It cannot be doubted that SirWalter & Eliz:Elizabeth were shocked &mortified by the loſs of their com::panion & the discovery of theirown deception ⁱⁿas to her. Character.They had their great Cousins^{to be}in^sureLaura Place, to ^resortturn to for com::fort — but they must long feelthat to flatter & follow others, withoutbeing flattered & followed themselves^iswas but a state of half enjoyment.

Anne, satisfied at a very earlyperiod, of Lady Ruſsel's meaning tolove Capt.CaptainW–––Wentworth as she ought, hadno other alloy to the happineſs ofher prospects, than what arose fromthe consciousneſs of having norelations to bestow on him whicha Man of Sense could value. —There, she felt her own Inferiority^{keenly. —} keenneſs . The disproportion intheir fortunes was nothing; — itdid not give her a^^moment's regret; — butto have no Family to receive& estimate him properly, nothingof respectability, of Harmony, of —Goodwill