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　　"Oh! very well," exclaimed Miss Bates, "then I need not be uneasy. `Three things very dull indeed.' That will just do for me, you know. I shall be sure to say three dull things as soon as ever I open my mouth, shan't I? (looking round with the most good-humoured dependence on every body's assent)——Do not you all think I shall?"

　　Emma could not resist.

　　"Ah! ma'am, but there may be a difficulty. Pardon me——but you will be limited as to number——only three at once."

　　Miss Bates, deceived by the mock ceremony of her manner, did not immediately catch her meaning; but, when it burst on her, it could not anger, though a slight blush shewed that it could pain her.

　　"Ah!——well——to be sure. Yes, I see what she means, (turning to Mr. Knightley,) and I will try to hold my tongue. I must make myself very disagreeable, or she would not have said such a thing to an old friend."

　　"I like your plan," cried Mr. Weston. "Agreed, agreed. I will do my best. I am making a conundrum. How will a conundrum reckon?"

　　"Low, I am afraid, sir, very low," answered his son;——"but we shall be indulgent——especially to any one who leads the way."

　　"No, no," said Emma, "it will not reckon low. A conundrum of Mr. Weston's shall clear him and his next neighbour. Come, sir, pray let me hear it."

　　"I doubt its being very clever myself," said Mr. Weston. "It is too much a matter of fact, but here it is.——What two letters of the alphabet are there, that express perfection?"

　　"What two letters!——express perfection! I am sure I do not know."

　　"Ah! you will never guess. You, (to Emma), I am certain, will never guess.——I will tell you.——M. and A.——Em-ma.——Do you understand?"

　　"This explains the sort of clever thing that is wanted, and Mr. Weston has done very well for himself; but he must have knocked up every body else. Perfection should not have come quite so soon."

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