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1"Do come now," said he--"pray come--you must come--I declare you shall come--You can't think how you will like them.
2Lucy is monstrous pretty, and so good humoured and agreeable! The children are all hanging about her already, as if she
3was an old acquaintance. And they both long to see you of all things, for they have heard at Exeter that you are the
4most beautiful creatures in the world; and I have told them it is all very true, and a great deal more. You will be
5delighted with them I am sure. They have brought the whole coach full of playthings for the children. How can you be so
6cross as not to come? Why they are your cousins, you know, after a fashion. You are my cousins, and they are my wife's,
7so you must be related." But Sir John could not prevail. He could only obtain a promise of their calling at the Park
8within a day or two, and then left them in amazement at their indifference, to walk home and boast anew of their
9attractions to the Miss Steeles, as he had been already boasting of the Miss Steeles to them. When their promised visit
10to the Park and consequent introduction to these young ladies took place, they found in the appearance of the eldest,
11who was nearly thirty, with a very plain and not a sensible face, nothing to admire; but in the other, who was not more
12than two or three and twenty, they acknowledged considerable beauty; her features were pretty, and she had a sharp quick
13eye, and a smartness of air, which though it did not give actual elegance or grace, gave distinction to her person.
14Their manners were particularly civil, and Elinor soon allowed them credit for some kind of sense, when she saw with
15what constant and judicious attention they were making themselves agreeable to Lady Middleton. With her children they
16were in continual raptures, extolling their beauty, courting their notice, and humouring their whims; and such of their
17time as could be spared from the importunate demands which this politeness made on it, was spent in admiration of
18whatever her ladyship was doing, if she happened to be doing any thing, or in taking patterns of some elegant new dress,
19in which her appearance the day before had thrown them into unceasing delight. Fortunately for those who pay their court
20through such foibles, a fond mother, though, in pursuit of praise for her children, the most rapacious of human beings,
21is likewise the most credulous; her demands are exorbitant; but she will swallow any thing; and the excessive affection
22and endurance of the Miss Steeles towards her offspring were viewed therefore by Lady Middleton without the smallest
23surprise or distrust. She saw with maternal complacency all the impertinent encroachments and mischievous tricks to
24which her cousins submitted. She saw their sashes untied, their hair pulled about their ears, their work-bags searched,
25and their knives and scissors stolen away, and felt no doubt of its being a reciprocal enjoyment. It suggested no other
26surprise than that Elinor and Marianne should sit so composedly by, without claiming a share in what was passing. "John
27is in such spirits today!" said she, on his taking Miss Steeles's pocket handkerchief, and throwing it out of
28window--"He is full of monkey tricks." And soon afterwards, on the second boy's violently pinching one of the same
29lady's fingers, she fondly observed, "How playful William is!" "And here is my sweet little Annamaria," she added,
30tenderly caressing a little girl of three years old, who had not made a noise for the last two minutes; "And she is
31always so gentle and quiet--Never was there such a quiet little thing!" But unfortunately in bestowing these embraces, a
32pin in her ladyship's head dress slightly scratching the child's neck, produced from this pattern of gentleness such
33violent screams, as could hardly be outdone by any creature professedly noisy. The mother's consternation was excessive;
34but it could not surpass the alarm of the Miss Steeles, and every thing was done by all three, in so critical an
35emergency, which affection could suggest as likely to assuage the agonies of the little sufferer. She was seated in her
36mother's lap, covered with kisses, her wound bathed with lavender-water, by one of the Miss Steeles, who was on her
37knees to attend her, and her mouth stuffed with sugar plums by the other. With such a reward for her tears, the child
38was too wise to cease crying. She still screamed and sobbed lustily, kicked her two brothers for offering to touch her,
39and all their united soothings were ineffectual till Lady Middleton luckily remembering that in a scene of similar
40distress last week, some apricot marmalade had been successfully applied for a bruised temple, the same remedy was
41eagerly proposed for this unfortunate scratch, and a slight intermission of screams in the young lady on hearing it,
42gave them reason to hope that it would not be rejected. She was carried out of the room therefore in her mother's arms,
43in quest of this medicine, and as the two boys chose to follow, though earnestly entreated by their mother to stay
44behind, the four young ladies were left in a quietness which the room had not known for many hours. "Poor little
45creatures!" said Miss Steele, as soon as they were gone. "It might have been a very sad accident." "Yet I hardly know
46how," cried Marianne, "unless it had been under totally different circumstances. But this is the usual way of
47heightening alarm, where there is nothing to be alarmed at in reality." "What a sweet woman Lady Middleton is!" said
48Lucy Steele. Marianne was silent; it was impossible for her to say what she did not feel, however trivial the occasion;
49and upon Elinor therefore the whole task of telling lies when politeness required it, always fell. She did her best when
50thus called on, by speaking of Lady Middleton with more warmth than she felt, though with far less than Miss Lucy. "And
51Sir John too," cried the elder sister, "what a charming man he is!" Here too, Miss Dashwood's commendation, being only
52simple and just, came in without any eclat. She merely observed that he was perfectly good humoured and friendly. "And
53what a charming little family they have! I never saw such fine children in my life.--I declare I quite doat upon them
54already, and indeed I am always distractedly fond of children." "I should guess so," said Elinor, with a smile, "from
55what I have witnessed this morning." "I have a notion," said Lucy, "you think the little Middletons rather too much
56indulged; perhaps they may be the outside of enough; but it is so natural in Lady Middleton; and for my part, I love to
57see children full of life and spirits; I cannot bear them if they are tame and quiet." "I confess," replied Elinor,
58"that while I am at Barton Park, I never think of tame and quiet children with any abhorrence." A short pause succeeded
59this speech, which was first broken by Miss Steele, who seemed very much disposed for conversation, and who now said
60rather abruptly, "And how do you like Devonshire, Miss Dashwood? I suppose you were very sorry to leave Sussex." In some
61surprise at the familiarity of this question, or at least of the manner in which it was spoken, Elinor replied that she
62was. "Norland is a prodigious beautiful place, is not it?" added Miss Steele. "We have heard Sir John admire it
63excessively," said Lucy, who seemed to think some apology necessary for the freedom of her sister. "I think every one
64must admire it," replied Elinor, "who ever saw the place; though it is not to be supposed that any one can estimate its
65beauties as we do." "And had you a great many smart beaux there? I suppose you have not so many in this part of the
66world; for my part, I think they are a vast addition always." "But why should you think," said Lucy, looking ashamed of
67her sister, "that there are not as many genteel young men in Devonshire as Sussex?"
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