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           “IhopeIshallremember,infuture,”saidLadyRussell,assoonastheywerereseatedinthecarriage,“nottocallatUppercrossintheChristmasholidays.”

           Everybodyhastheirtasteinnoisesaswellasinothermatters;andsoundsarequiteinnoxious,ormostdistressing,bytheirsortratherthantheirquantity.WhenLadyRussellnotlongafterwards,wasenteringBathonawetafternoon,anddrivingthroughthelongcourseofstreetsfromtheOldBridgetoCamdenPlace,amidstthedashofothercarriages,theheavyrumbleofcartsanddrays,thebawlingofnewspapermen,muffin-menandmilkmen,andtheceaselessclinkofpattens,shemadenocomplaint.No,thesewerenoiseswhichbelongedtothewinterpleasures;herspiritsroseundertheirinfluence;andlikeMrsMusgrove,shewasfeeling,thoughnotsaying,thatafterbeinglonginthecountry,nothingcouldbesogoodforherasalittlequietcheerfulness.

           Annedidnotsharethesefeelings.Shepersistedinaverydetermined,thoughverysilentdisinclinationforBath;caughtthefirstdimviewoftheextensivebuildings,smokinginrain,withoutanywishofseeingthembetter;felttheirprogressthroughthestreetstobe,howeverdisagreeable,yettoorapid;forwhowouldbegladtoseeherwhenshearrived?Andlookedback,withfondregret,tothebustlesofUppercrossandtheseclusionofKellynch.

           Elizabeth’slastletterhadcommunicatedapieceofnewsofsomeinterest.MrElliotwasinBath.HehadcalledinCamdenPlace;hadcalledasecondtime,athird;hadbeenpointedlyattentive