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           ThesadaccidentatLymewassoontheprevailingtopic,andoncomparingtheirlatestaccountsoftheinvalid,itappearedthateachladydatedherintelligencefromthesamehourofyestermorn;thatCaptainWentworthhadbeeninKellynchyesterday(thefirsttimesincetheaccident),hadbroughtAnnethelastnote,whichshehadnotbeenabletotracetheexactstepsof;hadstaidafewhoursandthenreturnedagaintoLyme,andwithoutanypresentintentionofquittingitanymore.Hehadenquiredafterher,shefound,particularly;hadexpressedhishopeofMissElliot’snotbeingtheworseforherexertions,andhadspokenofthoseexertionsasgreat.Thiswashandsome,andgavehermorepleasurethanalmostanythingelsecouldhavedone.

           Astothesadcatastropheitself,itcouldbecanvassedonlyinonestylebyacoupleofsteady,sensiblewomen,whosejudgementshadtoworkonascertainedevents;anditwasperfectlydecidedthatithadbeentheconsequenceofmuchthoughtlessnessandmuchimprudence;thatitseffectsweremostalarming,andthatitwasfrightfultothink,howlongMissMusgrove’srecoverymightyetbedoubtful,andhowliableshewouldstillremaintosufferfromtheconcussionhereafter!TheAdmiralwounditupsummarilybyexclaiming—

           “Ay,averybadbusinessindeed.