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1"Altered beyond his knowledge." Anne fully submitted, in silent, deep mortification. Doubtless it was so, and she could
2take no revenge, for he was not altered, or not for the worse. She had already acknowledged it to herself, and she could
3not think differently, let him think of her as he would. No: the years which had destroyed her youth and bloom had only
4given him a more glowing, manly, open look, in no respect lessening his personal advantages. She had seen the same
5Frederick Wentworth. "So altered that he should not have known her again!" These were words which could not but dwell
6with her. Yet she soon began to rejoice that she had heard them. They were of sobering tendency; they allayed agitation;
7they composed, and consequently must make her happier. Frederick Wentworth had used such words, or something like them,
8but without an idea that they would be carried round to her. He had thought her wretchedly altered, and in the first
9moment of appeal, had spoken as he felt. He had not forgiven Anne Elliot. She had used him ill, deserted and
10disappointed him; and worse, she had shewn a feebleness of character in doing so, which his own decided, confident
11temper could not endure. She had given him up to oblige others. It had been the effect of over-persuasion. It had been
12weakness and timidity. He had been most warmly attached to her, and had never seen a woman since whom he thought her
13equal; but, except from some natural sensation of curiosity, he had no desire of meeting her again. Her power with him
14was gone for ever. It was now his object to marry. He was rich, and being turned on shore, fully intended to settle as
15soon as he could be properly tempted; actually looking round, ready to fall in love with all the speed which a clear
16head and a quick taste could allow. He had a heart for either of the Miss Musgroves, if they could catch it; a heart, in
17short, for any pleasing young woman who came in his way, excepting Anne Elliot. This was his only secret exception, when
18he said to his sister, in answer to her suppositions:-- "Yes, here I am, Sophia, quite ready to make a foolish match.
19Anybody between fifteen and thirty may have me for asking. A little beauty, and a few smiles, and a few compliments to
20the navy, and I am a lost man. Should not this be enough for a sailor, who has had no society among women to make him
21nice?" He said it, she knew, to be contradicted. His bright proud eye spoke the conviction that he was nice; and Anne
22Elliot was not out of his thoughts, when he more seriously described the woman he should wish to meet with. "A strong
23mind, with sweetness of manner," made the first and the last of the description. "That is the woman I want," said he.
24"Something a little inferior I shall of course put up with, but it must not be much. If I am a fool, I shall be a fool
25indeed, for I have thought on the subject more than most men."
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