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Chapter 14

           —Shecouldonlyresolveatlast,thatshewouldstillavoidameetingwithher,andcommunicateallthatneedbetoldbyletter;thatitwouldbeinexpressiblydesirabletohaveherremovedjustnowforatimefromHighbury,and—indulginginoneschememore—nearlyresolve,thatitmightbepracticabletogetaninvitationforhertoBrunswickSquare.—IsabellahadbeenpleasedwithHarriet;andafewweeksspentinLondonmustgivehersomeamusement.—ShedidnotthinkitinHarriet’snaturetoescapebeingbenefitedbynoveltyandvariety,bythestreets,theshops,andthechildren.—Atanyrate,itwouldbeaproofofattentionandkindnessinherself,fromwhomeverythingwasdue;aseparationforthepresent;anavertingoftheevilday,whentheymustallbetogetheragain.

           Sheroseearly,andwroteherlettertoHarriet;anemploymentwhichlefthersoveryserious,sonearlysad,thatMr.Knightley,inwalkinguptoHartfieldtobreakfast,didnotarriveatalltoosoon;andhalfanhourstolenafterwardstogooverthesamegroundagainwithhim,literallyandfiguratively,wasquitenecessarytoreinstateherinapropershareofthehappinessoftheeveningbefore.

           Hehadnotleftherlong,bynomeanslongenoughforhertohavetheslightestinclinationforthinkingofanybodyelse,whenaletterwasbroughtherfromRandalls—averythickletter—sheguessedwhatitmustcontain,anddeprecatedthenecessityofreadingit.

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