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Chapter XXXII

           "

           "Therenow,"saidMissSteele,affectedlysimpering,"everybodylaughsatmesoabouttheDoctor,andIcannotthinkwhy.MycousinssaytheyaresureIhavemadeaconquest;butformypartIdeclareIneverthinkabouthimfromonehour’sendtoanother.’Lord!herecomesyourbeau,Nancy,’mycousinsaidt’otherday,whenshesawhimcrossingthestreettothehouse.Mybeau,indeed!saidI—Icannotthinkwhoyoumean.TheDoctorisnobeauofmine."

           "Aye,aye,thatisveryprettytalking—butitwon’tdo—theDoctoristheman,Isee."

           "No,indeed!"repliedhercousin,withaffectedearnestness,"andIbegyouwillcontradictit,ifyoueverhearittalkedof."

           Mrs.JenningsdirectlygaveherthegratifyingassurancethatshecertainlywouldNOT,andMissSteelewasmadecompletelyhappy.

           "Isupposeyouwillgoandstaywithyourbrotherandsister,MissDashwood,whentheycometotown,"saidLucy,returning,afteracessationofhostilehints,tothecharge.

           "No,Idonotthinkweshall."

           "Oh,yes,Idaresayyouwill."

           Elinorwouldnothumourherbyfartheropposition.

           "WhatacharmingthingitisthatMrs.Dashwoodcanspareyoubothforsolongatimetogether!"

           "Longatime,indeed!"interposedMrs.Jennings."Why,theirvisitisbutjustbegun!"

           Lucywassilenced.

           "Iamsorrywecannotseeyoursister,MissDashwood,"saidMissSteele."Iamsorrysheisnotwell—"forMariannehadlefttheroomontheirarrival.

           "Youareverygood

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