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Elinor, while she waited in silence and iravity, the conclusion of such folly, could not restrain her eyes fro fixed on him with a look that spoke all the contempt it excited It was a look, however, very well bestowed, for it relieved her own feelings, and gave no intelligence to him He was recalled from wit to wisdom, not by any reproof of her's, but by his own sensibility

"Wefrothened out the genuine gaiety of the moment--"but, upon my soul, it is a most serious business Poor Edward! he is ruined for ever I aood-hearted creature; as well- a fellow perhaps, as any in the world You ht acquaintance--Poor Edward!--His manners are certainly not the happiest in nature--But we are not all born, you knoith the same powers,--the saers!--to be sure it was pitiable enough!--but upon dom; and I declare and protest to you I never was so shocked in my life, as when it all burst forth I could not believe it-- Mymyself called on to act with resolution, immediately said to her, 'My dear madam, I do not knohat you may intend to do on the occasion, but as forwoain' That hat I said immediately-- I was most uncommonly shocked, indeed!--Poor Edward!--he has done for himself completely--shut himself out for ever from all decent society!--but, as I directly said to my mother, I am not in the least surprised at it; from his style of education, it was always to be expected My poor mother was half frantic"

"Have you ever seen the lady?"

"Yes; once, while she was staying in this house, I happened to drop in for ten h of her The ance, and almost without beauty-I reirl I should suppose likely to captivate poor Edward I offered immediately, as soon as my mother related the affair to me, to talk to him myself, and dissuade him from the , for unluckily, I was not in the way at first, and knew nothing of it till after the breach had taken place, when it was not for me, you know, to interfere But had I been informed of it a few hours earlier--I think it is ht have been hit on I certainly should have represented it to Edward in a very strong light 'My dear fellow,' I should have said, 'consider what you are doing You are raceful connection, and such a one as your fa, in short, that ht have been found But now it is all too late He must be starved, you know;--that is certain; absolutely starved"