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Speaker 1: Elizabeth Klett. Persuasion by Jane Austen, Chapter eighteen. It was
Speaker 1: the beginning of February, and Anne, having been a month
Speaker 1: in Bath, was growing very eager for news from Upper
Speaker 1: Cross and Lyme. She wanted to hear much more than
Speaker 1: Mary had communicated. It was three weeks since she had
Speaker 1: heard at all. She only knew that Henrietta was at
Speaker 1: home again and that Louisa, though considered to be recovering fast,
Speaker 1: was still in Lime. And she was thinking of them
Speaker 1: all very intently one evening when a thicker letter than
Speaker 1: usual from Mary was delivered to her, and to quicken
Speaker 1: the pleasure and surprise with Admiral and Missus Croft's compliments,
Speaker 1: the Croft must be in Bath, a circumstance to interest her.
Speaker 1: They were people whom her heart turned to very naturally.
Speaker 1: What is this, cried Sir Walter. The Crofts have arrived
Speaker 1: in Bath, the Crofts who rent Kellynch. What have they
Speaker 1: brought you? A letter from uppercross Cottage. Sir, oh, those
Speaker 1: letters are convenient passports. They secure an introduction. I should
Speaker 1: have visited Admiral Croft. However, at any rate, I know
Speaker 1: what is due to my tenant. Anne could listen no longer.
Speaker 1: She could not even have told how the poor Admiral's
Speaker 1: complexion escaped. Her letter engrossed her. It had been begun
Speaker 1: several days back February First, my dear Anne, I make
Speaker 1: no apology for my silence, because I know how little
Speaker 1: people think of letters in such a place as bath.
Speaker 1: You must be a great deal too happy to care
Speaker 1: for up Across, which, as you well know, affords little
Speaker 1: to write about. We have had a very dull Christmaster
Speaker 1: and Missus Musgrove have not had one dinner party all
Speaker 1: the holidays. I do not reckon the haters as anybody.
Speaker 1: The holidays, however, are over at last. I believe no
Speaker 1: children ever had such long ones. I am sure I
Speaker 1: had not. The house was clared yesterday except of the
Speaker 1: little Harvilles. But you will be surprised to hear they
Speaker 1: have never gone home. Missus Harville must be an odd
Speaker 1: mother to part with them so long. I do not
Speaker 1: understand it. They are not at all nice children, in
Speaker 1: my opinion, but Missus Musgrove seems to like them quite
Speaker 1: as well, if not better than her grandchildren. What dreadful
Speaker 1: weather we have had. It may not be felt in
Speaker 1: Bath with your nice pavements, but in the country it
Speaker 1: is of some consequence. I have not had a creature
Speaker 1: call on me since the second week in January, except
Speaker 1: Charles Hayter, who had been calling much oftener than was
Speaker 1: welcome between ourselves. I think it a great pity Henrietta
Speaker 1: did not remain at lyme as long as Louisa. It
Speaker 1: would have kept her little out of his way. The
Speaker 1: carriage is gone to day to bring lo Weezer and
Speaker 1: the Harvilles to morrow. We are not asked to dine
Speaker 1: with them, however, till the day after. Missus Musgrove is
Speaker 1: so afraid of her being fatigued by the journey, which
Speaker 1: is not very likely considering the care that would be
Speaker 1: taken of her, and it would be much more convenient
Speaker 1: to me to dine there to morrow. I am glad
Speaker 1: you find mister Elliot so agreeable, and wish I could
Speaker 1: be acquainted with him too, But I have my usual luck.
Speaker 1: I am always out of the way, when anything desirable
Speaker 1: is going on, always the last of my family to
Speaker 1: be noticed. What an immense time missus Clay has been
Speaker 1: staying with Elizabeth does she never mean to go away?
Speaker 1: But perhaps if she were to leave the room vacant,
Speaker 1: we might not be invited. Let me know what you
Speaker 1: think of this. I do not expect my children to
Speaker 1: be asked. You know. I can leave them at the
Speaker 1: Great House very well for a month or six weeks.
Speaker 1: I have this moment heard that the Crofts are going
Speaker 1: to bath almost immediately, they think the Admiral gouty Charles
Speaker 1: heard it quite by chance. They have not had the
Speaker 1: civility to give me any notice or of offering to take anything.
Speaker 1: I do not think they improve at all as neighbors.
Speaker 1: We see nothing of them, and this is really an
Speaker 1: instance of gross inattention. Charles joins me in love and
Speaker 1: everything proper yours affectionately, Mary, M. I am sorry to
Speaker 1: say that I am very far from well, and Jemima
Speaker 1: has just told me that the butcher says there is
Speaker 1: a bad sore throat very much about I dare say
Speaker 1: I shall catch it. And my sore throats, you know,
Speaker 1: are always worse than anybody's so ended the first part,
Speaker 1: which had been afterwards put into an envelope containing nearly
Speaker 1: as much more. I kept my letter open that I
Speaker 1: might send you word how Louise A bore her journey,
Speaker 1: and now I am extremely glad I did, having a
Speaker 1: great deal to add. In the first place, I had
Speaker 1: a note from missus Croft yesterday offering to convey anything
Speaker 1: to you, a very kind, friendly note, indeed addressed to
Speaker 1: me just as it ought. I shall therefore be able
Speaker 1: to make my letter as long as I like. The
Speaker 1: Admiral does not seem very ill, and I sincerely hope
Speaker 1: Barth will do him all the good he wants. I
Speaker 1: shall be truly glad to have them back again. Our
Speaker 1: neighborhood cannot spare such a pleasant family. But now for Louisa,
Speaker 1: I have something to communicate that will astonish you not
Speaker 1: a little. She and the Harvilles came on Tuesday very safely,
Speaker 1: and in the evening we went to ask her how
Speaker 1: she did, when we were rather surprised not to find
Speaker 1: Captain Benneck of the party, for he had been invited
Speaker 1: as well as the Halfvilles. And what do you think
Speaker 1: was the reason? Neither more nor less than his being
Speaker 1: in love with Louisa, and not choosing to venture to
Speaker 1: Uppercross till he had had an answer from mister Musgrove,
Speaker 1: for it was all settled between him and her before
Speaker 1: she came away, and he had written to her father
Speaker 1: by Captain Harville. True, upon my honor, are you not astonished?
Speaker 1: I shall be surprised at least if you ever received
Speaker 1: a hint of it, for I never did Missus Muskrow
Speaker 1: protest solemnly that she knew nothing of the matter. We
Speaker 1: are all very well pleased, however, for though it is
Speaker 1: not equal to her marrying Captain Wentworth, it is infinitely
Speaker 1: better than Charles Hater. And mister Musgrove has written his consent,
Speaker 1: and Captain Bennick is expected to day. Missus Harville says
Speaker 1: her husband feels a good deal on his poor sister's account.
Speaker 1: But however, Louisa is a great favorite with both. Indeed,
Speaker 1: Missus Harville and I quite agree that we love her
Speaker 1: the better for having nursed her. Charles wonders what Captain
Speaker 1: Wentworth will say, But if you remember, I never thought
Speaker 1: him attached to Louisa. I never could see anything of it.
Speaker 1: And this is the end you see of Captain Bennock's
Speaker 1: being supposed to be an admirer of yours. How Charles
Speaker 1: could take such a thing into his head was always
Speaker 1: incomprehensible to me. I hope he will be more agreeable now.
Speaker 1: Certainly not a great match for Louisa Musgrove, but a
Speaker 1: million times better than marrying among the haters. Mary need
Speaker 1: not have feared her sister as being in any degree
Speaker 1: prepared for the news. She had never in her life
Speaker 1: been more astonished Captain Bennock and Louisa Musgrove. It was
Speaker 1: almost too wonderful for belief. And it was with the
Speaker 1: greatest effort that she could remain in the room, preserve
Speaker 1: an air of calmness, and answer the common questions of
Speaker 1: the moment. Happily for her they were not many. Sir
Speaker 1: Walter wanted to know whether the Crofts traveled with four horses,
Speaker 1: and whether they were likely to be situated in such
Speaker 1: a part of Bath as it might suit Miss Elliot
Speaker 1: and himself to visit in, but had little curiosity beyond
Speaker 1: how is Mary, said Elizabeth, and without waiting for an answer,
Speaker 1: and pray what brings the Crofts to Bath? They come
Speaker 1: on the Admiral's account. He is thought to be gouty,
Speaker 1: gout and decrepitude, said Sir Walter. Poor old gentleman. Have
Speaker 1: they any acquaintance here? Asked Elizabeth. I do not know,
Speaker 1: but I can hardly suppose that at Admiral Croft's time
Speaker 1: of life and in his profession, he should not have
Speaker 1: men acquaintance in such a place as this. I suspect,
Speaker 1: said Sir Walter coolly, that Admiral Croft will be best
Speaker 1: known in Bath as the renter of Kellynch Hall. Elizabeth,
Speaker 1: may we venture to present him and his wife in
Speaker 1: Laura Place? Oh no, I think not situated as we
Speaker 1: are with Lady Dalrymple cousins, we ought to be very
Speaker 1: careful not to embarrass her with acquaintance. She might not approve.
Speaker 1: If we were not related, it would not signify, But
Speaker 1: as cousins she should feel scrupulous as to any proposal
Speaker 1: of ours. We had better leave the Croft to find
Speaker 1: their own level. There are several odd looking men walking
Speaker 1: about here who I am told our sailors the Croft
Speaker 1: will associate with them. This was Sir Walter and Elizabeth's
Speaker 1: share of interest in the letter. When missus Clay had
Speaker 1: paid her tribute of more decent attention in an enquiry
Speaker 1: after Missus Charles Musgrove and her fine little boys, Anne
Speaker 1: was at liberty in her own room. She tried to
Speaker 1: comprehend it. Well, might Charles wonder how Captain Wentworth would feel.
Speaker 1: Perhaps he had quitted the field, had given Louisa up,
Speaker 1: had ceased to love, had found he did not love her.
Speaker 1: She could not endure the idea of treachery or levity,
Speaker 1: or anything akin to ill usage between him and his friend.
Speaker 1: She could not endure that such a friendship as there
Speaker 1: should be severed unfairly. Captain Bennock and Louisa Musgrove, the
Speaker 1: high spirited, joyous talking Louisa Musgrove and the dejected, thinking,
Speaker 1: feeling reading Captain Bennick seemed each of them everything that
Speaker 1: would not suit the other, their minds most dissimilar. Where
Speaker 1: could have been the attraction? The answer soon presented itself.
Speaker 1: It had been in situation. They had been thrown together
Speaker 1: several weeks. They had been living in the same small
Speaker 1: family party since Henrietta's coming away. They must have been
Speaker 1: depending almost entirely on each other, and Louisa, just recovering
Speaker 1: from illness, had been in an interesting state eight, and
Speaker 1: Captain Benneck was not inconsolable. There was a point which
Speaker 1: Anne had not been able to avoid suspecting before, and
Speaker 1: instead of drawing the same conclusion as Mary from the
Speaker 1: present course of events, they served only to confirm the
Speaker 1: idea of his having felt some dawning of tenderness toward herself.
Speaker 1: She did not mean, however, to derive much more from
Speaker 1: it to gratify her vanity than Mary might have allowed.
Speaker 1: She was persuaded that any tolerably pleasing young woman who
Speaker 1: had listened and seemed to feel for him would have
Speaker 1: received the same compliment. He had an affectionate heart. He
Speaker 1: must love somebody. She saw no reason against their being happy.
Speaker 1: Louisa had fine navel fervor to begin with, and they
Speaker 1: would soon grow more alike. He would gain cheerfulness, and
Speaker 1: she would learn to be an enthusiast for Scott and
Speaker 1: Lord Byron Nay, that was probably learnt already. Of course,
Speaker 1: they had fallen in love over poetry. The idea of
Speaker 1: Louisa Musgrove turned into a person of literary taste and
Speaker 1: sentimental reflection was amusing, but she had no doubt of
Speaker 1: its being so the day at lyme the fall from
Speaker 1: the cob might influence her health, her nerves, her courage,
Speaker 1: her character to the end of her life, as thoroughly
Speaker 1: as it appeared to have influenced her fate. The conclusion
Speaker 1: of the whole was that if the woman who had
Speaker 1: been sensible of Captain Wentworth's merits could be allowed to
Speaker 1: prefer another man. There was nothing in the engagement to
Speaker 1: excite lasting wonder, and if Captain Wentworth lost no friend
Speaker 1: by it, certainly nothing to be regretted. No, it was
Speaker 1: not regret which made Anne's heart beat in spite of herself,
Speaker 1: and brought the color into her cheeks. When she thought
Speaker 1: of Captain Wentworth, unshackled and free. She had some feelings
Speaker 1: which she was ashamed to investigate. They were too much
Speaker 1: like joy, senseless joy. She longed to see the Crofts,
Speaker 1: but when the meeting took place, it was evident that
Speaker 1: no rumor of the news had yet reached them. The
Speaker 1: visit of ceremony was paid and returned, and Louisa Musgrove
Speaker 1: was mentioned, and Captain Bennock too, without even half a smile.
Speaker 1: The Crofts had placed themselves in lodgings in Gay street
Speaker 1: perfectly to Sir Walter's satisfaction. He was not at all
Speaker 1: ashamed of the acquaintance, and did, in fact think and
Speaker 1: talk a great deal more about the Admiral than the
Speaker 1: Admiral ever thought or talked about him. The Crofts knew
Speaker 1: quite as many people in Bath as they wished for,
Speaker 1: and considered their intercourse with the Elliots as a mere
Speaker 1: matter of form, and not in the least likely to
Speaker 1: afford them any pleasure. They brought with them their country
Speaker 1: habit of being almost always together. He was ordered to
Speaker 1: walk to keep off the gout, and missus Croft seemed
Speaker 1: to go shares with him in everything, and to walk
Speaker 1: for her life to do him good. Anne saw them
Speaker 1: wherever she went. Lady Russell took her out in her
Speaker 1: carriage almost every morning, and she never failed to think
Speaker 1: of them, and never failed to see them, knowing their
Speaker 1: feelings as she did. It was a most attractive picture
Speaker 1: of happiness to her. She always watched them as long
Speaker 1: as she could, delighted to fancy she understood what they
Speaker 1: might be talking of as they walked along in happy independence,
Speaker 1: or equally delighted to see the Admiral's heart shake of
Speaker 1: the hand when he encountered an old friend and observed
Speaker 1: their eagerness of conversation when occasionally forming into a little
Speaker 1: knot of the navy. Missus Croft looking as intelligent and
Speaker 1: keen as any of the officers around her. Anne was
Speaker 1: too much engaged with Lady Russell to be often walking herself.
Speaker 1: But it so happened that one morning, about a week
Speaker 1: or ten days after the Croft's arrival, it suited her
Speaker 1: best to leave her friend or her friend's carriage in
Speaker 1: the lower part of the town and return alone to
Speaker 1: Camden Place, And in walking up Milsom Street, she had
Speaker 1: the good fortune to meet with the Admiral. He was
Speaker 1: standing by himself at a print shop window, with his
Speaker 1: hands behind him, in earnest contemplation of some print, and
Speaker 1: she not only might have passed him unseen, but was
Speaker 1: obliged to touch as well as address him, before she
Speaker 1: could catch his notice. When he did perceive and acknowledge her, however,
Speaker 1: it was done with all his usual frankness and good humor.
Speaker 1: Ha is it you? Thank you, thank you? This is
Speaker 1: treating me like a friend. Here I am, you see,
Speaker 1: staring at a picture. I can never get by this
Speaker 1: shop without stopping but what a thing here is by
Speaker 1: way of a boat? To look at it? Did you
Speaker 1: ever see the like? What queer fellows, your fine painters
Speaker 1: must be to think that anybody would venture their lives
Speaker 1: in such a shapeless old cockle shell as that. And
Speaker 1: yet here are two gentlemen stuck up in it, mightily
Speaker 1: at their ease, and looking about them at the rocks
Speaker 1: and mountains, as if they were not to be upset
Speaker 1: the next moment, which they certainly must be. I wonder
Speaker 1: where that boat was built, laughing heartily, I would not
Speaker 1: venture over a horsepond in it. Well, turning away, now,
Speaker 1: where are you bound? Can I go anywhere? For you?
Speaker 1: Or with you? Can I be of any use? None?
Speaker 1: I thank you, unless you will give me the pleasure
Speaker 1: of your company. The little way our road lies together.
Speaker 1: I am going home that I will with all my heart,
Speaker 1: and farther too. Yes, yes, we will have a snug
Speaker 1: walk together, And I have something to tell you as
Speaker 1: we go along. There, take my arm, that's right. I
Speaker 1: do not feel comfortable if I have not a woman. There, Lord,
Speaker 1: what a boat it is. Taking a last look at
Speaker 1: the picture, as they began to be in motion, did
Speaker 1: you say that you had something to tell me, Sir, yes,
Speaker 1: I have presently. But here comes a friend, Captain Brigden.
Speaker 1: I shall only say how do you do? As we pass? However,
Speaker 1: I shall not stop. How do you do? Brigden stares
Speaker 1: to see anybody with me, but my wife, she poor soul,
Speaker 1: is tied by the leg. She has a blister on
Speaker 1: one of her heels, as large as a three shilling piece.
Speaker 1: If you look across the street, you will see Admiral
Speaker 1: brand coming down, and his brother Shabby Fellows. Both of them.
Speaker 1: I am glad they are not on this side of
Speaker 1: the way. Sophie cannot bear them. They played me a
Speaker 1: pitiful trick. Once got away with some of my best men.
Speaker 1: I will tell you the whole story another time. There
Speaker 1: comes old Sir Archibald Drew and his grandson. Look, he
Speaker 1: sees us, He kisses his hand to you. He takes
Speaker 1: you for my wife a. The piece has come too
Speaker 1: soon for that, younker, poor old sir Archibald. How do
Speaker 1: you like bath, miss Eliot? It suits us very well.
Speaker 1: We were always meeting with some old friend a rubber,
Speaker 1: the streets full of them every morning, sure to have
Speaker 1: plenty of chat and then we get away from them
Speaker 1: all and shut ourselves in our lodgings, and draw on
Speaker 1: our chairs and are as snug as if we were
Speaker 1: at kellynch Ay, or as we used to be even
Speaker 1: at north Yarmouth, and deal we do not like our
Speaker 1: lodgings here the worse I can tell you for putting
Speaker 1: us in mind of those we first had at north Yarmouth.
Speaker 1: The wind blows through one of the cupboards just in
Speaker 1: the same way. When they were got a little further,
Speaker 1: Anne ventured to press again for what he had to communicate.
Speaker 1: She hoped, when clear of Milsome Street, to have her
Speaker 1: curiosity gratified, but she was still obliged to wait for
Speaker 1: The admiral had made up his mind not to begin
Speaker 1: till they had gained the greater space and quiet of Belmont,
Speaker 1: and as she was not really missus Croft, she must
Speaker 1: let him have his own way. As soon as they
Speaker 1: were fairly ascending Belmont, he began, well, now you shall
Speaker 1: hear something that will surprise you. But first of all
Speaker 1: you must tell me the name of the young lady
Speaker 1: I'm going to talk about. That young lady. You know
Speaker 1: that we have all been so concerned for the miss Musgrove,
Speaker 1: that all this has been happening to her Christian name.
Speaker 1: I always forget her Christian name. Anne had been ashamed
Speaker 1: to appear to comprehend so soon as she really did.
Speaker 1: But now she could safely suggest the name of Louisa.
Speaker 1: Ay ay, Miss Louisa Musgrove, that is the name. I
Speaker 1: wish young ladies had not such a number of fine
Speaker 1: Christian names. I should never be out if they were
Speaker 1: all Sophie's or something of that sort. Well, this miss Louisa,
Speaker 1: we all thought, you know, was to marry Frederick. He
Speaker 1: was courting her week after week. The only wonder was
Speaker 1: what they could be waiting for till the business at
Speaker 1: Lime came. Then, indeed, it was clear enough they must
Speaker 1: wait till her brain was set to right. But even
Speaker 1: then there was something odd in their way way of
Speaker 1: going on. Instead of staying at Lyme, he went off
Speaker 1: to Plymouth, and then he went off to see Edward.
Speaker 1: When he came back from Minehead, he was gone down
Speaker 1: to Edwards, and there he has been ever since. We
Speaker 1: have seen nothing of him since November. Even Sophie could
Speaker 1: not understand it. But now the matter has taken the
Speaker 1: strangest turn of all, for this young lady, the same
Speaker 1: Miss Mosgrove, instead of being to marry Frederick, is to
Speaker 1: marry James Bennick. You know James Bennick a little. I
Speaker 1: am a little acquainted with Captain Bennick. Well she is
Speaker 1: to marry him. Nay, most likely they are married already,
Speaker 1: for I do not know what they should wait for.
Speaker 1: I thought Captain Bennick a very pleasing young man, said Anne,
Speaker 1: And I understand that he bears an excellent character. Oh yes, yes,
Speaker 1: there is not a word to be said against James Bennick.
Speaker 1: He is only a commander, it is true, made last summer,
Speaker 1: and these are bad times for getting on. But he
Speaker 1: has not another fault that I know of. An excellent,
Speaker 1: good hearted fellow. I assure you a very active, zealous
Speaker 1: officer too, which is more than you would think for perhaps,
Speaker 1: for that soft sort of manner does not do him justice.
Speaker 1: Indeed you are mistaken there, sir. I should never orger
Speaker 1: want of spirit from Captain Bennock's manners. I thought them
Speaker 1: particularly pleasing, and I will answer for it. They would
Speaker 1: generally please. Well. Well, ladies are the best judges, but
Speaker 1: James Bennock is rather too piano for me. And though
Speaker 1: very likely it is all our partiality, Sophie and I
Speaker 1: cannot help thinking Frederick's manners better than his. There is
Speaker 1: something about Frederick more to our taste. Anne was caught.
Speaker 1: She had only meant to oppose the too common idea
Speaker 1: of spirit and gentleness being incompatible with each other, and
Speaker 1: not at all to represent Captain Bennock's manners as the
Speaker 1: very best that could possibly be. And after a little hesitation,
Speaker 1: she was beginning to say, I was not entering into
Speaker 1: any comparison of the two friends, but the Admiral interrupted
Speaker 1: her with and the thinging is certainly true. It is
Speaker 1: not a mere bit of gossip. We have it from
Speaker 1: Frederick himself. His sister had a letter from him yesterday
Speaker 1: in which he tells us of it, and he had
Speaker 1: just had it in a letter from Harville, written upon
Speaker 1: the spot from Uppercross. I fancy they are all at Uppercross.
Speaker 1: This was an opportunity which Anne could not resist. She said. Therefore,
Speaker 1: I hope, Admiral, I hope there is nothing in the
Speaker 1: style of Captain Wentworth's letter to make you and missus
Speaker 1: Croft particularly uneasy. It did seem last autumn as if
Speaker 1: there were an attachment between him and Louisa Musgrove. But
Speaker 1: I hope it may be understood to have worn out
Speaker 1: on each side equally and without violence. I hope his
Speaker 1: letter did not breathe the spirit of an ill used man.
Speaker 1: Not at all, Not at all. There is not an
Speaker 1: oath or a murmur from beginning to end. Anne looked
Speaker 1: down to hide her smile. No, No, Frederick is not
Speaker 1: a man to whine and complain. He has too much
Speaker 1: spirit for that. If the girl likes another man better,
Speaker 1: it is very fit she should have him, certainly. But
Speaker 1: what I mean is that I hope there is nothing
Speaker 1: in Captain Wentworth's manner of writing to make you suppose
Speaker 1: he thinks himself ill used by his friend, which might appear,
Speaker 1: you know, without its being absolutely said. I should be
Speaker 1: very sorry that such a friendship as has subsisted between
Speaker 1: him and Captain Bennock should be destroyed or even wounded
Speaker 1: by a circumstance of this sort. Yes, yes, I understand you,
Speaker 1: But there is nothing at all of that nature in
Speaker 1: the letter. He does not give the least fling at Bennick,
Speaker 1: does not so much to say I wonder at it.
Speaker 1: I have a reason on my own for wondering at it. No,
Speaker 1: you would not guess from his way of writing that
Speaker 1: he had ever thought of this miss Watson name for himself.
Speaker 1: He very handsomely hopes they will be very happy together.
Speaker 1: And there is nothing very unforgiving in that. I think
Speaker 1: Anne did not receive the perfect conviction which the Admiral
Speaker 1: meant to convey, But it would have been useless to
Speaker 1: press the enquiry farther. She therefore satisfied herself with commonplace
Speaker 1: remarks or quiet attention, and the Admiral had it all
Speaker 1: his own way. Poor Frederick said he at last, now
Speaker 1: he must begin all over again with somebody else. I
Speaker 1: think we must get him to bath. Sophie must write
Speaker 1: and beg him to come to bath. Here are pretty
Speaker 1: girls enough. I am sure it would be of no
Speaker 1: use to go to up across again for that other
Speaker 1: Miss Muscoe I find as bespoke by her cousin, the
Speaker 1: young Parson. Do not you think, miss Elliot, we had
Speaker 1: better try to get him to bath. End of Chapter
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