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1Very, very happy were both Elizabeth and Anne Elliot as they walked in. Elizabeth arm in arm with Miss Carteret, and
2looking on the broad back of the dowager Viscountess Dalrymple before her, had nothing to wish for which did not seem
3within her reach; and Anne--but it would be an insult to the nature of Anne's felicity, to draw any comparison between
4it and her sister's; the origin of one all selfish vanity, of the other all generous attachment. Anne saw nothing,
5thought nothing of the brilliancy of the room. Her happiness was from within. Her eyes were bright and her cheeks
6glowed; but she knew nothing about it. She was thinking only of the last half hour, and as they passed to their seats,
7her mind took a hasty range over it. His choice of subjects, his expressions, and still more his manner and look, had
8been such as she could see in only one light. His opinion of Louisa Musgrove's inferiority, an opinion which he had
9seemed solicitous to give, his wonder at Captain Benwick, his feelings as to a first, strong attachment; sentences begun
10which he could not finish, his half averted eyes and more than half expressive glance, all, all declared that he had a
11heart returning to her at least; that anger, resentment, avoidance, were no more; and that they were succeeded, not
12merely by friendship and regard, but by the tenderness of the past. Yes, some share of the tenderness of the past. She
13could not contemplate the change as implying less. He must love her. These were thoughts, with their attendant visions,
14which occupied and flurried her too much to leave her any power of observation; and she passed along the room without
15having a glimpse of him, without even trying to discern him. When their places were determined on, and they were all
16properly arranged, she looked round to see if he should happen to be in the same part of the room, but he was not; her
17eye could not reach him; and the concert being just opening, she must consent for a time to be happy in a humbler way.
18The party was divided and disposed of on two contiguous benches: Anne was among those on the foremost, and Mr Elliot had
19manœuvred so well, with the assistance of his friend Colonel Wallis, as to have a seat by her. Miss Elliot, surrounded
20by her cousins, and the principal object of Colonel Wallis's gallantry, was quite contented. Anne's mind was in a most
21favourable state for the entertainment of the evening; it was just occupation enough: she had feelings for the tender,
22spirits for the gay, attention for the scientific, and patience for the wearisome; and had never liked a concert better,
23at least during the first act. Towards the close of it, in the interval succeeding an Italian song, she explained the
24words of the song to Mr Elliot. They had a concert bill between them. "This," said she, "is nearly the sense, or rather
25the meaning of the words, for certainly the sense of an Italian love-song must not be talked of, but it is as nearly the
26meaning as I can give; for I do not pretend to understand the language. I am a very poor Italian scholar." "Yes, yes, I
27see you are. I see you know nothing of the matter. You have only knowledge enough of the language to translate at sight
28these inverted, transposed, curtailed Italian lines, into clear, comprehensible, elegant English. You need not say
29anything more of your ignorance. Here is complete proof." "I will not oppose such kind politeness; but I should be sorry
30to be examined by a real proficient." "I have not had the pleasure of visiting in Camden Place so long," replied he,
31"without knowing something of Miss Anne Elliot; and I do regard her as one who is too modest for the world in general to
32be aware of half her accomplishments, and too highly accomplished for modesty to be natural in any other woman." "For
33shame! for shame! this is too much flattery. I forget what we are to have next," turning to the bill. "Perhaps," said Mr
34Elliot, speaking low, "I have had a longer acquaintance with your character than you are aware of." "Indeed! How so? You
35can have been acquainted with it only since I came to Bath, excepting as you might hear me previously spoken of in my
36own family." "I knew you by report long before you came to Bath. I had heard you described by those who knew you
37intimately. I have been acquainted with you by character many years. Your person, your disposition, accomplishments,
38manner; they were all present to me." Mr Elliot was not disappointed in the interest he hoped to raise. No one can
39withstand the charm of such a mystery. To have been described long ago to a recent acquaintance, by nameless people, is
40irresistible; and Anne was all curiosity. She wondered, and questioned him eagerly; but in vain. He delighted in being
41asked, but he would not tell. "No, no, some time or other, perhaps, but not now. He would mention no names now; but
42such, he could assure her, had been the fact. He had many years ago received such a description of Miss Anne Elliot as
43had inspired him with the highest idea of her merit, and excited the warmest curiosity to know her." Anne could think of
44no one so likely to have spoken with partiality of her many years ago as the Mr Wentworth of Monkford, Captain
45Wentworth's brother. He might have been in Mr Elliot's company, but she had not courage to ask the question. "The name
46of Anne Elliot," said he, "has long had an interesting sound to me. Very long has it possessed a charm over my fancy;
47and, if I dared, I would breathe my wishes that the name might never change." Such, she believed, were his words; but
48scarcely had she received their sound, than her attention was caught by other sounds immediately behind her, which
49rendered every thing else trivial. Her father and Lady Dalrymple were speaking. "A well-looking man," said Sir Walter,
50"a very well-looking man." "A very fine young man indeed!" said Lady Dalrymple. "More air than one often sees in Bath.
51Irish, I dare say." "No, I just know his name. A bowing acquaintance. Wentworth; Captain Wentworth of the navy. His
52sister married my tenant in Somersetshire, the Croft, who rents Kellynch." Before Sir Walter had reached this point,
53Anne's eyes had caught the right direction, and distinguished Captain Wentworth standing among a cluster of men at a
54little distance. As her eyes fell on him, his seemed to be withdrawn from her. It had that appearance. It seemed as if
55she had been one moment too late; and as long as she dared observe, he did not look again: but the performance was
56recommencing, and she was forced to seem to restore her attention to the orchestra and look straight forward. When she
57could give another glance, he had moved away. He could not have come nearer to her if he would; she was so surrounded
58and shut in: but she would rather have caught his eye. Mr Elliot's speech, too, distressed her. She had no longer any
59inclination to talk to him. She wished him not so near her. The first act was over. Now she hoped for some beneficial
60change; and, after a period of nothing-saying amongst the party, some of them did decide on going in quest of tea. Anne
61was one of the few who did not choose to move. She remained in her seat, and so did Lady Russell; but she had the
62pleasure of getting rid of Mr Elliot; and she did not mean, whatever she might feel on Lady Russell's account, to shrink
63from conversation with Captain Wentworth, if he gave her the opportunity. She was persuaded by Lady Russell's
64countenance that she had seen him. He did not come however. Anne sometimes fancied she discerned him at a distance, but
65he never came. The anxious interval wore away unproductively. The others returned, the room filled again, benches were
66reclaimed and repossessed, and another hour of pleasure or of penance was to be sat out, another hour of music was to
67give delight or the gapes, as real or affected taste for it prevailed. To Anne, it chiefly wore the prospect of an hour
68of agitation. She could not quit that room in peace without seeing Captain Wentworth once more, without the interchange
69of one friendly look.
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