Poor Mr.Slope was rather beside himself.

He thought that Eleanor could not but have learnt from his demeanour that he was an admirer of her own, and he had also flattered himself that the idea was not unacceptable to her.

What would she think of him if he now devoted himself to a married woman! But Eleanor was not inclined to be severe in her criticisms on him in this respect, and felt no annoyance of any kind, when she found herself seated between Bertie and Charlotte Stanhope.

She had no suspicion of Mr.Slope's intentions; she had no suspicion even of the suspicion of other people; but still she felt well-pleased not to have Mr.Slope too near to her.
And she was not ill-pleased to have Bertie Stanhope near her.

It was rarely indeed that he failed to make an agreeable impression on strangers.