When she could give another glance, he had moved away. He could not have come nearer to her if he would; she was so surrounded and shut in: but she would rather have caught his eye.
Mr Elliot's speech, too, distressed her. She had no longer any inclination to talk to him. She wished him not so near her.
The first act was over. Now she hoped for some beneficial change; and, after a period of nothingsaying amongst the party, some of them did decide on going in quest of tea. Anne was one of the few who did not choose to move. She remained in her seat, and so did Lady russell; but she had the pleasure of getting rid of Mr Elliot; and she did not mean, whatever she might feel on Lady russell's account, to shrink from conversation with Captain Wentworth, if he gave her the opportunity. She was persuaded by Lady russell's countenance that she had seen him.