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Chapter 16

           HemustknowthattheWoodhouseshadbeensettledforseveralgenerationsatHartfield,theyoungerbranchofaveryancientfamilyandthattheEltonswerenobody.ThelandedpropertyofHartfieldcertainlywasinconsiderable,beingbutasortofnotchintheDonwellAbbeyestate,towhichalltherestofHighburybelonged;buttheirfortune,fromothersources,wassuchastomakethemscarcelysecondarytoDonwellAbbeyitself,ineveryotherkindofconsequence;andtheWoodhouseshadlongheldahighplaceintheconsiderationoftheneighbourhoodwhichMr.Eltonhadfirstenterednottwoyearsago,tomakehiswayashecould,withoutanyalliancesbutintrade,oranythingtorecommendhimtonoticebuthissituationandhiscivility.Buthehadfanciedherinlovewithhim;thatevidentlymusthavebeenhisdependence;andafterravingalittleabouttheseemingincongruityofgentlemannersandaconceitedhead,Emmawasobligedincommonhonestytostopandadmitthatherownbehaviourtohimhadbeensocomplaisantandobliging,sofullofcourtesyandattention,as(supposingherrealmotiveunperceived)mightwarrantamanofordinaryobservationanddelicacy,likeMr.Elton,infancyinghimselfaverydecidedfavourite.Ifshehadsomisinterpretedhisfeelings,shehadlittlerighttowonderthathe,withself-interesttoblindhim,shouldhavemistakenhers.

           Thefirsterrorandtheworstlayatherdoor.Itwasfoolish,itwaswrong,totakesoactiveapartinbringinganytwopeopletogether.

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