self into the power of performance and could not but pity such feelings whatever their origin and could not but resolve never to expose them to her neighbour again at last jane began and though the first bars were feebly given the powers of the instrument were gradually done full justice to mrs had been delighted before and was delighted again joined her in all her praise and the with every proper was pronounced to be altogether of the highest promise whoever colonel might employ said frank with a smile at the person has not chosen ill i heard a good deal of colonel s taste at and the softness of the upper notes i am sure is exactly what he and all that party would particularly prize i dare say miss that he either gave his friend very minute directions or wrote to himself do not you think so r jane did not look round she was not obliged to hear mrs had been speaking to her at the same moment it is not fair said in a whisper mine was a random guess do not distress her he shook his head with a smile and looked as if he had very little doubt and very little mercy soon afterwards he began how much your friends in ireland must be enjoying your pleasure on this occasion miss i dare say they often think of you and wonder which will be the day the precise day of the instrument s coming to hand do you imagine colonel knows the business to be going forward just at this time do you imagine it to be the consequence of an immediate commission from him or that he may have sent only a general direction an order indefinite as to time to depend upon and he paused she could not but hear she could not avoid answering � till i have a letter from colonel said she in a voice of forced calmness i can imagine nothing with any confidence it must be all conjecture conjecture aye sometimes one conjectures right and sometimes one conjectures wrong i wish i could conjecture how soon i shall make this quite firm what nonsense one talks miss when hard at work if one talks at all your real workmen i suppose hold their tongues but we gentlemen if we get hold of a word � miss said something about there it is done i have the pleasure madam to mrs of restoring your spectacles healed for present he was very warmly thanked both by mother and daughter to escape a little from the latter he went to the and begged miss who was still sitting at it to play something more if you are very kind said he it will be one of the we danced last night let me live them over again you did not enjoy them as i did you appeared tired the whole time i believe you were glad we danced no longer but i would have given worlds � all the worlds one ever has to give � for another half hour she played what felicity it is to hear a tune again which has made one happy if i mistake not that was danced at she looked up at him for a moment coloured deeply and played something else he took some music from a chair near the and turning to said � here is something quite new to me do you know it and here are a new set of irish that from such a quarter one might expect this was all sent with the very thoughtful of colonel was not it he knew miss could have no music here i honour that l art of the attention particularly it shows it to have been so thoroughly from the heart nothing hastily done nothing true affection only could have prompted il wished he would be less pointed yet could not help being amused and when on glancing her eye towards jane she caught the remains of a smile when she saw that with all the deep blush of consciousness there had been a smile of secret delight she had less scruple in the amusement and much less with respect to her this amiable upright perfect jane was apparently very feelings he brought all the music to her and they looked it over together took the opportunity of whispering � you speak too plain she must you i hope she does i would have her understand me i am not in the least ashamed of my meaning but really i am half ashamed and wish i had never taken up the idea i am very glad you did and that you communicated it to me i have now a key to all her odd looks and ways leave shame to her if she does wrong she ought to feel it she is not entirely without it i think i do not see much sign of it she is playing robin at this moment � ins favourite shortly afterwards miss passing near the window mr on horseback not far off mr i declare i must speak to him if possible just to thank him i will not open the window here it would give you all cold but i can go into my mother s room you know i dare say he will come in when he knows who is here quite delightful to have you all meet so our little room so honoured she was in the adjoining chamber while she still spoke and opening the there immediately called mr s attention and every of their conversation was as distinctly heard by the others as if it had passed within the same apartment how d ye do how d ye do very well i thank you so obliged to you for the carriage last night we were just in time my mother just ready for us pray come in do 