The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered he…

Jane Austen
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The evening ended with dancing. On its being proposed, Anne offered her services, as usual, and though her eyes would sometimes fill with tears as she sat at the instrument, she was extremely glad to be employed, and desired nothing in return but to be unobserved. ✨ Jane Austen (2013). Persuasion In Modern English, p.207, BookCaps Study Guides
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