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Chapter 22
TherewasalwayssuchagreatconnexionbetweentheDalrymplesandourselves.Nothingeverhappenedoneithersidethatwasnotannouncedimmediately.Wearequitenearrelations,youknow;andMrElliottoo,whomyououghtsoparticularlytobeacquaintedwith!EveryattentionisduetoMrElliot.Consider,myfather’sheir:thefuturerepresentativeofthefamily.”
“Don’ttalktomeaboutheirsandrepresentatives,”criedCharles.“Iamnotoneofthosewhoneglectthereigningpowertobowtotherisingsun.IfIwouldnotgoforthesakeofyourfather,Ishouldthinkitscandaloustogoforthesakeofhisheir.WhatisMrElliottome?”ThecarelessexpressionwaslifetoAnne,whosawthatCaptainWentworthwasallattention,lookingandlisteningwithhiswholesoul;andthatthelastwordsbroughthisenquiringeyesfromCharlestoherself.
CharlesandMarystilltalkedoninthesamestyle;he,halfseriousandhalfjesting,maintainingtheschemefortheplay,andshe,invariablyserious,mostwarmlyopposingit,andnotomittingtomakeitknownthat,howeverdeterminedtogotoCamdenPlaceherself,sheshouldnotthinkherselfverywellused,iftheywenttotheplaywithouther.MrsMusgroveinterposed.
“Wehadbetterputitoff.Charles,youhadmuchbettergobackandchangetheboxforTuesday.Itwouldbeapitytobedivided,andweshouldbelosingMissAnne,too,ifthereisapartyatherfather’s;andIamsureneitherHenriettanorIshouldcareatallfortheplay,ifMissAnnecouldnotbewithus.
