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Chapter XXXVI

           Butwhiletheimaginationsofotherpeoplewillcarrythemawaytoformwrongjudgmentsofourconduct,andtodecideonitbyslightappearances,one’shappinessmustinsomemeasurebealwaysatthemercyofchance.Inthepresentinstance,thislast-arrivedladyallowedherfancytosofaroutruntruthandprobability,thatonmerelyhearingthenameoftheMissDashwoods,andunderstandingthemtobeMr.Dashwood’ssisters,sheimmediatelyconcludedthemtobestayinginHarleyStreet;andthismisconstructionproducedwithinadayortwoafterwards,cardsofinvitationforthemaswellasfortheirbrotherandsister,toasmallmusicalpartyatherhouse.Theconsequenceofwhichwas,thatMrs.JohnDashwoodwasobligedtosubmitnotonlytotheexceedinglygreatinconvenienceofsendinghercarriagefortheMissDashwoods,but,whatwasstillworse,mustbesubjecttoalltheunpleasantnessofappearingtotreatthemwithattention:andwhocouldtellthattheymightnotexpecttogooutwithherasecondtime?Thepowerofdisappointingthem,itwastrue,mustalwaysbehers.Butthatwasnotenough;forwhenpeoplearedeterminedonamodeofconductwhichtheyknowtobewrong,theyfeelinjuredbytheexpectationofanythingbetterfromthem.

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