M^rs. Smith's enjoyments were not spoiledby this improvement of Income,^^with someimprovement of health, & the acquisition ofsuch friends to be often with, for herChearfulneſs & mental Activity did notfail her, & while those prime supplies ofGood remained, she might have bid de::fiance even to greater acceſsions ofworldly Prosperity. She might have beenabsolutely rich & perfectly healthy, & yetbe happy. —Her spring of Felicity was inthe glow of her spirits — as her friendAnne's was in the warmth of herHeart. — Anne's was Tenderneſs itself; —andshe had all the^^full worth of it in Capt:ⁿ -CaptainWentworth's affection. His Profeſsionwas all that could ever make her friendswish thatTenderneſs leſs; athe dread of afuture War, all that could ^dimoverspreadher Sunshine. — She gloried in being aSailor's wife, but she must pay thetax of quick alarm, for belonging tothat Profeſsion which is not moredistinguished — if poſsible — moredistinguished ^{in it's}forDomesticVirtues,than ^{in it's}forNational^Importance.Renown. ––––––