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Nothing occurred during the next three or four days, toto her ed about the end of that time to attend Lady Middleton to a party, fros was kept away by the indisposition of her youngest daughter; and for this party, Marianne, wholly dispirited, careless of her appearance, and see equally indifferent whether she went or staid, prepared, without one look of hope or one expression of pleasure She sat by the drawing-room fire after tea, till thefrohts, and insensible of her sister's presence; and when at last they were told that Lady Middleton waited for theotten that any one was expected

They arrived in due ti of carriages before thehted, ascended the stairs, heard their na-place to another in an audible voice, and entered a room splendidly lit up, quite full of company, and insufferably hot When they had paid their tribute of politeness by curtsying to the lady of the house, they were perle in the crowd, and take their share of the heat and inconvenience, to which their arrivallittle or doing less, Lady Middleton sat down to Cassino, and as Marianne was not in spirits forto chairs, placed thereat distance fro, before Elinor perceived Willoughby, standing within a few yards of the young woht his eye, and he i to speak to her, or to approach Marianne, though he could not but see her; and then continued his discourse with the same lady Elinor turned involuntarily to Marianne, to see whether it could be unobserved by her At that loith sudden delight, she would have ht hold of her

"Good heavens!" she exclaimed, "he is there--he is there--Oh! why does he not look at me? why cannot I speak to him?"

"Pray, pray be composed," cried Elinor, "and do not betray what you feel to every body present Perhaps he has not observed you yet"