? ? ? ? "Hum"--said Mrs. Ferrars--"very pretty,"--and without regarding them at all, returned them to her daughter.
? ? ? ? Perhaps Fanny thought for a moment that her mother had been quite rude enough,--for, colouring a little, she immediately said,
? ? ? ? "They are very pretty, ma'am--an't they?" But then again, the dread of having been too civil, too encouraging herself, probably came over her, for she presently added,
? ? ? ? "Do you not think they are something in Miss Morton's style of painting, Ma'am?--She DOES paint most delightfully!--How beautifully her last landscape is done!"
? ? ? ? "Beautifully indeed! But SHE does every thing well."
? ? ? ? Marianne could not bear this.--She was already greatly displeased with Mrs.
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