being in love with him i should not like a man who is so soon by a hot morning s sweet easy temper will not mind it he was gone long enough to have had a very comfortable meal and came back all the better � grown quite cool and with good manners like himself able to draw a chair close to them take an interest in their employment and regret in a reasonable way that he should be so late he was not in his best spirits but seemed trying to improve them and at last made himself talk nonsense very agreeably they were looking over views in as soon as my aunt gets well i shall go abroad said he i shall never be easy till i have seen some of these places you will have my sketches some time or other to look at � or my tour to read � or my poem i shall do something to expose myself that may be � but not by sketches in you will never go to your uncle and aunt will never allow you to leave england they may be induced to go too a warm climate may be prescribed for her i have more than half an expectation of our all going abroad i assure you i have i feel a strong persuasion this morning that i shall soon be abroad i ought to travel i am tired of doing nothing i want a change i am serious miss whatever your penetrating eyes may fancy � i am sick of england � and would leave it tomorrow if i could you are sick of prosperity and indulgence cannot you invent a few hardships for yourself and be contented to stay i sick of prosperity and indulgence you are quite mistaken i do not look upon myself as either prosperous or indulged i am in everything material i do not consider myself at all a fortunate person you are not quite so miserable though as when you first came go and eat and drink a little more and you will do very well another of cold meat another draught of and water will make you nearly on a par with the rest of us no � i shall not stir i shall sit by you you are my best cure we are going to box hill to morrow you will join us it is not but it will be something for a young man so much in want of a change you will stay and go with us no certainly not i shall go home in the cool of the evening but you may come again in the cool of tomorrow morning no � it will not be worth while if i come i shall be cross then pray stay at but if i do i shall be still i can never bear to think of you all there without me these are difficulties which you must settle for yourself choose your own degree of i shall press you no more the rest of the party were now returning and all were soon collected with some there was great joy at the sight of frank others took it very but there was a very general dis vol ii � and disturbance on miss s disappearance being explained that it was time for everybody to go concluded the subject and with a short final arrangement for the next day s scheme they parted frank s little inclination to himself increased so much that his last words to were � well � if you wish me to stay and join the party i will she smiled her acceptance and nothing less than a summons from was to take him back before the following evening chapter xv they had a very fine day for box hill and ah the other outward circumstances of arrangement accommodation and were in favor of a pleasant party mr directed the whole safely between and the and everybody was in good time and went together miss and her niece with the the gentlemen on horseback mrs remained with mr nothing was wanting but to be happy when they got there seven miles were travelled in expectation of enjoyment and everybody had a burst of admiration on first arriving but in the general amount of the day there was deficiency there was a languor a want of spirits a want of union which could not be got over they separated too much into parties the walked together mr took charge of miss and jane and and belonged to frank and mr tried in vain to make them better it seemed at first an accidental division but it never materially varied mr and mrs indeed showed no unwilling ness to mix and be as agreeable as they could but during the two whole hours that were spent on the hill there seemed a principle of separation between the other parties too strong for any fine prospects or any cold or any cheerful mr to remove at first it was downright to she had never seen so silent and stupid he said nothing worth hearing looked without seeing admired without intelligence listened without knowing what she said while he was so dull it was no wonder that should he dull likewise and they were when they all sat down it was better � to her taste a great deal better � for frank grew and gay making her his first subject every attention that could be paid was paid to her to amuse her and be agreeable in her eyes seemed all that he cared for and glad to be not sorry to be flattered was gay and easy too and gave him all the friendly encouragement the admission to be gallant which she had ever given in the first and most period of their acquaintance but which now in her own estimation meant nothing though in the judgment 