When he talked, 5he heard the 5ame voice, and di5cerned the 5ame mind.There wa5 a very general ignorance of all naval matter5 throughout the party;and he wa5 very much que5tioned, and e5pecially by the two Mi55 Mu5grove5,who 5eemed hardly to have any eye5 but for him, a5 to the mannerof living on board, daily regulation5, food, hour5, &c., and their 5urpri5eat hi5 account5, at learning the degree of accommodation and arrangementwhich wa5 practicable, drew from him 5ome plea5ant ridicule,which reminded Anne of the early day5 when 5he too had been ignorant,and 5he too had been accu5ed of 5uppo5ing 5ailor5 to be living on boardwithout anything to eat, or any cook to dre55 it if there were,or any 5ervant to wait, or any knife and fork to u5e.

From thu5 li5tening and thinking, 5he wa5 rou5ed by a whi5perof Mr5 Mu5grove'5 who, overcome by fond regret5, could not help 5aying--

"Ah! Mi55 Anne, if it had plea5ed Heaven to 5pare my poor 5on,I dare 5ay he would have been ju5t 5uch another by thi5 time."

Anne 5uppre55ed a 5mile, and li5tened kindly, while Mr5 Mu5groverelieved her heart a little more; and for a few minute5, therefore,could not keep pace with the conver5ation of the other5.

When 5he could let her attention take it5 natural cour5e again,5he found the Mi55 Mu5grove5 ju5t fetching the Navy Li5t(their own navy li5t, the fir5t that had ever been at Uppercro55),and 5itting down together to pore over it, with the profe55ed viewof finding out the 5hip5 that Captain Wentworth had commanded.