it was now but it was something so droll i an hour or two spent in what her mother called chat or in other words in every varied of concerning all their acquaintance on mrs s and in laughter without cause on mrs s it was proposed by the latter that they should all accompany her to some shops where she had business that morning to which mn and readily consented as having likewise some purchases to make themselves and though declining it at was induced to go likewise wherever went she was evidently always on the watch in bond street where much of their lay her eyes were in constant and in whatever op the party were engaged her mind was equally abstracted firom everything actually before them from all that interested and occupied the restless and dissatisfied every where her sister could never obtain her opinion of any article of purchase however it m ht equally concern them both she received no pleasure from any thing only impatient to be at home again and l w aw li y go i ba v at the of un was b or new was wild to bay ao on and i h� time in it was late in the � ig before i and no sooner had the � � flew np stain and when followed her turning from the table with a declared that no by had been has no letter been left here for me since we went out i said she to the footman who then entered the she was in the n are yon quite sure of it i she replied are you certain no no porter hu left any letter or the man replied that none had how very odd i said she in a low and voice aa she away to the window how odd indeed i repeated within herself regarding her sister with uneasiness if she had not known him to be in town she would not have written to him as she did she would have written to and if he is in town how odd that he should come nor write i oh my dear mother you must be wrong in an engagement between a daughter so a man so httle known to be carried on in so so mysterious a manner long to but how will my interference be borne she determined after some consideration that if continued many days longer as unpleasant as they now were she would represent in the strongest manner to her mother the of some serious into die affair mrs and two elderly ladies of mrs s intimate acquaintance whom she had met and invited in the morning dined with them the former left them soon after tea to fulfil her evening engagements and � was obliged to assist in making a table for the others was of no use on these occasions as she would never the but though her time was at sense and sensibility her own disposal the evening ma by no means more productive of pleasure to her than to for it was spent ia all the anxiety of expectation and the pain of she sometimes endeavoured for a few minutes to read but the was soon thrown aside and she returned to the more interesting employment of backwards and forwards across the room pausing for a moment she came to the window in hopes of the expected rap chapter v if this open weather holds much longer said mrs when they met at breakfast the following mornings sir not like leaving next we tis a sad for to lose a day s pleasure poor souls pity them when they do they seem to take it so to heart that is true cried in a cheerful voice and walking to the window as she spoke to examine the day i had not thought of this weather will keep many in the country it was a lucky recollection all her good spirits were restored by it it is charming weather for them indeed she continued as she sat down to the breakfast table with a happy countenance how much they must enjoy iti but a return of anxiety it cannot be expected to last long at this time of the year and after such a series of rain we shall certainly have very little more of it will soon set in and in all probability with severity in another day or two perhaps this extreme can hardly last longer � nay perhaps it may to night at any rate said wishing to prevent from seeing her sister s thoughts as clearly as she did i dare say we shall have sir john and lady in town by the end of next week ay my dear i ll warrant you we do always has own way i s� iu and and now silently she will write to by this day s post but if e did tiie letter written and sent away with a privacy which all her to ascertain the ct whatever the of it might be and r as was firom feeling thorough about it yet while she saw in spirits she could not be very and was in spirits in die of the weather and still h in her e of a frost the morning was chiefly spent in leaving cards at the houses of s acquaintance to them of her being in town and was all die time busy in observing the direction of the wind watching the of the sky and imagining an alteration in the air don t find it colder than it in the t there seems to me a very decided difference i can hardly keep my hands even in my it was not so yesterday i think the clouds seem parting too the sun will be out in a moment and we shall have a clear afternoon was alternately diverted and pained but and 