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Chapter XXXIX

           Jennings’saddresstohimwhenhefirstcalledonher,aftertheirleavingherwassettled—"fortheyarequiteresolvedupongoinghomefromthePalmers;—andhowforlornweshallbe,whenIcomeback!—Lord!weshallsitandgapeatoneanotherasdullastwocats."

           PerhapsMrs.Jenningswasinhopes,bythisvigoroussketchoftheirfutureennui,toprovokehimtomakethatoffer,whichmightgivehimselfanescapefromit;—andifso,shehadsoonafterwardsgoodreasontothinkherobjectgained;for,onElinor’smovingtothewindowtotakemoreexpeditiouslythedimensionsofaprint,whichshewasgoingtocopyforherfriend,hefollowedhertoitwithalookofparticularmeaning,andconversedwithherthereforseveralminutes.Theeffectofhisdiscourseontheladytoo,couldnotescapeherobservation,forthoughshewastoohonorabletolisten,andhadevenchangedherseat,onpurposethatshemightNOThear,tooneclosebythepianoforteonwhichMariannewasplaying,shecouldnotkeepherselffromseeingthatElinorchangedcolour,attendedwithagitation,andwastoointentonwhathesaidtopursueheremployment.—Stillfartherinconfirmationofherhopes,intheintervalofMarianne’sturningfromonelessontoanother,somewordsoftheColonel’sinevitablyreachedherear,inwhichheseemedtobeapologisingforthebadnessofhishouse.Thissetthematterbeyondadoubt.Shewondered,indeed,athisthinkingitnecessarytodoso;butsupposedittobetheproperetiquette.

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