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Chapter 13

           Compressedintotheverylowestvacantcornerwerethesewords—"IhadnotasparemomentonTuesday,asyouknow,forMissWoodhouse’sbeautifullittlefriend.Praymakemyexcusesandadieustoher."This,Emmacouldnotdoubt,wasallforherself.Harrietwasrememberedonlyfrombeingherfriend.HisinformationandprospectsastoEnscombewereneitherworsenorbetterthanhadbeenanticipated;Mrs.Churchillwasrecovering,andhedarednotyet,eveninhisownimagination,fixatimeforcomingtoRandallsagain.

           Gratifying,however,andstimulativeaswastheletterinthematerialpart,itssentiments,sheyetfound,whenitwasfoldedupandreturnedtoMrs.Weston,thatithadnotaddedanylastingwarmth,thatshecouldstilldowithoutthewriter,andthathemustlearntodowithouther.Herintentionswereunchanged.Herresolutionofrefusalonlygrewmoreinterestingbytheadditionofaschemeforhissubsequentconsolationandhappiness.HisrecollectionofHarriet,andthewordswhichclothedit,the"beautifullittlefriend,"suggestedtohertheideaofHarriet’ssucceedingherinhisaffections.Wasitimpossible?No.Harrietundoubtedlywasgreatlyhisinferiorinunderstanding;buthehadbeenverymuchstruckwiththelovelinessofherfaceandthewarmsimplicityofhermanner;andalltheprobabilitiesofcircumstanceandconnexionwereinherfavour.ForHarriet,itwouldbeadvantageousanddelightfulindeed.

           "Imustnotdwelluponit,"saidshe.—"Imustnotthinkofit.

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