Chapter 8

           

           FrankChurchillcamebackagain;andifhekepthisfather’sdinnerwaiting,itwasnotknownatHartfield;forMrs.WestonwastooanxiousforhisbeingafavouritewithMr.Woodhouse,tobetrayanyimperfectionwhichcouldbeconcealed.

           Hecameback,hadhadhishaircut,andlaughedathimselfwithaverygoodgrace,butwithoutseemingreallyatallashamedofwhathehaddone.Hehadnoreasontowishhishairlonger,toconcealanyconfusionofface;noreasontowishthemoneyunspent,toimprovehisspirits.Hewasquiteasundauntedandaslivelyasever;and,afterseeinghim,Emmathusmoralisedtoherself:—

           "Idonotknowwhetheritoughttobeso,butcertainlysillythingsdoceasetobesillyiftheyaredonebysensiblepeopleinanimpudentway.Wickednessisalwayswickedness,butfollyisnotalwaysfolly.Itdependsuponthecharacterofthosewhohandleit.Mr.Knightley,heisnotatrifling,sillyyoungman.Ifhewere,hewouldhavedonethisdifferently.Hewouldeitherhavegloriedintheachievement,orbeenashamedofit.Therewouldhavebeeneithertheostentationofacoxcomb,ortheevasionsofamindtooweaktodefenditsownvanities.No,Iamperfectlysurethatheisnottriflingorsilly.

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