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Chapter 11

           Knightley—butjusticerequiredthatsheshouldnotbemadeunhappybyanycoldnessnow,)gaveEmmatheresolutiontositandendurefartherwithcalmness,withevenapparentkindness.—Forherownadvantageindeed,itwasfitthattheutmostextentofHarriet’shopesshouldbeenquiredinto;andHarriethaddonenothingtoforfeittheregardandinterestwhichhadbeensovoluntarilyformedandmaintained—ortodeservetobeslightedbytheperson,whosecounselshadneverledherright.—Rousingfromreflection,therefore,andsubduingheremotion,sheturnedtoHarrietagain,and,inamoreinvitingaccent,renewedtheconversation;forastothesubjectwhichhadfirstintroducedit,thewonderfulstoryofJaneFairfax,thatwasquitesunkandlost.—NeitherofthemthoughtbutofMr.Knightleyandthemselves.

           Harriet,whohadbeenstandinginnounhappyreverie,wasyetverygladtobecalledfromit,bythenowencouragingmannerofsuchajudge,andsuchafriendasMissWoodhouse,andonlywantedinvitation,togivethehistoryofherhopeswithgreat,thoughtremblingdelight.—Emma’stremblingsassheasked,andasshelistened,werebetterconcealedthanHarriet’s,buttheywerenotless.Hervoicewasnotunsteady;buthermindwasinalltheperturbationthatsuchadevelopmentofself,suchaburstofthreateningevil,suchaconfusionofsuddenandperplexingemotions,mustcreate.—Shelistenedwithmuchinwardsuffering,butwithgreatoutwardpatience,toHarriet’sdetail.

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