You must have seen that he was trying to please you by every attention in his power.

Was not he devoted to you at the ball?
And then before the ball, the necklace! Oh! you received it just as it was meant.

You were as conscious as heart could desire.

I remember it perfectly." "Do you mean, then, that your brother knew of the necklace beforehand?
Oh! Miss Crawford, _that_ was not fair." "Knew of it! It was his own doing entirely, his own thought.

I am ashamed to say that it had never entered my head, but I was delighted to act on his proposal for both your sakes." "I will not say," replied Fanny, "that I was not half afraid at the time of its being so, for there was something in your look that frightened me, but not at first; I was as unsuspicious of it at first--indeed, indeed I was.