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Chapter 16

           Whocouldhaveseenthroughsuchthick-headednonsense?

           Certainlyshehadoften,especiallyoflate,thoughthismannerstoherselfunnecessarilygallant;butithadpassedashisway,asamereerrorofjudgment,ofknowledge,oftaste,asoneproofamongothersthathehadnotalwayslivedinthebestsociety,thatwithallthegentlenessofhisaddress,trueelegancewassometimeswanting;but,tillthisveryday,shehadnever,foraninstant,suspectedittomeananythingbutgratefulrespecttoherasHarriet’sfriend.

           ToMr.JohnKnightleywassheindebtedforherfirstideaonthesubject,forthefirststartofitspossibility.Therewasnodenyingthatthosebrothershadpenetration.SherememberedwhatMr.KnightleyhadoncesaidtoheraboutMr.Elton,thecautionhehadgiven,theconvictionhehadprofessedthatMr.Eltonwouldnevermarryindiscreetly;andblushedtothinkhowmuchtrueraknowledgeofhischaracterhadbeenthereshewnthananyshehadreachedherself.Itwasdreadfullymortifying;butMr.Eltonwasprovinghimself,inmanyrespects,theveryreverseofwhatshehadmeantandbelievedhim;proud,assuming,conceited;veryfullofhisownclaims,andlittleconcernedaboutthefeelingsofothers.

           Contrarytotheusualcourseofthings,Mr.Elton’swantingtopayhisaddressestoherhadsunkhiminheropinion.Hisprofessionsandhisproposalsdidhimnoservice.Shethoughtnothingofhisattachment,andwasinsultedbyhishopes.

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