could she help fearing on more serious reflection that like many other great and she had been eloquent on a point in which her own conduct would ill bear examination chapter xii anne and finding themselves the earliest f the part the next morning agreed to stroll down to the sea before breakfast they went to the sands chapters from jane to watch the flowing of the tide which a fine breeze was bringing in with all the grandeur which so flat a shore admitted the praised the morning in the sea in the delight of the fresh feeling breeze � and were silent till suddenly began again with � oh es � i am quite convinced that with very few exceptions the sea air always does good there can be no doubt of its having been of the greatest service to dr after his illness last spring he declares himself that c� to for a month did him more good than all the medicine he took and that being b the sea s makes him feel young again now i cannot help thinking it a pity that he does not live entirely b the sea i do think he had better leave entirely and fix at do not you anne do not ou agree with me that it is the best thing he could do both for himself and mrs she has cousins here you know and many acquaintances which would make it cheerful for her � and i am sure she would be glad to get to a place where she could have medical attendance at hand in case of his having another indeed i think it quite melancholy to have such excellent people as dr and mrs who have been doing good all their lives wearing out their last da in a place like where excepting our family they seem shut out from all the world i wish his friends would propose it to him i really think they ought and as to a there could be no difficulty at his time of life and with his character my only doubt is whether anything could him to leave his parish he is so very strict and scrupulous in his notions i must say do not you think anne it is being over scrupulous do not you think it is quite a miss s accuracy of statement is here shown in the fact that the sands are open only to southern breezes especially to those from the persuasion mistaken point of conscience when a man sacrifices his health for the sake of duties which may be just as well performed by another person and at too � only seventeen miles off � he would be near enough to hear if people thought there was anything to complain of anne smiled more than once to herself during this speech and entered into the subject as ready to do good bj entering into the feelings of a young lady as of a man � though here it was good of a lower standard for what could be offered but general acquiescence she said all that was reasonable and proper on the business felt the claims of dr to repose as she ought saw how ver desirable it was that he should have some active respectable young as a resident and was even courteous enough to hint at the advantage of such resident s being married i wish said very well pleased with her companion i wish lady lived at and were intimate with dr i have always heard of lady as a woman of the greatest influence with everybody i always look upon her as able to persuade a person to anything i am afraid of her as have told ou before quite afraid of her because she is so very clever but i respect her and wish we had such a neighbor at anne was amused bj s manner of being grateful and amused also that the course of events and the new interests of s views should have placed her friend at all in favor with of the family she had only time however for a general answer and a wish that such another woman were at before all subjects suddenly ceased on seeing and captain coming towards them they came also for a stroll till breakfast was likely to be ready but immediately afterwards that she had something to procure at a chapters from jane shop invited them all to go back with her into the town they were all at her disposal when they came to the steps leading upwards from the beach a gentleman at the same moment pi to come down politely drew back and stopped to give them wa they ascended and passed him and as they passed anne s face caught his eye and he looked at her with a degree of earnest admiration which she could not be insensible of she was looking remarkably well her ver regular very pretty features having the bloom and freshness of restored by the line wind which had been blowing on her complexion and by the animation of e ye which it had also produced it was evident that the gentleman completely a gentleman in manner admired her exceedingly captain looked round at her instantly in a wa which showed his noticing of it he gave her a momentary glance � a glance of brightness which seemed to say that man is struck with you � and even i at this moment see something like anne again after attending through her business and about a little longer thej returned to the inn and anne in passing afterwards quickly from her own chamber to their dining room had nearly run against the very same gentleman as he came out of an adjoining apartment she had before him to be a stranger like themselves and determined that a groom who was strolling about near the two as 