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struck him as very unlike the gratitude of her Sisters encouraging warmth he had been used toreceive from her Sisters, & gave him probably thenovel sensation of doubting his own influence, & ofwishing for more attention than she bestowed. gave —.The dancing now recommenced; Miſs Carr being wasimpatient to call, everybody was required tostand up — & Tom Musgrave’s curiosity was ap::peased, on see[...]ing1 Mr . by seeing Howard come forward & claim come to claim hisEmma’s hand. partner. — "That will do as well for me —" was Ld .Lord Osborne’s remark, when his friend carried when answering his friend’s him the news — communication; — & he was continually at Ho::ward’s Elbow during the twodances. — The frequencyof his appearance there, was the only unpleasantpart of her engagement, to Emma, the only ob::jection she could make to Mr . Howard. — Inhimself, she thought him as agreable as helooked; tho’though chatting on the commonest topics matt2hise3 had a sensiblen easy, unaffected, way & unpretending man::ner which of expreſsing himself, which madethem all worth hearing.,4 & she only regrettedthat he had not been able to make hispupil’s Manners as unexceptionable as hisown. The two dances seemed very short, & she had her partner's authority for [.....]considering5

Footnotes

1.
'ing' of 'seeing' written over an earlier, illegible word. Back to context...
2.
Presumably the word was going to be 'matters'; the 'tt' have not been crossed. Back to context...
3.
Originally 'his'; 'e' written over 'is'. Back to context...
4.
Comma possibly writen over a full stop. Back to context...
5.
'consid' in 'considering' written over an earlier illegible word. Back to context...
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