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Chapter 11

           Shesaw,thatinpersuadingherself,infancying,inactingtothecontrary,shehadbeenentirelyunderadelusion,totallyignorantofherownheart—and,inshort,thatshehadneverreallycaredforFrankChurchillatall!

           Thiswastheconclusionofthefirstseriesofreflection.Thiswastheknowledgeofherself,onthefirstquestionofinquiry,whichshereached;andwithoutbeinglonginreachingit.—Shewasmostsorrowfullyindignant;ashamedofeverysensationbuttheonerevealedtoher—heraffectionforMr.Knightley.—Everyotherpartofhermindwasdisgusting.

           Withinsufferablevanityhadshebelievedherselfinthesecretofeverybody’sfeelings;withunpardonablearroganceproposedtoarrangeeverybody’sdestiny.Shewasprovedtohavebeenuniversallymistaken;andshehadnotquitedonenothing—forshehaddonemischief.ShehadbroughtevilonHarriet,onherself,andshetoomuchfeared,onMr.Knightley.—Werethismostunequalofallconnexionstotakeplace,onhermustrestallthereproachofhavinggivenitabeginning;forhisattachment,shemustbelievetobeproducedonlybyaconsciousnessofHarriet’s—andevenwerethisnotthecase,hewouldneverhaveknownHarrietatallbutforherfolly.

           Mr.KnightleyandHarrietSmith!—Itwasauniontodistanceeverywonderofthekind.

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