Profeſsion as Merit & Activityc^d -could place him, was no longer nobody. He was now esteemed quite worthyto addreſs the Daughter of a foolishspendthrift Baronet, who had nothad Principle or sense enough tomaintain himself in the Situation in which Providence had placed him,& who c^d .could give his Daughter buta small part of the Share of tenThousand pounds which must beher's hereafter. — Sir Walter indeedtho'though he had no affection for ^{his Daughter}Anne & no vanity flattered to make him really happy on the occasion,was very far from thinking ^ither^ato be making^ a bad match for^ ^her.

As he saw ^{& conversed with}more ofCap^t .CaptainW.Wentworth–––, more,¹saw ^{his complexion}him by daylight —& conversedwith him, & perceived ⁱⁿby such[conversa]tion that his Teeth were^{[as fine] as ever. —}[remark]ably fine — he co[uld not]but feel that in any ^^pre[sent][compa]ri::son² with Anne, Capt.CaptainW.Wentworth musthave the advantage, that he hadlost much leſs of Youth & bloomsince former days than she had,and that consequently he might now