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  Persuasion
  Jane Austen
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  Persuasion
  Volume I
  Chapter I。 The Elliots and their money problems                           5
  Chapter II。 Elliots to leave Kellynch Hall                               14
  Chapter III。 Kellynch let to Admiral Croft                               21
  Chapter IV。 Anne Elliot’s former attachment to Captain
  Wentworth; brother…in…law to Admiral Croft                            31
  Chapter V。 Elliots to Bath; Anne remains behind                          38
  Chapter VI。 Anne at Uppercross Cottage; Crofts at
  Kellynch Hall                                                         49
  Chapter VII。 Captain Wentworth arrives at Kellynch;
  meets Anne                                                            62
  Chapter VIII。 Anne and Wentworth dine with the
  Musgraves at Uppercross House                                         73
  Chapter IX。 Charles Hayter returns to Uppercross                         84
  Chapter X。 A walk to the Hayters at Winthrop                             94
  Chapter XI。 A trip to Lyme                                              107
  Chapter XII。 Louisa Musgrave’s accident at Lyme                         118
  Volume II
  Chapter I。 Anne visits Kellynch Hall                                    136
  Chapter II。 Anne and Lady Russell to Bath                               145
  Chapter III。 Anne’s cousin Mr Elliot comes to call                      154
  Chapter IV。 Mr Elliot’s intentions discussed                            164
  Chapter V。 Anne visits her schoolfriend; Mrs Smith                      172
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  Chapter VI。 Anne learns that Louisa is to marry
  Captain Benwick                                                       184
  Chapter VII。 Captain Wentworth arrives in Bath                           198
  Chapter VIII。 Anne speaks to Wentworth at a concert                      206
  Chapter IX。 Mrs Smith reveals Mr Elliot’s character to Anne 218
  Chapter X。 The Musgraves arrive in Bath                                  241
  Chapter XI。 Wentworth writes to Anne; they are reunited                  260
  Chapter XII。 Anne marries Wentworth; he helps Mrs Smith                  282
  Appendix。 The Original Ending of Persuasion                              288
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  PERSUASION
  VOLUME I
  CHAPTER I
  ir Walter Elliot; of Kellynch Hall; in Somersetshire; was a
  man who; for his own amusement; never took up any book
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  but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle
  hour; and consolation in a distressed one; there his faculties were
  roused into admiration and respect; by contemplating the limited
  remnant of the earliest patents; there any unwelcome sensations;
  arising    from   domestic    affairs  changed    naturally   into  pity   and
  contempt as he turned over the almost endless creations of the last
  century;   and   there;   if   every   other   leaf   were   powerless;   he   could
  read his own history with an interest which never failed。 This was
  the page at which the favourite volume always opened:
  “ELLIOT OF KELLYNCH HALL。
  “Walter     Elliot;  born  March    1;  1760;  married;    July  15;  1784;
  Elizabeth;   daughter   of   James   Stevenson;   Esq。   of   South   Park;   in
  the   county   of   Gloucester;   by   which   lady   (who   died   1800)   he   has
  issue   Elizabeth; born   June 1;   1785; Anne; born   August   9;   1787;   a
  still…born son; November 5; 1789; Mary; born November 20; 1791。”
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  Precisely     such    had    the   paragraph      originally    stood    from    the
  printer’s hands; but Sir Walter had improved it by adding; for the
  information of himself and his family; these words; after the date
  of   Mary’s   birth—“Married;   December   16;   1810;   Charles;   son   and
  heir   of   Charles   Musgrove;   Esq。   of   Uppercross;   in   the   county   of
  Somerset;” and by inserting most accurately the day of the month
  on which he had lost his wife。
  Then      followed      the   history     and    rise   of   the    ancient     and
  respectable family; in the usual terms; how it had been first settled
  in Cheshire; how mentioned in Dugdale; serving the office of high
  sheriff;   representing   a   borough   in   three   successive   parliaments;
  exertions   of   loyalty;   and   dignity   of   baronet;   in   the   first   year   of
  Charles   II;   with   all   the   Marys   and   Elizabeths   they   had   married;
  forming       altogether       two    handsome         duodecimo         pages;     and
  concluding   with   the   arms   and   motto:—“Principal   seat;   Kellynch
  Hall;   in   the   county   of   Somerset;”   and   Sir   Walter’s   handwriting
  again in this finale:—
  “Heir presumptive; William Walter Elliot; Esq。; great grandson
  of the second Sir Walter。”
  Vanity   was   the   beginning   and   the   end   of   Sir   Walter   Elliot’s
  character;       vanity    of   person     and    of   situation。    He    had    been
  remarkably   handsome   in   his   youth;   and;   at   fifty…four;   was   still   a
  very   fine   man。   Few   women   could   think   more   of   their   personal
  appearance than he did; nor could the valet of any new made lord
  be more delighted with the place he held in society。 He considered
  the    blessing     of  beauty     as   inferior    only   to   the   blessing     of  a
  baronetcy; and   the   Sir  Walter   Elliot;   who   united   these   gifts;   was
  the constant object of his warmest respect and devotion。
  His    good     looks    and    his  rank     had    one    fair  claim     on   his
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  attachment;       since    to  them    he   must    have    owed    a  wife   of  very
  superior character to any thing deserved   by  his  own。   Lady  Elliot
  had     been    an    excellent    woman;      sensible     and    amiable;     whose
  judgment   and   conduct;   if   they   might   be   pardoned   the   youthful
  infatuation      which     made     her   Lady     Elliot;   had   never     required
  indulgence        afterwards。—She          had    humoured;       or   softened;     or
  concealed       his  failings;   and   promoted      his   real  respectability     for
  seventeen   years;   and   though   not   the   very   happiest   being   in   the
  world herself; had found enough in her duties; her friends; and her
  children; to attach her to life; and make it no matter of indifference
  to her when she was called on to quit them。—Three girls; the two
  eldest  sixteen and   fourteen;   was  an   awful legacy   for   a   mother   to
  bequeath; an awful charge rather; to confide to the authority and
  guidance   of   a conceited; silly  father。   She   had;   however;   one   very
  intimate      friend;   a   sensible;    deserving     woman;      who     had    been
  brought; by strong attachment to herself; to settle close by her; in
  the   village   of   Kellynch;   and   on   her   kindness      and   advice;    Lady
  Elliot mainly relied for the best help and maintenance of the good
  principles   and   instruction   which   she   had   been   anxiously   giving
  her daughters。
  This friend; and Sir Walter; did not marry; whatever might have
  been   anticipated   on   that   head   by   their   acquaintance。—Thirteen
  years   had   passed   awa