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Chapter 20
ShecouldnotquitthatroominpeacewithoutseeingCaptainWentworthoncemore,withouttheinterchangeofonefriendlylook.
Inre-settlingthemselvestherewerenowmanychanges,theresultofwhichwasfavourableforher.ColonelWallisdeclinedsittingdownagain,andMrElliotwasinvitedbyElizabethandMissCarteret,inamannernottoberefused,tositbetweenthem;andbysomeotherremovals,andalittleschemingofherown,Annewasenabledtoplaceherselfmuchnearertheendofthebenchthanshehadbeenbefore,muchmorewithinreachofapasser-by.Shecouldnotdoso,withoutcomparingherselfwithMissLarolles,theinimitableMissLarolles;butstillshedidit,andnotwithmuchhappiereffect;thoughbywhatseemedprosperityintheshapeofanearlyabdicationinhernextneighbours,shefoundherselfattheveryendofthebenchbeforetheconcertclosed.
Suchwashersituation,withavacantspaceathand,whenCaptainWentworthwasagaininsight.Shesawhimnotfaroff.Hesawhertoo;yethelookedgrave,andseemedirresolute,andonlybyveryslowdegreescameatlastnearenoughtospeaktoher.Shefeltthatsomethingmustbethematter.Thechangewasindubitable.ThedifferencebetweenhispresentairandwhatithadbeenintheOctagonRoomwasstrikinglygreat.Whywasit?Shethoughtofherfather,ofLadyRussell.
