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Chapter 5

           Knightley’seyeshadprecededMissBates’sinaglanceatJane.FromFrankChurchill’sface,wherehethoughthesawconfusionsuppressedorlaughedaway,hehadinvoluntarilyturnedtohers;butshewasindeedbehind,andtoobusywithhershawl.Mr.Westonhadwalkedin.Thetwoothergentlemenwaitedatthedoortoletherpass.Mr.KnightleysuspectedinFrankChurchillthedeterminationofcatchinghereyeheseemedwatchingherintentlyinvain,however,ifitweresoJanepassedbetweenthemintothehall,andlookedatneither.

           Therewasnotimeforfartherremarkorexplanation.Thedreammustbebornewith,andMr.KnightleymusttakehisseatwiththerestroundthelargemoderncirculartablewhichEmmahadintroducedatHartfield,andwhichnonebutEmmacouldhavehadpowertoplacethereandpersuadeherfathertouse,insteadofthesmall-sizedPembroke,onwhichtwoofhisdailymealshad,forfortyyearsbeencrowded.Teapassedpleasantly,andnobodyseemedinahurrytomove.

           "MissWoodhouse,"saidFrankChurchill,afterexaminingatablebehindhim,whichhecouldreachashesat,"haveyournephewstakenawaytheiralphabetstheirboxofletters?Itusedtostandhere.Whereisit?Thisisasortofdull-lookingevening,thatoughttobetreatedratheraswinterthansummer.Wehadgreatamusementwiththoselettersonemorning.Iwanttopuzzleyouagain.

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