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Chapter 12

           Weston,mustnecessarilyopenthecause;butwhentheseeffusionswereputby,theyhadtalkedagooddealofthepresentandofthefuturestateoftheengagement.Mrs.Westonwasconvincedthatsuchconversationmustbethegreatestrelieftohercompanion,pentupwithinherownmindaseverythinghadsolongbeen,andwasverymuchpleasedwithallthatshehadsaidonthesubject.

           "Onthemiseryofwhatshehadsuffered,duringtheconcealmentofsomanymonths,"continuedMrs.Weston,"shewasenergetic.Thiswasoneofherexpressions.‘Iwillnotsay,thatsinceIenteredintotheengagementIhavenothadsomehappymoments;butIcansay,thatIhaveneverknowntheblessingofonetranquilhour:’andthequiveringlip,Emma,whichutteredit,wasanattestationthatIfeltatmyheart."

           "Poorgirl!"saidEmma."Shethinksherselfwrong,then,forhavingconsentedtoaprivateengagement?"

           "Wrong!Noone,Ibelieve,canblamehermorethansheisdisposedtoblameherself.‘Theconsequence,’saidshe,‘hasbeenastateofperpetualsufferingtome;andsoitought.Butafterallthepunishmentthatmisconductcanbring,itisstillnotlessmisconduct.Painisnoexpiation.Inevercanbeblameless.Ihavebeenactingcontrarytoallmysenseofright;andthefortunateturnthateverythinghastaken,andthekindnessIamnowreceiving,iswhatmyconsciencetellsmeoughtnottobe.’‘Donotimagine,madam,’shecontinued,‘thatIwastaughtwrong.

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