It was a gloomy prospect, and all that she could do was to throw a mist over it, and hope when the mist cleared away, she should see something else.
I am excessively diverted.
it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.
It was a delightful visit;-perfect, in being much too short.
An artist cannot do anything slovenly.
At my time of life opinions are tolerably fixed. It is not likely that I should now see or hear anything to change them.