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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. Her tour to the Lakes was

now the object of her happiest thoughts: it was her best

consolation for all the uncomfortable hours which the

discontentedness of her mother and Kitty made inevitable; and

could she have included Jane in the scheme, every part of it

would have been perfect.