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There Lord Clannarmon ſaw her frequently : he read, he walked, and he attended her, ſometimes, when ſhe went on horſeback. At firſt the ſuffered his attentions merely out of complaiſance ; but, inſentibly, the thought thoſe days long and dull, which he did not paſs at Downton ;‫ز‬finding, in his converſation, a perpetual ſource of inſtruction, as well as amuſement.

At length ſhe became ſenſible, that, however beauty may faſcinate the eye, yet, unleſs it be accompanied by virtue, and intelligence of mind, it does not take ſo ſtrong a hold on the heart, as fympathy of tempers and inclinations, added to a conviction of ſuperior merit.

Each day unfolding ſome new trait of Lord Clannarmon's worth, Emma now experienced the truth, of what ſhe had often heard,—that no perſon could live much in his ſociety, without loving him.