A week or ten days rolled quietly away after      ^{after this visit,} this visit, at Stanton Parsonag^e before anynew bustle arose to interrupt even for half aday, the tranquil & affectionate intercourse of the two Sisters, whos^e ^mutual regard for each other was in::creasing with the intimate knowledge ^{of each other}^ whichsuch intercourse produced. — The first circum::stance to break ⁱⁿ^on this serenity, was the receiptof a letter from Croydon to announce the speedyreturn of Margaret, & a visit of two or three daysfrom M^r . & M^rs . Robert Watson who undertookto bring her home^{& wished to see their Sister Emma.}.^¹ — It was an expectation tofill the thoughts of the Sisters at hom Stanton, &to ^busy em^ploy the Corp ^{time hours}oreal p^owers of one of themat least — for as Jane had been a woman offortune, the preparations for her entertain::ment were considerable, & as Eliz:Elizabeth had at alltimes more good will than method in herguidance of the house^, ^shecould make no changewithout a Bustle. — ^{An absence of 14. years} Emma had not heard^{had made all her Brothers & Sisters} anything of ^Margaret to make Strangers toEmma, but in her expectation of Margaretthere was more than the awkwardneſs of suchan Alienation; she ha^d ^heard things which made