else education and she owed to him miss sir thomas s thoughts an he stood and having in spite of all his wrongs towards her a general prevailing desire of herself to him took an opportunity of stepping aside to something of her praise was warm and he received it as could wish joining in it as far as discretion and and of speech would allow and certainly appearing to greater advantage on the subject than his lady did soon afterwards mary perceiving her on a sofa very near turned round before she began to dance to compliment her on mi as price s looks yes she does look very well was lady s placid reply helped her i sent to her not but that she waa really pleased to have admired but waa so much more struck with her own kindness in sending to her that she could not get it out of her head knew too well to all night and with nothing to say bnt with you there may he peace you will not want to he talked to let us have the luxury of silence would hardly even speak her agreement a weariness arising in great measure from the same feelings which he had acknowledged in the morning was peculiarly to he respected and they went down their two dances together with such tranquillity as might satisfy any on that sir thomas had been bringing up no wife for his younger son the evening had afforded little pleasure miss had been in gay spirits when they first danced together but it was not her that could do him good it rather sank than raised his comfort and afterwards � for he found himself still impelled to seek her again � she had absolutely pained him by her manner of speaks ing of the profession to which he was now on the point of belonging they had talked and they had been silent he had reasoned she had and they had parted at last with mutual vexation not able to refrain entirely from observing them had seen enough to be satisfied it was barbarous to be happy when was suffering yet some happiness must and would arise from the very conviction that he did suffer when her two dances with him were over her inclination and strength for more were pretty well at an end and sir thomas having seen her rather walk than dance down the set breathless and with her hand at her side gave his orders park or her sitting down entirely from that time mr sat down likewise poor cried william coming for a moment to visit her and working away partner s fan as if for life � how soon she is knocked up why the sport is but just begun i hope we shall keep it up these two hours how you be tired so soon so soon my good friend said sir thomas producing his watch with all it is three o clock and your is not used to these sort of hours well then you shall not get up tomorrow before i go sleep as long as you can and never mind me oh william what did she think of being up before you set off oh yes sir cried rising eagerly from her seat to be nearer her uncle i must get up and with him it will be the time you know the morning you had better not he is to hare and be gone hy half past nine � mr i think you for him at half past nine was too urgent however and had too many tears in her eyes for denial and it ended iu a gracious well well was permission yes half past said to william as the latter was leaving and i shall be punctual for there will be no kind sister to get up fur and in a lower tone to i shall have only a desolate house to hurry from ld brother will find my ideas of time and his own very different to morrow after a short consideration sir thomas asked to join the early breakfast party in that house instead of eating alone he should himself be of it and the readiness with which his invitation was accepted convinced him that the suspicions whence he must confess to himself this very ball had in great measure sprung were well founded mr was in love with he had a pleasing anticipation of what would be his meanwhile did not thank him for what he had just done she had hoped to have william all to herself the last morning it would have been an unspeakable indulgence but though her wishes were there was no spirit of murmuring within her on the contrary she was so totally unused to have her pleasure consulted or to have anything take place at all in the way she could desire that she was more disposed to wonder and rejoice in having carried her point so far than to at the which followed shortly afterwards sir thomas was again interfering a little with her inclination by her to go immediately to bed advise was his word but it was the advice of absolute power and she had only to rise and with mr s very � pass quietly away stopping at the entrance door like the lady of hall one moment and no more to view the happy scene and take a last look at the five or six determined couple who were still hard at work and then creeping slowly up the principal staircase park pursued by the ceaseless country dance feverish with hopes and fears soup and sore footed and fatigued restless and agitated yet feeling in spite of everything that a ball was indeed delightful in thus sending her away sir thomas perhaps might not be thinking merely of her health it might occur to him that mr had been sitting 