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has refused to come; I will send him word that you are here; will he still refuse?"
Juliet blushed; but could not answer. Elinor paused a moment, and then said, "If he knows that he can see you elsewhere, he will be firm; if not . . . . he will return with my messenger! By that I can judge the present state of your connexion."
She rang the bell, and told Mrs. Golding to go instantly to Mr. Harleigh, and acquaint him that Elinor Joddrel and Miss Ellis desired to speak with him immediately.
Vainly Juliet remonstrated against the strange appearance of such a message, not only to himself, but to the family and the world: "Appearance?" she cried; "after what I have done, what I have dared,—have I any terms to keep with the world? with appearances? Miserable, contemptible, servile appearances, to which sense, happiness, and feeling are for ever to be sacrificed!
