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E tear, and tried to smile away the expression

of an oppressed heart; she was thinking of HER hoance and ostentatious vanity of Madame Cheron's

conversation 'Can this be my father's sister!' said she to herself; and

then the conviction that she was so, war

like kindness towards her, she felt anxious to soften the harsh

impression her mind had received of her aunt's character, and to shew

a willingness to oblige her The effort did not entirely fail; she

listened with apparent cheerfulness, while Madame Cheron expatiated

on the splendour of her house, told of the numerous parties she

entertained, and what she should expect of Emily, whose diffidence

assu it to be that

of pride and ignorance united, now took occasion to reprehend She knew

nothing of the conduct of aa nice judg to believe, that every

other person perceives still more critically, fears to commit itself

to censure, and seeks shelter in the obscurity of silence Emily had

frequently blushed at the fearless manners, which she had seen ads, which she had heard applauded; yet this

applause, so far fro her to imitate the conduct that had

won it, rather made her shrink into the reserve, that would protect her

from such absurdity

Mada very near

to contempt, and endeavoured to overcoentleness

The entrance of supper somewhat interrupted the complacent discourse of

Madame Cheron and the painful considerations, which it had forced