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Chapter 6

           WhyhadnotMissWoodhouserevivedtheformergoodolddaysoftheroom?ShewhocoulddoanythinginHighbury!Thewantofproperfamiliesintheplace,andtheconvictionthatnonebeyondtheplaceanditsimmediateenvironscouldbetemptedtoattend,werementioned;buthewasnotsatisfied.Hecouldnotbepersuadedthatsomanygood-lookinghousesashesawaroundhim,couldnotfurnishnumbersenoughforsuchameeting;andevenwhenparticularsweregivenandfamiliesdescribed,hewasstillunwillingtoadmitthattheinconvenienceofsuchamixturewouldbeanything,orthattherewouldbethesmallestdifficultyineverybody’sreturningintotheirproperplacethenextmorning.Hearguedlikeayoungmanverymuchbentondancing;andEmmawasrathersurprizedtoseetheconstitutionoftheWestonprevailsodecidedlyagainstthehabitsoftheChurchills.Heseemedtohaveallthelifeandspirit,cheerfulfeelings,andsocialinclinationsofhisfather,andnothingoftheprideorreserveofEnscombe.Ofpride,indeed,therewas,perhaps,scarcelyenough;hisindifferencetoaconfusionofrank,borderedtoomuchonineleganceofmind.Hecouldbenojudge,however,oftheevilhewasholdingcheap.Itwasbutaneffusionoflivelyspirits.

           AtlasthewaspersuadedtomoveonfromthefrontoftheCrown;andbeingnowalmostfacingthehousewheretheBateseslodged,Emmarecollectedhisintendedvisitthedaybefore,andaskedhimifhehadpaidit.

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