change in a man of so much pride exciting not only astonishment but gratitude―for to love,ardent love,it must be attributed;and as such its impression on her was of a sort to be encouraged,as by no means unpleasing,though it could not be exactly defined.She respected,she esteemed,she was grateful to him,she felt a real interest in his welfare;and she only wanted to know how far she wished that welfare to depend upon herself,and how far it would be for the happiness of both that she should employ the power, which her fancy told her she still possessed,of bringing on her the renewal of his addresses.