[.]Alert¹, to leave them any troublesomepauses. — He repeated again what he hadsaid before ^^{about his wife & everybody —} & he would go upstairs & give his wife notice insisted on Anne's sitting down & being perfectly comfortable, was sorry he must leave her himself,but was sure M^rs . Croft w^d .would be downvery soon, & w^d .would go upstairs & giveher notice directly. —Anne was sittingdown, but now she arose again —to entreat him not to interrupt M^rs . C —Croft & re-urge the wish of going away &calling another time. — But the Adm^l -Admiralwould not hear of it; — and if she did not return to the charge with uncon::querable Perseverance, ^{or did not with a more} or with determined^{paſsive Determination} spirit t walk waquietly² out of the room — (as certainly she might have done)may she not be pardoned? — If shehad no horror of a few minutes Tète a Tète with Capt.Captain W–––Wentworth, may she not be pardoned for not wishing to give him the idea thatshe had? – — She reseated herself., & The Adm^l .Admiral took leave; ^{— but on reaching the door said} "Frederick, aword with you, if you please." when he ^had^ reached the door — Capt.Captain W —Wentworth went tohim; ^{and instantly, before they} & tho'though they did both paſs onto ^{were well out of the room, the} the Landing place & the Adm^lAdmiral be:: ^{AdmlAdmiral continued  "As I am going to} leived himself to be speaking low, she leave you together, it is fitbut fair