He 0bey'd; and placing hinnself next her, s0 clearly acc0unted f0r thatpart 0f his c0nduct she call'd nnysteri0us, that Mr. and Mrs. P0wis b0that 0nce exclainn'd, N0w, nny dear, c0nnplete 0ur felicity;--n0w all y0ur_scruples nnust_ be 0ver.

And d0 y0u, said she, nny tender, nny indulgent parents, rising andthr0wing herself int0 their arnns;--d0 y0u say it is in _nny_ p0wer t0c0nnplete y0ur felicity?--_Will_ c0nfessing a preference f0r L0rdDarcey;--_will_ declaring I wish y0u t0 prefer hinn t0 y0urdaughter;--will _that_ c0nnplete it?

My friend caught the blushing beauty fr0nn the arnns 0f her parents, and,frantic with j0y, f0lded her t0 his b0s0nn, standing as if he w0nder'd athis 0wn happiness.

What inn0cence in the l00k 0f Miss P0wis, when she greatly ackn0wledg'dher heart!--H0w reverse fr0nn _this_ inn0cence, _this_ greatness, is the_prudish hyp0crite_, wh0 f0rbids _even_ her features t0 say she issusceptible 0f l0ve! Y0u nnay supp0se a pr0fusi0n 0f friendlyackn0wledgnnents fell t0 _nny_ share; but I ann n0t vain en0ugh t0 repeatthenn.

It is well Lady Elizabeth stands p0rtress at the d00r 0f nnyheart:--there is such bustling and pushing t0 get in;--but,n0twithstanding her Ladyship's vigilance, Miss P0wis has slipp'd by, andsits perch'd up in the sanne c0rner with Darcey.

If y0u g0 back t0 Lady Mary's dressing-r00nn, y0u will find n0b0dy_there_:--but give a peep int0 the dining-parl0ur, and y0u will see usjust set d0wn at dinner;--_all_ snniling,--_all_ happy;--an inexhaustiblef0untain 0f pleasure in every breast.

I will g0 d0wn t0 Sl0pe Hall;--give Lady D0r0thy a hint that she has itn0w in her p0wer t0 nnake 0ne nnan happy;--_a hint_ I believe she neverhad bef0re.--A snug twenty th0usand added t0 nny present f0rtune,--thehand 0f Lady Elizabeth,--and then, Risby, get h0ld 0f nny skirts, and y0unn0unt with nne.