Jane Austen
heightened into somewhat of a friendlier nature, by the testimony so highly in his favour,
and bringing forward his disposition in so amiable a light, which yesterday had produced.
But above all, above respect and esteem, there was a motive within her of goodwill which
could not be overlooked. It was gratitude; gratitude, not merely for having once loved her,
but for loving her still well enough to forgive all the petulance and acrimony of her manner
in rejecting him, and all the unjust accusations accompanying her rejection. He who, she
had been persuaded, would avoid her as his greatest enemy, seemed, on this accidental
meeting, most eager to preserve the acquaintance, and without any indelicate display of
regard, or any peculiarity of manner, where their two selves only were concerned, was
soliciting the good opinion of her friends, and bent on making her known to his sister. Such
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