19/22 Her next beginning was, "In one respect, perhaps, Mr.Elton's manners are superior to Mr. They might be more safely held up as a pattern. There is an openness, a quickness, almost a bluntness in Mr.Weston, which every body likes in _him_, because there is so much good-humour with it--but that would not do to be copied. Neither would Mr.Knightley's downright, decided, commanding sort of manner, though it suits _him_ very well; his figure, and look, and situation in life seem to allow it; but if any young man were to set about copying him, he would not be sufferable. |