butthiscannotpossiblybepermittedbeforethemiddleofnextweek；thatis，hecannotanyhowbesparedtillafterthel4th，for_we_haveapartythatevening。
ThevalueofamanlikeHenry，onsuchanoccasion，iswhatyoucanhavenoconceptionof；soyoumusttakeituponmywordtobeinestimable。HewillseetheRushworths，whichownIamnotsorryfor——havingalittlecuriosity，andsoIthinkhashe——thoughhewillnotacknowledgeit。“
Thiswasalettertoberunthrougheagerly，tobereaddeliberately，tosupplymatterformuchreflection，andtoleaveeverythingingreatersuspensethanever。
Theonlycertaintytobedrawnfromitwas，thatnothingdecisivehadyettakenplace。Edmundhadnotyetspoken。
HowMissCrawfordreallyfelt，howshemeanttoact，ormightactwithoutoragainsthermeaning；whetherhisimportancetoherwerequitewhatithadbeenbeforethelastseparation；whether，iflessened，itwerelikelytolessenmore，ortorecoveritself，weresubjectsforendlessconjecture，andtobethoughtofonthatdayandmanydaystocome，withoutproducinganyconclusion。