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Chapter 10

           Idaresayhewillcomeinwhenheknowswhoishere.Quitedelightfultohaveyouallmeetso!Ourlittleroomsohonoured!"

           Shewasintheadjoiningchamberwhileshestillspoke,andopeningthecasementthere,immediatelycalledMr.Knightley’sattention,andeverysyllableoftheirconversationwasasdistinctlyheardbytheothers,asifithadpassedwithinthesameapartment.

           "Howd’yedo?howd’yedo?Verywell,Ithankyou.Soobligedtoyouforthecarriagelastnight.Wewerejustintime;mymotherjustreadyforus.Praycomein;docomein.Youwillfindsomefriendshere."

           SobeganMissBates;andMr.Knightleyseemeddeterminedtobeheardinhisturn,formostresolutelyandcommandinglydidhesay,

           "Howisyourniece,MissBates?Iwanttoinquireafteryouall,butparticularlyyourniece.HowisMissFairfax?Ihopeshecaughtnocoldlastnight.Howissheto-day?TellmehowMissFairfaxis."

           AndMissBateswasobligedtogiveadirectanswerbeforehewouldhearherinanythingelse.Thelistenerswereamused;andMrs.WestongaveEmmaalookofparticularmeaning.ButEmmastillshookherheadinsteadyscepticism.

           "Soobligedtoyou!soverymuchobligedtoyouforthecarriage,"resumedMissBates.

           Hecuthershortwith,

           "IamgoingtoKingston.CanIdoanythingforyou?"

           "Oh!dear,Kingstonareyou?Mrs.

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