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Chapter XXI

           Georgianaaddedtoher"Howd’yedo?"severalcommonplacesaboutmyjourney,theweather,andsoon,utteredinratheradrawlingtone:andaccompaniedbysundryside-glancesthatmeasuredmefromheadtofootnowtraversingthefoldsofmydrabmerinopelisse,andnowlingeringontheplaintrimmingofmycottagebonnet. Youngladieshavearemarkablewayoflettingyouknowthattheythinkyoua"quiz"withoutactuallysayingthewords. Acertainsuperciliousnessoflook,coolnessofmanner,nonchalanceoftone,expressfullytheirsentimentsonthepoint,withoutcommittingthembyanypositiverudenessinwordordeed. 

           Asneer,however,whethercovertoropen,hadnownolongerthatpowerovermeitoncepossessed:asIsatbetweenmycousins,IwassurprisedtofindhoweasyIfeltunderthetotalneglectoftheoneandthesemi-sarcasticattentionsoftheotherElizadidnotmortify,norGeorgianaruffleme. Thefactwas,Ihadotherthingstothinkabout; withinthelastfewmonthsfeelingshadbeenstirredinmesomuchmorepotentthananytheycouldraisepainsandpleasuressomuchmoreacuteandexquisitehadbeenexcitedthananyitwasintheirpowertoinflictorbestowthattheirairsgavemenoconcerneitherforgoodorbad. 

           "HowisMrs.Reed?"Iaskedsoon,lookingcalmlyatGeorgiana,whothoughtfittobridleatthedirectaddress,asifitwereanunexpectedliberty. 

           "Mrs.Reed?Ah!mama,youmean;sheisextremelypoorly:Idoubtifyoucanseeherto-night. 

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