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Chapter 7

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2020

Janet Todd
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
Antje Blank
Affiliation:
University of Aberdeen
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WHILE Admiral Croft was taking this walk with Anne, and expressing his wish of getting Captain Wentworth to Bath, Captain Wentworth was already on his way thither. Before Mrs. Croft had written, he was arrived; and the very next time Anne walked out, she saw him.

Mr. Elliot was attending his two cousins and Mrs. Clay. They were in Milsom-street. It began to rain, not much, but enough to make shelter desirable for women, and quite enough to make it very desirable for Miss Elliot to have the advantage of being conveyed home in Lady Dalrymple’s carriage, which was seen waiting at a little distance; she, Anne, and Mrs. Clay, therefore, turned into Molland’s, while Mr. Elliot stepped to Lady Dalrymple, to request her assistance. He soon joined them again, successful, of course; Lady Dalrymple would be most happy to take them home, and would call for them in a few minutes.

Her ladyship's carriage was a barouche, and did not hold more than four with any comfort. Miss Carteret was with her mother; consequently it was not reasonable to expect accommodation for all the three Camden-place ladies. There could be no doubt as to Miss Elliot. Whoever suffered inconvenience, she must suffer none, but it occupied a little time to settle the point of civility between the other two. The rain was a mere trifle, and Anne was most sincere in preferring a walk with Mr. Elliot. But the rain was also a mere trifle to Mrs. Clay; she would hardly allow it even to drop at all, and her boots were so thick! much thicker than Miss Anne’s; and, in short, her civility rendered her quite as anxious to be left to walk with Mr. Elliot, as Anne could be, and it was discussed between them with a generosity so polite and so determined, that the others were obliged to settle it for them; Miss Elliot maintaining that Mrs. Clay had a little cold already, and Mr. Elliot deciding on appeal, that his cousin Anne's boots were rather the thickest.

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Persuasion , pp. 189 - 196
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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  • Chapter 7
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by Janet Todd, University of Aberdeen, Antje Blank, University of Aberdeen
  • Book: Persuasion
  • Online publication: 18 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316848630.023
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  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by Janet Todd, University of Aberdeen, Antje Blank, University of Aberdeen
  • Book: Persuasion
  • Online publication: 18 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316848630.023
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  • Chapter 7
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by Janet Todd, University of Aberdeen, Antje Blank, University of Aberdeen
  • Book: Persuasion
  • Online publication: 18 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316848630.023
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