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Chapter 5

           Theyweresodeserving,thatalittlehighershouldhavebeenenough:butasitwas,howcouldshehavedoneotherwise?—Impossible!—Shecouldnotrepent.Theymustbeseparated;buttherewasagreatdealofpainintheprocess—somuchtoherselfatthistime,thatshesoonfeltthenecessityofalittleconsolation,andresolvedongoinghomebywayofRandallstoprocureit.HermindwasquitesickofMr.EltonandtheMartins.TherefreshmentofRandallswasabsolutelynecessary.

           Itwasagoodscheme;butondrivingtothedoortheyheardthatneither"masternormistresswasathome;"theyhadbothbeenoutsometime;themanbelievedtheyweregonetoHartfield.

           "Thisistoobad,"criedEmma,astheyturnedaway."Andnowweshalljustmissthem;tooprovoking!—IdonotknowwhenIhavebeensodisappointed."Andsheleanedbackinthecorner,toindulgehermurmurs,ortoreasonthemaway;probablyalittleofboth—suchbeingthecommonestprocessofanotill-disposedmind.Presentlythecarriagestopt;shelookedup;itwasstoptbyMr.andMrs.Weston,whowerestandingtospeaktoher.Therewasinstantpleasureinthesightofthem,andstillgreaterpleasurewasconveyedinsound—forMr.Westonimmediatelyaccostedherwith,

           "Howd’yedo?—howd’yedo?—Wehavebeensittingwithyourfather—gladtoseehimsowell.

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