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1"Oh dear, yes; I know him extremely well," replied Mrs. Palmer;--"Not that I ever spoke to him, indeed; but I have seen
2him for ever in town. Somehow or other I never happened to be staying at Barton while he was at Allenham. Mama saw him
3here once before;--but I was with my uncle at Weymouth. However, I dare say we should have seen a great deal of him in
4Somersetshire, if it had not happened very unluckily that we should never have been in the country together. He is very
5little at Combe, I believe; but if he were ever so much there, I do not think Mr. Palmer would visit him, for he is in
6the opposition, you know, and besides it is such a way off. I know why you inquire about him, very well; your sister is
7to marry him. I am monstrous glad of it, for then I shall have her for a neighbour you know." "Upon my word," replied
8Elinor, "you know much more of the matter than I do, if you have any reason to expect such a match." "Don't pretend to
9deny it, because you know it is what every body talks of. I assure you I heard of it in my way through town." "My dear
10Mrs. Palmer!" "Upon my honour I did.--I met Colonel Brandon Monday morning in Bond-street, just before we left town, and
11he told me of it directly." "You surprise me very much. Colonel Brandon tell you of it! Surely you must be mistaken. To
12give such intelligence to a person who could not be interested in it, even if it were true, is not what I should expect
13Colonel Brandon to do." "But I do assure you it was so, for all that, and I will tell you how it happened. When we met
14him, he turned back and walked with us; and so we began talking of my brother and sister, and one thing and another, and
15I said to him, 'So, Colonel, there is a new family come to Barton cottage, I hear, and mama sends me word they are very
16pretty, and that one of them is going to be married to Mr. Willoughby of Combe Magna. Is it true, pray? for of course
17you must know, as you have been in Devonshire so lately.'" "And what did the Colonel say?" "Oh--he did not say much; but
18he looked as if he knew it to be true, so from that moment I set it down as certain. It will be quite delightful, I
19declare! When is it to take place?" "Mr. Brandon was very well I hope?" "Oh! yes, quite well; and so full of your
20praises, he did nothing but say fine things of you." "I am flattered by his commendation. He seems an excellent man; and
21I think him uncommonly pleasing." "So do I. He is such a charming man, that it is quite a pity he should be so grave and
22so dull. Mama says he was in love with your sister too. I assure you it was a great compliment if he was, for he hardly
23ever falls in love with any body." "Is Mr. Willoughby much known in your part of Somersetshire?" said Elinor. "Oh! yes,
24extremely well; that is, I do not believe many people are acquainted with him, because Combe Magna is so far off; but
25they all think him extremely agreeable I assure you. Nobody is more liked than Mr. Willoughby wherever he goes, and so
26you may tell your sister. She is a monstrous lucky girl to get him, upon my honour; not but that he is much more lucky
27in getting her, because she is so very handsome and agreeable, that nothing can be good enough for her. However, I don't
28think her hardly at all handsomer than you, I assure you; for I think you both excessively pretty, and so does Mr.
29Palmer too I am sure, though we could not get him to own it last night." Mrs. Palmer's information respecting Willoughby
30was not very material; but any testimony in his favour, however small, was pleasing to her. "I am so glad we are got
31acquainted at last," continued Charlotte.--"And now I hope we shall always be great friends. You can't think how much I
32longed to see you! It is so delightful that you should live at the cottage! Nothing can be like it, to be sure! And I am
33so glad your sister is going to be well married! I hope you will be a great deal at Combe Magna. It is a sweet place, by
34all accounts." "You have been long acquainted with Colonel Brandon, have not you?" "Yes, a great while; ever since my
35sister married. He was a particular friend of Sir John's. I believe," she added in a low voice, "he would have been very
36glad to have had me, if he could. Sir John and Lady Middleton wished it very much. But mama did not think the match good
37enough for me, otherwise Sir John would have mentioned it to the Colonel, and we should have been married immediately."
38"Did not Colonel Brandon know of Sir John's proposal to your mother before it was made? Had he never owned his affection
39to yourself?" "Oh, no; but if mama had not objected to it, I dare say he would have liked it of all things. He had not
40seen me then above twice, for it was before I left school. However, I am much happier as I am. Mr. Palmer is the kind of
41man I like." CHAPTER XXI. The Palmers returned to Cleveland the next day, and the two families at Barton were again left
42to entertain each other. But this did not last long; Elinor had hardly got their last visitors out of her head, had
43hardly done wondering at Charlotte's being so happy without a cause, at Mr. Palmer's acting so simply, with good
44abilities, and at the strange unsuitableness which often existed between husband and wife, before Sir John's and Mrs.
45Jennings's active zeal in the cause of society, procured her some other new acquaintance to see and observe. In a
46morning's excursion to Exeter, they had met with two young ladies, whom Mrs. Jennings had the satisfaction of
47discovering to be her relations, and this was enough for Sir John to invite them directly to the park, as soon as their
48present engagements at Exeter were over. Their engagements at Exeter instantly gave way before such an invitation, and
49Lady Middleton was thrown into no little alarm on the return of Sir John, by hearing that she was very soon to receive a
50visit from two girls whom she had never seen in her life, and of whose elegance,--whose tolerable gentility even, she
51could have no proof; for the assurances of her husband and mother on that subject went for nothing at all. Their being
52her relations too made it so much the worse; and Mrs. Jennings's attempts at consolation were therefore unfortunately
53founded, when she advised her daughter not to care about their being so fashionable; because they were all cousins and
54must put up with one another. As it was impossible, however, now to prevent their coming, Lady Middleton resigned
55herself to the idea of it, with all the philosophy of a well-bred woman, contenting herself with merely giving her
56husband a gentle reprimand on the subject five or six times every day. The young ladies arrived: their appearance was by
57no means ungenteel or unfashionable. Their dress was very smart, their manners very civil, they were delighted with the
58house, and in raptures with the furniture, and they happened to be so doatingly fond of children that Lady Middleton's
59good opinion was engaged in their favour before they had been an hour at the Park. She declared them to be very
60agreeable girls indeed, which for her ladyship was enthusiastic admiration. Sir John's confidence in his own judgment
61rose with this animated praise, and he set off directly for the cottage to tell the Miss Dashwoods of the Miss Steeles'
62arrival, and to assure them of their being the sweetest girls in the world. From such commendation as this, however,
63there was not much to be learned; Elinor well knew that the sweetest girls in the world were to be met with in every
64part of England, under every possible variation of form, face, temper and understanding. Sir John wanted the whole
65family to walk to the Park directly and look at his guests. Benevolent, philanthropic man! It was painful to him even to
66keep a third cousin to himself.
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