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Chapter 1

           

           Shehadhadadisappointment,moreover,whichthatbook,andespeciallythehistoryofherownfamily,musteverpresenttheremembranceof.Theheirpresumptive,theveryWilliamWalterElliot,Esq.,whoserightshadbeensogenerouslysupportedbyherfather,haddisappointedher.

           Shehad,whileaveryyounggirl,assoonasshehadknownhimtobe,intheeventofherhavingnobrother,thefuturebaronet,meanttomarryhim,andherfatherhadalwaysmeantthatsheshould.Hehadnotbeenknowntothemasaboy;butsoonafterLadyElliot’sdeath,SirWalterhadsoughttheacquaintance,andthoughhisovertureshadnotbeenmetwithanywarmth,hehadperseveredinseekingit,makingallowanceforthemodestdrawing-backofyouth;and,inoneoftheirspringexcursionstoLondon,whenElizabethwasinherfirstbloom,MrElliothadbeenforcedintotheintroduction.

           Hewasatthattimeaveryyoungman,justengagedinthestudyofthelaw;andElizabethfoundhimextremelyagreeable,andeveryplaninhisfavourwasconfirmed.HewasinvitedtoKellynchHall;hewastalkedofandexpectedalltherestoftheyear;buthenevercame.Thefollowingspringhewasseenagainintown,foundequallyagreeable,againencouraged,invited,andexpected,andagainhedidnotcome;andthenexttidingswerethathewasmarried.InsteadofpushinghisfortuneinthelinemarkedoutfortheheirofthehouseofElliot,hehadpurchasedindependencebyunitinghimselftoarichwomanofinferiorbirth.

           SirWalterhasresentedit.

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