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           HehadbeeninBathaboutafortnight;(hehadpassedthroughBathinNovember,inhiswaytoLondon,whentheintelligenceofSirWalter’sbeingsettledtherehadofcoursereachedhim,thoughonlytwenty-fourhoursintheplace,buthehadnotbeenabletoavailhimselfofit;)buthehadnowbeenafortnightinBath,andhisfirstobjectonarriving,hadbeentoleavehiscardinCamdenPlace,followingitupbysuchassiduousendeavourstomeet,andwhentheydidmeet,bysuchgreatopennessofconduct,suchreadinesstoapologizeforthepast,suchsolicitudetobereceivedasarelationagain,thattheirformergoodunderstandingwascompletelyre-established.

           Theyhadnotafaulttofindinhim.Hehadexplainedawayalltheappearanceofneglectonhisownside.Ithadoriginatedinmisapprehensionentirely.Hehadneverhadanideaofthrowinghimselfoff;hehadfearedthathewasthrownoff,butknewnotwhy,anddelicacyhadkepthimsilent.Uponthehintofhavingspokendisrespectfullyorcarelesslyofthefamilyandthefamilyhonours,hewasquiteindignant.He,whohadeverboastedofbeinganElliot,andwhosefeelings,astoconnection,wereonlytoostricttosuittheunfeudaltoneofthepresentday.Hewasastonished,indeed,buthischaracterandgeneralconductmustrefuteit.HecouldreferSirWaltertoallwhoknewhim;andcertainly,thepainshehadbeentakingonthis,thefirstopportunityofreconciliation,toberestoredtothefootingofarelationandheir-presumptive,wasastrongproofofhisopinionsonthesubject.