? ? ? ? Mrs. Palmer, on the contrary, who was strongly endowed by nature with a turn for being uniformly civil and happy, was hardly seated before her admiration of the parlour and every thing in it burst forth.
? ? ? ? "Well! what a delightful room this is! I never saw anything so charming! Only think, Mamma, how it is improved since I was here last! I always thought it such a sweet place, ma'am! (turning to Mrs. Dashwood) but you have made it so charming! Only look, sister, how delightful every thing is! How I should like such a house for myself! Should not you, Mr. Palmer?"
? ? ? ? Mr. Palmer made her no answer, and did not even raise his eyes from the newspaper.
? ? ? ? "Mr. Palmer does not hear me," said she, laughing; "he never does sometimes. It is so ridiculous!"
? ? ? ? This was quite a new idea to Mrs.
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