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Chapter 11

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           Theladieshereprobablyexchangedlookswhichmeant,"Menneverknowwhenthingsaredirtyornot;"andthegentlemenperhapsthoughteachtohimself,"Womenwillhavetheirlittlenonsensesandneedlesscares."

           Oneperplexity,however,arose,whichthegentlemendidnotdisdain.Itregardedasupper-room.Atthetimeoftheballroom’sbeingbuilt,suppershadnotbeeninquestion;andasmallcard-roomadjoining,wastheonlyaddition.Whatwastobedone?Thiscard-roomwouldbewantedasacard-roomnow;or,ifcardswereconvenientlyvotedunnecessarybytheirfourselves,stillwasitnottoosmallforanycomfortablesupper?Anotherroomofmuchbettersizemightbesecuredforthepurpose;butitwasattheotherendofthehouse,andalongawkwardpassagemustbegonethroughtogetatit.Thismadeadifficulty.Mrs.Westonwasafraidofdraughtsfortheyoungpeopleinthatpassage;andneitherEmmanorthegentlemencouldtoleratetheprospectofbeingmiserablycrowdedatsupper.

           Mrs.Westonproposedhavingnoregularsupper;merelysandwiches,&c.,setoutinthelittleroom;butthatwasscoutedasawretchedsuggestion.Aprivatedance,withoutsittingdowntosupper,waspronouncedaninfamousfraudupontherightsofmenandwomen;andMrs.Westonmustnotspeakofitagain.Shethentookanotherlineofexpediency,andlookingintothedoubtfulroom,observed,

           "Idonotthinkitissoverysmall.Weshallnotbemany,youknow."

           AndMr.

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