enough in themselves — and ^their in::^{marriage, in}stead of being depriveding¹^^her of one freind ^the by Anne's marriage, it gained her another secured her two. When they had any home, she was frequently w She was one oftheir first visitors in their settled Life — and Capt.Captain Wentworth, byputting her in the way of reco::vering ^{her Husband's}the^ property in the W.West Indies,by giving her the writing for her, & acting for her, & seeing her throughall the petty Difficulties of the case,with the activity & exertion of afearleſs friend Man, & a determinedfriend, convinced her of his being much nearer Perfection than her intercourse with the World had fully requited theservices she had rendered, or had^^evermeant to render her friend, to his Wife — and could not fail of  ^{And having received such fre abenefit from} establishing his And having done  ^{him, not even his wife could} so much for her, scarcely could ^{Mrs . Smith's estimate of his Perfections could} his wife even think him nearer ^{be surpaſsed only by that Wife's.} perfection, —