themselves into such a Meditation asthis. – "She is ^{thoroughly mean.}much worse than I expected — ^{I had not expected anything so bad.}meaner – a great deal meaner. – She isvery mean. — M^r . P.Parker spoke too mildly ofher. —His own kind Disposition makes himjudge too well of others His Judgement isevidently not^^always to be trusted.¹in his opinion ofothers. — His own Goodnature misleads him. in²judging of others. He is too kind hearted to seeclearly. — I must judge for myself. – And theirvery connection prejudices him. — He has persuaded her to engage in the sameSpeculation – & because their object in that^Linerespect is the same, he fancies she feelslike him in others. — But she is very, verymean. – I can see no Good in her. — PoorMiſs Brereton! — And she makes every bodymean about her. – This poor Sir Edward& his Sister, – how far Nature meant themto be respectable I can^^not tell, – but they areobliged to be Mean in their Servility toher. — And I am Mean too, in giving her my attention, with the appearanceof coinciding with her. — Thus it is, whenRichPeople are Sordid." –––

The two Ladies continued walking together^tillb^y rejoined by the others, who as theyiſsued from the Library were followed bya young Whitby running off with 5 vols.volumesunder his arm to Sir Edward's Gig —