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"Dearest Jane! who could have done less for her? But make a

virtue of it by all means. My good qualities are under your

protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible;

and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasions for teasing

and quarrelling with you as often as may be; and I shall begin

directly, by asking you what made you so unwilling to come to the

point at last? What made you so shy of me, when you first called,

and afterwards dined here? Why, especially, when you called, did

you look as if you did not care about me?"

"Because you were grave and silent, and gave me no

encouragement."

"But I was embarrassed."

"And so was I."

"You might have talked to me more when you came to dinner."

"A man who had felt less might."