to take people by surprise, with sudden visits at extraordinary seasons; & in the present in::stance he had had the additional motive of be::ing able to tell the Miſs Watsons, whom he de::pended on finding sitting quietly employedafter tea, that he was going home to an 8o’clock dinner. — As it happened^^however, he did not ^give crea^te more surprise than he received, when in::stead of being shewn into the usua^l ^little sitting room,the door of the best parlour^^{a foot larger each way than the other} was thrown open,&^ ^he beheld a circle of smart people whom he c^d .couldnot immediately recognise sillin¹ arranged withall the honours of visiting round the fire, & Miſs Watson sitting at the best Pembroke Table, ^with ma^king the best Tea things before her.He ^stood stopt, for a few seconds, in silent amaze::ment. — "Musgrave!" — ejaculated Margaret ina tender voice. — He recollected himself, & cameforward, delighted to find ^such him^self a circle of Friends, & bleſsing his good fortune for theunlooked-for Indulgence. — He shook handswith Robert, bowed & smiled to the Ladies, &did every thing very prettily; but as to anyparticularity of addreſs or Emotion towardsMargaret, Emma ^{who closed2 observed him, perceived nothing that did} disc^erned no more than^{not justify Eliz.’sElizabeth's opinions} she had exp^ected, tho’though tho’though Margaret’s modest