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@@@@@I was very much pleased with what I collected to have been your behaviour on the occasion; it shewed a discretion highly to be commendedBut now, when he has made his overtures so properly, and honourably?what are your scruples now?? ?You are mistaken, sir,? cried Fanny, forced by the anxiety of the moment even to tell her uncle that he was wrong; ?you are quite mistakenCrawford say such a thing? I gave him no encouragement yesterdayOn the contrary, I told him, I cannot recollect my exact words, but I am sure I told him that I would not listen to him, that it was very unpleasant to me in every respect, and that I begged him never to talk to me in that manner againI am sure I said as much as that and more; and I should have said still more, if I had been quite certain of his meaning anything seriously; but I did not like to be, I could not bear to be, imputing more than 273 Jane Austen might be intendedI thought it might all pass for nothing with him She could say no more; her breath was almost gone ?Am I to understand,? said Sir Thomas, after a few moments? silence, ?that you mean to refuse MrCrawford?? ?Yes, sir ?Refuse him?? ?Yes, sirCrawford! Upon what plea? For what reason?? ?I?I cannot like him, sir, well enough to marry him ?This is very strange!? said Sir Thomas, in a voice of calm displeasure ?There is something in this which my comprehension does not reachHere is a young man wishing to pay his addresses to you, with everything to recommend him: not merely situation in life, fortune, and character, but with more than common agreeableness, with address and conversation pleasing to everybodyAnd he is not an acquaintance of to-day; you have now known him some time His sister, moreover, is your intimate friend, and he has been doing that for your brother, which I should suppose would have been almost sufficient recommendation to you, had there been no otherIt is very uncertain when my interest might have got William onHe has done it already ?Yes,? said Fanny, in a faint voice, and looking down with fresh shame; and she did feel almost ashamed of herself, after such a picture as her uncle had drawn, for not liking Mr ?You must have been aware,? continued Sir Thomas presently, ?you must have been some time aware of a particularity in Mr Crawford?s manners to youThis cannot have taken you by surprise You must have observed his attentions; and though you always received them very properly (I have no accusation to make on that head), I never perceived them to be unpleasant to youI am half inclined to think, Fanny, that you do not quite know your own feelings ?Oh yes, sir! indeed I d