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00:00:37Vanity was the beginning and the end of Sir Walter Elliot's character.
00:00:43Vanity of person and of situation.
00:00:46His wife, Lady Elliot, however, had been an excellent woman,
00:00:50sensible and amiable, whose judgement and conduct,
00:00:54if they might be pardoned the youthful infatuation which made her Lady Elliot,
00:00:58had never required indulgence afterwards.
00:01:02She had found enough in her duties, her friends and her children,
00:01:07to attach her to life and make it no matter of indifference to her
00:01:11when she was called on to quit them.
00:01:15Lady Elliot had one very intimate friend, Lady Russell,
00:01:20a sensible, deserving woman who had been brought by strong attachment to herself
00:01:26to settle close by her in the village of Kellynch.
00:01:30Upon her death, Lady Elliot hoped that she would ensure the maintenance
00:01:34of the good principles and instruction which she had been anxiously giving her daughters.
00:01:41Three girls, the two eldest, 16 and 14, was an awful legacy for a mother to bequeath,
00:01:48an awful charge, rather, to confide to the authority and guidance of a conceited, silly father.
00:01:57Thirteen years had now passed away since Lady Elliot's death.
00:02:03Lady Russell loved all three of Lady Elliot's daughters,
00:02:07but it was only in Anne that she could fancy the mother to revive again.
00:02:12To Lady Russell, indeed, Anne was a most dear and highly valued goddaughter, favourite and friend.
00:02:21A few years before, Anne Elliot had been a very pretty girl,
00:02:26but her bloom had vanished early,
00:02:30and even in its height, Sir Walter had found little to admire in her,
00:02:34so totally different were her delicate features and mild dark eyes from his own.
00:02:40Mary had acquired a little artificial importance by becoming Mrs. Charles Musgrove,
00:02:46but Anne, with an elegance of mind and sweetness of character
00:02:50which must have placed her high with any people of real understanding,
00:02:54was nobody with either father or sister.
00:02:58Her word had no weight.
00:03:00Her convenience was always to give way.
00:03:04She was only Anne.
00:03:07For one daughter, his eldest, Sir Walter would really have given up anything,
00:03:13which he had not been very much tempted to do.
00:03:17Elizabeth, being very handsome and very like himself,
00:03:20her influence had always been great,
00:03:23and they had gone on together most happily.
00:03:27But Elizabeth did not quite equal her father in personal contentment.
00:03:32She had had a disappointment.
00:03:35Sir Walter's heir presumptive, the very William Walter Elliot Esquire.
00:03:42He was at that time a very young man, just engaged in the study of the law,
00:03:47and Elizabeth found him extremely agreeable.
00:03:51He was invited to Kellynch Hall.
00:03:53He was talked of and expected all the rest of the year.
00:03:57But he never came.
00:03:59The following spring, he was seen again in town,
00:04:03found equally agreeable,
00:04:04again encouraged, invited and expected.
00:04:08And again, he did not come.
00:04:12And the next tidings were that he was married.
00:04:16But now, another occupation and solicitude of mind
00:04:20was beginning to be added to the family's problems.
00:04:24While Lady Elliot lived,
00:04:26there had been method, moderation and economy
00:04:28which had just kept Sir Walter within his income,
00:04:31but with her had died all such right-mindedness.
00:04:37And from that period, he had been constantly exceeding it.
00:04:40He was not only growing dreadfully in debt,
00:04:43but was hearing of it so often
00:04:45that it became vain to attempt concealing it longer.
00:04:48Indeed, Sir Walter would need to retrench
00:04:52or quit Kellynch Hall.
00:04:54What?
00:04:55Every comfort of life knocked off?
00:04:58Journeys, London, servants, horses, table?
00:05:03Contractions and restrictions everywhere?
00:05:06No.
00:05:06I would sooner quit Kellynch Hall at once
00:05:09than remain in it on such disgraceful terms.
00:05:13And after a very few days more of doubt and indecision,
00:05:18the great question of whither he should go was settled.
00:05:23Sir Walter and his family would move to Bath
00:05:25and Kellynch Hall would be let.
00:05:29The very first application for the letting of Kellynch Hall
00:05:33was from an Admiral Croft.
00:05:35And who is Admiral Croft?
00:05:38was Sir Walter's cold, suspicious inquiry.
00:05:43Admiral Croft was a real Admiral of the White.
00:05:46A hale, hearty, well-looking man.
00:05:49A little weather-beaten, to be sure, but not much.
00:05:52And quite the gentleman in all his notions and behaviour.
00:05:57As for his wife,
00:05:59I found she was not quite unconnected in this country.
00:06:03That is to say, she is sister to a gentleman
00:06:06who did live amongst us once,
00:06:08said Mr Shepherd, the family's lawyer.
00:06:10You mean Mr Wentworth, I suppose, said Anne.
00:06:16Wentworth was the very name.
00:06:18You remember him, I'm sure.
00:06:22Wentworth? replies Sir Walter.
00:06:24Oh, aye, Mr Wentworth.
00:06:26You misled me by the term gentleman.
00:06:28I thought you were speaking of some man of property.
00:06:31Mr Wentworth was nobody, I remember.
00:06:36He was, in fact, Captain Frederick Wentworth,
00:06:40who, being made commander in consequence of the action of San Domingo
00:06:44and not immediately employed,
00:06:46had come into Somersetshire in the summer of 1806
00:06:50and, having no parent living,
00:06:53found a home for half a year at Kellynch.
00:06:56He was, at that time, a remarkably fine young man
00:07:01with a great deal of intelligence, spirit and brilliancy,
00:07:06and Anne, an extremely pretty girl,
00:07:09with gentleness, modesty, taste and feeling.
00:07:14They were gradually acquainted
00:07:16and, when acquainted,
00:07:18fell rapidly and deeply in love.
00:07:23A short period of exquisite felicity followed,
00:07:28and but a short one.
00:07:30Troubles soon arose.
00:07:33Sir Walter, on being applied to,
00:07:36without actually withholding his consent
00:07:38or saying it should never be,
00:07:40gave all the negative of great astonishment,
00:07:44great coldness, great silence,
00:07:46and a professed resolution of doing nothing for his daughter.
00:07:51He thought it a very degrading alliance,
00:07:54and Lady Russell, though with more tempered and pardonable pride,
00:07:58received it as a most unfortunate one.
00:08:02Captain Wentworth had no fortune.
00:08:06But he was confident that he should soon be rich,
00:08:10full of life and ardour.
00:08:12He knew that he should soon have a ship
00:08:14and soon be on a station
00:08:15that would lead to everything he wanted.
00:08:19Such confidence,
00:08:21powerful in its own warmth
00:08:22and bewitching in the wit which often expressed it,
00:08:25must have been enough for Anne.
00:08:28But Lady Russell saw it very differently.
00:08:32His sanguine temper and fearlessness of mind
00:08:35operated very differently on her.
00:08:39Such opposition, as these feelings produced,
00:08:42was more than Anne could combat.
00:08:46Young and gentle as she was,
00:08:48it might have been possible to withstand her father's ill will,
00:08:51but Lady Russell, whom she'd always loved and relied on,
00:08:55could not, with such steadiness of opinion
00:08:57and such tenderness of manner,
00:08:59be continually advising her in vain.
00:09:03She was persuaded to believe the engagement a wrong thing.
00:09:10Indiscreet, improper,
00:09:11hardly capable of success
00:09:14and not deserving it.
00:09:18A few months had seen the beginning
00:09:20and the end of their acquaintance,
00:09:22but her attachment and regrets
00:09:24had, for a long time,
00:09:26clouded every enjoyment of youth
00:09:28and an early loss of bloom and spirits
00:09:31had been their lasting effect.
00:09:34More than seven years were gone
00:09:37since this little history of sorrowful interest
00:09:39had reached its close.
00:09:41Lady Russell and Anne knew not each other's opinion,
00:09:44either its constancy or its change
00:09:46on the leading point of Anne's conduct,
00:09:49for the subject was never alluded to.
00:09:52But Anne, at seven and twenty,
00:09:54thought very differently
00:09:56from what she had been made to think at nineteen.
00:09:59She did not blame Lady Russell,
00:10:01she did not blame herself
00:10:02for having been guided by her,
00:10:04but she felt that were any young person
00:10:07in similar circumstances
00:10:09to apply to her for counsel.
00:10:11They would never receive any
00:10:13of such certain immediate wretchedness.
00:10:17She was persuaded that,
00:10:19under every disadvantage of disapprobation at home
00:10:22and every anxiety attending his profession,
00:10:25all their probable fears,
00:10:27delays and disappointments,
00:10:29she should yet have been a happier woman
00:10:32in maintaining the engagement
00:10:34than she had been in the sacrifice of it.
00:10:38With all these circumstances,
00:10:41recollections and feelings,
00:10:43she could not hear that Captain Wentworth's sister
00:10:45was likely to live at Kellynch
00:10:47without a revival of former pain.
00:10:50and many a stroll
00:10:52and many a sigh
00:10:54were necessary to dispel
00:10:56the agitation of the idea.
00:11:00In the event of Admiral Croft's
00:11:02really taking Kellynch Hall,
00:11:05she hoped that the acquaintance
00:11:07need not involve
00:11:08any particular awkwardness.
00:11:24Uppercross was a moderate-sized village.
00:11:27Here, Anne had often been staying,
00:11:29and here she would stay once again
00:11:30with her sister Mary.
00:11:32She knew the ways of Uppercross
00:11:34as well as those of Kellynch.
00:11:36There lived Mary's in-laws,
00:11:38the Musgroves,
00:11:39and Mr and Mrs Musgrove
00:11:41were a very good sort of people,
00:11:43friendly and hospitable,
00:11:45not much educated
00:11:46and not at all elegant.
00:11:48There was a numerous family,
00:11:51but the only two grown-up,
00:11:52excepting Charles Musgrove,
00:11:54Mary's husband,
00:11:55were Henrietta and Louisa,
00:11:57young ladies of 19 and 20
00:11:59who were now like thousands
00:12:01of other young ladies,
00:12:03living to be fashionable,
00:12:04happy and merry.
00:12:07The neighbourhood was not large,
00:12:09but the Musgroves were visited by everybody
00:12:12and had more dinner parties
00:12:13and more callers,
00:12:15more visitors by invitation
00:12:16and by chance
00:12:17than any other family.
00:12:20Henrietta and Louisa
00:12:21were wild for dancing,
00:12:24and the evenings ended,
00:12:25occasionally,
00:12:26in an unpremeditated little ball.
00:12:30So passed the first three weeks,
00:12:33and Anne's spirits
00:12:34were greatly improved
00:12:36by change of place and subject.
00:12:40Admiral Croft and his wife
00:12:42took possession of Kellynch Hall
00:12:44with true naval alertness
00:12:46and were to be visited.
00:12:48A very few days more,
00:12:50and Captain Wentworth
00:12:51was known to be at Kellynch.
00:12:53Mr Musgrove had called on him
00:12:56and come back warm in his praise,
00:12:58and he was engaged with the Crofts
00:13:01to dine at Uppercross
00:13:02by the end of another week.
00:13:05A week must pass.
00:13:08Only a week,
00:13:10and then, Anne supposed,
00:13:12they must meet.
00:13:14And soon she began to wish
00:13:15that she could feel secure
00:13:17even for a week.
00:13:19To hear the Musgroves
00:13:21talking so much
00:13:22of Captain Wentworth,
00:13:23puzzling over past years,
00:13:25and at last ascertaining
00:13:26that it might turn out
00:13:27to be the very same
00:13:28Captain Wentworth
00:13:29whom they recollected
00:13:30meeting once or twice,
00:13:32a very fine young man,
00:13:33was a new sort of trial
00:13:35to Anne's nerves.
00:13:37She found, however,
00:13:39that it was one
00:13:40to which she must
00:13:41inure herself.
00:13:44Anne and Mary
00:13:46were actually setting forth
00:13:47for the Musgroves' house
00:13:48to dine with the Crofts
00:13:50and Captain Wentworth
00:13:51when they were stopped
00:13:52by Mary's eldest boy
00:13:54being at that moment
00:13:55brought home
00:13:56in consequence
00:13:57of a bad fall.
00:13:58The child's situation
00:14:00put the visit entirely aside,
00:14:03but she could not hear
00:14:04of her escape
00:14:05with indifference,
00:14:06even in the midst
00:14:07of the serious anxiety
00:14:09which they afterwards felt
00:14:10on his account.
00:14:12The child's collarbone
00:14:13was found to be dislocated.
00:14:16It was an afternoon
00:14:18of distress.
00:14:20Anne volunteered to stay.
00:14:22She knew herself
00:14:23to be of the first utility
00:14:25to the child,
00:14:26and what was it to her
00:14:27if Captain Wentworth
00:14:28were only half a mile distant,
00:14:30making himself agreeable
00:14:31to others?
00:14:33She would have liked
00:14:35to know how he felt
00:14:36as to a meeting,
00:14:38perhaps indifferent,
00:14:40if indifference could exist
00:14:42under such circumstances.
00:14:43He must be either
00:14:45indifferent or unwilling.
00:14:47Had he wished ever
00:14:48to see her again,
00:14:49he need not have waited
00:14:50till this time.
00:14:53Mary and Charles
00:14:55came back delighted
00:14:56with their new acquaintance
00:14:58and their visit in general.
00:15:00There had been music,
00:15:01singing, dancing, talking,
00:15:03all that was most agreeable,
00:15:06charming manners
00:15:07in Captain Wentworth.
00:15:08No shyness or reserve.
00:15:10They seemed all to know
00:15:11each other perfectly,
00:15:12and he was coming
00:15:13the very next morning
00:15:15to shoot with Charles.
00:15:17He was coming to breakfast,
00:15:19though he seemed afraid
00:15:20of being in Mary's way
00:15:22on account of the child.
00:15:24Anne understood it.
00:15:25He wished to avoid seeing her.
00:15:29He had inquired after her,
00:15:31she found, slightly,
00:15:33as might suit
00:15:34a former slight acquaintance,
00:15:36seeming to acknowledge
00:15:37such as she had acknowledged,
00:15:40actuated perhaps
00:15:41by the same view
00:15:42of escaping introduction
00:15:43when they were to meet.
00:15:46The morning hours
00:15:48of the cottage
00:15:48were always later
00:15:50than those of the other house,
00:15:52and on the morrow
00:15:53the difference was so great
00:15:54that Mary and Anne
00:15:55were not more than
00:15:56beginning breakfast
00:15:57when Charles returned
00:15:59from Upper Cross,
00:16:00came in to say
00:16:02that they were just setting off
00:16:03and that he was come
00:16:04for his dogs.
00:16:06Captain Wentworth
00:16:07was following Charles
00:16:08soon after
00:16:09to wait on Mary
00:16:10for a few minutes,
00:16:11if not inconvenient,
00:16:12and though Charles
00:16:14had answered for the child's
00:16:15being in no such state
00:16:16as could make it inconvenient,
00:16:18Captain Wentworth
00:16:19would not be satisfied
00:16:21without his running on
00:16:22to give notice.
00:16:25Mary, very much gratified
00:16:27by this attention,
00:16:28was delighted to receive him.
00:16:30while a thousand feelings
00:16:33rushed on Anne,
00:16:34of which this
00:16:35was the most consoling,
00:16:37that it would soon be over.
00:16:41And it was soon over.
00:16:45In two minutes
00:16:46after Charles' preparation,
00:16:48the others appeared.
00:16:49They were in the drawing room.
00:16:52Her eye half met
00:16:54Captain Wentworth's.
00:16:55A bow?
00:16:57The curtsy passed.
00:16:58She heard his voice.
00:17:00He talked to Mary,
00:17:01said all that was right.
00:17:03The room seemed full,
00:17:04full of persons and voices.
00:17:07But a few minutes
00:17:09ended it.
00:17:11Charles showed himself
00:17:12at the window.
00:17:14All was ready.
00:17:15Their visitor had bowed
00:17:16and was gone shooting
00:17:17with Charles.
00:17:18Louisa and Henrietta
00:17:19were gone too,
00:17:20suddenly resolving
00:17:21to walk to the end
00:17:22of the village
00:17:23with the sportsman.
00:17:24The room was cleared
00:17:26and Anne might finish
00:17:27her breakfast
00:17:28as she could.
00:17:30It is over.
00:17:32It is over.
00:17:34She repeated to herself
00:17:35again and again
00:17:36in nervous gratitude.
00:17:39The worst is over.
00:17:42Mary talked,
00:17:44but she could not attend.
00:17:46She had seen him.
00:17:48They had met.
00:17:51They had been once more
00:17:53in the same room.
00:17:56Soon, however,
00:17:57she began to reason
00:17:58with herself
00:17:58and try to be feeling less.
00:18:01Eight years.
00:18:04Almost eight years
00:18:05had passed
00:18:06since all had been given up.
00:18:07How absurd
00:18:08to be resuming
00:18:09the agitation
00:18:10which such an interval
00:18:11had banished
00:18:12into distance
00:18:13and indistinctness.
00:18:15What might not
00:18:16eight years do?
00:18:20Alas,
00:18:21with all her reasoning
00:18:22she found that
00:18:23to retentive feelings
00:18:25eight years
00:18:26may be little more
00:18:27than nothing.
00:18:30Now,
00:18:31how were his sentiments
00:18:32to be read?
00:18:33Was this like
00:18:34trying to avoid her?
00:18:36And the next moment
00:18:37she was hating herself
00:18:38for the folly
00:18:39which asked the question.
00:18:41On one other question
00:18:42which perhaps
00:18:44her utmost wisdom
00:18:45might not have prevented
00:18:46she was soon
00:18:47spared all suspense.
00:18:50For after Mary
00:18:51had returned
00:18:52she had this
00:18:53spontaneous information.
00:18:55Captain Wentworth
00:18:57is not very gallant
00:18:58by you, Anne
00:18:58though he was
00:18:59so attentive to me.
00:19:01Henrietta asked him
00:19:02what he thought of you
00:19:03when they went away
00:19:04and he said
00:19:05you were so altered
00:19:06he should not
00:19:07have known you again.
00:19:09Mary had no feelings
00:19:11to make her respect
00:19:12her sisters
00:19:13in a common way
00:19:14but she was perfectly
00:19:15unsuspicious
00:19:16of being inflicting
00:19:17any particular wound.
00:19:20Altered beyond his knowledge
00:19:24Anne fully submitted
00:19:26in silent,
00:19:27deep mortification.
00:19:30Doubtless it was so
00:19:31and she could take
00:19:33no such revenge
00:19:34for he was not altered
00:19:36or not for the worse.
00:19:37she had already
00:19:38acknowledged it to herself
00:19:40and could not
00:19:40think differently
00:19:41let him think of her
00:19:43as he would.
00:19:44No,
00:19:45the years
00:19:47which had destroyed
00:19:48her youth
00:19:49and bloom
00:19:49had only given him
00:19:50a more glowing
00:19:51manly
00:19:52open look
00:19:53in no respect
00:19:55lessening
00:19:56his personal advantages.
00:19:59She had seen
00:20:00the same
00:20:01Captain Wentworth
00:20:04so altered
00:20:05that he should
00:20:07not have known her
00:20:08again.
00:20:09These were words
00:20:11which could not
00:20:11but dwell with her.
00:20:15Captain Wentworth
00:20:16had used such words
00:20:18or something like them
00:20:19but without an idea
00:20:21that they would be
00:20:21carried round to her.
00:20:23He had thought her
00:20:24wretchedly altered
00:20:25and in the first moment
00:20:27of appeal
00:20:27had spoken as he felt.
00:20:29He had not
00:20:30forgiven
00:20:31Anne Elliot.
00:20:33She had used him
00:20:34ill
00:20:35deserted
00:20:36and disappointed him
00:20:38and worse
00:20:38she had shown
00:20:39a feebleness of character
00:20:40in doing so
00:20:41which his own
00:20:42decided confident
00:20:43temper could not
00:20:44endure.
00:20:46She had given him up
00:20:47to oblige others.
00:20:50It had been the effect
00:20:51of over persuasion.
00:20:54He had been
00:20:56most warmly
00:20:57attached to her
00:20:57and had never
00:20:59seen a woman since
00:21:00whom he thought
00:21:00her equal
00:21:01but except
00:21:03from some
00:21:04natural sensation
00:21:05of curiosity
00:21:06he had no desire
00:21:07of meeting her again.
00:21:09Her power with him
00:21:10was gone
00:21:11forever.
00:21:13It was now
00:21:14his object
00:21:15to marry.
00:21:16He was rich
00:21:18and being
00:21:19turned on shore
00:21:20fully intended to settle
00:21:22as soon as he could
00:21:23be properly tempted
00:21:24actually looking round
00:21:25ready to fall in love
00:21:26with all the speed
00:21:27which a clear head
00:21:29and a quick taste
00:21:30could allow.
00:21:31He had a heart
00:21:33for either of the Miss Musgroves
00:21:34if they could catch it
00:21:35a heart
00:21:37in short
00:21:37for any pleasing
00:21:38young woman
00:21:39who came in his way
00:21:41excepting
00:21:42Anne Elliot.
00:21:57From this time
00:21:59Captain Wentworth
00:22:00and Anne Elliot
00:22:01were repeatedly
00:22:02in the same circle.
00:22:03They had no conversation
00:22:05together
00:22:06no intercourse
00:22:07but what the
00:22:08commonest civility
00:22:09required.
00:22:11Once
00:22:11so much
00:22:12to each other
00:22:13now
00:22:14nothing
00:22:15it was a
00:22:17perpetual
00:22:17estrangement.
00:22:20Which of the two
00:22:21Musgrove sisters
00:22:22was preferred
00:22:23by Captain Wentworth
00:22:24was as yet
00:22:25quite doubtful
00:22:26as far as Anne's
00:22:27observation reached.
00:22:28Henrietta was perhaps
00:22:30the prettiest
00:22:30Louisa had the
00:22:32higher spirits
00:22:32and she knew not now
00:22:34whether the more
00:22:34gentle
00:22:35or the more
00:22:36lively character
00:22:37were most likely
00:22:38to attract him.
00:22:40After a short
00:22:41struggle however
00:22:42it became clear
00:22:43it became clear
00:22:43that Henrietta
00:22:44would return
00:22:44to her former
00:22:45suitor
00:22:46a Mr. Hayter.
00:22:49Everything now
00:22:50marked out
00:22:51Louisa
00:22:51for Captain Wentworth.
00:22:53Nothing could be
00:22:55plainer.
00:22:57Meanwhile
00:22:58a letter
00:22:59from Captain Wentworth's
00:23:00friend Captain Harville
00:23:02brought intelligence
00:23:03of Captain Harville's
00:23:04being settled
00:23:05with his family
00:23:06at Lyme
00:23:07for the winter.
00:23:08Captain Wentworth's
00:23:09description of the
00:23:10fine country
00:23:11about Lyme
00:23:12was so feelingly
00:23:13attended to
00:23:14by the party
00:23:15in Upper Cross
00:23:15that an earnest
00:23:17desire to see
00:23:17Lyme themselves
00:23:18and a project
00:23:20for going thither
00:23:20was the consequence.
00:23:22To Lyme
00:23:23they were to go.
00:23:25Charles,
00:23:26Mary,
00:23:26Anne,
00:23:27Henrietta,
00:23:28Louisa
00:23:28and Captain Wentworth.
00:23:31After securing
00:23:32accommodations
00:23:33and ordering a dinner
00:23:34at one of the inns
00:23:35the next thing
00:23:36to be done
00:23:37was unquestionably
00:23:38to walk directly
00:23:39down to the sea.
00:23:40The party
00:23:41from Upper Cross
00:23:42soon found themselves
00:23:44on the seashore
00:23:45and lingering only
00:23:46as all must linger
00:23:48and gaze
00:23:48on a first return
00:23:49to the sea
00:23:50proceeded towards
00:23:51the Cobb
00:23:52equally their object
00:23:54in itself
00:23:54and on Captain
00:23:56Wentworth's account
00:23:57for in a small house
00:23:58near the foot
00:23:59of an old pier
00:24:00of unknown date
00:24:01were the Harvilles
00:24:03settled.
00:24:05Captain Wentworth
00:24:06turned in
00:24:07to call
00:24:07on his friend.
00:24:09The others
00:24:09walked on
00:24:10and he was
00:24:11to join them
00:24:11on the Cobb.
00:24:14Captain Harville
00:24:15though not
00:24:16equaling Captain
00:24:17Wentworth
00:24:17in manners
00:24:18was a perfect
00:24:19gentleman
00:24:20unaffected
00:24:21warm
00:24:22and obliging.
00:24:25Mrs Harville
00:24:26a degree less
00:24:27polished than
00:24:27her husband
00:24:28seemed however
00:24:29to have the same
00:24:30good feelings
00:24:31and nothing
00:24:32could be more
00:24:32pleasant than
00:24:33their desire
00:24:34of considering
00:24:34the whole party
00:24:36as friends
00:24:36of their own.
00:24:38Their friend
00:24:39Captain Benwick
00:24:40the youngest
00:24:41of the three captains
00:24:42was compared
00:24:43with either of them
00:24:44a little man
00:24:45though he had
00:24:46a pleasing face
00:24:47and a melancholy air.
00:24:50There was so much
00:24:51attachment
00:24:52to Captain Wentworth
00:24:53in all this
00:24:53and such a bewitching
00:24:55charm
00:24:55in a degree
00:24:56of hospitality
00:24:56so uncommon
00:24:57that Anne felt
00:24:59that Anne felt
00:24:59her spirits
00:25:00not likely
00:25:01to be benefited
00:25:01by an increasing
00:25:02acquaintance
00:25:03among his brother
00:25:04officers.
00:25:07These would have
00:25:08been all my friends
00:25:09was her thought
00:25:10and she had to struggle
00:25:12against a great
00:25:13tendency to lowness.
00:25:16They all went indoors
00:25:17with their new friends
00:25:19and found rooms
00:25:20so small
00:25:21as none but those
00:25:22who invite from the heart
00:25:23could think capable
00:25:24of accommodating
00:25:25so many.
00:25:27Anne thought
00:25:28she left
00:25:29great happiness
00:25:30behind her
00:25:30when they quitted
00:25:31the house
00:25:31and Louisa
00:25:32burst forth
00:25:33into raptures
00:25:34of admiration
00:25:35and delight
00:25:35on the character
00:25:36of the Navy.
00:25:37Their friendliness
00:25:38their brotherliness
00:25:39their openness
00:25:40their uprightness
00:25:42protesting
00:25:43that she was convinced
00:25:44of sailors
00:25:44having more worth
00:25:46and warmth
00:25:46than any other
00:25:47set of men
00:25:48in England.
00:25:50Anne and Henrietta
00:25:51finding themselves
00:25:53the earliest
00:25:53of the party
00:25:54the next morning
00:25:55agreed to stroll
00:25:56down to the sea
00:25:57before breakfast.
00:25:59They went to the sands
00:26:01to watch the flowing
00:26:02of the tide
00:26:03which a fine
00:26:04south-easterly breeze
00:26:05was bringing in
00:26:06with all the grandeur
00:26:07which so flat ashore
00:26:09admitted.
00:26:10Presently
00:26:11Louisa and Captain Wentworth
00:26:13joined them.
00:26:15When they came
00:26:16to the steps
00:26:17leading upwards
00:26:18from the beach
00:26:18a gentleman
00:26:20at the same moment
00:26:21preparing to come down
00:26:23politely drew back
00:26:24and stopped
00:26:26to give them way.
00:26:27They ascended
00:26:29and passed him
00:26:30and as they passed
00:26:31Anne's face
00:26:32caught his eye
00:26:33and he looked at her
00:26:34with a degree
00:26:35of earnest admiration
00:26:36which she could not
00:26:38be insensible of.
00:26:40She was looking
00:26:41remarkably well
00:26:42her very regular
00:26:43very pretty features
00:26:45having the bloom
00:26:46and freshness
00:26:47of youth
00:26:47restored
00:26:48by the fine wind
00:26:49which had been blowing
00:26:50on her complexion
00:26:51and by the animation
00:26:53of eye
00:26:54which it had also produced.
00:26:57It was evident
00:26:59that the gentleman
00:27:00admired her
00:27:01exceedingly.
00:27:04Captain Wentworth
00:27:05looked round
00:27:05at her instantly
00:27:06in a way
00:27:07which showed
00:27:08his noticing of it.
00:27:09He gave her
00:27:10a momentary glance
00:27:11a glance of brightness
00:27:13which seemed to say
00:27:14that man is struck
00:27:15with you
00:27:16and even I
00:27:17at this moment
00:27:18see something
00:27:19like Anne Elliot
00:27:20again.
00:27:22After loitering
00:27:23about a little longer
00:27:24they returned
00:27:25to the inn
00:27:26and Anne
00:27:27in passing
00:27:27afterwards quickly
00:27:28from her own chamber
00:27:29to their dining room
00:27:30had nearly run
00:27:32against the very
00:27:32same gentleman
00:27:33as he came out
00:27:35of an adjoining
00:27:35apartment.
00:27:37She had before
00:27:38conjectured him
00:27:39to be a stranger
00:27:40like themselves
00:27:41and determined
00:27:42that a well-looking
00:27:44groom who was
00:27:44strolling about
00:27:45near the inn
00:27:46as they came back
00:27:47should be his servant.
00:27:49It was now proved
00:27:51that he belonged
00:27:52to the same inn
00:27:53as themselves
00:27:53and this second meeting
00:27:55short as it was
00:27:56also proved again
00:27:58by the gentleman's looks
00:27:59that he thought
00:28:00hers very lovely
00:28:01and by the readiness
00:28:03and propriety
00:28:04of his apologies
00:28:05that he was a man
00:28:06of exceedingly
00:28:07good manners.
00:28:08He seemed about 30
00:28:10and though not handsome
00:28:12had an agreeable person
00:28:13and felt that she
00:28:16should like to know
00:28:17who he was.
00:28:19The following day
00:28:21they had nearly done
00:28:22breakfast
00:28:23when the sound
00:28:23of a carriage
00:28:24drew half the party
00:28:25to the window.
00:28:27It was a gentleman's
00:28:28carriage
00:28:28a curricle
00:28:29but only coming round
00:28:31from the stable yard
00:28:32to the front door
00:28:33somebody must be
00:28:34going away.
00:28:35It was driven
00:28:37by a servant
00:28:38in mourning.
00:28:39The curricle
00:28:40made Charles Musgrove
00:28:42jump up
00:28:42that he might
00:28:43compare it
00:28:44with his own.
00:28:45The servant
00:28:45in mourning
00:28:46roused Anne's curiosity
00:28:48and the whole six
00:28:49were collected
00:28:50to look
00:28:50by the time
00:28:51the owner
00:28:52of the curricle
00:28:52was to be seen
00:28:53issuing from the door
00:28:54amidst the bows
00:28:55and civilities
00:28:56of the household
00:28:57and taking his seat
00:28:59to drive off.
00:29:00Ah!
00:29:01cried Captain Wentworth
00:29:02instantly
00:29:03and with half a glance
00:29:04at Anne.
00:29:05It is the very man
00:29:06we passed.
00:29:08Henrietta
00:29:08and Louisa
00:29:09agreed
00:29:09and having all
00:29:11kindly watched him
00:29:12as far up the hill
00:29:13as they could
00:29:13they returned
00:29:15to the breakfast table.
00:29:17The waiter
00:29:18came into the room
00:29:19soon afterwards.
00:29:20Pray
00:29:20said Captain Wentworth
00:29:22immediately
00:29:22can you tell us
00:29:23the name of the gentleman
00:29:24who has just gone away?
00:29:26Yes sir
00:29:27a Mr Elliot
00:29:28a gentleman
00:29:29of large fortune
00:29:30come in last night
00:29:31from Sidmouth
00:29:32Elliot
00:29:34many had looked
00:29:36on each other
00:29:36and many had repeated
00:29:37the name
00:29:38before all this
00:29:39had been got through
00:29:40even by the smart
00:29:41rapidity of a waiter.
00:29:43Bless me
00:29:44cried Mary
00:29:45it must be our cousin
00:29:47it must be our
00:29:48Mr William Elliot
00:29:49it must indeed
00:29:50Charles
00:29:51Anne
00:29:52must not it
00:29:52how very extraordinary
00:29:55in the same inn
00:29:56with us
00:29:57Anne
00:29:58must not it be
00:29:59our Mr Elliot
00:30:00my father's next heir.
00:30:04Breakfast
00:30:04had not been long over
00:30:06when they were joined
00:30:07by Captain and Mrs Harville
00:30:09and Captain Benwick
00:30:10with whom they had appointed
00:30:11to take their last walk
00:30:13about Lyme.
00:30:14They ought to be setting off
00:30:16for up across by one
00:30:17and in the meanwhile
00:30:18were to be all together
00:30:20and out of doors
00:30:21as long as they could.
00:30:24There was too much wind
00:30:25to make the high part
00:30:27of the new cob pleasant
00:30:28for the ladies
00:30:29and they agreed
00:30:30to get down the steps
00:30:31to the lower
00:30:32and were all contented
00:30:34to pass quietly
00:30:35and carefully
00:30:35down the steep flight
00:30:37excepting Louisa.
00:30:39She must be jumped
00:30:40down them
00:30:41by Captain Wentworth.
00:30:43In all their walks
00:30:44Captain Wentworth
00:30:46had had to jump Louisa
00:30:47from the stiles.
00:30:48The sensation
00:30:49was delightful to her.
00:30:51The hardness
00:30:52of the pavement
00:30:52for her feet
00:30:53made him less willing
00:30:54upon the present occasion.
00:30:56He did it however.
00:30:57She was safely down
00:30:59and instantly
00:31:00to show her enjoyment
00:31:01ran up the steps
00:31:03to be jumped down again.
00:31:04He advised her
00:31:06against it
00:31:06thought the jar
00:31:07too great
00:31:08but no.
00:31:09He reasoned
00:31:10and talked in vain.
00:31:11She smiled
00:31:12and said
00:31:12I am determined
00:31:13I will.
00:31:14He put out his hands
00:31:16she was too precipitous
00:31:18by half a second
00:31:19she fell on the pavement
00:31:20on the lower cob
00:31:22and was taken up
00:31:23lifeless.
00:31:24There was no wound
00:31:26no blood
00:31:27no visible bruise
00:31:28but her eyes
00:31:30were closed.
00:31:30She breathed not
00:31:32her face
00:31:33was like death.
00:31:36She is dead
00:31:37she is dead
00:31:38screamed Mary
00:31:40catching hold
00:31:41of her husband
00:31:41and contributing
00:31:43with his own horror
00:31:44to make him immovable
00:31:45and in another moment
00:31:47Henrietta
00:31:47sinking under the conviction
00:31:49lost her senses too
00:31:50and would have fallen
00:31:51on the steps
00:31:52but for Captain Benwick
00:31:54and Anne
00:31:54who caught
00:31:55and supported her
00:31:56between them.
00:31:57Is there no one
00:31:58to help me?
00:31:59were the first words
00:32:01which burst
00:32:01from Captain Wentworth
00:32:03in a tone of despair
00:32:04and as if all
00:32:05his own strength
00:32:06were gone
00:32:06go to him
00:32:07go to him
00:32:08cried Anne
00:32:09for heaven's sake
00:32:10go to him
00:32:11I can support her myself
00:32:12leave me
00:32:13and go to him
00:32:14rub her hands
00:32:15rub her temples
00:32:16here are salts
00:32:17take them
00:32:17take them
00:32:18Louisa was raised up
00:32:20and supported
00:32:21more firmly
00:32:21between them
00:32:22and everything was done
00:32:23that Anne had prompted
00:32:24but in vain
00:32:25while Captain Wentworth
00:32:27staggering against the wall
00:32:29for his support
00:32:29exclaimed
00:32:30in the bitterest agony
00:32:31oh god
00:32:33her father
00:32:34and mother
00:32:35a surgeon
00:32:36said Anne
00:32:37he caught the word
00:32:38it seemed to rouse him
00:32:40at once
00:32:40and saying only
00:32:41true
00:32:41true
00:32:42a surgeon
00:32:43this instant
00:32:44was darting away
00:32:45when Anne eagerly suggested
00:32:47had not she better
00:32:48be carried to the inn
00:32:49yes
00:32:50I am sure
00:32:50carry her gently
00:32:51to the inn
00:32:52yes
00:32:52yes
00:32:53to the inn
00:32:53repeated Captain Wentworth
00:32:55comparatively collected
00:32:57and eager to be doing something
00:32:58I will carry her myself
00:33:01the surgeon
00:33:02was with them
00:33:03almost before
00:33:04it had seemed possible
00:33:06they were sick
00:33:07with horror
00:33:08while he examined
00:33:09but he was not hopeless
00:33:11the head
00:33:12had received
00:33:13a severe contusion
00:33:14but he had seen
00:33:15greater injuries
00:33:16recovered from
00:33:17he was by no means
00:33:18hopeless
00:33:18he spoke
00:33:20cheerfully
00:33:21it now
00:33:22became necessary
00:33:24for the party
00:33:24to consider
00:33:25what was best
00:33:26to be done
00:33:27as to their
00:33:27general
00:33:28situation
00:33:29that Louisa
00:33:31must remain
00:33:31where she was
00:33:32however distressing
00:33:33to her friends
00:33:34to be involving
00:33:34the Harvilles
00:33:35in such trouble
00:33:36did not admit
00:33:37a doubt
00:33:39Captain Wentworth
00:33:40exerting himself
00:33:42said
00:33:42we must be decided
00:33:44and without
00:33:45the loss
00:33:46of another minute
00:33:47every minute
00:33:48is valuable
00:33:48someone must resolve
00:33:49on being off
00:33:50for Uppercross
00:33:51instantly
00:33:52Musgrove
00:33:52either you
00:33:53or I
00:33:54must go
00:33:54Charles agreed
00:33:56but declared
00:33:57his resolution
00:33:58of not going away
00:33:59he would be
00:34:00as little encumbrance
00:34:02as possible
00:34:02to Captain Harville
00:34:03and Mrs Harville
00:34:05but as to leaving
00:34:06his sister
00:34:06in such a state
00:34:07he neither ought
00:34:08nor would
00:34:09the plan
00:34:11had reached
00:34:12this point
00:34:13when Anne
00:34:14coming quietly
00:34:15down from
00:34:15Louisa's room
00:34:16could not but
00:34:17hear what followed
00:34:18for the parlour
00:34:20door was open
00:34:21then it is settled
00:34:23Musgrove
00:34:23cried Captain Wentworth
00:34:25that you stay
00:34:26and that I take
00:34:27your sister
00:34:28Henrietta home
00:34:29but as to the rest
00:34:30as to the others
00:34:31if one stays
00:34:32to assist
00:34:33Mrs Harville
00:34:33I think if Anne
00:34:35will stay
00:34:36no one so proper
00:34:37no one so capable
00:34:38as Anne
00:34:41Anne paused
00:34:43a moment
00:34:43to recover
00:34:44from the emotion
00:34:45of hearing herself
00:34:46so spoken of
00:34:48the other two
00:34:49warmly agreed
00:34:50with what he said
00:34:51and then she appeared
00:34:54you will stay
00:34:56I'm sure
00:34:57you will stay
00:34:58and nurse her
00:34:59cried he
00:35:00turning to her
00:35:01and speaking
00:35:02with a glow
00:35:03and yet a gentleness
00:35:04which seemed
00:35:05almost restoring
00:35:07the past
00:35:09when she could
00:35:10command Mary's
00:35:11attention
00:35:12Anne quietly
00:35:13tried to convince her
00:35:14that their father
00:35:15and Mr Elliot
00:35:16had not for many years
00:35:18been on such terms
00:35:19as to make the power
00:35:20of attempting
00:35:21an introduction
00:35:22at all desirable
00:35:25at the same time
00:35:26however
00:35:26it was a secret
00:35:28gratification
00:35:29to herself
00:35:30to have seen
00:35:31her cousin
00:35:32and to know
00:35:33that the future
00:35:34owner of Kellynch
00:35:35was undoubtedly
00:35:36a gentleman
00:35:51Elizabeth's last letter
00:35:53had communicated
00:35:53a piece of news
00:35:54of some interest
00:35:56Mr Elliot
00:35:57was in Bath
00:35:59Lady Russell
00:36:00was in a state
00:36:01of very agreeable
00:36:03curiosity
00:36:03and perplexity
00:36:04about Mr Elliot
00:36:06Anne was not
00:36:07animated to an equal
00:36:09pitch by the circumstance
00:36:10but she felt
00:36:11that she would rather
00:36:12see Mr Elliot
00:36:13again than not
00:36:14which was more
00:36:15than she could say
00:36:16for many other persons
00:36:17in Bath
00:36:18she was put down
00:36:20in Camden Place
00:36:21her father's new
00:36:22lodgings in Bath
00:36:24a degree of
00:36:25unexpected cordiality
00:36:27in the welcome
00:36:28she received
00:36:28did Anne good
00:36:30her making a fourth
00:36:31when they sat down
00:36:32to dinner
00:36:33was noticed
00:36:34as an advantage
00:36:36Anne had a great deal
00:36:38to hear
00:36:39of Mr Elliot
00:36:40he was not only
00:36:41pardoned
00:36:42they were delighted
00:36:43with him
00:36:44they had not
00:36:46a fault
00:36:46to find in him
00:36:48he had explained
00:36:49away all the
00:36:50appearance of neglect
00:36:51on his own side
00:36:52it had originated
00:36:54in misapprehension
00:36:55entirely
00:36:57Anne listened
00:36:58but without
00:37:00quite understanding
00:37:01it
00:37:02allowances
00:37:03large allowances
00:37:05she knew
00:37:05must be made
00:37:06for the ideas
00:37:07of those who spoke
00:37:09Anne was considering
00:37:11when a knock
00:37:12at the door
00:37:12suspended everything
00:37:14a knock at the door
00:37:16and so late
00:37:17it was ten o'clock
00:37:20could it be
00:37:21Mr Elliot
00:37:24with all the state
00:37:25which a butler
00:37:26and footboy
00:37:27could give
00:37:28Mr Elliot
00:37:29was ushered
00:37:30into the room
00:37:32it was the same
00:37:33the very same man
00:37:35with no difference
00:37:37but of dress
00:37:38Anne drew a little back
00:37:40while the others
00:37:41received his compliments
00:37:44Sir Walter talked
00:37:45of his youngest daughter
00:37:46and Anne
00:37:47smiling and blushing
00:37:49very becomingly
00:37:50showed to Mr Elliot
00:37:52the pretty features
00:37:53which he had
00:37:54by no means forgotten
00:37:55and instantly saw
00:37:57with amusement
00:37:58at his little start
00:37:59of surprise
00:37:59that he had not
00:38:01been at all aware
00:38:02of who she was
00:38:04he looked completely
00:38:06astonished
00:38:06but not more astonished
00:38:09than pleased
00:38:11his eyes brightened
00:38:13and with the most
00:38:15perfect alacrity
00:38:16he welcomed
00:38:17the relationship
00:38:18alluded to the past
00:38:19and entreated
00:38:20to be received
00:38:21as an acquaintance
00:38:22already
00:38:24he was quite as
00:38:25good looking
00:38:26as he had appeared
00:38:27at Lyme
00:38:28his countenance
00:38:29improved by speaking
00:38:30and his manners
00:38:32were so exactly
00:38:33what they ought to be
00:38:34so polished
00:38:35so easy
00:38:36so particularly
00:38:37agreeable
00:38:38that she could
00:38:39compare them
00:38:39in excellence
00:38:40to only one
00:38:41person's manners
00:38:44he stayed
00:38:45an hour
00:38:46with them
00:38:47the elegant
00:38:48little clock
00:38:49clock on the mantelpiece
00:38:50had struck
00:38:51eleven
00:38:51with its silver sounds
00:38:53before Mr Elliot
00:38:55or any of them
00:38:56seemed to feel
00:38:56that he had been
00:38:57there long
00:38:59Anne could not have
00:39:01supposed it possible
00:39:02that her first evening
00:39:03in Camden Place
00:39:04could have passed
00:39:05so well
00:39:10it was now
00:39:11some years
00:39:12since Anne
00:39:13had begun to learn
00:39:14that she and her
00:39:15excellent friend
00:39:16could sometimes
00:39:17think differently
00:39:18and it did not
00:39:20surprise her therefore
00:39:21that Lady Russell
00:39:22should see nothing
00:39:23suspicious or
00:39:24inconsistent
00:39:25nothing to require
00:39:26more motives
00:39:27than appeared
00:39:28in Mr Elliot's
00:39:29great desire
00:39:30of a reconciliation
00:39:33Anne presumed however
00:39:35still to smile
00:39:36about it
00:39:36and at last
00:39:38to mention
00:39:40Elizabeth
00:39:43Lady Russell
00:39:44listened
00:39:44and looked
00:39:46and made
00:39:47only this
00:39:47cautious reply
00:39:50Elizabeth
00:39:51very well
00:39:53time
00:39:54will explain
00:39:58Anne could determine
00:39:59nothing
00:40:00at present
00:40:01Mr Elliot
00:40:03too
00:40:03it must be remembered
00:40:04had not been a
00:40:05widower
00:40:05seven months
00:40:07however it might
00:40:08end
00:40:09he was without
00:40:09any question
00:40:10their pleasantest
00:40:11acquaintance in Bath
00:40:12she saw nobody
00:40:14equal to him
00:40:15they went through
00:40:17the particulars
00:40:17of their first
00:40:18meeting a great
00:40:19many times
00:40:20he gave her
00:40:21to understand
00:40:22that he had
00:40:23looked at her
00:40:24with some
00:40:24earnestness
00:40:25she knew it
00:40:27well
00:40:27and she remembered
00:40:29another person's
00:40:30look
00:40:30also
00:40:33Lady Russell
00:40:34was now
00:40:35perfectly decided
00:40:37in her opinion
00:40:38of Mr Elliot
00:40:39she was as much
00:40:40convinced of his
00:40:41meaning to gain
00:40:42Anne in time
00:40:43as of his
00:40:44deserving her
00:40:45and was beginning
00:40:46to calculate
00:40:47the number of weeks
00:40:48which would free him
00:40:49from all the remaining
00:40:50restraints of widowhood
00:40:52and leave him at liberty
00:40:53to exert his most
00:40:54open powers
00:40:56of pleasing
00:40:57I am no matchmaker
00:40:59as you well know
00:41:00said Lady Russell
00:41:02being much too well
00:41:03aware of the uncertainty
00:41:05of all human events
00:41:06and calculations
00:41:07I only mean
00:41:09that if Mr Elliot
00:41:11should sometime
00:41:12hence pay his
00:41:13addresses to you
00:41:14and if you should
00:41:16be disposed
00:41:16to accept him
00:41:17I think there would
00:41:19be every possibility
00:41:21of your being
00:41:22happy together
00:41:23a most suitable
00:41:25connection
00:41:26everyone must
00:41:27consider it
00:41:28but I think
00:41:29it might be
00:41:30a very happy one
00:41:33Mr Elliot
00:41:34is an exceedingly
00:41:36agreeable man
00:41:37and in many respects
00:41:38I think highly
00:41:39of him
00:41:40said Anne
00:41:41but we should not
00:41:43suit
00:41:44Lady Russell
00:41:46let this pass
00:41:47and only said
00:41:48in rejoinder
00:41:49I own
00:41:51I own
00:41:51that to be able
00:41:52to regard you
00:41:53as the future
00:41:53mistress of
00:41:54Kellynch
00:41:55the future
00:41:56Lady Elliot
00:41:57and to look
00:41:58forward and see
00:41:59you occupying
00:42:00your dear
00:42:01mother's place
00:42:02succeeding to all
00:42:03her rights
00:42:04and all her
00:42:05popularity
00:42:06as well as
00:42:07to all her
00:42:08virtues
00:42:08would be the
00:42:09highest possible
00:42:11gratification
00:42:12to me
00:42:12you are
00:42:14your mother's
00:42:14self
00:42:15in countenance
00:42:16and disposition
00:42:16and if I might
00:42:18be allowed
00:42:19to fancy you
00:42:19such as she was
00:42:21in situation
00:42:22and name
00:42:22and home
00:42:23presiding
00:42:24and blessing
00:42:25in the same
00:42:26spot
00:42:27and only
00:42:28superior to
00:42:29her in being
00:42:30more highly
00:42:30valued
00:42:32my dearest
00:42:33Anne
00:42:34it would give
00:42:36me more
00:42:36delight
00:42:37than is often
00:42:38felt
00:42:38at my time
00:42:39of life
00:42:42Anne
00:42:43was obliged
00:42:44to turn away
00:42:45to rise
00:42:46to walk
00:42:48to a distant
00:42:48table
00:42:49and
00:42:50leaning there
00:42:51in pretended
00:42:52employment
00:42:53try to subdue
00:42:55the feelings
00:42:55this picture
00:42:56excited
00:42:59for a few
00:43:00moments
00:43:00her imagination
00:43:01and her heart
00:43:02were bewitched
00:43:05the idea
00:43:06of becoming
00:43:07what her mother
00:43:07had been
00:43:08of having
00:43:09the precious
00:43:10name of
00:43:10Lady Elliot
00:43:11first revived
00:43:13in herself
00:43:14of being
00:43:15restored
00:43:15to Kellynch
00:43:16calling it
00:43:17her home
00:43:18again
00:43:18her home
00:43:19forever
00:43:19was a charm
00:43:21which she
00:43:22could not
00:43:22immediately
00:43:23resist
00:43:27it was the
00:43:28beginning of
00:43:29February
00:43:29and Anne
00:43:31having been
00:43:32a month
00:43:32in Bath
00:43:32was growing
00:43:33very eager
00:43:34for news
00:43:35from Upper Cross
00:43:36and Lime
00:43:37she only
00:43:38knew that
00:43:39Henrietta
00:43:39was at home
00:43:40again
00:43:40and that
00:43:41Louisa
00:43:42was still
00:43:42in Lime
00:43:43and she was
00:43:44thinking of them
00:43:45all very intently
00:43:46one evening
00:43:47when a thicker
00:43:47letter than usual
00:43:49from Mary
00:43:50was delivered
00:43:51to her
00:43:52in Anne's
00:43:54own room
00:43:54she tried
00:43:55to comprehend
00:43:56it
00:43:57the conclusion
00:43:58of the whole
00:43:59was that
00:44:00Louisa
00:44:01and Captain
00:44:02Benwick
00:44:02were engaged
00:44:05if the woman
00:44:06who had been
00:44:07sensible of
00:44:07Captain Wentworth's
00:44:08merits could be
00:44:09allowed to prefer
00:44:10another man
00:44:11certainly there was
00:44:13nothing to be
00:44:14regretted
00:44:16no
00:44:16it was not
00:44:18regret
00:44:18which made
00:44:19Anne's heart
00:44:20beat in spite
00:44:21of herself
00:44:22and brought
00:44:22the colour
00:44:23into her cheeks
00:44:24when she thought
00:44:25of Captain Wentworth
00:44:26unshackled
00:44:27and free
00:44:27she had some
00:44:30feelings
00:44:30which she was
00:44:31ashamed to
00:44:32investigate
00:44:33they were too
00:44:34much like joy
00:44:37senseless joy
00:44:41that evening
00:44:42at the concert
00:44:43the party
00:44:45was divided
00:44:45and disposed
00:44:46of on two
00:44:47contiguous benches
00:44:48Anne was among
00:44:50those on the
00:44:51foremost
00:44:51and Mr Elliot
00:44:53had manoeuvred
00:44:54so well
00:44:54as to have
00:44:55a seat
00:44:56by her
00:44:58towards the
00:44:59close of it
00:44:59in the interval
00:45:00succeeding
00:45:01an Italian
00:45:01song
00:45:02she explained
00:45:03the words
00:45:03of the song
00:45:04to Mr Elliot
00:45:05though
00:45:06she said
00:45:07demurely
00:45:07I'm a very
00:45:08poor Italian
00:45:09scholar
00:45:11yes
00:45:13yes
00:45:13I see
00:45:14you are
00:45:15I see
00:45:16you know
00:45:17nothing
00:45:17of the matter
00:45:18you have only
00:45:20knowledge enough
00:45:21of the language
00:45:21to translate
00:45:22at sight
00:45:23these inverted
00:45:24transposed
00:45:26curtailed
00:45:26Italian lines
00:45:27into clear
00:45:28comprehensible
00:45:29elegant
00:45:30English
00:45:32for shame
00:45:33for shame
00:45:34this is too much
00:45:35flattery
00:45:36I forget
00:45:37what we are to
00:45:39have next
00:45:39turning to the bill
00:45:43the name
00:45:44of Ann Elliot
00:45:46said he
00:45:47has long
00:45:48had an interesting
00:45:49sound to me
00:45:51very long
00:45:53has it possessed
00:45:54a charm
00:45:54over my fancy
00:45:55and if I dared
00:45:56I would breathe
00:45:58my wishes
00:45:59that the name
00:46:00might never change
00:46:04such she believed
00:46:06were his words
00:46:06but scarcely
00:46:07had she received
00:46:08their sound
00:46:09than her attention
00:46:10was caught
00:46:10by other sounds
00:46:11immediately behind
00:46:12her
00:46:12which rendered
00:46:13everything else
00:46:14trivial
00:46:16Ann's eyes
00:46:17had caught
00:46:17the right direction
00:46:18and distinguished
00:46:20Captain Wentworth
00:46:21standing among
00:46:22a cluster of men
00:46:23at a little distance
00:46:25as her eyes
00:46:27fell on him
00:46:28his seemed
00:46:29to be withdrawn
00:46:30from her
00:46:32when able
00:46:33to turn
00:46:33and look
00:46:34as she had done
00:46:35before
00:46:36she found
00:46:37herself
00:46:37accosted
00:46:38by Captain
00:46:39Wentworth
00:46:39in a reserved
00:46:40yet hurried
00:46:41sort of farewell
00:46:42he must wish
00:46:43her goodnight
00:46:44he was going
00:46:46he should get
00:46:47home as fast
00:46:47as he could
00:46:49is not
00:46:50this song
00:46:51worth staying
00:46:51for
00:46:52said Ann
00:46:53suddenly struck
00:46:54by an idea
00:46:54which made her
00:46:55yet more anxious
00:46:56to be encouraging
00:46:57no
00:46:58he replied impressively
00:46:59there is nothing
00:47:00worth my staying
00:47:01for
00:47:02and he was gone
00:47:03directly
00:47:05jealousy
00:47:06of Mr Elliot
00:47:09it was the only
00:47:11intelligible motive
00:47:13Captain Wentworth
00:47:15jealous
00:47:15of her affection
00:47:18for a moment
00:47:19the gratification
00:47:20was exquisite
00:47:22but alas
00:47:23there were
00:47:24very different
00:47:25thoughts to succeed
00:47:26how was such
00:47:28jealousy
00:47:28to be quieted
00:47:29how was the truth
00:47:32to reach him
00:47:33how
00:47:34in all the
00:47:35peculiar
00:47:36disadvantages
00:47:37of their
00:47:37respective situations
00:47:38would he ever
00:47:40learn
00:47:41of her
00:47:42real sentiments
00:47:57Anne
00:47:58was also
00:47:59renewing
00:48:00an acquaintance
00:48:01of a very
00:48:01different description
00:48:02in Bath
00:48:04Mrs Smith
00:48:05had shown
00:48:06her kindness
00:48:07in one of those
00:48:08periods of her life
00:48:09when it had been
00:48:10most valuable
00:48:12Anne
00:48:12had gone unhappy
00:48:13to school
00:48:14grieving for the loss
00:48:16of a mother
00:48:16whom she had dearly loved
00:48:18feeling her separation
00:48:19from home
00:48:20and suffering
00:48:22as a girl of 14
00:48:23of strong sensibility
00:48:25and not high spirits
00:48:26must suffer
00:48:28at such a time
00:48:30Mrs Smith
00:48:31three years older
00:48:33than herself
00:48:33had been useful
00:48:35and good to her
00:48:36in a way
00:48:36which had considerably
00:48:37lessened her misery
00:48:38and could never be
00:48:40remembered
00:48:41with indifference
00:48:43Mrs Smith
00:48:44was said
00:48:44to have married
00:48:45a man of fortune
00:48:46and this was all
00:48:47that Anne had known
00:48:48of her
00:48:49till now
00:48:50that their governesses
00:48:51account brought
00:48:52her situation forward
00:48:53in a more decided
00:48:55but very different
00:48:56form
00:48:58she was a widow
00:48:59and poor
00:49:02her husband
00:49:03had been extravagant
00:49:04and at his death
00:49:05about two years before
00:49:06had left his affairs
00:49:08dreadfully involved
00:49:11she had come to Bath
00:49:12and was now in lodgings
00:49:14near the hot baths
00:49:16living in a very humble way
00:49:18unable even to afford herself
00:49:20the comfort of a servant
00:49:21and of course
00:49:22almost excluded
00:49:24from society
00:49:27Anne recollected with pleasure
00:49:28the next morning
00:49:29of her promise
00:49:30of going to Mrs Smith
00:49:31meaning that it should engage her
00:49:33from home
00:49:34at the time when Mr Elliot
00:49:35would be most likely to call
00:49:37for to avoid Mr Elliot
00:49:38was almost a first object
00:49:42an account of the concert
00:49:44was immediately claimed
00:49:46and Anne's recollection
00:49:47of the concert
00:49:48were quite happy enough
00:49:49to animate her features
00:49:50and make her rejoice
00:49:52to talk of it
00:49:54after a short silence
00:49:58pray
00:49:58said Mrs Smith
00:50:00is Mr Elliot
00:50:03aware of your acquaintance
00:50:05with me
00:50:05does he know
00:50:07that I am in Bath
00:50:08Mr Elliot
00:50:10repeated Anne
00:50:12looking up surprised
00:50:13are you acquainted
00:50:14with Mr Elliot
00:50:16I have been a good deal
00:50:18acquainted with him
00:50:19replied Mrs Smith
00:50:21gravely
00:50:24Anne had forgotten
00:50:25in the interest
00:50:27of her own family concerns
00:50:28how much had been
00:50:29originally implied
00:50:31against him
00:50:31but her attention
00:50:33was now called
00:50:34to the explanation
00:50:35of those first hints
00:50:37and she listened
00:50:38to a recital
00:50:39which proved him
00:50:40very deficient
00:50:41both in justice
00:50:42and compassion
00:50:43she learned
00:50:45that Mr Elliot
00:50:46had led
00:50:47Mrs Smith's husband
00:50:48into expenses
00:50:49much beyond his fortune
00:50:51it was not
00:50:52till his death
00:50:53that the wretched state
00:50:55of his affairs
00:50:56was fully known
00:50:58Mr Smith
00:50:59had appointed him
00:51:00the executor
00:51:01of his will
00:51:01but Mr Elliot
00:51:03would not act
00:51:04and the difficulties
00:51:05and distress
00:51:06which this refusal
00:51:07had heaped on her
00:51:09in addition
00:51:09to the inevitable
00:51:10sufferings of her situation
00:51:12had been such
00:51:13as could not be related
00:51:14without anguish
00:51:16of spirit
00:51:16or listened to
00:51:17without corresponding
00:51:19indignation
00:51:21it was a dreadful picture
00:51:24of ingratitude
00:51:25and inhumanity
00:51:27and Anne felt
00:51:28at some moments
00:51:29that no flagrant
00:51:30open crime
00:51:31could have been worse
00:51:33Anne could just
00:51:35acknowledge
00:51:35within herself
00:51:36such a possibility
00:51:38of having been
00:51:39induced to marry him
00:51:40as made her shudder
00:51:42at the idea
00:51:43of the misery
00:51:44which must have followed
00:51:45it was just possible
00:51:48that she might have
00:51:49been persuaded
00:51:50by Lady Russell
00:51:53one day only
00:51:55had passed
00:51:55since Anne's conversation
00:51:57with Mrs Smith
00:51:58the Musgroves
00:52:00had recently arrived
00:52:01at their bath lodgings
00:52:02and Anne had promised
00:52:03to pass the whole day
00:52:05with them
00:52:05from breakfast
00:52:06to dinner
00:52:08but when she reached
00:52:09the Musgroves lodgings
00:52:10she found herself
00:52:11neither arriving
00:52:12quite in time
00:52:13nor the first
00:52:15to arrive
00:52:15the party before her
00:52:18were only
00:52:18Captain Harville
00:52:19and Captain Wentworth
00:52:20she immediately heard
00:52:22that Mary and Henrietta
00:52:23too impatient to wait
00:52:25had gone out
00:52:26the moment
00:52:26the rain had cleared
00:52:27Captain Wentworth
00:52:29was writing a letter
00:52:31on behalf
00:52:32of Captain Harville
00:52:34Anne's eyes
00:52:35instinctively glanced
00:52:37towards the distant table
00:52:38Captain Wentworth's pen
00:52:41ceased to move
00:52:42his head was raised
00:52:44pausing
00:52:44listening
00:52:45and he turned round
00:52:47the next instant
00:52:48to give a look
00:52:49one quick
00:52:50conscious look at her
00:52:55Captain Harville
00:52:57now left his seat
00:52:58and moved towards Anne
00:53:01look here
00:53:02said he
00:53:03unfolding a parcel
00:53:05in his hand
00:53:06and displaying
00:53:07a small miniature painting
00:53:10do you know
00:53:11who that is
00:53:12certainly
00:53:13Captain Benwick
00:53:15yes
00:53:16and you may guess
00:53:18who it is for
00:53:19but
00:53:20it was not
00:53:21done
00:53:22for Louisa
00:53:22it was done
00:53:24for his first wife
00:53:25Fanny
00:53:27and with a quivering lip
00:53:28he wound up the hole
00:53:30by adding
00:53:31poor Fanny
00:53:33she would not
00:53:35have forgotten
00:53:35him
00:53:36so soon
00:53:37no
00:53:38replied Anne
00:53:40in a low
00:53:40feeling voice
00:53:41it would not be
00:53:43the nature
00:53:43of any woman
00:53:44who truly loved
00:53:46Captain Harville
00:53:47smiled as much
00:53:48as to say
00:53:49do you claim
00:53:50that for your sex
00:53:51she answered
00:53:53the question
00:53:54smiling also
00:53:55yes
00:53:56we certainly
00:53:57do not forget
00:53:58you
00:53:59as soon as
00:54:00you forget us
00:54:00it is perhaps
00:54:02our fate
00:54:03rather than
00:54:03our merit
00:54:04we cannot
00:54:05help ourselves
00:54:06all the privilege
00:54:07I claim
00:54:08for my own sex
00:54:09is that
00:54:10of loving
00:54:11longest
00:54:12when existence
00:54:13or when hope
00:54:15is gone
00:54:18she could not
00:54:19immediately
00:54:20have uttered
00:54:20another sentence
00:54:21her heart
00:54:22was too full
00:54:23her breath
00:54:25too much
00:54:26oppressed
00:54:28Captain Wentworth
00:54:29having sealed
00:54:30his letter
00:54:31with great rapidity
00:54:32had a hurried
00:54:33agitated air
00:54:35which showed
00:54:35impatience
00:54:36to be gone
00:54:37Anne knew
00:54:38not how to
00:54:39understand it
00:54:40she had had
00:54:41the kindest
00:54:42good morning
00:54:43God bless you
00:54:44from Captain Harville
00:54:45but from him
00:54:46not a word
00:54:47not a look
00:54:48he had passed
00:54:49out of the room
00:54:50without a look
00:54:53she only had
00:54:54time however
00:54:55to move closer
00:54:56to the table
00:54:57where he had
00:54:57been writing
00:54:58when footsteps
00:54:59were heard
00:54:59returning
00:55:00the door
00:55:01opened
00:55:01it was himself
00:55:04instantly crossing
00:55:05the room
00:55:06to the writing
00:55:06table
00:55:07he drew out
00:55:07a letter
00:55:08from under
00:55:08the scattered
00:55:09paper
00:55:09placed it
00:55:10before Anne
00:55:11with eyes
00:55:11of glowing
00:55:12entreaty
00:55:13fixed on her
00:55:14for a time
00:55:14and hastily
00:55:15collecting his
00:55:16gloves
00:55:16was again
00:55:17out of the room
00:55:18the work
00:55:19of an instant
00:55:22the revolution
00:55:23which one
00:55:24instant
00:55:25had made
00:55:26in Anne
00:55:26was almost
00:55:28beyond expression
00:55:30the letter
00:55:31with a direction
00:55:33hardly legible
00:55:34to Miss A.E.
00:55:35was evidently
00:55:36the one
00:55:37which he had
00:55:37been folding
00:55:38so hastily
00:55:39while supposedly
00:55:41writing Harville's
00:55:42letter
00:55:42he had been
00:55:43also addressing
00:55:44her
00:55:46sinking into
00:55:48the chair
00:55:48which he had
00:55:49occupied
00:55:49her eyes
00:55:51devoured
00:55:51the following
00:55:52words
00:55:52I can listen
00:55:54no longer
00:55:55in silence
00:55:56I must
00:55:58speak to you
00:55:59by such means
00:56:00as are within
00:56:00my reach
00:56:01you pierce
00:56:03my soul
00:56:03I am
00:56:05half agony
00:56:06half hope
00:56:07tell me
00:56:09not
00:56:09that I am
00:56:10too late
00:56:11that such
00:56:12precious feelings
00:56:13are gone
00:56:14forever
00:56:15I offer
00:56:16myself to you
00:56:17again
00:56:18with a heart
00:56:19even more
00:56:20your own
00:56:20than when
00:56:21you almost
00:56:22broke it
00:56:23eight years
00:56:24and a half
00:56:25ago
00:56:27dare not
00:56:28say
00:56:28that man
00:56:29forgets
00:56:30sooner than
00:56:30woman
00:56:31that his love
00:56:32has an earlier
00:56:33death
00:56:34I have loved
00:56:35none but
00:56:36you
00:56:36you do believe
00:56:38that there is
00:56:39true attachment
00:56:40and constancy
00:56:41among men
00:56:41believe it
00:56:43to be most
00:56:44fervent
00:56:44most undeviating
00:56:46in CW
00:56:51such
00:56:52a letter
00:56:53was not
00:56:55to be soon
00:56:56recovered from
00:56:58half an hour's
00:57:00solitude and reflection
00:57:01might have
00:57:02tranquilised her
00:57:03but the ten minutes
00:57:04only which now
00:57:05passed before
00:57:06she was interrupted
00:57:07with all the
00:57:08restraints of her
00:57:09situation
00:57:10could do nothing
00:57:11towards tranquillity
00:57:14every moment
00:57:15rather brought
00:57:16fresh agitation
00:57:18it was
00:57:20overpowering
00:57:21happiness
00:57:23and
00:57:24before she was
00:57:25beyond the first
00:57:26stage of full
00:57:27sensation
00:57:27Charles
00:57:28Mary
00:57:29and Henrietta
00:57:30all came in
00:57:31this was dreadful
00:57:33would they only
00:57:34have gone away
00:57:35and left her
00:57:36in the quiet
00:57:36possession of that
00:57:37room
00:57:38it would have
00:57:38been her cure
00:57:39but to have them
00:57:40all standing
00:57:41or waiting
00:57:41around her
00:57:42was distracting
00:57:43and in desperation
00:57:44she said she would
00:57:45go home
00:57:47Charles
00:57:48in his real
00:57:49concern and good
00:57:50nature
00:57:51would go home
00:57:52with her
00:57:52there was no
00:57:53preventing him
00:57:56they were on
00:57:57they were on
00:57:57union street
00:57:58when a quicker
00:57:59step behind
00:58:00as something
00:58:00of familiar
00:58:01sound
00:58:02gave her
00:58:03two moments
00:58:03preparation
00:58:04for the sight
00:58:05of captain
00:58:06wentworth
00:58:07he joined
00:58:08them
00:58:08but as if
00:58:10irresolute
00:58:10whether to
00:58:11join or to
00:58:11pass on
00:58:12said nothing
00:58:13only looked
00:58:14he walked
00:58:15by her side
00:58:18presently
00:58:19struck
00:58:19by a sudden
00:58:20thought
00:58:21Charles
00:58:22said
00:58:23captain
00:58:24wentworth
00:58:24which way
00:58:25are you
00:58:25going
00:58:27i hardly
00:58:28know
00:58:28replied
00:58:30captain
00:58:30wentworth
00:58:30surprised
00:58:32are you
00:58:33going near
00:58:33camden place
00:58:34because if
00:58:35you are
00:58:35i shall
00:58:35have no
00:58:36scruple
00:58:36in asking
00:58:37you to
00:58:37take
00:58:37my place
00:58:38and give
00:58:39anne
00:58:39your arm
00:58:40to her
00:58:40father's
00:58:41door
00:58:43there
00:58:43could
00:58:44not
00:58:44be
00:58:45an
00:58:45objection
00:58:47there
00:58:48could
00:58:48be
00:58:48only
00:58:48the
00:58:48most
00:58:49proper
00:58:49alacrity
00:58:50a
00:58:50most
00:58:51obliging
00:58:51compliance
00:58:52for public
00:58:52view
00:58:53and smiles
00:58:54reined in
00:58:55and spirits
00:58:56dancing
00:58:57in private
00:58:58rapture
00:59:00in half a
00:59:01minute
00:59:02Charles
00:59:02was at
00:59:03the bottom
00:59:03of union
00:59:04street
00:59:04again
00:59:04and the
00:59:05other
00:59:05two
00:59:06proceeding
00:59:06together
00:59:07and soon
00:59:08words
00:59:09enough
00:59:10had passed
00:59:10between
00:59:11them
00:59:11to decide
00:59:12their
00:59:12direction
00:59:13and prepare
00:59:14it for
00:59:14all the
00:59:15immortality
00:59:16which the
00:59:16happiest
00:59:16recollections
00:59:17of their
00:59:18own
00:59:18future
00:59:18lives
00:59:19could
00:59:19bestow
00:59:20they
00:59:22exchanged
00:59:23again
00:59:23those
00:59:24feelings
00:59:24and those
00:59:25promises
00:59:26which had
00:59:27once before
00:59:28seemed to
00:59:28secure
00:59:29everything
00:59:29but which
00:59:30had been
00:59:31followed
00:59:31by so
00:59:32many
00:59:32many
00:59:33years
00:59:34of
00:59:34division
00:59:35and
00:59:36estrangement
00:59:37they
00:59:38returned
00:59:39again
00:59:39into
00:59:40the
00:59:40past
00:59:41more
00:59:42exquisitely
00:59:43happy
00:59:43perhaps
00:59:43in their
00:59:44reunion
00:59:45than when
00:59:46it had
00:59:46first
00:59:46been
00:59:46projected
00:59:47more
00:59:48tender
00:59:49more
00:59:49tried
00:59:50more
00:59:51fixed
00:59:51in a
00:59:52knowledge
00:59:52of each
00:59:52other's
00:59:53character
00:59:53truth
00:59:54and
00:59:54attachment
00:59:55more
00:59:56equal
00:59:56to
00:59:56act
00:59:57more
00:59:58justified
00:59:58in
00:59:59acting
01:00:01at
01:00:02last
01:00:03Anne
01:00:03was at
01:00:04home
01:00:04again
01:00:04and
01:00:05happier
01:00:06than
01:00:06anyone
01:00:07in that
01:00:07house
01:00:08could
01:00:08have
01:00:08conceived
01:00:10who
01:00:11can be
01:00:11in doubt
01:00:12of what
01:00:12followed
01:00:14when any
01:00:15two young
01:00:15people
01:00:15take it
01:00:16into their
01:00:16heads
01:00:17to marry
01:00:17they are
01:00:18pretty sure
01:00:19by perseverance
01:00:20to carry
01:00:21their point
01:00:22be they
01:00:23ever so
01:00:23poor
01:00:24or ever so
01:00:25imprudent
01:00:26or ever so
01:00:27little likely
01:00:28to be
01:00:28necessary
01:00:29to each
01:00:29other's
01:00:29ultimate
01:00:30comfort
01:00:32Sir Walter
01:00:33made no
01:00:34objection
01:00:35Captain
01:00:36Wentworth
01:00:37with five
01:00:38and twenty
01:00:38thousand
01:00:39pounds
01:00:39and as
01:00:40high in
01:00:40his
01:00:41profession
01:00:41as merit
01:00:42and activity
01:00:43could place
01:00:43him
01:00:43was no
01:00:45longer
01:00:45nobody
01:00:49the only
01:00:50one among
01:00:50them
01:00:51whose
01:00:51opposition
01:00:52of feeling
01:00:52could excite
01:00:53any serious
01:00:54anxiety
01:00:55was Lady
01:00:56Russell
01:00:58Anne
01:00:58knew
01:00:59that Lady
01:00:59Russell
01:01:00must be
01:01:00suffering
01:01:01some
01:01:01pain
01:01:02in
01:01:02understanding
01:01:03and relinquishing
01:01:04Mr Elliot
01:01:04and be
01:01:06making
01:01:06some
01:01:06struggles
01:01:07to become
01:01:08truly
01:01:08acquainted
01:01:09with
01:01:09and do
01:01:10justice
01:01:10to
01:01:11Captain
01:01:11Wentworth
01:01:12this
01:01:14however
01:01:14was what
01:01:16Lady
01:01:16Russell
01:01:16had now
01:01:17to do
01:01:19she must
01:01:20learn to
01:01:20feel
01:01:20that she
01:01:21had been
01:01:21mistaken
01:01:22with regard
01:01:22to both
01:01:23that she'd
01:01:24been unfairly
01:01:25influenced
01:01:25by appearances
01:01:27in each
01:01:29there was
01:01:30nothing less
01:01:30for Lady
01:01:31Russell
01:01:31to do
01:01:32than to
01:01:32admit
01:01:33that she'd
01:01:33been
01:01:33pretty
01:01:34completely
01:01:35wrong
01:01:35and to
01:01:36take up
01:01:37a new
01:01:37set of
01:01:37opinions
01:01:38and of
01:01:39hopes
01:01:41for Anne
01:01:42was tenderness
01:01:44itself
01:01:45and she
01:01:46had the
01:01:47full worth
01:01:48of it
01:01:48in Captain
01:01:49Wentworth's
01:01:50affection
01:01:50and
01:01:52he
01:01:54were
01:01:54and
01:01:54he
01:01:54he
01:01:55was
01:01:55to
01:01:55and
01:01:55he
01:02:08could
01:02:14and
01:02:15the
01:02:19was
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