Емма

Chapter 8

           HerhearthadbeenlonggrowingkindertowardsJane;andthispictureofherpresentsufferingsactedasacureofeveryformerungeneroussuspicion,andlefthernothingbutpity;andtheremembranceofthelessjustandlessgentlesensationsofthepast,obligedhertoadmitthatJanemightverynaturallyresolveonseeingMrs.Coleoranyothersteadyfriend,whenshemightnotbeartoseeherself.Shespokeasshefelt,withearnestregretandsolicitude—sincerelywishingthatthecircumstanceswhichshecollectedfromMissBatestobenowactuallydeterminedon,mightbeasmuchforMissFairfax’sadvantageandcomfortaspossible."Itmustbeaseveretrialtothemall.ShehadunderstooditwastobedelayedtillColonelCampbell’sreturn."

           "Soverykind!"repliedMissBates."Butyouarealwayskind."

           Therewasnobearingsuchan"always;"andtobreakthroughherdreadfulgratitude,Emmamadethedirectinquiryof—

           "Where—mayIask?—isMissFairfaxgoing?"

           "ToaMrs.Smallridge—charmingwoman—mostsuperior—tohavethechargeofherthreelittlegirls—delightfulchildren.Impossiblethatanysituationcouldbemorerepletewithcomfort;ifweexcept,perhaps,Mrs.Suckling’sownfamily,andMrs.Bragge’s;butMrs.Smallridgeisintimatewithboth,andintheverysameneighbourhood:—livesonlyfourmilesfromMapleGrove.JanewillbeonlyfourmilesfromMapleGrove."

           "Mrs.

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