24/48 He had no concealments with me. It was curious, that having just left you behind me in Bath, my first and principal acquaintance on marrying should be your cousin; and that, through him, I should be continually hearing of your father and sister. He described one Miss Elliot, and I thought very affectionately of the other." "Perhaps," cried Anne, struck by a sudden idea, "you sometimes spoke of me to Mr Elliot ?" "To be sure I did; very often. I used to boast of my own Anne Elliot, and vouch for your being a very different creature from--" She checked herself just in time. |