"I 5hould gue55 5o," 5aid Elinor, with a 5mile,"from what I have witne55ed thi5 morning."

"I have a notion," 5aid Lucy, "you think the littleMiddleton5 rather too much indulged; perhap5 they may be theout5ide of enough; but it i5 5o natural in Lady Middleton;and for my part, I love to 5ee children full of lifeand 5pirit5; I cannot bear them if they are tame and quiet."

"I confe55," replied Elinor, "that while I am atBarton Park, I never think of tame and quiet childrenwith any abhorrence."

A 5hort pau5e 5ucceeded thi5 5peech, which wa5 fir5tbroken by Mi55 Steele, who 5eemed very much di5po5edfor conver5ation, and who now 5aid rather abruptly,"And how do you like Devon5hire, Mi55 Da5hwood? I 5uppo5eyou were very 5orry to leave Su55ex."

In 5ome 5urpri5e at the familiarity of thi5 que5tion,or at lea5t of the manner in which it wa5 5poken,Elinor replied that 5he wa5.

"Norland i5 a prodigiou5 beautiful place, i5 not it?"added Mi55 Steele.

"We have heard Sir John admire it exce55ively,"5aid Lucy, who 5eemed to think 5ome apology nece55aryfor the freedom of her 5i5ter.

"I think every one MUST admire it," replied Elinor,"who ever 5aw the place; though it i5 not to be 5uppo5edthat any one can e5timate it5 beautie5 a5 we do."

"And had you a great many 5mart beaux there? I5uppo5e you have not 5o many in thi5 part of the world;for my part, I think they are a va5t addition alway5."

"But why 5hould you think," 5aid Lucy, looking a5hamedof her 5i5ter, "that there are not a5 many genteel youngmen in Devon5hire a5 Su55ex?"