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otherwise strong felicity。—She had but two friends in the World;
to add to his List; Lady R。 & Mrs Smith。—To those however; he
was very well…disposed to attach himself。 Lady R。 inspite of all her
former transgressions; he could now value from his heart;—while
he was not obliged to say that he believed her to have been right in
originally dividing them; he was ready to say almost anything else
in her favour;—& as for Mrs Smith; she had claims of various
kinds to recommend her quickly & permanently。—Her recent
good offices by Anne had been enough in themselves—and their
marriage; instead of depriving her of one friend secured her two。
She was one of their first visitors in their settled Life—and Capt。
Wentworth; by putting her in the way of recovering her Husband’s
property in the W。 Indies; by writing for her; & acting for her; &
seeing her through all the petty Difficulties of the case; with the
activity & exertion of a fearless Man; & a determined friend; fully
requited the services she had rendered; or had ever meant to
render; to his Wife。 Mrs Smith’s enjoyments were not spoiled by
this improvement of Income; with some improvement of health; &
the acquisition of such friends to be often with; for her
chearfulness & mental Activity did not fail her; & while those
prime supplies of Good remained; she might have bid defiance
even to greater accessions of worldly Prosperity。 She might have
been absolutely rich & perfectly healthy; & yet be happy。—Her
spring of Felicity was in the glow of her Spirits—as her friend
Anne’s was in the warmth of her Heart。—Anne was Tenderness
itself;—and she had the full worth of it in Capt。 Wentworth’s
affection。 His Profession was all that could ever make her friends
wish that Tenderness less; the dread of a future War; all that could
dim her Sunshine。—She gloried in being a Sailor’s wife; but she
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must pay the tax of quick alarm; for belonging to that Profession
which is—if possible—more distinguished in its Domestic Virtues;
than in it’s National Importance。
FINIS
July 18。—1816。
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