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Chapter 2

           Shehadneverbeenquitewellsincethetimeoftheirdaughter’smarriage;andtillsheshouldhavecompletelyrecoveredherusualstrength,theymustforbidherengaginginduties,which,sofarfrombeingcompatiblewithaweakenedframeandvaryingspirits,seemed,underthemostfavourablecircumstances,torequiresomethingmorethanhumanperfectionofbodyandmindtobedischargedwithtolerablecomfort.

           WithregardtohernotaccompanyingthemtoIreland,heraccounttoherauntcontainednothingbuttruth,thoughtheremightbesometruthsnottold.ItwasherownchoicetogivethetimeoftheirabsencetoHighbury;tospend,perhaps,herlastmonthsofperfectlibertywiththosekindrelationstowhomshewassoverydear:andtheCampbells,whatevermightbetheirmotiveormotives,whethersingle,ordouble,ortreble,gavethearrangementtheirreadysanction,andsaid,thattheydependedmoreonafewmonthsspentinhernativeair,fortherecoveryofherhealth,thanonanythingelse.Certainitwasthatshewastocome;andthatHighbury,insteadofwelcomingthatperfectnoveltywhichhadbeensolongpromiseditMr.FrankChurchillmustputupforthepresentwithJaneFairfax,whocouldbringonlythefreshnessofatwoyears’absence.

           Emmawassorrytohavetopaycivilitiestoapersonshedidnotlikethroughthreelongmonths!tobealwaysdoingmorethanshewished,andlessthansheought!WhyshedidnotlikeJaneFairfaxmightbeadifficultquestiontoanswer;Mr.

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