Two Chapters of Persuasion: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, MS Egerton 3038
from the later
knowledge ofyour Character which I had
ac=:quired, I could not bring it
intoplay, it was overwhelmed, buried,lost in those earlier
feelings, whichI had been smarting under Yearafter Year. — I could think of youonly as one who hadyeilded, soimplicitly — who had given me up, too much — too much at
leastwho had been influenced I saw
youfor my Endurance — & seeing by anyone rather than by me —you
as I did, with the veryPerson who had guided youI saw you with the very
Personwho had guided you in that
yearof Misery — I had no reason to thinkher of leſs authority,;1now —[.] — The force ofHabit was
to be added." — "I shouldhave thought, said Anne, that myManner to yourself,you,2 might have
sparedyou much, or all of this. –" "No —No — Your manner
might be onlythe ease, which your engagementto another Manwould give.might produce.3 –I left you with this beleif. —Andyet —I was determined to see you again.however —. My spirits ralliedwith the morning, & I
felt thatI had still a motive for re::maining here. — The Admiral'snews indeed, was
a revulsion.
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