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"Indeed I shall be very ed to you for your help," cried Lucy, "for I find there is ht there was; and it would be a shocking thing to disappoint dear Annamaria after all"

"Oh! that would be terrible, indeed," said Miss Steele-- "Dear little soul, how I do love her!"

"You are very kind," said Lady Middleton to Elinor; "and as you really like the work, perhaps you will be as well pleased not to cut in till another rubber, or will you take your chance now?"

Elinor joyfully profited by the first of these proposals, and thus by a little of that address which Marianne could never condescend to practise, gained her own end, and pleased Lady Middleton at the same time Lucy made room for her with ready attention, and the two fair rivals were thus seated side by side at the sa the same work The pianoforte at which Marianne, wrapped up in her own otten that any body was in the room besides herself, was luckily so near theht safely, under the shelter of its noise, introduce the interesting subject, without any risk of being heard at the card-table