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She looked at her father to entreat his interference, lest Mary should be singing all night.

He took the hint, and when Mary had finished her second song, said aloud,

“That will do extremely well, child. You have delighted us long enough.

Let the other young ladies have time to exhibit.”

Mary, though pretending not to hear, was somewhat disconcerted;

and Elizabeth, sorry for her, and sorry for her father's speech, was afraid her anxiety had done no good.

— Others of the party were now applied to.

“If I,” said Mr. Collins, “were so fortunate as to be able to sing, I should have great pleasure, I am sure, in obliging the company with an air;

for I consider music as a very innocent diversion, and perfectly compatible with the profession of a clergyman.

— I do not mean however to assert that we can be justified in devoting too much of our time to music, for there are certainly other things to be attended to. The rector of a parish has much to do.”