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Chapter 2

           BeforeshehadcommittedherselfbyanypublicprofessionofeternalfriendshipforJaneFairfax,ordonemoretowardsarecantationofpastprejudicesanderrors,thansayingtoMr.Knightley,"Shecertainlyishandsome;sheisbetterthanhandsome!"JanehadspentaneveningatHartfieldwithhergrandmotherandaunt,andeverythingwasrelapsingmuchintoitsusualstate.Formerprovocationsreappeared.Theauntwasastiresomeasever;moretiresome,becauseanxietyforherhealthwasnowaddedtoadmirationofherpowers;andtheyhadtolistentothedescriptionofexactlyhowlittlebreadandbuttersheateforbreakfast,andhowsmallasliceofmuttonfordinner,aswellastoseeexhibitionsofnewcapsandnewworkbagsforhermotherandherself;andJane’soffencesroseagain.Theyhadmusic;Emmawasobligedtoplay;andthethanksandpraisewhichnecessarilyfollowedappearedtoheranaffectationofcandour,anairofgreatness,meaningonlytoshewoffinhigherstyleherownverysuperiorperformance.Shewas,besides,whichwastheworstofall,socold,socautious!Therewasnogettingatherrealopinion.Wraptupinacloakofpoliteness,sheseemeddeterminedtohazardnothing.Shewasdisgustingly,wassuspiciouslyreserved.

           Ifanythingcouldbemore,whereallwasmost,shewasmorereservedonthesubjectofWeymouthandtheDixonsthananything.SheseemedbentongivingnorealinsightintoMr.Dixon’scharacter,orherownvalueforhiscompany,oropinionofthesuitablenessofthematch

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