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Chapter XXXIX

           Thepreferment,whichonlytwodaysbeforeshehadconsideredashopelessforEdward,wasalreadyprovidedtoenablehimtomarry;—andSHE,ofallpeopleintheworld,wasfixedontobestowit!—HeremotionwassuchasMrs.Jenningshadattributedtoaverydifferentcause;—butwhateverminorfeelingslesspure,lesspleasing,mighthaveashareinthatemotion,heresteemforthegeneralbenevolence,andhergratitudefortheparticularfriendship,whichtogetherpromptedColonelBrandontothisact,werestronglyfelt,andwarmlyexpressed.Shethankedhimforitwithallherheart,spokeofEdward’sprinciplesanddispositionwiththatpraisewhichsheknewthemtodeserve;andpromisedtoundertakethecommissionwithpleasure,ifitwerereallyhiswishtoputoffsoagreeableanofficetoanother.Butatthesametime,shecouldnothelpthinkingthatnoonecouldsowellperformitashimself.Itwasanofficeinshort,fromwhich,unwillingtogiveEdwardthepainofreceivinganobligationfromHER,shewouldhavebeenverygladtobesparedherself;—butColonelBrandon,onmotivesofequaldelicacy,decliningitlikewise,stillseemedsodesirousofitsbeinggiventhroughhermeans,thatshewouldnotonanyaccountmakefartheropposition.Edward,shebelieved,wasstillintown,andfortunatelyshehadheardhisaddressfromMissSteele.Shecouldundertakethereforetoinformhimofit,inthecourseoftheday.

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