Why don't he, in such a case, sell his horses, let his house, turn off his servants, and make a thorough reform at once?
I warrant you, Miss Marianne would have been ready to wait till matters came round.

But that won't do now-a-days; nothing in the way of pleasure can ever be given up by the young men of this age." "Do you know what kind of a girl Miss Grey is?
Is she said to be amiable ?" "I never heard any harm of her; indeed I hardly ever heard her mentioned; except that Mrs.Taylor did say this morning, that one day Miss Walker hinted to her, that she believed Mr.and Mrs.Ellison would not be sorry to have Miss Grey married, for she and Mrs.Ellison could never agree."-- "And who are the Ellisons ?" "Her guardians, my dear.

But now she is of age and may choose for herself; and a pretty choice she has made!--What now," after pausing a moment--"your poor sister is gone to her own room, I suppose, to moan by herself.

Is there nothing one can get to comfort her?
Poor dear, it seems quite cruel to let her be alone.

Well, by-and-by we shall have a few friends, and that will amuse her a little.