on each side miss found a sister without or � a sister s husband who looked the gentleman and a house and well fitted up and mrs grant received in those whom she hoped to love better than ever a young man and woman of very appearance mary was remarkably pretty henry though not handsome had air and countenance the manners of both were lively and pleasant and mrs park grant immediately gave them credit for everything else she was delighted with each but mary was her dearest object and having never been able to glory in beauty of her own she thoroughly enjoyed the power of being of her sister s she had not waited her arrival to out for a suitable match for her she had fixed on tom the eldest son of a was not too good for a girl of twenty thousand pounds with all the elegance and accomplishments which mrs grant foresaw in her and being a warm hearted woman mary had not been three hours in the house before she told her what she had planned miss was glad to find a family of such consequence so very near them and not at all displeased at her sister s early care or the choice it had fallen on matrimony was her object provided she could marry well and having seen mr in town she knew that objection could no more be made to his person than to his situation in life while she treated it as a joke therefore she did not forget to think of it seriously the scheme was soon repeated to henry and now added mrs grant i have thought of something to make it complete i should dearly love to settle you both in this country and therefore henry you shall marry the youngest miss a nice handsome good humoured accomplished girl who will make you very happy henry bowed and thanked her my dear sister said mary if you can persuade him into anything of the sort it will be a fresh matter of delight to me to find myself allied to anybody so clever and i shall only regret that you have not half daughters to dispose of if you can persuade henry to marry you must have the address of a all that english abilities can do has been park already i have three veiy friends who hare been all dying for him in their turn and the pains which they women as well as mv dear and myself have taken to reason or him into marrying is inconceivable i he is the most horrible that can be imagined if your miss do not like to have their hearts broke let them avoid henry my dear brother i will not believe this of you no i am sure you are too good you will be kinder than mary yon will allow for the doubts of youth and i am of a cautious temper and unwilling to risk my hap in a hurry nobody can think more highly of the matrimonial state than myself i consider the blessing of a wife as most described in those discreet lines of the poet heaven s best gift there mrs grant you see how he dwells on one word and only look at his smile i assure you he is very detestable the admiral s lessons have quite spoiled him i pay very little regard said mrs grant to what any young person says on the subject of if they profess a for it i only set it down that they have not yet seen the right person dr grant congratulated miss on feeling no to the state herself oh yes i am not at all ashamed of it would have everybody marry if they can do it properly i do not like to have people throw themselves away but everybody should marry as soon as they can do it to advantage i d park t he young people were pleased with each other from the on each there was much to attract and their acquaintance soon promised as early an intimacy as good manners would warrant miss s beauty did her no with the miss they were too handsome themselves to dislike any woman for being so too and were almost as much charmed as their with her lively dark eye clear brown complexion and general had she been tall formed and ir it might have been more of a trial but as it was there could be no comparison and she was most a sweet pretty girl while they were the finest young women in the country her brother was not handsome no when they first saw him he was absolutely plain black and plain but still he was the gentleman with a pleasing address the second meeting proved him not so very plain he was plain to be sure but then he had so much countenance and his teeth were so good and he was so well made that one soon forgot he was plain and after a third interview after dining in company with him at the he was no longer allowed to be called so by anybody he was in fact the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known and they were equally delighted with him miss s engagement made him in the property of of which was fully aware and before he had been at a week she was quite ready to be fallen in love with maria s notions on the subject were more and indistinct she did not want to see or understand there could be no harm in her liking an agreeable man � everybody knew her situation � mr park must take case of himself mr did not mean to be in any danger i the miss were worth pleasing and were ready to be pleased and he with no object but of making them like him he did 