Two Chapters of Persuasion: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, MS Egerton 3038
& Anne rose to go. — She was
ear::nestly invited to stay dinner; — &a note was dispatched to Camden
Place — and she staid; —she staid till 10 at night.And during that time, more than oneinterval was secured to them by
Mrs -Croft the Husband & wife, either by the wife's contrivance, or
by simply going on in their usual way, were frequentlyout of the room
together — gone upstairs to hear a noise, or gone downstairs to settle their accounts, orgone upon the Landing place to
trimthe Lamp. — And these precious
momentswere turned to so good an account thatallmany of the most anxious feelings of thepast were gone through. – Before theyparted at night, Anne had the felicityof being aſsured in the first place that — (so far frombeing altered for the
worse!) – shehad gainedinexpreſsibly in personal Lovelineſs;
&that as to Character –her's was nowfixed on his Mind as Perfection it::self —maintaining bearing the just medium ofFortitude & Gentleneſs; – that he hadnever ceased to love & prefer her, though ithad been only at Uppercroſs
thathe had learnt to do her anyJus::tice — & only at Lyme that he had begun to understand his
ownsensations; — that at Lyme he had