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“ Oh ! yes , extremely well ; that is , I do not believe many people are acquainted with him , because Combe Magna is so far off ; but they all think him extremely agreeable I assure you . Nobody is more liked than Mr . Willoughby wherever he goes , and so you may tell your sister . She is a monstrous lucky girl to get him , upon my honour ; not but that he is much more lucky in getting her , because she is so very handsome and agreeable , that nothing can be good enough for her . However , I don’t think her hardly at all handsomer than you , I assure you ; for I think you both excessively pretty , and so does Mr . Palmer too I am sure , though we could not get him to own it last night . ” Mrs . Palmer’s information respecting Willoughby was not very material ; but any testimony in his favour , however small , was pleasing to her . “ I am so glad we are got acquainted at last , ” continued Charlotte . — “ And now I hope we shall always be great friends . You can’t think how much I longed to see you ! It is so delightful that you should live at the cottage ! Nothing can be like it , to be sure ! And I am so glad your sister is going to be well married ! I hope you will be a great deal at Combe Magna . It is a sweet place , by all accounts . ” “ You have been long acquainted with Colonel Brandon , have not you ? ” “ Yes , a great while ; ever since my sister married . He was a particular friend of Sir John’s . I believe , ” she added in a low voice , “ he would have been very glad to have had me , if he could . Sir John and Lady Middleton wished it very much . But mama did not think the match good enough for me , otherwise Sir John would have mentioned it to the Colonel , and we should have been married immediately . ” “ Did not Colonel Brandon know of Sir John’s proposal to your mother before it was made ? Had he never owned his affection to yourself ? ” “ Oh , no ; but if mama had not objected to it , I dare say he would have liked it of all things . He had not seen me then above twice , for it was before I left school . However , I am much happier as I am . Mr . Palmer is the kind of man I like . ” CHAPTER XXI . The Palmers returned to Cleveland the next day , and the two families at Barton were again left to entertain each other . But this did not last long ; Elinor had hardly got their last visitors out of her head , had hardly done wondering at Charlotte’s being so happy without a cause , at Mr . Palmer’s acting so simply , with good abilities , and at the strange unsuitableness which often existed between husband and wife , before Sir John’s and Mrs . Jennings’s active zeal in the cause of society , procured her some other new acquaintance to see and observe .
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