the Expence alas! of Measures in that masterly style was ill-suited to hisPurse, & Prudence obliged him to pre==fer the quietest st sort of ruin & dis::grace for the object of his Affections,to the more renowned. –––

One day, soon after Charlotte's arrival at Sanditon, she had the pleasure of seeingjust as she ascended from the Sands tothe Terrace, a Gentleman'sCarriage withPost Horses standing at the door of theHotel, as very lately arrived, & by thequantity of Luggage taking off, bringing it might be hoped, some respectable familydetermined on a long residence. ––– Delighted to have such good news forM^r . & M^rs . P.Parker, who had both gone home some time before, she proceeded for Trafalgar House with as much alacrityas could remain, after ^{having been}being contending for the last 2 hours with a very fine wind blowing directly on shore; butshe had not reached the little Lawn, whenshe saw a Lady walking nimbly be::hind her at no great distance; andconvinced that it ^{could be}wa^s no acquaintance of her own, she resolved to hurry on &