Profeſsion as Merit & Activity c^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 ten Thousand pounds which must be her's hereafter. — Sir Walter indeed tho'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 ^it her^a to be making^ a bad match for^ ^her.

As he saw ^{& conversed with} more of Cap^t .Captain W.Wentworth –––, more,¹saw ^{his complexion} him by daylight — & conversed with him, & perceived ⁱⁿ by 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.Captain W.Wentworth musthave the advantage, that he hadlost much leſs of Youth & bloom since former days than she had,and that consequently he might now