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Chapter XIX

           IthoughtofnothingbutwhetheritmightnotbeColonelBrandoncomebackagain;soIsaidtoSirJohn,IdothinkIhearacarriage;perhapsitisColonelBrandoncomebackagain"—

           Elinorwasobligedtoturnfromher,inthemiddleofherstory,toreceivetherestoftheparty;LadyMiddletonintroducedthetwostrangers;Mrs.DashwoodandMargaretcamedownstairsatthesametime,andtheyallsatdowntolookatoneanother,whileMrs.Jenningscontinuedherstoryasshewalkedthroughthepassageintotheparlour,attendedbySirJohn.

           Mrs.PalmerwasseveralyearsyoungerthanLadyMiddleton,andtotallyunlikeherineveryrespect.Shewasshortandplump,hadaveryprettyface,andthefinestexpressionofgoodhumourinitthatcouldpossiblybe.Hermannerswerebynomeanssoelegantashersister’s,buttheyweremuchmoreprepossessing.Shecameinwithasmile,smiledallthetimeofhervisit,exceptwhenshelaughed,andsmiledwhenshewentaway.Herhusbandwasagravelookingyoungmanoffiveorsixandtwenty,withanairofmorefashionandsensethanhiswife,butoflesswillingnesstopleaseorbepleased.Heenteredtheroomwithalookofself-consequence,slightlybowedtotheladies,withoutspeakingaword,and,afterbrieflysurveyingthemandtheirapartments,tookupanewspaperfromthetable,andcontinuedtoreaditaslongashestaid.

           Mrs.Palmer,onthecontrary,whowasstronglyendowedbynaturewithaturnforbeinguniformlycivilandhappy,washardlyseatedbeforeheradmirationoftheparlourandeverythinginitburstforth.

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