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the bestpretend to a much better matchof the two.than she could. — The only person among them whose opposition offeelings cd .couldexcitebe any serious anxietyto them, was Lady Ruſsel. – Anneknew that Lady R Russel must be suffering some pain in understanding & re::linquishing Mr . E Elliot & be making some struggles to become truly ac::quainted with & do justice to Capt.CaptainW. Wentworth This however, was what LadyRRussel had now to do. She must learn to feel that she had been mis::taken with regard to both — that she had been unfairly influencedby appearances inthe manners of each — that,because Capt.CaptainW.Wentworth's manners had notsuited her own exact ideas, she had been too quick in suspecting themto indicate a Character of dangerousImpetuousity, & that becauseMr . Elliot's manners had precisely pleased her in their propriety & cor::rectneſs, their suavity generalpoliteneſs & suavity, she had been too quick in receiving them as the certain result of the most correct opinions & well regulated

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