Kate tore her passion to tatters, then succumbed to exhaustion.

But she did not fling out of the room, and this Emma knew to be a hopeful sign.

The opportunity of strong, placid speech at length presented itself, and Emma used it well.

She did not succeed in eliciting a promise, but when she declared her confidence in her sister's better self, Kate made no retort, only sat in stubborn muteness.
In the afternoon Emma went forth to fulfil her intention of finding lodgings.

She avoided the neighbourhood in which she had formerly lived, and after long search discovered what she wanted in a woful byway near Old Street.