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1"Oh! if these are your only objections," cried Mrs Smith, archly, "Mr Elliot is safe, and I shall give myself no more
2trouble about him. Do not forget me when you are married, that's all. Let him know me to be a friend of yours, and then
3he will think little of the trouble required, which it is very natural for him now, with so many affairs and engagements
4of his own, to avoid and get rid of as he can; very natural, perhaps. Ninety-nine out of a hundred would do the same. Of
5course, he cannot be aware of the importance to me. Well, my dear Miss Elliot, I hope and trust you will be very happy.
6Mr Elliot has sense to understand the value of such a woman. Your peace will not be shipwrecked as mine has been. You
7are safe in all worldly matters, and safe in his character. He will not be led astray; he will not be misled by others
8to his ruin." "No," said Anne, "I can readily believe all that of my cousin. He seems to have a calm decided temper, not
9at all open to dangerous impressions. I consider him with great respect. I have no reason, from any thing that has
10fallen within my observation, to do otherwise. But I have not known him long; and he is not a man, I think, to be known
11intimately soon. Will not this manner of speaking of him, Mrs Smith, convince you that he is nothing to me? Surely this
12must be calm enough. And, upon my word, he is nothing to me. Should he ever propose to me (which I have very little
13reason to imagine he has any thought of doing), I shall not accept him. I assure you I shall not. I assure you, Mr
14Elliot had not the share which you have been supposing, in whatever pleasure the concert of last night might afford: not
15Mr Elliot; it is not Mr Elliot that--" She stopped, regretting with a deep blush that she had implied so much; but less
16would hardly have been sufficient. Mrs Smith would hardly have believed so soon in Mr Elliot's failure, but from the
17perception of there being a somebody else. As it was, she instantly submitted, and with all the semblance of seeing
18nothing beyond; and Anne, eager to escape farther notice, was impatient to know why Mrs Smith should have fancied she
19was to marry Mr Elliot; where she could have received the idea, or from whom she could have heard it. "Do tell me how it
20first came into your head." "It first came into my head," replied Mrs Smith, "upon finding how much you were together,
21and feeling it to be the most probable thing in the world to be wished for by everybody belonging to either of you; and
22you may depend upon it that all your acquaintance have disposed of you in the same way. But I never heard it spoken of
23till two days ago." "And has it indeed been spoken of?" "Did you observe the woman who opened the door to you when you
24called yesterday?" "No. Was not it Mrs Speed, as usual, or the maid? I observed no one in particular." "It was my friend
25Mrs Rooke; Nurse Rooke; who, by-the-bye, had a great curiosity to see you, and was delighted to be in the way to let you
26in. She came away from Marlborough Buildings only on Sunday; and she it was who told me you were to marry Mr Elliot. She
27had had it from Mrs Wallis herself, which did not seem bad authority. She sat an hour with me on Monday evening, and
28gave me the whole history." "The whole history," repeated Anne, laughing. "She could not make a very long history, I
29think, of one such little article of unfounded news." Mrs Smith said nothing. "But," continued Anne, presently, "though
30there is no truth in my having this claim on Mr Elliot, I should be extremely happy to be of use to you in any way that
31I could. Shall I mention to him your being in Bath? Shall I take any message?" "No, I thank you: no, certainly not. In
32the warmth of the moment, and under a mistaken impression, I might, perhaps, have endeavoured to interest you in some
33circumstances; but not now. No, I thank you, I have nothing to trouble you with." "I think you spoke of having known Mr
34Elliot many years?" "I did." "Not before he was married, I suppose?" "Yes; he was not married when I knew him first."
35"And--were you much acquainted?" "Intimately." "Indeed! Then do tell me what he was at that time of life. I have a great
36curiosity to know what Mr Elliot was as a very young man. Was he at all such as he appears now?" "I have not seen Mr
37Elliot these three years," was Mrs Smith's answer, given so gravely that it was impossible to pursue the subject
38farther; and Anne felt that she had gained nothing but an increase of curiosity. They were both silent: Mrs Smith very
39thoughtful. At last-- "I beg your pardon, my dear Miss Elliot," she cried, in her natural tone of cordiality, "I beg
40your pardon for the short answers I have been giving you, but I have been uncertain what I ought to do. I have been
41doubting and considering as to what I ought to tell you. There were many things to be taken into the account. One hates
42to be officious, to be giving bad impressions, making mischief. Even the smooth surface of family-union seems worth
43preserving, though there may be nothing durable beneath. However, I have determined; I think I am right; I think you
44ought to be made acquainted with Mr Elliot's real character. Though I fully believe that, at present, you have not the
45smallest intention of accepting him, there is no saying what may happen. You might, some time or other, be differently
46affected towards him. Hear the truth, therefore, now, while you are unprejudiced. Mr Elliot is a man without heart or
47conscience; a designing, wary, cold-blooded being, who thinks only of himself; whom for his own interest or ease, would
48be guilty of any cruelty, or any treachery, that could be perpetrated without risk of his general character. He has no
49feeling for others. Those whom he has been the chief cause of leading into ruin, he can neglect and desert without the
50smallest compunction. He is totally beyond the reach of any sentiment of justice or compassion. Oh! he is black at
51heart, hollow and black!" Anne's astonished air, and exclamation of wonder, made her pause, and in a calmer manner, she
52added, "My expressions startle you. You must allow for an injured, angry woman. But I will try to command myself. I will
53not abuse him. I will only tell you what I have found him. Facts shall speak. He was the intimate friend of my dear
54husband, who trusted and loved him, and thought him as good as himself. The intimacy had been formed before our
55marriage. I found them most intimate friends; and I, too, became excessively pleased with Mr Elliot, and entertained the
56highest opinion of him. At nineteen, you know, one does not think very seriously; but Mr Elliot appeared to me quite as
57good as others, and much more agreeable than most others, and we were almost always together. We were principally in
58town, living in very good style. He was then the inferior in circumstances; he was then the poor one; he had chambers in
59the Temple, and it was as much as he could do to support the appearance of a gentleman. He had always a home with us
60whenever he chose it; he was always welcome; he was like a brother. My poor Charles, who had the finest, most generous
61spirit in the world, would have divided his last farthing with him; and I know that his purse was open to him; I know
62that he often assisted him." "This must have been about that very period of Mr Elliot's life," said Anne, "which has
63always excited my particular curiosity. It must have been about the same time that he became known to my father and
64sister. I never knew him myself; I only heard of him; but there was a something in his conduct then, with regard to my
65father and sister, and afterwards in the circumstances of his marriage, which I never could quite reconcile with present
66times. It seemed to announce a different sort of man."
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