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Chapter 12

           Afewawkwardmomentspassed,andhesatdownagain;andinamoredeterminedmannersaid,

           "ItwassomethingtofeelthatalltherestofmytimemightbegiventoHartfield.MyregardforHartfieldismostwarm"—

           Hestoptagain,roseagain,andseemedquiteembarrassed.HewasmoreinlovewithherthanEmmahadsupposed;andwhocansayhowitmighthaveended,ifhisfatherhadnotmadehisappearance?Mr.Woodhousesoonfollowed;andthenecessityofexertionmadehimcomposed.

           Averyfewminutesmore,however,completedthepresenttrial.Mr.Weston,alwaysalertwhenbusinesswastobedone,andasincapableofprocrastinatinganyevilthatwasinevitable,asofforeseeinganythatwasdoubtful,said,"Itwastimetogo;"andtheyoungman,thoughhemightanddidsigh,couldnotbutagree,totakeleave.

           "Ishallhearaboutyouall,"saidhe;"thatismychiefconsolation.Ishallhearofeverythingthatisgoingonamongyou.IhaveengagedMrs.Westontocorrespondwithme.Shehasbeensokindastopromiseit.Oh!theblessingofafemalecorrespondent,whenoneisreallyinterestedintheabsent!shewilltellmeeverything.InherlettersIshallbeatdearHighburyagain."

           Averyfriendlyshakeofthehand,averyearnest"Good-bye,"closedthespeech,andthedoorhadsoonshutoutFrankChurchill.

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