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Chapter 10

           IwishJaneFairfaxverywell;butshetiresmetodeath."

           Theywerenowapproachingthecottage,andallidletopicsweresuperseded.Emmawasverycompassionate;andthedistressesofthepoorwereassureofrelieffromherpersonalattentionandkindness,hercounselandherpatience,asfromherpurse.Sheunderstoodtheirways,couldallowfortheirignoranceandtheirtemptations,hadnoromanticexpectationsofextraordinaryvirtuefromthoseforwhomeducationhaddonesolittle;enteredintotheirtroubleswithreadysympathy,andalwaysgaveherassistancewithasmuchintelligenceasgood-will.Inthepresentinstance,itwassicknessandpovertytogetherwhichshecametovisit;andafterremainingthereaslongasshecouldgivecomfortoradvice,shequittedthecottagewithsuchanimpressionofthesceneasmadehersaytoHarriet,astheywalkedaway,

           "Thesearethesights,Harriet,todoonegood.Howtriflingtheymakeeverythingelseappear!IfeelnowasifIcouldthinkofnothingbutthesepoorcreaturesalltherestoftheday;andyet,whocansayhowsoonitmayallvanishfrommymind?"

           "Verytrue,"saidHarriet."Poorcreatures!onecanthinkofnothingelse."

           "Andreally,Idonotthinktheimpressionwillsoonbeover,"saidEmma,asshecrossedthelowhedge,andtotteringfootstepwhichendedthenarrow,slipperypaththroughthecottagegarden,andbroughtthemintothelaneagain.

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