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Perhaps she pitied and esteehby and Marianne, who, prejudiced against hi, seemed resolved to undervalue his hby one day, when they were talking of hiether, "whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whohted to see, and nobody remembers to talk to"

"That is exactly what I think of him," cried Marianne

"Do not boast of it, however," said Elinor, "for it is injustice in both of you He is highly esteemed by all the fa pains to converse with hihby, "is certainly in his favour; but as for the esteem of the others, it is a reproach in itself Who would sub approved by such a wos, that could command the indifference of any body else?"

"But perhaps the abuse of such people as yourself and Marianne will ard of Lady Middleton and her mother If their praise is censure, your censure , than you are prejudiced and unjust"

"In defence of your protege you can even be saucy"

"My protege, as you call him, is a sensible man; and sense will always have attractions for me Yes, Marianne, even in a reat deal of the world; has been abroad, has read, and has a thinkingme much information on various subjects; and he has always answered ood nature"

"That is to say," cried Marianne contemptuously, "he has told you, that in the East Indies the climate is hot, and the mosquitoes are troublesome"

"He WOULD have told me so, I doubt not, had I made any such inquiries, but they happened to be points on which I had been previously inforhby, "his observations old mohrs, and palanquins"

"I may venture to say that HIS observations have stretched much further than your candour But why should you dislike him?"

"I do not dislike him I consider him, on the contrary, as a very respectable ood word, and nobody's notice; who, has more money than he can spend, more time than he kno to employ, and t coats every year"