For she saw there something that she had not; and being of a nature leaning to great-mindedness, though not of the first rank, she could not meanly mask her own deficiency by despising it.

To do this is the secret evil by which souls of men and women stop their growth.
Lady Charlotte decided now to say good-bye.

Her parting was friendly--the form of it consisting of a nod, an extension of the hand, and a kind word or two.
When alone, Emilia wondered why she kept taking long breaths, and tried to correct herself: but the heart laboured.

Yet she seemed to have no thought in her mind; she had no active sensation of pity or startled self-love.

She went to smooth Mr.Pole's pillow, as to a place of forgetfulness.