not i indeed i have had enough of the family for one morning why child i have but this moment escaped from his horrible mother such a penance as i have been enduring while you were sitting here so composed and so happy it might have been as well perhaps if you had been in my place but you always contrive to keep out of these this was a most unjust reflection but could allow for it and let it pass was vexed and her temper was hasty but she felt that it would not last and therefore taking no notice only asked her if she had not seen mr yes yes we saw him he was away as if upon life and death and could but just spare time to tell us his errand and where you all were it is a pity that he should so trouble for nothing m that is miss concern i am not obliged to punish myself for her sins the mother i not avoid as as my tiresome aunt was dancing about with the housekeeper but the son i can get away from and she immediately scrambled across the fence and walked away not attending to s last question of whether she had seen any thing of miss and the sort of dread in which now sat of seeing mr prevented her thinking so much of their continued absence however as she might have done she felt that he had been very ill used and was quite unhappy in having to communicate what had passed ha joined her within five minutes after s exit and though she made the best of the story he was and displeased in no common degree at first he scarcely said any thing his looks only expressed his extreme surprise and vexation and he walked to the gate and stood there without seeming to know what to do they desired me to stay � my cousin maria charged me to that you find them at that or i do not believe i shall go any further said he sullenly see nothing of them by the time i get to the ihey may be gone else i have bad walking enough and he sat down with a most gloomy countenance by i am very sorry said she it is very unlucky and � he longed to be able to say something more to the purpose after an interval of silence i thing they might as well have staid for me said he miss thought you would follow her i should not have had to follow her if she had staid this not be denied and was silenced another pause he went on pray miss are you such a great admirer of this mr as some people are f my part i can see nothing in him i do not think him at all handsome handsome can call such an under sized man handsome he is not foot nine i should not wonder if he not vi than five foot eight i think he is au ill park looking fellow in my opinion these are no tion at all we did very well without them a small sigh escaped here and she did not know how to contradict him if i had made any about the key there might have been some excuse but i went the very moment she said she wanted it nothing could be more obliging than your manner i am and i dare say you walked as fast as you could but still it is some distance you know from this spot to the house quite into the house and when people are waiting they are bad judges of time and every half minute seems like five he got up and walked to the gate again and wished he had had the key about him at the time thought she discerned in his standing there an indication of which encouraged her to another attempt and she said therefore it is a pity you should not join them they expected to have a better view of the house from that part of the park and will be thinking how it may be improved and nothing of that sort you know can be settled without you she found herself more successful in sending away than in retaining a companion mr was worked on well said he if you really think i had better go it would be foolish to bring the key for nothing and letting himself out he walked off without further ceremony s thoughts were now all engrossed by the two who had left her so long ago and getting quite impatient she resolved to go in search of them she followed their steps along the bottom walk and had just turned up into another when the voice and the laugh of miss once more caught her ear the sound approached and a few more brought them before her they were just returned into the wilderness from the park to which a side gate not fastened had tempted them very soon after their leaving her and they had been across a portion of the park into the very avenue � which had been hoping the whole morning to reach at last and had been sitting down under one of the trees this was their history it was evident that they had been spending their time pleasantly and were not aware of the length of their absence s best consolation was in being assured that had wished for her very much and that he should certainly have come back for her ha d she not been tired already but this was not quite sufficient to do away the pain of having been left a whole hour when he bad talked of only a few minutes nor to banish the sort of curiosity she felt to know what they had been conversing about all that time and the 