Доводы рассудка

           ButtherainwasalsoameretrifletoMrsClay;shewouldhardlyallowiteventodropatall,andherbootsweresothick!muchthickerthanMissAnne’s;and,inshort,hercivilityrenderedherquiteasanxioustobelefttowalkwithMrElliotasAnnecouldbe,anditwasdiscussedbetweenthemwithagenerositysopoliteandsodetermined,thattheotherswereobligedtosettleitforthem;MissElliotmaintainingthatMrsClayhadalittlecoldalready,andMrElliotdecidingonappeal,thathiscousinAnne’sbootswereratherthethickest.

           Itwasfixedaccordingly,thatMrsClayshouldbeofthepartyinthecarriage;andtheyhadjustreachedthispoint,whenAnne,asshesatnearthewindow,descried,mostdecidedlyanddistinctly,CaptainWentworthwalkingdownthestreet.

           Herstartwasperceptibleonlytoherself;butsheinstantlyfeltthatshewasthegreatestsimpletonintheworld,themostunaccountableandabsurd!Forafewminutesshesawnothingbeforeher;itwasallconfusion.Shewaslost,andwhenshehadscoldedbackhersenses,shefoundtheothersstillwaitingforthecarriage,andMrElliot(alwaysobliging)justsettingoffforUnionStreetonacommissionofMrsClay’s.

           Shenowfeltagreatinclinationtogototheouterdoor;shewantedtoseeifitrained.Whywasshetosuspectherselfofanothermotive?CaptainWentworthmustbeoutofsight.Sheleftherseat,shewouldgo;onehalfofhershouldnotbealwayssomuchwiserthantheotherhalf,oralwayssuspectingtheotherofbeingworsethanitwas.Shewouldseeifitrained.