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Chapter 9

           —Itseemedasiftherewereaninstantaneousimpressioninherfavour,asifhiseyesreceivedthetruthfromher’s,andallthathadpassedofgoodinherfeelingswereatoncecaughtandhonoured.—Helookedatherwithaglowofregard.Shewaswarmlygratified—andinanothermomentstillmoreso,byalittlemovementofmorethancommonfriendlinessonhispart.—Hetookherhand—whethershehadnotherselfmadethefirstmotion,shecouldnotsay—shemight,perhaps,haveratherofferedit—buthetookherhand,pressedit,andcertainlywasonthepointofcarryingittohislips—when,fromsomefancyorother,hesuddenlyletitgo.—Whyheshouldfeelsuchascruple,whyheshouldchangehismindwhenitwasallbutdone,shecouldnotperceive.—Hewouldhavejudgedbetter,shethought,ifhehadnotstopped.—Theintention,however,wasindubitable;andwhetheritwasthathismannershadingeneralsolittlegallantry,orhoweverelseithappened,butshethoughtnothingbecamehimmore.—Itwaswithhim,ofsosimple,yetsodignifiedanature.—Shecouldnotbutrecalltheattemptwithgreatsatisfaction.Itspokesuchperfectamity.—Heleftthemimmediatelyafterwards—goneinamoment.Healwaysmovedwiththealertnessofamindwhichcouldneitherbeundecidednordilatory,butnowheseemedmoresuddenthanusualinhisdisappearance.

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