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Chapter 2

           Whenshetookinherhistory,indeed,hersituation,aswellasherbeauty;whensheconsideredwhatallthiselegancewasdestinedto,whatshewasgoingtosinkfrom,howshewasgoingtolive,itseemedimpossibletofeelanythingbutcompassionandrespect;especially,iftoeverywell-knownparticularentitlinghertointerest,wereaddedthehighlyprobablecircumstanceofanattachmenttoMr.Dixon,whichshehadsonaturallystartedtoherself.Inthatcase,nothingcouldbemorepitiableormorehonourablethanthesacrificesshehadresolvedon.EmmawasverywillingnowtoacquitherofhavingseducedMr.Dixon’sactionsfromhiswife,orofanythingmischievouswhichherimaginationhadsuggestedatfirst.Ifitwerelove,itmightbesimple,single,successlessloveonhersidealone.Shemighthavebeenunconsciouslysuckinginthesadpoison,whileasharerofhisconversationwithherfriend;andfromthebest,thepurestofmotives,mightnowbedenyingherselfthisvisittoIreland,andresolvingtodivideherselfeffectuallyfromhimandhisconnexionsbysoonbeginninghercareeroflaboriousduty.

           Uponthewhole,Emmaleftherwithsuchsoftened,charitablefeelings,asmadeherlookaroundinwalkinghome,andlamentthatHighburyaffordednoyoungmanworthyofgivingherindependence;nobodythatshecouldwishtoschemeaboutforher.

           Thesewerecharmingfeelingsbutnotlasting.

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