might have no concern in another and as she deemed it most unnecessary of the first act which henry was just proposing desirous at once of having her time to herself and of avoiding the sight of mr a glimpse as she passed through the hall of the two ladies walking up from the made no change in her wish of retreat and she worked and meditated in the east room undisturbed for a quarter of an hour when a gentle tap at the door was followed by the entrance of miss am i right yes this is the east room my dear miss price i beg your pardon but i have made my way to you on purpose to entreat your help quite surprised endeavored to show herself mistress of the room by her and looked at the bright bars of her empty grate with concern � v park thank you � i am quite warm very warm allow me to stay here a little while and do have the goodness to hear me my third act i have brought my book and if you would but it with me i should be so obliged i came here today intending to it with � by ourselves � against the evening but he is not in the way and if he were i do not think i could go through it with him till i have hardened myself a little for really there is a speech or two � you will be so good won t you was most civil in her assurances though she could not give them in a very steady voice have you ever happened to look at the part i mean continued miss opening her book here it k i did not think much of it at first but upon my word � there look at that speech and that and that how am i ever to look him in the face and say such things could you do it but then he is your cousin which makes all the difference you must it with me that i may fancy you him and get on by degrees you have a look of his sometimes have i i will do my best with the greatest readiness but i must read the part for i can say very little of it none of it i suppose you are to have the book of course now for it we must have two chairs at hand for you to bring forward to the front of the stage there � very good school room chairs not made for a theatre i dare say much more fitted for little girls to sit and kick their feet against when they are learning a lesson what park would your and your uncle say to see them used for such a purpose could sir thomas look in n us just now he would himself for we are all over the house is away in the dining room i heard him as i came upstairs and the theatre is engaged of course hy those and if they are not perfect i shall be surprised by the by i looked in upon them five minutes ago and it happened to be exactly at one of the times when they were trying not to embrace and mr worth was with me i thought he began to look a little queer so i turned it off as well as i could by whispering to him we shall have an excellent there is something so maternal in her manner so completely maternal in her voice and countenance was not that well done of me he brightened up directly now for my she began and joined in with all the modest feeling which the idea of representing was so strongly calculated to inspire but with looks and voice so truly feminine as to be no very good picture of a man with such an however miss had courage enough and they had got through half the scene when a tap at the door brought a pause and the entrance of the next moment suspended it all surprise consciousness and pleasure appeared in each of the three on this unexpected meeting and as was come on the very same business that had brought miss consciousness and pleasure were likely to be more than can field park in them he too had his book and was seeking to ask her to with him and help him to prepare for the evening without knowing miss to be in the house and great was the joy and animation of being thus thrown together of comparing schemes and in praise of s kind offices she could not equal them in their warmth her spirits sank under the glow of theirs and she felt herself becoming too nearly nothing to both to have any comfort in having been sought by either they must now together proposed urged entreated it till the lady not very unwilling at first could refuse no longer � and was wanted only to prompt and observe them she was invested indeed with the office of judge and critic and earnestly desired to exercise it and tell them all their faults but from doing so every feeling within her shrank she could not would not dared not attempt it had she been qualified for criticism her conscience must have restrained her from venturing at she believed herself to feel too much of it in the for honesty or safety in particulars to prompt them must be enough for her and it was sometimes more than enough for she could not always pay attention to the book in watching them she forgot herself and agitated by the increasing spirit of s manner had once closed the page and turned away exactly as he wanted help it was to very reasonable weariness and she was thanked and pitied but she deserved their pity more than park 