Chapter 9

           

           EmmadidnotrepenthercondescensioningoingtotheColes.Thevisitaffordedhermanypleasantrecollectionsthenextday;andallthatshemightbesupposedtohavelostonthesideofdignifiedseclusion,mustbeamplyrepaidinthesplendourofpopularity.ShemusthavedelightedtheColesworthypeople,whodeservedtobemadehappy!Andleftanamebehindherthatwouldnotsoondieaway.

           Perfecthappiness,eveninmemory,isnotcommon;andthereweretwopointsonwhichshewasnotquiteeasy.Shedoubtedwhethershehadnottransgressedthedutyofwomanbywoman,inbetrayinghersuspicionsofJaneFairfax’sfeelingstoFrankChurchill.Itwashardlyright;butithadbeensostronganidea,thatitwouldescapeher,andhissubmissiontoallthatshetold,wasacomplimenttoherpenetration,whichmadeitdifficultforhertobequitecertainthatsheoughttohaveheldhertongue.

           TheothercircumstanceofregretrelatedalsotoJaneFairfax;andthereshehadnodoubt.Shedidunfeignedlyandunequivocallyregrettheinferiorityofherownplayingandsinging.Shedidmostheartilygrieveovertheidlenessofherchildhoodandsatdownandpractisedvigorouslyanhourandahalf.

           ShewastheninterruptedbyHarriet’scomingin;andifHarriet’spraisecouldhavesatisfiedher,shemightsoonhavebeencomforted.

           "Oh!ifIcouldbutplayaswellasyouandMissFairfax!"

           "Don’tclassustogether,Harriet.

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