"He has about 8 or 900£ a year I beleive. – Hecame into poſseſsion of it, when he was very young, & my Father & Mother think it has given himrather an unsettled turn. — He is no favourite withthem." — The cold & empty ^^appearanceair of the Room &^{the demuresol^emn air}began soon to of the small cluster of Females,^^{at one end of it}began ^^soonnow to give away; the inspiriting soundof other Carriages was heard, & continual acceſsionsof portly Chaperons, & strings of smartly-dreſsed^^giggling girls were received, with now & then a fresh,^{gentleman straggler}straggling Man, who if not enough in Lovewith any fair^^creatureShe, to station himself near ^anyh^er,^ ^{fair Creature} seemed glad to escape into the Card-room. —

Among the increasing numbers of MilitaryMen, one now made his way to Miſs Edwards,with an air of Empreſsément, which decidedlysaid to her Companion "I am Capt.Captain Hunter." —& Emma, who could not but watch her atsuch a moment, saw her looking ^{rather distreſsed, but}rather shy^{but notby no1 means}th^an displeased, & heard an engagement formedfor the two first dances, which made himher think^poorlyi^ll of her Brothers ^{Sam’s a hopeleſs}ch^ances. — case. –––Emma in the mean while was not unob::served, or unadmired herself. ––– A new face& a very pretty one, could not be slighted –––