there he is my dear whispered mrs to mr how like lord murmured miss or whispered miss or the portraits of captain cook suggested tom tom � don t be an ass said his father who checked him on all occasions probably with a view to prevent his becoming sharp � which was very unnecessary the elegant with admirable effect until the family had crossed the room he then started up with the most natural appearance of surprise and delight mrs with the utmost vol ii sketches bt cordiality saluted tbe young ladies in the most bowed to and shook hands with mr with a degree of respect almost to and returned the greetings of the two young men in a half gratified half manner which fully convinced them that he must be an important and at the same time personage miss said after the ordinary and bowing very low may i be permitted to presume to h that you will allow me to have the pleasure � i don t think i am engaged said miss i with a dreadful affectation indifference � but really � so many � looked handsomely miserable i shall be most happy the interesting at last s countenance brightened up like an old hat in a shower of rain a very genteel young man certainly said the gratified mr as the and his partner joined the which was just forming he has a remarkably good address said mr yes he is a prime fellow interposed tom who always managed to put his foot in it � he talks just like an tom i said his father solemnly i think i you before not to be a fool tom looked as happy as a cock on a morning how delightful i said the interesting to his partner as they the room at the conclusion of the set � how delightful how refreshing it is to � from the the and the troubles of life even if it be bat for a few short fleeting moments and to spend those moments and though they be in the delightful the blessed society of one individual � whose would be death whose coldness would be madness whose falsehood would be ruin whose constancy would be bliss the possession of whose affection would be the brightest and best reward that heaven could bestow on man what feeling what sentiment thought miss as she leaned more heavily on her companion s arm but enough enough i resumed the elegant with a theatrical air what have i said what have i � i � to do with sentiments like these i miss � here he stopped short � may i hope to be permitted to offer the humble tribute of � really mr returned the blushing in the sweetest confusion i must refer you to papa i never can without his consent venture to � surely he cannot object � ob yes indeed indeed you know him not interrupted miss well there was nothing to fear but wishing to make the interview resemble a scene in some romantic novel he cannot object to my offering you a glass of returned the with surprise la that all thought the disappointed what a fuss about nothing it will give me the greatest pleasure sir to see you to dinner at oak lodge on sunday next at sketches bt o clock if u have no better said mr at the conclusion of the evening as he and his sons were standing in conversation with mr bowed his and accepted the flattering invitation i must confess continued the father offering his snuff box to his new acquaintance that i don t these half so much as the comfort � i had almost said the luxury � of oak lodge they have no great charms for an elderly man and all sir what is man said the i say what is man ah very true said mr very true � we know that we live and breathe continued that we have wants and wishes desires and � certainly said mr looking profound i say we know that we exist repeated raising his voice but there we stop there is an end to our knowledge there is the summit of our there is the termination of our ends what more do we know nothing replied mr � than whom no one was more capable of answering for himself in that particular tom was about to hazard something but fortunately for his reputation he caught his father s angry eye and off like a convicted of petty upon my word said mr the elder as they were returning home in the fly that mr is a wonderful young man such surprising edge such information i and such a splendid mode of expressing himself i think he must be somebody in disguise said miss how i he talks very loud and nicely timidly observed tom but i don t exactly understand what he means i almost begin to despair of your understanding anything tom said his father who of course had been much enlightened by mr tion it strikes me tom said miss that you made yourself very ridiculous this evening no doubt of it cried everybody � and the unfortunate tom reduced himself into the least possible space that night mr and mrs had a long conversation respecting their daughter s prospects and future arrangements miss went to bed considering whether in the event of her marrying a title she could encourage the visits of her present associates and dreamed all night of disguised large and various were on the sunday morning as to the mode of conveyance which the anxiously expected would adopt did he keep a � was it possible he could come on horseback � or would he the stage these and various other conjectures of equal importance engrossed the attention of mrs and her daughters during the whole morning after church � upon my 