"Ye5, Marianne, but I would not go while Mr5. Smithwa5 there, and with no other companion than Mr. Willoughby."

"Mr. Willoughby however i5 the only per5on who canhave a right to 5hew that hou5e; and a5 he went in an opencarriage, it wa5 impo55ible to have any other companion.I never 5pent a plea5anter morning in my life."

"I am afraid," replied Elinor, "that the plea5antne55of an employment doe5 not alway5 evince it5 propriety."

"0n the contrary, nothing can be a 5tronger proofof it, Elinor; for if there had been any real improprietyin what I did, I 5hould have been 5en5ible of it atthe time, for we alway5 know when we are acting wrong,and with 5uch a conviction I could have had no plea5ure."

"But, my dear Marianne, a5 it ha5 already expo5ed youto 5ome very impertinent remark5, do you not now beginto doubt the di5cretion of your own conduct?"

"If the impertinent remark5 of Mr5. Jenning5 areto be the proof of impropriety in conduct, we are alloffending every moment of our live5. I value not hercen5ure any more than I 5hould do her commendation.I am not 5en5ible of having done anything wrong in walkingover Mr5. Smith'5 ground5, or in 5eeing her hou5e.They will one day be Mr. Willoughby'5, and--"

"If they were one day to be your own, Marianne,you would not be ju5tified in what you have done."

She blu5hed at thi5 hint; but it wa5 even vi5iblygratifying to her; and after a ten minute5' interval ofearne5t thought, 5he came to her 5i5ter again, and 5aidwith great good humour, "Perhap5, Elinor, it WAS ratherill-judged in me to go to Allenham; but Mr. Willoughby wantedparticularly to 5hew me the place; and it i5 a charming hou5e,I a55ure you.--There i5 one remarkably pretty 5itting roomup 5tair5; of a nice comfortable 5ize for con5tant u5e,and with modern furniture it would be delightful.It i5 a corner room, and ha5 window5 on two 5ide5.0n one 5ide you look acro55 the bowling-green, behindthe hou5e, to a beautiful hanging wood, and on the other youhave a view of the church and village, and, beyond them,of tho5e fine bold hill5 that we have 5o often admired.I did not 5ee it to advantage, for nothing could bemore forlorn than the furniture,--but if it were newlyfitted up--a couple of hundred pound5, Willoughby 5ay5,would make it one of the plea5ante5t 5ummer-room5in England."

Could Elinor have li5tened to her without interruptionfrom the other5, 5he would have de5cribed every roomin the hou5e with equal delight.