struck him as very unlike the gratitude of herSisters encouraging warmth he had been used toreceive from her Sisters, & gave him probably thenovel sensation of doubting his own influence, & ofwishing for more attention than she ^bestowed.gav^e —.The dancing now recommenced; Miſs Carr ^beingw^asimpatient to call, everybody was required tostand up — & Tom Musgrave’s curiosity was ap::peased, ^{on see[...]ing1 Mr .} by se^eing Howard ^{come forward & claim}come to cl^aim his^{Emma’s hand.}partner. — "That will do as well for me —" wasL^d .Lord Osborne’s remark, ^{when his friend carried} when answering his friend’s ^{him the news —}communication; — & he was continually at Ho::ward’s Elbow during th^e ^twodances. — The frequencyof his appearance there, was the only unpleasantpart of her engagement, to Emma, the only ob::jection she could make to M^r . Howard. — Inhimself, she thought him as agreable as helooked; tho’though chatting on the commonest ^topicsmat^t²hise³ had a ^sensiblen ^easy, unaffected, ^way& un^pretending man::ner which of expreſsing himself, which madethem all worth hearing.,⁴ & she only regrettedthat he had not been able to make hispupil’s Manners as unexceptionable as hisown. ––– The two dances seemed very short, & she had her partner's authority for [.....]considering⁵