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Chapter 3

           IfsheweretomeetMissBatesinherway!anduponitsbeginningtorain,EmmawasobligedtoexpectthattheweatherwouldbedetainingheratMrs.Goddard’s,andthattheintelligencewouldundoubtedlyrushuponherwithoutpreparation.

           Theshowerwasheavy,butshort;andithadnotbeenoverfiveminutes,whenincameHarriet,withjusttheheated,agitatedlookwhichhurryingthitherwithafullheartwaslikelytogive;andthe"Oh!MissWoodhouse,whatdoyouthinkhashappened!"whichinstantlyburstforth,hadalltheevidenceofcorrespondingperturbation.Astheblowwasgiven,Emmafeltthatshecouldnotnowshewgreaterkindnessthaninlistening;andHarriet,unchecked,raneagerlythroughwhatshehadtotell."ShehadsetoutfromMrs.Goddard’shalfanhouragoshehadbeenafraiditwouldrainshehadbeenafraiditwouldpourdowneverymomentbutshethoughtshemightgettoHartfieldfirstshehadhurriedonasfastaspossible;butthen,asshewaspassingbythehousewhereayoungwomanwasmakingupagownforher,shethoughtshewouldjuststepinandseehowitwenton;andthoughshedidnotseemtostayhalfamomentthere,soonaftershecameoutitbegantorain,andshedidnotknowwhattodo;sosheranondirectly,asfastasshecould,andtookshelteratFord’s."—Ford’swastheprincipalwoollen-draper,linen-draper,andhaberdasher’sshopunited;theshopfirstinsizeandfashionintheplace.

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