board at my house and so i would tell him if i could see him it is not fit that he should be living about at his own charge now at lodging and s heart thanked her for such kindness towards edward though she could not forbear smiling at the form of it if he would only have done as well by himself said john as all his friends were disposed to do by him he might now haye been in his proper situation and have wanted for nothing but as it is it must be out of any body s power to assist him and there is one thing more preparing against him which must be worse than all q and � his mother has with a very kind d spirit to settle t estate upon robert immediately whidi might have been edward s on proper conditions i left her this morning with her lawyer talking over the business well said mrs that is ha revenge body has a way of own but i don t think mine would be to make one son independent because another had me got up and walked about the room can any thing be more to the spirit of a man continued john than to see his younger brother in possession of an estate which might have been his own t poor edward i i feel for him sincerely a few minutes more spent in the same kind of concluded his visit and with repeated assurances to his sisters that he really believed there was no material danger in s and that they need not therefore be very uneasy about it he went away leaving the three ladies unanimous in their sentiments on die present occasion as at least as it regarded mrs s conduct the and edward s s indignation burst forth as soon as he quitted the room and as her vehemence made reserve impossible in and unnecessary in mrs they all joined in a very spirited upon the party chapter mrs was very warm in her praise of edward s conduct but only and understood its true merit only knew how little he had had to tempt him to be and how small was the consolation beyond the consciousness of doing right that could remain to him in the loss of friends and fortune in his integrity and forgave all his in compassion for his punishment but though confidence between them was by this public discovery restored to its proper state it was not a subject on which either of them were fond of jt sense and dwelling when alone avoided it upon principle as tending to fix still more upon her thoughts by the too too positive assurances of that belief of s continued affection for herself which she rather wished to do away and s courage soon failed her in to converse upon a topic which always left her more dissatisfied with herself than ever by the comparison it necessarily produced between s conduct and her own she felt all the force of that comparison but not as her sister had hoped to urge her to exertion now she felt it with all the pain of continual self reproach regretted most bitterly that she had never exerted herself before but it brought only the torture of without the hope of her mind was so much weakened that she still fancied present exertion impossible and therefore it only her more nothing new was heard by them for a day or two afterwards of in street or s buildings but though so much of the matter was known to them already that mrs might have had enough to do in spreading that knowledge without seeking after more she had resolved from the first to pay a visit of comfort and to her cousins as soon as she could and nothing but the of more visitors than usual had prevented her going to them within that time the third day succeeding their knowledge of the particulars was so fine so a sunday as to draw many to gardens though it was only the second week in march mrs and were of the number but who knew that the were again in town and had a constant dread of meeting them chose rather to stay at home than venture into so public a place an intimate acquaintance of mrs joined them soon after they entered the gardens and was not sorry that by her continuing with them and engaging all mrs s conversation she was herself left to quiet reflection she saw nothing of the rs nothing of edward and for some time nothing of any body who could by any chance whether grave or gay be interesting to her q t saw and but at last she found with some by miss who though looking rather shy e great mi in meeting them and on receiving encouragement from the particular kindness of mrs left her own party for a short time to join theirs mrs immediately whispered to � get it all out of her my dear she wiu tell you any thing if you ask you see i cannot leave mrs it was lucky however for mrs s curiosity and s too that she would tell any thing without being asked for nothing would otherwise have been learnt u am so glad to meet you said miss taking her by the arm � wanted to see you of all things in the world and then lowering her voice i suppose mrs has heard all about it not at all i believe with you that is a good thing and lady is i cannot po e it possible that she should i am monstrous of it good gracious i have had such a time of it i never saw in such a rage in my life she vowed at first she would never trim me up a new bonnet nor do 