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are you never to hear yourself praised!--Then you must be no friend of mine; for those ill accept of my love and esteem, must submit to my open commendation"

The nature of her commendation, in the present case, however, happened to be particularly ill-suited to the feelings of two thirds of her auditors, and was so very unexhilarating to Edward, that he very soon got up to go away

"Going so soon!" said Marianne; " him a little aside, she whispered her persuasion that Lucy could not stay eo; and Lucy, ould have outstaid him, had his visit lasted two hours, soon afterwards went away

"What can bring her here so often?" said Marianne, on her leaving the to Edward!"

"Why so?--ere all his friends, and Lucy has been the longest known to him of any It is but natural that he should like to see her as well as ourselves"

Marianne looked at her steadily, and said, "You know, Elinor, that this is a kind of talking which I cannot bear If you only hope to have your assertion contradicted, as I ht to recollect that I am the last person in the world to do it I cannot descend to be tricked out of assurances, that are not really wanted"

She then left the room; and Elinor dared not follow her to say more, for bound as she was by her proive no information that would convince Marianne; and painful as the consequences of her still continuing in an error ed to submit to it All that she could hope, was that Edould not often expose her or hi Marianne's mistaken warmth, nor to the repetition of any other part of the pain that had attended their recent --and this she had every reason to expect