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How she should begin--how she should express herself in her note to Edward, was now all her concern The particular circumstances between them made a difficulty of that which to any other person would have been the easiest thing in the world; but she equally feared to say tooover her paper, with the pen in her hand, till broken in on by the entrance of Edward his at the door in her way to the carriage, as he ca for not returning herself, had obliged hi that Miss Dashas above, and wanted to speak with hiratulating herself, in the ht be to express herself properly by letter, it was at least preferable to giving the information by word of reatest exertion of all Her astonishreat on his so sudden appearance She had not seen hie her to be acquainted with it; which, with the consciousness of what she had been thinking of, and what she had to tell him, made her feel particularly uncomfortable for soether in astate of embarrassment--Whether he had asked her pardon for his intrusion on first co to be on the safe side, he , after taking a chair

"Mrs Jennings told me," said he, "that you wished to speak with me, at least I understood her so--or I certainly should not have intruded on you in such a h at the same time, I should have been extre you and your sister; especially as it will most likely be some time--it is not probable that I should soon have the pleasure of o to Oxford toone, however," said Elinor, recovering herself, and deteret over what she so ood wishes, even if we had not been able to give theht in what she said I have so of consequence to infor by paper I a rather faster than usual as she spoke) Colonel Brandon, as here only tenyouyou the living of Delaford now just vacant, and only wishes it wereso respectable and well-judging a friend, and to join in his wish that the living--it is about two hundred a-year--were ht better enable you to--as ht be more than a teht establish all your views of happiness"