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Chapter 7

           Ingeneralhewasjudged,throughouttheparishesofDonwellandHighbury,withgreatcandour;liberalallowancesweremadeforthelittleexcessesofsuchahandsomeyoungmanonewhosmiledsooftenandbowedsowell;buttherewasonespiritamongthemnottobesoftened,fromitspowerofcensure,bybowsorsmilesMr.Knightley.ThecircumstancewastoldhimatHartfield;forthemoment,hewassilent;butEmmaheardhimalmostimmediatelyafterwardssaytohimself,overanewspaperheheldinhishand,"Hum!justthetrifling,sillyfellowItookhimfor."Shehadhalfamindtoresent;butaninstant’sobservationconvincedherthatitwasreallysaidonlytorelievehisownfeelings,andnotmeanttoprovoke;andthereforesheletitpass.

           Althoughinoneinstancethebearersofnotgoodtidings,Mr.andMrs.Weston’svisitthismorningwasinanotherrespectparticularlyopportune.SomethingoccurredwhiletheywereatHartfield,tomakeEmmawanttheiradvice;and,whichwasstillmorelucky,shewantedexactlytheadvicetheygave.

           Thiswastheoccurrence:—TheColeshadbeensettledsomeyearsinHighbury,andwereverygoodsortofpeoplefriendly,liberal,andunpretending;but,ontheotherhand,theywereofloworigin,intrade,andonlymoderatelygenteel.

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