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Tonight, we shall read the next part to Persuasion, the last novel fully completed by Jane Austen, and published in 1817.

The story concerns Anne Elliott, an Englishwoman whose family moves in order to lower their expenses, by renting their home to an admiral and his wife.

In the last episode, the off-season tourists to the Beach Town of Lime

become acquainted with Captain Wentworth's friends, Captain and Mrs. Harville, along with Captain

Benwick. At a dinner party, Anne spends the evening

chatting about poetry and literature with the melancholic Captain Benwick. The next day,

a gentleman stranger seems captivated with Anne's fine looks, which seem to have regained their earlier charms

amidst the fresh air and change of scene. In the last chapter, along with this episode,

there is mention of the Cobb that tourists visit in Lyme. The Cobb is a real-life harbor wall, originally constructed in ancient times

to act as a breakwater to protect the ships and the town. To this day, no one knows for sure when it was

originally constructed or why it is called the Cobb.

We will pick up within Chapter 12.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

Captain Wentworth, along with the Miss Musgroves and Anne, returned to the inn after their morning stroll along the beach.

Anne, in passing afterwards quickly from her own chamber to their dining room, had nearly run again into the same gentleman they had passed on the beach earlier as he came out of an adjoining apartment. She had before conjectured him to be a stranger like themselves, and determined that a

well-looking groom, who was strolling about near the two ends as they came back, should be his servant.

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