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Chapter 15. No just Cause or Impediment why these Two Persons

           Iamnotwantedatanypublicoffice,ortogiveanyvoteanywhereelse.ButEdmundis.AndEdmundisdeeplydejectedattheideaofgoingawaybyhimself,and,indeed,Idon’tlikethatheshouldbetrustedbyhimself.For,ifit’spossible—anditgenerallyis—todoafoolishthing,heissuretodoit.’

           Assheconcludedthisimpartialsummaryofthereliancethatmightbesafelyplaceduponherfuturehusband,shetookoff,withanairofbusiness,thebonnetshewore,anddangleditbyitsstringsupontheground.

           ‘ItisfarmoreEdmund’squestion,therefore,thanmine.However,weneedsaynomoreaboutthat.Thatisself-evidentonthefaceofit.Well,mydearestAmy!Thepointarising,ishetogobyhimself,orishenottogobyhimself,thisotherpointarises,arewetobemarriedhereandshortly,orarewetobemarriedathomemonthshence?’

           ‘IseeIamgoingtoloseyou,Fanny.’

           ‘Whatalittlethingyouare,’criedFanny,halftolerantandhalfimpatient,‘foranticipatingone!Pray,mydarling,hearmeout.Thatwoman,’shespokeofMrsMerdle,ofcourse,‘remainshereuntilafterEaster;so,inthecaseofmybeingmarriedhereandgoingtoLondonwithEdmund,Ishouldhavethestartofher.Thatissomething.Further,Amy.Thatwomanbeingoutoftheway,Idon’tknowthatIgreatlyobjecttoMrMerdle’sproposaltoPathatEdmundandIshouldtakeupourabodeinthathouse—youknow—whereyouoncewentwithadancer,mydear,untilourownhousecanbechosenandfittedup.Furtherstill,Amy.

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