ake two whole hours endeav to make them out. She certainly did not hate him. No; hatred had vanished long ago,and she had almost as long been ashamed of ever feeling a dislike against him, that could be so called. The respect created by the vi of his valuable qualities, though at first unwillingly admitted, had for some time ceased to be repugnant to her feeling; and it was now heightened into somewhat of a friendlier nature, by the testimony so highly in his favour, and bringing forward his disposition in so amiable a light, which yesterday had produced. But above all, above resped esteem, there was a motive within her of goodwill which could not be overlooked. It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her, but for loviill well enough to ive all the petnd acrimony of her manner iing him, and all the unjust usations ompanying her reje.He who,she had been persuaded,would avoid her as his greatest enemy,seemed,on this idental meeting,most eager to preserve the acquaintance, and without any indelicate disy ard,or any peculiarity of manner,where their two selves only were ed, was solig the good opinion of her friends,a on making her known to his sister.Such a ge in a man of so much pride exg not only astonishment but gratitude—for to love,ardent love,it must be attributed;and as such its impression on her was of a sort to be enced,as by no means unpleasing,though it could not be exactly defined.She respected,she esteemed,she was grateful to him,she felt a real
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