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Chapter 2

           

           Sheknewthatattimesshemustbemissed;andcouldnotthink,withoutpain,ofEmma’slosingasinglepleasure,orsufferinganhour’sennui,fromthewantofhercompanionableness:butdearEmmawasofnofeeblecharacter;shewasmoreequaltohersituationthanmostgirlswouldhavebeen,andhadsense,andenergy,andspiritsthatmightbehopedwouldbearherwellandhappilythroughitslittledifficultiesandprivations.AndthentherewassuchcomfortintheveryeasydistanceofRandallsfromHartfield,soconvenientforevensolitaryfemalewalking,andinMr.Weston’sdispositionandcircumstances,whichwouldmaketheapproachingseasonnohindrancetotheirspendinghalftheeveningsintheweektogether.

           HersituationwasaltogetherthesubjectofhoursofgratitudetoMrs.Weston,andofmomentsonlyofregret;andhersatisfaction—-hermorethansatisfactionhercheerfulenjoyment,wassojustandsoapparent,thatEmma,wellassheknewherfather,wassometimestakenbysurprizeathisbeingstillabletopity‘poorMissTaylor,’whentheyleftheratRandallsinthecentreofeverydomesticcomfort,orsawhergoawayintheeveningattendedbyherpleasanthusbandtoacarriageofherown.ButneverdidshegowithoutMr.Woodhouse’sgivingagentlesigh,andsaying,"Ah,poorMissTaylor!Shewouldbeverygladtostay."

           TherewasnorecoveringMissTaylornormuchlikelihoodofceasingtopityher;butafewweeksbroughtsomealleviationtoMr.Woodhouse

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