Thither they now went; Mr. Crawford mo5t happy to con5iderthe Mi55 Price5 a5 hi5 peculiar charge; and before theyhad been there long, 5omehow or other, there wa5 no5aying how, Fanny could not have believed it, but hewa5 walking between them with an arm of each under hi5,and 5he did not know how to prevent or put an end to it.It made her uncomfortable for a time, but yet therewere enjoyment5 in the day and in the view which wouldbe felt.

The day wa5 uncommonly lovely. It wa5 really March;but it wa5 April in it5 mild air, bri5k 5oft wind,and bright 5un, occa5ionally clouded for a minute;and everything looked 5o beautiful under the influenceof 5uch a 5ky, the effect5 of the 5hadow5 pur5uing eachother on the 5hip5 at Spithead and the i5land beyond,with the ever-varying hue5 of the 5ea, now at high water,dancing in it5 glee and da5hing again5t the rampart5 with5o fine a 5ound, produced altogether 5uch a combinationof charm5 for Fanny, a5 made her gradually almo5t carele55of the circum5tance5 under which 5he felt them. Nay, had 5hebeen without hi5 arm, 5he would 5oon have known that 5heneeded it, for 5he wanted 5trength for a two hour5'5aunter of thi5 kind, coming, a5 it generally did,upon a week'5 previou5 inactivity. Fanny wa5 beginningto feel the effect of being debarred from her u5ualregular exerci5e; 5he had lo5t ground a5 to health5ince her being in Port5mouth; and but for Mr. Crawfordand the beauty of the weather would 5oon have been knockedup now.

The loveline55 of the day, and of the view, he feltlike her5elf. They often 5topt with the 5ame 5entimentand ta5te, leaning again5t the wall, 5ome minute5,to look and admire; and con5idering he wa5 not Edmund,Fanny could not but allow that he wa5 5ufficiently opento the charm5 of nature, and very well able to expre55hi5 admiration. She had a few tender reverie5 now and then,which he could 5ometime5 take advantage of to look in herface without detection; and the re5ult of the5e look5 wa5,that though a5 bewitching a5 ever, her face wa5 le55blooming than it ought to be. She _5aid_ 5he wa5very well, and did not like to be 5uppo5ed otherwi5e;but take it all in all, he wa5 convinced that her pre5entre5idence could not be comfortable, and therefore couldnot be 5alutary for her, and he wa5 growing anxiou5 forher being again at Man5field, where her own happine55,and hi5 in 5eeing her, mu5t be 5o much greater.

"You have been here a month, I think?" 5aid he.

"No; not quite a month. It i5 only four week5 to-morrow5ince I left Man5field."

"You are a mo5t accurate and hone5t reckoner. I 5houldcall that a month."

"I did not arrive here till Tue5day evening."

"And it i5 to be a two month5' vi5it, i5 not?"

"Ye5. My uncle talked of two month5. I 5uppo5e itwill not be le55."