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Chapter 9
WithregardtoCharlesHayter,shehaddelicacywhichmustbepainedbyanylightnessofconductinawell-meaningyoungwoman,andahearttosympathizeinanyofthesufferingsitoccasioned;butifHenriettafoundherselfmistakeninthenatureofherfeelings,thealternationcouldnotbeunderstoodtoosoon.
CharlesHayterhadmetwithmuchtodisquietandmortifyhiminhiscousin’sbehaviour.Shehadtoooldaregardforhimtobesowhollyestrangedasmightintwomeetingsextinguisheverypasthope,andleavehimnothingtodobuttokeepawayfromUppercross:buttherewassuchachangeasbecameveryalarming,whensuchamanasCaptainWentworthwastoberegardedastheprobablecause.HehadbeenabsentonlytwoSundays,andwhentheyparted,hadleftherinterested,eventotheheightofhiswishes,inhisprospectofsoonquittinghispresentcuracy,andobtainingthatofUppercrossinstead.Ithadthenseemedtheobjectnearestherheart,thatDrShirley,therector,whoformorethanfortyyearshadbeenzealouslydischargingallthedutiesofhisoffice,butwasnowgrowingtooinfirmformanyofthem,shouldbequitefixedonengagingacurate;shouldmakehiscuracyquiteasgoodashecouldafford,andshouldgiveCharlesHayterthepromiseofit.
