Display Author:Jane Taylor Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 25 CHAPTER. HI. Of all the young people who had been iatro- duced to the Leddenhursts, there was not one whose appearance pleased them so much as Emily's. ... more »They observed that in some important respects her education had been defective; but she seemed amiable, modest, and unaffected, and possessed of good sense, and a strong desire of improvement, which greatly encouraged them in their wishes to serve her. They perceived that Elizabeth was a less hopeful subject than her companion; but this did not make them less willing to attempt her improvement, for they were not accustomed to shrink from a duty because it was unpleasant, nor to despair of one that was difficult, They were both invited to join the family circle at Stokely as often as they felt disposed. They were not backward to accept this invitation; and an early evening was fixed upon to pay their first friendly visit. Elizabeth and Emily set off on this occasion with high expectations of gratification and enjoyment. Hitherto they had only seen them with other company; "but now," thought Emily, " we shall be alone, and be able to enjoy their conversation :"—" now," thought Elizabeth, " we shall be alone, and they must take notice of me." On their way, they met one of the servants from Stokely, with a basket of grapes. " There goes a present for somebody : who can it be for, I wonder?" said Elizabeth:— " the Tomkins's—or the Davisons', perhaps." " No, no," said Emily, " I can easily guess who it is for—poor Eleanor Jones, who is so ill: I know they send her fruit or jellies every day." " Well, very likely," replied Elizabeth, " for 1 heard—but really 1 can scarcely believe it, Mr. Leddenhurst looks such a pleasant, different kind of man—they say, however, that he and Mrs. Leddenhurst were there the other...« less