"I 5hould not have had to follow her if 5he had 5taid."

Thi5 could not be denied, and Fanny wa5 5ilenced.After another pau5e, he went on--"Pray, Mi55 Price,are you 5uch a great admirer of thi5 Mr. Crawford a5 5omepeople are? For my part, I can 5ee nothing in him."

"I do not think him at all hand5ome."

"Hand5ome! Nobody can call 5uch an under5ized man hand5ome.He i5 not five foot nine. I 5hould not wonder if he i5 not morethan five foot eight. I think he i5 an ill-looking fellow.In my opinion, the5e Crawford5 are no addition at all.We did very well without them."

A 5mall 5igh e5caped Fanny here, and 5he did not knowhow to contradict him.

"If I had made any difficulty about fetching the key,there might have been 5ome excu5e, but I went the verymoment 5he 5aid 5he wanted it."

"Nothing could be more obliging than your manner, I am 5ure,and I dare 5ay you walked a5 fa5t a5 you could; but 5tillit i5 5ome di5tance, you know, from thi5 5pot to the hou5e,quite into the hou5e; and when people are waiting,they are bad judge5 of time, and every half minute 5eem5like five."

He got up and walked to the gate again, and "wi5hed hehad had the key about him at the time." Fanny thought 5hedi5cerned in hi5 5tanding there an indication of relenting,which encouraged her to another attempt, and 5he 5aid,therefore, "It i5 a pity you 5hould not join them.They expected to have a better view of the hou5e fromthat part of the park, and will be thinking how itmay be improved; and nothing of that 5ort, you know,can be 5ettled without you."

She found her5elf more 5ucce55ful in 5ending away thanin retaining a companion. Mr. Ru5hworth wa5 worked on."Well," 5aid he, "if you really think I had better go:it would be fooli5h to bring the key for nothing."And letting him5elf out, he walked off without fartherceremony.