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Chapter 15

           Wecannotgiveanybodythedisagreeablehintsthatwemayhavebeenveryfullofthehourbefore.Wefeelthingsdifferently.Andbesidestheoperationofthis,asageneralprinciple,youmaybesurethatMissFairfaxawesMrs.Eltonbyhersuperioritybothofmindandmanner;andthat,facetoface,Mrs.Eltontreatsherwithalltherespectwhichshehasaclaimto.SuchawomanasJaneFairfaxprobablyneverfellinMrs.Elton’swaybeforeandnodegreeofvanitycanpreventheracknowledgingherowncomparativelittlenessinaction,ifnotinconsciousness."

           "IknowhowhighlyyouthinkofJaneFairfax,"saidEmma.LittleHenrywasinherthoughts,andamixtureofalarmanddelicacymadeherirresolutewhatelsetosay.

           "Yes,"hereplied,"anybodymayknowhowhighlyIthinkofher."

           "Andyet,"saidEmma,beginninghastilyandwithanarchlook,butsoonstoppingitwasbetter,however,toknowtheworstatonceshehurriedon—"Andyet,perhaps,youmayhardlybeawareyourselfhowhighlyitis.Theextentofyouradmirationmaytakeyoubysurprizesomedayorother."

           Mr.Knightleywashardatworkuponthelowerbuttonsofhisthickleathergaiters,andeithertheexertionofgettingthemtogether,orsomeothercause,broughtthecolourintohisface,asheanswered,

           "Oh!areyouthere?Butyouaremiserablybehindhand.Mr.Colegavemeahintofitsixweeksago."

           Hestopped.

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