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Chapter XXX

           Twoladieswerewaitingfortheircarriage,andoneofthemwasgivingtheotheranaccountoftheintendedmatch,inavoicesolittleattemptingconcealment,thatitwasimpossibleformenottohearall.ThenameofWilloughby,JohnWilloughby,frequentlyrepeated,firstcaughtmyattention;andwhatfollowedwasapositiveassertionthateverythingwasnowfinallysettledrespectinghismarriagewithMissGrey—itwasnolongertobeasecret—itwouldtakeplaceevenwithinafewweeks,withmanyparticularsofpreparationsandothermatters.Onething,especially,Iremember,becauseitservedtoidentifythemanstillmore:—assoonastheceremonywasover,theyweretogotoCombeMagna,hisseatinSomersetshire.Myastonishment!—butitwouldbeimpossibletodescribewhatIfelt.ThecommunicativeladyIlearnt,oninquiry,forIstayedintheshoptilltheyweregone,wasaMrs.Ellison,andthat,asIhavebeensinceinformed,isthenameofMissGrey’sguardian."

           "Itis.ButhaveyoulikewiseheardthatMissGreyhasfiftythousandpounds?Inthat,ifinanything,wemayfindanexplanation."

           "Itmaybeso;butWilloughbyiscapable—atleastIthink"—hestoppedamoment;thenaddedinavoicewhichseemedtodistrustitself,"Andyoursister—howdidshe—"

           "Hersufferingshavebeenverysevere.Ihaveonlytohopethattheymaybeproportionatelyshort.Ithasbeen,itisamostcruelaffliction.Tillyesterday,Ibelieve,sheneverdoubtedhisregard;andevennow,perhaps—butIamalmostconvincedthatheneverwasreallyattachedtoher

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