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Chapter 5

           

           "Elegant,agreeablemanners,Iwaspreparedfor,"saidhe;"butIconfessthat,consideringeverything,Ihadnotexpectedmorethanaverytolerablywell-lookingwomanofacertainage;IdidnotknowthatIwastofindaprettyyoungwomaninMrs.Weston."

           "YoucannotseetoomuchperfectioninMrs.Westonformyfeelings,"saidEmma;"wereyoutoguesshertobeeighteen,Ishouldlistenwithpleasure;butshewouldbereadytoquarrelwithyouforusingsuchwords.Don’tletherimaginethatyouhavespokenofherasaprettyyoungwoman."

           "IhopeIshouldknowbetter,"hereplied;"no,dependuponit,(withagallantbow,)thatinaddressingMrs.WestonIshouldunderstandwhomImightpraisewithoutanydangerofbeingthoughtextravagantinmyterms."

           Emmawonderedwhetherthesamesuspicionofwhatmightbeexpectedfromtheirknowingeachother,whichhadtakenstrongpossessionofhermind,hadevercrossedhis;andwhetherhiscomplimentsweretobeconsideredasmarksofacquiescence,orproofsofdefiance.Shemustseemoreofhimtounderstandhisways;atpresentsheonlyfelttheywereagreeable.

           ShehadnodoubtofwhatMr.Westonwasoftenthinkingabout.Hisquickeyeshedetectedagainandagainglancingtowardsthemwithahappyexpression;andeven,whenhemighthavedeterminednottolook,shewasconfidentthathewasoftenlistening.

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