage of taste and
211:230,19'  !| delicacy which$6#1$ good $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove could not give, could
211:230,20'  !| be properly interesting only to$4$ the principals.  $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft
211:230,21'  !| was attending with great good*humour, and whenever
211:230,22'  !| she spoke at all, it was very sensibly.  $PN#A$Anne hoped the
211:230,23'  !| gentlemen might each be too$5#1$ much self-occupied to$9$ hear.
211:230,24N  !| "And so$3$, ma'am, all these things considered,"
211:230,24'  !| said
211:230,25'  !| $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove in her powerful whisper$0$,
211:230,25N  !| "though we
211:230,26N  !| could have wished it different, yet altogether we did not
211:230,27N  !| think it fair to$9$ stand$1$ out$5$ any longer; for$3$ $PN#L$Charles*Hayter
211:230,28N  !| was quite wild about$4$ it, and $PN#R$Henrietta was pretty$5$ near$9$
211:230,29N  !| as bad; and so$3$ we thought$1$ they had better$9$ marry at
211:230,30N  !| once, and make$1$ the best of it, as many others have done
211:230,31N  !| before$4$ them.  At any rate$0$, said I, it will$1$ be better$9$ than
211:230,32N  !| a long$9$ engagement."
211:230,33E  !| "That$6#2$ is precisely what$6#1$ I was going to$9$ observe,"
211:230,33'  !| cried
211:230,34'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft.
211:230,34E  !| "I would rather have young people settle
211:230,35E  !| on$4$ a small income at once, and have to$9$ struggle$1$ with
211:230,36E  !| a few difficulties together, than be involved in a long$9$
211:230,37E  !| engagement.  I always think that$3$ no$2$ mutual ~"
211:230,38N  !| "Oh| dear$2#1$ $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft,"
211:230,38'  !| cried $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, unable to$9$
211:231, 1'  !| let her finish$1$ her speech,
211:231, 1N  !| "there is nothing I so$5#1$ abominate
211:231, 2N  !| for$4$ young people as a long$9$ engagement.  It is what$6#1$
211:231, 3N  !| I always protested against for$4$ my children.  It is all very
211:231, 4N  !| well$9$, I used$1#2$ to$9$ say, for$4$ young people to$9$ be engaged, if
211:231, 5N  !| there is a certainty of their being$1$ able to$9$ marry in six
211:231, 6N  !| months, or even$5$ in twelve, but a long$9$ engagement|"
211:231, 7E  !| "Yes, dear$2#1$ ma'am,"
211:231, 7'  !| said $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft,
211:231, 7E  !| "or an uncertain
211:231, 8E  !| engagement; an engagement which$6#1$ may$1$ be long$9$.  To$9$
211:231, 9E  !| begin without knowing that$3$ at such a time there will$1$ be
211:231,10E  !| the means$0$ of marrying, I hold$1$ to$9$ be very unsafe and
211:231,11E  !| unwise, and what$6#1$, I think, all parents should prevent as
211:231,12E  !| far as they can."
211:231,13'  !| $PN#A$Anne found an unexpected interest$0$ here.  She felt its
211:231,14'  !| application to$4$ herself, felt it in a nervous thrill all over
211:231,15'  !| her, and at the same moment that$3$ her eyes instinctively
211:231,16'  !| glanced towards the distant table, $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's
211:231,17'  !| pen ceased to$9$ move$1$, his head$0$ was raised, pausing, listening,
211:231,18'  !| and he turned round$9$ the next instant$0$ to$9$ give a look$0$ ~ one
211:231,19'  !| quick$2$, conscious look$0$ at her.
211:231,20'  !| The two ladies continued to$9$ talk$1$, to$9$ re-urge the same
211:231,21'  !| admitted truths, and enforce them with such examples
211:231,22'  !| of the ill effect$0$ of a contrary$2$ practice$0$, as had fallen within
211:231,23'  !| their observation, but $PN#A$Anne heard nothing distinctly; it
211:231,24'  !| was only a buzz of words in her ear, her mind$0$ was in
211:231,25'  !| confusion.
211:231,26'  !| $PN#J$Captain*Harville, who$6#1$ had in truth been hearing none
211:231,27'  !| of it, now left$1$ his seat, and moved to$4$ a window; and
211:231,28'  !| $PN#A$Anne seeming to$9$ watch$1$ him, though it was from thorough
211:231,29'  !| absence of mind$0$, became gradually sensible$2#1$ that$3$ he was
211:231,30'  !| inviting her to$9$ join him where he stood.  He looked at
211:231,31'  !| her with a smile$0$, and a little motion of the head$0$, which$6#1$
211:231,32'  !| expressed,
211:231,32@j   | "Come to$4$ me, I have something to$9$ say;"
211:231,33'  !| and the unaffected, easy kindness of manner which$6#1$
211:231,34'  !| denoted the feelings of an older acquaintance than he
211:231,35'  !| really was, strongly enforced the invitation.  She roused
211:231,36'  !| herself and went to$4$ him.  The window at which$6#1$ he stood,
211:231,37'  !| was at the other end$0$ of the room from where the two
211:231,38'  !| ladies were sitting$1$, and though nearer to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's
211:232, 1'  !| table, not very near$9$.  As she joined him, $PN#J$Captain*Harville's
211:232, 2'  !| countenance reassumed the serious$2$, thoughtful
211:232, 3'  !| expression which$6#1$ seemed its natural$2$ character.
211:232, 4J  !| "Look$1$ here,"
211:232, 4'  !| said he, unfolding a parcel in his hand$0$,
211:232, 5'  !| and displaying a small miniature painting,
211:232, 5J  !| "do you know
211:232, 6J  !| who$6#2$ that$6#2$ is?"
211:232, 7A  !| "Certainly, $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick."
211:232, 8J  !| "Yes, and you may$1$ guess$1$ who$6#2$ it is for$4$.  But
211:232, 8'  !| (in a deep
211:232, 9'  !| tone)
211:232, 9J  !| it was not done for$4$ her.  $PN#A$Miss*Elliot, do you remember
211:232,10J  !| our walking together at Lyme, and grieving for$4$ him?
211:232,11J  !| I little thought$1$ then ~ but no$2$ matter.  This was drawn
211:232,12J  !| at the Cape.  He met with a clever young German artist
211:232,13J  !| at the Cape, and in compliance with a promise$0$ to$4$ my
211:232,14J  !| poor sister, sat to$4$ him, and was bringing it home for$4$ her.
211:232,15J  !| And I have now the charge$0$ of getting it properly set$1$ for$4$
211:232,16J  !| another|  It was a commission to$4$ me|  But who$6#2$ else
211:232,17J  !| was there to$9$ employ?  I hope$1$ I can allow for$4$ him.  I am
211:232,18J  !| not sorry, indeed, to$9$ make$1$ it over to$4$ another.  He undertakes
211:232,19J  !| it ~
211:232,19'  !| (looking towards $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
211:232,19J  !| he is
211:232,20J  !| writing$1$ about$4$ it now."
211:232,20'  !| And with a quivering lip he wound$1#1$
211:232,21'  !| up the whole$0$ by$4$ adding,
211:232,21J  !| "Poor $PN#ZO$Fanny| she would not
211:232,22J  !| have forgotten him so$5#1$ soon|"
211:232,23A  !| "No$7$,"
211:232,23'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne, in a low feeling$2$ voice.
211:232,23A  !| "That$6#2$,
211:232,24A  !| I can easily believe."
211:232,25J  !| "It was not in her nature.  She doated on$4$ him."
211:232,26A  !| "It would not be the nature of any woman who$6#1$ truly
211:232,27A  !| loved."
211:232,28'  !| $PN#J$Captain*Harville smiled, as much as to$9$ say,
211:232,28@j   | "Do you
211:232,29@j   | claim$1$ that$6#2$ for$4$ your sex?"
211:232,29'  !| and she answered the question$0$,
211:232,30'  !| smiling also,
211:232,30A  !| "Yes.  We certainly do not forget you, so$5#1$
211:232,31A  !| soon as you forget us.  It is, perhaps, our fate rather
211:232,32A  !| than our merit$0$.  We cannot help$1$ ourselves.  We live at
211:232,33A  !| home, quiet$2$, confined, and our feelings prey upon us.
211:232,34A  !| You are forced on$4$ exertion.  You have always a profession$0#2$,
211:232,35A  !| pursuits, business of some sort or other, to$9$ take you
211:232,36A  !| back$5$ into the world immediately, and continual occupation
211:232,37A  !| and change$0$ soon weaken impressions."
211:232,38J  !| "Granting your assertion that$3$ the world does all this
211:233, 1J  !| so$5#1$ soon for$4$ men, (which$6#1$, however, I do not think I shall
211:233, 2J  !| grant) it does not apply to$4$ $PN#ZD$Benwick.  He has not been
211:233, 3J  !| forced upon any exertion.  The peace turned him on$4$
211:233, 4J  !| shore at the very moment, and he has been living$9$ with
211:233, 5J  !| us, in our little family-circle, ever since."
211:233, 6A  !| "True,"
211:233, 6'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
211:233, 6A  !| "very true; I did not recollect;
211:233, 7A  !| but what$6#2$ shall we say now, $PN#J$Captain*Harville?  If the
211:233, 8A  !| change$0$ be not from outward circumstances, it must be
211:233, 9A  !| from within; it must be nature, man's nature, which$6#1$ has
211:233,10A  !| done the business for$4$ $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick."
211:233,11J  !| "No$7$, no$7$, it is not man's nature.  I will$1$ not allow it
211:233,12J  !| to$9$ be more man's nature than woman's to$9$ be inconstant
211:233,13J  !| and forget those they do love$1$, or have loved.  I believe
211:233,14J  !| the reverse.  I believe in a true analogy between our
211:233,15J  !| bodily frames and our mental; and that$3$ as our bodies
211:233,16J  !| are the strongest, so$5#2$ are our feelings; capable of
211:233,17J  !| bearing most rough usage, and riding out$5$ the heaviest
211:233,18J  !| weather."
211:233,19A  !| "Your feelings may$1$ be the strongest,"
211:233,19'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne,
211:233,20A  !| "but the same spirit of analogy will$1$ authorise me to$9$
211:233,21A  !| assert that$3$ ours are the most tender$2$.  Man is more robust
211:233,22A  !| than woman, but he is not longer-lived; which$6#1$ exactly
211:233,23A  !| explains my view$0$ of the nature of their attachments.
211:233,24A  !| Nay, it would be too$5#1$ hard upon you, if it were otherwise.
211:233,25A  !| You have difficulties, and privations, and dangers enough
211:233,26A  !| to$9$ struggle$1$ with.  You are always labouring and toiling,
211:233,27A  !| exposed to$4$ every risk$0$ and hardship.  Your home, country,
211:233,28A  !| friends, all quitted.  Neither time, nor health, nor life,
211:233,29A  !| to$9$ be called your own$2$.  It would be too$5#1$ hard indeed"
211:233,30'  !| (with a faltering voice)
211:233,30A  !| "if woman's feelings were to$9$ be
211:233,31A  !| added to$4$ all this."
211:233,32J  !| "We shall never agree upon this question$0$" ~
211:233,32'  !| $PN#J$Captain*Harville
211:233,33'  !| was beginning$1$ to$9$ say, when a slight$2$ noise called
211:233,34'  !| their attention to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's hitherto perfectly
211:233,35'  !| quiet$2$ division of the room.  It was nothing more than
211:233,36'  !| that$3$ his pen had fallen down$5$, but $PN#A$Anne was startled at
211:233,37'  !| finding him nearer than she had supposed, and half
211:233,38'  !| inclined to$9$ suspect that$3$ the pen had only fallen, because
211:234, 1'  !| he had been occupied by$4$ them, striving to$9$ catch$1$ sounds$0$,
211:234, 2'  !| which$6#1$ yet she did not think he could have caught.
211:234, 3J  !| "Have you finished your letter?"
211:234, 3'  !| said $PN#J$Captain*Harville.
211:234, 4     |
211:234, 5B  !| "Not quite, a few lines more.  I shall have done in
211:234, 6B  !| five minutes."
211:234, 7J  !| "There is no$2$ hurry$0$ on$4$ my side$0$.  I am only ready
211:234, 8J  !| whenever you are. ~ I am in very good anchorage here,"
211:234, 9'  !| (smiling at $PN#A$Anne)
211:234, 9J  !| "well$9$ supplied, and want$1$ for$4$ nothing. ~
211:234,10J  !| No$2$ hurry$0$ for$4$ a signal at all. ~ Well$7$, $PN#A$Miss*Elliot,"
211:234,10'  !| (lowering
211:234,11'  !| his voice)
211:234,11J  !| "as I was saying, we shall never agree I suppose
211:234,12J  !| upon this point$0$.  No$2$ man and woman would, probably.
211:234,13J  !| But let me observe that$3$ all histories are against you, all
211:234,14J  !| stories, prose and verse.  If I had such a memory as
211:234,15J  !| $PN#ZD$Benwick, I could bring you fifty quotations in a moment
211:234,16J  !| on$4$ my side$0$ the argument, and I do not think I ever
211:234,17J  !| opened a book in my life which$6#1$ had not something to$9$
211:234,18J  !| say upon woman's inconstancy.  Songs and proverbs, all
211:234,19J  !| talk$1$ of woman's fickleness.  But perhaps you will$1$ say,
211:234,20J  !| these were all written by$4$ men."
211:234,21A  !| "Perhaps I shall. ~ Yes, yes, if you please, no$2$ reference
211:234,22A  !| to$4$ examples in books.  Men have had every advantage
211:234,23A  !| of us in telling their own$2$ story.  Education has been
211:234,24A  !| theirs in so$5#1$ much higher a degree; the pen has been
211:234,25A  !| in their hands.  I will$1$ not allow books to$9$ prove any*thing."
211:234,26     |
211:234,27J  !| "But how shall we prove any*thing?"
211:234,28A  !| "We never shall.  We never can expect to$9$ prove any*thing
211:234,29A  !| upon such a point$0$.  It is a difference of opinion
211:234,30A  !| which$6#1$ does not admit of proof.  We each begin probably
211:234,31A  !| with a little bias$0$ towards our own$2$ sex, and upon that$6#2$
211:234,32A  !| bias$0$ build every circumstance in favour$0$ of it which$6#1$ has
211:234,33A  !| occurred within our own$2$ circle; many of which$6#1$ circumstances
211:234,34A  !| (perhaps those very cases which$6#1$ strike us the
211:234,35A  !| most) may$1$ be precisely such as cannot be brought forward$1$
211:234,36A  !| without betraying a confidence, or in some respect$0$ saying
211:234,37A  !| what$6#1$ should not be said."
211:234,38J  !| "Ah|"
211:234,38'  !| cried $PN#J$Captain*Harville, in a tone of strong
211:235, 1'  !| feeling$0$,
211:235, 1J  !| "if I could but make$1$ you comprehend what$6#1$
211:235, 2J  !| a man suffers when he takes a last$2$ look$0$ at his wife and
211:235, 3J  !| children, and watches the boat that$6#1$ he has sent them off
211:235, 4J  !| in, as long$9$ as it is in sight, and then turns$1$ away and
211:235, 5J  !| says, "God knows whether we ever meet$1$ again|"  And
211:235, 6J  !| then, if I could convey to$4$ you the glow of his soul when
211:235, 7J  !| he does see them again; when, coming back$5$ after$4$ a
211:235, 8J  !| twelvemonth's absence perhaps, and obliged to$9$ put into
211:235, 9J  !| another port, he calculates how soon it be possible to$9$ get
211:235,10J  !| them there, pretending to$9$ deceive himself, and saying,
211:235,11J  !| ""They cannot be here till such a day,"" but all the while$0$
211:235,12J  !| hoping for$4$ them twelve hours sooner, and seeing them
211:235,13J  !| arrive at last$0$, as if Heaven had given them wings, by$4$
211:235,14J  !| many hours sooner still$5$|  If I could explain to$4$ you all
211:235,15J  !| this, and all that$6#1$ a man can bear$1$ and do, and glories
211:235,16J  !| to$9$ do for$4$ the sake of these treasures of his existence|
211:235,17J  !| I speak, you know, only of such men as have hearts|"
211:235,18'  !| pressing his own$2$ with emotion.
211:235,19A  !| "Oh|"
211:235,19'  !| cried $PN#A$Anne eagerly,
211:235,19A  !| "I hope$1$ I do justice to$4$
211:235,20A  !| all that$6#1$ is felt by$4$ you, and by$4$ those who$6#1$ resemble you.
211:235,21A  !| God forbid that$3$ I should undervalue the warm$2$ and faithful
211:235,22A  !| feelings of any of my fellow-creatures.  I should deserve
211:235,23A  !| utter$2$ contempt if I dared to$9$ suppose that$3$ true attachment
211:235,24A  !| and constancy were known only by$4$ woman.  No$7$, I believe
211:235,25A  !| you capable of every*thing great and good in your married
211:235,26A  !| lives$0$.  I believe you equal$2$ to$4$ every important exertion,
211:235,27A  !| and to$4$ every domestic$2$ forbearance, so$5#1$ long$9$ as ~ if I may$1$
211:235,28A  !| be allowed the expression, so$5#1$ long$9$ as you have an object$0$.
211:235,29A  !| I mean$1$, while$9$ the woman you love$1$ lives$1$, and lives$1$ for$4$
211:235,30A  !| you.  All the privilege I claim$1$ for$4$ my own$2$ sex (it is
211:235,31A  !| not a very enviable one, you need$1$ not covet it) is that$6#2$
211:235,32A  !| of loving longest, when existence or when hope$0$ is
211:235,33A  !| gone."
211:235,34'  !| She could not immediately have uttered another sentence;
211:235,35'  !| her heart was too$5#1$ full, her breath too$5#1$ much
211:235,36'  !| oppressed.
211:235,37J  !| "You are a good soul,"
211:235,37'  !| cried $PN#J$Captain*Harville, putting
211:235,38'  !| his hand$0$ on$4$ her arm$0$ quite affectionately.
211:235,38J  !| "There is no$2$
211:236, 1J  !| quarrelling with you. ~ And when I think of $PN#ZD$Benwick, my
211:236, 2J  !| tongue is tied."
211:236, 3'  !| Their attention was called towards the others. ~
211:236, 4'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft was taking leave$0$.
211:236, 5E  !| "Here, $PN#B$Frederick, you and I part$1$ company, I believe,"
211:236, 6'  !| said she.
211:236, 6E  !| "I am going home, and you have an engagement
211:236, 7E  !| with your friend. ~ To-night we may$1$ have the
211:236, 8E  !| pleasure of all meeting$9$ again, at your party,"
211:236, 8'  !| (turning$1$
211:236, 9'  !| to$4$ $PN#A$Anne.
211:236, 9E  !| "We had your sister's card yesterday, and
211:236,10E  !| I understood $PN#B$Frederick had a card too$5#2$, though I did not
211:236,11E  !| see it ~ and you are disengaged, $PN#B$Frederick, are you not, as
211:236,12E  !| well$9$ as ourselves?"
211:236,13'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth was folding up a letter in great
211:236,14'  !| haste, and either could not or would not answer$1$ fully.
211:236,15B  !| "Yes,"
211:236,15'  !| said he,
211:236,15B  !| "very true; here we separate$1$, but
211:236,16B  !| $PN#J$Harville and I shall soon be after$4$ you, that$6#2$ is, $PN#J$Harville,
211:236,17B  !| if you are ready, I am in half a minute$0$.  I know you will$1$
211:236,18B  !| not be sorry to$9$ be off.  I shall be at your service in half
211:236,19B  !| a minute$0$."
211:236,20'  !| $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft left$1$ them, and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, having
211:236,21'  !| sealed his letter with great rapidity, was indeed ready,
211:236,22'  !| and had even$5$ a hurried, agitated air, which$6#1$ shewed
211:236,23'  !| impatience to$9$ be gone.  $PN#A$Anne knew not how to$9$ understand
211:236,24'  !| it.
211:236,24@a   | She had the kindest
211:236,24J  !| "Good morning, God bless
211:236,25J  !| you,"
211:236,25@a   | from $PN#J$Captain*Harville, but from him not a word,
211:236,26@a   | nor a look$0$.  He had passed out$8$ of the room without
211:236,27@a   | a look$0$|
211:236,28'  !| She had only time, however, to$9$ move$1$ closer to$4$ the
211:236,29'  !| table where he had been writing$1$, when footsteps were
211:236,30'  !| heard returning; the door opened; it was himself.  He
211:236,31'  !| begged their pardon$0$, but he had forgotten his gloves, and
211:236,32'  !| instantly crossing the room to$4$ the writing*table, and
211:236,33'  !| standing$1$ with his back$0$ towards $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, he drew
211:236,34'  !| out$5$ a letter from under the scattered paper, placed it
211:236,35'  !| before$4$ $PN#A$Anne with eyes of glowing entreaty fixed on$4$ her
211:236,36'  !| for$4$ a moment, and hastily collecting his gloves, was again
211:236,37'  !| out$8$ of the room, almost before$3$ $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove was aware
211:236,38'  !| of his being$1$ in it ~ the work$0$ of an instant$0$|
211:237, 1'  !| The revolution which$6#1$ one instant$0$ had made in $PN#A$Anne,
211:237, 2'  !| was almost beyond$4$ expression.
211:237, 2@a   | The letter, with a direction
211:237, 3@a   | hardly legible, to$4$
211:237, 3B  !| "$PN#A$Miss*A%*E%*@@%"
211:237, 3@a   | was evidently the
211:237, 4@a   | one which$6#1$ he had been folding so$5#1$ hastily.  While$9$ supposed
211:237, 5@a   | to$9$ be writing$1$ only to$4$ $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick, he had
211:237, 6@a   | been also addressing her|  On$4$ the contents of that$6#2$ letter
211:237, 7@a   | depended all which$6#1$ this world could do for$4$ her|  Any*thing
211:237, 8@a   | was possible, any*thing might be defied rather than
211:237, 9@a   | suspense.  $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove had little arrangements of her
211:237,10@a   | own$2$ at her own$2$ table; to$4$ their protection she must trust$1$,
211:237,11'  !| and sinking into the chair which$6#1$ he had occupied, succeeding
211:237,12'  !| to$4$ the very spot where he had leaned and written,
211:237,13'  !| her eyes devoured the following words:
211:237,14B  !| "I can listen no$2$ longer in silence$0$.  I must speak to$4$
211:237,15B  !| "you by$4$ such means$0$ as are within my reach$0$.  You pierce
211:237,16B  !| "my soul.  I am half agony, half hope$0$.  Tell me not
211:237,17B  !| "that$3$ I am too$5#1$ late, that$3$ such precious feelings are gone
211:237,18B  !| "for*ever.  I offer$1$ myself to$4$ you again with a heart even$5$
211:237,19B  !| "more your own$2$, than when you almost broke it eight
211:237,20B  !| "years and a half ago.  Dare$1#2$ not say that$3$ man forgets
211:237,21B  !| "sooner than woman, that$3$ his love$0$ has an earlier death.
211:237,22B  !| "I have loved none but you.  Unjust I may$1$ have been,
211:237,23B  !| "weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant.
211:237,24B  !| "You alone have brought me to$4$ Bath$0#1$.  For$4$ you alone
211:237,25B  !| "I think and plan. ~ Have you not seen this?  Can you
211:237,26B  !| "fail to$9$ have understood my wishes$0$? ~ I had not waited
211:237,27B  !| "even$5$ these ten days, could I have read your feelings,
211:237,28B  !| "as I think you must have penetrated mine$0$.  I can
211:237,29B  !| "hardly write.  I am every instant$0$ hearing something
211:237,30B  !| "which$6#1$ overpowers me.  You sink your voice, but I can
211:237,31B  !| "distinguish the tones of that$6#2$ voice, when they would
211:237,32B  !| "be lost on$4$ others. ~ too$5#1$ good, too$5#1$ excellent creature|
211:237,33B  !| "You do us justice indeed.  You do believe that$3$ there
211:237,34B  !| "is true attachment and constancy among men.  Believe
211:237,35B  !| "it to$9$ be most fervent, most undeviating in
211:237,36B  !|                                             "$PN#B$F%*W%"
211:237,37B  !| "I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return$1$
211:237,38B  !| "hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible.
211:238, 1B  !| "A word, a look$0$ will$1$ be enough to$9$ decide whether I enter
211:238, 2B  !| "your father's house this evening, or never."
211:238, 3'  !| Such a letter was not to$9$ be soon recovered from.  Half
211:238, 4'  !| an hour's solitude and reflection might have tranquillized
211:238, 5'  !| her; but the ten minutes only, which$6#1$ now passed before$3$
211:238, 6'  !| she was interrupted, with all the restraints of her situation,
211:238, 7'  !| could do nothing towards tranquillity.
211:238, 7@a   | Every moment
211:238, 8@a   | rather brought fresh agitation.  It was an overpowering
211:238, 9@a   | happiness.
211:238, 9'  !| And before$3$ she was beyond$4$ the first stage$0#1$ of
211:238,10'  !| full sensation$0#1$, $PN#O$Charles, $PN#P$Mary, and $PN#R$Henrietta all came in.
211:238,11'  !| The absolute necessity of seeming like$9$ herself produced
211:238,12'  !| then an immediate struggle$0$; but after$4$ a while$0$ she could
211:238,13'  !| do no$2$ more.  She began not to$9$ understand a word they
211:238,14'  !| said, and was obliged to$9$ plead indisposition and excuse$1$
211:238,15'  !| herself.  They could then see that$3$ she looked very ill ~
211:238,16'  !| were shocked and concerned ~ and would not stir without
211:238,17'  !| her for$4$ the world.
211:238,17@a   | This was dreadful|  Would they only
211:238,18@a   | have gone away, and left$1$ her in the quiet$2$ possession of
211:238,19@a   | that$6#2$ room, it would have been her cure$0$; but to$9$ have
211:238,20@a   | them all standing$1$ or waiting around$4$ her was distracting,
211:238,21'  !| and, in desperation, she said she would go home.
211:238,22N  !| "By$4$ all means$0$, my dear$2#1$,"
211:238,22'  !| cried $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove,
211:238,22N  !| "go
211:238,23N  !| home directly and take care$0$ of yourself, that$3$ you may$1$
211:238,24N  !| be fit$9$ for$4$ the evening.  I wish$1$ $PN#ZZD$Sarah was here to$9$ doctor
211:238,25N  !| you, but I am no$2$ doctor myself.  $PN#O$Charles, ring$0$ and order$1$
211:238,26N  !| a chair.  She must not walk$1$."
211:238,27@a   | But the chair would never do.  Worse than all|  To$9$
211:238,28@a   | lose the possibility of speaking two words to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth
211:238,29@a   | in the course$0$ of her quiet$2$, solitary progress
211:238,30@a   | up the town
211:238,30'  !| (and she felt almost certain of meeting$9$ him)
211:238,31@a   | could not be borne.
211:238,31'  !| The chair was earnestly protested
211:238,32'  !| against; and $PN#N$Mrs%*Musgrove, who$6#1$ thought$1$ only of one
211:238,33'  !| sort of illness, having assured herself, with some anxiety,
211:238,34'  !| that$3$ there had been no$2$ fall$0$ in the case; that$3$ $PN#A$Anne had
211:238,35'  !| not, at any time lately, slipped down$5$, and got a blow on$4$
211:238,36'  !| her head$0$; that$3$ she was perfectly convinced of having
211:238,37'  !| had no$2$ fall$0$, could part$1$ with her cheerfully, and depend
211:238,38'  !| on$4$ finding her better$9$ at night.
211:239, 1'  !| Anxious to$9$ omit no$2$ possible precaution, $PN#A$Anne struggled,
211:239, 2'  !| and said,
211:239, 3A  !| "I am afraid, ma'am, that$3$ it is not perfectly understood.
211:239, 4A  !| Pray be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ mention$1$ to$4$ the other
211:239, 5A  !| gentlemen that$3$ we hope$1$ to$9$ see your whole$2$ party this
211:239, 6A  !| evening.  I am afraid there has been some mistake$0$; and
211:239, 7A  !| I wish$1$ you particularly to$9$ assure $PN#J$Captain*Harville, and
211:239, 8A  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, that$3$ we hope$1$ to$9$ see them both."
211:239, 9N  !| "Oh| my dear$2#1$, it is quite understood, I give you my
211:239,10N  !| word.  $PN#J$Captain*Harville has no$2$ thought$0$ but of going."
211:239,11A  !| "Do you think so$5#2$?  But I am afraid; and I should
211:239,12A  !| be so$5#1$ very sorry|  Will$1$ you promise$1$ me to$9$ mention$1$ it,
211:239,13A  !| when you see them again?  You will$1$ see them both
211:239,14A  !| again this morning, I dare$1#2$ say.  Do promise$1$ me."
211:239,15N  !| "To$9$ be sure I will$1$, if you wish$1$ it.  $PN#O$Charles, if you see
211:239,16N  !| $PN#J$Captain*Harville any*where, remember to$9$ give $PN#A$Miss*Anne's
211:239,17N  !| message.  But indeed, my dear$2#1$, you need$1$ not be
211:239,18N  !| uneasy.  $PN#J$Captain*Harville holds himself quite engaged,
211:239,19N  !| I'll answer$1$ for$4$ it; and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth the same,
211:239,20N  !| I dare$1#2$ say."
211:239,21'  !| $PN#A$Anne could do no$2$ more; but her heart prophesied
211:239,22'  !| some mischance, to$9$ damp$1$ the perfection of her felicity.
211:239,23@a   | It could not be very lasting, however.  Even$5$ if he did
211:239,24@a   | not come to$4$ Camden-place himself, it would be in her
211:239,25@a   | power to$9$ send an intelligible sentence by$4$ $PN#J$Captain*Harville.
211:239,26'  !| Another momentary vexation occurred.
211:239,26@a   | $PN#O$Charles, in his
211:239,27@a   | real concern$0$ and good-nature, would go home with her;
211:239,28@a   | there was no$2$ preventing him.  This was almost cruel|
211:239,29'  !| But she could not be long$9$ ungrateful;
211:239,29@a   | he was sacrificing
211:239,30@a   | an engagement at a gunsmith's to$9$ be of use$0$ to$4$ her;
211:239,31'  !| and she set$1$ off with him, with no$2$ feeling$0$ but gratitude
211:239,32'  !| apparent.
211:239,33'  !| They were in Union-street, when a quicker step$0$ behind,
211:239,34'  !| a something of familiar sound$0$, gave her two moments
211:239,35'  !| preparation for$4$ the sight of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.  He
211:239,36'  !| joined them; but, as if irresolute whether to$9$ join or to$9$
211:239,37'  !| pass$1$ on$5$, said nothing ~ only looked.  $PN#A$Anne could command$1$
211:239,38'  !| herself enough to$9$ receive that$6#2$ look$0$, and not repulsively.
211:240, 1'  !| The cheeks which$6#1$ had been pale now glowed,
211:240, 2'  !| and the movements which$6#1$ had hesitated were decided$2$.
211:240, 3'  !| He walked by$4$ her side$0$.  Presently, struck by$4$ a sudden$2$
211:240, 4'  !| thought$0$, $PN#O$Charles said,
211:240, 5O  !| "$PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, which$6#2$ way are you going?  only
211:240, 6O  !| to$4$ Gay-street, or farther up the town?"
211:240, 7B  !| "I hardly know,"
211:240, 7'  !| replied $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, surprised.
211:240, 8     |
211:240, 9O  !| "Are you going as high as Belmont?  Are you going
211:240,10O  !| near$9$ Camden-place?  Because if you are, I shall have no$2$
211:240,11O  !| scruple$0$ in asking you to$9$ take my place$0$, and give $PN#A$Anne
211:240,12O  !| your arm$0$ to$4$ her father's door.  She is rather done for$4$
211:240,13O  !| this morning, and must not go so$5#1$ far without help$0$.  And
211:240,14O  !| I ought to$9$ be at that$6#2$ fellow's in the market-place.  He
211:240,15O  !| promised me the sight of a capital gun he is just$9$ going
211:240,16O  !| to$9$ send off; said he would keep it unpacked to$4$ the last$2$
211:240,17O  !| possible moment, that$3$ I might see it; and if I do not
211:240,18O  !| turn$1$ back$5$ now, I have no$2$ chance$0$.  By$4$ his description,
211:240,19O  !| a good deal$0#2$ like$9$ the second-sized double-barrel of mine$0$,
211:240,20O  !| which$6#1$ you shot with one day, round$4$ Winthrop."
211:240,21'  !| There could not be an objection.  There could be only
211:240,22'  !| a most proper alacrity, a most obliging compliance for$4$
211:240,23'  !| public$2$ view$0$; and smiles reined in and spirits dancing$1$ in
211:240,24'  !| private$2$ rapture.  In half a minute$0$, $PN#O$Charles was at the
211:240,25'  !| bottom of Union-street again, and the other two proceeding
211:240,26'  !| together; and soon words enough had passed
211:240,27'  !| between them to$9$ decide their direction towards the comparatively
211:240,28'  !| quiet$2$ and retired gravel-walk, where the power
211:240,29'  !| of conversation would make$1$ the present$9$ hour a blessing
211:240,30'  !| indeed; and prepare for$4$ it all the immortality which$6#1$ the
211:240,31'  !| happiest recollections of their own$2$ future lives$0$ could
211:240,32'  !| bestow.  There they exchanged again those feelings and
211:240,33'  !| those promises$0$ which$6#1$ had once before$5$ seemed to$9$ secure$1$
211:240,34'  !| every*thing, but which$6#1$ had been followed by$4$ so$5#1$ many,
211:240,35'  !| many years of division and estrangement.  There they
211:240,36'  !| returned again into the past$0$, more exquisitely happy,
211:240,37'  !| perhaps, in their re-union, than when it had been first
211:240,38'  !| projected; more tender$2$, more tried, more fixed in a knowledge
211:241, 1'  !| of each other's character, truth, and attachment;
211:241, 2'  !| more equal$2$ to$9$ act$1$, more justified in acting.  And there,
211:241, 3'  !| as they slowly paced the gradual ascent, heedless of every
211:241, 4'  !| group around$4$ them, seeing neither sauntering politicians,
211:241, 5'  !| bustling house-keepers, flirting girls, nor nursery-maids
211:241, 6'  !| and children, they could indulge in those retrospections
211:241, 7'  !| and acknowledgments, and especially in those explanations
211:241, 8'  !| of what$6#1$ had directly preceded the present$9$ moment,
211:241, 9'  !| which$6#1$ were so$5#1$ poignant and so$5#1$ ceaseless in interest$0$.  All
211:241,10'  !| the little variations of the last$2$ week were gone through$5$;
211:241,11'  !| and of yesterday and to-day there could scarcely be
211:241,12'  !| an end$0$.
211:241,13'  !| She had not mistaken him.
211:241,13@b   | Jealousy of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had
211:241,14@b   | been the retarding weight, the doubt$0$, the torment$0$.  That$6#2$
211:241,15@b   | had begun to$9$ operate in the very hour of first meeting$9$
211:241,16@b   | her in Bath$0#1$; that$6#2$ had returned, after$4$ a short$2$ suspension,
211:241,17@b   | to$9$ ruin$1$ the concert; and that$6#2$ had influenced him in
211:241,18@b   | every*thing he had said and done, or omitted to$9$ say and
211:241,19@b   | do, in the last$2$ four-and-twenty hours.
211:241,19'  !| It had been
211:241,20'  !| gradually yielding to$4$ the better$9$ hopes$0$ which$6#1$ her looks$0$,
211:241,21'  !| or words, or actions occasionally encouraged; it had been
211:241,22'  !| vanquished at last$0$ by$4$ those sentiments and those tones
211:241,23'  !| which$6#1$ had reached him while$9$ she talked with $PN#J$Captain*Harville;
211:241,24'  !| and under the irresistible governance of which$6#1$
211:241,25'  !| he had seized a sheet of paper, and poured out$5$ his feelings.
211:241,26'  !| Of what$6#1$ he had then written, nothing was to$9$ be
211:241,27'  !| retracted or qualified.
211:241,27@b   | He persisted in having loved none
211:241,28@b   | but her.  She had never been supplanted.  He never even$5$
211:241,29@b   | believed himself to$9$ see her equal$0$.  Thus much indeed he
211:241,30@b   | was obliged to$9$ acknowledge ~ that$3$ he had been constant
211:241,31@b   | unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that$3$ he had meant
211:241,32@b   | to$9$ forget her, and believed it to$9$ be done.  He had imagined
211:241,33@b   | himself indifferent, when he had only been angry; and
211:241,34@b   | he had been unjust to$4$ her merits, because he had been
211:241,35@b   | a sufferer from them.
211:241,35'  !| Her character was now fixed on$4$
211:241,36'  !| his mind$0$ as perfection itself, maintaining the loveliest
211:241,37'  !| medium of fortitude and gentleness; but he was obliged
211:241,38'  !| to$9$ acknowledge that$3$ only at Uppercross had he learnt to$9$
211:242, 1'  !| do her justice, and only at Lyme had he begun to$9$ understand
211:242, 2'  !| himself.
211:242, 3'  !| At Lyme, he had received lessons of more than one
211:242, 4'  !| sort.  The passing$1$ admiration of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot had at least
211:242, 5'  !| roused him, and the scenes on$4$ the Cobb, and at $PN#J$Captain*Harville's,
211:242, 6'  !| had fixed her superiority.
211:242, 7'  !| In his preceding attempts to$9$ attach himself to$4$ $PN#S$Louisa*Musgrove
211:242, 8'  !| (the attempts of angry pride), he protested that$3$
211:242, 9@b   | he had for*ever felt it to$9$ be impossible; that$3$ he had not
211:242,10@b   | cared, could not care$1$ for$4$ $PN#S$Louisa; though, till that$6#2$ day,
211:242,11@b   | till the leisure for$4$ reflection which$6#1$ followed it, he had not
211:242,12@b   | understood the perfect$2$ excellence of the mind$0$ with which$6#1$
211:242,13@b   | $PN#S$Louisa's could so$5#1$ ill bear$1$ a comparison; or the perfect$2$,
211:242,14@b   | unrivalled hold$0$ it possessed over his own$2$.
211:242,14'  !| There, he had
211:242,15'  !| learnt to$9$ distinguish between the steadiness of principle
211:242,16'  !| and the obstinacy of self-will, between the darings of
211:242,17'  !| heedlessness and the resolution of a collected mind$0$.
211:242,18'  !| There, he had seen every*thing to$9$ exalt in his estimation
211:242,19'  !| the woman he had lost, and there begun to$9$ deplore the
211:242,20'  !| pride, the folly, the madness of resentment, which$6#1$ had
211:242,21'  !| kept him from trying$1$ to$9$ regain her when thrown in
211:242,22'  !| his way.
211:242,23'  !| From that$6#2$ period his penance had become severe.  He
211:242,24'  !| had no$2$ sooner been free from the horror and remorse
211:242,25'  !| attending the first few days of $PN#S$Louisa's accident, no$2$
211:242,26'  !| sooner begun to$9$ feel himself alive again, than he had
211:242,27'  !| begun to$9$ feel himself, though alive, not at liberty.
211:242,28B  !| "I found,"
211:242,28'  !| said he,
211:242,28B  !| "that$3$ I was considered by$4$ $PN#J$Harville
211:242,29B  !| an engaged man|  That$3$ neither $PN#J$Harville nor his wife
211:242,30B  !| entertained a doubt$0$ of our mutual attachment, I was
211:242,31B  !| startled and shocked.  To$4$ a degree, I could contradict
211:242,32B  !| this instantly; but, when I began to$9$ reflect that$3$ others
211:242,33B  !| might have felt the same ~ her own$2$ family, nay, perhaps
211:242,34B  !| herself, I was no$2$ longer at my own$2$ disposal.  I was hers
211:242,35B  !| in honour$0$ if she wished it.  I had been unguarded.  I had
211:242,36B  !| not thought$1$ seriously on$4$ this subject$0$ before$5$.  I had not
211:242,37B  !| considered that$3$ my excessive intimacy must have its
211:242,38B  !| danger of ill consequence in many ways; and that$3$ I had
211:243, 1B  !| no$2$ right$0$ to$9$ be trying$1$ whether I could attach myself to$4$
211:243, 2B  !| either of the girls, at the risk$0$ of raising even$5$ an unpleasant
211:243, 3B  !| report$0$, were there no$2$ other ill effects.  I had been grossly
211:243, 4B  !| wrong$9$, and must abide the consequences."
211:243, 5'  !| He found too$5#1$ late, in short$0$, that$3$ he had entangled
211:243, 6'  !| himself; and that$3$ precisely as he became fully satisfied$2$
211:243, 7'  !| of his not caring for$4$ $PN#S$Louisa at all, he must regard$0$ himself
211:243, 8'  !| as bound to$4$ her, if her sentiments for$4$ him were what$6#1$ the
211:243, 9'  !| $PN#J1$Harvilles supposed.  It determined$1$ him to$9$ leave$1$ Lyme,
211:243,10'  !| and await her complete$2$ recovery elsewhere.  He would
211:243,11'  !| gladly weaken, by$4$ any fair means$0$, whatever feelings or
211:243,12'  !| speculations concerning him might exist; and he went,
211:243,13'  !| therefore, to$4$ his brother's, meaning$1$ after$4$ a while$0$ to$9$ return$1$
211:243,14'  !| to$4$ Kellynch, and act$1$ as circumstances might require.
211:243,15B  !| "I was six weeks with $PN#ZZO$Edward,"
211:243,15'  !| said he,
211:243,15B  !| "and saw
211:243,16B  !| him happy.  I could have no$2$ other pleasure.  I deserved
211:243,17B  !| none.  He enquired after$4$ you very particularly; asked
211:243,18B  !| even$5$ if you were personally altered, little suspecting that$3$
211:243,19B  !| to$4$ my eye you could never alter."
211:243,20'  !| $PN#A$Anne smiled, and let it pass$1$.  It was too$5#1$ pleasing
211:243,21'  !| a blunder$0$ for$4$ a reproach$0$.  It is something for$4$ a woman
211:243,22'  !| to$9$ be assured, in her eight-and-twentieth year, that$3$ she
211:243,23'  !| has not lost one charm$0$ of earlier youth:  but the value$0$
211:243,24'  !| of such homage was inexpressibly increased to$4$ $PN#A$Anne, by$4$
211:243,25'  !| comparing it with former words, and feeling$1$ it to$9$ be the
211:243,26'  !| result$0$, not the cause of a revival of his warm$2$ attachment.
211:243,27'  !| He had remained in Shropshire, lamenting the blindness
211:243,28'  !| of his own$2$ pride, and the blunders of his own$2$ calculations,
211:243,29'  !| till at once released from $PN#S$Louisa by$4$ the astonishing and
211:243,30'  !| felicitous intelligence of her engagement with $PN#ZD$Benwick.
211:243,31B  !| "Here,"
211:243,31'  !| said he,
211:243,31B  !| "ended the worst of my state$0$; for$3$
211:243,32B  !| now I could at least put myself in the way of happiness,
211:243,33B  !| I could exert myself, I could do something.  But to$9$ be
211:243,34B  !| waiting so$5#1$ long$9$ in inaction, and waiting only for$4$ evil, had
211:243,35B  !| been dreadful.  Within the first five minutes I said,
211:243,36B  !| ""I will$1$ be at Bath$0#1$ on$4$ Wednesday,"" and I was.  Was it
211:243,37B  !| unpardonable to$9$ think it worth my while$0$ to$9$ come? and
211:243,38B  !| to$9$ arrive with some degree of hope$0$?  You were single.
211:244, 1B  !| It was possible that$3$ you might retain the feelings of the
211:244, 2B  !| past$0$, as I did; and one encouragement happened to$9$ be
211:244, 3B  !| mine$0$.  I could never doubt$1$ that$3$ you would be loved and
211:244, 4B  !| sought by$4$ others, but I knew to$4$ a certainty that$3$ you had
211:244, 5B  !| refused one man at least, of better$9$ pretensions than
211:244, 6B  !| myself:  and I could not help$1$ often saying, Was this
211:244, 7B  !| for$4$ me?"
211:244, 8'  !| Their first meeting$0$ in Milsom-street afforded much to$9$
211:244, 9'  !| be said, but the concert still$5$ more.  That$6#2$ evening seemed
211:244,10'  !| to$9$ be made up of exquisite moments.  The moment of
211:244,11'  !| her stepping forward$8$ in the octagon-room to$9$ speak to$4$
211:244,12'  !| him, the moment of $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's appearing and tearing
211:244,13'  !| her away, and one or two subsequent moments, marked
211:244,14'  !| by$4$ returning hope$0$ or increasing despondence, were dwelt
211:244,15'  !| on$5$ with energy.
211:244,16B  !| "To$9$ see you,"
211:244,16'  !| cried he,
211:244,16B  !| "in the midst of those who$6#1$
211:244,17B  !| could not be my well-wishers, to$9$ see your cousin close$9$ by$4$
211:244,18B  !| you, conversing and smiling, and feel all the horrible
211:244,19B  !| eligibilities and proprieties of the match$0$|  To$9$ consider it
211:244,20B  !| as the certain wish$0$ of every being$0$ who$6#1$ could hope$1$ to$9$
211:244,21B  !| influence$1$ you|  Even$5$, if your own$2$ feelings were reluctant
211:244,22B  !| or indifferent, to$9$ consider what$6#1$ powerful supports would
211:244,23B  !| be his|  Was it not enough to$9$ make$1$ the fool of me which$6#1$
211:244,24B  !| I appeared?  How could I look$1$ on$5$ without agony?  Was
211:244,25B  !| not the very sight of the friend who$6#1$ sat behind you, was
211:244,26B  !| not the recollection of what$6#1$ had been, the knowledge of
211:244,27B  !| her influence$0$, the indelible, immoveable impression of
211:244,28B  !| what$6#1$ persuasion had once done ~ was it not all against
211:244,29B  !| me?"
211:244,30A  !| "You should have distinguished,"
211:244,30'  !| replied $PN#A$Anne.
211:244,30A  !| "You
211:244,31A  !| should not have suspected me now; the case so$5#1$ different,
211:244,32A  !| and my age so$5#1$ different.  If I was wrong$9$ in yielding to$4$
211:244,33A  !| persuasion once, remember that$3$ it was to$4$ persuasion
211:244,34A  !| exerted on$4$ the side$0$ of safety, not of risk$0$.  When I yielded,
211:244,35A  !| I thought$1$ it was to$4$ duty; but no$2$ duty could be called
211:244,36A  !| in aid here.  In marrying a man indifferent to$4$ me, all
211:244,37A  !| risk$0$ would have been incurred, and all duty violated."
211:244,38B  !| "Perhaps I ought to$9$ have reasoned thus,"
211:244,38B  !| he replied.
211:245, 1B  !| "but I could not.  I could not derive benefit from the
211:245, 2B  !| late knowledge I had acquired of your character.  I could
211:245, 3B  !| not bring it into play$0$:  it was overwhelmed, buried, lost
211:245, 4B  !| in those earlier feelings which$6#1$ I had been smarting under
211:245, 5B  !| year after$4$ year.  I could think of you only as one who$6#1$ had
211:245, 6B  !| yielded, who$6#1$ had given me up, who$6#1$ had been influenced
211:245, 7B  !| by$4$ any*one rather than by$4$ me.  I saw you with the very
211:245, 8B  !| person who$6#1$ had guided you in that$6#2$ year of misery.  I had
211:245, 9B  !| no$2$ reason$0$ to$9$ believe her of less authority now. ~ The force$0$
211:245,10B  !| of habit was to$9$ be added."
211:245,11A  !| "I should have thought$1$,"
211:245,11'  !| said $PN#A$Anne,
211:245,11A  !| "that$3$ my manner
211:245,12A  !| to$4$ yourself might have spared you much or all of this."
211:245,13B  !| "No$7$, no$7$|  your manner might be only the ease$0$ which$6#1$
211:245,14B  !| your engagement to$4$ another man would give.  I left$1$ you
211:245,15B  !| in this belief; and yet ~ I was determined$2$ to$9$ see you
211:245,16B  !| again.  My spirits rallied with the morning, and I felt
211:245,17B  !| that$3$ I had still$5$ a motive for$4$ remaining here."
211:245,18'  !| At last$0$ $PN#A$Anne was at home again, and happier than any*one
211:245,19'  !| in that$6#2$ house could have conceived.  All the surprise$0$
211:245,20'  !| and suspense, and every other painful part$0$ of the morning
211:245,21'  !| dissipated by$4$ this conversation, she re-entered the house
211:245,22'  !| so$5#1$ happy as to$9$ be obliged to$9$ find an alloy in some
211:245,23'  !| momentary apprehensions of its being$1$ impossible to$9$ last$1$.
211:245,24'  !| An interval of meditation, serious$2$ and grateful, was the
211:245,25'  !| best corrective of every*thing dangerous in such high-wrought
211:245,26'  !| felicity; and she went to$4$ her room, and grew
211:245,27'  !| steadfast and fearless in the thankfulness of her enjoyment.
211:245,28     |
211:245,29'  !| The evening came, the drawing-rooms were lighted up,
211:245,30'  !| the company assembled.  It was but a card-party, it was
211:245,31'  !| but a mixture of those who$6#1$ had never met before$5$, and
211:245,32'  !| those who$6#1$ met too$5#1$ often ~ a common-place business, too$5#1$
211:245,33'  !| numerous for$4$ intimacy, too$5#1$ small for$4$ variety; but $PN#A$Anne
211:245,34'  !| had never found an evening shorter.  Glowing and lovely
211:245,35'  !| in sensibility and happiness, and more generally admired
211:245,36'  !| than she thought$1$ about$5$ or cared for$4$, she had cheerful
211:245,37'  !| or forbearing feelings for$4$ every creature around$4$ her.
211:245,38'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot was there; she avoided, but she could pity$1$
211:246, 1'  !| him.  The $PN#ZZM$Wallises; she had amusement in understanding$1$
211:246, 2'  !| them.  $PN#F$Lady*Dalrymple and $PN#ZH$Miss*Carteret; they would
211:246, 3'  !| soon be innoxious cousins to$4$ her.  She cared not for$4$
211:246, 4'  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay, and had nothing to$9$ blush$1$ for$4$ in the public$2$
211:246, 5'  !| manners of her father and sister.  With the $PN#M1$Musgroves,
211:246, 6'  !| there was the happy chat$0$ of perfect$2$ ease$0$; with $PN#J$Captain*Harville,
211:246, 7'  !| the kind-hearted intercourse of brother and
211:246, 8'  !| sister; with $PN#T$Lady*Russell, attempts at conversation,
211:246, 9'  !| which$6#1$ a delicious consciousness cut$9$ short$2$; with $PN#D$Admiral
211:246,10'  !| and $PN#E$Mrs%*Croft, every*thing of peculiar cordiality and
211:246,11'  !| fervent interest$0$, which$6#1$ the same consciousness sought to$9$
211:246,12'  !| conceal; ~ and with $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, some moments
211:246,13'  !| of communication continually occurring, and always the
211:246,14'  !| hope$0$ of more, and always the knowledge of his being$1$ there|
211:246,15'  !| It was in one of these short$2$ meetings, each apparently
211:246,16'  !| occupied in admiring a fine display$0$ of green-house plants,
211:246,17'  !| that$3$ she said ~
211:246,18A  !| "I have been thinking over the past$0$, and trying$1$
211:246,19A  !| impartially to$9$ judge$1$ of the right$0$ and wrong$0$, I mean$1$ with
211:246,20A  !| regard$0$ to$4$ myself; and I must believe that$3$ I was right$2#1$,
211:246,21A  !| much as I suffered from it, that$3$ I was perfectly right$2#1$ in
211:246,22A  !| being$1$ guided by$4$ the friend whom$6#1$ you will$1$ love$1$ better$9$
211:246,23A  !| than you do now.  To$4$ me, she was in place$0$ of a parent.
211:246,24A  !| Do not mistake$1$ me, however.  I am not saying that$3$ she
211:246,25A  !| did not err in her advice.  It was, perhaps, one of those
211:246,26A  !| cases in which$6#1$ advice is good or bad only as the event
211:246,27A  !| decides; and for$4$ myself, I certainly never should, in any
211:246,28A  !| circumstance of tolerable similarity, give such advice.
211:246,29A  !| But I mean$1$, that$3$ I was right$2#1$ in submitting to$4$ her, and
211:246,30A  !| that$3$ if I had done otherwise, I should have suffered more
211:246,31A  !| in continuing the engagement than I did even$5$ in giving
211:246,32A  !| it up, because I should have suffered in my conscience.
211:246,33A  !| I have now, as far as such a sentiment is allowable in
211:246,34A  !| human nature, nothing to$9$ reproach$1$ myself with; and if
211:246,35A  !| I mistake$1$ not, a strong sense of duty is no$2$ bad part$0$
211:246,36A  !| of a woman's portion."
211:246,37'  !| He looked at her, looked at $PN#T$Lady*Russell, and looking
211:246,38'  !| again at her, replied, as if in cool$2$ deliberation,
211:247, 1B  !| "Not yet.  But there are hopes$0$ of her being$1$ forgiven
211:247, 2B  !| in time.  I trust$1$ to$4$ being$1$ in charity with her soon.  But
211:247, 3B  !| I too$5#2$ have been thinking over the past$0$, and a question$0$
211:247, 4B  !| has suggested itself, whether there may$1$ not have been
211:247, 5B  !| one person more my enemy even$5$ than that$6#2$ lady?  My
211:247, 6B  !| own$2$ self.  Tell me if, when I returned to$4$ England in the
211:247, 7B  !| year eight, with a few thousand pounds, and was posted
211:247, 8B  !| into the Laconia, if I had then written to$4$ you, would
211:247, 9B  !| you have answered my letter?  would you, in short$0$, have
211:247,10B  !| renewed the engagement then?"
211:247,11A  !| "Would I|"
211:247,11'  !| was all her answer$0$; but the accent was
211:247,12'  !| decisive enough.
211:247,13B  !| "Good God|"
211:247,13'  !| he cried,
211:247,13B  !| "you would|  It is not that$3$
211:247,14B  !| I did not think of it, or desire$1$ it, as what$6#1$ could alone
211:247,15B  !| crown$1$ all my other success.  But I was proud, too$5#1$ proud
211:247,16B  !| to$9$ ask again.  I did not understand you.  I shut my
211:247,17B  !| eyes, and would not understand you, or do you justice.
211:247,18B  !| This is a recollection which$6#1$ ought to$9$ make$1$ me forgive
211:247,19B  !| every*one sooner than myself.  Six years of separation
211:247,20B  !| and suffering might have been spared.  It is a sort of
211:247,21B  !| pain$0$, too$5#2$, which$6#1$ is new to$4$ me.  I have been used$1#2$ to$4$ the
211:247,22B  !| gratification of believing myself to$9$ earn every blessing
211:247,23B  !| that$6#1$ I enjoyed.  I have valued myself on$4$ honourable toils
211:247,24B  !| and just$2$ rewards.  Like$9$ other great men under reverses,"
211:247,25'  !| he added with a smile$0$,
211:247,25B  !| "I must endeavour$1$ to$9$ subdue my
211:247,26B  !| mind$0$ to$4$ my fortune.  I must learn to$9$ brook being$1$ happier
211:247,27B  !| than I deserve."
212:248, 1'  !| Who$6#2$ can be in doubt$0$ of what$6#1$ followed?  When any
212:248, 2'  !| two young people take it into their heads to$9$ marry, they
212:248, 3'  !| are pretty$5$ sure by$4$ perseverance to$9$ carry their point$0$, be
212:248, 4'  !| they ever so$5#1$ poor, or ever so$5#1$ imprudent, or ever so$5#1$ little
212:248, 5'  !| likely to$9$ be necessary to$4$ each other's ultimate comfort$0$.
212:248, 6'  !| This may$1$ be bad morality to$9$ conclude with, but I believe
212:248, 7'  !| it to$9$ be truth; and if such parties succeed, how should
212:248, 8'  !| a $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth and an $PN#A$Anne*Elliot, with the
212:248, 9'  !| advantage of maturity of mind$0$, consciousness of right$0$,
212:248,10'  !| and one independent fortune between them, fail of bearing
212:248,11'  !| down$5$ every opposition?  They might in fact have borne
212:248,12'  !| down$5$ a great deal$0#2$ more than they met with, for$3$ there was
212:248,13'  !| little to$9$ distress$0$ them beyond$4$ the want$0$ of graciousness
212:248,14'  !| and warmth. ~ $PN#G$Sir*Walter made no$2$ objection, and $PN#H$Elizabeth
212:248,15'  !| did nothing worse than look$1$ cold$2$ and unconcerned.
212:248,16'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, with five-and-twenty thousand
212:248,17'  !| pounds, and as high in his profession$0#2$ as merit$0$ and activity
212:248,18'  !| could place$1$ him, was no$2$ longer nobody.  He was now
212:248,19'  !| esteemed quite worthy to$9$ address$1$ the daughter of a foolish,
212:248,20'  !| spendthrift baronet, who$6#1$ had not had principle or sense
212:248,21'  !| enough to$9$ maintain himself in the situation in which$6#1$
212:248,22'  !| Providence had placed him, and who$6#1$ could give his
212:248,23'  !| daughter at present$0#1$ but a small part$0$ of the share$0$ of ten
212:248,24'  !| thousand pounds which$6#1$ must be hers hereafter.
212:248,25'  !| $PN#G$Sir*Walter indeed, though he had no$2$ affection for$4$ $PN#A$Anne,
212:248,26'  !| and no$2$ vanity flattered, to$9$ make$1$ him really happy on$4$
212:248,27'  !| the occasion$0$, was very far from thinking it a bad match$0$
212:248,28'  !| for$4$ her.  On$4$ the contrary$0$, when he saw more of $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth,
212:248,29'  !| saw him repeatedly by$4$ daylight and eyed
212:248,30'  !| him well$9$, he was very much struck by$4$ his personal claims,
212:248,31'  !| and felt that$3$ his superiority of appearance might be not
212:248,32'  !| unfairly balanced against her superiority of rank$0$; and
212:248,33'  !| all this assisted by$4$ his well-sounding name$0$, enabled $PN#G$Sir*Walter
212:249, 1'  !| at last$0$ to$9$ prepare his pen with a very good grace$0$
212:249, 2'  !| for$4$ the insertion of the marriage in the volume of honour$0$.
212:249, 3'  !| The only one among them, whose$6#1$ opposition of feeling$0$
212:249, 4'  !| could excite any serious$2$ anxiety, was $PN#T$Lady*Russell.  $PN#A$Anne
212:249, 5'  !| knew that$3$ $PN#T$Lady*Russell must be suffering some pain$0$ in
212:249, 6'  !| understanding$0$ and relinquishing $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot, and be making
212:249, 7'  !| some struggles to$9$ become truly acquainted with, and do
212:249, 8'  !| justice to$4$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth.  This however was what$6#1$
212:249, 9'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell had now to$9$ do.  She must learn to$9$ feel that$3$
212:249,10'  !| she had been mistaken with regard$0$ to$4$ both; that$3$ she
212:249,11'  !| had been unfairly influenced by$4$ appearances in each;
212:249,12'  !| that$3$ because $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's manners had not suited
212:249,13'  !| her own$2$ ideas, she had been too$5#1$ quick$2$ in suspecting them
212:249,14'  !| to$9$ indicate a character of dangerous impetuosity; and
212:249,15'  !| that$3$ because $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot's manners had precisely pleased
212:249,16'  !| her in their propriety and correctness, their general$2$ politeness
212:249,17'  !| and suavity, she had been too$5#1$ quick$2$ in receiving
212:249,18'  !| them as the certain result$0$ of the most correct$2$ opinions
212:249,19'  !| and well*regulated mind$0$.  There was nothing less for$4$
212:249,20'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell to$9$ do, than to$9$ admit that$3$ she had been
212:249,21'  !| pretty$5$ completely wrong$9$, and to$9$ take up a new set$0$ of
212:249,22'  !| opinions and of hopes$0$.
212:249,23'  !| There is a quickness of perception in some, a nicety
212:249,24'  !| in the discernment of character, a natural$2$ penetration, in
212:249,25'  !| short$0$, which$6#1$ no$2$ experience$0$ in others can equal$1$, and $PN#T$Lady*Russell
212:249,26'  !| had been less gifted in this part$0$ of understanding$0$
212:249,27'  !| than her young friend.  But she was a very good woman,
212:249,28'  !| and if her second$2$ object$0$ was to$9$ be sensible$2#2$ and well-judging,
212:249,29'  !| her first was to$9$ see $PN#A$Anne happy.  She loved $PN#A$Anne
212:249,30'  !| better$9$ than she loved her own$2$ abilities; and when the
212:249,31'  !| awkwardness of the beginning$0$ was over, found little hardship
212:249,32'  !| in attaching herself as a mother to$4$ the man who$6#1$ was
212:249,33'  !| securing the happiness of her other child.
212:249,34'  !| Of all the family, $PN#P$Mary was probably the one most
212:249,35'  !| immediately gratified by$4$ the circumstance.
212:249,35@p   | It was creditable
212:249,36@p   | to$9$ have a sister married, and she might flatter herself
212:249,37@p   | with having been greatly instrumental to$4$ the connexion,
212:249,38@p   | by$4$ keeping$1$ $PN#A$Anne with her in the autumn; and as her
212:250, 1@p   | own$2$ sister must be better$9$ than her husband's sisters, it
212:250, 2@p   | was very agreeable that$3$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth should be
212:250, 3@p   | a richer man than either $PN#ZD$Captain*Benwick or $PN#L$Charles*Hayter.
212:250, 4'  !| ~ She had something to$9$ suffer perhaps when they
212:250, 5'  !| came into contact again, in seeing $PN#A$Anne restored to$4$ the
212:250, 6'  !| rights of seniority, and the mistress of a very pretty$2$
212:250, 7'  !| landaulette; but she had a future to$9$ look$1$ forward$8$ to$4$,
212:250, 8'  !| of powerful consolation.
212:250, 8@p   | $PN#A$Anne had no$2$ Uppercross-hall
212:250, 9@p   | before$4$ her, no$2$ landed estate, no$2$ headship of a family;
212:250,10@p   | and if they could but keep $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth from
212:250,11@p   | being$1$ made a baronet, she would not change$1$ situations
212:250,12@p   | with $PN#A$Anne.
212:250,13'  !| It would be well$9$ for$4$ the eldest sister if she were equally
212:250,14'  !| satisfied$2$ with her situation, for$3$ a change$0$ is not very
212:250,15'  !| probable there.  She had soon the mortification of seeing
212:250,16'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot withdraw; and no*one of proper condition$0$ has
212:250,17'  !| since presented himself to$9$ raise even$5$ the unfounded hopes$0$
212:250,18'  !| which$6#1$ sunk with him.
212:250,19'  !| The news of his cousin $PN#A$Anne's engagement burst$1$ on$4$
212:250,20'  !| $PN#I$Mr%*Elliot most unexpectedly.  It deranged his best plan
212:250,21'  !| of domestic$2$ happiness, his best hope$0$ of keeping$1$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter
212:250,22'  !| single by$4$ the watchfulness which$6#1$ a son-in-law's rights
212:250,23'  !| would have given.  But, though discomfited and disappointed,
212:250,24'  !| he could still$5$ do something for$4$ his own$2$ interest$0$
212:250,25'  !| and his own$2$ enjoyment.  He soon quitted Bath$0#1$; and on$4$
212:250,26'  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay's quitting it likewise soon afterwards, and being$1$
212:250,27'  !| next heard of as established under his protection in
212:250,28'  !| London, it was evident how double$2$ a game he had been
212:250,29'  !| playing, and how determined$2$ he was to$9$ save$1$ himself from
212:250,30'  !| being$1$ cut$9$ out$5$ by$4$ one artful woman, at least.
212:250,31'  !| $PN#C$Mrs%*Clay's affections had overpowered her interest$0$,
212:250,32'  !| and she had sacrificed, for$4$ the young man's sake, the
212:250,33'  !| possibility of scheming longer for$4$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter.  She has
212:250,34'  !| abilities, however, as well$9$ as affections; and it is now
212:250,35'  !| a doubtful point$0$ whether his cunning, or hers, may$1$ finally
212:250,36'  !| carry the day; whether, after$4$ preventing her from being$1$
212:250,37'  !| the wife of $PN#G$Sir*Walter, he may$1$ not be wheedled and
212:250,38'  !| caressed at last$0$ into making her the wife of $PN#I$Sir*William.
212:251, 1'  !| It cannot be doubted that$3$ $PN#G$Sir*Walter and $PN#H$Elizabeth
212:251, 2'  !| were shocked and mortified by$4$ the loss of their companion,
212:251, 3'  !| and the discovery of their deception in her.  They had
212:251, 4'  !| their great cousins, to$9$ be sure, to$9$ resort to$4$ for$4$ comfort$0$;
212:251, 5'  !| but they must long$9$ feel that$3$ to$9$ flatter and follow others,
212:251, 6'  !| without being$1$ flattered and followed in turn$0$, is but a state$0$
212:251, 7'  !| of half enjoyment.
212:251, 8'  !| $PN#A$Anne, satisfied$2$ at a very early period of $PN#T$Lady*Russell's
212:251, 9'  !| meaning$1$ to$9$ love$1$ $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth as she ought, had
212:251,10'  !| no$2$ other alloy to$4$ the happiness of her prospects than
212:251,11'  !| what$6#1$ arose from the consciousness of having no$2$ relations
212:251,12'  !| to$9$ bestow on$4$ him which$6#1$ a man of sense could value$1$.
212:251,13'  !| There she felt her own$1$ inferiority keenly.
212:251,13@a   | The disproportion
212:251,14@a   | in their fortune was nothing; it did not give her
212:251,15@a   | a moment's regret$0$; but to$9$ have no$2$ family to$9$ receive and
212:251,16@a   | estimate$1$ him properly; nothing of respectability, of harmony,
212:251,17@a   | of good-will to$9$ offer$1$ in return$0$ for$4$ all the worth
212:251,18@a   | and all the prompt$2$ welcome$0$ which$6#1$ met her in his brothers
212:251,19@a   | and sisters,
212:251,19'  !| was a source of as lively pain$0$ as her mind$0$
212:251,20'  !| could well$9$ be sensible$2#1$ of, under circumstances of otherwise
212:251,21'  !| strong felicity.  She had but two friends in the world
212:251,22'  !| to$9$ add to$4$ his list, $PN#T$Lady*Russell and $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith.  To$4$
212:251,23'  !| those, however, he was very well*disposed to$9$ attach himself.
212:251,24'  !| $PN#T$Lady*Russell, in spite$8$ of all her former transgressions,
212:251,25'  !| he could now value$1$ from his heart.  While$9$ he was
212:251,26'  !| not obliged to$9$ say that$3$ he believed her to$9$ have been right$2#1$
212:251,27'  !| in originally dividing them, he was ready to$9$ say almost
212:251,28'  !| every*thing else in her favour$0$; and as for$4$ $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith,
212:251,29'  !| she had claims of various kinds to$9$ recommend her quickly
212:251,30'  !| and permanently.
212:251,31'  !| Her recent good offices by$4$ $PN#A$Anne had been enough in
212:251,32'  !| themselves; and their marriage, instead of depriving her
212:251,33'  !| of one friend, secured her two.  She was their earliest
212:251,34'  !| visitor in their settled$2$ life; and $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth, by$4$
212:251,35'  !| putting her in the way of recovering her husband's property
212:251,36'  !| in the West*Indies; by$4$ writing$1$ for$4$ her, acting for$4$
212:251,37'  !| her, and seeing her through$4$ all the petty difficulties of
212:251,38'  !| the case, with the activity and exertion of a fearless man
212:252, 1'  !| and a determined$2$ friend, fully requited the services which$6#1$
212:252, 2'  !| she had rendered, or ever meant to$9$ render, to$4$ his wife.
212:252, 3'  !| $PN#V$Mrs%*Smith's enjoyments were not spoiled by$4$ this
212:252, 4'  !| improvement of income, with some improvement of
212:252, 5'  !| health, and the acquisition of such friends to$9$ be often
212:252, 6'  !| with, for$3$ her cheerfulness and mental alacrity did not
212:252, 7'  !| fail her; and while$9$ these prime supplies of good remained,
212:252, 8'  !| she might have bid defiance even$5$ to$4$ greater accessions
212:252, 9'  !| of worldly prosperity.  She might have been absolutely
212:252,10'  !| rich and perfectly healthy, and yet be happy.  Her spring$0$
212:252,11'  !| of felicity was in the glow of her spirits, as her friend
212:252,12'  !| $PN#A$Anne's was in the warmth of her heart.  $PN#A$Anne was
212:252,13'  !| tenderness itself, and she had the full worth of it in
212:252,14'  !| $PN#B$Captain*Wentworth's affection.  His profession$0#2$ was all
212:252,15'  !| that$6#1$ could ever make$1$ her friends wish$1$ that$6#2$ tenderness
212:252,16'  !| less; the dread$0$ of a future war all that$6#1$ could dim her
212:252,17'  !| sunshine.  She gloried in being$1$ a sailor's wife, but she
212:252,18'  !| must pay$1$ the tax$0$ of quick$2$ alarm$0$ for$4$ belonging to$4$ that$6#2$
212:252,19'  !| profession$0#2$ which$6#1$ is, if possible, more distinguished in its
212:252,20'  !| domestic$2$ virtues than in its national importance.