once angry and audible � what apiece park ol work here is about nothing � i am quite of you to make such a difficulty of obliging in a of this sort � so kind as they are to you i take die part with grace and let us hear no more of the matter i entreat do not urge her madam said it is not ir to urge h in this manner you see she does not like to act let hei choose for herself as well as the rest of us her judgment may be quite as safely trusted do not urge her any more i am not going to urge her replied mrs sharply but i shall think her a very obstinate girl if e not do what her aunt and cousins wish her � very ungrateful indeed considering who and what she is was too angry to speak but miss looking for a moment with astonished eyes at mis and then at whose tears were beginning to show themselves immediately said with some i do not like my situation this is too hot for me � and moved away her chair to the opposite side of the table close to saying to her in a kind low whisper as she placed herself never mind my dear miss � this is a cross evening � everybody is cross and but do not let us mind them f and with pointed attention continued to talk to her and endeavour to her spirits in spite of being out of spirits herself by a look at her she prevented any farther entreaty from the theatrical board and the really good feelings by which she was almost purely governed were rapidly restoring her to all the little she had lost in s favour did not love miss but she felt very much obliged to her for her present kindness and when from taking notice of her work and wishing could work as well and g for the pattern and supposing waa now preparing for her appearance as of course she would come out n en her cousin was married proceeded to if she had heard lately from her brother at sea and said that she had quite a curiosity to see him and imagined him a very fine young man and advised to get bis picture drawn before he park vent to wa a un � she could not help admitting it to be agreeable help listening and answering with more animation than she had intended the consultation upon the play still went on and miss s was first from by tom s telling her with infinite regret that he found it absolutely impossible for him to undertake the part of in addition to the butler he had been most tr ng to make it out to be � but it not do � he must give it up but there will not be the smallest difficulty in filling it he added we have but to speak die word we may pick and choose i could name at this moment at least six young men within miles of us who are wild to be admitted into our company and there are one or two that would not disgrace us � i should not be afraid to either of the or charles tom is a very clever fellow and charles is as a man as you see anywhere so will take my horse early to and ride over to and settle with one of them while he spoke maria was looking round at in full expectation that he must oppose such an of the plan as this � so contrary to all their but said nothing after a moment s thought miss calmly replied as far as i am concerned i can have no objection to anything that yoa all think eligible have i ever seen either of the gentlemen t yes mr charles dined at my sister s one day did not he henry a quiet looking young man i remember him let him be applied to if you please for it will be less unpleasant to me than to have a perfect charles was to be the man tom repeated his resolution of going to him early on the morrow and though who had scarcely opened her lips before observed in a sarcastic manner and with a glance first at maria and then at that the would the whole neighbourhood y still held his peace and showed his feelings only by a determined gravity � park i am not to u to our said mm in an under voice to after some con j and i on tell mr that i � h� ll � m it will be veiy if t o means what i chapter it was in miss s to talk into any real forgetfulness of what had passed when die evening was she went to bed of it her still agitated by the shock of such an attack om her tom so public and so in and her spirits sinking under her unkind reflection and reproach to be called into notice in such a to hear that il was but the to something so infinitely worse to be told that she must do what was so impossible as to act and then to have the charge of and ingratitude follow i enforced with such a hint at the dependence of her situation had been too distressing at the time to make the remembrance when she was alone much less so � especially with the dread of what the morrow might produce in of the subject miss had protected her only for the time and if she were applied to again among themselves with all the that tom and maria were capable of and perhaps away what should she do she fell asleep before she could answer the question and found it quite as when she awoke 