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“Before they were married, she had
believed herself to be in love; but since the happiness that should have resulted from
this love had not come, she must have
been mistaken, she reflected. And Emma
endeavored to find out what precisely was
meant in life by the words delight, pas-
sion and intoxication, which had seemed so
beautiful to her in books.”