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Chapter 23
Andthere,astheyslowlypacedthegradualascent,heedlessofeverygrouparoundthem,seeingneithersaunteringpoliticians,bustlinghousekeepers,flirtinggirls,nornursery-maidsandchildren,theycouldindulgeinthoseretrospectionsandacknowledgements,andespeciallyinthoseexplanationsofwhathaddirectlyprecededthepresentmoment,whichweresopoignantandsoceaselessininterest.Allthelittlevariationsofthelastweekweregonethrough;andofyesterdayandtodaytherecouldscarcelybeanend.
Shehadnotmistakenhim.JealousyofMrElliothadbeentheretardingweight,thedoubt,thetorment.ThathadbeguntooperateintheveryhouroffirstmeetingherinBath;thathadreturned,afterashortsuspension,toruintheconcert;andthathadinfluencedhimineverythinghehadsaidanddone,oromittedtosayanddo,inthelastfour-and-twentyhours.Ithadbeengraduallyyieldingtothebetterhopeswhichherlooks,orwords,oractionsoccasionallyencouraged;ithadbeenvanquishedatlastbythosesentimentsandthosetoneswhichhadreachedhimwhileshetalkedwithCaptainHarville;andundertheirresistiblegovernanceofwhichhehadseizedasheetofpaper,andpouredouthisfeelings.
Ofwhathehadthenwritten,nothingwastoberetractedorqualified.Hepersistedinhavinglovednonebuther.Shehadneverbeensupplanted.Heneverevenbelievedhimselftoseeherequal.
