Two elements that make this second half of Persuasion so remarkably enjoyable are Austen's precise diction and satisfying resolution of the plot and characters' emotions. Of particular note is a passage on page 136, describing Elizabeth and Sir Walter's condescending entrance into a dining room of a large party of the characters. When they enter, "The comfort, the freedom, the gaiety of the room was over, hushed into cold composure, determined silence, or insipid talk, to meet the heartless elegance of her father and sister. How mortifying to feel that it was so!" The personification of the room as transitioning from a state of "gaiety" to one of "cold composure, determined silence" creates a feeling of palpable awkwardness and uncomfortableness, with the harsh juxtaposition of such contrasting words causing even the reader discomfort, and empathy for the characters' situation. Describing the manner of Elizabeth and Sir Walter as a "heartless elegance" reflects well of their behavior and attitudes throughout the novel's entirety, and the fact that they impose this feeling on the other characters upon entering the room also reflects the contrast in social behavior, manner, and status everyone has exuded: the characters who are comfortable and pleasant to one another invoke in the reader a sense of "the comfort, the freedom, the gaiety..." and are the "good characters"; Elizabeth and her father are vainly proud to the point of fallacy, and thereby inspire feelings that tend towards disdain. This is obviously a very isolated example, but Austen's use of diction throughout the novel is so thoroughly precise and satisfying; there is never a better word that could have been used in place of one other, and this creates a fluidity of language that helps move along writing fraught with detail and description that could otherwise slow down the pace of the novel.