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Chapter 2

           Herheightwaspretty,justsuchasalmosteverybodywouldthinktall,andnobodycouldthinkverytall;herfigureparticularlygraceful;hersizeamostbecomingmedium,betweenfatandthin,thoughaslightappearanceofill-healthseemedtopointoutthelikeliestevilofthetwo.Emmacouldnotbutfeelallthis;andthen,herfaceherfeaturestherewasmorebeautyinthemaltogetherthanshehadremembered;itwasnotregular,butitwasverypleasingbeauty.Hereyes,adeepgrey,withdarkeye-lashesandeyebrows,hadneverbeendeniedtheirpraise;buttheskin,whichshehadbeenusedtocavilat,aswantingcolour,hadaclearnessanddelicacywhichreallyneedednofullerbloom.Itwasastyleofbeauty,ofwhichelegancewasthereigningcharacter,andassuch,shemust,inhonour,byallherprinciples,admireit:—elegance,which,whetherofpersonorofmind,shesawsolittleinHighbury.There,nottobevulgar,wasdistinction,andmerit.

           Inshort,shesat,duringthefirstvisit,lookingatJaneFairfaxwithtwofoldcomplacency;thesenseofpleasureandthesenseofrenderingjustice,andwasdeterminingthatshewoulddislikehernolonger.

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