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Chapter 9

           Totakeher—beitonlyanhourortwo—fromheraunt,togiveherchangeofairandscene,andquietrationalconversation,evenforanhourortwo,mightdohergood;andthefollowingmorningshewroteagaintosay,inthemostfeelinglanguageshecouldcommand,thatshewouldcallforherinthecarriageatanyhourthatJanewouldname—mentioningthatshehadMr.Perry’sdecidedopinion,infavourofsuchexerciseforhispatient.Theanswerwasonlyinthisshortnote:

           "MissFairfax’scomplimentsandthanks,butisquiteunequaltoanyexercise."

           Emmafeltthatherownnotehaddeservedsomethingbetter;butitwasimpossibletoquarrelwithwords,whosetremulousinequalityshewedindispositionsoplainly,andshethoughtonlyofhowshemightbestcounteractthisunwillingnesstobeseenorassisted.Inspiteoftheanswer,therefore,sheorderedthecarriage,anddrovetoMrs.Bates’s,inthehopethatJanewouldbeinducedtojoinher—butitwouldnotdo—MissBatescametothecarriagedoor,allgratitude,andagreeingwithhermostearnestlyinthinkinganairingmightbeofthegreatestservice—andeverythingthatmessagecoulddowastried—butallinvain.MissBateswasobligedtoreturnwithoutsuccess;Janewasquiteunpersuadable;themereproposalofgoingoutseemedtomakeherworse.

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