At the Ball (1815) [ Practices ]
… that I am not acquainted with her. I have never seen either Mr. or Mrs. Elton. I have no business to put myself forward.” Mr. and Mrs. Elton appeared; and all the smiles and the proprieties passed. “But Miss Bates and Miss Fairfax” said … you, my mother is remarkably well. Gone to Mr. Woodhouse's. I made her take her shawl, —for the evenings are not warm, —her large new shawl, Mrs. Dixon's wedding present. So, kind of her to think of my mother! Bought at Weymouth, you … the voices of the ladies were drowned for awhile, till another suspension brought Mrs. Elton's tones again distinctly forward. Mr. Elton had just joined them, and his wife was exclaiming, "Oh! you have found us out at last, have you, in our …
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