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Chapter 14

           IdoubteditmorethenextdayonBoxHill;when,provokedbysuchconductonmyside,suchshameful,insolentneglectofher,andsuchapparentdevotiontoMissW.,asitwouldhavebeenimpossibleforanywomanofsensetoendure,shespokeherresentmentinaformofwordsperfectlyintelligibletome.Inshort,mydearmadam,itwasaquarrelblamelessonherside,abominableonmine;andIreturnedthesameeveningtoRichmond,thoughImighthavestaidwithyoutillthenextmorning,merelybecauseIwouldbeasangrywithheraspossible.Eventhen,Iwasnotsuchafoolasnottomeantobereconciledintime;butIwastheinjuredperson,injuredbyhercoldness,andIwentawaydeterminedthatsheshouldmakethefirstadvances.IshallalwayscongratulatemyselfthatyouwerenotoftheBoxHillparty.Hadyouwitnessedmybehaviourthere,Icanhardlysupposeyouwouldeverhavethoughtwellofmeagain.Itseffectuponherappearsintheimmediateresolutionitproduced:assoonasshefoundIwasreallygonefromRandalls,sheclosedwiththeofferofthatofficiousMrs.Elton;thewholesystemofwhosetreatmentofher,bythebye,haseverfilledmewithindignationandhatred.Imustnotquarrelwithaspiritofforbearancewhichhasbeensorichlyextendedtowardsmyself;but,otherwise,Ishouldloudlyprotestagainsttheshareofitwhichthatwomanhasknown."Jane,"indeed!YouwillobservethatIhavenotyetindulgedmyselfincallingherbythatname,eventoyou.

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