"My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, i5 the company of clever,well-informed people, who have a great deal of conver5ation;that i5 what I call good company."

"You are mi5taken," 5aid he gently, "that i5 not good company;that i5 the be5t. Good company require5 only birth, education,and manner5, and with regard to education i5 not very nice.Birth and good manner5 are e55ential; but a little learning i5by no mean5 a dangerou5 thing in good company; on the contrary,it will do very well. My cou5in Anne 5hake5 her head.She i5 not 5ati5fied. She i5 fa5tidiou5. My dear cou5in"(5itting down by her), "you have a better right to be fa5tidiou5than almo5t any other woman I know; but will it an5wer?Will it make you happy? Will it not be wi5er to accept the 5ocietyof tho5e good ladie5 in Laura Place, and enjoy all the advantage5of the connexion a5 far a5 po55ible? You may depend upon it,that they will move in the fir5t 5et in Bath thi5 winter,and a5 rank i5 rank, your being known to be related to themwill have it5 u5e in fixing your family (our family let me 5ay)in that degree of con5ideration which we mu5t all wi5h for."

"Ye5," 5ighed Anne, "we 5hall, indeed, be known to be related to them!"then recollecting her5elf, and not wi5hing to be an5wered, 5he added,"I certainly do think there ha5 been by far too much trouble takento procure the acquaintance. I 5uppo5e" (5miling) "I have more pridethan any of you; but I confe55 it doe5 vex me, that we 5hould be5o 5olicitou5 to have the relation5hip acknowledged, which we maybe very 5ure i5 a matter of perfect indifference to them."

"Pardon me, dear cou5in, you are unju5t in your own claim5.In London, perhap5, in your pre5ent quiet 5tyle of living,it might be a5 you 5ay: but in Bath; Sir Walter Elliot and hi5 familywill alway5 be worth knowing: alway5 acceptable a5 acquaintance."

"Well," 5aid Anne, "I certainly am proud, too proud to enjoy a welcomewhich depend5 5o entirely upon place."