the eldest son of mrs of park street and brother of your sister in law mrs john is the i mean you must allow that am not likely to be ed as to die name of the man on all my happiness depends it is strange replied in a most painful that i should never have heard him even mention your ar � � u k it im i ir t i inn e re h � rt i s jt z sit r � � t tp i � se i la v s � � a p is i a x too f � � b � tt as i t � r r � i ti t to h m i ts t mn u be bat ti lo to get it r but i t � t it the very first are m the right replied tbey n ee a few in lo t i � w i have no in world ot secret yon f it to un not to have his mother � never of it i dare say i shall have ni and she is an exceeding woman i did not seek your confidence said me no more than justice in imagining that i on secret is safe with me bnt mc if i surprise at so a sense and yon mast at least have felt that being acquainted with it not add to its safely as she said this she earnestly at to discover something a her countenance perhaps the falsehood of the greatest part of what she had been saying but s countenance suffered no change i was a aid you would think i was taking a great with you said she in telling you all this i have not known you long to be sure personally at least but i have known you and all your by description a great while and as soon as i saw you i felt as if you was an old acquaintance besides in the present case i really thought some explanation was due to you after my making such particular about edward s mother and i am so unfortunate that i have not a creature whose advice i can ask anne is e only person that knows of it and she has no judgment at all indeed she does me a great deal more harm than good for i am in constant fear of her betraying me s ie does not know how to hold her tongue as you must perceive and i am sure as in the greatest fright in the world t other day when edward s name was mentioned john lest she should out with it all how much i go through in my mind from it i only wonder that i am alive after what i have suffered for edward s sake these last four years every thing in such suspense and uncertainty and seeing him so seldom � we can hardly meet above twice a year i am sure i wonder my heart is not quite broke here she took out her handkerchief but did cot feel very compassionate sometimes continued after wiping her eyes i think whether it would not be better for us both to break off the matter entirely as she said this she looked at her companion but then at other times i have not resolution enough for it i cannot bear the thoughts of making him bo miserable as i know the very mention of such a thing would do and on my own account too � so dear as he is to m � i don t think i could be equal to it what would you advise me to do in such a case miss what would you do yourself and me replied startled by die ki but i can give you do such tour own judgment must direct yon to be sun continued a few minutes od both sides his mother must provide for bim some time or other but poor edward is so cast down about it i did not you think turn dread fill low when he was at he was so miserable when he left us at to go to you that i was you would think him quite l did he come om uncle s then when he visited oh yes he had been staying a t ua did you think he came from town t no replied most sensible of every fresh circumstance in favour of s i remember be told us that he had been staying a fortnight with some friends near she remembered too her own surprise at the time at his mentioning nothing farther of those friends at his total silence with respect even to their names did not you him sadly out of spirits i repeated we did indeed particularly so when he first i begged him to exert himself for fear you should suspect what was the matter but it made him so melancholy not being able to stay more than a fortnight with us and seeing me much affected poor fellow i am afraid it is just the same with him now for he writes in wretched spirits i heard from him just before i left taking a letter from her pocket and carelessly showing the direction to you know his hand i dare say � a charming one it is but that is not written so well as usual he was tired i dare say for he had just filled the sheet to me as full as possible saw that it was his hand and she could doubt no longer the picture she had allowed herself to believe might have been accidentally obtained it might not have been edward s gift but a correspondence between them by letter could only under a positive engagement could be by nothing else for a few moments die was and sensibility j almost 