to see his sisters again it rather gave them satisfaction and his after their mother were and sense and sensibility found that he and had been in town two days i wished veiy much to call upon you yesterday said he but it was impossible for we were obliged to take to see the wild beasts at exchange and we iq ent the rest of the day with mrs harry was vastly pleased morning i had intended to call on you if i could find a spare half hour but one has so much to do on first coming to town i am come here to a seal but to i think i shall certainly be able to call in street and be introduced to your mrs i understand she is a woman of very good fortune and the too you must introduce me to as my mother s relations i shall be happy to show them every respect they are neighbours to you in the i understand � au indeed their attention to our comfort their in every particular is more than i can i am extremely glad to hear it upon my word extremely glad indeed but so it ought to be i they are people of large fortune they are related to you and eveiy civility and accommodation that can serve to make your situation pleasant might be reasonably expected and so you are most comfortably in your little cottage and want for nothing i edward brought us a most account of the place the most complete thing of its kind he said that ever was and you all seemed to enjoy it beyond it was a great satisfaction to us to hear it i assure yon did feel a little ashamed of her brother and was not to be spared the necessity of answering him by the arrival of mrs s servant who came to tell her that his mistress waited for them at the door mr attended them down stairs was introduced to mrs at the door of her and repeating his hope of being able to call on them the next day took leave his visit was duly paid he came with a pretence at an from their sister in law for not coming too but i she was so engaged with her mother she had no leisure for going any where mrs however assured him directly that she should not stand upon c for they were all cousins or something like it and she certainly wait on mrs john veiy soon and bring her sisters to see her his to though calm were perfectly kind to mrs most attentively civil and on colonel s coming in soon after himself he eyed him with a curiosity which seemed to say that he only wanted to know him to be rich to be equally to him after staying with them half an hour he asked to walk with him to street and introduce him to sir john and lady the weather was fine and she readily consented as soon as they out of the house his b an who is colonel is he a man of fortune t yes he has very good in i am glad of it he seems a most man and i think i may congratulate you on the prospect of a respectable establishment in life me brother what do you mean he likes you i observed him narrowly and am convinced of it what is the amount of his fortune i believe about two thousand a year two thousand a year and then working np to a pitch of enthusiastic generosity he added i wish with all my heart it were twice as much for your sake indeed i believe you replied but i am veiy sure that colonel has not the smallest wish of me you are mistaken you are very much mistaken a very little trouble on your side him perhaps just at present he may be the of your fortune may make him hang back his friends may all advise him against it but some of those attentions and which ladies can so easily give will fix him in spite of himself and there can t e no reason why you should not try for him it is not to be supposed that any prior attachment on your side � in you sense and sensibility know as to an attachment of that kind it is quite out of the question the objections are � you have too much sense not to see all that colonel must be the man and no civility shall be wanting on my part to make him pleased with you and your it is a match that must give universal satisfaction in short it is a kind of thing that lowering his voice to an important whisper will be exceedingly welcome to all parties himself however he added that is i mean to say � your friends are all truly anxious to see you well settled particularly for she has your interest very much at hear assure you and her mother too mrs a very woman i am sure it would give her great pleasure she said as the other day would not any answer it would be something remarkable now he continued something if should have a brother and i a sister settling at the same time and yet it is not very unlikely is mr edward said with resolution going to be married it is not actually settled but there is such a thing in a he has a most excellent mother mrs with the utmost liberality will come forward and settle on him a thousand a year if the match takes place the lady is the hon miss only daughter of the late lord with thirty thousand pounds a very desirable connection on both sides and i have not a doubt of its taking place in time a thousand a 