:44:00
My dear, you said you wouId never
try to match anyone again.
:44:04
Yes. Indeed.
:44:07
I just wish there were some way I
couId soften the news when I teII her.
:44:11
I'm afraid the best way is aIways
the most straightforward.
:44:16
Yes.
:44:19
I suppose I'II just say,
''Harriet--''
:44:23
I have some news
about Mr. EIton.
:44:28
He--
:44:31
- He's had to Ieave town.
- Why ?
:44:35
In his Ietter to Father,
:44:37
he wrote he is going to Bath
to reIax and meet new peopIe.
:44:42
And this brings me
to something most unpIeasant.
:44:46
Miss Woodhouse, nothing you couId
ever say wouId be unpIeasant.
:44:51
This is, for I must acknowIedge
myseIf grossIy mistaken...
:44:56
on the one subject which
has occupied us for some time past.
:45:03
Mr. EIton ?
:45:10
WhiIe expressing his fervent
admiration for you as a person,
:45:14
it is unhappiIy I
who have captured his fancy.
:45:18
NaturaIIy I do not return
the feeIings,
:45:20
but that does not make it
any Iess of an embarrassment.
:45:22
And I pIace the responsibiIity
for this directIy on my own shouIders.
:45:27
Oh, no !
:45:31
I have aIways feIt that I did not
deserve Mr. EIton's affections...
:45:35
so I cannot bIame him
for beIieving the same.
:45:40
And I couId never bIame you,
:45:43
for onIy so kind a friend wouId
have ever dreamed it possibIe.
:45:48
Harriet,
:45:51
I had aIways hoped that I might
have something to teach you.
:45:55
Now I see I shouId be Iucky
to resembIe you in any smaII way.