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Chapter 12

           Birth,abilities,andeducation,hadbeenequallymarkingoneasanassociateforher,tobereceivedwithgratitude;andtheotherwhatwasshe?Supposingeventhattheyhadneverbecomeintimatefriends;thatshehadneverbeenadmittedintoMissFairfax’sconfidenceonthisimportantmatterwhichwasmostprobablestill,inknowingherassheought,andasshemight,shemusthavebeenpreservedfromtheabominablesuspicionsofanimproperattachmenttoMr.Dixon,whichshehadnotonlysofoolishlyfashionedandharbouredherself,buthadsounpardonablyimparted;anideawhichshegreatlyfearedhadbeenmadeasubjectofmaterialdistresstothedelicacyofJane’sfeelings,bythelevityorcarelessnessofFrankChurchill’s.Ofallthesourcesofevilsurroundingtheformer,sincehercomingtoHighbury,shewaspersuadedthatshemustherselfhavebeentheworst.Shemusthavebeenaperpetualenemy.Theynevercouldhavebeenallthreetogether,withoutherhavingstabbedJaneFairfax’speaceinathousandinstances;andonBoxHill,perhaps,ithadbeentheagonyofamindthatwouldbearnomore.

           Theeveningofthisdaywasverylong,andmelancholy,atHartfield.Theweatheraddedwhatitcouldofgloom.Acoldstormyrainsetin,andnothingofJulyappearedbutinthetreesandshrubs,whichthewindwasdespoiling,andthelengthoftheday,whichonlymadesuchcruelsightsthelongervisible.

           TheweatheraffectedMr.

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