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           Assoonasshecould,shewentafterMary,andhavingfound,andwalkedbackwithhertotheirformerstation,bythestile,feltsomecomfortintheirwholepartybeingimmediatelyafterwardscollected,andoncemoreinmotiontogether.Herspiritswantedthesolitudeandsilencewhichonlynumberscouldgive.

           CharlesandHenriettareturned,bringing,asmaybeconjectured,CharlesHayterwiththem.TheminutiaeofthebusinessAnnecouldnotattempttounderstand;evenCaptainWentworthdidnotseemadmittedtoperfectconfidencehere;butthattherehadbeenawithdrawingonthegentleman’sside,andarelentingonthelady’s,andthattheywerenowverygladtobetogetheragain,didnotadmitadoubt.Henriettalookedalittleashamed,butverywellpleased—CharlesHayterexceedinglyhappy:andtheyweredevotedtoeachotheralmostfromthefirstinstantoftheirallsettingforwardforUppercross.

           EverythingnowmarkedoutLouisaforCaptainWentworth;nothingcouldbeplainer;andwheremanydivisionswerenecessary,orevenwheretheywerenot,theywalkedsidebysidenearlyasmuchastheothertwo.Inalongstripofmeadowland,wheretherewasamplespaceforall,theywerethusdivided,formingthreedistinctparties;andtothatpartyofthethreewhichboastedleastanimation,andleastcomplaisance,Annenecessarilybelonged.ShejoinedCharlesandMary,andwastiredenoughtobeverygladofCharles’sotherarm;butCharles,thoughinverygoodhumourwithher,wasoutoftemperwithhiswife.