NOTES
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12. wd have erased before felt
a strong for some
13. ascertain for know
15. desola (?) erased before solitary
20. st (i.e. stile?) erased before sort
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15. having been for being
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5. could be for was
7. if possible before her for before her if possible
8. did not allow for was too brisk for
11. when for as
17. a moment's astonishment for beginning to astonish Charlotte
22. a great deal of above line, great astonis (?) and much (word illegible) erased
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1. but still more for & great
2. Nothing cd be . . . wife added between lines
4. How erased and restored (orig. How had?)
6. that added above line before she was
9. middling for middle
10. delicate looking rather than sickly for but rather delicate than absolutely sickly
11. in her erased before with an agreable
12. her manners resembling for and her manners resembled
14. with for there was before more decision
16. without delay for as soon as they were in the Drawing room
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1. better & better for a great increase of the Happiness!
2. come for here