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Chapter XXIV

           ButwithWilliamandFannyPriceitwasstillasentimentinallitsprimeandfreshness,woundedbynooppositionofinterest,cooledbynoseparateattachment,andfeelingtheinfluenceoftimeandabsenceonlyinitsincrease.

           Anaffectionsoamiablewasadvancingeachintheopinionofallwhohadheartstovalueanythinggood.HenryCrawfordwasasmuchstruckwithitasany.Hehonouredthewarm-hearted,bluntfondnessoftheyoungsailor,whichledhimtosay,withhishandsstretchedtowardsFanny’shead,“Doyouknow,Ibegintolikethatqueerfashionalready,thoughwhenIfirstheardofsuchthingsbeingdoneinEngland,Icouldnotbelieveit;andwhenMrs.Brown,andtheotherwomenattheCommissioner’satGibraltar,appearedinthesametrim,Ithoughttheyweremad;butFannycanreconcilemetoanything”;andsaw,withlivelyadmiration,theglowofFanny’scheek,thebrightnessofhereye,thedeepinterest,theabsorbedattention,whileherbrotherwasdescribinganyoftheimminenthazards,orterrificscenes,whichsuchaperiodatseamustsupply.

           ItwasapicturewhichHenryCrawfordhadmoraltasteenoughtovalue.Fanny’sattractionsincreased—increasedtwofold;forthesensibilitywhichbeautifiedhercomplexionandilluminedhercountenancewasanattractioninitself.Hewasnolongerindoubtofthecapabilitiesofherheart.Shehadfeeling,genuinefeeling.Itwouldbesomethingtobelovedbysuchagirl,toexcitethefirstardoursofheryoungunsophisticatedmind!Sheinterestedhimmorethanhehadforeseen.Afortnightwasnotenough.Hisstaybecameindefinite.

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