day go to day do not it what is right to be done cannot be done too soon and besides i must give you a hint any want of to her here should be carefully avoided you saw her with the when she was the equal of every body she mixed with but here she is with a poor old grandmother who has barely enough to live on if you do not call early it will be a slight the son looked convinced m i have heard her speak of the acquaintance s ji she is a very elegant young woman he agreed to it but with so quiet a yes as inclined her almost to doubt his real and yet there must be a very distinct sort of elegance for the fashionable world if jane could be thought only ordinarily gifted with it if you were never particularly struck by her manners before said she think you will to day you will see her to advantage see her and hear no am afraid you will not bear her at all for she has an aunt who never holds her tongue you are acquainted with miss jane sir are you said mr always the last to make his way in conversation then give me leave to assure you � that you will find her a very agreeable young lady she is staying here on a visit to her and aunt very worthy people i have known them all my life they wiu be extremely glad to see you i am sure and one of my servants shall go with you to show you the way my dear sir upon no account in the world my father can direct me but your father is not going so far he is only going to the crown quite on the other side of the street and there are a great many houses you might be very much at a loss and it is a very dirty walk unless you keep on the but my coachman can tell you where you had best cross the street mr frank still it looking as serious as he could and his father gave his hearty support by calling out my good friend this is quite unnecessary frank knows a of water when he sees it and as to mrs s he may get there from the crown in a hop step and jump they are permitted to go alone and with a cordial nod from one and a graceful bow from the other the two gentlemen took leave remained very well pleased with this beginning of the acquaintance and could now engage to think of them all at any hour of the day with full confidence in their comfort chapter xxiv the next morning brought mr frank again he came with mrs to whom and to he seemed to take very cordially he had been sitting with her it appeared most at home till her usual hour of exercise and on being desired to choose their walk immediately fixed on he did not doubt there being very pleasant walks in every direction but if left to him he should always choose the same that airy cheerful happy looking would be his con h h attraction with mrs stood for and she trusted to its bearing the same construction with him they walked thither directly had hardly expected them for mr who had called in for half a minute in order to hear that his son was very handsome knew nothing of their plans and it was an agreeable surprise to her therefore to perceive them walking up to the house together arm in arm she was wanting to see him again and especially to see him in company with mrs upon his behaviour to whom her opinion of him was to depend if he were deficient there nothing should make amends for it but on seeing them together she became perfectly satisfied it was not merely in fine words or compliment that he paid his nothing be more proper or pleasing than his whole manner to her � nothing could more agreeably his wish of considering her as a friend and securing her affection and there was time enough for to a reasonable judgment as their visit included all the rest of the morning they were all three walking about together for an hour or r first round the of and afterwards in he was delighted with every thing admired sufficiently for mr s ear and when their going farther was resolved on confessed his wish to be made acquainted with whole village and found matter of and interest much than could have supposed some of the objects of his curiosity spoke very amiable feelings he begged to be shown the house which his father had lived in so long and which had been the home of his father s father and on that an old woman who had nursed him was still living walked in quest of her cottage from one end of the street to the other and though in some of pursuit or observation there was no positive merit they showed a good will towards in general which must be very like a merit to those he was la watched and decided that with such feelings as were now shown it could not be fairly supposed that he had been ever voluntarily himself that he had not been acting a part or making a parade of professions and that mr certainly had not done him their first pause was at the crown inn an house though the principal one of the sort where a couple of pair of post horses were kept more for the convenience of the neighbourhood than from any run on the road and his companions had not expected to be detained by any interest excited there but in passing it they gave the history of the large room visibly added 