. The novels and letters of Jane Austen. again, the dread of having been toocivil, too encouraging herself, probably cameover her, for she presently added,[98] IT :^/: T^ f H»iin-,-said iV^jr§. Ferrars—vfry jir< tt\ *—and withoutin pardtrrgthCTn at alK TetTirned them to hpnJatrghtpr--^ SENSE AND SENSIBILITY l) by my eldest sister, said he; man of taste, will, I dare say, be ^ ? whether you erformances iied to draw all preten-^-lired the3 paintedosity of thei, they were handedMrs Ferrars, not, ,.. ..,,.?... s work, particularly. at them; and after they hadA the gratifying testimony of Lady M
. The novels and letters of Jane Austen. again, the dread of having been toocivil, too encouraging herself, probably cameover her, for she presently added,[98] IT :^/: T^ f H»iin-,-said iV^jr§. Ferrars—vfry jir< tt\ *—and withoutin pardtrrgthCTn at alK TetTirned them to hpnJatrghtpr--^ SENSE AND SENSIBILITY l) by my eldest sister, said he; man of taste, will, I dare say, be ^ ? whether you erformances iied to draw all preten-^-lired the3 paintedosity of thei, they were handedMrs Ferrars, not, ,.. ..,,.?... s work, particularly. at them; and after they hadA the gratifying testimony of Lady Mid-s approbation, Fanny presented them tolit: I rjiother, considerately informing her at thesame tim^^ that thev were ione bv Miss Dash-wood. Hum—said Mrs Ferrars—very pretty,—and w! garding tliem at all, returned them to her r. Perl. rmy thought for a moment that her mother had been quite rude enough,—for, col-a little, she immediately ??- very pretty, maam—aij t tncj ;TV n. fhf dread of having been too. \ SENSE AND SENSIBILITY Do you not think they are something in MissMortons style of painting, maam? She doespaint most dehghtfuUy. How beautifully herlast landscape is done! Beautifully indeed. But she does everythingwell. Marianne could not bear this. She was alreadygreatly displeased with Mrs Ferrars; and suchill-timed praise of another, at Elinors expense,though she had not any notion of what was prin-cipally meant by it, provoked her immediately tosay with warmth, This is admiration of a very particular kind!What is Miss Morton to us ? Who knows or whocares for her? It is Elinor of whom we thinkand speak. And so saying, she took the screens out of hersister-in-laws hands to admire them herself asthey ought to be admired. Mrs Ferrars looked exceedingly angry, anddrawing herself up more stiffly than ever, pro-nounced in retort this bitter [philippic]: MissMorton is Lord Mortons daughter. Fanny looked very angry too, and her husbandwas all in a fright a
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