17/22 What say you to Mr.Weston and Mr.Elton? Compare their manner of carrying themselves; of walking; of speaking; of being silent. But Mr.Weston is almost an old man. Mr.Weston must be between forty and fifty." "Which makes his good manners the more valuable. The older a person grows, Harriet, the more important it is that their manners should not be bad; the more glaring and disgusting any loudness, or coarseness, or awkwardness becomes. |