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           ItwouldbetoomuchtoexpectSirWaltertodescendintoasmallhouseinhisownneighbourhood.Anneherselfwouldhavefoundthemortificationsofitmorethansheforesaw,andtoSirWalter’sfeelingstheymusthavebeendreadful.AndwithregardtoAnne’sdislikeofBath,sheconsidereditasaprejudiceandmistakearising,first,fromthecircumstanceofherhavingbeenthreeyearsatschoolthere,afterhermother’sdeath;andsecondly,fromherhappeningtobenotinperfectlygoodspiritstheonlywinterwhichshehadafterwardsspenttherewithherself.

           LadyRussellwasfondofBath,inshort,anddisposedtothinkitmustsuitthemall;andastoheryoungfriend’shealth,bypassingallthewarmmonthswithheratKellynchLodge,everydangerwouldbeavoided;anditwasinfact,achangewhichmustdobothhealthandspiritsgood.Annehadbeentoolittlefromhome,toolittleseen.Herspiritswerenothigh.Alargersocietywouldimprovethem.Shewantedhertobemoreknown.

           TheundesirablenessofanyotherhouseinthesameneighbourhoodforSirWalterwascertainlymuchstrengthenedbyonepart,andaverymaterialpartofthescheme,whichhadbeenhappilyengraftedonthebeginning.Hewasnotonlytoquithishome,buttoseeitinthehandsofothers;atrialoffortitude,whichstrongerheadsthanSirWalter’shavefoundtoomuch.KellynchHallwastobelet.This,however,wasaprofoundsecret,nottobebreathedbeyondtheirowncircle.

           SirWaltercouldnothavebornethedegradationofbeingknowntodesignlettinghishouse.