Sir Edward's required longer Observation. He surprised her by quitting Clara immediately on their all joining & a::greeing to walk, & devoting himself^byentirely,¹^ addressing his attentions entirelyto herself. –^^{Stationing himself} Close by her side, he seemed to mean to detach her as much aspoſsible from the rest of the Party &^^to giveher the whole of his Conversation. Hebegan, in a tone of great Taste & Feeling,to talk of the Sea & the Sea shore — &ran with Energy through all the usualPhrases employed in praise of their Sub::limity, & descriptive of the undescribableEmotions they excite in the Mind ofSensibility. – The terrific Grandeur ofthe Ocean in a Storm, its glaſsy sur::face in a calm, its'Gulls & its Samphire,& the daeep² fathoms of its'Abyſses, its'quick viciſsitudes, its' direful Deceptions,its'Mariners tempting it in Sunshine& overwhelmed by the sudden Tempest,All were eagerly & fluently touched; —rather commonplace perhaps — but doingvery well from the Lips of a handsomeSir Edward, — and she c^d .could not but thinkhim a Man of Feeling — till he began to