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<v Speaker 1>Chapter twenty of Persuasion. This is a LibriVox recording. All

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<v Speaker 1>Elizabeth Klett. Persuasion by Jane Austen, Chapter twenty. Sir Walter,

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<v Speaker 1>his two daughters, and Missus Clay were the earliest of

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<v Speaker 1>all their party at the rooms in the evening, and

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<v Speaker 1>as Lady Dalrymple must be waited for, they took their

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<v Speaker 1>station by one of the fires in the octagon room.

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<v Speaker 1>But hardly were they so settled when the door opened

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<v Speaker 1>again and Captain Wentworth walked in alone. Anne was the

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<v Speaker 1>nearest to him, and making yet a little advance, she

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<v Speaker 1>instantly spoke. He was preparing only to bow and pass on,

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<v Speaker 1>But her, gentle how do you do? Brought him out

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<v Speaker 1>of the straight line to stand near her and make

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<v Speaker 1>inquiries in return, In spite of the formidable father and

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<v Speaker 1>sister in the background. There being in the background was

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<v Speaker 1>a support to Anne. She knew nothing of their looks,

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<v Speaker 1>and felt equal to everything which he believed right to

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<v Speaker 1>be done. While they were speaking, a whispering between her

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<v Speaker 1>father and Elizabeth caught her ear. She could not distinguish,

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<v Speaker 1>but she must guess the subject, And on Captain Wentworth's,

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<v Speaker 1>making a distant bow. She comprehended that her father had

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<v Speaker 1>judged so well as to give him that simple acknowledgment

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<v Speaker 1>of acquaintance, and she was just in time, by a

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<v Speaker 1>side glance to see a slight curtsey from Elizabeth herself. This,

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<v Speaker 1>though late and reluctant and ungracious, was yet better than nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>and her spirits improved. After talking, however, of the weather,

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<v Speaker 1>and bath and the concert, their conversation began to flag,

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<v Speaker 1>and so little was said at last that she was

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<v Speaker 1>expecting him to go every moment, but he did not.

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<v Speaker 1>He seemed in no hurry to leave her, and presently,

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<v Speaker 1>with renewed spirit, with a little smile, a little glow,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, I have hardly seen you since our day

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<v Speaker 1>at Lyme. I am afraid you must have suffered from

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<v Speaker 1>the shock and them all from its not overpowering of

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<v Speaker 1>the time. She assured him that she had not. It

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<v Speaker 1>was a frightful hour, said he, a frightful day. And

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<v Speaker 1>he passed his hand across his eyes, as if the

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<v Speaker 1>remembrance were still too painful. But in a moment, half

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<v Speaker 1>smiling again, added the day has produced some effects, however,

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<v Speaker 1>has had some consequences which must be considered as the

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<v Speaker 1>very reverse a frightful. When you had the presence of

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<v Speaker 1>mind to suggest that Bennick would be the properest person

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<v Speaker 1>to fetch a surgeon, you could have little idea of

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<v Speaker 1>his being eventually one of those most concerned in her recovery.

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<v Speaker 1>Certainly I could have none, But it appears I should

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<v Speaker 1>hope it would be a very happy match. There are

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<v Speaker 1>on both sides good principles and good temper, yes, said he,

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<v Speaker 1>looking not exactly forward, But there I think ends the

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<v Speaker 1>resemblance with all my soul. I wish them happy and

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<v Speaker 1>rejoice over every circumstance in favor of it. They have

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<v Speaker 1>no difficulties to contend with it, home, no opposition, no caprice,

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<v Speaker 1>no delays. The Musgroves are behaving like themselves, most honorably

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<v Speaker 1>and kindly, only anxious with true parental hearts to promote

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<v Speaker 1>their daughter's comfort. All this is much very much in

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<v Speaker 1>favor of their happiness. More than perhaps he stopped. A

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<v Speaker 1>sudden recollection seemed to occur, and to give him some

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<v Speaker 1>taste of that emotion, which was reddening Anne's cheeks and

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<v Speaker 1>fixing her eyes on the ground. After clearing his throat, however,

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<v Speaker 1>he proceeded thus, I confess that I do think there

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<v Speaker 1>is a disparity, too great a disparity, and in a

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<v Speaker 1>point no less essential than mind. I regard Louisa Musgrove

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<v Speaker 1>as a very amiable, sweet tempered girl, and not deficient

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<v Speaker 1>in understanding. But Benneck is something more. He is a

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<v Speaker 1>clever man, a reading man, And I confess that I

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<v Speaker 1>do consider his attaching himself to her with some surprise.

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<v Speaker 1>Had it been the effect of gratitude, had he learnt

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<v Speaker 1>to love her because he believed her to be preferring him,

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<v Speaker 1>it would have been another thing. But I have no

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<v Speaker 1>reason to suppose it. So it seems, on the contrary,

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<v Speaker 1>to have been a perfectly spontaneous, untaught feeling on his side,

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<v Speaker 1>And this surprises me. A man like him, in his situation,

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<v Speaker 1>with a heart pierced, wounded, almost broken, Fanny Harville was

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<v Speaker 1>a very superior creature, and his attachment to her was

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<v Speaker 1>indeed attachment. A man does not recover from such devotion

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<v Speaker 1>of the heart to such a woman. He ought not.

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<v Speaker 1>He does not either from the consciousness, however, that his

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<v Speaker 1>friend had recovered, or from other consciousness. He went no farther,

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<v Speaker 1>and Anne, who, in spite of the agitated voice in

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<v Speaker 1>which the latter part had been uttered, and in spite

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<v Speaker 1>of all the various noises of the room, the almost

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<v Speaker 1>ceaseless slam of the door and ceaseless buzz of persons

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<v Speaker 1>walking through, had distinguished every word, was struck, gratified, confused,

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<v Speaker 1>and beginning to breathe very quick, and fear an hundred

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<v Speaker 1>things in a moment. It was impossible for her to

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<v Speaker 1>enter on such a subject. And yet after a pause,

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<v Speaker 1>feeling the necessity of speaking, and having not the smallest

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<v Speaker 1>wish for total change, she only deviated so far as

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<v Speaker 1>to say, you were a good wire. At Lime, I

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<v Speaker 1>think about a fortnight. I could not leave it till

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<v Speaker 1>Louisa's doing well was quite ascertained. I had been too

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<v Speaker 1>deeply concerned in the mischief to be soon at peace.

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<v Speaker 1>It had been my doing solely mine. She would not

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<v Speaker 1>have been obstinate if I had not been weak. The

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<v Speaker 1>country round Lime is very fine. I walked and rode

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<v Speaker 1>a good deal, and the more I saw, the more

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<v Speaker 1>I found to admire. I should very much like to

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<v Speaker 1>see Lime again, said Anne. Indeed, I should not have

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<v Speaker 1>supposed that you could have found anything in line to

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<v Speaker 1>inspire such a feeling. The horror and distress you were

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<v Speaker 1>involved in, the stretch of mind, the wear of spirits,

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<v Speaker 1>I should have thought. Your last impressions of Lime must

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<v Speaker 1>have been strong discussed. The last hours were certainly very painful,

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<v Speaker 1>replied Anne. But when pain is over, the remembrance of

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<v Speaker 1>it often becomes a pleasure. One does not love a

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<v Speaker 1>place the less for having suffered in it, unless it

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<v Speaker 1>has been all suffering, nothing but suffering, which was by

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<v Speaker 1>no means the case of Lime. We were only in

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<v Speaker 1>anxiety and distress during the last two hours, and previously

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<v Speaker 1>there had been a great deal of enjoyment, so much

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<v Speaker 1>novelty and beauty. I have traveled so little that every

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<v Speaker 1>fresh place would be interesting to me. But there is

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<v Speaker 1>real beauty in Lime, and in short with a faint

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<v Speaker 1>blush at some recollections. Altogether, my impressions of the place

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<v Speaker 1>are very agreeable. As she ceased, the entrance door opened again,

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<v Speaker 1>and the very party appeared for whom they were waiting,

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<v Speaker 1>Lady Dalrymple. Lady Dalrymple was the rejoicing sound, and with

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<v Speaker 1>all the eagerness compatible with anxious elegance. Sir Walter and

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<v Speaker 1>his two ladies stepped forward to meet her. Lady Dalrymple

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<v Speaker 1>and Miss Carteret, escorted by mister Elliot and Colonel Wallace,

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<v Speaker 1>who had happened to arrive nearly at the same instant,

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<v Speaker 1>advanced into the room. The others joined them, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was a group in which Anne found herself also necessarily included.

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<v Speaker 1>She was divided from Captain Wentworth. Their interesting, almost too interesting,

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<v Speaker 1>conversation must be broken up for a time, But slight

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<v Speaker 1>was the penance compared with the happiness which brought it on.

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<v Speaker 1>She had learnt in the last ten minutes more of

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<v Speaker 1>his feelings towards Louisa, more of all his feelings than

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<v Speaker 1>she had dared to think of, and she gave herself

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<v Speaker 1>up to the demands of the party, to the needful

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<v Speaker 1>civilities of the moment, with exquisite, though agitated sensations. She

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<v Speaker 1>was in good humor withal. She had received ideas which

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<v Speaker 1>disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and

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<v Speaker 1>to pity every one as being less happy than herself.

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<v Speaker 1>The delightful emotions were a little subdued. When, on stepping

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<v Speaker 1>back from the group to be joined again by Captain Wentworth,

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<v Speaker 1>she saw that he was gone. She was just in

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<v Speaker 1>time to see him turn into the concert room. He

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<v Speaker 1>was gone, he had disappeared. She felt a moment's regret.

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<v Speaker 1>But they should meet again. He would look for her,

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<v Speaker 1>he would find her out before the evening were over,

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<v Speaker 1>And at present perhaps it was as well to be

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<v Speaker 1>asunder she was in need of a little interval for recollection.

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<v Speaker 1>Upon Lady Russell's appearance soon afterwards, the whole party was collected,

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<v Speaker 1>and all that remained was to marshal themselves and proceed

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<v Speaker 1>into the concert room, and be of all the consequence

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<v Speaker 1>in their power draw as many eyes, excite as many whispers,

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<v Speaker 1>and disturb as many people as they could. Very very

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<v Speaker 1>happy were both Elizabeth and Anne Elliot as they walked in. Elizabeth,

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<v Speaker 1>arm in arm with Miss Carteret and looking on the

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<v Speaker 1>broad back of the dowager viscountessdal Rymple before her, had

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to wish for which did not seem within her reach.

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<v Speaker 1>And Anne. But it would be an insult to the

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<v Speaker 1>nature of Anne's felicity to draw any comparison between it,

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<v Speaker 1>and her sisters, the origin of one, all selfish, vanity,

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<v Speaker 1>of the other, all generous attachment. Anne saw nothing, thought

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<v Speaker 1>nothing of the brilliancy of the room. Her happiness was

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<v Speaker 1>from within. Her eyes were bright and her cheeks glowed,

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<v Speaker 1>but she knew nothing about it. She was thinking only

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<v Speaker 1>of the last half hour, and as they passed to

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<v Speaker 1>His choice of subjects, his expressions, and still more, his

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<v Speaker 1>manner and look had been such as she could see

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<v Speaker 1>in only one light, his opinion of Louisa Musgrove's inferiority,

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<v Speaker 1>an opinion which he had seemed solicitous to give his

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<v Speaker 1>wonder at Captain Bennock, his feelings as to a first

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<v Speaker 1>strong attachment. Sentences begun, which he could not finish. His

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<v Speaker 1>half averted eyes and more than half expressive glance all

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<v Speaker 1>all declared that he had a heart returning to her

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<v Speaker 1>at least, that anger, resentment, avoidance were no more, and

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<v Speaker 1>that they were succeeded not merely by friendship and regard,

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<v Speaker 1>but by the tenderness of the past. Yes, some share

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<v Speaker 1>of the tenderness of the past. She could not contemplate

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<v Speaker 1>the change as implying less he must love her. These

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<v Speaker 1>were thoughts, with their attendant visions, which occupied and flurried

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<v Speaker 1>her too much to leave her any power of observation,

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<v Speaker 1>and she passed along the room without having a glimpse

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<v Speaker 1>of him, without even trying to discern him. When their

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<v Speaker 1>places were determined on and they were all properly arranged,

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<v Speaker 1>she looked round to see if he should happen to

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<v Speaker 1>was not. Her eye could not reach him, and the

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<v Speaker 1>concert being just opening, she must consent for a time

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<v Speaker 1>to be happy in a humbler way. The party was

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<v Speaker 1>divided and disposed of on two contiguous benches. Anne was

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<v Speaker 1>among those on the foremost, and mister Elliot had maneuvered

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<v Speaker 1>so well with the assistance of his friend Colonel Wallace,

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<v Speaker 1>as to have a seat by her. Miss Eliot surrounded

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<v Speaker 1>by her cousins, and the principal object of Colonel Wallace's gallantry,

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<v Speaker 1>was quite contented. Anne's mind was in a most favorable

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<v Speaker 1>state for the entertainment of the evening. It was just

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<v Speaker 1>occupation enough. She had feelings for the tender spirits, for

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<v Speaker 1>the gay attention, for the scientific and patience for the wearisome,

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<v Speaker 1>and had never liked a concert better, at least during

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<v Speaker 1>the first act. Towards the close of it, in the

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<v Speaker 1>interval succeeding an Italian song, she explained the words of

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<v Speaker 1>the song to mister Elliot. They had a concert bill

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<v Speaker 1>between them. This said, she is nearly the sense, or

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<v Speaker 1>rather the meaning of the words. For certainly the sense

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<v Speaker 1>of an Italian love song must not be talked of.

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<v Speaker 1>But it is as nearly the meaning as I can give.

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<v Speaker 1>For I do not pretend to understand the language. I

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<v Speaker 1>am a very poor Italian scholar. Yes, yes, I see

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<v Speaker 1>you are. I see you know nothing of the matter.

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<v Speaker 1>You have only knowledge enough of the language to translate

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<v Speaker 1>at sight these inverted, transposed, curtailed Italian lines into clear, comprehensible,

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<v Speaker 1>elegant English. You need not see anything more of your ignorance.

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<v Speaker 1>Here is complete proof. I will not oppose such kind politeness.

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<v Speaker 1>But I should be sorry to be examined by a

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<v Speaker 1>real profit. I have not had the pleasure of visiting

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<v Speaker 1>in Camden Place so long, replied he, without knowing something

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<v Speaker 1>of miss Anne Elliot, and I do regard her as

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<v Speaker 1>one who is too modest for the world. In general

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<v Speaker 1>to be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly

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<v Speaker 1>accomplished for modesty to be natural than any other woman.

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<v Speaker 1>For shame, for shame, this is too much flattery. I

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<v Speaker 1>forget what we are to have next. Turning to the bill, perhaps,

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<v Speaker 1>said mister Eliot, speaking low, I have had a longer

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<v Speaker 1>acquaintance with your character than you are aware of. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>how so you can have been acquainted with it only

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<v Speaker 1>since I came to Bath. Excepting, as you might hear

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<v Speaker 1>me previously spoken of in my own family, I knew

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<v Speaker 1>you by report long before you came to Bath. I

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<v Speaker 1>had heard you described by those who knew you intimately.

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<v Speaker 1>I have been acquainted with you by character many years.

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<v Speaker 1>Your person, your disposition, accomplishment's manner, they were all present

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<v Speaker 1>to me. Mister Elliot was not disappointed in the interest

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<v Speaker 1>he hoped to raise. No one can withstand the charm

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<v Speaker 1>of such a mystery, to have been described long ago

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<v Speaker 1>to a recent acquaintance by nameless people is irresistible. And

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<v Speaker 1>Anne was all curiosity, she wondered. She questioned him eagerly,

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<v Speaker 1>but in vain. He delighted in being asked, but he

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<v Speaker 1>would not tell no No. Some time or other, perhaps,

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<v Speaker 1>but not now. He would mention no names now, but

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<v Speaker 1>such he could assure her had been the fact he

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<v Speaker 1>had many years ago received such a description of miss

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<v Speaker 1>Anne Elliot as had inspired him with the highest idea

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<v Speaker 1>of her merit and excited the warmest curiosity to know her.

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<v Speaker 1>Anne could think of no one so likely to have

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<v Speaker 1>spoken with partiality of her many years ago. As the

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<v Speaker 1>mister Wentworth of Monkford, Captain Wentworth's brother, he might have

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<v Speaker 1>been in mister Elliot's company, but she had not courage

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<v Speaker 1>to ask the question the name of Anne, Elliot, said,

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<v Speaker 1>he has long had an interesting sound to me, very

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<v Speaker 1>long has it possessed charm over my fancy? And if

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<v Speaker 1>I dared, I would breathe my wishes that the name

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<v Speaker 1>might never change. Such she believed were his words. But

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<v Speaker 1>scarcely had she received their sound than her attention was

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<v Speaker 1>caught by other sounds immediately behind her, which rendered everything

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<v Speaker 1>else trivial. Her father and Lady Dalrymple were speaking. A

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<v Speaker 1>well looking man, said Sir Walter, A very well looking man,

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<v Speaker 1>A very fine young man, indeed, said Lady Dalrymple, more

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<v Speaker 1>air than one often sees in Bath, Irish I daresay no,

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<v Speaker 1>I know just his name, A bowing acquaintance Wentworth, Captain

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<v Speaker 1>Wentworth of the Navy. His sister married my tenant in Somersetshire,

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<v Speaker 1>the croft who rents Kennynch. Before Sir Walter had reached

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<v Speaker 1>this point, Anne's eyes had caught the right direction and

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<v Speaker 1>distinguished Captain Wentworth standing among a cluster of men at

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<v Speaker 1>a little distance. As her eyes fell on him, his

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to be withdrawn from her. It had that appearance.

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<v Speaker 1>It seemed as if she had been one moment too late,

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<v Speaker 1>and as long as she dared observe, he did not

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<v Speaker 1>look again. But the performance was recommencing, and she was

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<v Speaker 1>and look straight forward. When she could give another glance,

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<v Speaker 1>he had moved away. He could not have come nearer

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<v Speaker 1>to her if he would, she was so surrounded and

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<v Speaker 1>shut in, But she would rather have caught his eye.

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<v Speaker 1>Mister Elliot's speech too distressed her. She had no longer

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<v Speaker 1>any inclination to talk to him. She wished him not

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<v Speaker 1>so near her. The first act was over. Now she

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<v Speaker 1>hoped for some beneficial change, and after a period of

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<v Speaker 1>nothing saying amongst the party, some of them did decide

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<v Speaker 1>on going in quest of Tea. Anne was one of

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<v Speaker 1>the few who did not choose to move. She remained

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<v Speaker 1>in her seat, and so did Lady Russell. But she

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<v Speaker 1>had the pleasure of getting rid of mister Elliot, and

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<v Speaker 1>she did not mean, whatever she might feel on Lady

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<v Speaker 1>he gave her the opportunity. She was persuaded by Lady

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<v Speaker 1>Russell's countenance that she had seen him. He did not come. However,

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<v Speaker 1>Anne sometimes fancied she discerned him at a distance, but

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<v Speaker 1>he never came. The anxious interval wore awigh unproductively. The

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<v Speaker 1>others returned, the room filled again, benches were reclaimed and repossessed,

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<v Speaker 1>and another hour of pleasure or of penance was to

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<v Speaker 1>be set out. Another hour of music was to give

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<v Speaker 1>delight or the gapes as real or affected taste. For

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<v Speaker 1>it prevailed to Anne it chiefly wore the prospect of

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<v Speaker 1>an hour of agitation. She could not quit that room

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<v Speaker 1>in peace without seeing Captain Wentworth once more, without the

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<v Speaker 1>interchange of one friendly look. In resettling themselves, there were

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<v Speaker 1>now many changes, the result of which was favorable for her.

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<v Speaker 1>Colonel Wallace declined sitting down again, and mister Elliot was

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<v Speaker 1>invited by Elizabeth and Miss Carteret in a manner not

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<v Speaker 1>to be refused, to sit between them. And by some

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<v Speaker 1>other removals and a little scheming of her own, Anne

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<v Speaker 1>was enabled to place herself much nearer the end of

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<v Speaker 1>the bench than she had been before, much more within

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<v Speaker 1>reach of a passer by. She could not do so

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<v Speaker 1>without comparing herself with Miss La Rol, the inimitable Miss

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<v Speaker 1>La Rol. But still she did it, and not with

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<v Speaker 1>much happier effect, though by what seemed prosperity in the

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<v Speaker 1>shape of an early abdication in her next neighbors. She

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<v Speaker 1>the concert closed. Such was her situation, with a vacant

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<v Speaker 1>space at hand. When Captain Wentworth was again in sight,

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<v Speaker 1>she saw him not far off. He saw her too,

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<v Speaker 1>Yet he looked grave and seemed irresolute, and only by

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<v Speaker 1>very slow degrees, came at last near enough to speak

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<v Speaker 1>to her. She felt that something must be the matter.

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<v Speaker 1>The change was indubitable, the difference between his present air

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<v Speaker 1>and what it had been in the octagon room was

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<v Speaker 1>strikingly great? Why was it? She thought of her father

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<v Speaker 1>of Lady Russell. Could there have been any unpleasant glances?

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<v Speaker 1>He began by speaking of the concert gravely, more like

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<v Speaker 1>the Captain Wentworth of Upper Cross, owned himself disappointed, had

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<v Speaker 1>expected singing, and in short must confessed that he should

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<v Speaker 1>not be sorry when it was over. Anne replied and

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<v Speaker 1>spoke in defense of the performance, so well and yet

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<v Speaker 1>in allowance for his feelings, so pleasantly that his countenance improved,

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<v Speaker 1>and he replied again with almost a smile. They talked

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<v Speaker 1>for a few minutes more. The improvement held. He even

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<v Speaker 1>place on it well worth occupying. When at that moment,

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<v Speaker 1>atash on her shoulder obliged Anne to turn round. It

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<v Speaker 1>came from mister Elliot. He begged her pardon, but she

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<v Speaker 1>must be applied to to explain Italian again. Miss Carteret

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<v Speaker 1>never had she sacrificed to politeness with a more suffering spirit.

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<v Speaker 1>A few minutes, though as few as possible, were inevitably consumed,

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<v Speaker 1>and when her own mistress again, when able to turn

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<v Speaker 1>and look, as she had done before, she found herself

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<v Speaker 1>accosted by Captain Wentworth in a reserved yet hurried sort

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<v Speaker 1>of farewell. He must wish her good night. He was

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<v Speaker 1>Is not this song worthstainful? Said Anne, suddenly struck by

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<v Speaker 1>an idea which made her yet more anxious to be encouraging. No,

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<v Speaker 1>he replied impressively, there is nothing worth my staying for,

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<v Speaker 1>and he was gone directly. Jealousy of mister Elliot it

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<v Speaker 1>was the only intelligible motive Captain Wentworth jealous of her affection?

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<v Speaker 1>Could she have believed it a week ago, three hours ago?

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<v Speaker 1>For a moment, the gratification was exquisite, But alas, there

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<v Speaker 1>were very different thoughts to succeed. How were such jealousy

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<v Speaker 1>to be quieted? How was the truth to reach him?

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<v Speaker 1>How in all the peculiar disadvantages of their respective situations

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<v Speaker 1>would he ever learn of her real sentiments? It was

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<v Speaker 1>misery to think of mister Elliot's attentions. Their evil was incalculable.

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<v Speaker 1>End of Chapter twenty