Miss Woodhouse made the proper acquiescence; and finding that nothing more was to be entrapped from any communication of Mrs. Cole''s, turned to Frank Churchill.
"Why do you smile" said she.
"Nay, why do you"
"Me!--I suppose I smile for pleasure at Colonel Campbell''s being so rich and so liberal.--It is a handsome present."
"Very."
"I rather wonder that it was never made before."
"Perhaps Miss Fairfax has never been staying here so long before."