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Chapter 15

           Itwouldnothavebeentheawkwardnessofamoment,itwouldhavebeenratherapleasure,previoustothesuspicionsofthisveryday;shecouldhavetalkedtohimofHarriet,andthethree-quartersofamilewouldhaveseemedbutone.Butnow,shewouldratherithadnothappened.ShebelievedhehadbeendrinkingtoomuchofMr.Weston’sgoodwine,andfeltsurethathewouldwanttobetalkingnonsense.

           Torestrainhimasmuchasmightbe,byherownmanners,shewasimmediatelypreparingtospeakwithexquisitecalmnessandgravityoftheweatherandthenight;butscarcelyhadshebegun,scarcelyhadtheypassedthesweep-gateandjoinedtheothercarriage,thanshefoundhersubjectcutupherhandseizedherattentiondemanded,andMr.Eltonactuallymakingviolentlovetoher:availinghimselfofthepreciousopportunity,declaringsentimentswhichmustbealreadywellknown,hopingfearingadoringreadytodieifsherefusedhim;butflatteringhimselfthathisardentattachmentandunequalledloveandunexampledpassioncouldnotfailofhavingsomeeffect,andinshort,verymuchresolvedonbeingseriouslyacceptedassoonaspossible.Itreallywasso.Withoutscruplewithoutapologywithoutmuchapparentdiffidence,Mr.Elton,theloverofHarriet,wasprofessinghimselfherlover.Shetriedtostophim;butvainly;hewouldgoon,andsayitall.Angryasshewas,thethoughtofthemomentmadeherresolvetorestrainherselfwhenshedidspeak.

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