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&ot;whatdoesjoannasay?anynews?&ot;

rsallertonstrovetoakehervoiceundcasualandordarythefriendshipbeeenhernandhissend，joannauthwood，alwaysirritatedhernot，as射putittoherself，thattherewas&ot;anythgit&ot;射wasitesuretherewasn&39;ttihadneveranifestedasentintalterestjoanna，nor射hitheirutualattractionseedtobefoundedongossipandthepossessionofalarnuberoffriendsandacatancesontheybothlikedpeopleanddiscsgpeoplejoannahadanagifcatictongueitwasnotbecaersallertonfearedthattiightfalllovewithjoannathat射foundherselfalwaysbegalittlestiffannerifjoannawerepresentorwhenlettersfroherarrived

itwasotherfeelghardtodefe-perhapsanunacknowleddjealoytheunfeignedpleasuretialwaysseedtotakejoanna&39;scietyheandhisotherweresuchperfectpanionsthatthesightofhiabrbedandterestedanotherwoanalwaysstartledrsallertonslightly射fancied，too，thatherownpresenceontheseoasionssetbarrierbeeentheobersoftheyounrnerationoften射hadeupontheearlyabrbednversationand，atsightofher，theirtalkhadwavered，hadseedtocdeherrathertoopurposefullyandasdutybounditedefitely，rsallertondidnotlikejoannauthwood射thoughtherscere，affectedandessentiallysuperficial射founditveryhardtopreventherselfsaygunasuredtones

answertoherestion，tipulledtheletteroutofhispocketandglancedthroughititwasitealongletter，hisothernoted

&ot;nothguch，&ot;hesaid&ot;thedeveni射sarettgadivorceoldonty&39;sbeenhadupforbegdrunk插rofacardlesha&39;sgonetocanadaseeshewasprettybadlyhitwhenlridwayturnedhidown射&39;sdefitelygogtoarrythislandantpern&ot;

&ot;howextraordary!isheverydreadful?&ot;

&ot;no，no，notatallhe&39;soneofthedevonshiredoylesnooney，ofurse-andhewasactuallyengadtooneofl&39;sbestfriendsprettythick，that&ot;

&ot;idon&39;tthkit&39;satallnice，&ot;saidrsallerton，fshg

tifla射dheraickaffectionateglance

&ot;iknow，darlgyoudon&39;tapproveofsnappgotherpeople&39;shbandsandallthatrtofthg&ot;

&ot;ydaywehadourstandards，&ot;saidrsallerton&ot;andaverygoodthgtoo!nowadaysyoungpeopleseetothktheycanjtgoaboutdoganythgtheychoose&ot;

tisiled

&ot;theydon&39;tonlythkittheydoitvidelridway!&ot;

&ot;well，ithkit&39;shorrid!&ot;

tikledather

&ot;cheerup，youolddie-hard!perhapsiagreewithyouanyway，ihaven&39;thelpedyselftoanyone&39;swifeorfiancéeyet&ot;

&ot;i&39;sureyou&39;dneverdosuchathg，&ot;saidrsallerton射addedwithspirit，&ot;i&39;vebroughtyouupproperly&ot;

&ot;thecreditisyours，note&ot;

hesiledteasglyatherashefoldedtheletterandputitawayaga

rsallertonletthethoughtjtflashacrossherd:&ot;ostlettersheshowstoheonlyreadssnippetsfrojoanna&39;s&ot;

but射puttheunworthythoughtawayfroher，anddecided，asever，tobehavelikeantlewoan

&ot;isjoannaenjoyglife?&ot;射asked

&ot;says射thksofopengadelicatessenshopayfair&ot;

&ot;射alwaystalksaboutbeghardup，&ot;saidrsallertonwithatofspite，&ot;but射goesabouteverywhereandherclotheststheralot射&39;salwaysbeautifullydressed&ot;

&ot;ah，well，&ot;saidti，&ot;射probablydoesn&39;tpayfortheno，other，idon&39;tanwhatyouredwardiandsugststoyouijtaniteliterallythat射leavesherbillsunpaid&ot;

rsallertonsighed

&ot;ineverknowhowpeopleanatodothat&ot;

&ot;it&39;sakdofspecialgift，&ot;saidti&ot;ifonlyyouhavesufficientlyextravaganttastes，andabtelynosenseofoneyvaes，peoplewillgiveyouanyaountofcredit&ot;

&ot;yes，butyouetothebankruptcyurttheendlikepoorsirewode&ot;

&ot;youhaveaftspotforthatoldhorseper-probablybecaehecalledyouarosebudeighteenseventy-neatadance&ot;

&ot;iwasn&39;tborneighteenseventy-ne，&ot;rsallertonretortedwithspirit&ot;sirehas插rganners，andiwon&39;thaveyoucallghiahorseper&ot;

&ot;i&39;veheardfunnystoriesabouthifropeoplethatknow&ot;

&ot;youandjoannadon&39;tdwhatyousayaboutpeople;anythgwilldolongasit&39;ssufficientlyill-natured&ot;

tiraisedhiseyebrows

&ot;ydear，you&39;reiteheatedididn&39;tknowoldwodewassuchafavouriteofyours&ot;

&ot;youdon&39;trealizehowharditisforhi，havgtosellwodehallhecaredterriblyaboutthatplace&ot;

tisuppressedtheeasyretortafterall，whowashetojud?steadhesaidthoughtfully:

&ot;youknow，ithkyou&39;renotfarwrongtherelaskedhitoedownandseewhat射&39;ddonetotheplace，andherefediterudely&ot;