would rather have had tell the story but his determined silence obliged her to relate her brother s situation her voice was animated in speaking of his profession and the foreign stations he had been on but she could not mention the number of years that he had been absent without tears in her eyes miss wished him an early promotion do you know anything of my cousin s captain said captain you have a large acquaintance in the navy i conclude � park among large enough but with an air of grandeur we know very little of the inferior ranks may be very good sort of men but they do not belong to us of various i could tell you a great deal of them and their flags and the of their pay and their and but in general i can assure you that they are all passed over and all very ill used certainly my home at my uncle s brought me acquainted with a circle of of and vices i saw enough now do not be suspecting me of a i entreat again felt grave and only replied it is a noble profession yes the profession is well enough under two circumstances if it make the fortune and there be discretion in spending it but in short it is not a favourite profession of mine it has never worn an amiable form to me to the harp and was again very happy in the prospect of hearing her play the subject of improving grounds meanwhile was still under consideration among the others and mrs grant could not help addressing her brother though it was calling his attention from miss my dear henry have you nothing to say you have been an yourself and from what i hear of it may with any place in england its natural beauties i am sure are great as it used to be was perfect in my estimation such a happy fall of ground and such timber what would not i give to see it again nothing could be so gratifying to me as to hear your opinion of it was his answer but i fear there would be some disappointment � you would not find it equal to your present ideas in extent it is a mere nothing � you would be surprised at its and as for improvement there was very little for me to do � too little � i should like to have been busy much longer you are fond of the sort of thing said excessively but what with the natural advantages of the ground which pointed out even to a very young eye what little remained to be done and my own consequent park tions i had not been of age three months before was all that it is now my plan was laid at westminster a little altered perhaps at cambridge and at one and twenty executed i am inclined to envy mr for having so much happiness yet before him i have been a of my own those who see quickly will resolve quickly and act quickly said you can never want employment instead of mr you should assist him with your opinion mrs grant hearing the latter part of this speech enforced it warmly persuaded that no judgment could be equal to her brother s and as miss caught at the idea likewise and gave it her full support declaring that in her opinion it was infinitely better to consult with friends and disinterested than immediately to throw the business into the hands of a professional man mr was very ready to request the favour of mr s assistance and mr after properly his own abilities was quite at his service in any way that could be useful mr then began to propose mr s doing him the honour of coming over to and taking a bed there when mrs n as if reading in her two minds their little approbation of a plan which was to take mr away interposed with an there can be no doubt of mr s but why should not more of us go why should not we make a little party here are many that would be interested in your improvements my dear mr and that would like to hear mr s opinion on the spot and that might be of some small use to you with their opinions and for my own part i have been long wishing to wait upon your good mother again nothing but having no horses of my own could have made me so but now i could go and sit a few hours with mrs while the rest of you walked about and settled things and then we could all return to a late dinner here or dine at just as might be most agreeable to your mother and have a pleasant drive home by moonlight i dare say mr would take my two and me in his and park can go on horseback you know sister and will stay at home with you lady made no objection and every one concerned in the going was forward in expressing their ready excepting who heard it all and said nothing chapter vii well and how do you like miss now said the next day after thinking some time on the subject himself how did you like her yesterday very well � very much i like to hear her talk she me and she is so extremely pretty that i have great pleasure in looking at her it is her countenance that is so attractive she has a wonderful play of feature but was there nothing in her conversation that struck you as not quite right oh yes she ought not to have spoken of her uncle as she did i was quite astonished an uncle with whom she has been living so many years and who whatever his faults may be is 