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Chapter XXXVI

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           Withsuchencouragementasthis,wasshedismissedonthepresentoccasion,toherbrother’scarriage;whichtheywerereadytoenterfiveminutesafteritstoppedatthedoor,apunctualitynotveryagreeabletotheirsister-in-law,whohadprecededthemtothehouseofheracquaintance,andwastherehopingforsomedelayontheirpartthatmightinconvenienceeitherherselforhercoachman.

           Theeventsofthiseveningwerenotveryremarkable.Theparty,likeothermusicalparties,comprehendedagreatmanypeoplewhohadrealtastefortheperformance,andagreatmanymorewhohadnoneatall;andtheperformersthemselveswere,asusual,intheirownestimation,andthatoftheirimmediatefriends,thefirstprivateperformersinEngland.

           AsElinorwasneithermusical,noraffectingtobeso,shemadenoscrupleofturninghereyesfromthegrandpianoforte,wheneveritsuitedher,andunrestrainedevenbythepresenceofaharp,andvioloncello,wouldfixthematpleasureonanyotherobjectintheroom.Inoneoftheseexcursiveglancessheperceivedamongagroupofyoungmen,theveryhe,whohadgiventhemalectureontoothpick-casesatGray’s.Sheperceivedhimsoonafterwardslookingatherself,andspeakingfamiliarlytoherbrother;andhadjustdeterminedtofindouthisnamefromthelatter,whentheybothcametowardsher,andMr.DashwoodintroducedhimtoherasMr.RobertFerrars.

           Headdressedherwitheasycivility,andtwistedhisheadintoabowwhichassuredherasplainlyaswordscouldhavedone,thathewasexactlythecoxcombshehadheardhimdescribedtobebyLucy.

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