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Chapter IX

           Oneconsolationhoweverremainedforthem,towhichtheexigenceofthemomentgavemorethanusualpropriety;itwasthatofrunningwithallpossiblespeeddownthesteepsideofthehillwhichledimmediatelytotheirgardengate.

           Theysetoff.Mariannehadatfirsttheadvantage,butafalsestepbroughthersuddenlytotheground;andMargaret,unabletostopherselftoassisther,wasinvoluntarilyhurriedalong,andreachedthebottominsafety.

           Agentlemancarryingagun,withtwopointersplayingroundhim,waspassingupthehillandwithinafewyardsofMarianne,whenheraccidenthappened.Heputdownhisgunandrantoherassistance.Shehadraisedherselffromtheground,butherfoothadbeentwistedinherfall,andshewasscarcelyabletostand.Thegentlemanofferedhisservices;andperceivingthathermodestydeclinedwhathersituationrenderednecessary,tookherupinhisarmswithoutfartherdelay,andcarriedherdownthehill.Thenpassingthroughthegarden,thegateofwhichhadbeenleftopenbyMargaret,heboreherdirectlyintothehouse,whitherMargaretwasjustarrived,andquittednothisholdtillhehadseatedherinachairintheparlour.

           Elinorandhermotherroseupinamazementattheirentrance,andwhiletheeyesofbothwerefixedonhimwithanevidentwonderandasecretadmirationwhichequallysprungfromhisappearance,heapologizedforhisintrusionbyrelatingitscause,inamannersofrankandsogracefulthathisperson,whichwasuncommonlyhandsome,receivedadditionalcharmsfromhisvoiceandexpression.

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