^{or a natural}&^ a love of talking, she immediately saidin a tone of great satisfaction — & with alook of arch sagacity – "Miſs Esther wants meto invite her & her Brother to spend a week with me at Sanditon House, as I did lastSummer — But I shan't. — She has been tryingto get round me^^{every way,} with her praise of this, & her praise of that; but I saw what shewas about. – I saw through it all. — I amnot very easily taken-in my Dear." Charlotte c^d .could think of nothing more harmleſsto be said, than the simple enquiry of – "SirEdward &¹ Miſs Denham?" —"Yes, my Dear.My young Folks, as I call them sometimes, for I take them very much by the hand.I had them^^{with me} last Summer, about this time,for a week; from Monday to Monday; andvery delighted & thankful they were. – Forthey are very good young People my Dear.I w^d .would not have you think that I only notice them, for poor dear Sir Harry's sake. No, no; they are very deserving them::selves, or trust me, they w^d .would not be somuch in myCompany. – I am not theWoman to help any body blindfold. – I always take care to know what I am about & who I have to deal with, beforeI stir a finger. — I do not think I wasever over-reached in my Life; & That is a good deal for a woman to say thathas been married twice. — Poor dear Sir