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It requires a gentlewoman?a Julia BertramYou will undertake it,
I hope?? turning to her with a look of anxious entreaty, which softened
her a little; but while she hesitated what to say, her brother
again interposed with Miss Crawford?s better claim
?No, no, Julia must not be AmeliaIt is not at all the part for her
She would not like itShe would not do wellShe is too tall and
robustAmelia should be a small, light, girlish, skipping figureIt is
fit for Miss Crawford, and Miss Crawford onlyShe looks the part,
and I am persuaded will do it admirably
Without attending to this, Henry Crawford continued his supplication
?You must oblige us,? said he, ?indeed you mustWhen
you have studied the character, I am sure you will feel it suit you
Tragedy may be your choice, but it will certainly appear that comedy
chuses youYou will be to visit me in prison with a basket of
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provisions; you will not refuse to visit me in prison? I think I see
you coming in with your basket?
The influence of his voice was feltJulia wavered; but was he only
trying to soothe and pacify her, and make her overlook the previous
affront? She distrusted himThe slight had been most determined
He was, perhaps, but at treacherous play with herShe looked suspiciously
at her sister; Maria?s countenance was to decide it: if she
were vexed and alarmed?but Maria looked all serenity and satisfaction,
and Julia well knew that on this ground Maria could not be
happy but at her expenseWith hasty indignation, therefore, and a
tremulous voice, she said to him, ?You do not seem afraid of not
keeping your countenance when I come in with a basket of provisions?
though one might have supposed?but it is only as Agatha
that I was to be so overpowering!? She stopped?Henry Crawford
looked rather foolish, and as if he did not know what to sayTom
Bertram began again?
?Miss Crawford must be AmeliaShe will be an excellent Amelia
?Do not be afraid of my wanting the character,? cried Julia, with
angry quickness: ?I am not to be Agatha, and I am sure I will do
nothing else; and as to Amelia, it is of all parts in the world the most
disgusting to meAn odious, little, pert, unnatural,
impudent girlI have always protested against comedy, and this
is comedy in its worst
