"A true one, if you please."
"To be with those I love, and have money in my purse—I think that is sufficient: no—I think I should like a house too—"
"Very reasonable and moderate."
"But preserve me from the slavery of living en grande dame; I was not brought up to it—and nothing but habit could make such bonds sit light and gracefully."
"I believe you are right, and you must certainly be wise."
He looked at her with unmistakable admiration; she could not meet his eye, but coloured and fixed hers on the fender. In spite of her embarrassment, however, she felt a real pleasure in the friendly tone he had assumed, and hoped sincerely that the morning would not see him cold and formal again.
"Emma," said Elizabeth after they had retired for the night, "I am certain that Lord Osborne admires you very much."
Emma only smiled in reply.
"What do you think about it?" continued Miss Watson.
"That I wish he would find some pleasanter way of testifying his admiration," said Emma. "I do not know whether he is the only man who ever admired me, but he is certainly the only one who ever looked at me so much."