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Mrs Paler than Lady Middleton, and totally unlike her in every respect She was short and pluood humour in it that could possibly be Her ant as her sister's, but they wereShe came in with a shed, and s young man of five or six and twenty, with an air of ness to please or be pleased He entered the roohtly bowed to the ladies, without speaking a word, and, after briefly surveying them and their apartments, took up a newspaper fro as he staid

Mrs Pally endowed by nature with a turn for being uniformly civil and happy, was hardly seated before her ad in it burst forth

"Well! what a delightful roo! Only think, Mamht it such a sweet place,to Mrs Dashwood) but you have htful every thing is! How I should like such a house for myself!

Should not you, Mr Palmer?"

Mr Palmer made her no answer, and did not even raise his eyes from the newspaper

"Mr Pal; "he never does sometimes It is so ridiculous!"

This was quite a new idea to Mrs Dashwood; she had never been used to find wit in the inattention of any one, and could not help looking with surprise at thes, in the meantime, talked on as loud as she could, and continued her account of their surprise, the evening before, on seeing their friends, without ceasing till every thing was told Mrs Palhed heartily at the recollection of their astonishreed, two or three tireeable surprise

"You lad we all were to see the forward towards Elinor, and speaking in a low voice as if she h they were seated on different sides of the roo they had not travelled quite so fast, norjourney of it, for they came all round by London upon account of so to her daughter) it rong in her situation I wanted her to stay at hoed so much to see you all!"