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"Perhaps we ht of And as to most matters, to say the truth, there are not many that I know my own mind about"

"By Jove, no more do I It is not my way to bother s is siirl I like, say I, with a comfortable house over

I aood income of my own; and if she had not a penny, why, so much the better"

"Very true I think like you there If there is a good fortune on one side, there can be no occasion for any on the other No h I hate the idea of one great fortune looking out for another And toin existence Good day We shall be very glad to see you at Fullerton, whenever it is convenient"

And away she went It was not in the power of all his gallantry to detain her longer With such news to communicate, and such a visit to prepare for, her departure was not to be delayed by anything in his nature to urge; and she hurried away, leaving him to the undivided consciousness of his own happy address, and her explicit encourageitation which she had herself experienced on first learning her brother's engagement made her expect to raise no inconsiderable emotion in Mr and Mrs Allen, by the coreat was her disappointment! The important affair, which many words of preparation ushered in, had been foreseen by them both ever since her brother's arrival; and all that they felt on the occasion was co people's happiness, with a reentleman's side, in favour of Isabella's beauty, and on the lady's, of her great good luck It was to Catherine theinsensibility The disclosure, however, of the great secret of Ja to Fullerton the day before, did raise some emotion in Mrs Allen She could not listen to that with perfect calretted the necessity of its concealment, wished she could have known his intention, wished she could have seen him before he went, as she should certainly have troubled hiards to his father and mother, and her kind compliments to all the Skinners