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Chapter 9

           Itseemedasiftherewereaninstantaneousimpressioninherfavour,asifhiseyesreceivedthetruthfromher’s,andallthathadpassedofgoodinherfeelingswereatoncecaughtandhonoured.Helookedatherwithaglowofregard.Shewaswarmlygratifiedandinanothermomentstillmoreso,byalittlemovementofmorethancommonfriendlinessonhispart.Hetookherhandwhethershehadnotherselfmadethefirstmotion,shecouldnotsayshemight,perhaps,haveratheroffereditbuthetookherhand,pressedit,andcertainlywasonthepointofcarryingittohislipswhen,fromsomefancyorother,hesuddenlyletitgo.Whyheshouldfeelsuchascruple,whyheshouldchangehismindwhenitwasallbutdone,shecouldnotperceive.Hewouldhavejudgedbetter,shethought,ifhehadnotstopped.Theintention,however,wasindubitable;andwhetheritwasthathismannershadingeneralsolittlegallantry,orhoweverelseithappened,butshethoughtnothingbecamehimmore.Itwaswithhim,ofsosimple,yetsodignifiedanature.Shecouldnotbutrecalltheattemptwithgreatsatisfaction.Itspokesuchperfectamity.Heleftthemimmediatelyafterwardsgoneinamoment.Healwaysmovedwiththealertnessofamindwhichcouldneitherbeundecidednordilatory,butnowheseemedmoresuddenthanusualinhisdisappearance.

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