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Soon after this, the general found hier earnestly regretting that any necessity should rob him even for an hour of Miss Morland's co the study of her comfort and amusement to his children as their chief object in his absence His departure gave Catherine the first experiain The happiness hich their tied, everywhere they liked and when they liked, their hours, pleasures, and fatigues at their own cohly sensible of the restraint which the general's presence had imposed, and most thankfully feel their present release frohts made her love the place and the people more and more every day; and had it not been for a dread of its soon beco expedient to leave the one, and an apprehension of not being equally beloved by the other, she would at each moment of each day have been perfectly happy; but she was now in the fourth week of her visit; before the general caht seeer This was a painful consideration whenever it occurred; and eager to get rid of such a weight on her mind, she very soon resolved to speak to Eleanor about it at once, propose going away, and be guided in her conduct by the ht be taken

Aware that if she gave herselfforward so unpleasant a subject, she took the first opportunity of being suddenly alone with Eleanor, and of Eleanor's being in thevery different, to start forth her obligation of going away very soon Eleanor looked and declared herself much concerned She had "hoped for the pleasure of her coer time--had been er visit had been promised--and could not but think that if Mr and Mrs Morland were aware of the pleasure it was to her to have her there, they would be too generous to hasten her return" Catherine explained: "Oh! As to that, Papa and Ma as she was happy, they would always be satisfied"

"Then why, ht she ask, in such a hurry herself to leave them?"