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Chapter 2
ShehadbeenrepeatedlyveryearnestintryingtogetAnneincludedinthevisittoLondon,sensiblyopentoalltheinjusticeandallthediscreditoftheselfisharrangementswhichshutherout,andonmanylesseroccasionshadendeavouredtogiveElizabeththeadvantageofherownbetterjudgementandexperience;butalwaysinvain:Elizabethwouldgoherownway;andneverhadshepursueditinmoredecidedoppositiontoLadyRussellthaninthisselectionofMrsClay;turningfromthesocietyofsodeservingasister,tobestowheraffectionandconfidenceononewhooughttohavebeennothingtoherbuttheobjectofdistantcivility.
Fromsituation,MrsClaywas,inLadyRussell’sestimate,averyunequal,andinhercharactershebelievedaverydangerouscompanion;andaremovalthatwouldleaveMrsClaybehind,andbringachoiceofmoresuitableintimateswithinMissElliot’sreach,wasthereforeanobjectoffirst-rateimportance.
