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"

But

for

my

satisfaction

,

if

you

will

have

the

goodness

to

ring

for

Mary

;

stay

:

I

am

sure

you

will

have

the

still

greater

goodness

of

going

yourself

into

my

bedroom

,

and

bringing

me

the

small

inlaid

box

which

you

will

find

on

the

upper

shelf

of

the

closet

.

"

Anne

,

seeing

her

friend

to

be

earnestly

bent

on

it

,

did

as

she

was

desired

.

The

box

was

brought

and

placed

before

her

,

and

Mrs

Smith

,

sighing

over

it

as

she

unlocked

it

,

said

--

"

This

is

full

of

papers

belonging

to

him

,

to

my

husband

;

a

small

portion

only

of

what

I

had

to

look

over

when

I

lost

him

.

The

letter

I

am

looking

for

was

one

written

by

Mr

Elliot

to

him

before

our

marriage

,

and

happened

to

be

saved

;

why

,

one

can

hardly

imagine

.

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But

he

was

careless

and

immethodical

,

like

other

men

,

about

those

things

;

and

when

I

came

to

examine

his

papers

,

I

found

it

with

others

still

more

trivial

,

from

different

people

scattered

here

and

there

,

while

many

letters

and

memorandums

of

real

importance

had

been

destroyed

.

Here

it

is

;

I

would

not

burn

it

,

because

being

even

then

very

little

satisfied

with

Mr

Elliot

,

I

was

determined

to

preserve

every

document

of

former

intimacy

.

I

have

now

another

motive

for

being

glad

that

I

can

produce

it

.

"

This

was

the

letter

,

directed

to

"

Charles

Smith

,

Esq.

.

Tunbridge

Wells

,

"

and

dated

from

London

,

as

far

back

as

July

,

1803

:

--

"

Dear

Smith

--

I

have

received

yours

.

Your

kindness

almost

overpowers

me

.

I

wish

nature

had

made

such

hearts

as

yours

more

common

,

but

I

have

lived

three-and-twenty

years

in

the

world

,

and

have

seen

none

like

it

.

At

present

,

believe

me

,

I

have

no

need

of

your

services

,

being

in

cash

again

.

Give

me

joy

:

I

have

got

rid

of

Sir

Walter

and

Miss.

.

They

are

gone

back

to

Kellynch

,

and

almost

made

me

swear

to

visit

them

this

summer

;

but

my

first

visit

to

Kellynch

will

be

with

a

surveyor

,

to

tell

me

how

to

bring

it

with

best

advantage

to

the

hammer

.

The

baronet

,

nevertheless

,

is

not

unlikely

to

marry

again

;

he

is

quite

fool

enough

.

If

he

does

,

however

,

they

will

leave

me

in

peace

,

which

may

be

a

decent

equivalent

for

the

reversion

.

He

is

worse

than

last

year

.

"

I

wish

I

had

any

name

but

Elliot

.

I

am

sick

of

it

.

The

name

of

Walter

I

can

drop

,

thank

God

!

and

I

desire

you

will

never

insult

me

with

my

second

W.

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again

,

meaning

,

for

the

rest

of

my

life

,

to

be

only

yours

truly

--

Wm.

Elliot

.

"

Such

a

letter

could

not

be

read

without

putting

Anne

in

a

glow

;

and

Mrs

Smith

,

observing

the

high

colour

in

her

face

,

said

--

"

The

language

,

I

know

,

is

highly

disrespectful

.

Though

I

have

forgot

the

exact

terms

,

I

have

a

perfect

impression

of

the

general

meaning

.

But

it

shows

you

the

man

.

Mark

his

professions

to

my

poor

husband

.

Can

any

thing

be

stronger

?

"

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