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Chapter 6

           Cadwallader;"butwhereisacountrygentlemantogowhoquarrelswithhisoldestneighbors?WhocouldtastethefineflavorinthenameofBrookeifitweredeliveredcasually,likewinewithoutaseal?Certainlyamancanonlybecosmopolitanuptoacertainpoint.

           "IhopeChettamandIshallalwaysbegoodfriends;butIamsorrytosaythereisnoprospectofhismarryingmyniece,"saidMr.Brooke,muchrelievedtoseethroughthewindowthatCeliawascomingin.

           "Whynot?"saidMrs.Cadwallader,withasharpnoteofsurprise."ItishardlyafortnightsinceyouandIweretalkingaboutit."

           "Myniecehaschosenanothersuitorhaschosenhim,youknow.Ihavehadnothingtodowithit.IshouldhavepreferredChettam;andIshouldhavesaidChettamwasthemananygirlwouldhavechosen.Butthereisnoaccountingforthesethings.Yoursexiscapricious,youknow."

           "Why,whomdoyoumeantosaythatyouaregoingtolethermarry?"Mrs.Cadwallader’smindwasrapidlysurveyingthepossibilitiesofchoiceforDorothea.

           ButhereCeliaentered,bloomingfromawalkinthegarden,andthegreetingwithherdeliveredMr.Brookefromthenecessityofansweringimmediately.Hegotuphastily,andsaying,"Bytheway,ImustspeaktoWrightaboutthehorses,"shuffledquicklyoutoftheroom.

           "Mydearchild,whatisthis?thisaboutyoursister’sengagement?"saidMrs.Cadwallader.

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