trick once got away some of my best men i will tell you the whole story another time there comes old sir drew and his look he sees us he kisses his hand to you he takes you for my wife ah the peace has come too soon for that poor old sir how do you like bath miss it suits us very well we are always meeting with some old friend or other the streets full of them every morning sure to have plenty of chat and then we get away from them all and shut ourselves into our lodgings and draw in our chairs and and persuasion are as as if we were at ay or as we used to be even at north and deal we do not like our lodgings here the worse i can tell you for putting us in mind of those we first had at north the wind blows through one of the just in the same way when they were got a httle farther anne ventured to press again for what he had to communicate she had hoped when clear of street to have her curiosity d but she was still obliged to wait for the admiral had made up his mind not to begin till they had gained the greater space and quiet of and as she was not really mrs she must let him have his own way as soon as were fairly ascending he began � well now you shall hear something that will surprise you but first of all you must tell me the name of the young lady i am going to talk about that young lady you know that we have all been so concerned for the miss that all this has been happening to her christian name i always forget it anne had been ashamed to appear to comprehend so soon as she really did but now she could safely suggest the name of ay ay miss that is the name i wish young ladies had not such a number of fine christian names i should never be out if they were all or something of that sort well this miss we all thought you know was to marry he was her week after week the only wonder was what they could be waiting for till the business at came then indeed it was clear enough that they must wait till her brain was set to right but even then there was something odd in their way of going on instead of staying at he went off to and then he went off to see edward when we came back from he was gone down to edward s and there he has been ever since we have seen nothing of him since november even could not understand it but now the matter has taken the strangest turn of all for this young lady this same miss persuasion instead of being to marry is to marry james you know james a little i am a little acquainted with captain well she is to marry him nay most likely they are married already for i do not know what they should wait for i thought captain a very pleasing young man said anne and i understand that he bears an excellent character oh yes yes there is not a word to be said against james he is only a commander it is true made last summer and these are bad times for getting on but he has not another fault that i know of an excellent fellow i assure you a very active zealous officer too which is more than you would think for perhaps for that soft sort of manner does not do him justice indeed you are mistaken there sir i should never want of spirit from captain s manners i thought them very pleasing and i will answer for it they would generally please well well ladies are the best judges but james is rather too piano for me and though very likely it is all our partiality and i cannot help thinking s manners better than his there is something about more to our taste anne was caught she had only meant to oppose the too common idea of spirit and gentleness being with each other not at all to represent captain s manners as the very best that could possibly be and after a little hesitation she was beginning to say i was not entering into any comparison of the two friends but the admiral interrupted her with � and the thing is certainly true it is not a mere bit of gossip we have it from himself his sister had a letter from him yesterday in which he tells us of it and he had just had it in a letter from written upon the spot from i fancy they are all at this was an opportunity which anne could not resist she persuasion said therefore i hope admiral i hope there is nothing in the style of captain s letter to make you and mrs particularly uneasy it did certainly seem last autumn as if there were an attachment between him and but i hope it may be understood to have worn out on each side equally and without violence i hope his letter does not breathe the spirit of an ill used man not at all not at all there is not an oath nor a murmur from beginning to end anne looked down to hide her smile no no is not a man to and complain he has too much spirit for that if the girl likes another man better it is very fit she should have him certainly but what i mean is that i hope there is nothing in captain s manner of writing to make you suppose he thinks himself ill used by his friend which might appear you know without its being absolutely said 