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Chapter 12
MaryneverwrotetoBathherself;allthetoilofkeepingupaslowandunsatisfactorycorrespondencewithElizabethfellonAnne.
Breakfasthadnotbeenlongover,whentheywerejoinedbyCaptainandMrsHarvilleandCaptainBenwick;withwhomtheyhadappointedtotaketheirlastwalkaboutLyme.TheyoughttobesettingoffforUppercrossbyone,andinthemeanwhileweretobealltogether,andoutofdoorsaslongastheycould.
AnnefoundCaptainBenwickgettingnearher,assoonastheywereallfairlyinthestreet.Theirconversationtheprecedingeveningdidnotdisinclinehimtoseekheragain;andtheywalkedtogethersometime,talkingasbeforeofMrScottandLordByron,andstillasunableasbefore,andasunableasanyothertworeaders,tothinkexactlyalikeofthemeritsofeither,tillsomethingoccasionedanalmostgeneralchangeamongsttheirparty,andinsteadofCaptainBenwick,shehadCaptainHarvillebyherside.
“MissElliot,”saidhe,speakingratherlow,“youhavedoneagooddeedinmakingthatpoorfellowtalksomuch.Iwishhecouldhavesuchcompanyoftener.Itisbadforhim,Iknow,tobeshutupasheis;butwhatcanwedo?Wecannotpart.”
“No,”saidAnne,“thatIcaneasilybelievetobeimpossible;butintime,perhaps—weknowwhattimedoesineverycaseofaffliction,andyoumustremember,CaptainHarville,thatyourfriendmayyetbecalledayoungmourner—onlylastsummer,Iunderstand.”
“Ay,trueenough,”(withadeepsigh)“onlyJune.”
“Andnotknowntohim,perhaps,sosoon.
