ntimacy as good manners would warrant. Miss Crawford's beauty did her no disservice with the Miss Bertrams. They were too handsome themselves to dislike

l: but as it was, there could be no comparison; and she was most allowably

ce, 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 Parsonage, he was no longer allowed to be called so by anybody. He was, in fact, the most agreeable youn

Mr. Crawford must take care of himself." Mr. Crawford did not mean to be in any danger! the Miss Bertrams were worth pleasing, and were ready to be pleased; and he began with no object but

he returned from attending them to their carriage after the

m delighted to hear you say

I like Ju

iss Bertram is in general

nance; but I like Julia best; Miss Bertram is certainly the handsomest, and I have fo

Henry, but I know you wi

ou that I like h

engaged. Remember that, my dea

aged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all h

s a very good sort of young man,

ubscribe to it. I am sure Miss Bertram is very much attached to Mr. Rushworth. I could see it in her eyes, whe

shall we

I believe. Talking does no good

I would not have him duped; I woul

taken in. It will do just as well. Every

in marriage,

one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry. Look where I will, I see that it is so; and I feel that it must be

a bad school for matri

so many who have married in the full expectation and confidence of some one particular advantage in the connexion, or accomplishment, or good qua

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation

wife, I mean to be just as staunch myself; and I wish my friend

re you both. Mansfield shall cure you both, and witho

pend only a few days with them; but Mansfield promised well, and there was nothing to call him elsewhere. It delighted Mrs. Grant to keep them both with her, and Dr. Grant was exceedingly well contented

that two such young men were not often seen together even in London, and that their manners, particularly those of the eldest, were very good. He had been much in London, and had more liveliness and gallant

to all this. Miss Crawford soon felt that he and his situation might do. She looked about her with due consideration, and found almost everything in his favour: a park, a real park, five miles round, a spacious modern-built house, so well placed and well screened as to deserve to be in any collection of engravings of gentlemen's seats in the kingdom, and wanting only to be com

gs on, expect him back again for many weeks, it would bring his passion to an early proof. Much was said on his side to induce her to atte

iss Crawford's beauty; but as she still continued to think Mr. Crawford very plain, in spite of her two cousins having repeatedly proved the contrary, she never mentioned him. The notice, which she excited herself, was to this effect. "I begin now to understand you all,

mean, but I will not undertake to answer the question. My cousin is grown up.

ooks very demure, and never says a word. You may smile, but it is so, I assure you; and except that it is sometimes carried a little too far, it is all very proper. Girls should be quiet and modest. The most objectionable part is, that the alteration of manners on being introduced into company is frequently too sudden. They sometimes pass in s

ly fair; I see what you are at. You

mean. I am quite in the dark. But I will quiz you with a

first introduced me to his family, about two years ago, his sister was not out, and I could not get her to speak to me. I sat there an hour one morning waiting for Anderson, with only her and a little girl or two in the room, the governess being sick or run away, and the mother in and out every moment with letters of business, and I could hardly get a word or a look from the young lady-nothing like a civil answer-she scr

s too common a fault. Mothers certainly have not yet got quite the right way of managing their daughters. I do

manners should be," said Mr. Bertram gallantl

y are given wrong notions from the beginning. They are always acting upon motives of vanity, and

e modestest part of the business. It is much worse to have girls not out give themselves the same airs and t

und-his father, and mother, and sisters, were there, all new to me. When we reached Albion Place they were out; we went after them, and found them on the pier: Mrs. and the two Miss Sneyds, with others of their acquaintance. I made my bow in form; and as Mrs. Sneyd was surrounded by men, attached myself to one of her daughters, walked by her side all the way home, and made myself as agreeable as I could; the young lady perfectly easy in her mann

vexatious; but it was entirely the mother's fault. Miss Augusta should have been with her governess. Such half-and-half doings never

ball. My mother seldom goes into company herself, and dines n

nt is clear. Miss