Two Chapters of Persuasion: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, MS Egerton 3038
speak, I will stop & speakdo it myself."was the Adml .'sAdmiral's reply. — "Very wellSir, very well Sir," followed with some impa::tience —answer.followed, from his Companion,who openeding1opening the door as he spoke. — "Youwill then — you promise you will?" met replied the Admiralmet her eye ear,2 in all the powerstrengthof his naturalthe Adml .'sAdmiral's voice, unbroken evenby one thin door. — "Yes — Sir — Yes." And the Adml .Admiral washastily left, & the door was closed, and the moment arrived in which
Anne was alone withCapt.CaptainW–––Wentworth. She could not attempt to see how he looked; but he walked
immediately to a window, as if irreso::lute &
embarraſsed.;3 –andFfor4 about the
space of 5 seconds, she repented whatshe had done —
censured it as unwise,blushed over it as indelicate. —
She longed to be able to speak of theweather or the Concert —& soughtbut shebut could only compaſs the could only securereleifinof5 taking aNewspaper in her hand. — The anxious,the distreſsing pause was soon over however; he
turned round in half a minute, & coming towards theTable where she sat, said, in athevoice of effort & constraint –––a Man who would speakwhether he could or
no[.], —"Youmust have heard too much alreadyMadam, already, to be in any
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- 'opened' subsequently altered to 'opening' to restore original reading.Back to context...
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- 'eye' was evidently deleted first before the entire phrase was stroked through.Back to context...
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- Full stop altered to semi-colon by overwriting.Back to context...
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- 'F' altered to 'f' by overwriting.Back to context...
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- 'of' written over 'in'.Back to context...