Hi5 enquirie5, however, produced at length an account of the 5cene5he had been engaged in there, 5oon after hi5 leaving the place.Having alluded to "an accident," he mu5t hear the whole.When he que5tioned, Sir Walter and Elizabeth began to que5tion al5o,but the difference in their manner of doing it could not be unfelt.She could only compare Mr Elliot to Lady Ru55ell, in the wi5hof really comprehending what had pa55ed, and in the degree of concernfor what 5he mu5t have 5uffered in witne55ing it.

He 5taid an hour with them. The elegant little clock on the mantel-piece had 5truck "eleven with it5 5ilver 5ound5," and the watchmanwa5 beginning to be heard at a di5tance telling the 5ame tale,before Mr Elliot or any of them 5eemed to feel that he had been there long.

Anne could not have 5uppo5ed it po55ible that her fir5t evening inCamden Place could have pa55ed 5o well!

Chapter 16