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in which there shall be no mistakes, can be made out.

It is too much, cousin; I cannot—I cannot receive it.

Fie upon thee, man! hast thou an infirmity, too,—the infirmity of pride? It will promote my happiness: and it may enable thee, as soon as thou art in the receipt of ninety pounds a year from thy profession, to promote thine own, if thou canst prevail upon some good girl to unite her fate with thine. Dost thou wot of such a one? perhaps thou dost.

Now is the critical moment to strengthen my hopes or my fear. I see how it is, charming Emma; and may it not encourage me to hope that the engaging child from whose innocent head I cut off this fair