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Upon The Whole, Therefore, She Found, What Has Been Sometimes Found Before, That An Event To Which She Had Looked Forward With Impatient Desire, Did Not In Taking Place, Bring All The Satisfaction She Had Promised Herself. It Was Consequently Necessary To Name Some Other Period For The Commencement Of Actual Felicity; To Have Some Other Point On Which Her Wishes And Hopes Might Be Fixed, And By Again Enjoying The Pleasure Of Anticipation, Console Herself For The Present, And Prepare For Another Disappointment.

I . . . Am Always Half Afraid Of Finding A Clever Novel Too Clever--& Of Finding My Own Story & My Own People All Forestalled.

Where So Many Hours Have Been Spent In Convincing Myself That I Am Right, Is There Not Some Reason To Fear I May Be Wrong?

Family Connexions Were Always Worth Preserving, Good Company Always Worth Seeking.

There Is No Reason In The World Why You Should Not Be Important Where You Are Known. You Have Good Sense, And A Sweet Temper, And I Am Sure You Have A Grateful Heart, That Could Never Receive Kindness Without Hoping To Return It. I Do Not Know Any Better Qualifications For A Friend And Companion.