The most satisfactory comparisons were rising in her mind.
"It is one thing," said she, presently--her cheeks in a glow--"to have very good sense in a common way, like every body else, and if there is any thing to say, to sit down and write a letter, and say just what you must, in a short way; and another, to write verses and charades like this." Emma could not have desired a more spirited rejection of Mr.Martin's prose.
"Such sweet lines!" continued Harriet--"these two last!--But how shall I ever be able to return the paper, or say I have found it out ?--Oh! Miss Woodhouse, what can we do about that ?" "Leave it to me.

You do nothing.

He will be here this evening, I dare say, and then I will give it him back, and some nonsense or other will pass between us, and you shall not be committed .-- Your soft eyes shall chuse their own time for beaming.

Trust to me." "Oh! Miss Woodhouse, what a pity that I must not write this beautiful charade into my book! I am sure I have not got one half so good." "Leave out the two last lines, and there is no reason why you should not write it into your book." "Oh! but those two lines are"-- -- "The best of all.

Granted;--for private enjoyment; and for private enjoyment keep them.