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           Shehadreceivedideaswhichdisposedhertobecourteousandkindtoall,andtopityeveryone,asbeinglesshappythanherself.

           Thedelightfulemotionswerealittlesubdued,whenonsteppingbackfromthegroup,tobejoinedagainbyCaptainWentworth,shesawthathewasgone.ShewasjustintimetoseehimturnintotheConcertRoom.Hewasgone;hehaddisappeared,shefeltamoment’sregret.But“theyshouldmeetagain.Hewouldlookforher,hewouldfindheroutbeforetheeveningwereover,andatpresent,perhaps,itwasaswelltobeasunder.Shewasinneedofalittleintervalforrecollection.”

           UponLadyRussell’sappearancesoonafterwards,thewholepartywascollected,andallthatremainedwastomarshalthemselves,andproceedintotheConcertRoom;andbeofalltheconsequenceintheirpower,drawasmanyeyes,exciteasmanywhispers,anddisturbasmanypeopleastheycould.

           Very,veryhappywerebothElizabethandAnneElliotastheywalkedin.ElizabetharminarmwithMissCarteret,andlookingonthebroadbackofthedowagerViscountessDalrymplebeforeher,hadnothingtowishforwhichdidnotseemwithinherreach;andAnne—butitwouldbeaninsulttothenatureofAnne’sfelicity,todrawanycomparisonbetweenitandhersister’s;theoriginofoneallselfishvanity,oftheotherallgenerousattachment.

           Annesawnothing,thoughtnothingofthebrilliancyoftheroom.Herhappinesswasfromwithin.Hereyeswerebrightandhercheeksglowed;butsheknewnothingaboutit.