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Chapter 18

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           "Youaremateriallychangedsincewetalkedonthissubjectbefore."

           "IhopesoforatthattimeIwasafool."

           "AndIamchangedalso;forIamnowverywillingtograntyouallHarriet’sgoodqualities.Ihavetakensomepainsforyoursake,andforRobertMartin’ssake,(whomIhavealwayshadreasontobelieveasmuchinlovewithherasever,)togetacquaintedwithher.Ihaveoftentalkedtoheragooddeal.YoumusthaveseenthatIdid.Sometimes,indeed,IhavethoughtyouwerehalfsuspectingmeofpleadingpoorMartin’scause,whichwasneverthecase;but,fromallmyobservations,Iamconvincedofherbeinganartless,amiablegirl,withverygoodnotions,veryseriouslygoodprinciples,andplacingherhappinessintheaffectionsandutilityofdomesticlife.Muchofthis,Ihavenodoubt,shemaythankyoufor."

           "Me!"criedEmma,shakingherhead.—"Ah!poorHarriet!"

           Shecheckedherself,however,andsubmittedquietlytoalittlemorepraisethanshedeserved.

           Theirconversationwassoonafterwardsclosedbytheentranceofherfather.Shewasnotsorry.Shewantedtobealone.Hermindwasinastateofflutterandwonder,whichmadeitimpossibleforhertobecollected.Shewasindancing,singing,exclaimingspirits;andtillshehadmovedabout,andtalkedtoherself,andlaughedandreflected,shecouldbefitfornothingrational.

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