of the Girls, he might be exciting unpleasant reports, if not, raisingunrequited regard! — He found, too late, that he had entangled himself — and that precisely, as he became¹thoroughly satisfied of his not caring for Louisa at all, he must regard himself as bound to her, if her feelings for him, were what theHarvilles supposed. — It determinedhim to leave Lyme — & await her perfect recovery elsewhere. He wouldgladly weaken, by any fair means,whatever Sentiments or Speculationsconcerning him might exist; ^{and he went therefore into Shropshire} —^ mean::ing after a while, to return to theCrofts at Kellynch, & then act ashe found requisite. ––– He had re::mained in Shropshire, lamenting the^Blindneſsblunders of his own Pride,^^2& the Blun::ders of his own Calculations, tillat once released from ^Louisa Uppercroſs by the astonishing felicity of herengagement ^withto Benwicke. –To Bath,To Bath — had instantly followed, inThought; & not long after, in fact.To Bath, to arrive with Hope,to be torn by Jealousy^atat the first^sightre-appearance of M^r . E –––Elliot, to expe::rience