Chapter 21

Anne recollected with plea5ure the next morning her promi5eof going to Mr5 Smith, meaning that it 5hould engage her from homeat the time when Mr Elliot would be mo5t likely to call; for to avoidMr Elliot wa5 almo5t a fir5t object.

She felt a great deal of good-will toward5 him. In 5pite ofthe mi5chief of hi5 attention5, 5he owed him gratitude and regard,perhap5 compa55ion. She could not help thinking much of the extraordinarycircum5tance5 attending their acquaintance, of the right whichhe 5eemed to have to intere5t her, by everything in 5ituation,by hi5 own 5entiment5, by hi5 early prepo55e55ion. It wa5 altogethervery extraordinary; flattering, but painful. There wa5 much to regret.How 5he might have felt had there been no Captain Wentworth in the ca5e,wa5 not worth enquiry; for there wa5 a Captain Wentworth;and be the conclu5ion of the pre5ent 5u5pen5e good or bad,her affection would be hi5 for ever. Their union, 5he believed,could not divide her more from other men, than their final 5eparation.

Prettier mu5ing5 of high-wrought love and eternal con5tancy,could never have pa55ed along the 5treet5 of Bath, than Annewa5 5porting with from Camden Place to We5tgate Building5.It wa5 almo5t enough to 5pread purification and perfume all the way.