i b him never to talk in manner again and i should have said still more if been certain oc his thing but i did not to be i not bear to more nm be intended i it lor she say no more her was am i to understand said a moment s silence that yon mean to mr � yes sir yes sir refuse mr upon what for what i � i cannot like him sir well to many him this is veiy strange said sir thomas in a voice of calm displeasure there is something in this which my comprehension does not reach here is a young man wishing to pay his addresses to you with eveiy thing to recommend him not merely situation in life fortune and character but with more than common with address and conversation pleasing to every body and he is not an acquaintance of to day you have now known him some time his sister moreover is intimate friend and he has been doing that for your brother which i should suppose would have been almost sufficient to you had there been no other it is veiy uncertain my interest might have got william on he has done it yes said in a faint voice and looking down with fresh shame and she did feel almost ashamed of herself after such a picture as her uncle had for not liking mr you must have been aware continued sir thomas park � have been tune aware of a in mi s to you this cannot hare taken yon by you must have observed bis attentions and though you always received them veiy p ro ly i have no accusation to make on that head i to be unpleasant to yon i am half d to think that you do not quite know your oh sir indeed i do his attentions were always � i did not like sir looked at her with deeper surprise this is beyond tn said be this explanation young as you are and having seen scarcely any one it is hardly he paused and eyed her he saw her lips formed into a mt though tiie sound was inarticulate but her ce was like scarlet that however in so modest a might be veiy with innocence and choosing at least to appear satisfied he quickly added no no i know b quite out of the question � quite impossible well there is nothing to be said and for a few minutes he did say nothing he was deep in thought his niece was deep in thought likewise trying to and prepare against farther questioning she would rather die than own the truth and she hoped by a little reflection to herself beyond betraying it the interest which mr s to justify said sir thomas beginning again and very his wishing to marry at all so early is to me i am an advocate for early i there arc means in proportion and would i young man a sufficient income settle as after four and twenty as he this is so much my that i am to think how likely my eldest son cousin mr ts to many early but at as r as i can judge matrimony makes no part of his plans or thoughts i he were more likely to fix here was a ance at � i consider from his disposition and habits as much more likely to marry an his brother indeed i have lately thought park has seen the woman he could love which am my eldest son has not am i right do you agree with me my dear i yes sir it was gently but it was calmly said and sir thomas was easy on the score of the cousins but the removal of his alarm did his niece no service was confirmed his displeasure increased and getting up and walking about the room with a own which could picture to herself though she dared not lift up her eyes he shortly afterwards and in a voice of authority � have ou any reason child to ill of mr s temper no sir she longed to add but of his principles i have but her heart sunk under the appalling prospect of discussion and probably non conviction her ill opinion of him was founded chiefly on observations which for her cousins sake she could mention to their maria and and especially maria were so closely in mr s that she could not give his character such as she believed it without betraying them she had hoped that to a man like her uncle so so honourable so good the simple acknowledgment of settled dislike on her side would have been to her infinite grief she found it was not sir thomas came towards tlie table where she sat in trembling wretchedness and with a good deal of cold said it is of no use i perceive to talk to you we had better put an end to this most conference mr must not be kept longer waiting i will therefore only add as thinking it my duty to mark my opinion of your conduct that you have disappointed every expectation i had formed and proved yourself of a character the very reverse of what i had supposed for i had as i think my behaviour must have shown formed a very favourable opinion of you from the period of my return to england i had thought you peculiarly free from of temper self conceit and every tendency to that independence of spirit which so much in modem days even in � park young women and which in young women is offensive and disgusting beyond all common but you have now me that you can be wilful and perverse that you can and will decide for yourself without any consideration or for those who have surely some t to guide even asking their advice you 