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Chapter 13

           

           "Icannotmakespeeches,Emma:"hesoonresumed;andinatoneofsuchsincere,decided,intelligibletendernessaswastolerablyconvincing.—"IfIlovedyouless,Imightbeabletotalkaboutitmore.ButyouknowwhatIam.—Youhearnothingbuttruthfromme.—Ihaveblamedyou,andlecturedyou,andyouhaveborneitasnootherwomaninEnglandwouldhaveborneit.—BearwiththetruthsIwouldtellyounow,dearestEmma,aswellasyouhavebornewiththem.Themanner,perhaps,mayhaveaslittletorecommendthem.Godknows,Ihavebeenaveryindifferentlover.—Butyouunderstandme.—Yes,yousee,youunderstandmyfeelings—andwillreturnthemifyoucan.Atpresent,Iaskonlytohear,oncetohearyourvoice."

           Whilehespoke,Emma’smindwasmostbusy,and,withallthewonderfulvelocityofthought,hadbeenable—andyetwithoutlosingaword—tocatchandcomprehendtheexacttruthofthewhole;toseethatHarriet’shopeshadbeenentirelygroundless,amistake,adelusion,ascompleteadelusionasanyofherown—thatHarrietwasnothing;thatshewaseverythingherself;thatwhatshehadbeensayingrelativetoHarriethadbeenalltakenasthelanguageofherownfeelings;andthatheragitation,herdoubts,herreluctance,herdiscouragement,hadbeenallreceivedasdiscouragementfromherself.

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