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Chapter 10

           Churchilllived,Isupposetherecouldnothavebeenahope,achance,apossibility—butscarcelyareherremainsatrestinthefamilyvault,thanherhusbandispersuadedtoactexactlyoppositetowhatshewouldhaverequired.Whatablessingitis,whenundueinfluencedoesnotsurvivethegrave!—Hegavehisconsentwithverylittlepersuasion."

           "Ah!"thoughtEmma,"hewouldhavedoneasmuchforHarriet."

           "Thiswassettledlastnight,andFrankwasoffwiththelightthismorning.HestoppedatHighbury,attheBates’s,Ifancy,sometime—andthencameonhither;butwasinsuchahurrytogetbacktohisuncle,towhomheisjustnowmorenecessarythanever,that,asItellyou,hecouldstaywithusbutaquarterofanhour.—Hewasverymuchagitated—verymuch,indeed—toadegreethatmadehimappearquiteadifferentcreaturefromanythingIhadeverseenhimbefore.—Inadditiontoalltherest,therehadbeentheshockoffindinghersoveryunwell,whichhehadhadnoprevioussuspicionof—andtherewaseveryappearanceofhishavingbeenfeelingagreatdeal."

           "Anddoyoureallybelievetheaffairtohavebeencarryingonwithsuchperfectsecresy?—TheCampbells,theDixons,didnoneofthemknowoftheengagement?"

           EmmacouldnotspeakthenameofDixonwithoutalittleblush.

           "None;notone.Hepositivelysaidthatithadbeenknowntonobeingintheworldbuttheirtwoselves.

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