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Indeed I knew that you spoke about it, but I did not know that you wished for it.

Ah! but I did—I thought I did. (Pacing backward and forward in an irresolute way; then stopping short.) And now, when this house, this most desirable house, may be had upon my own terms!

But you forget, my dear aunt, that it wants a closet for your curiosities, and that the back staircase is so miserably narrow.

Don't distract me, Emma: tell me what to do. How does it strike you? Would it not be betterO, no! that won't do, neither.—O that Lady Totterdown or Mrs. Siftall were here, that I might ask their advice!—What would you advise me to do?

The writer of that letter is not unreasonable enough to require an immediate answer: lay it aside for the present, and open the next. (Pointing to another letter.)

I am glad she has found time to answer me at