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Chapter XXXII

           Hereisayoungmanwishingtopayhisaddressestoyou,witheverythingtorecommendhim:notmerelysituationinlife,fortune,andcharacter,butwithmorethancommonagreeableness,withaddressandconversationpleasingtoeverybody.Andheisnotanacquaintanceofto-day;youhavenowknownhimsometime.Hissister,moreover,isyourintimatefriend,andhehasbeendoingthatforyourbrother,whichIshouldsupposewouldhavebeenalmostsufficientrecommendationtoyou,hadtherebeennoother.ItisveryuncertainwhenmyinterestmighthavegotWilliamon.Hehasdoneitalready.”

           “Yes,”saidFanny,inafaintvoice,andlookingdownwithfreshshame;andshedidfeelalmostashamedofherself,aftersuchapictureasherunclehaddrawn,fornotlikingMr.Crawford.

           “Youmusthavebeenaware,”continuedSirThomaspresently,“youmusthavebeensometimeawareofaparticularityinMr.Crawford’smannerstoyou.Thiscannothavetakenyoubysurprise.Youmusthaveobservedhisattentions;andthoughyoualwaysreceivedthemveryproperly(Ihavenoaccusationtomakeonthathead),Ineverperceivedthemtobeunpleasanttoyou.Iamhalfinclinedtothink,Fanny,thatyoudonotquiteknowyourownfeelings.”

           “Ohyes,sir!indeedIdo.Hisattentionswerealways—whatIdidnotlike.”

           SirThomaslookedatherwithdeepersurprise.“Thisisbeyondme,”saidhe.“Thisrequiresexplanation.Youngasyouare,andhavingseenscarcelyanyone,itishardlypossiblethatyouraffections—”

           Hepausedandeyedherfixedly.

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