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to be his constant Compn :Companion each Eveng .evening was confined both days to his room – & as Eliz.Elizabeth wholoved company of any kind too well, not toprefer being below, when at all risks while she cd .could beleive1 persuaded to beleive it no sacrifice on Emma’s part. —as She had rather talk of Croydon to with Jane,with every all the interruptions of Margt .'sMargaret's perverse::neſs, than sit with only her father, whofrequently cd .could not endure Talking at all, the affair it was soon so settled, as soon as she could bepersuaded to beleive it no sacrifice on her Sister’s part. To Emma, the Exchange it was a most accep::table, & delightful, releif. Mr . Her father, if ill,required little more than only gentleneſs & silence; &, being a man if able toof Sense & Educa being tion, was if able to converse, converse, as he was a man of Education & Taste, he was a pleasing a welcome companion. In his chamber, Emma was at peace from the dreadful mortifications Evils of unequal Society, & familyDiscord — from the immediate endurance of Hard-hearted prosperity, low-minded Conceit meanspirited Self-suffi::  and aciency, & wrong-headed folly, engrafted illdisposed on an un::toward Disposition. — Shestill suffered from them in the Contemplation only in of their existence; in memory & in pros::pect, but for the moment, she ceased to behad a pause –tortured by their effects. effusions. — She was could at leisure,she could read & think, tho’though her Her situation perhapswashardly not such as to make reflection very soothing.

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