I imagine him looking her right in the eyes for the first time. Before this, if they've met each other's glance it has been with a polite countenance. Here his glance is open and reveals what he is feeling. He pleads with her to help him make everything right again. They are a team.

For the group read, I'm reading aloud to my husband. I had heard that JA would have intended her books to be read aloud, and thought this would be a good candidate since it is one of the shortest. It's funny to hear how we talk to each other after a reading. Our vocabulary changes noticeably. DH doesn't seem to pick up on the more touching moments. He was especially frustrated by the scene with the little child on Anne's back. At the part that says that Frederick turned away afterwards and Anne takes it as a dismissal, DH called out, "He's trying to be nice!"