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Marianne's preserver, as Margaret, with hby, called at the cottage early the nextto make his personal enquiries He was received by Mrs Dashith more than politeness; with a kindness which Sir John's account of hi that passed during the visit tended to assure hiance, mutual affection, and domestic comfort of the family to whom accident had now introduced him Of their personal charms he had not required a second interview to be convinced

Miss Dashwood had a delicate coure Marianne was still handsoh not so correct as her sister's, in having the advantage of height, was ; and her face was so lovely, that when in the coirl, truth was less violently outraged than usually happens Her skin was very brown, but, from its transparency, her coood; her smile eet and attractive; and in her eyes, which were very dark, there was a life, a spirit, an eagerness, which could hardily be seen without delight Frohby their expression was at first held back, by the embarrassment which the remembrance of his assistance created But when this passed ahen her spirits beca of the gentleman, he united frankness and vivacity, and above all, when she heard hi he was passionately fond, she gave hiest share of his discourse to herself for the rest of his stay

It was only necessary to e her to talk She could not be silent when such points were introduced, and she had neither shyness nor reserve in their discussion They speedily discovered that their enjoy and eneral confored by this to a further examination of his opinions, she proceeded to question hiht forward and dwelt upon with so rapturous a delight, that any young man of five and twenty must have been insensible indeed, not to become an immediate convert to the excellence of such works, however disregarded before Their taste was strikingly alike The saes were idolized by each--or if any difference appeared, any objection arose, it lasted no longer than till the force of her arguhtness of her eyes could be displayed He acquiesced in all her decisions, caught all her enthusias before his visit concluded, they conversed with the fa-established acquaintance