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When she went awaythe other day, she said it should bethe last time. of trial. – I suppose you didnot know what herparticular Busineſs was at Chichester South::ampton nor what [..]gueſs at1 the you did not suspect object butthat2 that  tcould3 could take her away, from Stanton from home justas you were coming home after so manyyears absence." — "No indeed, I had not should never the have smallest suspicion of it. I considered herengagement to Mrs . Shaw just at that timeas very unfortunate for me. I had hopedto find all my Sisters at home; to be able to I wished tomake aan4immediate friend of each." —"I suspect the Dr .. to have had an attack of the Asthma. Gout, & thatshe was hurried away on that account —The Shaws are quite on her side. – At leastI beleive so – but she tells me nothing. Sheprofeſses to keep her own counsel; she says,& truly enough, that "Too many Cooks spoilthe Broth." "I am sorry for her anxieties,said Emma, — but I do not like her plansor her opinions. I shall be afraid of her. –She must have too masculine & bold a temper. –To be so bent on Marriage – to pursue a Man merelyfor the sake of Situation – is a sort of thing that

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'gueſs at' written over erased 'what', followed by 2-3 erased letters. Back to context...
2.
The manuscript is unclear here. It appears that JA wrote 'but | t', subsequently overwriting with 'that could' Back to context...
3.
'c' written over a 't'. Back to context...
4.
'an' written over 'a'. Back to context...
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