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Chapter 4

           Theolderapersongrows,Harriet,themoreimportantitisthattheirmannersshouldnotbebad;themoreglaringanddisgustinganyloudness,orcoarseness,orawkwardnessbecomes.Whatispassableinyouthisdetestableinlaterage.Mr.Martinisnowawkwardandabrupt;whatwillhebeatMr.Weston’stimeoflife?"

           "Thereisnosaying,indeed,"repliedHarrietrathersolemnly.

           "Buttheremaybeprettygoodguessing.Hewillbeacompletelygross,vulgarfarmer,totallyinattentivetoappearances,andthinkingofnothingbutprofitandloss."

           "Willhe,indeed?Thatwillbeverybad."

           "Howmuchhisbusinessengrosseshimalreadyisveryplainfromthecircumstanceofhisforgettingtoinquireforthebookyourecommended.Hewasagreatdealtoofullofthemarkettothinkofanythingelsewhichisjustasitshouldbe,forathrivingman.Whathashetodowithbooks?AndIhavenodoubtthathewillthrive,andbeaveryrichmanintimeandhisbeingilliterateandcoarseneednotdisturbus."

           "Iwonderhedidnotrememberthebook"—wasallHarriet’sanswer,andspokenwithadegreeofgravedispleasurewhichEmmathoughtmightbesafelylefttoitself.She,therefore,saidnomoreforsometime.Hernextbeginningwas,

           "Inonerespect,perhaps,Mr.Elton’smannersaresuperiortoMr.Knightley’sorMr.Weston’s.Theyhavemoregentleness.Theymightbemoresafelyheldupasapattern.

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