I am sure there is nobody's praise that could give us so much pleasure as Miss Woodhouse's.
My mother does not hear; she is a little deaf you know.

Ma'am," addressing her, "do you hear what Miss Woodhouse is so obliging to say about Jane's handwriting ?" And Emma had the advantage of hearing her own silly compliment repeated twice over before the good old lady could comprehend it.

She was pondering, in the meanwhile, upon the possibility, without seeming very rude, of making her escape from Jane Fairfax's letter, and had almost resolved on hurrying away directly under some slight excuse, when Miss Bates turned to her again and seized her attention.
"My mother's deafness is very trifling you see--just nothing at all.

By only raising my voice, and saying any thing two or three times over, she is sure to hear; but then she is used to my voice.

But it is very remarkable that she should always hear Jane better than she does me.
Jane speaks so distinct! However, she will not find her grandmama at all deafer than she was two years ago; which is saying a great deal at my mother's time of life--and it really is full two years, you know, since she was here.