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Chapter XXXIV

           Ithadeveryrecommendationtohim;andwhilehonouringherforwhatshehaddoneundertheinfluenceofherpresentindifference,honouringherinratherstrongertermsthanSirThomascouldquiteecho,hewasmostearnestinhoping,andsanguineinbelieving,thatitwouldbeamatchatlast,andthat,unitedbymutualaffection,itwouldappearthattheirdispositionswereasexactlyfittedtomakethemblessedineachother,ashewasnowbeginningseriouslytoconsiderthem.Crawfordhadbeentooprecipitate.Hehadnotgivenhertimetoattachherself.Hehadbegunatthewrongend.Withsuchpowersashis,however,andsuchadispositionashers,Edmundtrustedthateverythingwouldworkoutahappyconclusion.Meanwhile,hesawenoughofFanny’sembarrassmenttomakehimscrupulouslyguardagainstexcitingitasecondtime,byanyword,orlook,ormovement.

           Crawfordcalledthenextday,andonthescoreofEdmund’sreturn,SirThomasfelthimselfmorethanlicensedtoaskhimtostaydinner;itwasreallyanecessarycompliment.Hestaidofcourse,andEdmundhadthenampleopportunityforobservinghowhespedwithFanny,andwhatdegreeofimmediateencouragementforhimmightbeextractedfromhermanners;anditwassolittle,sovery,verylittle—everychance,everypossibilityofit,restinguponherembarrassmentonly;iftherewasnothopeinherconfusion,therewashopeinnothingelse—thathewasalmostreadytowonderathisfriend’sperseverance.

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