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           Theywereonlyconcernedthatthehousecouldaccommodatenomore;andyetperhaps,by“puttingthechildrenawayinthemaid’sroom,orswingingacotsomewhere,”theycouldhardlybeartothinkofnotfindingroomfortwoorthreebesides,supposingtheymightwishtostay;though,withregardtoanyattendanceonMissMusgrove,thereneednotbetheleastuneasinessinleavinghertoMrsHarville’scareentirely.MrsHarvillewasaveryexperiencednurse,andhernursery-maid,whohadlivedwithherlong,andgoneaboutwithhereverywhere,wasjustsuchanother.Betweenthesetwo,shecouldwantnopossibleattendancebydayornight.Andallthiswassaidwithatruthandsincerityoffeelingirresistible.

           Charles,Henrietta,andCaptainWentworthwerethethreeinconsultation,andforalittlewhileitwasonlyaninterchangeofperplexityandterror.“Uppercross,thenecessityofsomeone’sgoingtoUppercross;thenewstobeconveyed;howitcouldbebrokentoMrandMrsMusgrove;thelatenessofthemorning;anhouralreadygonesincetheyoughttohavebeenoff;theimpossibilityofbeingintolerabletime.”Atfirst,theywerecapableofnothingmoretothepurposethansuchexclamations;but,afterawhile,CaptainWentworth,exertinghimself,said—

           “Wemustbedecided,andwithoutthelossofanotherminute.Everyminuteisvaluable.SomeonemustresolveonbeingoffforUppercrossinstantly.Musgrove,eitheryouorImustgo.”

           Charlesagreed,butdeclaredhisresolutionofnotgoingaway.