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Chapter VI

           Buttheywouldhavebeenimprovedbysomeshareofhisfranknessandwarmth;andhervisitwaslongenoughtodetractsomethingfromtheirfirstadmiration,byshewingthat,thoughperfectlywell-bred,shewasreserved,cold,andhadnothingtosayforherselfbeyondthemostcommon-placeinquiryorremark.

           Conversationhoweverwasnotwanted,forSirJohnwasverychatty,andLadyMiddletonhadtakenthewiseprecautionofbringingwithhertheireldestchild,afinelittleboyaboutsixyearsold,bywhichmeanstherewasonesubjectalwaystoberecurredtobytheladiesincaseofextremity,fortheyhadtoenquirehisnameandage,admirehisbeauty,andaskhimquestionswhichhismotheransweredforhim,whilehehungaboutherandhelddownhishead,tothegreatsurpriseofherladyship,whowonderedathisbeingsoshybeforecompany,ashecouldmakenoiseenoughathome.Oneveryformalvisitachildoughttobeoftheparty,bywayofprovisionfordiscourse.Inthepresentcaseittookuptenminutestodeterminewhethertheboyweremostlikehisfatherormother,andinwhatparticularheresembledeither,forofcourseeverybodydiffered,andeverybodywasastonishedattheopinionoftheothers.

           AnopportunitywassoontobegiventotheDashwoodsofdebatingontherestofthechildren,asSirJohnwouldnotleavethehousewithoutsecuringtheirpromiseofdiningattheparkthenextday.

           

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