101:  3, 1'  !| About$4$ thirty years ago, $MP#F$Miss*Maria*Ward of Huntingdon,
101:  3, 2'  !| with only seven thousand pounds, had the good luck
101:  3, 3'  !| to$9$ captivate $MP#E$Sir*Thomas*Bertram, of Mansfield*Park, in
101:  3, 4'  !| the county of Northampton, and to$9$ be thereby raised to$4$
101:  3, 5'  !| the rank$0$ of a baronet's lady, with all the comforts and
101:  3, 6'  !| consequences of an handsome house and large income.
101:  3, 7'  !| All Huntingdon exclaimed on$4$ the greatness of the match$0$,
101:  3, 8'  !| and her uncle, the lawyer, himself, allowed her to$9$ be at
101:  3, 9'  !| least three thousand pounds short$2$ of any equitable claim$0$
101:  3,10'  !| to$4$ it. She had two sisters to$9$ be benefited by$4$ her elevation;
101:  3,11'  !| and such of their acquaintance as thought$1$ $MP#J$Miss*Ward
101:  3,12'  !| and $MP#P$Miss*Frances quite as handsome as $MP#F$Miss*Maria,
101:  3,13'  !| did not scruple$1$ to$9$ predict their marrying with almost
101:  3,14'  !| equal$2$ advantage. But there certainly are not so$5#1$ many
101:  3,15'  !| men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty$2$
101:  3,16'  !| women to$9$ deserve them. $MP#J$Miss*Ward, at the end$0$ of half
101:  3,17'  !| a dozen years, found herself obliged to$9$ be attached to$4$
101:  3,18'  !| the $MP#ZY$Rev*Mr%*Norris, a friend of her brother-in-law, with
101:  3,19'  !| scarcely any private$2$ fortune, and $MP#P$Miss*Frances fared yet
101:  3,20'  !| worse. $MP#J$Miss*Ward's match$0$, indeed, when it came to$4$ the
101:  3,21'  !| point$0$, was not contemptible, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas being$1$ happily
101:  3,22'  !| able to$9$ give his friend an income in the living$0$ of Mansfield,
101:  3,23'  !| and $MP#ZY$Mr% and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris began their career of conjugal
101:  3,24'  !| felicity with very little less than a thousand a year. But
101:  3,25'  !| $MP#P$Miss*Frances married, in the common$2$ phrase, to$9$ disoblige
101:  3,26'  !| her family, and by$4$ fixing on$4$ a Lieutenant of Marines,
101:  3,27'  !| without education, fortune, or connections, did it very
101:  3,28'  !| thoroughly. She could hardly have made a more untoward
101:  3,29'  !| choice$0$. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas*Bertram had interest$0$, which$6#1$, from
101:  4, 1'  !| principle as well$9$ as pride, from a general$2$ wish$0$ of doing
101:  4, 2'  !| right$0$, and a desire$0$ of seeing all that$6#1$ were connected with
101:  4, 3'  !| him in situations of respectability, he would have been
101:  4, 4'  !| glad to$9$ exert for$4$ the advantage of $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's sister;
101:  4, 5'  !| but her husband's profession$0#2$ was such as no$2$ interest$0$ could
101:  4, 6'  !| reach$1$; and before$3$ he had time to$9$ devise any other method
101:  4, 7'  !| of assisting them, an absolute breach between the sisters
101:  4, 8'  !| had taken place$0$. It was the natural$2$ result$0$ of the conduct$0$
101:  4, 9'  !| of each party, and such as a very imprudent marriage
101:  4,10'  !| almost always produces. To$9$ save$1$ herself from useless
101:  4,11'  !| remonstrance, $MP#P$Mrs%*Price never wrote to$4$ her family on$4$
101:  4,12'  !| the subject$0$ till actually married. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, who$6#1$
101:  4,13'  !| was a woman of very tranquil feelings, and a temper
101:  4,14'  !| remarkably easy and indolent, would have contented herself
101:  4,15'  !| with merely giving up her sister, and thinking no$2$
101:  4,16'  !| more of the matter: but $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris had a spirit of
101:  4,17'  !| activity, which$6#1$ could not be satisfied$1$ till she had written
101:  4,18'  !| a long$9$ and angry letter to$4$ $MP#P$Fanny, to$9$ point$1$ out$5$ the folly
101:  4,19'  !| of her conduct$0$, and threaten her with all its possible ill
101:  4,20'  !| consequences. $MP#P$Mrs%*Price in her turn$0$ was injured and
101:  4,21'  !| angry; and an answer$0$ which$6#1$ comprehended each sister
101:  4,22'  !| in its bitterness, and bestowed such very disrespectful
101:  4,23'  !| reflections on$4$ the pride of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, as $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
101:  4,24'  !| could not possibly keep to$4$ herself, put an end$0$ to$4$ all intercourse
101:  4,25'  !| between them for$4$ a considerable period.
101:  4,26'  !| Their homes were so$5#1$ distant, and the circles in which$6#1$
101:  4,27'  !| they moved so$5#1$ distinct, as almost to$9$ preclude the means$0$
101:  4,28'  !| of ever hearing of each other's existence during the eleven
101:  4,29'  !| following years, or at least to$9$ make$1$ it very wonderful to$4$
101:  4,30'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, that$3$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris should ever have it in her
101:  4,31'  !| power to$9$ tell them, as she now and then did in an angry
101:  4,32'  !| voice, that$3$ $MP#P$Fanny had got another child. By$4$ the end$0$ of
101:  4,33'  !| eleven years, however, $MP#P$Mrs%*Price could no$2$ longer afford
101:  4,34'  !| to$9$ cherish pride or resentment, or to$9$ lose one connection
101:  4,35'  !| that$6#1$ might possibly assist her. A large and still$5$ increasing
101:  4,36'  !| family, an husband disabled for$4$ active service, but not
101:  4,37'  !| the less equal$2$ to$4$ company and good liquor, and a very
101:  4,38'  !| small income to$9$ supply$1$ their wants$0$, made her eager to$9$
101:  5, 1'  !| regain the friends she had so$5#1$ carelessly sacrificed; and
101:  5, 2'  !| she addressed $MP#F$Lady*Bertram in a letter which$6#1$ spoke so$5#1$
101:  5, 3'  !| much contrition and despondence, such a superfluity of
101:  5, 4'  !| children, and such a want$0$ of almost every*thing else, as
101:  5, 5'  !| could not but dispose them all to$4$ a reconciliation. She
101:  5, 6'  !| was preparing for$4$ her ninth lying-in, and after$4$ bewailing
101:  5, 7'  !| the circumstance, and imploring their countenance as
101:  5, 8'  !| sponsors to$4$ the expected$2$ child, she could not conceal how
101:  5, 9'  !| important she felt they might be to$4$ the future maintenance
101:  5,10'  !| of the eight already in being$1$.
101:  5,10@p   | Her eldest was
101:  5,11@p   | a boy of ten years old, a fine spirited fellow who$6#1$ longed
101:  5,12@p   | to$9$ be out$5$ in the world; but what$6#2$ could she do? Was
101:  5,13@p   | there any chance$0$ of his being$1$ hereafter useful to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
101:  5,14@p   | in the concerns$0$ of his West*Indian property?
101:  5,15@p   | No$2$ situation would be beneath him ~ or what$6#2$ did $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
101:  5,16@p   | think of Woolwich? or how could a boy be sent
101:  5,17@p   | out$5$ to$4$ the East?
101:  5,18'  !| The letter was not unproductive. It re-established
101:  5,19'  !| peace and kindness. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas sent friendly advice
101:  5,20'  !| and professions, $MP#F$Lady*Bertram dispatched money and
101:  5,21'  !| baby-linen, and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris wrote the letters.
101:  5,22'  !| Such were its immediate effects, and within a twelve-month
101:  5,23'  !| a more important advantage to$4$ $MP#P$Mrs%*Price resulted
101:  5,24'  !| from it. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was often observing to$4$ the others,
101:  5,25'  !| that$3$
101:  5,25@j   | she could not get her poor sister and her family out$8$
101:  5,26@j   | of her head$0$,
101:  5,26'  !| and that$3$
101:  5,26@j   | much as they had all done for$4$ her,
101:  5,27@j   | she seemed to$9$ be wanting to$9$ do more: and at length
101:  5,28@j   | she could not but own$1$ it to$9$ be her wish$0$, that$3$ poor
101:  5,29@j   | $MP#P$Mrs%*Price should be relieved from the charge$0$ and expense
101:  5,30@j   | of one child entirely out$8$ of her great number.
101:  5,30J  !| "What$6#2$
101:  5,31J  !| if they were among them to$9$ undertake the care$0$ of her
101:  5,32J  !| eldest daughter, a girl now nine years old, of an age to$9$
101:  5,33J  !| require more attention than her poor mother could possibly
101:  5,34J  !| give? The trouble$0$ and expense of it to$4$ them,
101:  5,35J  !| would be nothing compared with the benevolence of the
101:  5,36J  !| action."
101:  5,36'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram agreed with her instantly.
101:  5,36F  !| "I
101:  5,37F  !| think we cannot do better$9$,"
101:  5,37'  !| said she,
101:  5,37F  !| "let us send for$4$
101:  5,38F  !| the child."
101:  6, 1'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas could not give so$5#1$ instantaneous and unqualified
101:  6, 2'  !| a consent$0$. He debated and hesitated; ~
101:  6, 2@e   | it was
101:  6, 3@e   | a serious$2$ charge$0$; ~ a girl so$5#1$ brought up must be adequately
101:  6, 4@e   | provided$1$ for$5$, or there would be cruelty instead of kindness
101:  6, 5@e   | in taking her from her family.
101:  6, 5@e   | He thought$1$ of his own$2$
101:  6, 6@e   | four children ~ of his two sons ~ of cousins in love$0$, &c%; ~
101:  6, 7'  !| but no$2$ sooner had he deliberately begun to$9$ state$1$ his
101:  6, 8'  !| objections, than $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris interrupted him with a reply$0$
101:  6, 9'  !| to$4$ them all whether stated or not.
101:  6,10J  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, I perfectly comprehend you,
101:  6,11J  !| and do justice to$4$ the generosity and delicacy of your
101:  6,12J  !| notions, which$6#1$ indeed are quite of a piece with your
101:  6,13J  !| general$2$ conduct$0$; and I entirely agree with you in the
101:  6,14J  !| main$0$ as to$4$ the propriety of doing every*thing one could
101:  6,15J  !| by$4$ way of providing for$4$ a child one had in a manner
101:  6,16J  !| taken into one's own$2$ hands; and I am sure I should
101:  6,17J  !| be the last$2$ person in the world to$9$ withhold my mite upon
101:  6,18J  !| such an occasion$0$. Having no$2$ children of my own$2$, who$6#1$
101:  6,19J  !| should I look$1$ to$4$ in any little matter I may$1$ ever have to$9$
101:  6,20J  !| bestow, but the children of my sisters? ~ and I am sure
101:  6,21J  !| $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris is too$5#1$ just$2$ ~ but you know I am a woman of
101:  6,22J  !| few words and professions. Do not let us be frightened
101:  6,23J  !| from a good deed by$4$ a trifle$0$. Give a girl an education,
101:  6,24J  !| and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to$4$
101:  6,25J  !| one but she has the means$0$ of settling well$9$, without farther
101:  6,26J  !| expense to$4$ any*body. A niece of our's, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, I may$1$
101:  6,27J  !| say, or, at least of \your's\, would not grow up in this
101:  6,28J  !| neighbourhood without many advantages. I don't say
101:  6,29J  !| she would be so$5#1$ handsome as her cousins. I dare$1#2$ say
101:  6,30J  !| she would not; but she would be introduced into the
101:  6,31J  !| society of this country under such very favourable circumstances
101:  6,32J  !| as, in all human probability, would get her
101:  6,33J  !| a creditable establishment. You are thinking of your
101:  6,34J  !| sons ~ but do not you know that$3$ of all things upon earth
101:  6,35J  !| \that$6#2$\ is the least likely to$9$ happen; brought up, as they
101:  6,36J  !| would be, always together like$9$ brothers and sisters? It
101:  6,37J  !| is morally impossible. I never knew an instance$0$ of it.
101:  6,38J  !| It is, in fact, the only sure way of providing against the
101:  7, 1J  !| connection. Suppose her a pretty$2$ girl, and seen by$4$ $MP#G$Tom
101:  7, 2J  !| or $MP#B$Edmund for$4$ the first time seven years hence, and
101:  7, 3J  !| I dare$1#2$ say there would be mischief. The very idea of
101:  7, 4J  !| her having been suffered to$9$ grow up at a distance$0$ from
101:  7, 5J  !| us all in poverty and neglect$0$, would be enough to$9$ make$1$
101:  7, 6J  !| either of the dear$2#1$ sweet-tempered boys in love$0$ with her.
101:  7, 7J  !| But breed her up with them from this time, and suppose
101:  7, 8J  !| her even$5$ to$9$ have the beauty of an angel, and she will$1$
101:  7, 9J  !| never be more to$4$ either than a sister."
101:  7,10E  !| "There is a great deal$0#2$ of truth in what$6#1$ you say,"
101:  7,11'  !| replied $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
101:  7,11E  !| "and far be it from me to$9$ throw$1$
101:  7,12E  !| any fanciful impediment in the way of a plan which$6#1$
101:  7,13E  !| would be so$5#1$ consistent with the relative situations of
101:  7,14E  !| each. I only meant to$9$ observe, that$3$ it ought not to$9$ be
101:  7,15E  !| lightly engaged in, and that$3$ to$9$ make$1$ it really serviceable
101:  7,16E  !| to$4$ $MP#P$Mrs%*Price, and creditable to$4$ ourselves, we must secure$1$
101:  7,17E  !| to$4$ the child, or consider ourselves engaged to$9$ secure$1$ to$4$
101:  7,18E  !| her hereafter, as circumstances may$1$ arise, the provision
101:  7,19E  !| of a gentlewoman, if no$2$ such establishment should offer$1$
101:  7,20E  !| as you are so$5#1$ sanguine in expecting."
101:  7,21J  !| "I thoroughly understand you,"
101:  7,21'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris;
101:  7,22J  !| "you are every*thing that$6#1$ is generous and considerate,
101:  7,23J  !| and I am sure we shall never disagree on$4$ this point$0$.
101:  7,24J  !| Whatever I can do, as you well$9$ know, I am always ready
101:  7,25J  !| enough to$9$ do for$4$ the good of those I love$1$; and, though
101:  7,26J  !| I could never feel for$4$ this little girl the hundredth part$0$
101:  7,27J  !| of the regard$0$ I bear$1$ your own$2$ dear$2#1$ children, nor consider
101:  7,28J  !| her, in any respect$0$, so$5#1$ much my own$2$, I should hate
101:  7,29J  !| myself if I were capable of neglecting her. Is not she
101:  7,30J  !| a sister's child? and could I bear$1$ to$9$ see her want$0$, while$9$
101:  7,31J  !| I had a bit of bread to$9$ give her? My dear$2#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
101:  7,32J  !| with all my faults I have a warm$2$ heart: and, poor as
101:  7,33J  !| I am, would rather deny myself the necessaries of life,
101:  7,34J  !| than do an ungenerous thing. So$3$, if you are not against
101:  7,35J  !| it, I will$1$ write to$4$ my poor sister to-morrow, and make$1$
101:  7,36J  !| the proposal; and, as soon as matters are settled$1$, \I\ will$1$
101:  7,37J  !| engage to$9$ get the child to$4$ Mansfield; \you\ shall have no$2$
101:  7,38J  !| trouble$0$ about$4$ it. My own$2$ trouble$0$, you know, I never
101:  8, 1J  !| regard$1$. I will$1$ send $MP#ZZL$Nanny to$4$ London on$4$ purpose, and
101:  8, 2J  !| she may$1$ have a bed at her cousin, the sadler's, and the
101:  8, 3J  !| child be appointed to$9$ meet$1$ her there. They may$1$ easily
101:  8, 4J  !| get her from Portsmouth to$4$ town by$4$ the coach, under
101:  8, 5J  !| the care$0$ of any creditable person that$6#1$ may$1$ chance$1$ to$9$ be
101:  8, 6J  !| going. I dare$1#2$ say there is always some reputable tradesman's
101:  8, 7J  !| wife or other going up."
101:  8, 8'  !| Except to$4$ the attack$0$ on$4$ $MP#ZZL$Nanny's cousin, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
101:  8, 9'  !| no$2$ longer made any objection, and a more respectable
101:  8,10'  !| though less economical rendezvous being$1$ accordingly substituted,
101:  8,11'  !| every*thing was considered as settled$1$, and the
101:  8,12'  !| pleasures of so$5#1$ benevolent a scheme$0$ were already enjoyed.
101:  8,13'  !| The division of gratifying sensations ought not, in strict
101:  8,14'  !| justice, to$9$ have been equal$2$; for$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was fully
101:  8,15'  !| resolved to$9$ be the real and consistent patron of the
101:  8,16'  !| selected child, and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris had not the least intention
101:  8,17'  !| of being$1$ at any expense whatever in her maintenance.
101:  8,18'  !| As far as walking, talking, and contriving reached, she
101:  8,19'  !| was thoroughly benevolent, and nobody knew better$9$ how
101:  8,20'  !| to$4$ dictate$1$ liberality to$9$ others: but her love$0$ of money
101:  8,21'  !| was equal$2$ to$4$ her love$0$ of directing, and she knew quite
101:  8,22'  !| as well$9$ how to$9$ save$1$ her own$2$ as to$9$ spend that$6#2$ of her
101:  8,23'  !| friends. Having married on$4$ a narrower income than
101:  8,24'  !| she had been used$1#2$ to$9$ look$1$ forward$8$ to$4$, she had, from
101:  8,25'  !| the first, fancied a very strict line of economy necessary;
101:  8,26'  !| and what$6#1$ was begun as a matter of prudence,
101:  8,27'  !| soon grew into a matter of choice$0$, as an object$0$ of
101:  8,28'  !| that$6#2$ needful solicitude, which$6#1$ there were no$2$ children
101:  8,29'  !| to$9$ supply$1$. Had there been a family to$9$ provide for$4$,
101:  8,30'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris might never have saved her money; but
101:  8,31'  !| having no$2$ care$0$ of that$6#2$ kind$0$, there was nothing to$9$ impede
101:  8,32'  !| her frugality, or lessen the comfort$0$ of making a yearly
101:  8,33'  !| addition to$4$ an income which$6#1$ they had never lived up
101:  8,34'  !| to$4$. Under this infatuating principle, counteracted by$4$ no$2$
101:  8,35'  !| real affection for$4$ her sister, it was impossible for$4$ her to$9$
101:  8,36'  !| aim$1$ at more than the credit$0$ of projecting and arranging
101:  8,37'  !| so$5#1$ expensive a charity; though perhaps she might so$5#1$
101:  8,38'  !| little know herself, as to$9$ walk$1$ home to$4$ the Parsonage
101:  9, 1'  !| after$4$ this conversation, in the happy belief of being$1$ the
101:  9, 2'  !| most liberal-minded sister and aunt in the world.
101:  9, 3'  !| When the subject$0$ was brought forward$8$ again, her views
101:  9, 4'  !| were more fully explained; and, in reply$0$ to$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's
101:  9, 5'  !| calm$2$ inquiry of
101:  9, 5F  !| "Where shall the child come to$4$
101:  9, 6F  !| first, sister, to$4$ you or to$4$ us?"
101:  9, 6'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas heard, with
101:  9, 7'  !| some surprise$0$, that$3$ it would be totally out$8$ of $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's
101:  9, 8'  !| power to$9$ take any share$0$ in the personal charge$0$ of her.
101:  9, 9'  !| He had been considering her as a particularly welcome$2$
101:  9,10'  !| addition at the Parsonage, as a desirable companion to$4$
101:  9,11'  !| an aunt who$6#1$ had no$2$ children of her own$2$; but he found
101:  9,12'  !| himself wholly mistaken. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was sorry to$9$ say,
101:  9,13'  !| that$3$
101:  9,13@j   | the little girl's staying with them, at least as things
101:  9,14@j   | then were, was quite out$8$ of the question$0$. Poor $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris's
101:  9,15@j   | indifferent state$0$ of health made it an impossibility: he
101:  9,16@j   | could no$2$ more bear$1$ the noise of a child than he could
101:  9,17@j   | fly$1$; if indeed he should ever get well$9$ of his gouty complaints,
101:  9,18@j   | it would be a different matter: she should then
101:  9,19@j   | be glad to$9$ take her turn$0$, and think nothing of the inconvenience;
101:  9,20@j   | but just$9$ now, poor $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris took up every
101:  9,21@j   | moment of her time, and the very mention$0$ of such
101:  9,22@j   | a thing she was sure would distract him.
101:  9,23F  !| "Then she had better$9$ come to$4$ us,"
101:  9,23'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
101:  9,24'  !| with the utmost composure. After$4$ a short$2$ pause$0$, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
101:  9,25'  !| added with dignity,
101:  9,25E  !| "Yes, let her home be in
101:  9,26E  !| this house. We will$1$ endeavour$1$ to$9$ do our duty by$4$ her,
101:  9,27E  !| and she will$1$ at least have the advantage of companions
101:  9,28E  !| of her own$2$ age, and of a regular instructress."
101:  9,29J  !| "Very true,"
101:  9,29'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
101:  9,29J  !| "which$6#1$ are both very
101:  9,30J  !| important considerations: and it will$1$ be just$9$ the same
101:  9,31J  !| to$4$ $MP#ZZL$Miss*Lee, whether she has three girls to$9$ teach, or only
101:  9,32J  !| two ~ there can be no$2$ difference. I only wish$1$ I could be
101:  9,33J  !| more useful; but you see I do all in my power. I am
101:  9,34J  !| not one of those that$6#1$ spare$1$ their own$2$ trouble$0$; and
101:  9,35J  !| $MP#ZZL$Nanny shall fetch her, however it may$1$ put me to$4$ inconvenience
101:  9,36J  !| to$9$ have my chief counsellor away for$4$ three days.
101:  9,37J  !| I suppose, sister, you will$1$ put the child in the little white
101:  9,38J  !| attic, near$4$ the old nurseries. It will$1$ be much the best
101: 10, 1J  !| place$0$ for$4$ her, so$5#1$ near$4$ $MP#ZZL$Miss*Lee, and not far from the
101: 10, 2J  !| girls, and close$9$ by$4$ the housemaids, who$6#1$ could either of
101: 10, 3J  !| them help$1$ dress$1$ her you know, and take care$0$ of her
101: 10, 4J  !| clothes, for$3$ I suppose you would not think it fair to$9$
101: 10, 5J  !| expect $MP#ZZL$Ellis to$9$ wait on$4$ her as well$9$ as the others. Indeed,
101: 10, 6J  !| I do not see that$3$ you could possibly place$1$ her any*where
101: 10, 7J  !| else."
101: 10, 8'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram made no$2$ opposition.
101: 10, 9J  !| "I hope$1$ she will$1$ prove a well-disposed girl,"
101: 10, 9'  !| continued
101: 10,10'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
101: 10,10J  !| "and be sensible$2#1$ of her uncommon good
101: 10,11J  !| fortune in having such friends."
101: 10,12E  !| "Should her disposition be really bad,"
101: 10,12'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
101: 10,13E  !| "we must not, for$4$ our own$2$ children's sake, continue her
101: 10,14E  !| in the family; but there is no$2$ reason$0$ to$9$ expect so$5#1$ great
101: 10,15E  !| an evil. We shall probably see much to$9$ wish$1$ altered in
101: 10,16E  !| her, and must prepare ourselves for$4$ gross ignorance, some
101: 10,17E  !| meanness of opinions, and very distressing vulgarity of
101: 10,18E  !| manner; but these are not incurable faults ~ nor, I trust$1$,
101: 10,19E  !| can they be dangerous for$4$ her associates$0$. Had my
101: 10,20E  !| daughters been \younger\ than herself, I should have considered
101: 10,21E  !| the introduction of such a companion, as a matter
101: 10,22E  !| of very serious$2$ moment; but as it is, I hope$1$ there can
101: 10,23E  !| be nothing to$9$ fear$1$ for$4$ \them\, and every*thing to$9$ hope$1$ for$4$
101: 10,24E  !| \her\, from the association."
101: 10,25J  !| "That$6#2$ is exactly what$6#1$ I think,"
101: 10,25'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
101: 10,26J  !| "and what$6#1$ I was saying to$4$ my husband this morning.
101: 10,27J  !| It will$1$ be an education for$4$ the child said I, only being$1$
101: 10,28J  !| with her cousins; if $MP#ZZL$Miss*Lee taught her nothing, she
101: 10,29J  !| would learn to$9$ be good and clever from \them\."
101: 10,30F  !| "I hope$1$ she will$1$ not tease my poor pug,"
101: 10,30'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
101: 10,31F  !| "I have but just$9$ got $MP#I$Julia to$9$ leave$1$ it alone."
101: 10,32E  !| "There will$1$ be some difficulty in our way, $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,"
101: 10,33'  !| observed $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
101: 10,33E  !| "as to$4$ the distinction proper to$9$ be
101: 10,34E  !| made between the girls as they grow up; how to$9$ preserve
101: 10,35E  !| in the minds of my \daughters\ the consciousness of what$6#1$
101: 10,36E  !| they are, without making them think too$5#1$ lowly of their
101: 10,37E  !| cousin; and how, without depressing her spirits too$5#1$ far,
101: 10,38E  !| to$9$ make$1$ her remember that$3$ she is not a \$MP#H$Miss*Bertram\.
101: 11, 1E  !| I should wish$1$ to$9$ see them very good friends, and would,
101: 11, 2E  !| on$4$ no$2$ account$0$, authorize in my girls the smallest degree
101: 11, 3E  !| of arrogance towards their relation; but still$5$ they cannot
101: 11, 4E  !| be equals. Their rank$0$, fortune, rights, and expectations,
101: 11, 5E  !| will$1$ always be different. It is a point$0$ of great delicacy,
101: 11, 6E  !| and you must assist us in our endeavours$0$ to$9$ choose exactly
101: 11, 7E  !| the right$2#1$ line of conduct$0$."
101: 11, 8'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was quite at his service; and though she
101: 11, 9'  !| perfectly agreed with him as to$4$ its being$1$ a most difficult
101: 11,10'  !| thing, encouraged him to$9$ hope$1$ that$3$ between them it
101: 11,11'  !| would be easily managed.
101: 11,12'  !| It will$1$ be readily believed that$3$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris did not
101: 11,13'  !| write to$4$ her sister in vain. $MP#P$Mrs%*Price seemed
101: 11,13@p   | rather
101: 11,14@p   | surprised that$3$ a girl should be fixed on$5$, when she had
101: 11,15@p   | so$5#1$ many fine boys, but accepted the offer$0$ most thankfully,
101: 11,16@p   | assuring them of her daughter's being$1$ a very well-disposed,
101: 11,17@p   | good-humoured girl, and trusting they would
101: 11,18@p   | never have cause to$9$ throw$1$ her off.
101: 11,18'  !| She spoke of her
101: 11,19'  !| farther as
101: 11,19@p   | somewhat delicate and puny, but was sanguine
101: 11,20@p   | in the hope$0$ of her being$1$ materially better$9$ for$4$ change$0$ of
101: 11,21@p   | air.
101: 11,21'  !| Poor woman| she probably thought$1$ change$0$ of air
101: 11,22'  !| might agree with many of her children.
102: 12, 1'  !| The little girl performed her long$9$ journey in safety,
102: 12, 2'  !| and at Northampton was met by$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, who$6#1$ thus
102: 12, 3'  !| regaled in the credit$0$ of being$1$ foremost to$9$ welcome$1$ her,
102: 12, 4'  !| and in the importance of leading her in to$4$ the others,
102: 12, 5'  !| and recommending her to$4$ their kindness.
102: 12, 6'  !| $MP#A$Fanny*Price was at this time just$9$ ten years old, and
102: 12, 7'  !| though there might not be much in her first appearance
102: 12, 8'  !| to$9$ captivate, there was, at least, nothing to$9$ disgust$1$ her
102: 12, 9'  !| relations. She was small of her age, with no$2$ glow of
102: 12,10'  !| complexion, nor any other striking beauty; exceedingly
102: 12,11'  !| timid and shy, and shrinking from notice$0$; but her air,
102: 12,12'  !| though awkward, was not vulgar, her voice was sweet,
102: 12,13'  !| and when she spoke, her countenance was pretty$2$. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
102: 12,14'  !| and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram received her very kindly, and
102: 12,15'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas seeing how much she needed encouragement,
102: 12,16'  !| tried to$9$ be all that$6#1$ was conciliating; but he had to$9$ work$1$
102: 12,17'  !| against a most untoward gravity of deportment ~ and
102: 12,18'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, without taking half so$5#1$ much trouble$0$, or
102: 12,19'  !| speaking one word where he spoke ten, by$4$ the mere aid
102: 12,20'  !| of a good-humoured smile$0$, became immediately the less
102: 12,21'  !| awful character of the two.
102: 12,22'  !| The young people were all at home, and sustained their
102: 12,23'  !| share$0$ in the introduction very well$9$, with much good
102: 12,24'  !| humour, and no$2$ embarrassment, at least on$4$ the part$0$ of
102: 12,25'  !| the sons, who$6#1$ at seventeen and sixteen, and tall of their
102: 12,26'  !| age, had all the grandeur of men in the eyes of their
102: 12,27'  !| little cousin. The two girls were more at a loss from
102: 12,28'  !| being$1$ younger and in greater awe of their father, who$6#1$
102: 12,29'  !| addressed them on$4$ the occasion$0$ with rather an injudicious
102: 12,30'  !| particularity. But they were too$5#1$ much used$1#2$ to$4$ company
102: 12,31'  !| and praise$0$, to$9$ have any*thing like$9$ natural$2$ shyness, and
102: 12,32'  !| their confidence increasing from their cousin's total want$0$
102: 13, 1'  !| of it, they were soon able to$9$ take a full survey of her face$0$
102: 13, 2'  !| and her frock in easy indifference.
102: 13, 3'  !| They were a remarkably fine family, the sons very
102: 13, 4'  !| well-looking, the daughters decidedly handsome, and all
102: 13, 5'  !| of them well-grown and forward$2$ of their age, which$6#1$ produced
102: 13, 6'  !| as striking a difference between the cousins in
102: 13, 7'  !| person, as education had given to$4$ their address$0$; and no*one
102: 13, 8'  !| would have supposed the girls so$5#1$ nearly of an age
102: 13, 9'  !| as they really were. There was in fact two years
102: 13,10'  !| between the youngest and $MP#A$Fanny. $MP#I$Julia*Bertram was
102: 13,11'  !| only twelve, and $MP#H$Maria but a year older. The little
102: 13,12'  !| visitor meanwhile was as unhappy as possible. Afraid
102: 13,13'  !| of every*body, ashamed of herself, and longing$1$ for$4$ the
102: 13,14'  !| home she had left$1$, she knew not how to$9$ look$1$ up, and
102: 13,15'  !| could scarcely speak to$9$ be heard, or without crying.
102: 13,16'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris had been talking to$4$ her the whole$2$ way from
102: 13,17'  !| Northampton of her wonderful good fortune, and the
102: 13,18'  !| extraordinary degree of gratitude and good behaviour
102: 13,19'  !| which$6#1$ it ought to$9$ produce, and her consciousness of
102: 13,20'  !| misery was therefore increased by$4$ the idea of its being$1$
102: 13,21'  !| a wicked thing for$4$ her not to$9$ be happy. The fatigue$0$
102: 13,22'  !| too$5#2$, of so$5#1$ long$9$ a journey, became soon no$2$ trifling evil.
102: 13,23'  !| In vain were the well-meant condescensions of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
102: 13,24'  !| and all the officious prognostications of $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris that$3$
102: 13,25'  !| she would be a good girl; in vain did $MP#F$Lady*Bertram smile$1$
102: 13,26'  !| and make$1$ her sit on$4$ the sofa with herself and pug, and
102: 13,27'  !| vain was even$5$ the sight of a gooseberry tart towards
102: 13,28'  !| giving her comfort$0$; she could scarcely swallow two
102: 13,29'  !| mouthfuls before$3$ tears interrupted her, and sleep$0$ seeming
102: 13,30'  !| to$9$ be her likeliest friend, she was taken to$9$ finish$1$ her
102: 13,31'  !| sorrows in bed.
102: 13,32J  !| "This is not a very promising beginning$0$,"
102: 13,32'  !| said $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
102: 13,33'  !| when $MP#A$Fanny had left$1$ the room. ~
102: 13,33J  !| "After$4$ all that$6#1$
102: 13,34J  !| I said to$4$ her as we came along$5$, I thought$1$ she would have
102: 13,35J  !| behaved better$9$; I told her how much might depend upon
102: 13,36J  !| her acquitting herself well$9$ at first. I wish$1$ there may$1$ not
102: 13,37J  !| be a little sulkiness of temper ~ her poor mother had
102: 13,38J  !| a good deal$0#2$; but we must make$1$ allowances for$4$ such
102: 14, 1J  !| a child ~ and I do not know that$3$ her being$1$ sorry to$9$ leave$1$
102: 14, 2J  !| her home is really against her, for$3$, with all its faults, it
102: 14, 3J  !| \was\ her home, and she cannot as yet understand how much
102: 14, 4J  !| she has changed for$4$ the better$9$; but then there is moderation
102: 14, 5J  !| in all things."
102: 14, 6'  !| It required a longer time, however, than $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
102: 14, 7'  !| was inclined to$9$ allow, to$9$ reconcile $MP#A$Fanny to$4$ the novelty
102: 14, 8'  !| of Mansfield*Park, and the separation from every*body
102: 14, 9'  !| she had been used$1#2$ to$4$. Her feelings were very acute, and
102: 14,10'  !| too$5#1$ little understood to$9$ be properly attended to$4$. Nobody
102: 14,11'  !| meant to$9$ be unkind, but nobody put themselves out$8$ of
102: 14,12'  !| their way to$9$ secure$1$ her comfort$0$.
102: 14,13'  !| The holiday allowed to$4$ the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams the next
102: 14,14'  !| day on$4$ purpose to$9$ afford leisure for$4$ getting acquainted
102: 14,15'  !| with, and entertaining their young cousin, produced little
102: 14,16'  !| union. They could not but hold$1$ her cheap on$4$ finding
102: 14,17'  !| that$3$ she had but two sashes, and had never learnt French;
102: 14,18'  !| and when they perceived her to$9$ be little struck with the
102: 14,19'  !| duet they were so$5#1$ good as to$9$ play$1$, they could do no$2$ more
102: 14,20'  !| than make$1$ her a generous present$0#2$ of some of their least
102: 14,21'  !| valued toys, and leave$1$ her to$4$ herself, while$9$ they adjourned
102: 14,22'  !| to$4$ whatever might be the favourite$2$ holiday sport$0$ of the
102: 14,23'  !| moment, making artificial flowers or wasting gold paper.
102: 14,24'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, whether near$4$ or from her cousins, whether in
102: 14,25'  !| the school-room, the drawing-room, or the shrubbery, was
102: 14,26'  !| equally forlorn, finding something to$9$ fear$1$ in every person
102: 14,27'  !| and place$0$. She was disheartened by$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's
102: 14,28'  !| silence$0$, awed by$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's grave$2$ looks$0$, and quite
102: 14,29'  !| overcome by$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's admonitions. Her elder cousins
102: 14,30'  !| mortified her by$4$ reflections on$4$ her size, and abashed her
102: 14,31'  !| by$4$ noticing her shyness; $MP#ZZL$Miss*Lee wondered at her
102: 14,32'  !| ignorance, and the maid-servants sneered at her clothes;
102: 14,33'  !| and when to$4$ these sorrows was added the idea of the
102: 14,34'  !| brothers and sisters among whom$6#1$ she had always been
102: 14,35'  !| important as play-fellow, instructress, and nurse$0$, the
102: 14,36'  !| despondence that$6#1$ sunk her little heart was severe.
102: 14,37'  !| The grandeur of the house astonished, but could not
102: 14,38'  !| console her. The rooms were too$5#1$ large for$4$ her to$9$ move$1$
102: 15, 1'  !| in with ease$0$; whatever she touched she expected$1$ to$9$
102: 15, 2'  !| injure, and she crept about$5$ in constant terror of something
102: 15, 3'  !| or other; often retreating towards her own$2$ chamber to$9$
102: 15, 4'  !| cry$1$; and the little girl who$6#1$ was spoken of in the drawing-room
102: 15, 5'  !| when she left$1$ it at night, as seeming so$5#1$ desirably
102: 15, 6'  !| sensible$2#1$ of her peculiar good fortune, ended every day's
102: 15, 7'  !| sorrows by$4$ sobbing herself to$4$ sleep$1$. A week had passed
102: 15, 8'  !| in this way, and no$2$ suspicion of it conveyed by$4$ her quiet$2$
102: 15, 9'  !| passive manner, when she was found one morning by$4$ her
102: 15,10'  !| cousin $MP#B$Edmund, the youngest of the sons, sitting$1$ crying
102: 15,11'  !| on$4$ the attic stairs.
102: 15,12B  !| "My dear$2#1$ little cousin,"
102: 15,12'  !| said he with all the gentleness
102: 15,13'  !| of an excellent nature,
102: 15,13B  !| "what$6#2$ can be the matter?"
102: 15,13'  !| And
102: 15,14'  !| sitting$1$ down$5$ by$4$ her, was at great pains to$9$ overcome her
102: 15,15'  !| shame$0$ in being$1$ so$5#1$ surprised, and persuade her to$9$ speak
102: 15,16'  !| openly.
102: 15,16B  !| "Was she ill? or was any*body angry with
102: 15,17B  !| her? or had she quarrelled with $MP#H$Maria and $MP#I$Julia? or
102: 15,18B  !| was she puzzled about$4$ any*thing in her lesson that$6#1$ he
102: 15,19B  !| could explain? Did she, in short$0$, want$1$ any*thing he
102: 15,20B  !| could possibly get her, or do for$4$ her?"
102: 15,20'  !| For$4$ a long$9$ while$0$
102: 15,21'  !| no$2$ answer$0$ could be obtained beyond$4$ a
102: 15,21A  !| "no$7$, no$7$ ~ not at
102: 15,22A  !| all ~ no$7$, thank you;"
102: 15,22'  !| but he still$5$ persevered, and no$2$
102: 15,23'  !| sooner had he begun to$9$ revert to$4$ her own$2$ home, than
102: 15,24'  !| her increased sobs explained to$4$ him where the grievance
102: 15,25'  !| lay$1#2$. He tried to$9$ console her.
102: 15,26B  !| "You are sorry to$9$ leave$1$ Mamma, my dear$2#1$ little $MP#A$Fanny,"
102: 15,27'  !| said he,
102: 15,27B  !| "which$6#1$ shows$1$ you to$9$ be a very good girl; but
102: 15,28B  !| you must remember that$3$ you are with relations and
102: 15,29B  !| friends, who$6#1$ all love$1$ you, and wish$1$ to$9$ make$1$ you happy.
102: 15,30B  !| Let us walk$1$ out$5$ in the park, and you shall tell me all
102: 15,31B  !| about$4$ your brothers and sisters."
102: 15,32'  !| On$4$ pursuing the subject$0$, he found that$3$ dear$2#1$ as all
102: 15,33'  !| these brothers and sisters generally were, there was one
102: 15,34'  !| among them who$6#1$ ran more in her thoughts than the rest$0#1$.
102: 15,35'  !| It was $MP#Q$William whom$6#1$ she talked of most and wanted
102: 15,36'  !| most to$9$ see. $MP#Q$William, the eldest, a year older than herself,
102: 15,37'  !| her constant companion and friend; her advocate with
102: 15,38'  !| her mother (of whom$6#1$ he was the darling) in every distress$0$.
102: 16, 1A  !| "$MP#Q$William did not like$1$ she should come away ~ he had
102: 16, 2A  !| told her he should miss her very much indeed."
102: 16, 2B  !| "But
102: 16, 3B  !| $MP#Q$William will$1$ write to$4$ you, I dare$1#2$ say."
102: 16, 3A  !| "Yes, he had
102: 16, 4A  !| promised he would, but he had told \her\ to$9$ write first."
102: 16, 5B  !| "And when shall you do it?"
102: 16, 5'  !| She hung her head$0$ and
102: 16, 6'  !| answered, hesitatingly,
102: 16, 6A  !| "she did not know; she had not
102: 16, 7A  !| any paper."
102: 16, 8B  !| "If that$6#2$ be all your difficulty, I will$1$ furnish you with
102: 16, 9B  !| paper and every other material$0$, and you may$1$ write your
102: 16,10B  !| letter whenever you choose. Would it make$1$ you happy
102: 16,11B  !| to$9$ write to$4$ $MP#Q$William?"
102: 16,12A  !| "Yes, very."
102: 16,13B  !| "Then let it be done now. Come with me into the
102: 16,14B  !| breakfast*room, we shall find every*thing there, and be
102: 16,15B  !| sure of having the room to$4$ ourselves."
102: 16,16A  !| "But cousin ~ will$1$ it go to$4$ the post?"
102: 16,17B  !| "Yes, depend upon me it shall; it shall go with the
102: 16,18B  !| other letters; and as your uncle will$1$ frank$1$ it, it will$1$ cost$1$
102: 16,19B  !| $MP#Q$William nothing."
102: 16,20A  !| "My uncle|"
102: 16,20'  !| repeated $MP#A$Fanny with a frightened look$0$.
102: 16,21B  !| "Yes, when you have written the letter, I will$1$ take it
102: 16,22B  !| to$4$ my father to$9$ frank$1$."
102: 16,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny thought$1$ it a bold measure$0$, but offered no$2$ farther
102: 16,24'  !| resistance; and they went together into the breakfast-room,
102: 16,25'  !| where $MP#B$Edmund prepared her paper, and ruled her
102: 16,26'  !| lines with all the good*will that$6#1$ her brother could himself
102: 16,27'  !| have felt, and probably with somewhat more exactness.
102: 16,28'  !| He continued with her the whole$2$ time of her writing$1$,
102: 16,29'  !| to$9$ assist her with his penknife or his orthography, as
102: 16,30'  !| either were wanted; and added to$4$ these attentions, which$6#1$
102: 16,31'  !| she felt very much, a kindness to$4$ her brother, which$6#1$
102: 16,32'  !| delighted her beyond$4$ all the rest$0#1$. He wrote with his
102: 16,33'  !| own$2$ hand$0$ his love$0$ to$4$ his cousin $MP#Q$William, and sent him
102: 16,34'  !| half a guinea under the seal. $MP#A$Fanny's feelings on$4$ the
102: 16,35'  !| occasion$0$ were such as she believed herself incapable of
102: 16,36'  !| expressing; but her countenance and a few artless words
102: 16,37'  !| fully conveyed all their gratitude and delight$0$, and her
102: 16,38'  !| cousin began to$9$ find her an interesting object$0$. He talked
102: 17, 1'  !| to$4$ her more, and from all that$6#1$ she said, was convinced
102: 17, 2'  !| of her having an affectionate heart, and a strong desire$0$
102: 17, 3'  !| of doing right$0$; and he could perceive her to$9$ be farther
102: 17, 4'  !| entitled to$4$ attention, by$4$ great sensibility of her situation,
102: 17, 5'  !| and great timidity. He had never knowingly given her
102: 17, 6'  !| pain$0$, but he now felt that$3$ she required more positive
102: 17, 7'  !| kindness, and with that$6#2$ view$0$ endeavoured, in the first
102: 17, 8'  !| place$0$, to$9$ lessen her fears of them all, and gave her
102: 17, 9'  !| especially a great deal$0#2$ of good advice as to$4$ playing with
102: 17,10'  !| $MP#H$Maria and $MP#I$Julia, and being$1$ as merry as possible.
102: 17,11'  !| From this day $MP#A$Fanny grew more comfortable. She felt
102: 17,12'  !| that$3$ she had a friend, and the kindness of her cousin
102: 17,13'  !| $MP#B$Edmund gave her better$9$ spirits with every*body else.
102: 17,14'  !| The place$0$ became less strange, and the people less formidable;
102: 17,15'  !| and if there were some amongst them whom$6#1$
102: 17,16'  !| she could not cease to$9$ fear$1$, she began at least to$9$ know
102: 17,17'  !| their ways, and to$9$ catch$1$ the best manner of conforming
102: 17,18'  !| to$4$ them. The little rusticities and awkwardnesses which$6#1$
102: 17,19'  !| had at first made grievous inroads on$4$ the tranquillity of
102: 17,20'  !| all, and not least of herself, necessarily wore away, and
102: 17,21'  !| she was no$2$ longer materially afraid to$9$ appear before$4$ her
102: 17,22'  !| uncle, nor did her aunt $MP#J$Norris's voice make$1$ her start$1$ very
102: 17,23'  !| much. To$4$ her cousins she became occasionally an acceptable
102: 17,24'  !| companion. Though unworthy, from inferiority of
102: 17,25'  !| age and strength, to$9$ be their constant associate$0$, their
102: 17,26'  !| pleasures and schemes were sometimes of a nature to$9$
102: 17,27'  !| make$1$ a third very useful, especially when that$6#2$ third was
102: 17,28'  !| of an obliging, yielding temper; and they could not but
102: 17,29'  !| own$1$, when their aunt inquired into her faults, or their
102: 17,30'  !| brother $MP#B$Edmund urged her claims to$4$ their kindness, that$3$
102: 17,31H1 !| "$MP#A$Fanny was good-natured enough."
102: 17,32'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was uniformly kind$2$ himself, and she had
102: 17,33'  !| nothing worse to$9$ endure on$4$ the part$0$ of $MP#G$Tom, than that$6#2$
102: 17,34'  !| sort of merriment which$6#1$ a young man of seventeen will$1$
102: 17,35'  !| always think fair with a child of ten. He was just$9$ entering
102: 17,36'  !| into life, full of spirits, and with all the liberal dispositions
102: 17,37'  !| of an eldest son, who$6#1$ feels born$1#1$ only for$4$ expense and
102: 17,38'  !| enjoyment. His kindness to$4$ his little cousin was consistent
102: 18, 1'  !| with his situation and rights; he made her some
102: 18, 2'  !| very pretty$2$ presents$0$, and laughed at her.
102: 18, 3'  !| As her appearance and spirits improved, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
102: 18, 4'  !| and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris thought$1$ with greater satisfaction of their
102: 18, 5'  !| benevolent plan; and it was pretty$5$ soon decided$1$ between
102: 18, 6'  !| them, that$3$ though far from clever, she showed a tractable
102: 18, 7'  !| disposition, and seemed likely to$9$ give them little trouble$0$.
102: 18, 8'  !| A mean$2$ opinion of her abilities was not confined to$4$ \them\.
102: 18, 9'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could read, work$1$, and write, but she had been
102: 18,10'  !| taught nothing more; and as her cousins found her
102: 18,11'  !| ignorant of many things with which$6#1$ they had been long$9$
102: 18,12'  !| familiar, they thought$1$ her
102: 18,12@h1  | prodigiously stupid,
102: 18,12'  !| and for$4$
102: 18,13'  !| the first two or three weeks were continually bringing
102: 18,14'  !| some fresh report$0$ of it into the drawing-room.
102: 18,14H1 !| "Dear$2#1$
102: 18,15H1 !| Mamma, only think, my cousin cannot put the map of
102: 18,16H1 !| Europe together ~ or my cousin cannot tell the principal$2$
102: 18,17H1 !| rivers of Russia ~ or she never heard of Asia*Minor ~ or
102: 18,18H1 !| she does not know the difference between water-colours
102: 18,19H1 !| and crayons| ~ How strange| ~ Did you ever hear any*thing
102: 18,20H1 !| so$5#1$ stupid?"
102: 18,21J  !| "My dear$2#1$,"
102: 18,21'  !| their considerate aunt would reply$1$;
102: 18,21J  !| "it
102: 18,22J  !| is very bad, but you must not expect every*body to$9$ be
102: 18,23J  !| as forward$2$ and quick$2$ at learning as yourself."
102: 18,24H  !| "But, aunt, she is really so$5#1$ very ignorant| ~ Do you
102: 18,25H  !| know, we asked her last$2$ night, which$6#2$ way she would go
102: 18,26H  !| to$9$ get to$4$ Ireland; and she said, she should cross$1$ to$4$ the
102: 18,27H  !| Isle*of*Wight. She thinks of nothing but the Isle*of*Wight,
102: 18,28H  !| and she calls$1$ it \the\ \Island\, as if there were no$2$
102: 18,29H  !| other island in the world. I am sure I should have been
102: 18,30H  !| ashamed of myself, if I had not known better$9$ long$9$ before$3$
102: 18,31H  !| I was so$5#1$ old as she is. I cannot remember the time when
102: 18,32H  !| I did not know a great deal$0#2$ that$6#1$ she has not the least
102: 18,33H  !| notion of yet. How long$9$ ago it is, aunt, since we used$1#2$
102: 18,34H  !| to$9$ repeat the chronological order$0$ of the kings of England,
102: 18,35H  !| with the dates of their accession, and most of the principal$2$
102: 18,36H  !| events of their reigns|"
102: 18,37I  !| "Yes,"
102: 18,37'  !| added the other;
102: 18,37I  !| "and of the Roman emperors
102: 18,38I  !| as low as $MP#Z1$Severus; besides a great deal$0#2$ of the Heathen
102: 19, 1I  !| Mythology, and all the Metals, Semi-Metals, Planets, and
102: 19, 2I  !| distinguished philosophers."
102: 19, 3J  !| "Very true, indeed, my dears, but you are blessed with
102: 19, 4J  !| wonderful memories, and your poor cousin has probably
102: 19, 5J  !| none at all. There is a vast deal$0#2$ of difference in memories,
102: 19, 6J  !| as well$9$ as in every*thing else, and therefore you must
102: 19, 7J  !| make$1$ allowance for$4$ your cousin, and pity$1$ her deficiency.
102: 19, 8J  !| And remember that$3$, if you are ever so$5#1$ forward$2$ and clever
102: 19, 9J  !| yourselves, you should always be modest; for$3$, much as
102: 19,10J  !| you know already, there is a great deal$0#2$ more for$4$ you to$9$
102: 19,11J  !| learn."
102: 19,12H  !| "Yes, I know there is, till I am seventeen. But I must
102: 19,13H  !| tell you another thing of $MP#A$Fanny, so$5#1$ odd and so$5#1$ stupid.
102: 19,14H  !| Do you know, she says she does not want$1$ to$9$ learn either
102: 19,15H  !| music or drawing."
102: 19,16J  !| "To$9$ be sure, my dear$2#1$, that$6#2$ is very stupid indeed, and
102: 19,17J  !| shows$1$ a great want$0$ of genius and emulation. But all
102: 19,18J  !| things considered, I do not know whether it is not as
102: 19,19J  !| well$9$ that$3$ it should be so$5#2$, for$3$, though you know (owing
102: 19,20J  !| to$4$ me) your papa and mamma are so$5#1$ good as to$9$ bring
102: 19,21J  !| her up with you, it is not at all necessary that$3$ she should
102: 19,22J  !| be as accomplished as you are; ~ on$4$ the contrary$0$, it is
102: 19,23J  !| much more desirable that$3$ there should be a difference."
102: 19,24'  !| Such were the counsels by$4$ which$6#1$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris assisted
102: 19,25'  !| to$9$ form$1$ her nieces' minds; and it is not very wonderful
102: 19,26'  !| that$3$ with all their promising talents and early information,
102: 19,27'  !| they should be entirely deficient in the less common$2$
102: 19,28'  !| acquirements of self-knowledge, generosity, and humility.
102: 19,29'  !| In every*thing but disposition, they were admirably
102: 19,30'  !| taught. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas did not know what$6#1$ was wanting,
102: 19,31'  !| because, though a truly anxious father, he was not outwardly
102: 19,32'  !| affectionate, and the reserve$0$ of his manner repressed
102: 19,33'  !| all the flow$0$ of their spirits before$4$ him.
102: 19,34'  !| To$4$ the education of her daughters, $MP#F$Lady*Bertram paid
102: 19,35'  !| not the smallest attention. She had not time for$4$ such
102: 19,36'  !| cares$0$. She was a woman who$6#1$ spent her days in sitting$1$
102: 19,37'  !| nicely dressed on$4$ a sofa, doing some long$9$ piece of needlework,
102: 19,38'  !| of little use$0$ and no$2$ beauty, thinking more of her
102: 20, 1'  !| pug than her children, but very indulgent to$4$ the latter,
102: 20, 2'  !| when it did not put herself to$4$ inconvenience, guided in
102: 20, 3'  !| every*thing important by$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, and in smaller
102: 20, 4'  !| concerns$0$ by$4$ her sister. Had she possessed greater leisure
102: 20, 5'  !| for$4$ the service of her girls, she would probably have
102: 20, 6'  !| supposed it unnecessary, for$3$
102: 20, 6@f   | they were under the care$0$ of
102: 20, 7@f   | a governess, with proper masters, and could want$1$ nothing
102: 20, 8@f   | more. As for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's being$1$ stupid at learning,
102: 20, 8F  !| "she
102: 20, 9F  !| could only say it was very unlucky, but some people
102: 20,10F  !| \were\ stupid, and $MP#A$Fanny must take more pains; she did
102: 20,11F  !| not know what$6#1$ else was to$9$ be done; and except her
102: 20,12F  !| being$1$ so$5#1$ dull, she must add, she saw no$2$ harm$0$ in the poor
102: 20,13F  !| little thing ~ and always found her very handy and quick$2$
102: 20,14F  !| in carrying messages, and fetching what$6#1$ she wanted."
102: 20,15'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, with all her faults of ignorance and timidity,
102: 20,16'  !| was fixed at Mansfield*Park, and learning to$9$ transfer$1$ in
102: 20,17'  !| its favour$0$ much of her attachment to$4$ her former home,
102: 20,18'  !| grew up there not unhappily among her cousins. There
102: 20,19'  !| was no$2$ positive ill-nature in $MP#H$Maria or $MP#I$Julia; and though
102: 20,20'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was often mortified by$4$ their treatment of her, she
102: 20,21'  !| thought$1$ too$5#1$ lowly of her own$2$ claims to$9$ feel injured by$4$ it.
102: 20,22'  !| From about$4$ the time of her entering the family, $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,
102: 20,23'  !| in consequence of a little ill-health, and a great
102: 20,24'  !| deal$0#2$ of indolence, gave up the house in town, which$6#1$ she
102: 20,25'  !| had been used$1#2$ to$9$ occupy every spring$0$, and remained
102: 20,26'  !| wholly in the country, leaving $MP#E$Sir*Thomas to$9$ attend his
102: 20,27'  !| duty in Parliament, with whatever increase$0$ or diminution
102: 20,28'  !| of comfort$0$ might arise from her absence. In the
102: 20,29'  !| country, therefore, the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams continued to$9$ exercise$1$
102: 20,30'  !| their memories, practise their duets, and grow tall
102: 20,31'  !| and womanly; and their father saw them becoming$1$ in
102: 20,32'  !| person, manner, and accomplishments, every*thing that$6#1$
102: 20,33'  !| could satisfy his anxiety.
102: 20,33@e   | His eldest son was careless and
102: 20,34@e   | extravagant, and had already given him much uneasiness;
102: 20,35@e   | but his other children promised him nothing but good.
102: 20,36@e   | His daughters he felt, while$9$ they retained the name$0$ of
102: 20,37@e   | $MP#H1$Bertram, must be giving it new grace$0$, and in quitting it
102: 20,38@e   | he trusted would extend its respectable alliances; and
102: 21, 1@e   | the character of $MP#B$Edmund, his strong good sense and
102: 21, 2@e   | uprightness of mind$0$, bid most fairly for$4$ utility, honour$0$,
102: 21, 3@e   | and happiness to$4$ himself and all his connections.
102: 21, 3'  !| He
102: 21, 4'  !| was to$9$ be a clergyman.
102: 21, 5'  !| Amid the cares$0$ and the complacency which$6#1$ his own$2$
102: 21, 6'  !| children suggested, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas did not forget to$9$ do what$6#1$
102: 21, 7'  !| he could for$4$ the children of $MP#P$Mrs%*Price; he assisted her
102: 21, 8'  !| liberally in the education and disposal of her sons as they
102: 21, 9'  !| became old enough for$4$ a determinate pursuit: and $MP#A$Fanny,
102: 21,10'  !| though almost totally separated from her family, was
102: 21,11'  !| sensible$2#1$ of the truest satisfaction in hearing of any kindness
102: 21,12'  !| towards them, or of any*thing at all promising in
102: 21,13'  !| their situation or conduct$0$. Once, and once only in the
102: 21,14'  !| course$0$ of many years, had she the happiness of being$1$
102: 21,15'  !| with $MP#Q$William. Of the rest$0#1$ she saw nothing; nobody
102: 21,16'  !| seemed to$9$ think of her ever going amongst them again,
102: 21,17'  !| even$5$ for$4$ a visit$0$, nobody at home seemed to$9$ want$1$ her;
102: 21,18'  !| but $MP#Q$William determining, soon after$4$ her removal, to$9$ be
102: 21,19'  !| a sailor, was invited to$9$ spend a week with his sister in
102: 21,20'  !| Northamptonshire, before$3$ he went to$4$ sea. Their eager
102: 21,21'  !| affection in meeting$9$, their exquisite delight$0$ in being$1$
102: 21,22'  !| together, their hours of happy mirth, and moments of
102: 21,23'  !| serious$2$ conference, may$1$ be imagined; as well$9$ as the
102: 21,24'  !| sanguine views and spirits of the boy even$5$ to$4$ the last$0$,
102: 21,25'  !| and the misery of the girl when he left$1$ her. Luckily
102: 21,26'  !| the visit$0$ happened in the Christmas holidays, when
102: 21,27'  !| she could directly look$1$ for$4$ comfort$0$ to$4$ her cousin
102: 21,28'  !| $MP#B$Edmund; and he told her such charming things of what$6#1$
102: 21,29'  !| $MP#Q$William was to$9$ do, and be hereafter, in consequence of
102: 21,30'  !| his profession$0#2$, as made her gradually admit that$3$ the
102: 21,31'  !| separation might have some use$0$. $MP#B$Edmund's friendship
102: 21,32'  !| never failed her: his leaving Eton for$4$ Oxford made no$2$
102: 21,33'  !| change$0$ in his kind$2$ dispositions, and only afforded more
102: 21,34'  !| frequent opportunities of proving them. Without any
102: 21,35'  !| display$0$ of doing more than the rest$0#1$, or any fear$0$ of doing
102: 21,36'  !| too$5#1$ much, he was always true to$4$ her interests$0$, and considerate
102: 21,37'  !| of her feelings, trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ her good qualities
102: 21,38'  !| understood, and to$9$ conquer the diffidence which$6#1$ prevented
102: 22, 1'  !| their being$1$ more apparent; giving her advice, consolation,
102: 22, 2'  !| and encouragement.
102: 22, 3'  !| Kept back$5$ as she was by$4$ every*body else, his single
102: 22, 4'  !| support$0$ could not bring her forward$8$, but his attentions
102: 22, 5'  !| were otherwise of the highest importance in assisting the
102: 22, 6'  !| improvement of her mind$0$, and extending its pleasures.
102: 22, 7'  !| He knew her to$9$ be clever, to$9$ have a quick$2$ apprehension
102: 22, 8'  !| as well$9$ as good sense, and a fondness for$4$ reading, which$6#1$,
102: 22, 9'  !| properly directed, must be an education in itself. $MP#ZZL$Miss*Lee
102: 22,10'  !| taught her French, and heard her read the daily
102: 22,11'  !| portion of History; but he recommended the books which$6#1$
102: 22,12'  !| charmed her leisure hours, he encouraged her taste, and
102: 22,13'  !| corrected her judgment; he made reading useful by$4$
102: 22,14'  !| talking to$4$ her of what$6#1$ she read, and heightened its attraction
102: 22,15'  !| by$4$ judicious praise$0$. In return$0$ for$4$ such services she
102: 22,16'  !| loved him better$9$ than any*body in the world except
102: 22,17'  !| $MP#Q$William; her heart was divided between the two.
103: 23, 1'  !| The first event of any importance in the family was
103: 23, 2'  !| the death of $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris, which$6#1$ happened when $MP#A$Fanny
103: 23, 3'  !| was about$4$ fifteen, and necessarily introduced alterations
103: 23, 4'  !| and novelties. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, on$4$ quitting the parsonage,
103: 23, 5'  !| removed first to$4$ the park, and afterwards to$4$ a small house
103: 23, 6'  !| of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's in the village, and consoled herself for$4$
103: 23, 7'  !| the loss of her husband by$4$ considering that$3$ she could do
103: 23, 8'  !| very well$9$ without him, and for$4$ her reduction of income
103: 23, 9'  !| by$4$ the evident necessity of stricter economy.
103: 23,10'  !| The living$0$ was hereafter for$4$ $MP#B$Edmund, and had his uncle
103: 23,11'  !| died a few years sooner, it would have been duly given
103: 23,12'  !| to$4$ some friend to$9$ hold$1$ till he were old enough for$4$ orders$0#2$.
103: 23,13'  !| But $MP#G$Tom's extravagance had, previous to$4$ that$6#2$ event,
103: 23,14'  !| been so$5#1$ great, as to$9$ render a different disposal of the next
103: 23,15'  !| presentation necessary, and the younger brother must
103: 23,16'  !| help$1$ to$9$ pay$1$ for$4$ the pleasures of the elder. There was
103: 23,17'  !| another family-living actually held for$4$ $MP#B$Edmund; but
103: 23,18'  !| though this circumstance had made the arrangement
103: 23,19'  !| somewhat easier to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's conscience,
103: 23,19@e   | he could not
103: 23,20@e   | but feel it to$9$ be an act$0$ of injustice,
103: 23,20'  !| and he earnestly tried
103: 23,21'  !| to$9$ impress his eldest son with the same conviction, in the
103: 23,22'  !| hope$0$ of its producing a better$9$ effect$0$ than any*thing he
103: 23,23'  !| had yet been able to$9$ say or do.
103: 23,24E  !| "I blush$1$ for$4$ you, $MP#G$Tom,"
103: 23,24'  !| said he, in his most dignified
103: 23,25'  !| manner;
103: 23,25E  !| "I blush$1$ for$4$ the expedient$0$ which$6#1$ I am driven
103: 23,26E  !| on$5$, and I trust$1$ I may$1$ pity$1$ your feelings as a brother on$4$
103: 23,27E  !| the occasion$0$. You have robbed $MP#B$Edmund for$4$ ten, twenty,
103: 23,28E  !| thirty years, perhaps for$4$ life, of more than half the income
103: 23,29E  !| which$6#1$ ought to$9$ be his. It may$1$ hereafter be in my power,
103: 23,30E  !| or in your's (I hope$1$ it will$1$), to$9$ procure him better$9$
103: 23,30E  !| preferment;
103: 23,31E  !| but it must not be forgotten, that$3$ no$2$ benefit of
103: 23,32E  !| that$6#2$ sort would have been beyond$4$ his natural$2$ claims on$4$
103: 24, 1E  !| us, and that$3$ nothing can, in fact, be an equivalent for$4$
103: 24, 2E  !| the certain advantage which$6#1$ he is now obliged to$9$ forego
103: 24, 3E  !| through$4$ the urgency of your debts."
103: 24, 4'  !| $MP#G$Tom listened with some shame$0$ and some sorrow; but
103: 24, 5'  !| escaping as quickly as possible, could soon with cheerful
103: 24, 6'  !| selfishness reflect,
103: 24, 6@g   | 1st, that$3$ he had not been half so$5#1$ much
103: 24, 7@g   | in debt as some of his friends; 2dly, that$3$ his father had
103: 24, 8@g   | made a most tiresome piece of work$0$ of it; and 3dly,
103: 24, 9@g   | that$3$ the future incumbent, whoever he might be, would,
103: 24,10@g   | in all probability, die$1$ very soon.
103: 24,11'  !| On$4$ $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris's death, the presentation became the
103: 24,12'  !| right$0$ of a $MP#M$Dr%*Grant, who$6#1$ came consequently to$9$ reside
103: 24,13'  !| at Mansfield, and on$4$ proving to$9$ be a hearty man of forty-five,
103: 24,14'  !| seemed likely to$9$ disappoint $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram's calculations.
103: 24,15'  !| But
103: 24,15G  !| "no$7$, he was a short-neck'd, apoplectic sort
103: 24,16G  !| of fellow, and, plied well$9$ with good things, would soon
103: 24,17G  !| pop off."
103: 24,18'  !| He had a wife about$4$ fifteen years his junior, but no$2$
103: 24,19'  !| children, and they entered the neighbourhood with the
103: 24,20'  !| usual fair report$0$ of being$1$ very respectable, agreeable
103: 24,21'  !| people.
103: 24,22'  !| The time was now come when $MP#E$Sir*Thomas expected$1$
103: 24,23@e   | his sister-in-law to$9$ claim$1$ her share$0$ in their niece, the
103: 24,24@e   | change$0$ in $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's situation, and the improvement
103: 24,25@e   | in $MP#A$Fanny's age, seeming not merely to$9$ do away any
103: 24,26@e   | former objection to$4$ their living$9$ together, but even$5$ to$9$
103: 24,27@e   | give it the most decided$2$ eligibility; and as his own$2$
103: 24,28@e   | circumstances were rendered less fair than heretofore,
103: 24,29@e   | by$4$ some recent losses on$4$ his West*India*Estate, in addition
103: 24,30@e   | to$4$ his eldest son's extravagance, it became not undesirable
103: 24,31@e   | to$4$ himself to$9$ be relieved from the expense of her support$0$,
103: 24,32@e   | and the obligation of her future provision.
103: 24,32'  !| In the fulness
103: 24,33'  !| of his belief that$3$ such a thing must be, he mentioned its
103: 24,34'  !| probability to$4$ his wife; and the first time of the subject's
103: 24,35'  !| occurring to$4$ her again, happening to$9$ be when $MP#A$Fanny was
103: 24,36'  !| present$9$, she calmly observed to$4$ her,
103: 24,36F  !| "So$3$, $MP#A$Fanny, you are
103: 24,37F  !| going to$9$ leave$1$ us, and live with my sister. How shall
103: 24,38F  !| you like$1$ it?"
103: 25, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was too$5#1$ much surprised to$9$ do more than repeat
103: 25, 2'  !| her aunt's words,
103: 25, 2A  !| "Going to$9$ leave$1$ you?"
103: 25, 3F  !| "Yes, my dear$2#1$, why should you be astonished? You
103: 25, 4F  !| have been five years with us, and my sister always meant
103: 25, 5F  !| to$9$ take you when $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris died. But you must come
103: 25, 6F  !| up and tack on$5$ my patterns all the same."
103: 25, 7'  !| The news was as disagreeable to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny as it had been
103: 25, 8'  !| unexpected.
103: 25, 8@a   | She had never received kindness from her
103: 25, 9@a   | aunt $MP#J$Norris, and could not love$1$ her.
103: 25,10A  !| "I shall be very sorry to$9$ go away,"
103: 25,10'  !| said she, with
103: 25,11'  !| a faltering voice.
103: 25,12F  !| "Yes, I dare$1#2$ say you will$1$; \that's\ natural$2$ enough.
103: 25,13F  !| I suppose you have had as little to$9$ vex you, since you
103: 25,14F  !| came into this house, as any creature in the world."
103: 25,15A  !| "I hope$1$ I am not ungrateful, aunt,"
103: 25,15'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny,
103: 25,16'  !| modestly.
103: 25,17F  !| "No$7$, my dear$2#1$; I hope$1$ not. I have always found you
103: 25,18F  !| a very good girl."
103: 25,19A  !| "And am I never to$9$ live here again?"
103: 25,20F  !| "Never, my dear$2#1$; but you are sure of a comfortable
103: 25,21F  !| home. It can make$1$ very little difference to$4$ you, whether
103: 25,22F  !| you are in one house or the other."
103: 25,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny left$1$ the room with a very sorrowful heart;
103: 25,23@a   | she
103: 25,24@a   | could not feel the difference to$9$ be so$5#1$ small, she could not
103: 25,25@a   | think of living$9$ with her aunt with any*thing like$9$ satisfaction.
103: 25,26'  !| As soon as she met with $MP#B$Edmund, she told him
103: 25,27'  !| her distress$0$.
103: 25,28A  !| "Cousin,"
103: 25,28'  !| said she,
103: 25,28A  !| "something is going to$9$ happen
103: 25,29A  !| which$6#1$ I do not like$1$ at all; and though you have often
103: 25,30A  !| persuaded me into being$1$ reconciled to$9$ things that$6#1$ I disliked
103: 25,31A  !| at first, you will$1$ not be able to$9$ do it now. I am
103: 25,32A  !| going to$9$ live entirely with my aunt $MP#J$Norris."
103: 25,33B  !| "Indeed|"
103: 25,34A  !| "Yes, my aunt $MP#F$Bertram has just$9$ told me so$5#2$. It is
103: 25,35A  !| quite settled$1$. I am to$9$ leave$1$ Mansfield*Park, and go to$4$ the
103: 25,36A  !| White*house, I suppose, as soon as she is removed there."
103: 25,37B  !| "Well$7$, $MP#A$Fanny, and if the plan were not unpleasant to$4$
103: 25,38B  !| you, I should call$1$ it an excellent one."
103: 26, 1A  !| "Oh| Cousin|"
103: 26, 2B  !| "It has every*thing else in its favour$0$. My aunt is acting
103: 26, 3B  !| like$9$ a sensible$2#2$ woman in wishing for$4$ you. She is choosing
103: 26, 4B  !| a friend and companion exactly where she ought, and
103: 26, 5B  !| I am glad her love$0$ of money does not interfere. You
103: 26, 6B  !| will$1$ be what$6#1$ you ought to$9$ be to$4$ her. I hope$1$ it does not
103: 26, 7B  !| distress$1$ you very much, $MP#A$Fanny."
103: 26, 8A  !| "Indeed it does. I cannot like$1$ it. I love$1$ this house
103: 26, 9A  !| and every*thing in it. I shall love$1$ nothing there. You
103: 26,10A  !| know how uncomfortable I feel with her."
103: 26,11B  !| "I can say nothing for$4$ her manner to$4$ you as a child;
103: 26,12B  !| but it was the same with us all, or nearly so$5#2$. She never
103: 26,13B  !| knew how to$9$ be pleasant to$4$ children. But you are now
103: 26,14B  !| of an age to$9$ be treated better$9$; I think she \is\ behaving
103: 26,15B  !| better$9$ already; and when you are her only companion,
103: 26,16B  !| you \must\ be important to$4$ her."
103: 26,17A  !| "I can never be important to$4$ any*one."
103: 26,18B  !| "What$6#2$ is to$9$ prevent you?"
103: 26,19A  !| "Every*thing ~ my situation ~ my foolishness and
103: 26,20A  !| awkwardness."
103: 26,21B  !| "As to$4$ your foolishness and awkwardness, my dear$2#1$
103: 26,22B  !| $MP#A$Fanny, believe me, you never have a shadow of either,
103: 26,23B  !| but in using the words so$5#1$ improperly. There is no$2$
103: 26,24B  !| reason$0$ in the world why you should not be important
103: 26,25B  !| where you are known. You have good sense, and a sweet
103: 26,26B  !| temper, and I am sure you have a grateful heart, that$6#1$
103: 26,27B  !| could never receive kindness without wishing to$9$ return$1$ it.
103: 26,28B  !| I do not know any better$9$ qualifications for$4$ a friend and
103: 26,29B  !| companion."
103: 26,30A  !| "You are too$5#1$ kind$2$,"
103: 26,30'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, colouring at such
103: 26,31'  !| praise$0$;
103: 26,31A  !| "how shall I ever thank you as I ought, for$4$
103: 26,32A  !| thinking so$5#1$ well$9$ of me? Oh| cousin, if I am to$9$ go
103: 26,33A  !| away, I shall remember your goodness, to$4$ the last$2$ moment
103: 26,34A  !| of my life."
103: 26,35B  !| "Why, indeed, $MP#A$Fanny, I should hope$1$ to$9$ be remembered
103: 26,36B  !| at such a distance$0$ as the White*house. You speak as if
103: 26,37B  !| you were going two hundred miles off, instead of only
103: 26,38B  !| across$4$ the park. But you will$1$ belong to$4$ us almost as
103: 27, 1B  !| much as ever. The two families will$1$ be meeting$9$ every
103: 27, 2B  !| day in the year. The only difference will$1$ be, that$3$ living$9$
103: 27, 3B  !| with your aunt, you will$1$ necessarily be brought forward$8$,
103: 27, 4B  !| as you ought to$9$ be. \Here\, there are too$5#1$ many, whom$6#1$
103: 27, 5B  !| you can hide behind; but with \her\ you will$1$ be forced to$9$
103: 27, 6B  !| speak for$4$ yourself."
103: 27, 7A  !| "Oh| do not say so$5#2$."
103: 27, 8B  !| "I must say it, and say it with pleasure. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
103: 27, 9B  !| is much better$9$ fitted than my mother for$4$ having the
103: 27,10B  !| charge$0$ of you now. She is of a temper to$9$ do a great
103: 27,11B  !| deal$0#2$ for$4$ any*body she really interests$1$ herself about$4$,
103: 27,12B  !| and she will$1$ force$1$ you to$9$ do justice to$4$ your natural$2$
103: 27,13B  !| powers."
103: 27,14'  !| $MP#A$Fanny sighed, and said,
103: 27,14A  !| "I cannot see things as you
103: 27,15A  !| do; but I ought to$9$ believe you to$9$ be right$2#1$ rather than
103: 27,16A  !| myself, and I am very much obliged to$4$ you for$4$ trying$1$ to$9$
103: 27,17A  !| reconcile me to$4$ what$6#1$ must be. If I could suppose my
103: 27,18A  !| aunt really to$9$ care$1$ for$4$ me, it would be delightful to$9$ feel
103: 27,19A  !| myself of consequence to$4$ any*body| ~ \Here\, I know I am
103: 27,20A  !| of none, and yet I love$1$ the place$0$ so$5#1$ well$9$."
103: 27,21B  !| "The place$0$, $MP#A$Fanny, is what$6#1$ you will$1$ not quit, though
103: 27,22B  !| you quit the house. You will$1$ have as free a command$0$
103: 27,23B  !| of the park and gardens as ever. Even$5$ \your\ constant
103: 27,24B  !| little heart need$1$ not take fright at such a nominal change$0$.
103: 27,25B  !| You will$1$ have the same walks$0$ to$9$ frequent, the same
103: 27,26B  !| library to$9$ choose from, the same people to$9$ look$1$ at, the
103: 27,27B  !| same horse to$9$ ride$1$."
103: 27,28A  !| "Very true. Yes, dear$2#1$ old grey poney. Ah| cousin,
103: 27,29A  !| when I remember how much I used$1#2$ to$9$ dread$1$ riding, what$6#1$
103: 27,30A  !| terrors it gave me to$9$ hear it talked of as likely to$9$ do me
103: 27,31A  !| good; ~ (Oh| how I have trembled at my uncle's opening
103: 27,32A  !| his lips if horses were talked of) and then think of the
103: 27,33A  !| kind$2$ pains you took to$9$ reason$1$ and persuade me out$8$ of
103: 27,34A  !| my fears, and convince me that$3$ I should like$1$ it after$4$
103: 27,35A  !| a little while$0$, and feel how right$2#1$ you proved to$9$ be, I am
103: 27,36A  !| inclined to$9$ hope$1$ you may$1$ always prophesy as well$9$."
103: 27,37B  !| "And I am quite convinced that$3$ your being$1$ with
103: 27,38B  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, will$1$ be as good for$4$ your mind$0$, as riding has
103: 28, 1B  !| been for$4$ your health ~ and as much for$4$ your ultimate
103: 28, 2B  !| happiness, too$5#2$."
103: 28, 3'  !| So$5#2$ ended their discourse, which$6#1$, for$4$ any very appropriate
103: 28, 4'  !| service it could render $MP#A$Fanny, might as well$9$ have
103: 28, 5'  !| been spared, for$3$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris had not the smallest intention
103: 28, 6'  !| of taking her. It had never occurred to$4$ her, on$4$ the
103: 28, 7'  !| present$9$ occasion$0$, but as a thing to$9$ be carefully avoided.
103: 28, 8'  !| To$9$ prevent its being$1$ expected$1$, she had fixed on$4$ the
103: 28, 9'  !| smallest habitation which$6#1$ could rank$1$ as genteel among
103: 28,10'  !| the buildings of Mansfield parish; the White*house being$1$
103: 28,11'  !| only just$9$ large enough to$9$ receive herself and her servants,
103: 28,12'  !| and allow a spare*room for$4$ a friend, of which$6#1$ she made
103: 28,13'  !| a very particular point$0$; ~ the spare-rooms at the parsonage
103: 28,14'  !| had never been wanted, but the absolute necessity
103: 28,15'  !| of a spare-room for$4$ a friend was now never forgotten.
103: 28,16'  !| Not all her precautions, however, could save$1$ her from
103: 28,17'  !| being$1$ suspected of something better$9$; or, perhaps, her
103: 28,18'  !| very display$0$ of the importance of a spare-room, might
103: 28,19'  !| have misled $MP#E$Sir*Thomas to$9$ suppose it really intended for$4$
103: 28,20'  !| $MP#A$Fanny. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram soon brought the matter to$4$ a
103: 28,21'  !| certainty, by$4$ carelessly observing to$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, ~
103: 28,22F  !| "I think, sister, we need$1$ not keep $MP#ZZL$Miss*Lee any longer,
103: 28,23F  !| when $MP#A$Fanny goes to$9$ live with you?"
103: 28,24'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris almost started.
103: 28,24J  !| "Live with me, dear$2#1$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,
103: 28,25J  !| what$6#2$ do you mean$1$?"
103: 28,26F  !| "Is not she to$9$ live with you? ~ I thought$1$ you had
103: 28,27F  !| settled$1$ it with $MP#E$Sir*Thomas?"
103: 28,28J  !| "Me| never. I never spoke a syllable about$4$ it to$4$
103: 28,29J  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, nor he to$4$ me. $MP#A$Fanny live with me| the
103: 28,30J  !| last$2$ thing in the world for$4$ me to$9$ think of, or for$4$ any*body
103: 28,31J  !| to$9$ wish$1$ that$6#1$ really knows us both. Good heaven| what$6#2$
103: 28,32J  !| could I do with $MP#A$Fanny? ~ Me| a poor helpless, forlorn
103: 28,33J  !| widow, unfit for$4$ any*thing, my spirits quite broke down$5$,
103: 28,34J  !| what$6#2$ could I do with a girl at her time of life, a girl of
103: 28,35J  !| fifteen| the very age of all others to$9$ need$1$ most attention
103: 28,36J  !| and care$0$, and put the cheerfullest spirits to$4$ the test.
103: 28,37J  !| Sure $MP#E$Sir*Thomas could not seriously expect such a thing|
103: 28,38J  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas is too$5#1$ much my friend. Nobody that$6#1$ wishes$1$
103: 29, 1J  !| me well$9$, I am sure, would propose it. How came $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
103: 29, 2J  !| to$9$ speak to$4$ you about$4$ it?"
103: 29, 3F  !| "Indeed, I do not know. I suppose he thought$1$ it
103: 29, 4F  !| best."
103: 29, 5J  !| "But what$6#2$ did he say? ~ He could not say he \wished\
103: 29, 6J  !| me to$9$ take $MP#A$Fanny. I am sure in his heart he could not
103: 29, 7J  !| wish$1$ me to$9$ do it."
103: 29, 8F  !| "No$7$, he only said he thought$1$ it very likely ~ and
103: 29, 9F  !| I thought$1$ so$5#2$ too$5#2$. We both thought$1$ it would be a comfort$0$
103: 29,10F  !| to$4$ you. But if you do not like$1$ it, there is no$2$ more to$9$ be
103: 29,11F  !| said. She is no$2$ incumbrance here."
103: 29,12J  !| "Dear$2#1$ sister| If you consider my unhappy state$0$,
103: 29,13J  !| how can she be any comfort$0$ to$4$ me? Here am I a poor
103: 29,14J  !| desolate widow, deprived of the best of husbands, my
103: 29,15J  !| health gone in attending and nursing him, my spirits
103: 29,16J  !| still$5$ worse, all my peace in this world destroyed, with
103: 29,17J  !| barely enough to$9$ support$1$ me in the rank$0$ of a gentlewoman,
103: 29,18J  !| and enable me to$9$ live so$5#2$ as not to$9$ disgrace$1$ the
103: 29,19J  !| memory of the dear$2#1$ departed ~ what$6#2$ possible comfort$0$
103: 29,20J  !| could I have in taking such a charge$0$ upon me as $MP#A$Fanny|
103: 29,21J  !| If I could wish$1$ it for$4$ my own$2$ sake, I would not do so$5#1$
103: 29,22J  !| unjust a thing by$4$ the poor girl. She is in good hands,
103: 29,23J  !| and sure of doing well$9$. I must struggle$1$ through$4$ my
103: 29,24J  !| sorrows and difficulties as I can."
103: 29,25F  !| "Then you will$1$ not mind$1$ living$9$ by$4$ yourself quite
103: 29,26F  !| alone?"
103: 29,27J  !| "Dear$2#1$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram| what$6#2$ am I fit$9$ for$4$ but solitude?
103: 29,28J  !| Now and then I shall hope$1$ to$9$ have a friend in my little
103: 29,29J  !| cottage (I shall always have a bed for$4$ a friend); but the
103: 29,30J  !| most part$0$ of my future days will$1$ be spent in utter$2$ seclusion.
103: 29,31J  !| If I can but make$1$ both ends$0$ meet$1$, that's all
103: 29,32J  !| I ask for$4$."
103: 29,33F  !| "I hope$1$, sister, things are not so$5#1$ very bad with you
103: 29,34F  !| neither ~ considering. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas says you will$1$ have
103: 29,35F  !| six hundred a year."
103: 29,36J  !| "$MP#F$Lady*Bertram, I do not complain. I know I cannot
103: 29,37J  !| live as I have done, but I must retrench where I can, and
103: 29,38J  !| learn to$9$ be a better$9$ manager. I \have\ \been\ a liberal
103: 30, 1J  !| housekeeper enough, but I shall not be ashamed to$9$
103: 30, 2J  !| practice$1$ economy now. My situation is as much altered
103: 30, 3J  !| as my income. A great many things were due$2$ from
103: 30, 4J  !| poor $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris as clergyman of the parish, that$6#2$ cannot
103: 30, 5J  !| be expected$1$ from me. It is unknown how much was
103: 30, 6J  !| consumed in our kitchen by$4$ odd comers and goers. At
103: 30, 7J  !| the White*house, matters must be better$9$ looked after$5$.
103: 30, 8J  !| I \must\ live within my income, or I shall be miserable;
103: 30, 9J  !| and I own$1$ it would give me great satisfaction to$9$ be able
103: 30,10J  !| to$9$ do rather more ~ to$9$ lay$1#1$ by$5$ a little at the end$0$ of the
103: 30,11J  !| year."
103: 30,12F  !| "I dare$1#2$ say you will$1$. You always do, don't you?"
103: 30,13J  !| "My object$0$, $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, is to$9$ be of use$0$ to$4$ those
103: 30,14J  !| that$6#1$ come after$4$ me. It is for$4$ your children's good that$3$
103: 30,15J  !| I wish$1$ to$9$ be richer. I have nobody else to$9$ care$1$ for$4$, but
103: 30,16J  !| I should be very glad to$9$ think I could leave$1$ a little trifle$0$
103: 30,17J  !| among them, worth their having."
103: 30,18F  !| "You are very good, but do not trouble$1$ yourself about$4$
103: 30,19F  !| them. They are sure of being$1$ well$9$ provided$1$ for$5$. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
103: 30,20F  !| will$1$ take care$0$ of that$6#2$."
103: 30,21J  !| "Why, you know $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's means$0$ will$1$ be rather
103: 30,22J  !| straitened, if the Antigua estate is to$9$ make$1$ such poor
103: 30,23J  !| returns$0$."
103: 30,24F  !| "Oh| \that$6#2$\ will$1$ soon be settled$1$. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas has been
103: 30,25F  !| writing$1$ about$4$ it, I know."
103: 30,26J  !| "Well$7$, $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,"
103: 30,26'  !| said $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, moving to$9$
103: 30,27'  !| go,
103: 30,27J  !| "I can only say that$3$ my sole desire$0$ is to$9$ be of use$0$ to$4$
103: 30,28J  !| your family ~ and so$3$ if $MP#E$Sir*Thomas should ever speak
103: 30,29J  !| again about$4$ my taking $MP#A$Fanny, you will$1$ be able to$9$ say,
103: 30,30J  !| that$3$ my health and spirits put it quite out$8$ of the question$0$ ~
103: 30,31J  !| besides that$6#2$, I really should not have a bed to$9$ give
103: 30,32J  !| her, for$3$ I must keep a spare*room for$4$ a friend."
103: 30,33'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram repeated enough of this conversation
103: 30,34'  !| to$4$ her husband, to$9$ convince him how much he had
103: 30,35'  !| mistaken his sister-in-law's views; and she was from
103: 30,36'  !| that$6#2$ moment perfectly safe from all expectation, or the
103: 30,37'  !| slightest allusion to$4$ it from him.
103: 30,37@e   | He could not but
103: 30,38@e   | wonder$1$ at her refusing to$9$ do any*thing for$4$ a niece, whom$6#1$
103: 31, 1@e   | she had been so$5#1$ forward$8$ to$9$ adopt;
103: 31, 1'  !| but as she took early
103: 31, 2'  !| care$0$ to$9$ make$1$ him, as well$9$ as $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, understand
103: 31, 3'  !| that$3$ whatever she possessed was designed for$4$ their family,
103: 31, 4'  !| he soon grew reconciled to$4$ a distinction, which$6#1$
103: 31, 4@e   | at the
103: 31, 5@e   | same time that$3$ it was advantageous and complimentary
103: 31, 6@e   | to$4$ them, would enable him better$9$ to$9$ provide for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny
103: 31, 7@e   | himself.
103: 31, 8'  !| $MP#A$Fanny soon learnt how unnecessary had been her fears
103: 31, 9'  !| of a removal; and her spontaneous, untaught felicity on$4$
103: 31,10'  !| the discovery, conveyed some consolation to$4$ $MP#B$Edmund
103: 31,11'  !| for$4$ his disappointment in what$6#1$ he had expected$1$ to$9$ be so$5#1$
103: 31,12'  !| essentially serviceable to$4$ her. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris took possession
103: 31,13'  !| of the White*house, the $MP#M1$Grants arrived at the parsonage,
103: 31,14'  !| and these events over, every*thing at Mansfield went
103: 31,15'  !| on$5$ for$4$ some time as usual.
103: 31,16'  !| The $MP#M1$Grants showing a disposition to$9$ be friendly and
103: 31,17'  !| sociable, gave great satisfaction in the main$0$ among their
103: 31,18'  !| new acquaintance. They had their faults, and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
103: 31,19'  !| soon found them out$5$. The $MP#M$Dr% was very fond of
103: 31,20'  !| eating, and would have a good dinner every day; and
103: 31,21'  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, instead of contriving to$9$ gratify him at little
103: 31,22'  !| expense, gave her cook as high wages as they did at
103: 31,23'  !| Mansfield*Park, and was scarcely ever seen in her offices.
103: 31,24'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris could not speak with any temper of such
103: 31,25'  !| grievances, nor of the quantity of butter and eggs that$6#1$
103: 31,26'  !| were regularly consumed in the house.
103: 31,26J  !| "Nobody loved
103: 31,27J  !| plenty and hospitality more than herself ~ nobody more
103: 31,28J  !| hated pitiful doings ~ the parsonage she believed had
103: 31,29J  !| never been wanting in comforts of any sort, had never
103: 31,30J  !| borne a bad character in \her\ \time\, but this was a way of
103: 31,31J  !| going on$5$ that$6#1$ she could not understand. A fine lady in
103: 31,32J  !| a country parsonage was quite out$8$ of place$0$. \Her\ store-room
103: 31,33J  !| she thought$1$ might have been good enough for$4$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
103: 31,34J  !| to$9$ go into. Enquire where she would, she could
103: 31,35J  !| not find out$5$ that$3$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant had ever had more than
103: 31,36J  !| five thousand pounds."
103: 31,37'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram listened without much interest$0$ to$4$ this
103: 31,38'  !| sort of invective. She could not enter into the wrongs
103: 32, 1'  !| of an economist, but she felt all the injuries of beauty
103: 32, 2'  !| in $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's being$1$ so$5#1$ well$9$ settled$1$ in life without being$1$
103: 32, 3'  !| handsome, and expressed her astonishment on$4$ that$6#2$ point$0$
103: 32, 4'  !| almost as often, though not so$5#1$ diffusely, as $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
103: 32, 5'  !| discussed the other.
103: 32, 6'  !| These opinions had been hardly canvassed a year,
103: 32, 7'  !| before$3$ another event arose of such importance in the
103: 32, 8'  !| family, as might fairly claim$1$ some place$0$ in the thoughts
103: 32, 9'  !| and conversation of the ladies. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas found it
103: 32,10'  !| expedient$2$ to$9$ go to$4$ Antigua himself, for$4$ the better$9$ arrangement
103: 32,11'  !| of his affairs, and he took his eldest son with him
103: 32,12'  !| in the hope$0$ of detaching him from some bad connections
103: 32,13'  !| at home. They left$1$ England with the probability of
103: 32,14'  !| being$1$ nearly a twelvemonth absent.
103: 32,15'  !| The necessity of the measure$0$ in a pecuniary light$0$, and
103: 32,16'  !| the hope$0$ of its utility to$4$ his son, reconciled $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
103: 32,17'  !| to$4$ the effort of quitting the rest$0#1$ of his family, and of
103: 32,18'  !| leaving his daughters to$4$ the direction of others at their
103: 32,19'  !| present$9$ most interesting time of life. He could not
103: 32,20'  !| think $MP#F$Lady*Bertram quite equal$2$ to$9$ supply$1$ his place$0$ with
103: 32,21'  !| them, or rather to$9$ perform what$6#1$ should have been her
103: 32,22'  !| own$2$; but in $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's watchful attention, and in
103: 32,23'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's judgment, he had sufficient confidence to$9$ make$1$
103: 32,24'  !| him go without fears for$4$ their conduct$0$.
103: 32,25'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram did not at all like$1$ to$9$ have her husband
103: 32,26'  !| leave$1$ her; but she was not disturbed by$4$ any alarm$0$ for$4$
103: 32,27'  !| his safety, or solicitude for$4$ his comfort$0$, being$1$ one of
103: 32,28'  !| those persons who$6#1$ think nothing can be dangerous or
103: 32,29'  !| difficult, or fatiguing to$4$ any*body but themselves.
103: 32,30'  !| The $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams were much to$9$ be pitied on$4$ the
103: 32,31'  !| occasion$0$; not for$4$ their sorrow, but for$4$ their want$0$ of it.
103: 32,32'  !| Their father was no$2$ object$0$ of love$0$ to$4$ them, he had never
103: 32,33'  !| seemed the friend of their pleasures, and his absence
103: 32,34'  !| was unhappily most welcome$2$. They were relieved by$4$ it
103: 32,35'  !| from all restraint; and without aiming at one gratification
103: 32,36'  !| that$6#1$ would probably have been forbidden by$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
103: 32,37'  !| they felt themselves immediately at their own$2$ disposal,
103: 32,38'  !| and to$9$ have every indulgence within their reach$0$. $MP#A$Fanny's
103: 33, 1'  !| relief, and her consciousness of it, were quite equal$2$ to$4$
103: 33, 2'  !| her cousins', but a more tender$2$ nature suggested that$3$ her
103: 33, 3'  !| feelings were ungrateful, and she really grieved because
103: 33, 4'  !| she could not grieve.
103: 33, 4A  !| "$MP#E$Sir*Thomas, who$6#1$ had done so$5#1$
103: 33, 5A  !| much for$4$ her and her brothers, and who$6#1$ was gone perhaps
103: 33, 6A  !| never to$9$ return$1$| that$3$ she should see him go without
103: 33, 7A  !| a tear$0$| ~ it was a shameful insensibility."
103: 33, 7'  !| He had said
103: 33, 8'  !| to$4$ her moreover, on$4$ the very last$2$ morning, that$3$
103: 33, 8@e   | he hoped
103: 33, 9@e   | she might see $MP#Q$William again in the course$0$ of the ensuing
103: 33,10@e   | winter, and had charged her to$9$ write and invite him to$4$
103: 33,11@e   | Mansfield as soon as the squadron to$4$ which$6#1$ he belonged
103: 33,12@e   | should be known to$9$ be in England.
103: 33,12A  !| "This was so$5#1$
103: 33,13A  !| thoughtful and kind$2$|"
103: 33,13@a   | ~ and would he only have smiled
103: 33,14@a   | upon her and called her "my dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny," while$9$ he said
103: 33,15@a   | it, every former frown$0$ or cold$2$ address$0$ might have been
103: 33,16@a   | forgotten.
103: 33,16'  !| But he had ended his speech in a way to$9$ sink
103: 33,17'  !| her in sad mortification, by$4$ adding,
103: 33,17E  !| "If $MP#Q$William does
103: 33,18E  !| come to$4$ Mansfield, I hope$1$ you may$1$ be able to$9$ convince
103: 33,19E  !| him that$3$ the many years which$6#1$ have passed since you
103: 33,20E  !| parted, have not been spent on$4$ your side$0$ entirely without
103: 33,21E  !| improvement ~ though I fear$1$ he must find his sister at
103: 33,22E  !| sixteen in some respects too$5#1$ much like$9$ his sister at ten."
103: 33,23'  !| She cried bitterly over this reflection when her uncle was
103: 33,24'  !| gone; and her cousins, on$4$ seeing her with red eyes, set$1$
103: 33,25'  !| her down$5$ as a hypocrite.
104: 34, 1'  !| $MP#G$Tom*Bertram had of late spent so$5#1$ little of his time
104: 34, 2'  !| at home, that$3$ he could be only nominally missed; and
104: 34, 3'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram was soon
104: 34, 3@f   | astonished to$9$ find how very well$9$
104: 34, 4@f   | they did even$5$ without his father, how well$9$ $MP#B$Edmund could
104: 34, 5@f   | supply$1$ his place$0$ in carving, talking to$4$ the steward,
104: 34, 6@f   | writing$1$ to$4$ the attorney, settling with the servants,
104: 34, 6'  !| and
104: 34, 7'  !| equally saving her from all possible fatigue$0$ or exertion
104: 34, 8'  !| in every particular, but that$6#2$ of directing her letters.
104: 34, 9'  !| The earliest intelligence of the travellers' safe arrival
104: 34,10'  !| in Antigua after$4$ a favourable voyage, was received;
104: 34,11'  !| though not before$3$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris had been indulging in very
104: 34,12'  !| dreadful fears, and trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ $MP#B$Edmund participate
104: 34,13'  !| them whenever she could get him alone; and as she
104: 34,14'  !| depended on$4$ being$1$ the first person made acquainted with
104: 34,15'  !| any fatal catastrophe, she had already arranged the
104: 34,16'  !| manner of breaking it to$4$ all the others, when $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's
104: 34,17'  !| assurances of their both being$1$ alive and well$9$, made it
104: 34,18'  !| necessary to$9$ lay$1#1$ by$4$ her agitation and affectionate preparatory
104: 34,19'  !| speeches for$4$ a while$0$.
104: 34,20'  !| The winter came and passed without their being$1$ called
104: 34,21'  !| for$5$; the accounts continued perfectly good; ~ and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
104: 34,22'  !| in promoting gaieties for$4$ her nieces, assisting their
104: 34,23'  !| toilettes, displaying their accomplishments, and looking
104: 34,24'  !| about$5$ for$4$ their future husbands, had so$5#1$ much to$9$ do as,
104: 34,25'  !| in addition to$4$ all her own$2$ household cares$0$, some interference
104: 34,26'  !| in those of her sister, and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's wasteful
104: 34,27'  !| doings to$9$ overlook, left$1$ her very little occasion$0$ to$9$ be
104: 34,28'  !| occupied even$5$ in fears for$4$ the absent.
104: 34,29'  !| The $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams were now fully established among
104: 34,30'  !| the belles of the neighbourhood; and as they joined to$4$
104: 34,31'  !| beauty and brilliant acquirements, a manner naturally
104: 34,32'  !| easy, and carefully formed to$4$ general$2$ civility and obligingness,
104: 34,33'  !| they possessed its favour$0$ as well$9$ as its admiration.
104: 35, 1'  !| Their vanity was in such good order$0$, that$3$ they seemed
104: 35, 2'  !| to$9$ be quite free from it, and gave themselves no$2$ airs;
104: 35, 3'  !| while$9$ the praises attending such behaviour, secured, and
104: 35, 4'  !| brought round$9$ by$4$ their aunt, served to$9$ strengthen them
104: 35, 5'  !| in believing they had no$2$ faults.
104: 35, 6'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram did not go into public$0$ with her daughters.
104: 35, 7'  !| She was too$5#1$ indolent even$5$ to$9$ accept a mother's gratification
104: 35, 8'  !| in witnessing their success and enjoyment at the
104: 35, 9'  !| expense of any personal trouble$0$, and the charge$0$ was made
104: 35,10'  !| over to$4$ her sister, who$6#1$ desired nothing better$9$ than a post
104: 35,11'  !| of such honourable representation, and very thoroughly
104: 35,12'  !| relished the means$0$ it afforded her of mixing in society
104: 35,13'  !| without having horses to$9$ hire$1$.
104: 35,14'  !| $MP#A$Fanny had no$2$ share$0$ in the festivities of the season;
104: 35,15'  !| but she enjoyed being$1$ avowedly useful as her aunt's
104: 35,16'  !| companion, when they called away the rest$0#1$ of the family;
104: 35,17'  !| and as $MP#ZZL$Miss*Lee had left$1$ Mansfield, she naturally became
104: 35,18'  !| every*thing to$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram during the night of a ball$0#2$
104: 35,19'  !| or a party. She talked to$4$ her, listened to$4$ her, read to$4$
104: 35,20'  !| her; and the tranquillity of such evenings, her perfect$2$
104: 35,21'  !| security in such a \te~te-a`-te~te\ from any sound$0$ of unkindness,
104: 35,22'  !| was unspeakably welcome$2$ to$4$ a mind$0$ which$6#1$ had seldom
104: 35,23'  !| known a pause$0$ in its alarms or embarrassments.
104: 35,23@a   | As to$4$
104: 35,24@a   | her cousins' gaieties, she loved to$9$ hear an account$0$ of them,
104: 35,25@a   | especially of the balls, and whom$6#1$ $MP#B$Edmund had danced
104: 35,26@a   | with; but thought$1$ too$5#1$ lowly of her own$2$ situation to$9$
104: 35,27@a   | imagine she should ever be admitted to$4$ the same, and
104: 35,28@a   | listened therefore without an idea of any nearer concern$0$
104: 35,29@a   | in them. Upon the whole$0$, it was a comfortable winter
104: 35,30@a   | to$4$ her; for$3$ though it brought no$2$ $MP#Q$William to$4$ England,
104: 35,31@a   | the never failing hope$0$ of his arrival was worth much.
104: 35,32'  !| The ensuing spring$0$ deprived her of her valued friend
104: 35,33'  !| the old grey poney, and for$4$ some time she was in danger
104: 35,34'  !| of feeling$1$ the loss in her health as well$9$ as in her affections,
104: 35,35'  !| for$3$ in spite$8$ of the acknowledged importance of her riding
104: 35,36'  !| on$4$ horseback, no$2$ measures were taken for$4$ mounting her
104: 35,37'  !| again,
104: 35,37Y3 !| "because,"
104: 35,37'  !| as it was observed by$4$ her aunts,
104: 35,37Y3 !| "she
104: 35,38Y3 !| might ride$1$ one of her cousins' horses at any time when
104: 36, 1Y3 !| they did not want$1$ them;"
104: 36, 1'  !| and as the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams
104: 36, 2'  !| regularly wanted their horses every fine day, and had
104: 36, 3'  !| no$2$ idea of carrying their obliging manners to$4$ the sacrifice$0$
104: 36, 4'  !| of any real pleasure, that$6#2$ time of course$8$ never came.
104: 36, 5'  !| They took their cheerful rides$0$ in the fine mornings of
104: 36, 6'  !| April and May$0$; and $MP#A$Fanny either sat at home the whole$2$
104: 36, 7'  !| day with one aunt, or walked beyond$4$ her strength at the
104: 36, 8'  !| instigation of the other; $MP#F$Lady*Bertram holding exercise$0$
104: 36, 9'  !| to$9$ be as unnecessary for$4$ every*body as it was unpleasant
104: 36,10'  !| to$4$ herself; and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, who$6#1$ was walking all day,
104: 36,11'  !| thinking every*body ought to$9$ walk$1$ as much. $MP#B$Edmund
104: 36,12'  !| was absent at this time, or the evil would have been
104: 36,13'  !| earlier remedied. When he returned to$9$ understand how
104: 36,14'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was situated, and perceive its ill effects, there
104: 36,15'  !| seemed with him but one thing to$9$ be done, and that$6#1$
104: 36,16B  !| "$MP#A$Fanny must have a horse,"
104: 36,16'  !| was the resolute declaration
104: 36,17'  !| with which$6#1$ he opposed whatever could be urged by$4$ the
104: 36,18'  !| supineness of his mother, or the economy of his aunt, to$9$
104: 36,19'  !| make$1$ it appear unimportant. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
104: 36,19@j   | could not help$1$
104: 36,20@j   | thinking that$3$ some steady old thing might be found
104: 36,21@j   | among the numbers belonging to$4$ the Park, that$6#1$ would do
104: 36,22@j   | vastly well$9$, or that$3$ one might be borrowed of the steward,
104: 36,23@j   | or that$3$ perhaps $MP#M$Dr%*Grant might now and then lend
104: 36,24@j   | them the poney he sent to$4$ the post. She could not but
104: 36,25@j   | consider it as absolutely unnecessary, and even$5$ improper,
104: 36,26@j   | that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny should have a regular lady's horse of her own$2$
104: 36,27@j   | in the style of her cousins. She was sure $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
104: 36,28@j   | had never intended it; and she must say, that$3$ to$9$ be
104: 36,29@j   | making such a purchase$0$ in his absence, and adding to$4$
104: 36,30@j   | the great expenses of his stable at a time when a large
104: 36,31@j   | part$0$ of his income was unsettled, seemed to$4$ her very
104: 36,32@j   | unjustifiable.
104: 36,32B  !| "$MP#A$Fanny must have a horse,"
104: 36,32'  !| was $MP#B$Edmund's
104: 36,33'  !| only reply$0$. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris could not see it in the same light$0$.
104: 36,34'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram did;
104: 36,34@f   | she entirely agreed with her son as
104: 36,35@f   | to$4$ the necessity of it, and as to$4$ its being$1$ considered
104: 36,36@f   | necessary by$4$ his father; ~ she only pleaded against there
104: 36,37@f   | being$1$ any hurry$0$, she only wanted him to$9$ wait till $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's
104: 36,38@f   | return$0$, and then $MP#E$Sir*Thomas might settle it all
104: 37, 1@f   | himself. He would be at home in September, and where
104: 37, 2@f   | would be the harm$0$ of only waiting till September?
104: 37, 3'  !| Though $MP#B$Edmund was much more displeased with his
104: 37, 4'  !| aunt than with his mother, as evincing least regard$0$ for$4$
104: 37, 5'  !| her niece, he could not help$1$ paying more attention to$4$
104: 37, 6'  !| what$6#1$ she said, and at length determined$1$ on$4$ a method
104: 37, 7'  !| of proceeding which$6#1$ would obviate the risk$0$ of his father's
104: 37, 8'  !| thinking he had done too$5#1$ much, and at the same time
104: 37, 9'  !| procure for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny the immediate means$0$ of exercise$0$,
104: 37,10'  !| which$6#1$ he could not bear$1$ she should be without. He had
104: 37,11'  !| three horses of his own$2$, but not one that$6#1$ would carry
104: 37,12'  !| a woman. Two of them were hunters; the third,
104: 37,13'  !| a useful road-horse: this third he resolved to$9$ exchange$1$
104: 37,14'  !| for$4$ one that$6#1$ his cousin might ride$1$; he knew where such
104: 37,15'  !| a one was to$9$ be met with, and having once made up his
104: 37,16'  !| mind$0$, the whole$2$ business was soon completed. The new
104: 37,17'  !| mare proved a treasure; with a very little trouble$0$, she
104: 37,18'  !| became exactly calculated for$4$ the purpose, and $MP#A$Fanny
104: 37,19'  !| was then put in almost full possession of her. She had
104: 37,20'  !| not supposed before$5$, that$3$ any*thing could ever suit$1$ her
104: 37,21'  !| like$9$ the old grey poney; but
104: 37,21@a   | her delight$0$ in $MP#B$Edmund's
104: 37,22@a   | mare was far beyond$4$ any former pleasure of the sort;
104: 37,23@a   | and the addition it was ever receiving in the consideration
104: 37,24@a   | of that$6#2$ kindness from which$6#1$ her pleasure sprung,
104: 37,25@a   | was beyond$4$ all her words to$9$ express$1$. She regarded her
104: 37,26@a   | cousin as an example of every*thing good and great, as
104: 37,27@a   | possessing worth, which$6#1$ no*one but herself could ever
104: 37,28@a   | appreciate, and as entitled to$4$ such gratitude from her,
104: 37,29@a   | as no$2$ feelings could be strong enough to$9$ pay$1$.
104: 37,29'  !| Her
104: 37,30'  !| sentiments towards him were compounded of all that$6#1$
104: 37,31'  !| was respectful, grateful, confiding, and tender$2$.
104: 37,32'  !| As the horse continued in name$0$ as well$9$ as fact, the
104: 37,33'  !| property of $MP#B$Edmund, $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris could tolerate its being$1$
104: 37,34'  !| for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's use$0$; and had $MP#F$Lady*Bertram ever thought$1$
104: 37,35'  !| about$4$ her own$2$ objection again, he might have been
104: 37,36'  !| excused in her eyes, for$4$ not waiting till $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's
104: 37,37'  !| return$0$ in September, for$3$ when September came, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
104: 37,38'  !| was still$5$ abroad, and without any near$9$ prospect
104: 38, 1'  !| of finishing his business. Unfavourable circumstances
104: 38, 2'  !| had suddenly arisen at a moment when he was beginning$1$
104: 38, 3'  !| to$9$ turn$1$ all his thoughts towards England, and the very
104: 38, 4'  !| great uncertainty in which$6#1$ every*thing was then involved,
104: 38, 5'  !| determined$1$ him on$4$ sending home his son, and waiting
104: 38, 6'  !| the final arrangement by$4$ himself. $MP#G$Tom arrived safely,
104: 38, 7'  !| bringing an excellent account$0$ of his father's health; but
104: 38, 8'  !| to$4$ very little purpose, as far as $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was concerned.
104: 38, 9'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's sending away his son, seemed to$4$ her
104: 38, 9@j   | so$5#1$ like$9$
104: 38,10@j   | a parent's care$0$, under the influence$0$ of a foreboding of
104: 38,11@j   | evil to$4$ himself, that$3$ she could not help$1$ feeling$1$ dreadful
104: 38,12@j   | presentiments; and as the long$9$ evenings of autumn
104: 38,13@j   | came on$5$, was so$5#1$ terribly haunted by$4$ these ideas, in
104: 38,14@j   | the sad solitariness of her cottage, as to$9$ be obliged to$9$
104: 38,15@j   | take daily refuge in the dining*room of the park.
104: 38,15'  !| The
104: 38,16'  !| return$0$ of winter engagements, however, was not without
104: 38,17'  !| its effect$0$; and in the course$0$ of their progress, her mind$0$
104: 38,18'  !| became so$5#1$ pleasantly occupied in superintending the
104: 38,19'  !| fortunes of her eldest niece, as tolerably to$9$ quiet$2$ her
104: 38,20'  !| nerves.
104: 38,20J  !| "If poor $MP#E$Sir*Thomas were fated never to$9$ return$1$,
104: 38,21J  !| it would be peculiarly consoling to$9$ see their dear$2#1$ $MP#H$Maria
104: 38,22J  !| well$9$ married,"
104: 38,22'  !| she very often thought$1$; always when they
104: 38,23'  !| were in the company of men of fortune, and particularly
104: 38,24'  !| on$4$ the introduction of a young man who$6#1$ had recently
104: 38,25'  !| succeeded to$4$ one of the largest estates and finest places$0$
104: 38,26'  !| in the country.
104: 38,27'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was from the first struck with the
104: 38,28'  !| beauty of $MP#H$Miss*Bertram, and being$1$ inclined to$9$ marry,
104: 38,29'  !| soon fancied himself in love$0$. He was a heavy young
104: 38,30'  !| man, with not more than common$2$ sense; but as there
104: 38,31'  !| was nothing disagreeable in his figure or address$0$, the
104: 38,32'  !| young lady was well$9$ pleased with her conquest. Being$1$
104: 38,33'  !| now in her twenty-first year, $MP#H$Maria*Bertram was beginning$1$
104: 38,34'  !| to$9$ think matrimony a duty; and as a marriage
104: 38,35'  !| with $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth would give her the enjoyment of
104: 38,36'  !| a larger income than her father's, as well$9$ as ensure her
104: 38,37'  !| the house in town, which$6#1$ was now a prime object$0$, it
104: 38,38'  !| became, by$4$ the same rule of moral obligation, her evident
104: 39, 1'  !| duty to$9$ marry $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth if she could. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
104: 39, 2'  !| was most zealous in promoting the match$0$, by$4$ every
104: 39, 3'  !| suggestion and contrivance, likely to$9$ enhance its desirableness
104: 39, 4'  !| to$4$ either party; and, among other means$0$, by$4$
104: 39, 5'  !| seeking an intimacy with the gentleman's mother, who$6#1$
104: 39, 6'  !| at present$0#1$ lived with him, and to$4$ whom$6#1$ she even$5$ forced
104: 39, 7'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram to$9$ go through$4$ ten miles of indifferent road,
104: 39, 8'  !| to$9$ pay$1$ a morning visit$0$. It was not long$9$ before$3$ a good
104: 39, 9'  !| understanding$0$ took place$0$ between this lady and herself.
104: 39,10'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth acknowledged herself
104: 39,10@v   | very desirous that$3$
104: 39,11@v   | her son should marry,
104: 39,11'  !| and declared that$3$
104: 39,11@v   | of all the young
104: 39,12@v   | ladies she had ever seen, $MP#H$Miss*Bertram seemed, by$4$ her
104: 39,13@v   | amiable qualities and accomplishments, the best adapted
104: 39,14@v   | to$9$ make$1$ him happy.
104: 39,14'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris accepted the compliment$0$,
104: 39,15'  !| and
104: 39,15@j   | admired the nice discernment of character
104: 39,16@j   | which$6#1$ could so$5#1$ well$9$ distinguish merit$0$. $MP#H$Maria was indeed
104: 39,17@j   | the pride and delight$0$ of them all ~ perfectly faultless ~ an
104: 39,18@j   | angel; and of course$8$, so$5#1$ surrounded by$4$ admirers, must
104: 39,19@j   | be difficult in her choice$0$; but yet as far as $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
104: 39,20@j   | could allow herself to$9$ decide on$4$ so$5#1$ short$2$ an acquaintance,
104: 39,21@j   | $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth appeared precisely the young man to$9$
104: 39,22@j   | deserve and attach her.
104: 39,23'  !| After$4$ dancing$0$ with each other at a proper number of
104: 39,24'  !| balls, the young people justified these opinions, and an
104: 39,25'  !| engagement, with a due$2$ reference to$4$ the absent $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
104: 39,26'  !| was entered into, much to$4$ the satisfaction of
104: 39,27'  !| their respective families, and of the general$2$ lookers-on
104: 39,28'  !| of the neighbourhood, who$6#1$ had, for$4$ many weeks past$9$,
104: 39,29'  !| felt the expediency of $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's marrying $MP#H$Miss*Bertram.
104: 39,30     |
104: 39,31'  !| It was some months before$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's consent$0$ could
104: 39,32'  !| be received; but in the mean*while, as no*one felt a doubt$0$
104: 39,33'  !| of his most cordial$2$ pleasure in the connection, the intercourse
104: 39,34'  !| of the two families was carried on$5$ without restraint,
104: 39,35'  !| and no$2$ other attempt$0$ made at secrecy, than $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's
104: 39,36'  !| talking of it every*where as
104: 39,36@j   | a matter not to$9$ be talked of
104: 39,37@j   | at present$0#1$.
104: 39,38'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was the only one of the family who$6#1$ could see
104: 40, 1'  !| a fault in the business; but no$2$ representation of his
104: 40, 2'  !| aunt's could induce him to$9$ find $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth a desirable
104: 40, 3'  !| companion. He could allow his sister to$9$ be the best
104: 40, 4'  !| judge$0$ of her own$2$ happiness, but he was not pleased that$3$
104: 40, 5'  !| her happiness should centre$1$ in a large income; nor could
104: 40, 6'  !| he refrain from often saying to$4$ himself, in $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's
104: 40, 7'  !| company,
104: 40, 7B  !| "If this man had not twelve thousand
104: 40, 8B  !| a year, he would be a very stupid fellow."
104: 40, 9'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, however, was truly happy in the prospect
104: 40,10'  !| of an alliance so$5#1$ unquestionably advantageous, and of
104: 40,11'  !| which$6#1$ he heard nothing but the perfectly good and
104: 40,12'  !| agreeable.
104: 40,12@e   | It was a connection exactly of the right$2#1$ sort;
104: 40,13@e   | in the same county, and the same interest$0$;
104: 40,13'  !| and his most
104: 40,14'  !| hearty concurrence was conveyed as soon as possible.
104: 40,15'  !| He only conditioned that$3$ the marriage should not take
104: 40,16'  !| place$0$ before$4$ his return$0$, which$6#1$ he was again looking
104: 40,17'  !| eagerly forward$8$ to$4$. He wrote in April,
104: 40,17@e   | and had strong
104: 40,18@e   | hopes$0$ of settling every*thing to$4$ his entire satisfaction,
104: 40,19@e   | and leaving Antigua before$4$ the end$0$ of the summer.
104: 40,20'  !| Such was the state$0$ of affairs in the month of July,
104: 40,21'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny had just$9$ reached her eighteenth year, when
104: 40,22'  !| the society of the village received an addition in the
104: 40,23'  !| brother and sister of $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, a $MP#D$Mr% and
104: 40,23'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
104: 40,24'  !| the children of her mother by$4$ a second$2$ marriage. They
104: 40,25'  !| were young people of fortune. The son had a good
104: 40,26'  !| estate in Norfolk, the daughter twenty thousand pounds.
104: 40,27'  !| As children, their sister had been always very fond of
104: 40,28'  !| them; but, as her own$2$ marriage had been soon followed
104: 40,29'  !| by$4$ the death of their common$2$ parent, which$6#1$ left$1$ them to$4$
104: 40,30'  !| the care$0$ of a brother of their father, of whom$6#1$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
104: 40,31'  !| knew nothing, she had scarcely seen them since. In
104: 40,32'  !| their uncle's house they had found a kind$2$ home.
104: 40,32'  !| $MP#ZF$Admiral
104: 40,33'  !| and $MP#ZF$Mrs%*Crawford, though agreeing in nothing else, were
104: 40,34'  !| united in affection for$4$ these children, or at least were no$2$
104: 40,35'  !| farther adverse in their feelings than that$3$ each had their
104: 40,36'  !| favourite$0$, to$4$ whom$6#1$ they showed the greatest fondness
104: 40,37'  !| of the two. The $MP#ZF$Admiral delighted in the boy, $MP#ZF$Mrs%*Crawford
104: 40,38'  !| doated on$4$ the girl; and it was the lady's death
104: 41, 1'  !| which$6#1$ now obliged her \protege=e\, after$4$ some months
104: 41, 2'  !| further trial at her uncle's house, to$9$ find another home.
104: 41, 3'  !| $MP#ZF$Admiral*Crawford was a man of vicious conduct$0$, who$6#1$
104: 41, 4'  !| chose, instead of retaining his niece, to$9$ bring his mistress
104: 41, 5'  !| under his own$2$ roof; and to$4$ this $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant was indebted
104: 41, 6'  !| for$4$ her sister's proposal of coming to$4$ her, a measure$0$ quite
104: 41, 7'  !| as welcome$2$ on$4$ one side$0$, as it could be expedient$2$ on$4$ the
104: 41, 8'  !| other; for$3$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant having by$4$ this time run$1$ through$4$
104: 41, 9'  !| the usual resources of ladies residing in the country
104: 41,10'  !| without a family of children; having more than filled
104: 41,11'  !| her favourite$2$ sitting-room with pretty$2$ furniture, and
104: 41,12'  !| made a choice$2$ collection of plants and poultry, was very
104: 41,13'  !| much in want$0$ of some variety at home. The arrival,
104: 41,14'  !| therefore, of a sister whom$6#1$ she had always loved, and
104: 41,15'  !| now hoped to$9$ retain with her as long$9$ as she remained
104: 41,16'  !| single, was highly agreeable; and her chief anxiety was
104: 41,17'  !| lest Mansfield should not satisfy the habits of a young
104: 41,18'  !| woman who$6#1$ had been mostly used$1#2$ to$4$ London.
104: 41,19'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was not entirely free from similar apprehensions,
104: 41,20'  !| though they arose principally from doubts$0$ of
104: 41,21'  !| her sister's style of living$9$ and tone of society; and it
104: 41,22'  !| was not till after$3$ she had tried in vain to$9$ persuade her
104: 41,23'  !| brother to$9$ settle with her at his own$2$ country-house, that$3$
104: 41,24'  !| she could resolve$1$ to$9$ hazard$1$ herself among her other
104: 41,25'  !| relations. To$4$ any*thing like$9$ a permanence of abode, or
104: 41,26'  !| limitation of society, $MP#D$Henry*Crawford had, unluckily,
104: 41,27'  !| a great dislike$0$; he could not accommodate his sister in
104: 41,28'  !| an article of such importance, but he escorted her, with
104: 41,29'  !| the utmost kindness, into Northamptonshire, and as
104: 41,30'  !| readily engaged to$9$ fetch her away again at half an hour's
104: 41,31'  !| notice$0$, whenever she were weary of the place$0$.
104: 41,32'  !| The meeting$0$ was very satisfactory on$4$ each side$0$. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
104: 41,33'  !| found
104: 41,33@c   | a sister without preciseness or rusticity ~
104: 41,34@c   | a sister's husband who$6#1$ looked the gentleman, and a house
104: 41,35@c   | commodious and well$9$ fitted up;
104: 41,35'  !| and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant received
104: 41,36'  !| in those whom$6#1$ she hoped to$9$ love$1$ better$9$ than ever, a young
104: 41,37'  !| man and woman of very prepossessing appearance.
104: 41,38'  !| $MP#C$Mary*Crawford was remarkably pretty$2$; $MP#D$Henry, though
104: 42, 1'  !| not handsome, had air and countenance; the manners
104: 42, 2'  !| of both were lively and pleasant, and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant immediately
104: 42, 3'  !| gave them credit$0$ for$4$ every*thing else. She was
104: 42, 4'  !| delighted with each, but $MP#C$Mary was her dearest object$0$;
104: 42, 5'  !| and having never been able to$9$ glory$1$ in beauty of her own$2$,
104: 42, 6'  !| she thoroughly enjoyed the power of being$1$ proud of her
104: 42, 7'  !| sister's. She had not waited her arrival to$9$ look$1$ out$5$ for$4$
104: 42, 8'  !| a suitable match$0$ for$4$ her; she had fixed on$4$ $MP#G$Tom*Bertram;
104: 42, 9@n   | the eldest son of a Baronet was not too$5#1$ good for$4$ a girl
104: 42,10@n   | of twenty thousand pounds, with all the elegance and
104: 42,11@n   | accomplishments
104: 42,11'  !| which$6#1$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant foresaw in her; and
104: 42,12'  !| being$1$ a warm-hearted, unreserved woman, $MP#C$Mary had not
104: 42,13'  !| been three hours in the house before$3$ she told her what$6#1$
104: 42,14'  !| she had planned.
104: 42,15'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was glad to$9$ find a family of such consequence
104: 42,16'  !| so$5#1$ very near$4$ them, and not at all displeased
104: 42,17'  !| either at her sister's early care$0$, or the choice$0$ it had fallen
104: 42,18'  !| on$5$. Matrimony was her object$0$, provided$3$ she could marry
104: 42,19'  !| well$9$, and having seen $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram in town, she knew
104: 42,20'  !| that$6#2$ objection could no$2$ more be made to$4$ his person than
104: 42,21'  !| to$4$ his situation in life. While$9$ she treated it as a joke,
104: 42,22'  !| therefore, she did not forget to$9$ think of it seriously. The
104: 42,23'  !| scheme$0$ was soon repeated to$4$ $MP#D$Henry.
104: 42,24N  !| "And now,"
104: 42,24'  !| added $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant,
104: 42,24N  !| "I have thought$1$ of
104: 42,25N  !| something to$9$ make$1$ it quite complete$2$. I should dearly$5#1$
104: 42,26N  !| love$1$ to$9$ settle you both in this country, and therefore,
104: 42,27N  !| $MP#D$Henry, you shall marry the youngest $MP#I$Miss*Bertram,
104: 42,28N  !| a nice, handsome, good-humoured, accomplished girl,
104: 42,29N  !| who$6#1$ will$1$ make$1$ you very happy."
104: 42,30'  !| $MP#D$Henry bowed and thanked her.
104: 42,31C  !| "My dear$2#1$ sister,"
104: 42,31'  !| said $MP#C$Mary,
104: 42,31C  !| "if you can persuade
104: 42,32C  !| him into any*thing of the sort, it will$1$ be a fresh matter
104: 42,33C  !| of delight$0$ to$4$ me, to$9$ find myself allied to$4$ any*body so$5#1$
104: 42,34C  !| clever, and I shall only regret$1$ that$3$ you have not half-a-dozen
104: 42,35C  !| daughters to$9$ dispose of. If you can persuade
104: 42,36C  !| $MP#D$Henry to$9$ marry, you must have the address$0$ of a Frenchwoman.
104: 42,37C  !| All that$6#1$ English abilities can do, has been
104: 42,38C  !| tried already. I have three very particular friends who$6#1$
104: 43, 1C  !| have been all dying for$4$ him in their turn$0$; and the pains
104: 43, 2C  !| which$6#1$ they, their mothers, (very clever women,) as well$9$
104: 43, 3C  !| as my dear$2#1$ aunt and myself, have taken to$9$ reason$1$, coax,
104: 43, 4C  !| or trick$1$ him into marrying, is inconceivable| He is the
104: 43, 5C  !| most horrible flirt that$6#1$ can be imagined. If your $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams
104: 43, 6C  !| do not like$1$ to$9$ have their hearts broke, let them
104: 43, 7C  !| avoid $MP#D$Henry."
104: 43, 8N  !| "My dear$2#1$ brother, I will$1$ not believe this of you."
104: 43, 9D  !| "No$7$, I am sure you are too$5#1$ good. You will$1$ be kinder
104: 43,10D  !| than $MP#C$Mary. You will$1$ allow for$4$ the doubts$0$ of youth and
104: 43,11D  !| inexperience. I am of a cautious temper, and unwilling
104: 43,12D  !| to$9$ risk$1$ my happiness in a hurry$0$. Nobody can think
104: 43,13D  !| more highly of the matrimonial state$0$ than myself. I consider
104: 43,14D  !| the blessing of a wife as most justly described in
104: 43,15D  !| those discreet lines of the poet, "Heaven's \last$2$\ best gift."
104: 43,16C  !| "There, $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, you see how he dwells on$4$ one
104: 43,17C  !| word, and only look$1$ at his smile$0$. I assure you he is very
104: 43,18C  !| detestable ~ the $MP#ZF$admiral's lessons have quite spoiled him."
104: 43,19N  !| "I pay$1$ very little regard$0$,"
104: 43,19'  !| said $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant,
104: 43,19N  !| "to$4$ what$6#1$
104: 43,20N  !| any young person says on$4$ the subject$0$ of marriage. If
104: 43,21N  !| they profess a disinclination for$4$ it, I only set$1$ it down$5$ that$3$
104: 43,22N  !| they have not yet seen the right$2#1$ person."
104: 43,23'  !| $MP#M$Dr%*Grant laughingly congratulated $MP#C$Miss*Crawford on$4$
104: 43,24@m   | feeling$1$ no$2$ disinclination to$4$ the state$0$ herself.
104: 43,25C  !| "Oh| yes, I am not at all ashamed of it. I would
104: 43,26C  !| have every*body marry if they can do it properly; I do
104: 43,27C  !| not like$1$ to$9$ have people throw$1$ themselves away; but
104: 43,28C  !| every*body should marry as soon as they can do it to$4$
104: 43,29C  !| advantage."
105: 44, 1'  !| The young people were pleased with each other from
105: 44, 2'  !| the first. On$4$ each side$0$ there was much to$9$ attract, and
105: 44, 3'  !| their acquaintance soon promised as early an intimacy
105: 44, 4'  !| as good manners would warrant. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's beauty
105: 44, 5'  !| did her no$2$ disservice with the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams. They were
105: 44, 6'  !| too$5#1$ handsome themselves to$9$ dislike$1$ any woman for$4$ being$1$ so$5#2$
105: 44, 7'  !| too$5#2$, and were almost as much charmed as their brothers,
105: 44, 8'  !| with her lively dark$2$ eye, clear$2$ brown complexion, and
105: 44, 9'  !| general$2$ prettiness. Had she been tall, full formed, and
105: 44,10'  !| fair, it might have been more of a trial; but as it was,
105: 44,11'  !| there could be no$2$ comparison, and she was most allowably
105: 44,12'  !| a sweet pretty$2$ girl, while$9$ they were the finest young
105: 44,13'  !| women in the country.
105: 44,14@h1  | Her brother was not handsome; no$7$, when they first
105: 44,15@h1  | saw him, he was absolutely plain, black and plain; but
105: 44,16@h1  | still$5$ he was the gentleman, with a pleasing address$0$. The
105: 44,17@h1  | second$2$ meeting$0$ proved him not so$5#1$ very plain; he was
105: 44,18@h1  | plain, to$9$ be sure, but then he had so$5#1$ much countenance,
105: 44,19@h1  | and his teeth were so$5#1$ good, and he was so$5#1$ well$9$ made,
105: 44,20@h1  | that$3$ one soon forgot he was plain; and after$4$ a third
105: 44,21@h1  | interview, after$4$ dining in company with him at the
105: 44,22@h1  | parsonage, he was no$2$ longer allowed to$9$ be called so$5#2$ by$4$
105: 44,23@h1  | any*body.
105: 44,23'  !| He was, in fact, the most agreeable young
105: 44,24'  !| man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally
105: 44,25'  !| delighted with him. $MP#H$Miss*Bertram's engagement made
105: 44,26'  !| him in equity the property of $MP#I$Julia, of which$6#1$ $MP#I$Julia was
105: 44,27'  !| fully aware, and before$3$ he had been at Mansfield a week,
105: 44,28'  !| she was quite ready to$9$ be fallen in love$0$ with.
105: 44,29'  !| $MP#H$Maria's notions on$4$ the subject$0$ were more confused and
105: 44,30'  !| indistinct. She did not want$1$ to$9$ see or understand.
105: 44,31H  !| "There could be no$2$ harm$0$ in her liking an agreeable
105: 44,32H  !| man ~ every*body knew her situation ~ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
105: 44,33H  !| must take care$0$ of himself."
105: 44,33'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford did not mean$1$
105: 45, 1'  !| to$9$ be in any danger;
105: 45, 1@d   | the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams were worth
105: 45, 2@d   | pleasing, and were ready to$9$ be pleased; and he began
105: 45, 3@d   | with no$2$ object$0$ but of making them like$1$ him. He did
105: 45, 4@d   | not want$1$ them to$9$ die$1$ of love$0$;
105: 45, 4'  !| but with sense and temper
105: 45, 5'  !| which$6#1$ ought to$9$ have made him judge$1$ and feel better$9$, he
105: 45, 6'  !| allowed himself great latitude on$4$ such points.
105: 45, 7D  !| "I like$1$ your $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams exceedingly, sister,"
105: 45, 7'  !| said he,
105: 45, 8'  !| as he returned from attending them to$4$ their carriage
105: 45, 9'  !| after$4$ the said dinner visit$0$;
105: 45, 9D  !| "they are very elegant,
105: 45,10D  !| agreeable girls."
105: 45,11N  !| "So$5#2$ they are, indeed, and I am delighted to$9$ hear you
105: 45,12N  !| say it. But you like$1$ $MP#I$Julia best."
105: 45,13D  !| "Oh| yes, I like$1$ $MP#I$Julia best."
105: 45,14N  !| "But do you really? for$3$ $MP#H$Miss*Bertram is in general$0$
105: 45,15N  !| thought$1$ the handsomest."
105: 45,16D  !| "So$5#2$ I should suppose. She has the advantage in
105: 45,17D  !| every feature, and I prefer her countenance ~ but I like$1$
105: 45,18D  !| $MP#I$Julia best. $MP#H$Miss*Bertram is certainly the handsomest,
105: 45,19D  !| and I have found her the most agreeable, but I shall
105: 45,20D  !| always like$1$ $MP#I$Julia best, because you order$1$ me."
105: 45,21N  !| "I shall not talk$1$ to$4$ you, $MP#D$Henry, but I know you \will$1$\
105: 45,22N  !| like$1$ her best at last$2$."
105: 45,23D  !| "Do not I tell you, that$3$ I like$1$ her best \at\ \first\?"
105: 45,24N  !| "And besides, $MP#H$Miss*Bertram is engaged. Remember
105: 45,25N  !| that$6#2$, my dear$2#1$ brother. Her choice$0$ is made."
105: 45,26D  !| "Yes, and I like$1$ her the better$9$ for$4$ it. An engaged
105: 45,27D  !| woman is always more agreeable than a disengaged.
105: 45,28D  !| She is satisfied$1$ with herself. Her cares$0$ are over, and she
105: 45,29D  !| feels that$3$ she may$1$ exert all her powers of pleasing without
105: 45,30D  !| suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged; no$2$ harm$0$
105: 45,31D  !| can be done."
105: 45,32N  !| "Why as to$4$ that$6#2$ ~ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth is a very good sort
105: 45,33N  !| of young man, and it is a great match$0$ for$4$ her."
105: 45,34D  !| "But $MP#H$Miss*Bertram does not care$1$ three straws for$4$ him;
105: 45,35D  !| \that$6#2$\ is your opinion of your intimate$2$ friend. \I\ do not
105: 45,36D  !| subscribe to$4$ it. I am sure $MP#H$Miss*Bertram is very much
105: 45,37D  !| attached to$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth. I could see it in her eyes,
105: 45,38D  !| when he was mentioned. I think too$5#1$ well$9$ of $MP#H$Miss*Bertram
105: 46, 1D  !| to$9$ suppose she would ever give her hand$0$ without her
105: 46, 2D  !| heart."
105: 46, 3N  !| "$MP#C$Mary, how shall we manage him?"
105: 46, 4C  !| "We must leave$1$ him to$4$ himself I believe. Talking
105: 46, 5C  !| does no$2$ good. He will$1$ be taken in at last$2$."
105: 46, 6N  !| "But I would not have him \taken\ \in\, I would not have
105: 46, 7N  !| him duped; I would have it all fair and honourable."
105: 46, 8C  !| "Oh| dear$7$ ~ Let him stand$1$ his chance$0$ and be taken in.
105: 46, 9C  !| It will$1$ do just$9$ as well$9$. Every*body is taken in at some
105: 46,10C  !| period or other."
105: 46,11N  !| "Not always in marriage, dear$2#1$ $MP#C$Mary."
105: 46,12C  !| "In marriage especially. With all due$2$ respect$0$ to$4$ such
105: 46,13C  !| of the present$9$ company as chance$1$ to$9$ be married, my dear$2#1$
105: 46,14C  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, there is not one in a hundred of either sex,
105: 46,15C  !| who$6#1$ is not taken in when they marry. Look$1$ where I will$1$,
105: 46,16C  !| I see that$3$ it \is\ so$5#2$; and I feel that$3$ it \must\ be so$5#2$, when
105: 46,17C  !| I consider that$3$ it is, of all transactions, the one in which$6#1$
105: 46,18C  !| people expect most from others, and are least honest
105: 46,19C  !| themselves."
105: 46,20N  !| "Ah| You have been in a bad school for$4$ matrimony,
105: 46,21N  !| in Hill*Street."
105: 46,22C  !| "My poor aunt had certainly little cause to$9$ love$1$ the
105: 46,23C  !| state$0$; but, however, speaking from my own$2$ observation,
105: 46,24C  !| it is a mano*euvring business. I know so$5#1$ many who$6#1$ have
105: 46,25C  !| married in the full expectation and confidence of some
105: 46,26C  !| one particular advantage in the connection, or accomplishment
105: 46,27C  !| or good quality in the person, who$6#1$ have found
105: 46,28C  !| themselves entirely deceived, and been obliged to$9$ put up
105: 46,29C  !| with exactly the reverse| What$6#2$ is this, but a take*in?"
105: 46,30N  !| "My dear$2#1$ child, there must be a little imagination here.
105: 46,31N  !| I beg your pardon$0$, but I cannot quite believe you.
105: 46,32N  !| Depend upon it, you see but half. You see the evil, but
105: 46,33N  !| you do not see the consolation. There will$1$ be little rubs
105: 46,34N  !| and disappointments every*where, and we are all apt to$9$
105: 46,35N  !| expect too$5#1$ much; but then, if one scheme$0$ of happiness
105: 46,36N  !| fails, human nature turns$1$ to$4$ another; if the first calculation
105: 46,37N  !| is wrong$9$, we make$1$ a second$2$ better$9$; we find comfort$0$
105: 46,38N  !| somewhere ~ and those evil-minded observers, dearest
105: 47, 1N  !| $MP#C$Mary, who$6#1$ make$1$ much of a little, are more taken in and
105: 47, 2N  !| deceived than the parties themselves."
105: 47, 3C  !| "Well$9$ done, sister| I honour$1$ your \esprit*du*corps\.
105: 47, 4C  !| When I am a wife, I mean$1$ to$9$ be just$9$ as staunch myself;
105: 47, 5C  !| and I wish$1$ my friends in general$0$ would be so$5#2$ too$5#2$. It
105: 47, 6C  !| would save$1$ me many a heart-ache."
105: 47, 7N  !| "You are as bad as your brother, $MP#C$Mary; but we will$1$
105: 47, 8N  !| cure$1$ you both. Mansfield shall cure$1$ you both ~ and without
105: 47, 9N  !| any taking in. Stay$1$ with us and we will$1$ cure$1$ you."
105: 47,10'  !| The $MP#D1$Crawfords, without wanting to$9$ be cured, were very
105: 47,11'  !| willing to$9$ stay$1$. $MP#C$Mary was satisfied$1$ with the parsonage
105: 47,12'  !| as a present$9$ home, and $MP#D$Henry equally ready to$9$ lengthen
105: 47,13'  !| his visit$0$. He had come, intending to$9$ spend only a few
105: 47,14'  !| days with them, but
105: 47,14@d   | Mansfield promised well$9$, and there
105: 47,15@d   | was nothing to$9$ call$1$ him elsewhere.
105: 47,15'  !| It delighted $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
105: 47,16'  !| to$9$ keep them both with her, and $MP#M$Dr%*Grant was exceedingly
105: 47,17'  !| well$9$ contented to$9$ have it so$5#2$; a talking pretty$2$ young
105: 47,18'  !| woman like$9$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, is always pleasant society to$4$
105: 47,19'  !| an indolent, stay-at-home man; and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's being$1$
105: 47,20'  !| his guest was an excuse$0$ for$4$ drinking claret every day.
105: 47,21'  !| The $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams' admiration of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was
105: 47,22'  !| more rapturous than any*thing which$6#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
105: 47,23'  !| habits made her likely to$9$ feel. She acknowledged, however,
105: 47,24'  !| that$3$
105: 47,24@c   | the $MP#G1$Mr%*Bertrams were very fine young men,
105: 47,25'  !| that$3$
105: 47,25@c   | two such young men were not often seen together
105: 47,26@c   | even$5$ in London,
105: 47,26'  !| and that$3$
105: 47,26@c   | their manners, particularly
105: 47,27@c   | those of the eldest, were very good. \He\ had been much in
105: 47,28@c   | London, and had more liveliness and gallantry than
105: 47,29@c   | $MP#B$Edmund, and must, therefore, be preferred; and, indeed,
105: 47,30@c   | his being$1$ the eldest was another strong claim$0$. She had
105: 47,31@c   | felt an early presentiment that$3$ she \should\ like$1$ the eldest
105: 47,32@c   | best. She knew it was her way.
105: 47,33'  !| $MP#G$Tom*Bertram must have been thought$1$ pleasant, indeed,
105: 47,34'  !| at any rate$0$; he was the sort of young man to$9$ be generally
105: 47,35'  !| liked, his agreeableness was of the kind$0$ to$9$ be oftener
105: 47,36'  !| found agreeable than some endowments of a higher
105: 47,37'  !| stamp, for$3$ he had easy manners, excellent spirits, a large
105: 47,38'  !| acquaintance, and a great deal$0#2$ to$9$ say; and the reversion
105: 48, 1'  !| of Mansfield*Park, and a baronetcy, did no$2$ harm$0$ to$4$ all
105: 48, 2'  !| this. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford soon felt,
105: 48, 2@c   | that$3$ he and his situation
105: 48, 3@c   | might do.
105: 48, 3'  !| She looked about$4$ her with due$2$ consideration,
105: 48, 4'  !| and found
105: 48, 4@c   | almost every*thing in his favour$0$, a park, a real
105: 48, 5@c   | park five miles round$9$, a spacious modern-built house, so$5#1$
105: 48, 6@c   | well$9$ placed and well$9$ screened as to$9$ deserve to$9$ be in any
105: 48, 7@c   | collection of engravings of gentlemen's seats in the
105: 48, 8@c   | kingdom, and wanting only to$9$ be completely new furnished ~
105: 48, 9@c   | pleasant sisters, a quiet$2$ mother, and an agreeable
105: 48,10@c   | man himself ~ with the advantage of being$1$ tied up from
105: 48,11@c   | much gaming at present$0#1$, by$4$ a promise$0$ to$4$ his father,
105: 48,12@c   | and of being$1$ $MP#G$Sir*Thomas hereafter. It might do very
105: 48,13@c   | well$9$; she believed she should accept him; and she
105: 48,14@c   | began accordingly to$9$ interest$1$ herself a little about$4$ the
105: 48,15@c   | horse which$6#1$ he had to$9$ run$1$ at the B@@@@ races.
105: 48,16@c   | These races were to$9$ call$1$ him away not long$9$ after$3$ their
105: 48,17@c   | acquaintance began; and as it appeared that$3$ the family
105: 48,18@c   | did not, from his usual goings*on, expect him back$5$ again
105: 48,19@c   | for$4$ many weeks, it would bring his passion to$4$ an early
105: 48,20@c   | proof. Much was said on$4$ his side$0$ to$9$ induce her to$9$ attend
105: 48,21@c   | the races, and schemes were made for$4$ a large party to$4$
105: 48,22@c   | them, with all the eagerness of inclination, but it would
105: 48,23@c   | only do to$9$ be talked of.
105: 48,24'  !| And $MP#A$Fanny, what$6#2$ was \she\ doing and thinking all this
105: 48,25'  !| while$0$? and what$6#2$ was \her\ opinion of the new-comers?
105: 48,26'  !| Few young ladies of eighteen could be less called on$2$ to$4$
105: 48,27'  !| speak their opinion than $MP#A$Fanny. In a quiet$2$ way, very
105: 48,28'  !| little attended to$4$, she paid her tribute of admiration to$4$
105: 48,29'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's beauty; but as she still$5$ continued to$9$
105: 48,30'  !| think $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford very plain, in spite$8$ of her two cousins
105: 48,31'  !| having repeatedly proved the contrary$0$, she never mentioned
105: 48,32'  !| \him\. The notice$0$ which$6#1$ she excited herself, was
105: 48,33'  !| to$4$ this effect$0$.
105: 48,33C  !| "I begin now to$9$ understand you all,
105: 48,34C  !| except $MP#A$Miss*Price,"
105: 48,34'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, as she was walking
105: 48,35'  !| with the $MP#G1$Mr%*Bertrams.
105: 48,35C  !| "Pray, is she out$5$, or is she not?
105: 48,36C  !| ~ I am puzzled. ~ She dined at the parsonage, with the
105: 48,37C  !| rest$0#1$ of you, which$6#1$ seemed like$9$ being$1$ \out$5$\; and yet she
105: 48,38C  !| says so$5#1$ little, that$3$ I can hardly suppose she \is\."
105: 49, 1'  !| $MP#B$Edmund, to$4$ whom$6#1$ this was chiefly addressed, replied,
105: 49, 2B  !| "I believe I know what$6#1$ you mean$1$ ~ but I will$1$ not undertake
105: 49, 3B  !| to$9$ answer$1$ the question$0$. My cousin is grown up.
105: 49, 4B  !| She has the age and sense of a woman, but the outs and
105: 49, 5B  !| not outs are beyond$4$ me."
105: 49, 6C  !| "And yet in general$0$, nothing can be more easily ascertained.
105: 49, 7C  !| The distinction is so$5#1$ broad. Manners as well$9$ as
105: 49, 8C  !| appearance are, generally speaking, so$5#1$ totally different.
105: 49, 9C  !| Till now, I could not have supposed it possible to$9$ be mistaken
105: 49,10C  !| as to$4$ a girl's being$1$ out$5$ or not. A girl not out$5$, has
105: 49,11C  !| always the same sort of dress$0$; a close$9$ bonnet for$4$ instance$0$,
105: 49,12C  !| looks$1$ very demure, and never says a word. You may$1$
105: 49,13C  !| smile$1$ ~ but it is so$5#2$ I assure you ~ and except that$3$ it is
105: 49,14C  !| sometimes carried a little too$5#1$ far, it is all very proper.
105: 49,15C  !| Girls should be quiet$2$ and modest. The most objectionable
105: 49,16C  !| part$0$ is, that$3$ the alteration of manners on$4$ being$1$
105: 49,17C  !| introduced into company is frequently too$5#1$ sudden$2$. They
105: 49,18C  !| sometimes pass$1$ in such very little time from reserve$0$ to$4$
105: 49,19C  !| quite the opposite ~ to$4$ confidence| \That$6#2$\ is the faulty
105: 49,20C  !| part$0$ of the present$9$ system. one does not like$1$ to$9$ see
105: 49,21C  !| a girl of eighteen or nineteen so$5#1$ immediately up to$4$ every*thing ~
105: 49,22C  !| and perhaps when one has seen her hardly able to$9$
105: 49,23C  !| speak the year before$5$. $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram, I dare$1#2$ say \you\
105: 49,24C  !| have sometimes met with such changes$0$."
105: 49,25G  !| "I believe I have; but this is hardly fair; I see what$6#1$
105: 49,26G  !| you are at. You are quizzing me and $MP#ZA$Miss*Anderson."
105: 49,27C  !| "No$7$ indeed. $MP#ZA$Miss*Anderson| I do not know who$6#1$ or
105: 49,28C  !| what$6#1$ you mean$1$. I am quite in the dark$0$. But I \will$1$\
105: 49,29C  !| quiz you with a great deal$0#2$ of pleasure, if you will$1$ tell me
105: 49,30C  !| what$6#1$ about$4$."
105: 49,31G  !| "Ah| you carry it off very well$9$, but I cannot be quite
105: 49,32G  !| so$5#1$ far imposed on$5$. You must have had $MP#ZA$Miss*Anderson in
105: 49,33G  !| your eye, in describing an altered young lady. You
105: 49,34G  !| paint too$5#1$ accurately for$4$ mistake$0$. It was exactly so$5#2$.
105: 49,35G  !| The $MP#ZA$Andersons of Baker*Street. We were speaking of
105: 49,36G  !| them the other day, you know. $MP#B$Edmund, you have heard
105: 49,37G  !| me mention$1$ $MP#ZA$Charles*Anderson. The circumstance was
105: 49,38G  !| precisely as this lady has represented it. When $MP#ZA$Anderson
105: 50, 1G  !| first introduced me to$4$ his family, about$4$ two years ago, his
105: 50, 2G  !| sister was not \out$5$\, and I could not get her to$9$ speak to$4$ me.
105: 50, 3G  !| I sat there an hour one morning waiting for$4$ $MP#ZA$Anderson,
105: 50, 4G  !| with only her and a little girl or two in the room ~ the
105: 50, 5G  !| governess being$1$ sick or run$1$ away, and the mother in and
105: 50, 6G  !| out$5$ every moment with letters of business; and I could
105: 50, 7G  !| hardly get a word or a look$0$ from the young lady ~ nothing
105: 50, 8G  !| like$9$ a civil answer$0$ ~ she screwed up her mouth, and turned
105: 50, 9G  !| from me with such an air| I did not see her again for$4$
105: 50,10G  !| a twelvemonth. She was then \out$5$\. I met her at $MP#ZN$Mrs%*Holford's ~
105: 50,11G  !| and did not recollect her. She came up to$4$ me,
105: 50,12G  !| claimed me as an acquaintance, stared me out$8$ of countenance,
105: 50,13G  !| and talked and laughed till I did not know which$6#2$
105: 50,14G  !| way to$9$ look$1$. I felt that$3$ I must be the jest of the room
105: 50,15G  !| at the time ~ and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, it is plain, has heard
105: 50,16G  !| the story."
105: 50,17C  !| "And a very pretty$2$ story it is, and with more truth in
105: 50,18C  !| it, I dare$1#2$ say, than does credit$0$ to$4$ $MP#ZA$Miss*Anderson. It is
105: 50,19C  !| too$5#1$ common$2$ a fault. Mothers certainly have not yet got
105: 50,20C  !| quite the right$2#1$ way of managing their daughters. I do
105: 50,21C  !| not know where the error lies$1$. I do not pretend to$9$ set$1$
105: 50,22C  !| people right$2#1$, but I do see that$3$ they are often wrong$9$."
105: 50,23G  !| "Those who$6#1$ are showing the world what$6#1$ female$2$ manners
105: 50,24G  !| \should\ \be\,"
105: 50,24'  !| said $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram, gallantly,
105: 50,24G  !| "are doing
105: 50,25G  !| a great deal$0#2$ to$9$ set$1$ them right$2#1$."
105: 50,26B  !| "The error is plain enough,"
105: 50,26'  !| said the less courteous
105: 50,27'  !| $MP#B$Edmund;
105: 50,27B  !| "such girls are ill brought up. They are
105: 50,28B  !| given wrong$9$ notions from the beginning$0$. They are
105: 50,29B  !| always acting upon motives of vanity ~ and there is no$2$
105: 50,30B  !| more real modesty in their behaviour \before$3$\ they appear
105: 50,31B  !| in public$0$ than afterwards."
105: 50,32C  !| "I do not know,"
105: 50,32'  !| replied $MP#C$Miss*Crawford hesitatingly.
105: 50,33C  !| "Yes, I cannot agree with you there. It is certainly the
105: 50,34C  !| modestest part$0$ of the business. It is much worse to$9$
105: 50,35C  !| have girls \not\ \out$5$\, give themselves the same airs and take
105: 50,36C  !| the same liberties as if they were, which$6#1$ I \have\ seen done.
105: 50,37C  !| \That$6#2$\ is worse than any*thing ~ quite disgusting|"
105: 50,38G  !| "Yes, \that$6#2$\ is very inconvenient indeed,"
105: 50,38'  !| said $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram.
105: 51, 1G  !| "It leads one astray; one does not know what$6#1$ to$9$
105: 51, 2G  !| do. The close$9$ bonnet and demure air you describe so$5#1$
105: 51, 3G  !| well$9$, (and nothing was ever juster,) tell one what$6#1$ is
105: 51, 4G  !| expected$1$; but I got into a dreadful scrape last$2$ year from
105: 51, 5G  !| the want$0$ of them. I went down$5$ to$4$ Ramsgate for$4$ a week
105: 51, 6G  !| with a friend last$2$ September ~ just$9$ after$4$ my return$0$ from
105: 51, 7G  !| the West*Indies ~ my friend $MP#ZZH$Sneyd ~ you have heard me
105: 51, 8G  !| speak of $MP#ZZH$Sneyd, $MP#B$Edmund; his father and mother and
105: 51, 9G  !| sisters were there, all new to$4$ me. When we reached Albion*place
105: 51,10G  !| they were out$5$; we went after$4$ them, and found
105: 51,11G  !| them on$4$ the pier. $MP#ZZH$Mrs% and the two $MP#ZZH$Miss*Sneyds, with
105: 51,12G  !| others of their acquaintance. I made my bow$0#1$ in form$0$,
105: 51,13G  !| and as $MP#ZZH$Mrs%*Sneyd was surrounded by$4$ men, attached
105: 51,14G  !| myself to$4$ one of her daughters, walked by$4$ her side$0$ all the
105: 51,15G  !| way home, and made myself as agreeable as I could; the
105: 51,16G  !| young lady perfectly easy in her manners, and as ready
105: 51,17G  !| to$9$ talk$1$ as to$9$ listen. I had not a suspicion that$3$ I could
105: 51,18G  !| be doing any*thing wrong$9$. They looked just$9$ the same;
105: 51,19G  !| both well$9$ dressed, with veils and parasols like$9$ other girls;
105: 51,20G  !| but I afterwards found that$3$ I had been giving all my
105: 51,21G  !| attention to$4$ the youngest, who$6#1$ was not \out$5$\, and had most
105: 51,22G  !| excessively offended the eldest. $MP#ZZH$Miss*Augusta ought not
105: 51,23G  !| to$9$ have been noticed for$4$ the next six months, and $MP#ZZH$Miss*Sneyd,
105: 51,24G  !| I believe, has never forgiven me."
105: 51,25C  !| "That$6#2$ was bad indeed. Poor $MP#ZZH$Miss*Sneyd| Though
105: 51,26C  !| I have no$2$ younger sister, I feel for$4$ her. To$9$ be neglected
105: 51,27C  !| before$4$ one's time, must be very vexatious. But it was
105: 51,28C  !| entirely the mother's fault. $MP#ZZH$Miss*Augusta should have
105: 51,29C  !| been with her governess. Such half and half doings never
105: 51,30C  !| prosper. But now I must be satisfied$1$ about$4$ $MP#A$Miss*Price.
105: 51,31C  !| Does she go to$4$ balls? Does she dine out$5$ every*where, as
105: 51,32C  !| well$9$ as at my sister's?"
105: 51,33B  !| "No$7$,"
105: 51,33'  !| replied $MP#B$Edmund,
105: 51,33B  !| "I do not think she has ever
105: 51,34B  !| been to$4$ a ball$0#2$. My mother seldom goes into company
105: 51,35B  !| herself, and dines no*where but with $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, and
105: 51,36B  !| $MP#A$Fanny stays at home with \her\."
105: 51,37C  !| "Oh| then the point$0$ is clear$2$. $MP#A$Miss*Price is \not\ out$5$."
106: 52, 1'  !| $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram set$1$ off for$4$ @@@@, and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
106: 52, 2@c   | was prepared to$9$ find a great chasm in their society, and
106: 52, 3@c   | to$9$ miss him decidedly in the meetings which$6#1$ were now
106: 52, 4@c   | becoming$1$ almost daily between the families; and on$4$
106: 52, 5@c   | their all dining together at the park soon after$4$ his going,
106: 52, 6@c   | she retook her chosen place$0$ near$4$ the bottom of the table,
106: 52, 7@c   | fully expecting to$9$ feel a most melancholy$2$ difference in
106: 52, 8@c   | the change$0$ of masters. It would be a very flat business,
106: 52, 9@c   | she was sure. In comparison with his brother, $MP#B$Edmund
106: 52,10@c   | would have nothing to$9$ say. The soup would be sent
106: 52,11@c   | round$9$ in a most spiritless manner, wine drank without
106: 52,12@c   | any smiles, or agreeable trifling, and the venison cut$9$ up
106: 52,13@c   | without supplying one pleasant anecdote of any former
106: 52,14@c   | haunch, or a single entertaining story about$4$ "my friend
106: 52,15@c   | such a one." She must try to$9$ find amusement in what$6#1$
106: 52,16@c   | was passing$1$ at the upper end$0$ of the table, and in observing
106: 52,17@c   | $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
106: 52,17'  !| who$6#1$ was now making his appearance at
106: 52,18'  !| Mansfield, for$4$ the first time since the $MP#D1$Crawfords' arrival.
106: 52,19'  !| He had been visiting a friend in a neighbouring county,
106: 52,20'  !| and that$6#2$ friend having recently had his grounds laid out$5$
106: 52,21'  !| by$4$ an improver, $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was returned with his
106: 52,22'  !| head$0$ full of the subject$0$, and very eager to$9$ be improving
106: 52,23'  !| his own$2$ place$0$ in the same way; and though not saying
106: 52,24'  !| much to$4$ the purpose, could talk$1$ of nothing else. The
106: 52,25'  !| subject$0$ had been already handled in the drawing-room;
106: 52,26'  !| it was revived in the dining-parlour. $MP#H$Miss*Bertram's
106: 52,27'  !| attention and opinion was evidently his chief aim$0$; and
106: 52,28'  !| though her deportment showed rather conscious superiority
106: 52,29'  !| than any solicitude to$9$ oblige him, the mention$0$ of Sotherton*Court,
106: 52,30'  !| and the ideas attached to$4$ it, gave her a feeling$0$
106: 52,31'  !| of complacency, which$6#1$ prevented her from being$1$ very
106: 52,32'  !| ungracious.
106: 53, 1U  !| "I wish$1$ you could see Compton,"
106: 53, 1'  !| said he,
106: 53, 1U  !| "it is the
106: 53, 2U  !| most complete$2$ thing| I never saw a place$0$ so$5#1$ altered in
106: 53, 3U  !| my life. I told $MP#ZZJ$Smith I did not know where I was. The
106: 53, 4U  !| approach$0$ \now\ is one of the finest things in the country.
106: 53, 5U  !| You see the house in the most surprising manner. I declare
106: 53, 6U  !| when I got back$5$ to$4$ Sotherton yesterday, it looked like$9$
106: 53, 7U  !| a prison ~ quite a dismal old prison."
106: 53, 8J  !| "Oh| for$4$ shame$0$|"
106: 53, 8'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris.
106: 53, 8J  !| "A prison,
106: 53, 9J  !| indeed| Sotherton*Court is the noblest old place$0$ in the
106: 53,10J  !| world."
106: 53,11U  !| "It wants$1$ improvement, ma'am, beyond$4$ any*thing.
106: 53,12U  !| I never saw a place$0$ that$6#1$ wanted so$5#1$ much improvement in
106: 53,13U  !| my life; and it is so$5#1$ forlorn, that$3$ I do not know what$6#1$ can
106: 53,14U  !| be done with it."
106: 53,15N  !| "No$2$ wonder$0$ that$3$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth should think so$5#2$ at
106: 53,16N  !| present$0#1$,"
106: 53,16'  !| said $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant to$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, with a smile$0$;
106: 53,17N  !| "but depend upon it, Sotherton will$1$ have \every\ improvement
106: 53,18N  !| in time which$6#1$ his heart can desire$1$."
106: 53,19U  !| "I must try to$9$ do something with it,"
106: 53,19'  !| said $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
106: 53,20U  !| "but I do not know what$6#1$. I hope$1$ I shall have
106: 53,21U  !| some good friend to$9$ help$1$ me."
106: 53,22H  !| "Your best friend upon such an occasion$0$,"
106: 53,22'  !| said $MP#H$Miss*Bertram,
106: 53,23'  !| calmly,
106: 53,23H  !| "would be $MP#Z1$Mr%*Repton, I imagine."
106: 53,24U  !| "That$6#2$ is what$6#1$ I was thinking of. As he has done so$5#1$
106: 53,25U  !| well$9$ by$4$ $MP#ZZJ$Smith, I think I had better$9$ have him at once. His
106: 53,26U  !| terms are five guineas a day."
106: 53,27J  !| "Well$7$, and if they were \ten\,"
106: 53,27'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
106: 53,27J  !| "I am
106: 53,28J  !| sure \you\ need$1$ not regard$1$ it. The expense need$1$ not be
106: 53,29J  !| any impediment. If I were you, I should not think of
106: 53,30J  !| the expense. I would have every*thing done in the best
106: 53,31J  !| style, and made as nice as possible. Such a place$0$ as
106: 53,32J  !| Sotherton*Court deserves every*thing that$6#1$ taste and
106: 53,33J  !| money can do. You have space to$9$ work$1$ upon there, and
106: 53,34J  !| grounds that$6#1$ will$1$ well$9$ reward$1$ you. For$4$ my own$2$ part$0$, if
106: 53,35J  !| I had any*thing within the fiftieth part$0$ of the size of
106: 53,36J  !| Sotherton, I should be always planting and improving,
106: 53,37J  !| for$3$ naturally I am excessively fond of it. It would be
106: 53,38J  !| too$5#1$ ridiculous for$4$ me to$9$ attempt$1$ any*thing where I am
106: 54, 1J  !| now, with my little half acre. It would be quite a burlesque.
106: 54, 2J  !| But if I had more room, I should take a prodigious
106: 54, 3J  !| delight$0$ in improving and planting. We did a vast deal$0#2$
106: 54, 4J  !| in that$6#2$ way at the parsonage; we made it quite a different
106: 54, 5J  !| place$0$ from what$6#1$ it was when we first had it. You young
106: 54, 6J  !| ones do not remember much about$4$ it, perhaps. But if
106: 54, 7J  !| dear$2#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas were here, he could tell you what$6#1$ improvements
106: 54, 8J  !| we made; and a great deal$0#2$ more would have been
106: 54, 9J  !| done, but for$4$ poor $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris's sad state$0$ of health. He
106: 54,10J  !| could hardly ever get out$5$, poor man, to$9$ enjoy any*thing,
106: 54,11J  !| and \that$6#2$\ disheartened me from doing several things that$6#1$
106: 54,12J  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas and I used$1#2$ to$9$ talk$1$ of. If it had not been for$4$
106: 54,13J  !| \that$6#2$\, we should have carried on$5$ the garden wall, and made
106: 54,14J  !| the plantation to$9$ shut out$5$ the churchyard, just$9$ as $MP#M$Dr%*Grant
106: 54,15J  !| has done. We were always doing something, as it
106: 54,16J  !| was. It was only the spring$0$ twelvemonth before$4$ $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris's
106: 54,17J  !| death, that$3$ we put in the apricot against the
106: 54,18J  !| stable wall, which$6#1$ is now grown such a noble tree, and
106: 54,19J  !| getting to$4$ such perfection, sir,"
106: 54,19'  !| addressing herself then to$4$
106: 54,20'  !| $MP#M$Dr%*Grant.
106: 54,21M  !| "The tree thrives well$9$ beyond$4$ a doubt$0$, madam,"
106: 54,21'  !| replied
106: 54,22'  !| $MP#M$Dr%*Grant.
106: 54,22M  !| "The soil is good; and I never pass$1$ it without
106: 54,23M  !| regretting, that$3$ the fruit should be so$5#1$ little worth
106: 54,24M  !| the trouble$0$ of gathering."
106: 54,25J  !| "Sir, it is a moor*park, we bought it as a moor*park,
106: 54,26J  !| and it cost$1$ us ~ that$6#2$ is, it was a present$0#2$ from $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
106: 54,27J  !| but I saw the bill, and I know it cost$1$ seven shillings, and
106: 54,28J  !| was charged as a moor*park."
106: 54,29M  !| "You were imposed on$5$, ma'am,"
106: 54,29'  !| replied $MP#M$Dr%*Grant;
106: 54,30M  !| "these potatoes have as much the flavour of a moor*park
106: 54,31M  !| apricot, as the fruit from that$6#2$ tree. It is an insipid fruit
106: 54,32M  !| at the best; but a good apricot is eatable, which$6#1$ none
106: 54,33M  !| from my garden are."
106: 54,34N  !| "The truth is, ma'am,"
106: 54,34'  !| said $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, pretending to$9$
106: 54,35'  !| whisper$1$ across$4$ the table to$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
106: 54,35N  !| "that$3$ $MP#M$Dr%*Grant
106: 54,36N  !| hardly knows what$6#1$ the natural$2$ taste of our apricot is; he
106: 54,37N  !| is scarcely ever indulged with one, for$3$ it is so$5#1$ valuable
106: 54,38N  !| a fruit, with a little assistance, and ours is such a remarkably
106: 55, 1N  !| large, fair sort, that$3$ with early tarts and preserves,
106: 55, 2N  !| my cook contrives to$9$ get them all."
106: 55, 3'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, who$6#1$ had begun to$9$ redden, was appeased,
106: 55, 4'  !| and, for$4$ a little while$0$, other subjects took place$0$ of the
106: 55, 5'  !| improvements of Sotherton. $MP#M$Dr%*Grant and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
106: 55, 6'  !| were seldom good friends; their acquaintance had begun
106: 55, 7'  !| in dilapidations, and their habits were totally dissimilar.
106: 55, 8'  !| After$4$ a short$2$ interruption, $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth began again.
106: 55, 9U  !| "$MP#ZZJ$Smith's place$0$ is the admiration of all the country; and
106: 55,10U  !| it was a mere nothing before$3$ $MP#Z1$Repton took it in hand$0$.
106: 55,11U  !| I think I shall have $MP#Z1$Repton."
106: 55,12F  !| "$MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,"
106: 55,12'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,
106: 55,12F  !| "if I were you,
106: 55,13F  !| I would have a very pretty$2$ shrubbery. one likes to$9$ get
106: 55,14F  !| out$5$ into a shrubbery in fine weather."
106: 55,15'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was eager to$9$ assure her ladyship of his
106: 55,16'  !| acquiescence, and tried to$9$ make$1$ out$5$ something complimentary;
106: 55,17'  !| but between his submission to$4$ \her\ taste, and
106: 55,18'  !| his having always intended the same himself, with the
106: 55,19'  !| super-added objects$0$ of professing attention to$4$ the comfort$0$
106: 55,20'  !| of ladies in general$0$, and of insinuating, that$3$ there was one
106: 55,21'  !| only whom$6#1$ he was anxious to$9$ please, he grew puzzled;
106: 55,22'  !| and $MP#B$Edmund was glad to$9$ put an end$0$ to$4$ his speech by$4$
106: 55,23'  !| a proposal of wine. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, however, though
106: 55,24'  !| not usually a great talker, had still$5$ more to$9$ say on$4$ the
106: 55,25'  !| subject$0$ next his heart.
106: 55,25U  !| "$MP#ZZJ$Smith has not much above$4$
106: 55,26U  !| a hundred acres altogether in his grounds, which$6#1$ is little
106: 55,27U  !| enough, and makes it more surprising that$3$ the place$0$ can
106: 55,28U  !| have been so$5#1$ improved. Now, at Sotherton, we have
106: 55,29U  !| a good seven hundred, without reckoning the water
106: 55,30U  !| meadows; so$3$ that$3$ I think, if so$5#1$ much could be done at
106: 55,31U  !| Compton, we need$1$ not despair$1$. There have been two or
106: 55,32U  !| three fine old trees cut$9$ down$5$ that$6#1$ grew too$5#1$ near$4$ the house,
106: 55,33U  !| and it opens the prospect amazingly, which$6#1$ makes me
106: 55,34U  !| think that$3$ $MP#Z1$Repton, or any*body of that$6#2$ sort, would
106: 55,35U  !| certainly have the avenue at Sotherton down$5$; the avenue
106: 55,36U  !| that$6#1$ leads from the west front$0$ to$4$ the top of the hill you
106: 55,37U  !| know,"
106: 55,37'  !| turning$1$ to$4$ $MP#H$Miss*Bertram particularly as he spoke.
106: 55,38'  !| But $MP#H$Miss*Bertram thought$1$ it most becoming$2$ to$9$ reply$1$:
106: 56, 1H  !| "The avenue| Oh| I do not recollect it. I really know
106: 56, 2H  !| very little of Sotherton."
106: 56, 3'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#1$ was sitting$1$ on$4$ the other side$0$ of $MP#B$Edmund,
106: 56, 4'  !| exactly opposite $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, and who$6#1$ had been attentively
106: 56, 5'  !| listening, now looked at him, and said in a low voice,
106: 56, 6A  !| "Cut$9$ down$5$ an avenue| What$7$ a pity$0$| Does not it make$1$
106: 56, 7A  !| you think of $MP#Z1$Cowper? ""Ye fallen avenues, once more
106: 56, 8A  !| I mourn your fate unmerited."""
106: 56, 9'  !| He smiled as he answered,
106: 56, 9B  !| "I am afraid the avenue
106: 56,10B  !| stands a bad chance$0$, $MP#A$Fanny."
106: 56,11A  !| "I should like$1$ to$9$ see Sotherton before$3$ it is cut$9$ down$5$,
106: 56,12A  !| to$9$ see the place$0$ as it is now, in its old state$0$; but I do
106: 56,13A  !| not suppose I shall."
106: 56,14B  !| "Have you never been there? No$7$, you never can; and
106: 56,15B  !| unluckily it is out$8$ of distance$0$ for$4$ a ride$0$. I wish$1$ we could
106: 56,16B  !| contrive it."
106: 56,17A  !| "Oh| it does not signify. Whenever I do see it, you
106: 56,18A  !| will$1$ tell me how it has been altered."
106: 56,19C  !| "I collect,"
106: 56,19'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
106: 56,19C  !| "that$3$ Sotherton is
106: 56,20C  !| an old place$0$, and a place$0$ of some grandeur. In any
106: 56,21C  !| particular style of building?"
106: 56,22B  !| "The house was built in $MP#Z1$Elizabeth's time, and is a large,
106: 56,23B  !| regular, brick building ~ heavy, but respectable looking,
106: 56,24B  !| and has many good rooms. It is ill placed. It stands in
106: 56,25B  !| one of the lowest spots of the park; in that$6#2$ respect$0$,
106: 56,26B  !| unfavourable for$4$ improvement. But the woods are fine,
106: 56,27B  !| and there is a stream, which$6#1$, I dare$1#2$ say, might be made
106: 56,28B  !| a good deal$0#2$ of. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth is quite right$2#1$, I think, in
106: 56,29B  !| meaning$1$ to$9$ give it a modern dress$0$, and I have no$2$ doubt$0$
106: 56,30B  !| that$3$ it will$1$ be all done extremely well$9$."
106: 56,31'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford listened with submission, and said to$4$
106: 56,32'  !| herself,
106: 56,32C  !| "He is a well*bred man; he makes the best of it."
106: 56,33B  !| "I do not wish$1$ to$9$ influence$1$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,"
106: 56,33'  !| he continued,
106: 56,34B  !| "but had I a place$0$ to$9$ new fashion$1$, I should not put
106: 56,35B  !| myself into the hands of an improver. I would rather
106: 56,36B  !| have an inferior degree of beauty, of my own$2$ choice$0$, and
106: 56,37B  !| acquired progressively. I would rather abide by$4$ my
106: 56,38B  !| own$2$ blunders than by$4$ his."
106: 57, 1C  !| "\You\ would know what$6#1$ you were about$4$ of course$8$ ~ but
106: 57, 2C  !| that$6#2$ would not suit$1$ \me\. I have no$2$ eye or ingenuity for$4$
106: 57, 3C  !| such matters, but as they are before$4$ me; and had I a place$0$
106: 57, 4C  !| of my own$2$ in the country, I should be most thankful to$4$
106: 57, 5C  !| any $MP#Z1$Mr%*Repton who$6#1$ would undertake it, and give me as
106: 57, 6C  !| much beauty as he could for$4$ my money; and I should
106: 57, 7C  !| never look$1$ at it, till it was complete$2$."
106: 57, 8A  !| "It would be delightful to$4$ \me\ to$9$ see the progress of it
106: 57, 9A  !| all,"
106: 57, 9'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny.
106: 57,10C  !| "Ay ~ you have been brought up to$4$ it. It was no$2$ part$0$
106: 57,11C  !| of my education; and the only dose I ever had, being$1$
106: 57,12C  !| administered by$4$ not the first favourite$0$ in the world, has
106: 57,13C  !| made me consider improvements \in\ \hand$0$\ as the greatest
106: 57,14C  !| of nuisances. Three years ago, the $MP#ZF$admiral, my honoured
106: 57,15C  !| uncle, bought a cottage at Twickenham for$4$ us all to$9$ spend
106: 57,16C  !| our summers in; and my aunt and I went down$5$ to$4$ it
106: 57,17C  !| quite in raptures; but it being$1$ excessively pretty$2$, it was
106: 57,18C  !| soon found necessary to$9$ be improved; and for$4$ three
106: 57,19C  !| months we were all dirt and confusion, without a gravel
106: 57,20C  !| walk$0$ to$9$ step$1$ on$5$, or a bench fit$9$ for$4$ use$0$. I would have
106: 57,21C  !| every*thing as complete$2$ as possible in the country, shrubberies
106: 57,22C  !| and flower*gardens, and rustic seats innumerable;
106: 57,23C  !| but it must be all done without my care$0$. $MP#D$Henry is
106: 57,24C  !| different, he loves to$9$ be doing."
106: 57,25'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was sorry to$9$ hear $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, whom$6#1$ he
106: 57,26'  !| was much disposed to$9$ admire, speak so$5#1$ freely of her uncle.
106: 57,27'  !| It did not suit$1$ his sense of propriety, and he was silenced,
106: 57,28'  !| till induced by$4$ further smiles and liveliness, to$9$ put the
106: 57,29'  !| matter by$5$ for$4$ the present$0#1$.
106: 57,30C  !| "$MP#B$Mr%*Bertram,"
106: 57,30'  !| said she,
106: 57,30C  !| "I have tidings of my harp
106: 57,31C  !| at last$0$.  I am assured that$3$ it is safe at Northampton;
106: 57,32C  !| and there it has probably been these ten days, in spite$8$ of
106: 57,33C  !| the solemn assurances we have so$5#1$ often received to$4$ the
106: 57,34C  !| contrary$0$."
106: 57,34'  !| $MP#B$Edmund expressed his pleasure and surprise$0$.
106: 57,35C  !| "The truth is, that$3$ our inquiries were too$5#1$ direct$2$; we
106: 57,36C  !| sent a servant, we went ourselves: this will$1$ not do seventy
106: 57,37C  !| miles from London ~ but this morning we heard of it in
106: 57,38C  !| the right$2#1$ way. It was seen by$4$ some farmer, and he told
106: 58, 1C  !| the miller, and the miller told the butcher, and the butcher's
106: 58, 2C  !| son-in-law left$1$ word at the shop."
106: 58, 3B  !| "I am very glad that$3$ you have heard of it, by$4$ whatever
106: 58, 4B  !| means$0$; and hope$1$ there will$1$ be no$2$ farther delay$0$."
106: 58, 5C  !| "I am to$9$ have it to*morrow; but how do you think
106: 58, 6C  !| it is to$9$ be conveyed? Not by$4$ a waggon or cart; ~ Oh| no$7$,
106: 58, 7C  !| nothing of that$6#2$ kind$0$ could be hired in the village. I might
106: 58, 8C  !| as well$9$ have asked for$4$ porters and a hand-barrow."
106: 58, 9B  !| "You would find it difficult, I dare$1#2$ say, just$9$ now, in the
106: 58,10B  !| middle of a very late hay harvest, to$9$ hire$1$ a horse and
106: 58,11B  !| cart?"
106: 58,12C  !| "I was astonished to$9$ find what$6#1$ a piece of work$0$ was
106: 58,13C  !| made of it| To$9$ want$1$ a horse and cart in the country
106: 58,14C  !| seemed impossible, so$3$ I told my maid to$9$ speak for$4$ one
106: 58,15C  !| directly; and as I cannot look$1$ out$8$ of my dressing-closet
106: 58,16C  !| without seeing one farm*yard, nor walk$1$ in the shrubbery
106: 58,17C  !| without passing$1$ another, I thought$1$ it would be only ask
106: 58,18C  !| and have, and was rather grieved that$3$ I could not give
106: 58,19C  !| the advantage to$4$ all. Guess$1$ my surprise$0$, when I found
106: 58,20C  !| that$3$ I had been asking the most unreasonable, most
106: 58,21C  !| impossible thing in the world, had offended all the farmers,
106: 58,22C  !| all the labourers, all the hay in the parish. As for$4$ $MP#M$Dr%*Grant's
106: 58,23C  !| bailiff, I believe I had better$9$ keep out$8$ of \his\ way;
106: 58,24C  !| and my brother-in-law himself, who$6#1$ is all kindness in
106: 58,25C  !| general$0$, looked rather black upon me, when he found
106: 58,26C  !| what$6#1$ I had been at."
106: 58,27B  !| "You could not be expected$1$ to$9$ have thought$1$ on$4$ the
106: 58,28B  !| subject$0$ before$5$, but when you \do\ think of it, you must see
106: 58,29B  !| the importance of getting in the grass. The hire$0$ of a cart
106: 58,30B  !| at any time, might not be so$5#1$ easy as you suppose; our
106: 58,31B  !| farmers are not in the habit of letting them out$5$; but in
106: 58,32B  !| harvest, it must be quite out$8$ of their power to$9$ spare$1$ a
106: 58,33B  !| horse."
106: 58,34C  !| "I shall understand all your ways in time; but coming
106: 58,35C  !| down$5$ with the true London maxim, that$3$ every*thing is to$9$
106: 58,36C  !| be got with money, I was a little embarrassed at first by$4$
106: 58,37C  !| the sturdy independence of your country customs. However,
106: 58,38C  !| I am to$9$ have my harp fetched to-morrow. $MP#D$Henry,
106: 59, 1C  !| who$6#1$ is good-nature itself, has offered to$9$ fetch it in his
106: 59, 2C  !| barouche. Will$1$ it not be honourably conveyed?"
106: 59, 3'  !| $MP#B$Edmund spoke of the harp as his favourite$2$ instrument,
106: 59, 4'  !| and hoped to$9$ be soon allowed to$9$ hear her. $MP#A$Fanny had
106: 59, 5'  !| never heard the harp at all, and wished for$4$ it very much.
106: 59, 6C  !| "I shall be most happy to$9$ play$1$ to$4$ you both,"
106: 59, 6'  !| said
106: 59, 7'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford;
106: 59, 7C  !| "at least, as long$9$ as you can like$1$ to$9$ listen;
106: 59, 8C  !| probably much longer, for$3$ I dearly$5#1$ love$1$ music myself, and
106: 59, 9C  !| where the natural$2$ taste is equal$2$, the player must always
106: 59,10C  !| be best off, for$3$ she is gratified in more ways than one.
106: 59,11C  !| Now, $MP#B$Mr%*Bertram, if you write to$4$ your brother, I entreat
106: 59,12C  !| you to$9$ tell him that$3$ my harp \is\ come, he heard so$5#1$ much
106: 59,13C  !| of my misery about$4$ it. And you may$1$ say, if you please,
106: 59,14C  !| that$3$ I shall prepare my most plaintive airs against his
106: 59,15C  !| return$0$, in compassion to$4$ his feelings, as I know his horse
106: 59,16C  !| will$1$ lose."
106: 59,17B  !| "If I write, I will$1$ say whatever you wish$1$ me; but I do
106: 59,18B  !| not at present$0#1$ foresee any occasion$0$ for$4$ writing$1$."
106: 59,19C  !| "No$7$, I dare$1#2$ say, nor if he were to$9$ be gone a twelvemonth,
106: 59,20C  !| would you ever write to$4$ him, nor he to$4$ you, if it could
106: 59,21C  !| be helped. The occasion$0$ would never be foreseen. What$7$
106: 59,22C  !| strange creatures brothers are| You would not write to$4$
106: 59,23C  !| each other but upon the most urgent necessity in the
106: 59,24C  !| world; and when obliged to$9$ take up the pen to$9$ say that$3$
106: 59,25C  !| such a horse is ill, or such a relation dead, it is done in the
106: 59,26C  !| fewest possible words. You have but one style among you.
106: 59,27C  !| I know it perfectly. $MP#D$Henry, who$6#1$ is in every other respect$0$
106: 59,28C  !| exactly what$6#1$ a brother should be, who$6#1$ loves me, consults
106: 59,29C  !| me, confides in me, and will$1$ talk$1$ to$4$ me by$4$ the hour
106: 59,30C  !| together, has never yet turned the page in a letter; and
106: 59,31C  !| very often it is nothing more than, ""Dear$2#1$ $MP#C$Mary, I am
106: 59,32C  !| just$9$ arrived. Bath$0#1$ seems full, and every*thing as usual.
106: 59,33C  !| Your's sincerely."" That$6#2$ is the true manly style; that$6#2$ is
106: 59,34C  !| a complete$2$ brother's letter."
106: 59,35A  !| "When they are at a distance$0$ from all their family,"
106: 59,36'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, colouring for$4$ $MP#Q$William's sake,
106: 59,36A  !| "they can
106: 59,37A  !| write long$9$ letters."
106: 59,38B  !| "$MP#A$Miss*Price has a brother at sea,"
106: 59,38'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
106: 60, 1B  !| "whose$6#1$ excellence as a correspondent, makes her think
106: 60, 2B  !| you too$5#1$ severe upon us."
106: 60, 3C  !| "At sea, has she? ~ In the King's service of course$8$."
106: 60, 4'  !| $MP#A$Fanny would rather have had $MP#B$Edmund tell the story,
106: 60, 5'  !| but his determined$2$ silence$0$ obliged her to$9$ relate her brother's
106: 60, 6'  !| situation; her voice was animated in speaking of
106: 60, 7'  !| his profession$0#2$, and the foreign stations he had been on$4$,
106: 60, 8'  !| but she could not mention$1$ the number of years that$6#1$ he
106: 60, 9'  !| had been absent without tears in her eyes. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
106: 60,10'  !| civilly wished him an early promotion.
106: 60,11B  !| "Do you know any*thing of my cousin's captain?"
106: 60,12'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund;
106: 60,12B  !| "$MP#ZV$Captain*Marshall? You have a large
106: 60,13B  !| acquaintance in the navy, I conclude?"
106: 60,14C  !| "Among Admirals, large enough; but,"
106: 60,14'  !| with an air
106: 60,15'  !| of grandeur;
106: 60,15C  !| "we know very little of the inferior ranks.
106: 60,16C  !| Post captains may$1$ be very good sort of men, but they do
106: 60,17C  !| not belong to$4$ \us\. Of various admirals, I could tell you
106: 60,18C  !| a great deal$0#2$; of them and their flags, and the gradation
106: 60,19C  !| of their pay$0$, and their bickerings and jealousies. But in
106: 60,20C  !| general$0$, I can assure you that$3$ they are all passed over,
106: 60,21C  !| and all very ill*used. Certainly, my home at my uncle's
106: 60,22C  !| brought me acquainted with a circle of admirals. Of
106: 60,23C  !| \Rears\, and \Vices\, I saw enough. Now, do not be suspecting
106: 60,24C  !| me of a pun, I entreat."
106: 60,25'  !| $MP#B$Edmund again felt grave$2$, and only replied,
106: 60,25B  !| "It is a noble
106: 60,26B  !| profession$0#2$."
106: 60,27C  !| "Yes, the profession$0#2$ is well$9$ enough under two circumstances;
106: 60,28C  !| if it make$1$ the fortune, and there be discretion
106: 60,29C  !| in spending it. But, in short$0$, it is not a favourite$2$ profession$0#2$
106: 60,30C  !| of mine$6$. It has never worn an amiable form$0$
106: 60,31C  !| to$4$ \me\."
106: 60,32'  !| $MP#B$Edmund reverted to$4$ the harp, and was again very
106: 60,33'  !| happy in the prospect of hearing her play$1$.
106: 60,34'  !| The subject$0$ of improving grounds meanwhile was still$5$
106: 60,35'  !| under consideration among the others; and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
106: 60,36'  !| could not help$1$ addressing her brother, though it was
106: 60,37'  !| calling his attention from $MP#I$Miss*Julia*Bertram.
106: 60,37N  !| "My
106: 60,38N  !| dear$2#1$ $MP#D$Henry, have \you\ nothing to$9$ say? You have been
106: 61, 1N  !| an improver yourself, and from what$6#1$ I hear of Everingham,
106: 61, 2N  !| it may$1$ vie with any place$0$ in England. Its natural$2$
106: 61, 3N  !| beauties, I am sure, are great. Everingham as it \used$1#2$\
106: 61, 4N  !| to$9$ be was perfect$2$ in my estimation; such a happy fall$0$ of
106: 61, 5N  !| ground, and such timber| What$7$ would not I give to$9$ see
106: 61, 6N  !| it again|"
106: 61, 7D  !| "Nothing could be so$5#1$ gratifying to$4$ me as to$9$ hear your
106: 61, 8D  !| opinion of it,"
106: 61, 8'  !| was his answer$0$.
106: 61, 8D  !| "But I fear$1$ there would
106: 61, 9D  !| be some disappointment. You would not find it equal$2$
106: 61,10D  !| to$4$ your present$9$ ideas. In extent it is a mere nothing ~
106: 61,11D  !| you would be surprised at its insignificance; and as for$4$
106: 61,12D  !| improvement, there was very little for$4$ me to$9$ do; too$5#1$
106: 61,13D  !| little ~ I should like$1$ to$9$ have been busy much longer."
106: 61,14I  !| "You are fond of the sort of thing?"
106: 61,14'  !| said $MP#I$Julia.
106: 61,15D  !| "Excessively: but what$6#1$ with the natural$2$ advantages
106: 61,16D  !| of the ground, which$6#1$ pointed$1$ out$5$ even$5$ to$4$ a very young
106: 61,17D  !| eye what$6#1$ little remained to$9$ be done, and my own$2$ consequent
106: 61,18D  !| resolutions, I had not been of age three months
106: 61,19D  !| before$3$ Everingham was all that$6#1$ it is now. My plan was
106: 61,20D  !| laid at Westminster ~ a little altered perhaps at Cambridge,
106: 61,21D  !| and at one and twenty executed. I am inclined to$9$ envy$1$
106: 61,22D  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth for$4$ having so$5#1$ much happiness yet before$4$
106: 61,23D  !| him. I have been a devourer of my own$2$."
106: 61,24I  !| "Those who$6#1$ see quickly, will$1$ resolve$1$ quickly and act$1$
106: 61,25I  !| quickly,"
106: 61,25'  !| said $MP#I$Julia.
106: 61,25I  !| "\You\ can never want$1$ employment.
106: 61,26I  !| Instead of envying $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, you should assist him
106: 61,27I  !| with your opinion."
106: 61,28'  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant hearing the latter part$0$ of this speech, enforced
106: 61,29'  !| it warmly, persuaded that$3$ no$2$ judgment could be
106: 61,30'  !| equal$2$ to$4$ her brother's; and as $MP#H$Miss*Bertram caught at
106: 61,31'  !| the idea likewise, and gave it her full support$0$, declaring
106: 61,32'  !| that$3$
106: 61,32@h   | in her opinion it was infinitely better$9$ to$9$ consult with
106: 61,33@h   | friends and disinterested advisers, than immediately to$9$
106: 61,34@h   | throw$1$ the business into the hands of a professional man,
106: 61,35'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was very ready to$9$ request$1$ the favour$0$ of
106: 61,36'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's assistance; and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford after$4$ properly
106: 61,37'  !| depreciating his own$2$ abilities, was quite at his service
106: 61,38'  !| in any way that$6#1$ could be useful. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth then
106: 62, 1'  !| began to$9$ propose $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's doing him the honour$0$ of
106: 62, 2'  !| coming over to$4$ Sotherton, and taking a bed there; when
106: 62, 3'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, as if reading in her two nieces' minds their
106: 62, 4'  !| little approbation of a plan which$6#1$ was to$9$ take $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
106: 62, 5'  !| away, interposed with an amendment.
106: 62, 5J  !| "There can
106: 62, 6J  !| be no$2$ doubt$0$ of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's willingness; but why
106: 62, 7J  !| should not more of us go? ~ Why should not we make$1$
106: 62, 8J  !| a little party? Here are many that$6#1$ would be interested
106: 62, 9J  !| in your improvements, my dear$2#1$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, and
106: 62,10J  !| that$6#1$ would like$1$ to$9$ hear $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's opinion on$4$ the
106: 62,11J  !| spot, and that$6#1$ might be of some small use$0$ to$4$ you with
106: 62,12J  !| \their\ opinions; and for$4$ my own$2$ part$0$ I have been long$9$
106: 62,13J  !| wishing to$9$ wait upon your good mother again; nothing
106: 62,14J  !| but having no$2$ horses of my own$2$, could have made me so$5#1$
106: 62,15J  !| remiss; but now I could go and sit a few hours with
106: 62,16J  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth while$9$ the rest$0#1$ of you walked about$5$ and
106: 62,17J  !| settled$1$ things, and then we could all return$1$ to$4$ a late dinner
106: 62,18J  !| here, or dine at Sotherton just$9$ as might be most agreeable
106: 62,19J  !| to$4$ your mother, and have a pleasant drive$0$ home by$4$ moonlight.
106: 62,20J  !| I dare$1#2$ say $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford would take my two
106: 62,21J  !| nieces and me in his barouche, and $MP#B$Edmund can go on$4$
106: 62,22J  !| horseback, you know, sister, and $MP#A$Fanny will$1$ stay$1$ at home
106: 62,23J  !| with you."
106: 62,24'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram made no$2$ objection, and every*one concerned
106: 62,25'  !| in the going, was forward$8$ in expressing their ready
106: 62,26'  !| concurrence, excepting $MP#B$Edmund, who$6#1$ heard it all and
106: 62,27'  !| said nothing.
107: 63, 1B  !| "Well$7$ $MP#A$Fanny, and how do you like$1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
107: 63, 2B  !| \now\?"
107: 63, 2'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund the next day, after$4$ thinking some
107: 63, 3'  !| time on$4$ the subject$0$ himself.
107: 63, 3B  !| "How did you like$1$ her
107: 63, 4B  !| yesterday?"
107: 63, 5A  !| "Very well$9$ ~ very much. I like$1$ to$9$ hear her talk$1$.
107: 63, 6A  !| She entertains me; and she is so$5#1$ extremely pretty$2$, that$3$
107: 63, 7A  !| I have great pleasure in looking at her."
107: 63, 8B  !| "It is her countenance that$6#1$ is so$5#1$ attractive. She has
107: 63, 9B  !| a wonderful play$0$ of feature| But was there nothing in her
107: 63,10B  !| conversation that$6#1$ struck you $MP#A$Fanny, as not quite right$2#1$?"
107: 63,11A  !| "Oh| yes, she ought not to$9$ have spoken of her uncle
107: 63,12A  !| as she did. I was quite astonished. An uncle with whom$6#1$
107: 63,13A  !| she has been living$9$ so$5#1$ many years, and who$6#1$, whatever his
107: 63,14A  !| faults may$1$ be, is so$5#1$ very fond of her brother, treating him,
107: 63,15A  !| they say, quite like$9$ a son. I could not have believed it|"
107: 63,16B  !| "I thought$1$ you would be struck. It was very wrong$9$ ~
107: 63,17B  !| very indecorous."
107: 63,18A  !| "And very ungrateful I think."
107: 63,19B  !| "Ungrateful is a strong word. I do not know that$3$ her
107: 63,20B  !| uncle has any claim$0$ to$4$ her \gratitude\; his wife certainly
107: 63,21B  !| had; and it is the warmth of her respect$0$ for$4$ her aunt's
107: 63,22B  !| memory which$6#1$ misleads her here. She is awkwardly
107: 63,23B  !| circumstanced. With such warm$2$ feelings and lively
107: 63,24B  !| spirits it must be difficult to$9$ do justice to$4$ her affection for$4$
107: 63,25B  !| $MP#ZF$Mrs%*Crawford, without throwing a shade on$4$ the $MP#ZF$admiral.
107: 63,26B  !| I do not pretend to$9$ know which$6#2$ was most to$4$ blame$1$ in
107: 63,27B  !| their disagreements, though the $MP#ZF$admiral's present$9$ conduct$0$
107: 63,28B  !| might incline one to$4$ the side$0$ of his wife: but it is natural$2$
107: 63,29B  !| and amiable that$3$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford should acquit her aunt
107: 63,30B  !| entirely. I do not censure$1$ her \opinions\; but there
107: 63,31B  !| certainly \is\ impropriety in making them public$2$."
107: 63,32A  !| "Do not you think,"
107: 63,32'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, after$4$ a little consideration,
107: 63,33A  !| "that$3$ this impropriety is a reflection itself upon
107: 64, 1A  !| $MP#ZF$Mrs%*Crawford, as her niece has been entirely brought up
107: 64, 2A  !| by$4$ her? She cannot have given her right$2#1$ notions of what$6#1$
107: 64, 3A  !| was due$2$ to$4$ the $MP#ZF$admiral."
107: 64, 4B  !| "That$6#2$ is a fair remark$0$. Yes, we must suppose the
107: 64, 5B  !| faults of the niece to$9$ have been those of the aunt; and it
107: 64, 6B  !| makes one more sensible$2#1$ of the disadvantages she has
107: 64, 7B  !| been under. But I think her present$9$ home must do her
107: 64, 8B  !| good. $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's manners are just$9$ what$6#1$ they ought
107: 64, 9B  !| to$9$ be. She speaks of her brother with a very pleasing
107: 64,10B  !| affection."
107: 64,11A  !| "Yes, except as to$4$ his writing$1$ her such short$2$ letters.
107: 64,12A  !| She made me almost laugh$1$; but I cannot rate$1$ so$5#1$ very
107: 64,13A  !| highly the love$0$ or good*nature of a brother, who$6#1$ will$1$ not
107: 64,14A  !| give himself the trouble$0$ of writing$1$ any*thing worth
107: 64,15A  !| reading, to$4$ his sisters, when they are separated. I am
107: 64,16A  !| sure $MP#Q$William would never have used$1#1$ \me\ so$5#2$, under any
107: 64,17A  !| circumstances. And what$6#2$ right$0$ had she to$9$ suppose, that$3$
107: 64,18A  !| \you\ would not write long$9$ letters when you were absent?"
107: 64,19B  !| "The right$0$ of a lively mind$0$, $MP#A$Fanny, seizing whatever
107: 64,20B  !| may$1$ contribute to$4$ its own$2$ amusement or that$6#2$ of others;
107: 64,21B  !| perfectly allowable, when untinctured by$4$ ill*humour or
107: 64,22B  !| roughness; and there is not a shadow of either in the
107: 64,23B  !| countenance or manner of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, nothing sharp,
107: 64,24B  !| or loud, or coarse. She is perfectly feminine, except in
107: 64,25B  !| the instances we have been speaking of. \There\ she
107: 64,26B  !| cannot be justified. I am glad you saw it all as I did."
107: 64,27'  !| Having formed her mind$0$ and gained her affections,
107: 64,28'  !| he had a good chance$0$ of her thinking like$9$ him; though
107: 64,29'  !| at this period, and on$4$ this subject$0$, there began now to$9$
107: 64,30'  !| be some danger of dissimilarity, for$3$ he was in a line of
107: 64,31'  !| admiration of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, which$6#1$ might lead$1$ him
107: 64,32'  !| where $MP#A$Fanny could not follow. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's attractions
107: 64,33'  !| did not lessen. The harp arrived, and rather added
107: 64,34'  !| to$4$ her beauty, wit$0#1$, and good*humour, for$3$ she played
107: 64,35'  !| with the greatest obligingness, with an expression and
107: 64,36'  !| taste which$6#1$ were peculiarly becoming$2$, and there was
107: 64,37'  !| something clever to$9$ be said at the close$0$ of every air.
107: 64,38'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was at the parsonage every day to$9$ be indulged
107: 65, 1'  !| with his favourite$2$ instrument; one morning secured an
107: 65, 2'  !| invitation for$4$ the next, for$3$ the lady could not be unwilling
107: 65, 3'  !| to$9$ have a listener, and every*thing was soon in a fair
107: 65, 4'  !| train.
107: 65, 5'  !| A young woman, pretty$2$, lively, with a harp as elegant
107: 65, 6'  !| as herself; and both placed near$4$ a window, cut$9$ down$5$
107: 65, 7'  !| to$4$ the ground, and opening on$4$ a little lawn, surrounded
107: 65, 8'  !| by$4$ shrubs in the rich foliage of summer, was enough to$9$
107: 65, 9'  !| catch$1$ any man's heart. The season, the scene, the air,
107: 65,10'  !| were all favourable to$4$ tenderness and sentiment. $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
107: 65,11'  !| and her tambour frame were not without their
107: 65,12'  !| use$0$; it was all in harmony; and as every*thing will$1$
107: 65,13'  !| turn$1$ to$4$ account$0$ when love$0$ is once set$1$ going, even$5$ the
107: 65,14'  !| sandwich tray, and $MP#M$Dr%*Grant doing the honours of it,
107: 65,15'  !| were worth looking at. Without studying the business,
107: 65,16'  !| however, or knowing what$6#1$ he was about$4$, $MP#B$Edmund was
107: 65,17'  !| beginning$1$ at the end$0$ of a week of such intercourse, to$9$ be
107: 65,18'  !| a good deal$0#2$ in love$0$; and to$4$ the credit$0$ of the lady it may$1$
107: 65,19'  !| be added, that$3$ without his being$1$ a man of the world or
107: 65,20'  !| an elder brother, without any of the arts of flattery or
107: 65,21'  !| the gaieties of small talk$0$, he began to$4$ be agreeable to$9$ her.
107: 65,22'  !| She felt it to$9$ be so$5#2$, though she had not foreseen and could
107: 65,23'  !| hardly understand it; for$3$ he was not pleasant by$4$ any
107: 65,24'  !| common$2$ rule, he talked no$2$ nonsense, he paid no$2$ compliments,
107: 65,25'  !| his opinions were unbending, his attentions
107: 65,26'  !| tranquil and simple$2$. There was a charm$0$, perhaps, in his
107: 65,27'  !| sincerity, his steadiness, his integrity, which$6#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
107: 65,28'  !| might be equal$2$ to$9$ feel, though not equal$2$ to$9$ discuss
107: 65,29'  !| with herself. She did not think very much about$4$ it,
107: 65,30'  !| however;
107: 65,30@c   | he pleased her for$4$ the present$0#1$; she liked to$9$
107: 65,31@c   | have him near$4$ her; it was enough.
107: 65,32@a   | $MP#A$Fanny could not wonder$1$ that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund was at the
107: 65,33@a   | parsonage every morning; she would gladly have been
107: 65,34@a   | there too$5#2$, might she have gone in uninvited and unnoticed
107: 65,35@a   | to$9$ hear the harp; neither could she wonder$1$, that$3$ when
107: 65,36@a   | the evening stroll was over, and the two families parted
107: 65,37@a   | again, he should think it right$2#1$ to$9$ attend $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant and
107: 65,38@a   | her sister to$4$ their home, while$9$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was devoted
107: 66, 1@a   | to$4$ the ladies of the park; but she thought$1$ it a very bad
107: 66, 2@a   | exchange$0$, and if $MP#B$Edmund were not there to$9$ mix the wine
107: 66, 3@a   | and water for$4$ her, would rather go without it than not.
107: 66, 4@a   | She was a little surprised that$3$ he could spend so$5#1$ many
107: 66, 5@a   | hours with $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, and not see more of the sort
107: 66, 6@a   | of fault which$6#1$ he had already observed, and of which$6#1$ \she\
107: 66, 7@a   | was almost always reminded by$4$ a something of the same
107: 66, 8@a   | nature whenever she was in her company; but so$5#2$ it was.
107: 66, 9@a   | $MP#B$Edmund was fond of speaking to$4$ her of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
107: 66,10@a   | but he seemed to$9$ think it enough that$3$ the $MP#ZF$admiral had
107: 66,11@a   | since been spared; and she scrupled to$9$ point$1$ out$5$ her
107: 66,12@a   | own$2$ remarks to$4$ him, lest it should appear like$9$ ill-nature.
107: 66,13'  !| The first actual pain$0$ which$6#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford occasioned her,
107: 66,14'  !| was the consequence of an inclination to$9$ learn to$9$ ride$1$,
107: 66,15'  !| which$6#1$ the former caught soon after$4$ her being$1$ settled$1$ at
107: 66,16'  !| Mansfield from the example of the young ladies at the
107: 66,17'  !| park, and which$6#1$, when $MP#B$Edmund's acquaintance with her
107: 66,18'  !| increased, led to$4$ his encouraging the wish$0$, and the offer$0$
107: 66,19'  !| of his own$2$ quiet$2$ mare for$4$ the purpose of her first attempts,
107: 66,20'  !| as the best fitted for$4$ a beginner that$6#1$ either stable could
107: 66,21'  !| furnish. No$2$ pain$0$, no$2$ injury, however, was designed by$4$
107: 66,22'  !| him to$4$ his cousin in this offer$0$:
107: 66,22@b   | \she\ was not to$9$ lose a day's
107: 66,23@b   | exercise$0$ by$4$ it. The mare was only to$9$ be taken down$5$
107: 66,24@b   | to$4$ the parsonage half an hour before$3$ her ride$0$ were to$9$
107: 66,25@b   | begin;
107: 66,25'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny, on$4$ its being$1$ first proposed, so$5#1$ far
107: 66,26'  !| from feeling$1$ slighted, was almost overpowered with
107: 66,27'  !| gratitude that$3$ he should be asking her leave$0$ for$4$ it.
107: 66,28'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford made her first essay with great credit$0$
107: 66,29'  !| to$4$ herself, and no$2$ inconvenience to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny. $MP#B$Edmund,
107: 66,30'  !| who$6#1$ had taken down$5$ the mare and presided at the whole$0$,
107: 66,31'  !| returned with it in excellent time, before$3$ either $MP#A$Fanny
107: 66,32'  !| or the steady old coachman, who$6#1$ always attended her
107: 66,33'  !| when she rode without her cousins, were ready to$9$ set$1$
107: 66,34'  !| forward$8$. The second$2$ day's trial was not so$5#1$ guiltless.
107: 66,35'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's enjoyment of riding was such, that$3$ she
107: 66,36'  !| did not know how to$9$ leave$1$ off. Active and fearless, and,
107: 66,37'  !| though rather small, strongly made, she seemed formed
107: 66,38'  !| for$4$ a horsewoman; and to$4$ the pure genuine pleasure of
107: 67, 1'  !| the exercise$0$, something was probably added in $MP#B$Edmund's
107: 67, 2'  !| attendance and instructions, and something more in the
107: 67, 3'  !| conviction of very much surpassing her sex in general$0$
107: 67, 4'  !| by$4$ her early progress, to$9$ make$1$ her unwilling to$9$ dismount.
107: 67, 5'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was ready and waiting, and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was
107: 67, 6'  !| beginning$1$ to$9$ scold her for$4$ not being$1$ gone, and still$5$ no$2$
107: 67, 7'  !| horse was announced, no$2$ $MP#B$Edmund appeared. To$9$ avoid
107: 67, 8'  !| her aunt, and look$1$ for$4$ him, she went out$5$.
107: 67, 9@a   | The houses, though scarcely half a mile apart, were
107: 67,10@a   | not within sight of each other; but by$4$ walking fifty
107: 67,11@a   | yards from the hall door, she could look$1$ down$4$ the park,
107: 67,12@a   | and command$1$ a view$0$ of the parsonage and all its demesnes,
107: 67,13@a   | gently rising beyond$4$ the village road; and in $MP#M$Dr%*Grant's
107: 67,14@a   | meadow she immediately saw the group ~ $MP#B$Edmund and
107: 67,15@a   | $MP#C$Miss*Crawford both on$4$ horseback, riding side$0$ by$4$ side$0$,
107: 67,16@a   | $MP#M$Dr% and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, with two or
107: 67,16@a   | three
107: 67,17@a   | grooms, standing$1$ about$5$ and looking on$5$. A happy party
107: 67,18@a   | it appeared to$4$ her ~ all interested in one object$0$ ~ cheerful
107: 67,19@a   | beyond$4$ a doubt$0$, for$3$ the sound$0$ of merriment ascended
107: 67,20@a   | even$5$ to$4$ her. It was a sound$0$ which$6#1$ did not make$1$ \her\
107: 67,21@a   | cheerful; she wondered that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund should forget her,
107: 67,22@a   | and felt a pang. She could not turn$1$ her eyes from the
107: 67,23@a   | meadow, she could not help$1$ watching all that$6#1$ passed.
107: 67,24@a   | At first $MP#C$Miss*Crawford and her companion made the
107: 67,25@a   | circuit of the field, which$6#1$ was not small, at a foot's pace$0$;
107: 67,26@a   | then, at \her\ apparent suggestion, they rose$1$ into a canter;
107: 67,27@a   | and to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's timid nature it was most astonishing to$9$
107: 67,28@a   | see how well$9$ she sat. After$4$ a few minutes, they stopt
107: 67,29@a   | entirely, $MP#B$Edmund was close$9$ to$4$ her, he was speaking to$4$
107: 67,30@a   | her, he was evidently directing her management of the
107: 67,31@a   | bridle, he had hold$0$ of her hand$0$; she saw it, or the imagination
107: 67,32@a   | supplied what$6#1$ the eye could not reach$1$. She must
107: 67,33@a   | not wonder$1$ at all this; what$6#2$ could be more natural$2$ than
107: 67,34@a   | that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund should be making himself useful, and
107: 67,35@a   | proving his good-nature by$4$ any*one? She could not but
107: 67,36@a   | think indeed that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford might as well$9$ have saved
107: 67,37@a   | him the trouble$0$; that$3$ it would have been particularly
107: 67,38@a   | proper and becoming$2$ in a brother to$9$ have done it himself;
107: 68, 1@a   | but $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, with all his boasted$2$ good-nature, and
107: 68, 2@a   | all his coachmanship, probably knew nothing of the
107: 68, 3@a   | matter, and had no$2$ active kindness in comparison of
107: 68, 4@a   | $MP#B$Edmund. She began to$9$ think it rather hard upon the
107: 68, 5@a   | mare to$9$ have such double$2$ duty; if she were forgotten
107: 68, 6@a   | the poor mare should be remembered.
107: 68, 7@a   | Her feelings for$4$ one and the other were soon a little
107: 68, 8@a   | tranquillized, by$4$ seeing the party in the meadow disperse,
107: 68, 9@a   | and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford still$5$ on$4$ horseback, but attended by$4$
107: 68,10@a   | $MP#B$Edmund on$4$ foot, pass$1$ through$4$ a gate into the lane, and
107: 68,11@a   | so$5#2$ into the park, and make$1$ towards the spot where she
107: 68,12@a   | stood. She began then to$9$ be afraid of appearing rude
107: 68,13@a   | and impatient; and walked to$9$ meet$1$ them with a great
107: 68,14@a   | anxiety to$9$ avoid the suspicion.
107: 68,15C  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Miss*Price,"
107: 68,15'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, as soon as
107: 68,16'  !| she was at all within hearing,
107: 68,16C  !| "I am come to$9$ make$1$ my
107: 68,17C  !| own$2$ apologies for$4$ keeping$1$ you waiting ~ but I have
107: 68,18C  !| nothing in the world to$9$ say for$4$ myself ~ I knew it was very
107: 68,19C  !| late, and that$3$ I was behaving extremely ill; and, therefore,
107: 68,20C  !| if you please, you must forgive me. Selfishness
107: 68,21C  !| must always be forgiven you know, because there is no$2$
107: 68,22C  !| hope$0$ of a cure$0$."
107: 68,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's answer$0$ was extremely civil, and $MP#B$Edmund
107: 68,24'  !| added his conviction that$3$ she could be in no$2$ hurry$0$.
107: 68,25B  !| "For$3$ there is more than time enough for$4$ my cousin to$9$
107: 68,26B  !| ride$1$ twice as far as she ever goes,"
107: 68,26'  !| said he,
107: 68,26B  !| "and you
107: 68,27B  !| have been promoting her comfort$0$ by$4$ preventing her
107: 68,28B  !| from setting off half an hour sooner; clouds are now
107: 68,29B  !| coming up, and she will$1$ not suffer from the heat$0$ as she
107: 68,30B  !| would have done then. I wish$1$ \you\ may$1$ not be fatigued
107: 68,31B  !| by$4$ so$5#1$ much exercise$0$. I wish$1$ you had saved yourself this
107: 68,32B  !| walk$0$ home."
107: 68,33C  !| "No$2$ part$0$ of it fatigues$1$ me but getting off this horse,
107: 68,34C  !| I assure you,"
107: 68,34'  !| said she, as she sprang down$5$ with his help$1$;
107: 68,35C  !| "I am very strong. Nothing ever fatigues$1$ me, but
107: 68,36C  !| doing what$6#1$ I do not like$1$. $MP#A$Miss*Price, I give way to$4$ you
107: 68,37C  !| with a very bad grace$0$; but I sincerely hope$1$ you will$1$
107: 68,38C  !| have a pleasant ride$0$, and that$3$ I may$1$ have nothing
107: 69, 1C  !| but good to$9$ hear of this dear$2#1$, delightful, beautiful
107: 69, 2C  !| animal."
107: 69, 3'  !| The old coachman, who$6#1$ had been waiting about$5$ with
107: 69, 4'  !| his own$2$ horse, now joining them, $MP#A$Fanny was lifted on$4$
107: 69, 5'  !| her's, and they set$1$ off across$4$ another part$0$ of the park;
107: 69, 6'  !| her feelings of discomfort not lightened by$4$ seeing, as she
107: 69, 7'  !| looked back$5$, that$3$ the others were walking down$4$ the hill
107: 69, 8'  !| together to$4$ the village; nor did her attendant do her
107: 69, 9'  !| much good by$4$ his comments on$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's great
107: 69,10'  !| cleverness as a horsewoman, which$6#1$ he had been watching
107: 69,11'  !| with an interest$0$ almost equal$2$ to$4$ her own$2$.
107: 69,12L  !| "It is a pleasure to$9$ see a lady with such a good heart
107: 69,13L  !| for$4$ riding|"
107: 69,13'  !| said he.
107: 69,13L  !| "I never see one sit a horse
107: 69,14L  !| better$9$. She did not seem to$9$ have a thought$0$ of fear$0$.
107: 69,15L  !| Very different from you, $MP#A$miss, when you first began, six
107: 69,16L  !| years ago come next Easter. Lord$7$ bless me| how you
107: 69,17L  !| did tremble$1$ when $MP#E$Sir*Thomas first had you put on$5$|"
107: 69,18'  !| In the drawing-room $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was also celebrated.
107: 69,19'  !| Her merit$0$ in being$1$ gifted by$4$ nature with
107: 69,20'  !| strength and courage was fully appreciated by$4$ the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams;
107: 69,21'  !| her delight$0$ in riding was like$9$ their own$2$;
107: 69,22'  !| her early excellence in it was like$9$ their own$2$, and they
107: 69,23'  !| had great pleasure in praising it.
107: 69,24I  !| "I was sure she would ride$1$ well$9$,"
107: 69,24'  !| said $MP#I$Julia;
107: 69,24I  !| "she
107: 69,25I  !| has the make$0$ for$4$ it. Her figure is as neat as her brother's."
107: 69,26H  !| "Yes,"
107: 69,26'  !| added $MP#H$Maria,
107: 69,26H  !| "and her spirits are as good,
107: 69,27H  !| and she has the same energy of character. I cannot
107: 69,28H  !| but think that$3$ good horsemanship has a great deal$0#2$ to$9$ do
107: 69,29H  !| with the mind$0$."
107: 69,30'  !| When they parted at night, $MP#B$Edmund asked $MP#A$Fanny
107: 69,31'  !| whether she meant to$9$ ride$1$ the next day.
107: 69,32A  !| "No$7$, I do not know, not if you want$1$ the mare,"
107: 69,32'  !| was
107: 69,33'  !| her answer$0$.
107: 69,34B  !| "I do not want$1$ her at all for$4$ myself,"
107: 69,34'  !| said he;
107: 69,34B  !| "but
107: 69,35B  !| whenever you are next inclined to$9$ stay$1$ at home, I think
107: 69,36B  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford would be glad to$9$ have her for$4$ a longer
107: 69,37B  !| time ~ for$4$ a whole$2$ morning in short$0$. She has a great
107: 69,38B  !| desire$0$ to$9$ get as far as Mansfield*common, $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
107: 70, 1B  !| has been telling her of its fine views, and I have no$2$ doubt$0$
107: 70, 2B  !| of her being$1$ perfectly equal$2$ to$4$ it. But any morning
107: 70, 3B  !| will$1$ do for$4$ this. She would be extremely sorry to$9$ interfere
107: 70, 4B  !| with you. It would be very wrong$9$ if she did. ~ \She\
107: 70, 5B  !| rides$1$ only for$4$ pleasure, \you\ for$4$ health."
107: 70, 6A  !| "I shall not ride$1$ to-morrow, certainly,"
107: 70, 6'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny;
107: 70, 7A  !| "I have been out$5$ very often lately, and would rather
107: 70, 8A  !| stay$1$ at home. You know I am strong enough now to$9$
107: 70, 9A  !| walk$1$ very well$9$."
107: 70,10'  !| $MP#B$Edmund looked pleased, which$6#1$ must be $MP#A$Fanny's comfort$0$,
107: 70,11'  !| and the ride$0$ to$4$ Mansfield*common took place$0$ the next
107: 70,12'  !| morning; ~ the party included all the young people but
107: 70,13'  !| herself, and was much enjoyed at the time, and doubly
107: 70,14'  !| enjoyed again in the evening discussion. A successful
107: 70,15'  !| scheme$0$ of this sort generally brings on$5$ another; and the
107: 70,16'  !| having been to$4$ Mansfield-common, disposed them all for$4$
107: 70,17'  !| going somewhere else the day after$5$. There were many
107: 70,18'  !| other views to$9$ be shewn, and though the weather was
107: 70,19'  !| hot, there were shady lanes wherever they wanted to$9$ go.
107: 70,20'  !| A young party is always provided$1$ with a shady lane.
107: 70,21'  !| Four fine mornings successively were spent in this manner,
107: 70,22'  !| in shewing the $MP#D1$Crawfords the country, and doing the
107: 70,23'  !| honours of its finest spots. Every*thing answered; it
107: 70,24'  !| was all gaiety and good-humour, the heat$0$ only supplying
107: 70,25'  !| inconvenience enough to$9$ be talked of with pleasure ~ till
107: 70,26'  !| the fourth day, when the happiness of one of the party
107: 70,27'  !| was exceedingly clouded. $MP#H$Miss*Bertram was the one.
107: 70,28'  !| $MP#B$Edmund and $MP#I$Julia were invited to$9$ dine at the parsonage,
107: 70,29'  !| and \she\ was excluded. It was meant and done by$4$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant,
107: 70,30'  !| with perfect$2$ good*humour, on$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's
107: 70,31'  !| account$0$, who$6#1$ was partly expected$1$ at the park that$6#2$ day;
107: 70,32'  !| but it was felt as a very grievous injury, and her good
107: 70,33'  !| manners were severely taxed to$9$ conceal her vexation
107: 70,34'  !| and anger$0$, till she reached home. As $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
107: 70,35'  !| did \not\ come, the injury was increased, and she had not
107: 70,36'  !| even$5$ the relief of shewing her power over him; she could
107: 70,37'  !| only be sullen to$4$ her mother, aunt, and cousin, and throw$1$
107: 70,38'  !| as great a gloom as possible over their dinner and dessert.
107: 71, 1'  !| Between ten and eleven, $MP#B$Edmund and $MP#I$Julia walked
107: 71, 2'  !| into the drawing-room, fresh with the evening air,
107: 71, 3'  !| glowing and cheerful, the very reverse of what$6#1$ they
107: 71, 4'  !| found in the three ladies sitting$1$ there, for$3$ $MP#H$Maria would
107: 71, 5'  !| scarcely raise her eyes from her book, and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
107: 71, 6'  !| was half asleep; and even$5$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, discomposed by$4$
107: 71, 7'  !| her niece's ill-humour, and having asked one or two
107: 71, 8'  !| questions about$4$ the dinner, which$6#1$ were not immediately
107: 71, 9'  !| attended to$4$, seemed almost determined$2$ to$9$ say no$2$ more.
107: 71,10'  !| For$4$ a few minutes, the brother and sister were too$5#1$ eager
107: 71,11'  !| in their praise$0$ of the night and their remarks on$4$ the stars,
107: 71,12'  !| to$9$ think beyond$4$ themselves; but when the first pause$0$
107: 71,13'  !| came, $MP#B$Edmund, looking around$5$, said,
107: 71,13B  !| "But where is
107: 71,14B  !| $MP#A$Fanny? ~ Is she gone to$4$ bed?"
107: 71,15J  !| "No$7$, not that$6#2$ I know of,"
107: 71,15'  !| replied $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris;
107: 71,15J  !| "she
107: 71,16J  !| was here a moment ago."
107: 71,17'  !| Her own$2$ gentle voice speaking from the other end$0$ of
107: 71,18'  !| the room, which$6#1$ was a very long$9$ one, told them that$3$ she
107: 71,19'  !| was on$4$ the sofa. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris began scolding.
107: 71,20J  !| "That$6#2$ is a very foolish trick$0$, $MP#A$Fanny, to$9$ be idling away
107: 71,21J  !| all the evening upon a sofa. Why cannot you come and
107: 71,22J  !| sit here, and employ yourself as \we\ do? ~ If you have
107: 71,23J  !| no$2$ work$0$ of your own$2$, I can supply$1$ you from the poor-basket.
107: 71,24J  !| There is all the new calico that$6#1$ was bought last$2$
107: 71,25J  !| week, not touched yet. I am sure I almost broke my
107: 71,26J  !| back$0$ by$4$ cutting it out$5$. You should learn to$9$ think of
107: 71,27J  !| other people; and take my word for$4$ it, it is a shocking
107: 71,28J  !| trick$0$ for$4$ a young person to$9$ be always lolling upon a
107: 71,29J  !| sofa."
107: 71,30'  !| Before$3$ half this was said, $MP#A$Fanny was returned to$4$ her
107: 71,31'  !| seat at the table, and had taken up her work$0$ again;
107: 71,32'  !| and $MP#I$Julia, who$6#1$ was in high good-humour, from the
107: 71,33'  !| pleasures of the day, did her the justice of exclaiming,
107: 71,34I  !| "I must say, ma'am, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny is as little upon the
107: 71,35I  !| sofa as any*body in the house."
107: 71,36B  !| "$MP#A$Fanny,"
107: 71,36'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund, after$4$ looking at her attentively;
107: 71,37B  !| "I am sure you have the headach?"
107: 71,38'  !| She could not deny it, but said it was not very bad.
107: 72, 1B  !| "I can hardly believe you,"
107: 72, 1'  !| he replied;
107: 72, 1B  !| "I know your
107: 72, 2B  !| looks$0$ too$5#1$ well$9$. How long$9$ have you had it?"
107: 72, 3A  !| "Since a little before$4$ dinner. It is nothing but the heat$0$."
107: 72, 4B  !| "Did you go out$5$ in the heat$0$?"
107: 72, 5J  !| "Go out$5$| to$9$ be sure she did,"
107: 72, 5'  !| said $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris;
107: 72, 6J  !| "would you have her stay$1$ within such a fine day as this?
107: 72, 7J  !| Were not we \all\ out$5$? Even$5$ your mother was out$5$ to-day
107: 72, 8J  !| for$4$ above$4$ an hour."
107: 72, 9F  !| "Yes, indeed, $MP#B$Edmund,"
107: 72, 9'  !| added her ladyship, who$6#1$ had
107: 72,10'  !| been thoroughly awakened by$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's sharp reprimand
107: 72,11'  !| to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny;
107: 72,11F  !| "I was out$5$ above$4$ an hour. I sat
107: 72,12F  !| three quarters of an hour in the flower*garden, while$9$
107: 72,13F  !| $MP#A$Fanny cut$9$ the roses, and very pleasant it was I assure
107: 72,14F  !| you, but very hot. It was shady enough in the alcove,
107: 72,15F  !| but I declare I quite dreaded the coming home again."
107: 72,16B  !| "$MP#A$Fanny has been cutting roses, has she?"
107: 72,17F  !| "Yes, and I am afraid they will$1$ be the last$0$ this year.
107: 72,18F  !| Poor thing| \She\ found it hot enough, but they were so$5#1$
107: 72,19F  !| full blown, that$3$ one could not wait."
107: 72,20J  !| "There was no$2$ help$0$ for$4$ it certainly,"
107: 72,20'  !| rejoined $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
107: 72,21'  !| in a rather softened voice;
107: 72,21J  !| "but I question$1$
107: 72,22J  !| whether her headach might not be caught \then\, sister.
107: 72,23J  !| There is nothing so$5#1$ likely to$9$ give it as standing$1$ and
107: 72,24J  !| stooping in a hot sun. But I dare$1#2$ say it will$1$ be well$9$
107: 72,25J  !| to-morrow. Suppose you let her have your aromatic
107: 72,26J  !| vinegar; I always forget to$9$ have mine$6$ filled."
107: 72,27F  !| "She has got it,"
107: 72,27'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram;
107: 72,27F  !| "she has had
107: 72,28F  !| it ever since she came back$5$ from your house the second$2$
107: 72,29F  !| time."
107: 72,30B  !| "What$7$|"
107: 72,30'  !| cried $MP#B$Edmund;
107: 72,30B  !| "has she been walking
107: 72,31B  !| as well$9$ as cutting roses; walking across$4$ the hot park to$4$
107: 72,32B  !| your house, and doing it twice, ma'am? ~ No$2$ wonder$0$ her
107: 72,33B  !| head$0$ aches."
107: 72,34'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was talking to$4$ $MP#I$Julia, and did not hear.
107: 72,35F  !| "I was afraid it would be too$5#1$ much for$4$ her,"
107: 72,35'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram;
107: 72,36F  !| "but when the roses were gathered, your aunt
107: 72,37F  !| wished to$9$ have them, and then you know they must be
107: 72,38F  !| taken home."
107: 73, 1B  !| "But were there roses enough to$9$ oblige her to$9$ go
107: 73, 2B  !| twice?"
107: 73, 3F  !| "No$7$; but they were to$9$ be put into the spare*room to$9$
107: 73, 4F  !| dry$1$; and, unluckily, $MP#A$Fanny forgot to$9$ lock$1$ the door of
107: 73, 5F  !| the room and bring away the key, so$3$ she was obliged to$9$
107: 73, 6F  !| go again."
107: 73, 7'  !| $MP#B$Edmund got up and walked about$4$ the room, saying,
107: 73, 8B  !| "And could nobody be employed on$4$ such an errand but
107: 73, 9B  !| $MP#A$Fanny? ~ Upon my word, ma'am, it has been a very
107: 73,10B  !| ill-managed business."
107: 73,11J  !| "I am sure I do not know how it was to$9$ have been
107: 73,12J  !| done better$9$,"
107: 73,12'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, unable to$9$ be longer deaf;
107: 73,13J  !| "unless I had gone myself indeed; but I cannot be in
107: 73,14J  !| two places$0$ at once; and I was talking to$4$ $MP#ZI$Mr%*Green at
107: 73,15J  !| that$6#2$ very time about$4$ your mother's dairymaid, by$4$ \her\
107: 73,16J  !| desire$0$, and had promised $MP#ZZL$John*Groom to$9$ write to$4$
107: 73,16J  !| $MP#ZP$Mrs%*Jefferies
107: 73,17J  !| about$4$ his son, and the poor fellow was waiting
107: 73,18J  !| for$4$ me half an hour. I think nobody can justly accuse
107: 73,19J  !| me of sparing myself upon any occasion$0$, but really
107: 73,20J  !| I cannot do every*thing at once. And as for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's
107: 73,21J  !| just$9$ stepping down$5$ to$4$ my house for$4$ me, it is not much
107: 73,22J  !| above$4$ a quarter$0#1$ of a mile, I cannot think I was unreasonable
107: 73,23J  !| to$9$ ask it. How often do I pace$1$ it three times a-day,
107: 73,24J  !| early and late, ay and in all weathers too$5#2$, and say nothing
107: 73,25J  !| about$4$ it."
107: 73,26B  !| "I wish$1$ $MP#A$Fanny had half your strength, ma'am."
107: 73,27J  !| "If $MP#A$Fanny would be more regular in her exercise$0$, she
107: 73,28J  !| would not be knocked up so$5#1$ soon. She has not been out$5$
107: 73,29J  !| on$4$ horseback now this long$9$ while$0$, and I am persuaded,
107: 73,30J  !| that$3$ when she does not ride$1$, she ought to$9$ walk$1$. If she
107: 73,31J  !| had been riding before$5$, I should not have asked it of her.
107: 73,32J  !| But I thought$1$ it would rather do her good after$4$ being$1$
107: 73,33J  !| stooping among the roses; for$3$ there is nothing so$5#1$ refreshing
107: 73,34J  !| as a walk$0$ after$4$ a fatigue$0$ of that$6#2$ kind$0$; and though
107: 73,35J  !| the sun was strong, it was not so$5#1$ very hot. Between
107: 73,36J  !| ourselves, $MP#B$Edmund,"
107: 73,36'  !| nodding significantly at his mother,
107: 73,37J  !| "it was cutting the roses, and dawdling about$5$ in the
107: 73,38J  !| flower-garden, that$6#1$ did the mischief."
107: 74, 1F  !| "I am afraid it was, indeed,"
107: 74, 1'  !| said the more candid
107: 74, 2'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, who$6#1$ had overheard her,
107: 74, 2F  !| "I am very much
107: 74, 3F  !| afraid she caught the headach there, for$3$ the heat$0$ was
107: 74, 4F  !| enough to$9$ kill any*body. It was as much as I could bear$1$
107: 74, 5F  !| myself. Sitting$1$ and calling to$4$ Pug, and trying$1$ to$9$ keep
107: 74, 6F  !| him from the flower-beds, was almost too$5#1$ much for$4$ me."
107: 74, 7'  !| $MP#B$Edmund said no$2$ more to$4$ either lady; but going
107: 74, 8'  !| quietly to$4$ another table, on$4$ which$6#1$ the supper tray yet
107: 74, 9'  !| remained, brought a glass of Madeira to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and
107: 74,10'  !| obliged her to$9$ drink the greater part$0$. She wished to$9$ be
107: 74,11'  !| able to$9$ decline it; but the tears which$6#1$ a variety of
107: 74,12'  !| feelings created, made it easier to$9$ swallow than to$9$ speak.
107: 74,13'  !| Vexed as $MP#B$Edmund was with his mother and aunt, he
107: 74,14'  !| was still$5$ more angry with himself.
107: 74,14@b   | His own$2$ forgetfulness
107: 74,15@b   | of her was worse than any*thing which$6#1$ they had done.
107: 74,16@b   | Nothing of this would have happened had she been
107: 74,17@b   | properly considered; but she had been left$1$ four days
107: 74,18@b   | together without any choice$0$ of companions or exercise$0$,
107: 74,19@b   | and without any excuse$0$ for$4$ avoiding whatever her
107: 74,20@b   | unreasonable aunts might require. He was ashamed to$9$
107: 74,21@b   | think that$3$ for$4$ four days together she had not had the
107: 74,22@b   | power of riding, and very seriously resolved, however
107: 74,23@b   | unwilling he must be to$9$ check$1$ a pleasure of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's,
107: 74,24@b   | that$3$ it should never happen again.
107: 74,25'  !| $MP#A$Fanny went to$4$ bed with her heart as full as on$4$ the
107: 74,26'  !| first evening of her arrival at the Park. The state$0$ of her
107: 74,27'  !| spirits had probably had its share$0$ in her indisposition;
107: 74,28'  !| for$3$ she had been feeling$1$ neglected, and been struggling
107: 74,29'  !| against discontent and envy$0$ for$4$ some days past$9$. As she
107: 74,30'  !| leant on$4$ the sofa, to$4$ which$6#1$ she had retreated that$3$ she
107: 74,31'  !| might not be seen, the pain$0$ of her mind$0$ had been much
107: 74,32'  !| beyond$4$ that$6#1$ in her head$0$; and the sudden$2$ change$0$ which$6#1$
107: 74,33'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's kindness had then occasioned, made her hardly
107: 74,34'  !| know how to$9$ support$1$ herself.
108: 75, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's rides$0$ recommenced the very next day, and
108: 75, 2'  !| as it was a pleasant fresh-feeling morning, less hot than
108: 75, 3'  !| the weather had lately been, $MP#B$Edmund trusted that$3$ her
108: 75, 4'  !| losses both of health and pleasure would be soon made
108: 75, 5'  !| good. While$9$ she was gone, $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth arrived,
108: 75, 6'  !| escorting his mother, who$6#1$ came to$9$ be civil, and to$9$ shew$1$
108: 75, 7'  !| her civility especially, in urging the execution of the plan
108: 75, 8'  !| for$4$ visiting Sotherton, which$6#1$ had been started a fortnight
108: 75, 9'  !| before$5$, and which$6#1$, in consequence of her subsequent
108: 75,10'  !| absence from home, had since lain dormant. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
108: 75,11'  !| and her nieces were all well$9$ pleased with its revival, and
108: 75,12'  !| an early day was named, and agreed to$4$, provided$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
108: 75,13'  !| should be disengaged; the young ladies did not
108: 75,14'  !| forget that$6#2$ stipulation, and though $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris would
108: 75,15'  !| willingly have answered for$4$ his being$1$ so$5#2$, they would
108: 75,16'  !| neither authorize the liberty, nor run$1$ the risk$0$; and at
108: 75,17'  !| last$0$ on$4$ a hint$0$ from $MP#H$Miss*Bertram, $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth discovered
108: 75,18'  !| that$3$
108: 75,18@u   | the properest thing to$9$ be done, was for$4$ him
108: 75,19@u   | to$9$ walk$1$ down$5$ to$4$ the parsonage directly, and call$1$ on$4$
108: 75,19@u   | $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,
108: 75,20@u   | and inquire whether Wednesday would suit$1$
108: 75,21@u   | him or not.
108: 75,22'  !| Before$4$ his return$0$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford came
108: 75,23'  !| in. Having been out$5$ some time, and taken a different
108: 75,24'  !| route to$4$ the house, they had not met him. Comfortable
108: 75,25'  !| hopes$0$, however, were given that$3$ he would find $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
108: 75,26'  !| at home. The Sotherton scheme$0$ was mentioned of
108: 75,27'  !| course$8$. It was hardly possible indeed that$3$ any*thing
108: 75,28'  !| else should be talked of, for$3$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was in high
108: 75,29'  !| spirits about$4$ it, and $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, a well-meaning,
108: 75,30'  !| civil, prosing, pompous woman, who$6#1$ thought$1$ nothing of
108: 75,31'  !| consequence, but as it related to$4$ her own$2$ and her son's
108: 75,32'  !| concerns$0$, had not yet given over pressing $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
108: 76, 1'  !| to$9$ be of the party. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram constantly declined
108: 76, 2'  !| it; but her placid manner of refusal made $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth
108: 76, 3'  !| still$5$ think she wished to$9$ come, till $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's
108: 76, 4'  !| more numerous words and louder tone convinced her of
108: 76, 5'  !| the truth.
108: 76, 6J  !| "The fatigue$0$ would be too$5#1$ much for$4$ my sister, a great
108: 76, 7J  !| deal$0#2$ too$5#1$ much I assure you, my dear$2#1$ $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth.
108: 76, 8J  !| Ten miles there, and ten back$5$, you know. You must
108: 76, 9J  !| excuse$1$ my sister on$4$ this occasion$0$, and accept of our two
108: 76,10J  !| dear$2#1$ girls and myself without her. Sotherton is the only
108: 76,11J  !| place$0$ that$6#1$ could give her a \wish$0$\ to$9$ go so$5#1$ far, but it cannot
108: 76,12J  !| be indeed. She will$1$ have a companion in $MP#A$Fanny*Price
108: 76,13J  !| you know, so$3$ it will$1$ all do very well$9$; and as for$4$ $MP#B$Edmund,
108: 76,14J  !| as he is not here to$9$ speak for$4$ himself, I will$1$ answer$1$ for$4$ his
108: 76,15J  !| being$1$ most happy to$9$ join the party. He can go on$4$ horseback,
108: 76,16J  !| you know."
108: 76,17'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth being$1$ obliged to$9$ yield to$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's
108: 76,18'  !| staying at home, could only be sorry.
108: 76,18V  !| "The loss of her
108: 76,19V  !| Ladyship's company would be a great drawback, and she
108: 76,20V  !| should have been extremely happy to$9$ have seen the
108: 76,21V  !| young lady too$5#2$, $MP#A$Miss*Price, who$6#1$ had never been at
108: 76,22V  !| Sotherton yet, and it was a pity$0$ she should not see the
108: 76,23V  !| place$0$."
108: 76,24J  !| "You are very kind$2$, you are all kindness, my dear$2#1$
108: 76,25J  !| madam,"
108: 76,25'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris;
108: 76,25J  !| "but as to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, she will$1$
108: 76,26J  !| have opportunities in plenty of seeing Sotherton. She
108: 76,27J  !| has time enough before$4$ her; and her going now is quite
108: 76,28J  !| out$8$ of the question$0$. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram could not possibly
108: 76,29J  !| spare$1$ her."
108: 76,30F  !| "Oh| no$7$ ~ I cannot do without $MP#A$Fanny."
108: 76,31'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth proceeded next, under the conviction
108: 76,32'  !| that$3$ every*body must be wanting to$9$ see Sotherton, to$9$
108: 76,33'  !| include $MP#C$Miss*Crawford in the invitation; and though
108: 76,34'  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, who$6#1$ had not been at the trouble$0$ of visiting
108: 76,35'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth on$4$ her coming into the neighbourhood,
108: 76,36'  !| civilly declined it on$4$ her own$2$ account$0$, she was glad to$9$
108: 76,37'  !| secure$1$ any pleasure for$4$ her sister; and $MP#C$Mary, properly
108: 76,38'  !| pressed and persuaded, was not long$9$ in accepting her
108: 77, 1'  !| share$0$ of the civility. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth came back$5$ from
108: 77, 2'  !| the parsonage successful; and $MP#B$Edmund made his appearance
108: 77, 3'  !| just$9$ in time to$9$ learn what$6#1$ had been settled$1$ for$4$
108: 77, 4'  !| Wednesday, to$9$ attend $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth to$4$ her carriage,
108: 77, 5'  !| and walk$1$ half way down$4$ the park with the two other
108: 77, 6'  !| ladies.
108: 77, 7'  !| On$4$ his return$0$ to$4$ the breakfast-room, he found $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
108: 77, 8'  !| trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ up her mind$0$ as to$4$ whether $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
108: 77, 9'  !| being$1$ of the party were desirable or not, or
108: 77,10'  !| whether her brother's barouche would not be full without
108: 77,11'  !| her. The $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams laughed at the idea, assuring
108: 77,12'  !| her that$3$ the barouche would hold$1$ four perfectly well$9$,
108: 77,13'  !| independent of the box, on$4$ which$6#1$ \one\ might go with him.
108: 77,14B  !| "But why is it necessary,"
108: 77,14'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
108: 77,14B  !| "that$3$ $MP#D$Crawford's
108: 77,15B  !| carriage, or his \only\ should be employed? Why
108: 77,16B  !| is no$2$ use$0$ to$9$ be made of my mother's chaise? I could
108: 77,17B  !| not, when the scheme$0$ was first mentioned the other day,
108: 77,18B  !| understand why a visit$0$ from the family were not to$9$ be
108: 77,19B  !| made in the carriage of the family."
108: 77,20I  !| "What$7$|"
108: 77,20'  !| cried $MP#I$Julia:
108: 77,20I  !| "go box'd up three in a post-chaise
108: 77,21I  !| in this weather, when we may$1$ have seats in a
108: 77,22I  !| barouche| No$7$, my dear$2#1$ $MP#B$Edmund, that$6#2$ will$1$ not quite do."
108: 77,23H  !| "Besides,"
108: 77,23'  !| said $MP#H$Maria,
108: 77,23H  !| "I know that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
108: 77,24H  !| depends upon taking us. After$4$ what$6#1$ passed at first, he
108: 77,25H  !| would claim$1$ it as a promise$0$."
108: 77,26J  !| "And my dear$2#1$ $MP#B$Edmund,"
108: 77,26'  !| added $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
108: 77,26J  !| "taking
108: 77,27J  !| out$5$ \two\ carriages when \one\ will$1$ do, would be trouble$0$ for$4$
108: 77,28J  !| nothing; and between ourselves, coachman is not very
108: 77,29J  !| fond of the roads between this and Sotherton; he always
108: 77,30J  !| complains bitterly of the narrow lanes scratching his
108: 77,31J  !| carriage, and you know one should not like$1$ to$9$ have dear$2#1$
108: 77,32J  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas when he comes home find all the varnish
108: 77,33J  !| scratched off."
108: 77,34H  !| "That$6#2$ would not be a very handsome reason$0$ for$4$ using
108: 77,35H  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's,"
108: 77,35'  !| said $MP#H$Maria;
108: 77,35H  !| "but the truth is, that$3$
108: 77,36H  !| $MP#L$Wilcox is a stupid old fellow, and does not know how to$9$
108: 77,37H  !| drive$1$. I will$1$ answer$1$ for$4$ it that$3$ we shall find no$2$
108: 77,37H  !| inconvenience
108: 77,38H  !| from narrow roads on$4$ Wednesday."
108: 78, 1B  !| "There is no$2$ hardship, I suppose, nothing unpleasant,"
108: 78, 2'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
108: 78, 2B  !| "in going on$4$ the barouche*box."
108: 78, 3H  !| "Unpleasant|"
108: 78, 3'  !| cried $MP#H$Maria;
108: 78, 3H  !| "Oh| dear$7$, I believe
108: 78, 4H  !| it would be generally thought$1$ the favourite$2$ seat. There
108: 78, 5H  !| can be no$2$ comparison as to$4$ one's view$0$ of the country.
108: 78, 6H  !| Probably, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford will$1$ choose the barouche*box
108: 78, 7H  !| herself."
108: 78, 8B  !| "There can be no$2$ objection then to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's going
108: 78, 9B  !| with you; there can be no$2$ doubt$0$ of your having room
108: 78,10B  !| for$4$ her."
108: 78,11J  !| "$MP#A$Fanny|"
108: 78,11'  !| repeated $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris;
108: 78,11J  !| "my dear$2#1$ $MP#B$Edmund,
108: 78,12J  !| there is no$2$ idea of her going with us. She stays with
108: 78,13J  !| her aunt. I told $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth so$5#2$. She is not
108: 78,14J  !| expected$1$."
108: 78,15B  !| "You can have no$2$ reason$0$ I imagine madam,"
108: 78,15'  !| said he,
108: 78,16'  !| addressing his mother,
108: 78,16B  !| "for$4$ wishing $MP#A$Fanny \not\ to$9$ be of
108: 78,17B  !| the party, but as it relates to$4$ yourself, to$4$ your own$2$
108: 78,18B  !| comfort$0$. If you could do without her, you would not
108: 78,19B  !| wish$1$ to$9$ keep her at home?"
108: 78,20F  !| "To$9$ be sure not, but I \cannot\ do without her."
108: 78,21B  !| "You can, if I stay$1$ at home with you, as I mean$1$ to$9$ do."
108: 78,22'  !| There was a general$2$ cry$0$ out$5$ at this.
108: 78,22B  !| "Yes,"
108: 78,22'  !| he continued,
108: 78,23B  !| "there is no$2$ necessity for$4$ my going, and I mean$1$
108: 78,24B  !| to$9$ stay$1$ at home. $MP#A$Fanny has a great desire$0$ to$9$ see Sotherton.
108: 78,25B  !| I know she wishes$1$ it very much. She has not often
108: 78,26B  !| a gratification of the kind$0$, and I am sure ma'am you
108: 78,27B  !| would be glad to$9$ give her the pleasure now?"
108: 78,28F  !| "Oh| yes, very glad, if your aunt sees no$2$ objection."
108: 78,29'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was very ready with the only objection
108: 78,30'  !| which$6#1$ could remain,
108: 78,30@j   | their having positively assured
108: 78,31@j   | $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny could not go, and the
108: 78,32@j   | very strange appearance there would consequently be
108: 78,33@j   | in taking her, which$6#1$ seemed to$4$ her a difficulty quite
108: 78,34@j   | impossible to$9$ be got over. It must have the strangest
108: 78,35@j   | appearance| It would be something so$5#1$ very unceremonious,
108: 78,36@j   | so$5#1$ bordering on$4$ disrespect for$4$ $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth,
108: 78,37@j   | whose$6#1$ own$2$ manners were such a pattern of good-breeding
108: 78,38@j   | and attention, that$3$ she really did not feel equal$2$ to$4$ it.
108: 79, 1'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris had no$2$ affection for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and no$2$ wish$0$ of
108: 79, 2'  !| procuring her pleasure at any time, but her opposition to$4$
108: 79, 3'  !| $MP#B$Edmund \now\ arose more from partiality for$4$ her own$2$
108: 79, 4'  !| scheme$0$ because it \was\ her own$2$, than from any*thing else.
108: 79, 5'  !| She felt that$3$ she had arranged every*thing extremely well$9$,
108: 79, 6'  !| and that$3$ any alteration must be for$4$ the worse. When
108: 79, 7'  !| $MP#B$Edmund, therefore, told her in reply$0$, as he did when she
108: 79, 8'  !| would give him the hearing, that$3$ she need$1$ not distress$1$
108: 79, 9'  !| herself on$4$ $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth's account$0$, because he had
108: 79,10'  !| taken the opportunity as he walked with her through$4$
108: 79,11'  !| the hall, of mentioning $MP#A$Miss*Price as one who$6#1$ would
108: 79,12'  !| probably be of the party, and had directly received a very
108: 79,13'  !| sufficient invitation for$4$ his cousin, $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was too$5#1$
108: 79,14'  !| much vexed to$9$ submit with a very good grace$0$, and
108: 79,15'  !| would only say,
108: 79,15J  !| "Very well$9$, very well$9$, just$9$ as you
108: 79,16J  !| choose, settle it your own$2$ way, I am sure I do not care$1$
108: 79,17J  !| about$4$ it."
108: 79,18H  !| "It seems very odd,"
108: 79,18'  !| said $MP#H$Maria,
108: 79,18H  !| "that$3$ you should
108: 79,19H  !| be staying at home instead of $MP#A$Fanny."
108: 79,20I  !| "I am sure she ought to$9$ be very much obliged to$4$ you,"
108: 79,21'  !| added $MP#I$Julia, hastily leaving the room as she spoke, from
108: 79,22'  !| a consciousness that$3$
108: 79,22@i   | she ought to$9$ offer$1$ to$9$ stay$1$ at home
108: 79,23@i   | herself.
108: 79,24B  !| "$MP#A$Fanny will$1$ feel quite as grateful as the occasion$0$
108: 79,25B  !| requires,"
108: 79,25'  !| was $MP#B$Edmund's only reply$0$, and the subject$0$
108: 79,26'  !| dropt.
108: 79,27'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's gratitude when she heard the plan, was in
108: 79,28'  !| fact much greater than her pleasure.
108: 79,28@a   | She felt $MP#B$Edmund's
108: 79,29@a   | kindness with all, and more than all, the sensibility which$6#1$
108: 79,30@a   | he, unsuspicious of her fond attachment, could be aware
108: 79,31@a   | of; but that$3$ he should forego any enjoyment on$4$ her
108: 79,32@a   | account$0$ gave her pain$0$, and her own$2$ satisfaction in seeing
108: 79,33@a   | Sotherton would be nothing without him.
108: 79,34'  !| The next meeting$0$ of the two Mansfield families produced
108: 79,35'  !| another alteration in the plan, and one that$6#1$ was
108: 79,36'  !| admitted with general$2$ approbation. $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant offered
108: 79,37'  !| herself as companion for$4$ the day to$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram in lieu
108: 79,38'  !| of her son, and $MP#M$Dr%*Grant was to$9$ join them at dinner.
108: 80, 1'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram was very well$9$ pleased to$9$ have it so$5#2$, and
108: 80, 2'  !| the young ladies were in spirits again. Even$5$ $MP#B$Edmund
108: 80, 3'  !| was very thankful for$4$ an arrangement which$6#1$ restored$0$
108: 80, 4'  !| him to$4$ his share$0$ of the party; and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris thought$1$
108: 80, 5'  !| it an excellent plan, and had it at her tongue's end$0$, and
108: 80, 6'  !| was on$4$ the point$0$ of proposing it when $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant spoke.
108: 80, 7'  !| Wednesday was fine, and soon after$4$ breakfast$0$ the
108: 80, 8'  !| barouche arrived, $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford driving his sisters;
108: 80, 9'  !| and as every*body was ready, there was nothing to$9$ be
108: 80,10'  !| done but for$4$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant to$9$ alight and the others to$9$ take
108: 80,11'  !| their places$0$. The place$0$ of all places$0$, the envied seat, the
108: 80,12'  !| post of honour$0$, was unappropriated. To$4$ whose$6#2$ happy
108: 80,13'  !| lot was it to$9$ fall$1$? While$9$ each of the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams were
108: 80,14'  !| meditating how best, and with most appearance of
108: 80,15'  !| obliging the others, to$9$ secure$1$ it, the matter was settled$1$
108: 80,16'  !| by$4$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's saying, as she stepped from the carriage,
108: 80,17N  !| "As there are five of you, it will$1$ be better$9$ that$3$ one should
108: 80,18N  !| sit with $MP#D$Henry, and as you were saying lately, that$3$ you
108: 80,19N  !| wished you could drive$1$, $MP#I$Julia, I think this will$1$ be a good
108: 80,20N  !| opportunity for$4$ you to$9$ take a lesson."
108: 80,21'  !| Happy $MP#I$Julia| Unhappy $MP#H$Maria| The former was on$4$
108: 80,22'  !| the barouche-box in a moment, the latter took her seat
108: 80,23'  !| within, in gloom and mortification; and the carriage
108: 80,24'  !| drove off amid the good wishes$0$ of the two remaining
108: 80,25'  !| ladies, and the barking of pug in his mistress's arms.
108: 80,26'  !| Their road was through$4$ a pleasant country; and
108: 80,27'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, whose$6#1$ rides$0$ had never been extensive, was soon
108: 80,28'  !| beyond$4$ her knowledge, and was very happy in observing
108: 80,29'  !| all that$6#1$ was new, and admiring all that$6#1$ was pretty$2$. She
108: 80,30'  !| was not often invited to$9$ join in the conversation of the
108: 80,31'  !| others, nor did she desire$1$ it. Her own$2$ thoughts and
108: 80,32'  !| reflections were habitually her best companions; and in
108: 80,33'  !| observing the appearance of the country, the bearings
108: 80,34'  !| of the roads, the difference of soil, the state$0$ of the harvest,
108: 80,35'  !| the cottages, the cattle, the children, she found entertainment
108: 80,36'  !| that$6#1$ could only have been heightened by$4$
108: 80,37'  !| having $MP#B$Edmund to$9$ speak to$4$ of what$6#1$ she felt. That$6#2$ was
108: 80,38'  !| the only point$0$ of resemblance between her and the lady
108: 81, 1'  !| who$6#1$ sat by$4$ her; in every*thing but a value$0$ for$4$ $MP#B$Edmund,
108: 81, 2'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was very unlike her. She had none of
108: 81, 3'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's delicacy of taste, of mind$0$, of feeling$0$; she saw
108: 81, 4'  !| nature, inanimate nature, with little observation; her
108: 81, 5'  !| attention was all for$4$ men and women, her talents for$4$
108: 81, 6'  !| the light$9$ and lively. In looking back$5$ after$4$ $MP#B$Edmund,
108: 81, 7'  !| however, when there was any stretch of road behind
108: 81, 8'  !| them, or when he gained on$4$ them in ascending a considerable
108: 81, 9'  !| hill, they were united, and a
108: 81, 9Y5 !| "there he is"
108: 81,10'  !| broke at the same moment from them both, more than
108: 81,11'  !| once.
108: 81,12'  !| For$4$ the first seven miles $MP#H$Miss*Bertram had very little
108: 81,13'  !| real comfort$0$; her prospect always ended in $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
108: 81,14'  !| and her sister sitting$1$ side$0$ by$4$ side$0$ full of conversation and
108: 81,15'  !| merriment; and to$9$ see only his expressive profile as he
108: 81,16'  !| turned with a smile$0$ to$4$ $MP#I$Julia, or to$9$ catch$1$ the laugh$0$ of the
108: 81,17'  !| other, was a perpetual source of irritation, which$6#1$ her
108: 81,18'  !| own$2$ sense of propriety could but just$9$ smooth$1$ over. When
108: 81,19'  !| $MP#I$Julia looked back$5$, it was with a countenance of delight$0$,
108: 81,20'  !| and whenever she spoke to$4$ them, it was in the highest
108: 81,21'  !| spirits;
108: 81,21I  !| "her view$0$ of the country was charming, she
108: 81,22I  !| wished they could all see it, &c%"
108: 81,22'  !| but her only offer$0$ of
108: 81,23'  !| exchange$0$ was addressed to$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, as they gained
108: 81,24'  !| the summit of a long$9$ hill, and was not more inviting than
108: 81,25'  !| this,
108: 81,25I  !| "Here is a fine burst$0$ of country. I wish$1$ you had
108: 81,26I  !| my seat, but I dare$1#2$ say you will$1$ not take it, let me
108: 81,27I  !| press$1$ you ever so$5#1$ much,"
108: 81,27'  !| and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford could
108: 81,28'  !| hardly answer$1$, before$3$ they were moving again at a good
108: 81,29'  !| pace$0$.
108: 81,30'  !| When they came within the influence$0$ of Sotherton
108: 81,31'  !| associations, it was better$9$ for$4$ $MP#H$Miss*Bertram, who$6#1$ might
108: 81,32'  !| be said to$9$ have two strings to$4$ her bow$0#2$. She had
108: 81,32'  !| $MP#U$Rushworth-feelings,
108: 81,33'  !| and $MP#D$Crawford-feelings, and in the vicinity
108: 81,34'  !| of Sotherton, the former had considerable effect$0$. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's
108: 81,35'  !| consequence was hers. She could not tell
108: 81,36'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford that$3$
108: 81,36H  !| "those woods belonged to$4$ Sotherton,"
108: 81,37'  !| she could not carelessly observe that$3$
108: 81,37H  !| "she believed it was
108: 81,38H  !| now all $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's property on$4$ each side$0$ of the
108: 82, 1H  !| road,"
108: 82, 1'  !| without elation of heart; and it was a pleasure to$9$
108: 82, 2'  !| increase$1$ with their approach$0$ to$4$ the capital freehold mansion,
108: 82, 3'  !| and ancient manorial residence of the family, with
108: 82, 4'  !| all its rights of Court-Leet and Court-Baron.
108: 82, 5H  !| "Now we shall have no$2$ more rough road, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
108: 82, 6H  !| our difficulties are over. The rest$0#1$ of the way is such as
108: 82, 7H  !| it ought to$9$ be. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth has made it since he succeeded
108: 82, 8H  !| to$4$ the estate. Here begins the village. Those
108: 82, 9H  !| cottages are really a disgrace$0$. The church spire is
108: 82,10H  !| reckoned remarkably handsome. I am glad the church
108: 82,11H  !| is not so$5#1$ close$9$ to$4$ the Great House as often happens in old
108: 82,12H  !| places$0$. The annoyance of the bells must be terrible.
108: 82,13H  !| There is the parsonage; a tidy looking house, and
108: 82,14H  !| I understand the clergyman and his wife are very decent
108: 82,15H  !| people. Those are alms-houses, built by$4$ some of the
108: 82,16H  !| family. To$4$ the right$2#2$ is the steward's house; he is a very
108: 82,17H  !| respectable man. Now we are coming to$4$ the lodge
108: 82,18H  !| gates; but we have nearly a mile through$4$ the park
108: 82,19H  !| still$5$. It is not ugly, you see, at this end$0$; there is some
108: 82,20H  !| fine timber, but the situation of the house is dreadful.
108: 82,21H  !| We go down$4$ hill to$4$ it for$4$ half-a-mile, and it is a pity$0$,
108: 82,22H  !| for$3$ it would not be an ill-looking place$0$ if it had a better$9$
108: 82,23H  !| approach$0$."
108: 82,24'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was not slow to$9$ admire; she pretty$5$
108: 82,25'  !| well$9$ guessed $MP#H$Miss*Bertram's feelings, and made it a point$0$
108: 82,26'  !| of honour$0$ to$9$ promote her enjoyment to$4$ the utmost.
108: 82,27'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was all delight$0$ and volubility; and even$5$
108: 82,28'  !| $MP#A$Fanny had something to$9$ say in admiration, and might
108: 82,29'  !| be heard with complacency. Her eye was eagerly taking
108: 82,30'  !| in every*thing within her reach$0$; and after$4$ being$1$ at some
108: 82,31'  !| pains to$9$ get a view$0$ of the house, and observing that$3$
108: 82,31A  !| "it
108: 82,32A  !| was a sort of building which$6#1$ she could not look$1$ at but
108: 82,33A  !| with respect$0$,"
108: 82,33'  !| she added,
108: 82,33A  !| "Now, where is the avenue?
108: 82,34A  !| The house fronts the east, I perceive. The avenue,
108: 82,35A  !| therefore, must be at the back$0$ of it. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
108: 82,36A  !| talked of the west front$0$."
108: 82,37H  !| "Yes, it is exactly behind the house; begins at a little
108: 82,38H  !| distance$0$, and ascends for$4$ half-a-mile to$4$ the extremity of
108: 83, 1H  !| the grounds. You may$1$ see something of it here ~ something
108: 83, 2H  !| of the more distant trees. It is oak entirely."
108: 83, 3'  !| $MP#H$Miss*Bertram could now speak with decided$2$ information
108: 83, 4'  !| of what$6#1$ she had known nothing about$4$, when $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
108: 83, 5'  !| had asked her opinion, and her spirits were in as
108: 83, 6'  !| happy a flutter as vanity and pride could furnish, when
108: 83, 7'  !| they drove up to$4$ the spacious stone steps before$4$ the
108: 83, 8'  !| principal$2$ entrance.
109: 84, 1'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was at the door to$9$ receive his fair
109: 84, 2'  !| lady, and the whole$2$ party were welcomed by$4$ him with
109: 84, 3'  !| due$2$ attention. In the drawing-room they were met with
109: 84, 4'  !| equal$2$ cordiality by$4$ the mother, and $MP#H$Miss*Bertram had all
109: 84, 5'  !| the distinction with each that$6#1$ she could wish$1$. After$4$ the
109: 84, 6'  !| business of arriving was over, it was first necessary to$9$ eat,
109: 84, 7'  !| and the doors were thrown open$2$ to$9$ admit them through$4$
109: 84, 8'  !| one or two intermediate rooms into the appointed dining-parlour,
109: 84, 9'  !| where a collation was prepared with abundance
109: 84,10'  !| and elegance. Much was said, and much was ate, and all
109: 84,11'  !| went well$9$. The particular object$0$ of the day was then considered.
109: 84,12'  !| How would $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford like$1$, in what$6#2$ manner
109: 84,13'  !| would he choose, to$9$ take a survey of the grounds? ~
109: 84,14'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth mentioned his curricle. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
109: 84,15'  !| suggested the greater desirableness of some carriage
109: 84,16'  !| which$6#1$ might convey more than two.
109: 84,16D  !| "To$9$ be depriving
109: 84,17D  !| themselves of the advantage of other eyes and other
109: 84,18D  !| judgments, might be an evil even$5$ beyond$4$ the loss of
109: 84,19D  !| present$9$ pleasure."
109: 84,20'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth proposed that$3$ the chaise should be
109: 84,21'  !| taken also; but this was scarcely received as an amendment;
109: 84,22'  !| the young ladies neither smiled nor spoke. Her
109: 84,23'  !| next proposition, of shewing the house to$4$ such of them
109: 84,24'  !| as had not been there before$5$, was more acceptable, for$3$
109: 84,25'  !| $MP#H$Miss*Bertram was pleased to$9$ have its size displayed, and
109: 84,26'  !| all were glad to$9$ be doing something.
109: 84,27'  !| The whole$2$ party rose$1$ accordingly, and under $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth's
109: 84,28'  !| guidance were shewn through$4$ a number of
109: 84,29'  !| rooms, all lofty, and many large, and amply furnished
109: 84,30'  !| in the taste of fifty years back$5$, with shining floors, solid
109: 84,31'  !| mahogany, rich damask, marble, gilding and carving,
109: 84,32'  !| each handsome in its way. Of pictures there were
109: 84,33'  !| abundance, and some few good, but the larger part$0$ were
109: 85, 1'  !| family portraits, no$2$ longer any*thing to$4$ any*body but
109: 85, 2'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, who$6#1$ had been at great pains to$9$ learn
109: 85, 3'  !| all that$6#1$ the housekeeper could teach, and was now almost
109: 85, 4'  !| equally well$9$ qualified to$9$ shew$1$ the house. On$4$ the present$9$
109: 85, 5'  !| occasion$0$, she addressed herself chiefly to$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
109: 85, 6'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny, but there was no$2$ comparison in the willingness
109: 85, 7'  !| of their attention, for$3$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, who$6#1$ had seen scores
109: 85, 8'  !| of great houses, and cared for$4$ none of them, had only the
109: 85, 9'  !| appearance of civilly listening, while$9$ $MP#A$Fanny, to$4$ whom$6#1$
109: 85,10'  !| every*thing was almost as interesting as it was new,
109: 85,11'  !| attended with unaffected earnestness to$4$ all that$6#1$
109: 85,11'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth
109: 85,12'  !| could relate of the family in former times, its
109: 85,13'  !| rise$0$ and grandeur, regal visits and loyal efforts, delighted
109: 85,14'  !| to$9$ connect any*thing with history already known, or
109: 85,15'  !| warm$1$ her imagination with scenes of the past$0$.
109: 85,16'  !| The situation of the house excluded the possibility of
109: 85,17'  !| much prospect from any of the rooms, and while$9$ $MP#A$Fanny
109: 85,18'  !| and some of the others were attending $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth,
109: 85,19'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford was looking grave$2$ and shaking his head$0$
109: 85,20'  !| at the windows. Every room on$4$ the west front$0$ looked
109: 85,21'  !| across$4$ a lawn to$4$ the beginning$0$ of the avenue immediately
109: 85,22'  !| beyond$4$ tall iron palisades and gates.
109: 85,23'  !| Having visited many more rooms than could be
109: 85,24'  !| supposed to$9$ be of any other use$0$ than to$9$ contribute to$4$ the
109: 85,25'  !| window tax$0$, and find employment for$4$ housemaids,
109: 85,26V  !| "Now,"
109: 85,26'  !| said $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth,
109: 85,26V  !| "we are coming to$4$ the
109: 85,27V  !| chapel, which$6#1$ properly we ought to$9$ enter from above$5$,
109: 85,28V  !| and look$1$ down$5$ upon; but as we are quite among friends,
109: 85,29V  !| I will$1$ take you in this way, if you will$1$ excuse$1$ me."
109: 85,30'  !| They entered. $MP#A$Fanny's imagination had prepared her
109: 85,31'  !| for$4$ something grander than a mere, spacious, oblong
109: 85,32'  !| room, fitted up for$4$ the purpose of devotion ~ with nothing
109: 85,33'  !| more striking or more solemn than the profusion of
109: 85,34'  !| mahogany, and the crimson velvet cushions appearing
109: 85,35'  !| over the ledge of the family gallery above$5$.
109: 85,35A  !| "I am
109: 85,36A  !| disappointed,"
109: 85,36'  !| said she, in a low voice, to$4$ $MP#B$Edmund.
109: 85,37A  !| "This is not my idea of a chapel. There is nothing
109: 85,38A  !| awful here, nothing melancholy$2$, nothing grand. Here
109: 86, 1A  !| are no$2$ aisles, no$2$ arches, no$2$ inscriptions, no$2$ banners.
109: 86, 2A  !| No$2$ banners, cousin, to$9$ be ""blown by$4$ the night wind
109: 86, 3A  !| of Heaven."" No$2$ signs that$6#1$ a ""Scottish monarch sleeps
109: 86, 4A  !| below."""
109: 86, 5B  !| "You forget, $MP#A$Fanny, how lately all this has been
109: 86, 6B  !| built, and for$4$ how confined a purpose, compared with
109: 86, 7B  !| the old chapels of castles and monasteries. It was only
109: 86, 8B  !| for$4$ the private$2$ use$0$ of the family. They have been
109: 86, 9B  !| buried, I suppose, in the parish church. \There\ you must
109: 86,10B  !| look$1$ for$4$ the banners and the atchievements."
109: 86,11A  !| "It was foolish of me not to$9$ think of all that$6#2$, but I am
109: 86,12A  !| disappointed."
109: 86,13'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth began her relation.
109: 86,13V  !| "This chapel was
109: 86,14V  !| fitted up as you see it, in $MP#Z1$James*the*Second's time. Before$4$
109: 86,15V  !| that$6#2$ period, as I understand, the pews were only wainscot;
109: 86,16V  !| and there is some reason$0$ to$9$ think that$3$ the linings and
109: 86,17V  !| cushions of the pulpit and family-seat were only purple
109: 86,18V  !| cloth; but this is not quite certain. It is a handsome
109: 86,19V  !| chapel, and was formerly in constant use$0$ both morning
109: 86,20V  !| and evening. Prayers were always read in it by$4$ the
109: 86,21V  !| domestic$2$ chaplain, within the memory of many. But the
109: 86,22V  !| late $MP#V1$Mr%*Rushworth left$1$ it off."
109: 86,23C  !| "Every generation has its improvements,"
109: 86,23'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
109: 86,24'  !| with a smile$0$, to$4$ $MP#B$Edmund.
109: 86,25'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth was gone to$9$ repeat her lesson to$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford;
109: 86,26'  !| and $MP#B$Edmund, $MP#A$Fanny, and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
109: 86,27'  !| remained in a cluster together.
109: 86,28A  !| "It is a pity$0$,"
109: 86,28'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny,
109: 86,28A  !| "that$3$ the custom should
109: 86,29A  !| have been discontinued. It was a valuable part$0$ of
109: 86,30A  !| former times. There is something in a chapel and
109: 86,31A  !| chaplain so$5#1$ much in character with a great house, with
109: 86,32A  !| one's ideas of what$6#1$ such a household should be| A whole$2$
109: 86,33A  !| family assembling regularly for$4$ the purpose of prayer,
109: 86,34A  !| is fine|"
109: 86,35C  !| "Very fine indeed|"
109: 86,35'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, laughing.
109: 86,36C  !| "It must do the heads of the family a great deal$0#2$ of good
109: 86,37C  !| to$9$ force$1$ all the poor housemaids and footmen to$9$ leave$1$
109: 86,38C  !| business and pleasure, and say their prayers here twice
109: 87, 1C  !| a day, while$9$ they are inventing excuses themselves for$4$
109: 87, 2C  !| staying away."
109: 87, 3B  !| "\That$6#2$\ is hardly $MP#A$Fanny's idea of a family assembling,"
109: 87, 4'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund.
109: 87, 4B  !| "If the master and mistress do \not\
109: 87, 5B  !| attend themselves, there must be more harm$0$ than good
109: 87, 6B  !| in the custom."
109: 87, 7C  !| "At any rate$0$, is safer to$9$ leave$1$ people to$4$ their own$2$
109: 87, 8C  !| devices on$4$ such subjects. Every*body likes to$9$ go their
109: 87, 9C  !| own$2$ way ~ to$9$ choose their own$2$ time and manner of
109: 87,10C  !| devotion. The obligation of attendance, the formality,
109: 87,11C  !| the restraint, the length of time ~ altogether it is a formidable
109: 87,12C  !| thing, and what$6#1$ nobody likes: and if the good
109: 87,13C  !| people who$6#1$ used$1#2$ to$9$ kneel and gape in that$6#2$ gallery could
109: 87,14C  !| have foreseen that$3$ the time would ever come when men
109: 87,15C  !| and women might lie$1$ another ten minutes in bed, when
109: 87,16C  !| they woke with a headach, without danger of reprobation,
109: 87,17C  !| because chapel was missed, they would have jumped
109: 87,18C  !| with joy and envy$0$. Cannot you imagine with what$6#1$
109: 87,19C  !| unwilling feelings the former belles of the house of $MP#U$Rushworth
109: 87,20C  !| did many a time repair to$4$ this chapel? The
109: 87,21C  !| young $MP#X$Mrs%*Eleanors and $MP#X$Mrs%*Bridgets ~ starched up into
109: 87,22C  !| seeming piety, but with heads full of something very
109: 87,23C  !| different ~ especially if the poor chaplain were not worth
109: 87,24C  !| looking at ~ and, in those days, I fancy$1$ parsons were very
109: 87,25C  !| inferior even$5$ to$4$ what$6#1$ they are now."
109: 87,26'  !| For$4$ a few moments she was unanswered. $MP#A$Fanny
109: 87,27'  !| coloured and looked at $MP#B$Edmund, but
109: 87,27@a   | felt too$5#1$ angry for$4$
109: 87,28@a   | speech;
109: 87,28'  !| and \he\ needed a little recollection before$3$ he
109: 87,29'  !| could say,
109: 87,29B  !| "Your lively mind$0$ can hardly be serious$2$ even$5$
109: 87,30B  !| on$4$ serious$2$ subjects. You have given us an amusing
109: 87,31B  !| sketch, and human nature cannot say it was not so$5#2$.
109: 87,32B  !| We must all feel \at\ \times\ the difficulty of fixing our
109: 87,33B  !| thoughts as we could wish$1$; but if you are supposing it
109: 87,34B  !| a frequent thing, that$6#2$ is to$9$ say, a weakness grown into
109: 87,35B  !| a habit from neglect$0$, what$6#2$ could be expected$1$ from the
109: 87,36B  !| \private$2$\ devotions of such persons? Do you think the
109: 87,37B  !| minds which$6#1$ are suffered, which$6#1$ are indulged in wanderings
109: 87,38B  !| in a chapel, would be more collected in a closet?"
109: 88, 1C  !| "Yes, very likely. They would have two chances at
109: 88, 2C  !| least in their favour$0$. There would be less to$9$ distract
109: 88, 3C  !| the attention from without, and it would not be tried
109: 88, 4C  !| so$5#1$ long$9$."
109: 88, 5B  !| "The mind$0$ which$6#1$ does not struggle$1$ against itself
109: 88, 6B  !| under \one\ circumstance, would find objects$0$ to$9$ distract it
109: 88, 7B  !| in the \other\, I believe; and the influence$0$ of the place$0$ and
109: 88, 8B  !| of example may$1$ often rouse better$9$ feelings than are begun
109: 88, 9B  !| with. The greater length of the service, however, I admit
109: 88,10B  !| to$9$ be sometimes too$5#1$ hard a stretch upon the mind$0$.
109: 88,11B  !| one wishes$1$ it were not so$5#2$ ~ but I have not yet left$1$ Oxford
109: 88,12B  !| long$9$ enough to$9$ forget what$6#1$ chapel prayers are."
109: 88,13'  !| While$9$ this was passing$1$, the rest$0#1$ of the party being$1$
109: 88,14'  !| scattered about$4$ the chapel, $MP#I$Julia called $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's
109: 88,15'  !| attention to$4$ her sister, by$4$ saying,
109: 88,15I  !| "Do look$1$ at $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
109: 88,16I  !| and $MP#H$Maria, standing$1$ side$0$ by$4$ side$0$, exactly as
109: 88,17I  !| if the ceremony were going to$9$ be performed. Have not
109: 88,18I  !| they completely the air of it?"
109: 88,19'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford smiled his acquiescence, and stepping
109: 88,20'  !| forward$8$ to$4$ $MP#H$Maria, said, in a voice which$6#1$ she only could
109: 88,21'  !| hear,
109: 88,21D  !| "I do not like$1$ to$9$ see $MP#H$Miss*Bertram so$5#1$ near$4$ the
109: 88,22D  !| altar."
109: 88,23'  !| Starting, the lady instinctively moved a step$0$ or two,
109: 88,24'  !| but recovering herself in a moment, affected to$9$ laugh$1$,
109: 88,25'  !| and asked him, in a tone not much louder,
109: 88,25H  !| "if he would
109: 88,26H  !| give her away?"
109: 88,27D  !| "I am afraid I should do it very awkwardly,"
109: 88,27'  !| was his
109: 88,28'  !| reply$0$, with a look$0$ of meaning$0$.
109: 88,29'  !| $MP#I$Julia joining them at the moment, carried on$5$ the joke.
109: 88,30I  !| "Upon my word, it is really a pity$0$ that$3$ it should not
109: 88,31I  !| take place$0$ directly, if we had but a proper license, for$3$ here
109: 88,32I  !| we are altogether, and nothing in the world could be more
109: 88,33I  !| snug and pleasant."
109: 88,33'  !| And she talked and laughed about$4$
109: 88,34'  !| it with so$5#1$ little caution$0$, as to$9$ catch$1$ the comprehension
109: 88,35'  !| of $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth and his mother, and expose her sister
109: 88,36'  !| to$4$ the whispered gallantries of her lover, while$9$
109: 88,36'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth
109: 88,37'  !| spoke with proper smiles and dignity of
109: 88,37@v   | its
109: 88,38@v   | being$1$ a most happy event to$4$ her whenever it took place$0$.
109: 89, 1I  !| "If $MP#B$Edmund were but in orders$0#2$|"
109: 89, 1'  !| cried $MP#I$Julia, and
109: 89, 2'  !| running to$4$ where he stood with $MP#C$Miss*Crawford and $MP#A$Fanny;
109: 89, 3I  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#B$Edmund, if you were but in orders$0#2$ now, you
109: 89, 4I  !| might perform the ceremony directly. How unlucky
109: 89, 5I  !| that$3$ you are not ordained, $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth and $MP#H$Maria are
109: 89, 6I  !| quite ready."
109: 89, 7'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's countenance, as $MP#I$Julia spoke, might
109: 89, 8'  !| have amused a disinterested observer. She looked almost
109: 89, 9'  !| aghast under the new idea she was receiving. $MP#A$Fanny
109: 89,10'  !| pitied her.
109: 89,10A  !| "How distressed she will$1$ be at what$6#1$ she said
109: 89,11A  !| just$9$ now,"
109: 89,11'  !| passed across$4$ her mind$0$.
109: 89,12C  !| "Ordained|"
109: 89,12'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford;
109: 89,12C  !| "what$7$, are you to$9$
109: 89,13C  !| be a clergyman?"
109: 89,14B  !| "Yes, I shall take orders$0#2$ soon after$4$ my father's return$0$ ~
109: 89,15B  !| probably at Christmas."
109: 89,16'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford rallying her spirits, and recovering her
109: 89,17'  !| complexion, replied only,
109: 89,17C  !| "If I had known this before$5$,
109: 89,18C  !| I would have spoken of the cloth with more respect$0$,"
109: 89,19'  !| and turned the subject$0$.
109: 89,20'  !| The chapel was soon afterwards left$1$ to$4$ the silence$0$
109: 89,21'  !| and stillness which$6#1$ reigned in it with few interruptions
109: 89,22'  !| throughout the year. $MP#H$Miss*Bertram, displeased with her
109: 89,23'  !| sister, led the way, and all seemed to$9$ feel that$3$ they had
109: 89,24'  !| been there long$9$ enough.
109: 89,25'  !| The lower$2$ part$0$ of the house had been now entirely
109: 89,26'  !| shown, and $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, never weary in the cause,
109: 89,27'  !| would have proceeded towards the principal$2$ stair-case,
109: 89,28'  !| and taken them through$4$ all the rooms above$5$, if her son
109: 89,29'  !| had not interposed with a doubt$0$ of there being$1$ time
109: 89,30'  !| enough.
109: 89,30U  !| "For$3$ if,"
109: 89,30'  !| said he, with the sort of self-evident
109: 89,31'  !| proposition which$6#1$ many a clearer head$0$ does not always
109: 89,32'  !| avoid ~
109: 89,32U  !| "we are \too$5#1$\ long$9$ going over the house, we shall
109: 89,33U  !| not have time for$4$ what$6#1$ is to$9$ be done out$8$ of doors. It is
109: 89,34U  !| past$9$ two, and we are to$9$ dine at five."
109: 89,35'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth submitted, and the question$0$ of surveying
109: 89,36'  !| the grounds, with the who$6#2$ and the how, was likely to$9$
109: 89,37'  !| be more fully agitated, and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was beginning$1$ to$9$
109: 89,38'  !| arrange by$4$ what$6#1$ junction of carriages and horses most
109: 90, 1'  !| could be done, when the young people, meeting$9$ with an
109: 90, 2'  !| outward door, temptingly open$2$ on$4$ a flight of steps which$6#1$
109: 90, 3'  !| led immediately to$4$ turf and shrubs, and all the sweets of
109: 90, 4'  !| pleasure-grounds, as by$4$ one impulse, one wish$0$ for$4$ air and
109: 90, 5'  !| liberty, all walked out$5$.
109: 90, 6V  !| "Suppose we turn$1$ down$5$ here for$4$ the present$0#1$,"
109: 90, 6'  !| said
109: 90, 7'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, civilly taking the hint$0$ and following
109: 90, 8'  !| them.
109: 90, 8V  !| "Here are the greatest number of our plants,
109: 90, 9V  !| and here are the curious pheasants."
109: 90,10D  !| "Query,"
109: 90,10'  !| said $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, looking round$4$ him,
109: 90,11D  !| "whether we may$1$ not find something to$9$ employ us here,
109: 90,12D  !| before$3$ we go farther? I see walls of great promise$0$.
109: 90,12D  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
109: 90,13D  !| shall we summon a council on$4$ this lawn?"
109: 90,14V  !| "$MP#U$James,"
109: 90,14'  !| said $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth to$4$ her son,
109: 90,14V  !| "I believe
109: 90,15V  !| the wilderness will$1$ be new to$4$ all the party. The
109: 90,15V  !| $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams
109: 90,16V  !| have never seen the wilderness yet."
109: 90,17'  !| No$2$ objection was made, but for$4$ some time there seemed
109: 90,18'  !| no$2$ inclination to$9$ move$1$ in any plan, or to$4$ any distance$0$.
109: 90,19'  !| All were attracted at first by$4$ the plants or the pheasants,
109: 90,20'  !| and all dispersed about$5$ in happy independence. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
109: 90,21'  !| was the first to$9$ move$1$ forward$8$, to$9$ examine the
109: 90,22'  !| capabilities of that$6#2$ end$0$ of the house. The lawn, bounded
109: 90,23'  !| on$4$ each side$0$ by$4$ a high wall, contained beyond$4$ the first
109: 90,24'  !| planted a*erea, a bowling-green, and beyond$4$ the bowling-green
109: 90,25'  !| a long$9$ terrace walk$0$, backed by$4$ iron palissades,
109: 90,26'  !| and commanding a view$0$ over them into the tops of the
109: 90,27'  !| trees of the wilderness immediately adjoining. It was
109: 90,28'  !| a good spot for$4$ fault-finding. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was soon
109: 90,29'  !| followed by$4$ $MP#H$Miss*Bertram and $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, and when
109: 90,30'  !| after$4$ a little time the others began to$9$ form$1$ into parties,
109: 90,31'  !| these three were found in busy consultation on$4$ the
109: 90,32'  !| terrace by$4$ $MP#B$Edmund, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford and $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#1$
109: 90,33'  !| seemed as naturally to$9$ unite, and who$6#1$ after$4$ a short$2$
109: 90,34'  !| participation of their regrets and difficulties, left$1$ them
109: 90,35'  !| and walked on$5$. The remaining three, $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth,
109: 90,36'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, and $MP#I$Julia, were still$5$ far behind; for$3$ $MP#I$Julia,
109: 90,37'  !| whose$6#1$ happy star no$2$ longer prevailed, was obliged to$9$ keep
109: 90,38'  !| by$4$ the side$0$ of $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, and restrain her impatient
109: 91, 1'  !| feet to$4$ that$6#2$ lady's slow pace$0$, while$9$ her aunt, having fallen
109: 91, 2'  !| in with the housekeeper, who$6#1$ was come out$5$ to$9$ feed the
109: 91, 3'  !| pheasants, was lingering behind in gossip with her.
109: 91, 4'  !| Poor $MP#I$Julia, the only one out$8$ of the nine not tolerably
109: 91, 5'  !| satisfied$1$ with their lot, was now in a state$0$ of complete$2$
109: 91, 6'  !| penance, and as different from the $MP#I$Julia of the barouche-box
109: 91, 7'  !| as could well$9$ be imagined. The politeness which$6#1$ she
109: 91, 8'  !| had been brought up to$9$ practise as a duty, made it
109: 91, 9'  !| impossible for$4$ her to$9$ escape$1$; while$9$ the want$0$ of that$6#2$
109: 91,10'  !| higher species of self-command, that$6#2$ just$2$ consideration of
109: 91,11'  !| others, that$6#2$ knowledge of her own$2$ heart, that$6#2$ principle of
109: 91,12'  !| right$0$ which$6#1$ had not formed any essential part$0$ of her
109: 91,13'  !| education, made her miserable under it.
109: 91,14C  !| "This is insufferably hot,"
109: 91,14'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford when
109: 91,15'  !| they had taken one turn$0$ on$4$ the terrace, and were drawing
109: 91,16'  !| a second$2$ time to$4$ the door in the middle which$6#1$ opened to$4$
109: 91,17'  !| the wilderness.
109: 91,17C  !| "Shall any of us object$1$ to$4$ being$1$ comfortable?
109: 91,18C  !| Here is a nice little wood, if one can but get
109: 91,19C  !| into it. What$7$ happiness if the door should not be
109: 91,20C  !| locked| ~ but of course$8$ it is, for$3$ in these great places$0$,
109: 91,21C  !| the gardeners are the only people who$6#1$ can go where they
109: 91,22C  !| like$1$."
109: 91,23'  !| The door, however, proved not to$9$ be locked, and they
109: 91,24'  !| were all agreed in turning$1$ joyfully through$4$ it, and leaving
109: 91,25'  !| the unmitigated glare of day behind. A considerable
109: 91,26'  !| flight of steps landed them in the wilderness, which$6#1$ was
109: 91,27'  !| a planted wood of about$4$ two acres, and though chiefly of
109: 91,28'  !| larch and laurel, and beech cut$9$ down$5$, and though laid
109: 91,29'  !| out$5$ with too$5#1$ much regularity, was darkness and shade,
109: 91,30'  !| and natural$2$ beauty, compared with the bowling-green
109: 91,31'  !| and the terrace. They all felt the refreshment of it, and
109: 91,32'  !| for$4$ some time could only walk$1$ and admire. At length,
109: 91,33'  !| after$4$ a short$2$ pause$0$, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford began with,
109: 91,33C  !| "So$3$ you
109: 91,34C  !| are to$9$ be a clergyman, $MP#B$Mr%*Bertram. This is rather
109: 91,35C  !| a surprise$0$ to$4$ me."
109: 91,36B  !| "Why should it surprise$1$ you? You must suppose me
109: 91,37B  !| designed for$4$ some profession$0#2$, and might perceive that$3$
109: 91,38B  !| I am neither a lawyer, nor a soldier, nor a sailor."
109: 92, 1C  !| "Very true; but, in short$0$, it had not occurred to$4$ me.
109: 92, 2C  !| And you know there is generally an uncle or a grandfather
109: 92, 3C  !| to$9$ leave$1$ a fortune to$4$ the second$2$ son."
109: 92, 4B  !| "A very praiseworthy practice$0$,"
109: 92, 4'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
109: 92, 4B  !| "but
109: 92, 5B  !| not quite universal. I am one of the exceptions, and
109: 92, 6B  !| \being$1$\ one, must do something for$4$ myself."
109: 92, 7C  !| "But why are you to$9$ be a clergyman? I thought$1$ \that$6#2$\
109: 92, 8C  !| was always the lot of the youngest, where there were many
109: 92, 9C  !| to$9$ choose before$4$ him."
109: 92,10B  !| "Do you think the church itself never chosen then?"
109: 92,11C  !| "\Never\ is a black word. But yes, in the \never\ of
109: 92,12C  !| conversation which$6#1$ means$1$ \not\ \very\ \often\, I do think it.
109: 92,13C  !| For$3$ what$6#2$ is to$9$ be done in the church? Men love$1$ to$9$
109: 92,14C  !| distinguish themselves, and in either of the other lines,
109: 92,15C  !| distinction may$1$ be gained, but not in the church. A
109: 92,16C  !| clergyman is nothing."
109: 92,17B  !| "The \nothing\ of conversation has its gradations, I hope$1$,
109: 92,18B  !| as well$9$ as the \never\. A clergyman cannot be high in
109: 92,19B  !| state$0$ or fashion$0$. He must not head$1$ mobs, or set$1$ the
109: 92,20B  !| ton in dress$0$. But I cannot call$1$ that$6#2$ situation nothing,
109: 92,21B  !| which$6#1$ has the charge$0$ of all that$6#1$ is of the first importance
109: 92,22B  !| to$4$ mankind, individually or collectively considered,
109: 92,23B  !| temporally and eternally ~ which$6#1$ has the guardianship
109: 92,24B  !| of religion and morals, and consequently of the manners
109: 92,25B  !| which$6#1$ result$1$ from their influence$0$. No*one here can call$1$
109: 92,26B  !| the \office\ nothing. If the man who$6#1$ holds it is so$5#2$, it is
109: 92,27B  !| by$4$ the neglect$0$ of his duty, by$4$ foregoing its just$2$ importance,
109: 92,28B  !| and stepping out$8$ of his place$0$ to$9$ appear what$6#1$ he
109: 92,29B  !| ought not to$9$ appear."
109: 92,30C  !| "\You\ assign greater consequence to$4$ the clergyman
109: 92,31C  !| than one has been used$1#2$ to$9$ hear given, or than I can quite
109: 92,32C  !| comprehend. One does not see much of this influence$0$
109: 92,33C  !| and importance in society, and how can it be acquired
109: 92,34C  !| where they are so$5#1$ seldom seen themselves? How can
109: 92,35C  !| two sermons a week, even$5$ supposing them worth hearing,
109: 92,36C  !| supposing the preacher to$9$ have the sense to$9$ prefer $MP#Z1$Blair's
109: 92,37C  !| to$4$ his own$2$, do all that$6#1$ you speak of? govern the conduct$0$
109: 92,38C  !| and fashion$0$ the manners of a large congregation for$4$ the
109: 93, 1C  !| rest$0#1$ of the week? One scarcely sees a clergyman out$8$
109: 93, 2C  !| of his pulpit."
109: 93, 3B  !| "\You\ are speaking of London, \I\ am speaking of the
109: 93, 4B  !| nation at large."
109: 93, 5C  !| "The metropolis, I imagine, is a pretty$5$ fair sample
109: 93, 6C  !| of the rest$0#1$."
109: 93, 7B  !| "Not, I should hope$1$, of the proportion of virtue to$4$ vice
109: 93, 8B  !| throughout the kingdom. We do not look$1$ in great cities
109: 93, 9B  !| for$4$ our best morality. It is not there, that$3$ respectable
109: 93,10B  !| people of any denomination can do most good; and it
109: 93,11B  !| certainly is not there, that$3$ the influence$0$ of the clergy
109: 93,12B  !| can be most felt. A fine preacher is followed and admired;
109: 93,13B  !| but it is not in fine preaching only that$3$ a good
109: 93,14B  !| clergyman will$1$ be useful in his parish and his neighbourhood,
109: 93,15B  !| where the parish and neighbourhood are of a size
109: 93,16B  !| capable of knowing his private$2$ character, and observing
109: 93,17B  !| his general$2$ conduct$0$, which$6#1$ in London can rarely be the
109: 93,18B  !| case. The clergy are lost there in the crowds of their
109: 93,19B  !| parishioners. They are known to$4$ the largest part$0$ only
109: 93,20B  !| as preachers. And with regard$0$ to$4$ their influencing
109: 93,21B  !| public$2$ manners, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford must not misunderstand
109: 93,22B  !| me, or suppose I mean$1$ to$9$ call$1$ them the arbiters of good*breeding,
109: 93,23B  !| the regulators of refinement and courtesy, the
109: 93,24B  !| masters of the ceremonies of life. The \manners\ I speak of,
109: 93,25B  !| might rather be called \conduct$0$\, perhaps, the result$0$ of good
109: 93,26B  !| principles; the effect$0$, in short$0$, of those doctrines which$6#1$
109: 93,27B  !| it is their duty to$9$ teach and recommend; and it will$1$, I believe,
109: 93,28B  !| be every*where found, that$3$ as the clergy are, or are
109: 93,29B  !| not what$6#1$ they ought to$9$ be, so$5#2$ are the rest$0#1$ of the nation."
109: 93,30A  !| "Certainly,"
109: 93,30'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny with gentle earnestness.
109: 93,31C  !| "There,"
109: 93,31'  !| cried $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
109: 93,31C  !| "you have quite
109: 93,32C  !| convinced $MP#A$Miss*Price already."
109: 93,33B  !| "I wish$1$ I could convince $MP#C$Miss*Crawford too$5#2$."
109: 93,34C  !| "I do not think you ever will$1$,"
109: 93,34'  !| said she with an arch$2$
109: 93,35'  !| smile$0$;
109: 93,35C  !| "I am just$9$ as much surprised now as I was at
109: 93,36C  !| first that$3$ you should intend to$9$ take orders$0#2$. You really
109: 93,37C  !| are fit$9$ for$4$ something better$9$. Come, do change$1$ your mind$0$.
109: 93,38C  !| It is not too$5#1$ late. Go into the law."
109: 94, 1B  !| "Go into the law| with as much ease$0$ as I was told
109: 94, 2B  !| to$9$ go into this wilderness."
109: 94, 3C  !| "Now you are going to$9$ say something about$4$ law
109: 94, 4C  !| being$1$ the worst wilderness of the two, but I forestall you;
109: 94, 5C  !| remember I have forestalled you."
109: 94, 6B  !| "You need$1$ not hurry$1$ when the object$0$ is only to$9$
109: 94, 7B  !| prevent my saying a bon-mot, for$3$ there is not the least
109: 94, 8B  !| wit$0#1$ in my nature. I am a very matter of fact, plain
109: 94, 9B  !| spoken being$0$, and may$1$ blunder$1$ on$4$ the borders of a
109: 94,10B  !| repartee for$4$ half an hour together without striking it out$5$."
109: 94,11'  !| A general$2$ silence$0$ succeeded. Each was thoughtful.
109: 94,12'  !| $MP#A$Fanny made the first interruption by$4$ saying,
109: 94,12A  !| "I wonder$1$
109: 94,13A  !| that$3$ I should be tired with only walking in this sweet
109: 94,14A  !| wood; but the next time we come to$4$ a seat, if it is not
109: 94,15A  !| disagreeable to$4$ you, I should be glad to$9$ sit down$5$ for$4$
109: 94,16A  !| a little while$0$."
109: 94,17B  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny,"
109: 94,17'  !| cried $MP#B$Edmund, immediately drawing
109: 94,18'  !| her arm$0$ within his,
109: 94,18B  !| "how thoughtless I have been|
109: 94,19B  !| I hope$1$ you are not very tired. Perhaps,"
109: 94,19'  !| turning$1$ to$4$
109: 94,20'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
109: 94,20B  !| "my other companion may$1$ do me the
109: 94,21B  !| honour$0$ of taking an arm$0$."
109: 94,22C  !| "Thank you, but I am not at all tired."
109: 94,22'  !| She took it,
109: 94,23'  !| however, as she spoke, and
109: 94,23@b   | the gratification of having
109: 94,24@b   | her do so$5#2$, of feeling$1$ such a connection for$4$ the first time,
109: 94,25@b   | made him a little forgetful of $MP#A$Fanny.
109: 94,25B  !| "You scarcely
109: 94,26B  !| touch$1$ me."
109: 94,26'  !| said he.
109: 94,26B  !| "You do not make$1$ me of any use$0$.
109: 94,27B  !| What$7$ a difference in the weight of a woman's arm$0$ from
109: 94,28B  !| that$6#2$ of a man| At Oxford I have been a good deal$0#2$ used$1#2$
109: 94,29B  !| to$9$ have a man lean on$4$ me for$4$ the length of a street, and
109: 94,30B  !| you are only a fly$0$ in the comparison."
109: 94,31C  !| "I am really not tired, which$6#1$ I almost wonder$1$ at;
109: 94,32C  !| for$3$ we must have walked at least a mile in this wood.
109: 94,33C  !| Do not you think we have?"
109: 94,34B  !| "Not half a mile,"
109: 94,34'  !| was his sturdy answer$0$; for$3$ he was
109: 94,35'  !| not yet so$5#1$ much in love$0$ as to$9$ measure$1$ distance$0$, or reckon
109: 94,36'  !| time, with feminine lawlessness.
109: 94,37C  !| "Oh| you do not consider how much we have wound$1#1$
109: 94,38C  !| about$5$. We have taken such a very serpentine course$0$;
109: 95, 1C  !| and the wood itself must be half a mile long$9$ in a straight
109: 95, 2C  !| line, for$3$ we have never seen the end$0$ of it yet, since we
109: 95, 3C  !| left$1$ the first great path."
109: 95, 4B  !| "But if you remember, before$3$ we left$1$ that$6#2$ first great
109: 95, 5B  !| path, we saw directly to$4$ the end$0$ of it. We looked down$4$
109: 95, 6B  !| the whole$2$ vista, and saw it closed by$4$ iron gates, and it
109: 95, 7B  !| could not have been more than a furlong in length."
109: 95, 8C  !| "Oh| I know nothing of your furlongs, but I am sure
109: 95, 9C  !| it is a very long$9$ wood; and that$3$ we have been winding
109: 95,10C  !| in and out$5$ ever since we came into it; and therefore
109: 95,11C  !| when I say that$3$ we have walked a mile in it, I must
109: 95,12C  !| speak within compass."
109: 95,13B  !| "We have been exactly a quarter$0#1$ of an hour here,"
109: 95,14'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund, taking out$5$ his watch$0$.
109: 95,14B  !| "Do you think we
109: 95,15B  !| are walking four miles an hour?"
109: 95,16C  !| "Oh| do not attack$1$ me with your watch$0$. A watch$0$
109: 95,17C  !| is always too$5#1$ fast or too$5#1$ slow. I cannot be dictated to$9$
109: 95,18C  !| by$4$ a watch$0$."
109: 95,19'  !| A few steps farther brought them out$5$ at the bottom
109: 95,20'  !| of the very walk$0$ they had been talking of; and standing$1$
109: 95,21'  !| back$5$, well$9$ shaded and sheltered, and looking over a ha-ha
109: 95,22'  !| into the park, was a comfortable-sized bench, on$4$ which$6#1$
109: 95,23'  !| they all sat down$5$.
109: 95,24B  !| "I am afraid you are very tired, $MP#A$Fanny,"
109: 95,24'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
109: 95,25'  !| observing her;
109: 95,25B  !| "why would not you speak sooner?
109: 95,26B  !| This will$1$ be a bad day's amusement for$4$ you, if you are
109: 95,27B  !| to$9$ be knocked up. Every sort of exercise$0$ fatigues$1$ her so$5#1$
109: 95,28B  !| soon, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, except riding."
109: 95,29C  !| "How abominable in you, then, to$9$ let me engross her
109: 95,30C  !| horse as I did all last$2$ week| I am ashamed of you and
109: 95,31C  !| of myself, but it shall never happen again."
109: 95,32B  !| "\Your\ attentiveness and consideration make$1$ me more
109: 95,33B  !| sensible$2#1$ of my own$2$ neglect$0$. $MP#A$Fanny's interest$0$ seems in
109: 95,34B  !| safer hands with you than with me."
109: 95,35C  !| "That$3$ she should be tired now, however, gives me no$2$
109: 95,36C  !| surprise$0$; for$3$ there is nothing in the course$0$ of one's
109: 95,37C  !| duties so$5#1$ fatiguing as what$6#1$ we have been doing this
109: 95,38C  !| morning ~ seeing a great house, dawdling from one room
109: 96, 1C  !| to$4$ another ~ straining one's eyes and one's attention ~
109: 96, 2C  !| hearing what$6#1$ one does not understand ~ admiring what$6#1$
109: 96, 3C  !| one does not care$1$ for$4$. ~ It is generally allowed to$9$ be the
109: 96, 4C  !| greatest bore$0$ in the world, and $MP#A$Miss*Price has found it so$5#2$,
109: 96, 5C  !| though she did not know it."
109: 96, 6A  !| "I shall soon be rested,"
109: 96, 6'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny;
109: 96, 6A  !| "to$9$ sit in the
109: 96, 7A  !| shade on$4$ a fine day, and look$1$ upon verdure, is the most
109: 96, 8A  !| perfect$2$ refreshment."
109: 96, 9'  !| After$4$ sitting$1$ a little while$0$, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was up again.
109: 96,10C  !| "I must move$1$,"
109: 96,10'  !| said she,
109: 96,10C  !| "resting fatigues$1$ me. ~ I have
109: 96,11C  !| looked across$4$ the ha-ha till I am weary. I must go and
109: 96,12C  !| look$1$ through$4$ that$6#2$ iron gate at the same view$0$, without
109: 96,13C  !| being$1$ able to$9$ see it so$5#1$ well$9$."
109: 96,14'  !| $MP#B$Edmund left$1$ the seat likewise.
109: 96,14B  !| "Now, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
109: 96,15B  !| if you will$1$ look$1$ up the walk$0$, you will$1$ convince yourself
109: 96,16B  !| that$3$ it cannot be half a mile long$9$, or half half a mile."
109: 96,17C  !| "It is an immense distance$0$,"
109: 96,17'  !| said she;
109: 96,17C  !| "I see \that$6#2$\
109: 96,18C  !| with a glance$0$."
109: 96,19'  !| He still$5$ reasoned with her, but in vain. She would
109: 96,20'  !| not calculate, she would not compare. She would only
109: 96,21'  !| smile$1$ and assert. The greatest degree of rational consistency
109: 96,22'  !| could not have been more engaging, and they
109: 96,23'  !| talked with mutual satisfaction. At last$0$ it was agreed,
109: 96,24'  !| that$3$
109: 96,24@y1  | they should endeavour$1$ to$9$ determine the dimensions
109: 96,25@y1  | of the wood by$4$ walking a little more about$4$ it. They
109: 96,26@y1  | would go to$4$ one end$0$ of it, in the line they were then in
109: 96,27'  !| (for$3$ there was a straight green walk$0$ along$4$ the bottom by$4$
109: 96,28'  !| the side$0$ of the ha-ha,)
109: 96,28@y1  | and perhaps turn$1$ a little way in
109: 96,29@y1  | some other direction, if it seemed likely to$9$ assist them,
109: 96,30@y1  | and be back$5$ in a few minutes.
109: 96,30'  !| $MP#A$Fanny said
109: 96,30@a   | she was
109: 96,31@a   | rested,
109: 96,31'  !| and would have moved too$5#2$, but this was not
109: 96,32'  !| suffered. $MP#B$Edmund urged
109: 96,32@b   | her remaining where she was
109: 96,33'  !| with an earnestness which$6#1$ she could not resist, and she
109: 96,34'  !| was left$1$ on$4$ the bench
109: 96,34@a   | to$9$ think with pleasure of her
109: 96,35@a   | cousin's care$0$, but with great regret$0$ that$3$ she was not
109: 96,36@a   | stronger. She watched them till they had turned the
109: 96,37@a   | corner, and listened till all sound$0$ of them had ceased.
110: 97, 1'  !| A quarter$0#1$ of an hour, twenty minutes, passed away,
110: 97, 2'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny was still$5$ thinking of $MP#B$Edmund, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
110: 97, 3'  !| and herself, without interruption from any*one.
110: 97, 3@a   | She
110: 97, 4@a   | began to$9$ be surprised at being$1$ left$1$ so$5#1$ long$9$, and to$9$ listen
110: 97, 5@a   | with an anxious desire$0$ of hearing their steps and their
110: 97, 6@a   | voices again. She listened, and at length she heard;
110: 97, 7@a   | she heard voices and feet approaching; but she had just$9$
110: 97, 8@a   | satisfied$1$ herself that$3$ it was not those she wanted, when
110: 97, 9@a   | $MP#H$Miss*Bertram, $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, issued
110: 97,10@a   | from the same path which$6#1$ she had trod herself, and
110: 97,11@a   | were before$4$ her.
110: 97,12Y6 !| "$MP#A$Miss*Price all alone|"
110: 97,12'  !| and
110: 97,12H  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, how
110: 97,13H  !| comes this?"
110: 97,13'  !| were the first salutations. She told her
110: 97,14'  !| story.
110: 97,14H  !| "Poor dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny,"
110: 97,14'  !| cried her cousin,
110: 97,14H  !| "how ill
110: 97,15H  !| you have been used$1#1$ by$4$ them| You had better$9$ have
110: 97,16H  !| staid with us."
110: 97,17'  !| Then seating herself with a gentleman on$4$ each side$0$,
110: 97,18'  !| she resumed the conversation which$6#1$ had engaged them
110: 97,19'  !| before$5$, and discussed the possibility of improvements
110: 97,20'  !| with much animation. Nothing was fixed on$5$ ~ but
110: 97,21'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford was full of ideas and projects, and,
110: 97,22'  !| generally speaking, whatever he proposed was immediately
110: 97,23'  !| approved, first by$4$ her, and then by$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
110: 97,24'  !| whose$6#1$ principal$2$ business seemed to$9$ be to$9$ hear
110: 97,25'  !| the others, and who$6#1$ scarcely risked an original thought$0$
110: 97,26'  !| of his own$2$ beyond$4$
110: 97,26@u   | a wish$0$ that$3$ they had seen his friend
110: 97,27@u   | $MP#ZZJ$Smith's place$0$.
110: 97,28'  !| After$4$ some minutes spent in this way, $MP#H$Miss*Bertram
110: 97,29'  !| observing the iron gate, expressed
110: 97,29@h   | a wish$0$ of passing$1$
110: 97,30@h   | through$4$ it into the park, that$3$ their views and their plans
110: 97,31@h   | might be more comprehensive.
110: 97,31@d   | It was the very thing
110: 97,32@d   | of all others to$9$ be wished, it was the best, it was the only
110: 97,33@d   | way of proceeding with any advantage,
110: 97,33'  !| in $MP#D$Henry*Crawford's
110: 98, 1'  !| opinion;
110: 98, 1@d   | and he directly saw a knoll not half
110: 98, 2@d   | a mile off, which$6#1$ would give them exactly the requisite
110: 98, 3@d   | command$0$ of the house.
110: 98, 3'  !| Go therefore they must to$4$ that$6#2$
110: 98, 4'  !| knoll, and through$4$ that$6#2$ gate; but the gate was locked.
110: 98, 5'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
110: 98, 5@u   | wished he had brought the key; he had
110: 98, 6@u   | been very near$9$ thinking whether he should not bring the
110: 98, 7@u   | key; he was determined$2$ he would never come without
110: 98, 8@u   | the key again;
110: 98, 8'  !| but still$5$ this did not remove$1$ the present$9$
110: 98, 9'  !| evil. They could not get through$5$; and as $MP#H$Miss*Bertram's
110: 98,10'  !| inclination for$4$ so$5#2$ doing did by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ lessen, it ended
110: 98,11'  !| in $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's declaring outright that$3$
110: 98,11@u   | he would go
110: 98,12@u   | and fetch the key.
110: 98,12'  !| He set$1$ off accordingly.
110: 98,13D  !| "It is undoubtedly the best thing we can do now, as
110: 98,14D  !| we are so$5#1$ far from the house already,"
110: 98,14'  !| said $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,
110: 98,15'  !| when he was gone.
110: 98,16H  !| "Yes, there is nothing else to$9$ be done. But now,
110: 98,17H  !| sincerely, do not you find the place$0$ altogether worse than
110: 98,18H  !| you expected$1$?"
110: 98,19D  !| "No$7$, indeed, far otherwise. I find it better$9$, grander,
110: 98,20D  !| more complete$2$ in its style, though that$6#2$ style may$1$ not be
110: 98,21D  !| the best. And to$9$ tell you the truth,"
110: 98,21'  !| speaking rather
110: 98,22'  !| lower$2$,
110: 98,22D  !| "I do not think that$3$ \I\ shall ever see Sotherton
110: 98,23D  !| again with so$5#1$ much pleasure as I do now. Another
110: 98,24D  !| summer will$1$ hardly improve it to$4$ me."
110: 98,25'  !| After$4$ a moment's embarrassment the lady replied,
110: 98,26H  !| "You are too$5#1$ much a man of the world not to$9$ see with the
110: 98,27H  !| eyes of the world. If other people think Sotherton
110: 98,28H  !| improved, I have no$2$ doubt$0$ that$3$ you will$1$."
110: 98,29D  !| "I am afraid I am not quite so$5#1$ much the man of the
110: 98,30D  !| world as might be good for$4$ me in some points. My
110: 98,31D  !| feelings are not quite so$5#1$ evanescent, nor my memory of
110: 98,32D  !| the past$0$ under such easy dominion as one finds to$9$ be the
110: 98,33D  !| case with men of the world."
110: 98,34'  !| This was followed by$4$ a short$2$ silence$0$. $MP#H$Miss*Bertram
110: 98,35'  !| began again.
110: 98,35H  !| "You seemed to$9$ enjoy your drive$0$ here
110: 98,36H  !| very much this morning. I was glad to$9$ see you so$5#1$ well$9$
110: 98,37H  !| entertained. You and $MP#I$Julia were laughing the whole$2$ way."
110: 98,38D  !| "Were we? Yes, I believe we were; but I have not
110: 99, 1D  !| the least recollection at what$6#1$. Oh| I believe I was relating
110: 99, 2D  !| to$4$ her some ridiculous stories of an old Irish groom of my
110: 99, 3D  !| uncle's. Your sister loves to$9$ laugh$1$."
110: 99, 4H  !| "You think her more light-hearted than I am."
110: 99, 5D  !| "More easily amused,"
110: 99, 5'  !| he replied,
110: 99, 5D  !| "consequently you
110: 99, 6D  !| know,"
110: 99, 6'  !| smiling,
110: 99, 6D  !| "better$9$ company. I could not have
110: 99, 7D  !| hoped to$9$ entertain \you\ with Irish anecdotes during a ten
110: 99, 8D  !| miles' drive$0$."
110: 99, 9H  !| "Naturally, I believe, I am as lively as $MP#I$Julia, but
110: 99,10H  !| I have more to$9$ think of now."
110: 99,11D  !| "You have undoubtedly ~ and there are situations in
110: 99,12D  !| which$6#1$ very high spirits would denote insensibility. Your
110: 99,13D  !| prospects, however, are too$5#1$ fair to$9$ justify want$0$ of spirits.
110: 99,14D  !| You have a very smiling scene before$4$ you."
110: 99,15H  !| "Do you mean$1$ literally or figuratively? Literally
110: 99,16H  !| I conclude. Yes, certainly, the sun shines and the park
110: 99,17H  !| looks$1$ very cheerful. But unluckily that$6#2$ iron gate, that$6#2$
110: 99,18H  !| ha-ha, give me a feeling$0$ of restraint and hardship. I cannot
110: 99,19H  !| get out$5$, as the starling said."
110: 99,19'  !| As she spoke, and it
110: 99,20'  !| was with expression, she walked to$4$ the gate; he followed
110: 99,21'  !| her.
110: 99,21H  !| "$MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth is so$5#1$ long$9$ fetching this key|"
110: 99,22D  !| "And for$4$ the world you would not get out$5$ without
110: 99,23D  !| the key and without $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's authority and
110: 99,24D  !| protection, or I think you might with little difficulty pass$1$
110: 99,25D  !| round$4$ the edge of the gate, here, with my assistance;
110: 99,26D  !| I think it might be done, if you really wished to$9$ be more
110: 99,27D  !| at large, and could allow yourself to$9$ think it not
110: 99,28D  !| prohibited."
110: 99,29H  !| "Prohibited| nonsense| I certainly can get out$5$ that$6#2$
110: 99,30H  !| way, and I will$1$. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth will$1$ be here in a moment
110: 99,31H  !| you know ~ we shall not be out$8$ of sight."
110: 99,32D  !| "Or if we are, $MP#A$Miss*Price will$1$ be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ tell him,
110: 99,33D  !| that$3$ he will$1$ find us near$4$ that$6#2$ knoll, the grove of oak on$4$
110: 99,34D  !| the knoll."
110: 99,35'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, feeling$1$ all this to$9$ be wrong$9$, could not help$1$
110: 99,36'  !| making an effort to$9$ prevent it.
110: 99,36A  !| "You will$1$ hurt yourself,
110: 99,37A  !| $MP#H$Miss*Bertram,"
110: 99,37'  !| she cried,
110: 99,37A  !| "you will$1$ certainly hurt yourself
110: 99,38A  !| against those spikes ~ you will$1$ tear$1$ your gown ~ you
110:100, 1A  !| will$1$ be in danger of slipping into the ha-ha. You had
110:100, 2A  !| better$9$ not go."
110:100, 3'  !| Her cousin was safe on$4$ the other side$0$, while$9$ these
110:100, 4'  !| words were spoken, and smiling with all the good-humour
110:100, 5'  !| of success, she said,
110:100, 5H  !| "Thank you, my dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, but
110:100, 6H  !| I and my gown are alive and well$9$, and so$5#2$ good*bye."
110:100, 7'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was again left$1$ to$4$ her solitude, and with no$2$
110:100, 8'  !| increase$0$ of pleasant feelings,
110:100, 8@a   | for$3$ she was sorry for$4$ almost
110:100, 9@a   | all that$6#1$ she had seen and heard, astonished at $MP#H$Miss*Bertram,
110:100,10@a   | and angry with $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford. By$4$ taking
110:100,11@a   | a circuitous, and as it appeared to$4$ her, very unreasonable
110:100,12@a   | direction to$4$ the knoll, they were soon beyond$4$ her eye;
110:100,13@a   | and for$4$ some minutes longer she remained without sight
110:100,14@a   | or sound$0$ of any companion. She seemed to$9$ have the
110:100,15@a   | little wood all to$4$ herself. She could almost have thought$1$,
110:100,16@a   | that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford had left$1$ it, but that$3$ it
110:100,17@a   | was impossible for$4$ $MP#B$Edmund to$9$ forget her so$5#1$ entirely.
110:100,18'  !| She was again roused from disagreeable musings by$4$
110:100,19'  !| sudden$2$ footsteps, somebody was coming at a quick$2$ pace$0$
110:100,20'  !| down$4$ the principal$2$ walk$0$. She expected$1$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
110:100,21'  !| but it was $MP#I$Julia, who$6#1$ hot and out$8$ of breath, and with
110:100,22'  !| a look$0$ of disappointment, cried out$5$ on$4$ seeing her,
110:100,22I  !| "Hey-day|
110:100,23I  !| Where are the others? I thought$1$ $MP#H$Maria and
110:100,24I  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford were with you."
110:100,25'  !| $MP#A$Fanny explained.
110:100,26I  !| "A pretty$2$ trick$0$, upon my word| I cannot see them
110:100,27I  !| any*where,"
110:100,27'  !| looking eagerly into the park.
110:100,27I  !| "But they
110:100,28I  !| cannot be very far off, and I think I am equal$2$ to$4$ as much
110:100,29I  !| as $MP#H$Maria, even$5$ without help$0$."
110:100,30A  !| "But, $MP#I$Julia, $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth will$1$ be here in a moment
110:100,31A  !| with the key. Do wait for$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth."
110:100,32I  !| "Not I, indeed. I have had enough of the family for$4$
110:100,33I  !| one morning. Why, child, I have but this moment
110:100,34I  !| escaped from his horrible mother. Such a penance as
110:100,35I  !| I have been enduring, while$9$ you were sitting$1$ here so$5#1$
110:100,36I  !| composed and so$5#1$ happy| It might have been as well$9$,
110:100,37I  !| perhaps, if you had been in my place$0$, but you always
110:100,38I  !| contrive to$9$ keep out$8$ of these scrapes."
110:101, 1'  !| This was a most unjust reflection, but $MP#A$Fanny could
110:101, 2'  !| allow for$4$ it, and let it pass$1$;
110:101, 2@a   | $MP#I$Julia was vexed, and her
110:101, 3@a   | temper was hasty, but she felt that$3$ it would not last$1$,
110:101, 4'  !| and therefore taking no$2$ notice$0$, only asked her
110:101, 4@a   | if she had
110:101, 5@a   | not seen $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth.
110:101, 6I  !| "Yes, yes, we saw him. He was posting away as if
110:101, 7I  !| upon life and death, and could but just$9$ spare$1$ time to$9$ tell
110:101, 8I  !| us his errand, and where you all were."
110:101, 9A  !| "It is a pity$0$ that$3$ he should have so$5#1$ much trouble$0$ for$4$
110:101,10A  !| nothing."
110:101,11I  !| "\That$6#2$\ is $MP#H$Miss*Maria's concern$0$. I am not obliged to$9$
110:101,12I  !| punish myself for$4$ \her\ sins. The mother I could not
110:101,13I  !| avoid, as long$9$ as my tiresome aunt was dancing$1$ about$5$
110:101,14I  !| with the housekeeper, but the son I \can\ get away from."
110:101,15'  !| And she immediately scrambled across$4$ the fence, and
110:101,16'  !| walked away, not attending to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's last$2$ question$0$ of
110:101,17'  !| whether she had seen any*thing of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford and
110:101,18'  !| $MP#B$Edmund. The sort of dread$0$ in which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny now sat of
110:101,19'  !| seeing $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth prevented her thinking so$5#1$ much
110:101,20'  !| of their continued absence, however, as she might have
110:101,21'  !| done. She felt that$3$ he had been very ill-used, and was
110:101,22'  !| quite unhappy in having to$9$ communicate what$6#1$ had
110:101,23'  !| passed. He joined her within five minutes after$4$ $MP#I$Julia's
110:101,24'  !| exit; and though she made the best of the story, he was
110:101,25'  !| evidently mortified and displeased in no$2$ common$2$ degree.
110:101,26'  !| At first he scarcely said any*thing; his looks$0$ only expressed
110:101,27'  !| his extreme$2$ surprise$0$ and vexation, and he walked
110:101,28'  !| to$4$ the gate and stood there, without seeming to$9$ know
110:101,29'  !| what$6#1$ to$9$ do.
110:101,30A  !| "They desired me to$9$ stay$1$ ~ my cousin $MP#H$Maria charged
110:101,31A  !| me to$9$ say that$3$ you would find them at that$6#2$ knoll, or
110:101,32A  !| thereabouts."
110:101,33U  !| "I do not believe I shall go any further,"
110:101,33'  !| said he
110:101,34'  !| sullenly;
110:101,34U  !| "I see nothing of them. By$4$ the time I get
110:101,35U  !| to$4$ the knoll, they may$1$ be gone some*where else. I have
110:101,36U  !| had walking enough."
110:101,37'  !| And he sat down$5$ with a most gloomy countenance by$4$
110:101,38'  !| $MP#A$Fanny.
110:102, 1A  !| "I am very sorry,"
110:102, 1'  !| said she;
110:102, 1A  !| "it is very unlucky."
110:102, 2'  !| And she longed to$9$ be able to$9$ say something more to$4$ the
110:102, 3'  !| purpose.
110:102, 4'  !| After$4$ an interval of silence$0$,
110:102, 4U  !| "I think they might as
110:102, 5U  !| well$9$ have staid for$4$ me,"
110:102, 5'  !| said he.
110:102, 6A  !| "$MP#H$Miss*Bertram thought$1$ you would follow her."
110:102, 7U  !| "I should not have had to$9$ follow if she had staid."
110:102, 8'  !| This could not be denied, and $MP#A$Fanny was silenced.
110:102, 9'  !| After$4$ another pause$0$, he went on$5$.
110:102, 9U  !| "Pray, $MP#A$Miss*Price,
110:102,10U  !| are you such a great admirer of this $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford as some
110:102,11U  !| people are? For$4$ my part$0$, I can see nothing in him."
110:102,12A  !| "I do not think him at all handsome."
110:102,13U  !| "Handsome| Nobody can call$1$ such an under-sized
110:102,14U  !| man handsome. He is not five foot nine. I should not
110:102,15U  !| wonder$1$ if he was not more than five foot eight. I think
110:102,16U  !| he is an ill-looking fellow. In my opinion, these $MP#D1$Crawfords
110:102,17U  !| are no$2$ addition at all. We did very well$9$ without
110:102,18U  !| them."
110:102,19'  !| A small sigh$0$ escaped $MP#A$Fanny here, and she did not
110:102,20'  !| know how to$9$ contradict him.
110:102,21U  !| "If I had made any difficulty about$4$ fetching the key,
110:102,22U  !| there might have been some excuse$0$, but I went the very
110:102,23U  !| moment she said she wanted it."
110:102,24A  !| "Nothing could be more obliging than your manner,
110:102,25A  !| I am sure, and I dare$1#2$ say you walked as fast as you
110:102,26A  !| could; but still$5$ it is some distance$0$, you know, from
110:102,27A  !| this spot to$4$ the house, quite into the house; and when
110:102,28A  !| people are waiting, they are bad judges of time, and
110:102,29A  !| every half minute$0$ seems like$9$ five."
110:102,30'  !| He got up and walked to$4$ the gate again, and
110:102,30U  !| "wished
110:102,31U  !| he had had the key about$4$ him at the time."
110:102,31'  !| $MP#A$Fanny
110:102,32'  !| thought$1$ she discerned in his standing$1$ there, an indication
110:102,33'  !| of relenting, which$6#1$ encouraged her to$4$ another attempt$0$,
110:102,34'  !| and she said, therefore,
110:102,34A  !| "It is a pity$0$ you should not join
110:102,35A  !| them. They expected$1$ to$9$ have a better$9$ view$0$ of the house
110:102,36A  !| from that$6#2$ part$0$ of the park, and will$1$ be thinking how it
110:102,37A  !| may$1$ be improved; and nothing of that$6#2$ sort, you know,
110:102,38A  !| can be settled$1$ without you."
110:103, 1'  !| She found herself more successful in sending away, than
110:103, 2'  !| in retaining a companion. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was worked
110:103, 3'  !| on$5$.
110:103, 3U  !| "Well$7$,"
110:103, 3'  !| said he,
110:103, 3U  !| "if you really think I had better$9$
110:103, 4U  !| go; it would be foolish to$9$ bring the key for$4$ nothing."
110:103, 5'  !| And letting himself out$5$, he walked off without further
110:103, 6'  !| ceremony.
110:103, 7'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's thoughts were now all engrossed by$4$ the two
110:103, 8'  !| who$6#1$ had left$1$ her so$5#1$ long$9$ ago, and getting quite impatient,
110:103, 9'  !| she resolved to$9$ go in search$0$ of them. She followed their
110:103,10'  !| steps along$4$ the bottom walk$0$, and had just$9$ turned up into
110:103,11'  !| another, when the voice and the laugh$0$ of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
110:103,12'  !| once more caught her ear; the sound$0$ approached, and
110:103,13'  !| a few more windings brought them before$4$ her.
110:103,13@y1  | They
110:103,14@y1  | were just$9$ returned into the wilderness from the park,
110:103,15@y1  | to$4$ which$6#1$ a side$2$ gate, not fastened, had tempted them
110:103,16@y1  | very soon after$4$ their leaving her, and they had been
110:103,17@y1  | across$4$ a portion of the park into the very avenue which$6#1$
110:103,18@y1  | $MP#A$Fanny had been hoping the whole$2$ morning to$9$ reach$1$ at
110:103,19@y1  | last$0$; and had been sitting$1$ down$5$ under one of the trees.
110:103,20'  !| This was their history.
110:103,20@a   | It was evident that$3$ they had
110:103,21@a   | been spending their time pleasantly, and were not aware
110:103,22@a   | of the length of their absence. $MP#A$Fanny's best consolation
110:103,23@a   | was in being$1$ assured that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund had wished for$4$ her
110:103,24@a   | very much, and that$3$ he should certainly have come back$5$
110:103,25@a   | for$4$ her, had she not been tired already; but this was
110:103,26@a   | not quite sufficient to$9$ do away the pain$0$ of having been
110:103,27@a   | left$1$ a whole$2$ hour, when he had talked of only a few
110:103,28@a   | minutes, nor to$9$ banish the sort of curiosity she felt, to$9$
110:103,29@a   | know what$6#1$ they had been conversing about$4$ all that$6#2$ time;
110:103,30@a   | and the result$0$ of the whole$0$ was to$4$ her disappointment
110:103,31@a   | and depression, as they prepared, by$4$ general$2$ agreement,
110:103,32@a   | to$9$ return$1$ to$4$ the house.
110:103,33'  !| On$4$ reaching the bottom of the steps to$4$ the terrace,
110:103,34'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris presented themselves
110:103,35'  !| at the top, just$9$ ready for$4$ the wilderness, at the end$0$ of an
110:103,36'  !| hour and half from their leaving the house. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
110:103,37'  !| had been too$5#1$ well$9$ employed to$9$ move$1$ faster. Whatever
110:103,38'  !| cross$2$ accidents had occurred to$9$ intercept the pleasures
110:104, 1'  !| of her nieces, she had found a morning of complete$2$ enjoyment ~
110:104, 2'  !| for$3$ the housekeeper, after$4$ a great many courtesies
110:104, 3'  !| on$4$ the subject$0$ of pheasants, had taken her to$4$ the dairy,
110:104, 4'  !| told her all about$4$ their cows, and given her the receipt
110:104, 5'  !| for$4$ a famous cream cheese; and since $MP#I$Julia's leaving
110:104, 6'  !| them, they had been met by$4$ the gardener, with whom$6#1$
110:104, 7'  !| she had made a most satisfactory acquaintance, for$3$ she
110:104, 8'  !| had set$1$ him right$2#1$ as to$4$ his grandson's illness, convinced
110:104, 9'  !| him it was an ague, and promised him a charm$0$ for$4$ it;
110:104,10'  !| and he, in return$0$, had shewn her all his choicest nursery
110:104,11'  !| of plants, and actually presented her with a very curious
110:104,12'  !| specimen of heath.
110:104,13'  !| On$4$ this rencontre they all returned to$4$ the house
110:104,14'  !| together, there to$9$ lounge away the time as they could
110:104,15'  !| with sofas, and chit-chat, and Quarterly*Reviews, till the
110:104,16'  !| return$0$ of the others, and the arrival of dinner. It was
110:104,17'  !| late before$3$ the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams and the two gentlemen
110:104,18'  !| came in, and their ramble did not appear to$9$ have been
110:104,19'  !| more than partially agreeable, or at all productive of any*thing
110:104,20'  !| useful with regard$0$ to$4$ the object$0$ of the day. By$4$
110:104,21'  !| their own$2$ accounts they had been all walking after$4$ each
110:104,22'  !| other,
110:104,22@a   | and the junction which$6#1$ had taken place$0$ at last$0$
110:104,23@a   | seemed, to$9$ $MP#A$Fanny's observation, to$9$ have been as much
110:104,24@a   | too$5#1$ late for$4$ re-establishing harmony, as it confessedly had
110:104,25@a   | been for$4$ determining on$4$ any alteration. She felt, as she
110:104,26@a   | looked at $MP#I$Julia and $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, that$3$ her's was not
110:104,27@a   | the only dissatisfied bosom amongst them; there was
110:104,28@a   | gloom on$4$ the face$0$ of each. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford and $MP#H$Miss*Bertram
110:104,29@a   | were much more gay, and she thought$1$ that$3$ he
110:104,30@a   | was taking particular pains, during dinner, to$9$ do away
110:104,31@a   | any little resentment of the other two, and restore general$2$
110:104,32@a   | good*humour.
110:104,33'  !| Dinner was soon followed by$4$ tea and coffee, a ten
110:104,34'  !| miles' drive$0$ home allowed no$2$ waste$0$ of hours, and from
110:104,35'  !| the time of their sitting$1$ down$5$ to$4$ table, it was a quick$2$
110:104,36'  !| succession of busy nothings till the carriage came to$4$ the
110:104,37'  !| door, and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, having fidgetted about$5$, and
110:104,38'  !| obtained a few pheasant's eggs and a cream cheese from
110:105, 1'  !| the housekeeper, and made abundance of civil speeches
110:105, 2'  !| to$4$ $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, was ready to$9$ lead$1$ the way. At the
110:105, 3'  !| same moment $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford approaching $MP#I$Julia, said,
110:105, 4D  !| "I hope$1$ I am not to$9$ lose my companion, unless she is
110:105, 5D  !| afraid of the evening air in so$5#1$ exposed a seat."
110:105, 5'  !| The
110:105, 6'  !| request$0$ had not been foreseen, but was very graciously
110:105, 7'  !| received, and $MP#I$Julia's day was likely to$9$ end$1$ almost as well$9$
110:105, 8'  !| as it began. $MP#H$Miss*Bertram had made up her mind$0$ to$4$
110:105, 9'  !| something different, and was a little disappointed ~ but
110:105,10'  !| her conviction of being$1$ really the one preferred, comforted
110:105,11'  !| her under it, and enabled her to$9$ receive $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's
110:105,12'  !| parting attentions as she ought. He was certainly
110:105,13'  !| better$9$ pleased to$9$ hand$1$ her into the barouche than to$9$
110:105,14'  !| assist her in ascending the box ~ and his complacency
110:105,15'  !| seemed confirmed by$4$ the arrangement.
110:105,16J  !| "Well$7$, $MP#A$Fanny, this has been a fine day for$4$ you, upon
110:105,17J  !| my word|"
110:105,17'  !| said $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, as they drove through$4$ the
110:105,18'  !| park.
110:105,18J  !| "Nothing but pleasure from beginning$0$ to$4$ end$0$|
110:105,19J  !| I am sure you ought to$9$ be very much obliged to$4$ your
110:105,20J  !| aunt $MP#F$Bertram and me, for$4$ contriving to$9$ let you go.
110:105,21J  !| A pretty$5$ good day's amusement you have had|"
110:105,22'  !| $MP#H$Maria was just$9$ discontented enough to$9$ say directly,
110:105,23H  !| "I think \you\ have done pretty$5$ well$9$ yourself, ma'am.
110:105,24H  !| Your lap seems full of good things, and here is a basket
110:105,25H  !| of something between us, which$6#1$ has been knocking my
110:105,26H  !| elbow unmercifully."
110:105,27J  !| "My dear$2#1$, it is only a beautiful little heath, which$6#1$ that$6#2$
110:105,28J  !| nice old gardener would make$1$ me take; but if it is in your
110:105,29J  !| way, I will$1$ have it in my lap directly. There $MP#A$Fanny, you
110:105,30J  !| shall carry that$6#2$ parcel for$4$ me ~ take great care$0$ of it ~ do
110:105,31J  !| not let it fall$1$; it is a cream cheese, just$9$ like$9$ the excellent
110:105,32J  !| one we had at dinner. Nothing would satisfy that$6#2$ good
110:105,33J  !| old $MP#V2$Mrs%*Whitaker, but my taking one of the cheeses.
110:105,34J  !| I stood out$5$ as long$9$ as I could, till the tears almost came
110:105,35J  !| into her eyes, and I knew it was just$9$ the sort that$6#1$ my
110:105,36J  !| sister would be delighted with. That$6#2$ $MP#V2$Mrs%*Whitaker is
110:105,37J  !| a treasure| She was quite shocked when I asked her
110:105,38J  !| whether wine was allowed at the second$2$ table, and she has
110:106, 1J  !| turned away two housemaids for$4$ wearing white gowns.
110:106, 2J  !| Take care$0$ of the cheese, $MP#A$Fanny. Now I can manage the
110:106, 3J  !| other parcel and the basket very well$9$."
110:106, 4H  !| "What$6#2$ else have you been spunging?"
110:106, 4'  !| said $MP#H$Maria,
110:106, 5'  !| half pleased that$3$ Sotherton should be so$5#1$ complimented.
110:106, 6J  !| "Spunging, my dear$2#1$| It is nothing but four of those
110:106, 7J  !| beautiful pheasant's eggs, which$6#1$ $MP#V2$Mrs%*Whitaker would
110:106, 8J  !| quite force$1$ upon me; she would not take a denial. She
110:106, 9J  !| said it must be such an amusement to$4$ me, as she understood
110:106,10J  !| I lived quite alone, to$9$ have a few living$9$ creatures
110:106,11J  !| of that$6#2$ sort; and so$5#2$ to$9$ be sure it will$1$. I shall get the
110:106,12J  !| dairy maid to$9$ set$1$ them under the first spare$2$ hen, and if
110:106,13J  !| they come to$4$ good I can have them moved to$4$ my own$2$
110:106,14J  !| house and borrow a coop; and it will$1$ be a great delight$0$
110:106,15J  !| to$4$ me in my lonely hours to$9$ attend to$4$ them. And if I have
110:106,16J  !| good luck, your mother shall have some."
110:106,17'  !| It was a beautiful evening, mild and still$2$, and the drive$0$
110:106,18'  !| was as pleasant as the serenity of nature could make$1$ it;
110:106,19'  !| but when $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris ceased speaking it was altogether
110:106,20'  !| a silent drive$0$ to$4$ those within. Their spirits were in
110:106,21'  !| general$0$ exhausted ~ and to$9$ determine whether the day
110:106,22'  !| had afforded most pleasure or pain$0$, might occupy the
110:106,23'  !| meditations of almost all.
111:107, 1'  !| The day at Sotherton, with all its imperfections,
111:107, 2'  !| afforded the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams much more agreeable feelings
111:107, 3'  !| than were derived from the letters from Antigua,
111:107, 4'  !| which$6#1$ soon afterwards reached Mansfield. It was much
111:107, 5'  !| pleasanter to$9$ think of $MP#D$Henry*Crawford than of their
111:107, 6'  !| father; and to$9$ think of their father in England again
111:107, 7'  !| within a certain period, which$6#1$ these letters obliged them
111:107, 8'  !| to$9$ do, was a most unwelcome exercise$0$.
111:107, 9'  !| November was the black month fixed for$4$ his return$0$.
111:107,10'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas wrote of it with as much decision as experience$0$
111:107,11'  !| and anxiety could authorize.
111:107,11@e   | His business was so$5#1$ nearly
111:107,12@e   | concluded as to$9$ justify him in proposing to$9$ take his
111:107,13@e   | passage in the September packet, and he consequently
111:107,14@e   | looked forward$8$ with the hope$0$ of being$1$ with his beloved
111:107,15@e   | family again early in November.
111:107,16'  !| $MP#H$Maria was more to$9$ be pitied than $MP#I$Julia, for$3$ to$4$ her the
111:107,17'  !| father brought a husband, and the return$0$ of the friend
111:107,18'  !| most solicitous for$4$ her happiness, would unite her to$4$ the
111:107,19'  !| lover, on$4$ whom$6#1$ she had chosen that$6#2$ happiness should
111:107,20'  !| depend.
111:107,20@h   | It was a gloomy prospect, and all that$6#1$ she could
111:107,21@h   | do was to$9$ throw$1$ a mist over it, and hope$1$ when the mist
111:107,22@h   | cleared away, she should see something else. It would
111:107,23@h   | hardly be \early\ in November, there were generally delays,
111:107,24@h   | a bad passage or \something\;
111:107,24'  !| that$6#2$ favouring \something\
111:107,25'  !| which$6#1$ every*body who$6#1$ shuts their eyes while$9$ they look$1$, or
111:107,26'  !| their understandings while$9$ they reason$1$, feels the comfort$0$
111:107,27'  !| of.
111:107,27@h   | It would probably be the middle of November at
111:107,28@h   | least; the middle of November was three months off.
111:107,29@h   | Three months comprised thirteen weeks. Much might
111:107,30@h   | happen in thirteen weeks.
111:107,31'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas would have been deeply mortified by$4$
111:107,32'  !| a suspicion of half that$6#1$ his daughters felt on$4$ the subject$0$
111:108, 1'  !| of his return$0$, and would hardly have found consolation in
111:108, 2'  !| a knowledge of the interest$0$ it excited in the breast of
111:108, 3'  !| another young lady. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, on$4$ walking up with
111:108, 4'  !| her brother to$9$ spend the evening at Mansfield*Park, heard
111:108, 5'  !| the good news; and though seeming to$9$ have no$2$ concern$0$ in
111:108, 6'  !| the affair beyond$4$ politeness, and to$9$ have vented all her
111:108, 7'  !| feelings in a quiet$2$ congratulation, heard it with an
111:108, 8'  !| attention not so$5#1$ easily satisfied$1$. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris gave the
111:108, 9'  !| particulars of the letters, and the subject$0$ was dropt; but
111:108,10'  !| after$4$ tea, as $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was standing$1$ at an open$2$
111:108,11'  !| window with $MP#B$Edmund and $MP#A$Fanny looking out$5$ on$4$ a
111:108,12'  !| twilight scene, while$9$ the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams, $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
111:108,13'  !| and $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, were all busy with candles at the
111:108,14'  !| pianoforte, she suddenly revived it by$4$ turning$1$ round$9$
111:108,15'  !| towards the group, and saying,
111:108,15C  !| "How happy $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
111:108,16C  !| looks$1$| He is thinking of November."
111:108,17'  !| $MP#B$Edmund looked round$9$ at $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth too$5#2$, but had
111:108,18'  !| nothing to$9$ say.
111:108,19C  !| "Your father's return$0$ will$1$ be a very interesting event."
111:108,20B  !| "It will$1$, indeed, after$4$ such an absence; an absence not
111:108,21B  !| only long$9$, but including so$5#1$ many dangers."
111:108,22C  !| "It will$1$ be the fore-runner also of other interesting
111:108,23C  !| events; your sister's marriage, and your taking orders$0#2$."
111:108,24B  !| "Yes."
111:108,25C  !| "Don't be affronted,"
111:108,25'  !| said she laughing;
111:108,25C  !| "but it does
111:108,26C  !| put me in mind$0$ of some of the old heathen heroes, who$6#1$
111:108,27C  !| after$4$ performing great exploits in a foreign land, offered
111:108,28C  !| sacrifices to$4$ the gods on$4$ their safe return$0$."
111:108,29B  !| "There is no$2$ sacrifice$0$ in the case,"
111:108,29'  !| replied $MP#B$Edmund
111:108,30'  !| with a serious$2$ smile$0$, and glancing at the piano-forte again,
111:108,31B  !| "It is entirely her own$2$ doing."
111:108,32C  !| "Oh| yes, I know it is. I was merely joking. She has
111:108,33C  !| done no$2$ more than what$6#1$ every young woman would do;
111:108,34C  !| and I have no$2$ doubt$0$ of her being$1$ extremely happy. My
111:108,35C  !| other sacrifice$0$ of course$8$ you do not understand."
111:108,36B  !| "My taking orders$0#2$ I assure you is quite as voluntary as
111:108,37B  !| $MP#H$Maria's marrying."
111:108,38C  !| "It is fortunate that$3$ your inclination and your father's
111:109, 1C  !| convenience should accord so$5#1$ well$9$. There is a very good
111:109, 2C  !| living$0$ kept for$4$ you, I understand, hereabouts."
111:109, 3B  !| "Which$6#1$ you suppose has biassed me."
111:109, 4A  !| "But \that$6#2$\ I am sure it has not,"
111:109, 4'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny.
111:109, 5B  !| "Thank you for$4$ your good word, $MP#A$Fanny, but it is more
111:109, 6B  !| than I would affirm myself. On$4$ the contrary$0$, the knowing
111:109, 7B  !| that$3$ there was such a provision for$4$ me, probably did bias$1$
111:109, 8B  !| me. Nor can I think it wrong$9$ that$3$ it should. There was
111:109, 9B  !| no$2$ natural$2$ disinclination to$9$ be overcome, and I see no$2$
111:109,10B  !| reason$0$ why a man should make$1$ a worse clergyman for$4$
111:109,11B  !| knowing that$3$ he will$1$ have a competence early in life.
111:109,12B  !| I was in safe hands. I hope$1$ I should not have been
111:109,13B  !| influenced myself in a wrong$9$ way, and I am sure my
111:109,14B  !| father was too$5#1$ conscientious to$9$ have allowed it. I have no$2$
111:109,15B  !| doubt$0$ that$3$ I was biassed, but I think it was blamelessly."
111:109,16A  !| "It is the same sort of thing,"
111:109,16'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, after$4$ a short$2$
111:109,17'  !| pause$0$,
111:109,17A  !| "as for$4$ the son of an admiral to$9$ go into the navy,
111:109,18A  !| or the son of a general$0$ to$9$ be in the army, and nobody sees
111:109,19A  !| any*thing wrong$9$ in that$6#2$. Nobody wonders$1$ that$3$ they
111:109,20A  !| should prefer the line where their friends can serve them
111:109,21A  !| best, or suspects them to$9$ be less in earnest in it than they
111:109,22A  !| appear."
111:109,23C  !| "No$7$, my dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Miss*Price, and for$4$ reasons good. The
111:109,24C  !| profession$0#2$, either navy or army, is its own$2$ justification. It
111:109,25C  !| has every*thing in its favour$0$; heroism, danger, bustle$0$,
111:109,26C  !| fashion$0$. Soldiers and sailors are always acceptable in
111:109,27C  !| society. Nobody can wonder$1$ that$3$ men are soldiers and
111:109,28C  !| sailors."
111:109,29B  !| "But the motives of a man who$6#1$ takes orders$0#2$ with the
111:109,30B  !| certainty of preferment, may$1$ be fairly suspected, you
111:109,31B  !| think?"
111:109,31'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund.
111:109,31B  !| "To$9$ be justified in your eyes, he
111:109,32B  !| must do it in the most complete$2$ uncertainty of any
111:109,33B  !| provision."
111:109,34C  !| "What$7$| take orders$0#2$ without a living$0$| No$7$, that$6#2$ is
111:109,35C  !| madness indeed, absolute madness|"
111:109,36B  !| "Shall I ask you how the church is to$9$ be filled, if a man
111:109,37B  !| is neither to$9$ take orders$0#2$ with a living$0$, nor without? No$7$,
111:109,38B  !| for$3$ you certainly would not know what$6#1$ to$9$ say. But
111:110, 1B  !| I must beg some advantage to$4$ the clergyman from your
111:110, 2B  !| own$2$ argument. As he cannot be influenced by$4$ those
111:110, 3B  !| feelings which$6#1$ you rank$1$ highly as temptation and reward$0$
111:110, 4B  !| to$4$ the soldier and sailor in their choice$0$ of a profession$0#2$, as
111:110, 5B  !| heroism, and noise, and fashion$0$ are all against him, he
111:110, 6B  !| ought to$9$ be less liable to$4$ the suspicion of wanting sincerity
111:110, 7B  !| or good intentions in the choice$0$ of his."
111:110, 8C  !| "Oh| no$2$ doubt$0$ he is very sincere in preferring an
111:110, 9C  !| income ready made, to$4$ the trouble$0$ of working for$4$ one; and
111:110,10C  !| has the best intentions of doing nothing all the rest$0#1$ of his
111:110,11C  !| days but eat, drink, and grow fat. It is indolence $MP#B$Mr%*Bertram,
111:110,12C  !| indeed. Indolence and love$0$ of ease$0$ ~ a want$0$ of
111:110,13C  !| all laudable ambition, of taste for$4$ good company, or of
111:110,14C  !| inclination to$9$ take the trouble$0$ of being$1$ agreeable, which$6#1$
111:110,15C  !| make$1$ men clergymen. A clergyman has nothing to$9$ do
111:110,16C  !| but to$9$ be slovenly and selfish ~ read the newspaper, watch$1$
111:110,17C  !| the weather, and quarrel$1$ with his wife. His curate does all
111:110,18C  !| the work$0$, and the business of his own$2$ life is to$9$ dine."
111:110,19B  !| "There are such clergymen, no$2$ doubt$0$, but I think they
111:110,20B  !| are not so$5#1$ common$2$ as to$9$ justify $MP#C$Miss*Crawford in esteeming
111:110,21B  !| it their general$2$ character. I suspect that$3$ in this comprehensive
111:110,22B  !| and (may$1$ I say) common-place censure$0$, you
111:110,23B  !| are not judging from yourself, but from prejudiced
111:110,24B  !| persons, whose$6#1$ opinions you have been in the habit of
111:110,25B  !| hearing. It is impossible that$3$ your own$2$ observation can
111:110,26B  !| have given you much knowledge of the clergy. You can
111:110,27B  !| have been personally acquainted with very few of a set$0$
111:110,28B  !| of men you condemn so$5#1$ conclusively. You are speaking
111:110,29B  !| what$6#1$ you have been told at your uncle's table."
111:110,30C  !| "I speak what$6#1$ appears to$4$ me the general$2$ opinion;
111:110,31C  !| and where an opinion is general$0$, it is usually correct$2$.
111:110,32C  !| Though \I\ have not seen much of the domestic$2$ lives$0$ of
111:110,33C  !| clergymen, it is seen by$4$ too$5#1$ many to$9$ leave$1$ any deficiency
111:110,34C  !| of information."
111:110,35B  !| "Where any one body of educated men, of whatever
111:110,36B  !| denomination, are condemned indiscriminately, there must
111:110,37B  !| be a deficiency of information, or
111:110,37'  !| (smiling)
111:110,37B  !| of something
111:110,38B  !| else. Your uncle, and his brother admirals, perhaps,
111:111, 1B  !| knew little of clergymen beyond$4$ the chaplains whom$6#1$,
111:111, 2B  !| good or bad, they were always wishing away."
111:111, 3A  !| "Poor $MP#Q$William| He has met with great kindness from
111:111, 4A  !| the chaplain of the Antwerp,"
111:111, 4'  !| was a tender$2$ apostrophe of
111:111, 5'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's, very much to$4$ the purpose of her own$2$ feelings, if
111:111, 6'  !| not of the conversation.
111:111, 7C  !| "I have been so$5#1$ little addicted to$9$ take my opinions from
111:111, 8C  !| my uncle,"
111:111, 8'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
111:111, 8C  !| "that$3$ I can hardly
111:111, 9C  !| suppose; ~ and since you push$1$ me so$5#1$ hard, I must observe,
111:111,10C  !| that$3$ I am not entirely without the means$0$ of seeing what$6#1$
111:111,11C  !| clergymen are, being$1$ at this present$9$ time the guest of my
111:111,12C  !| own$2$ brother, $MP#M$Dr%*Grant. And though $MP#M$Dr%*Grant is most
111:111,13C  !| kind$2$ and obliging to$4$ me, and though he is really a gentleman,
111:111,14C  !| and I dare$1#2$ say a good scholar and clever, and often
111:111,15C  !| preaches good sermons, and is very respectable, \I\ see him
111:111,16C  !| to$9$ be an indolent selfish bon*vivant, who$6#1$ must have his
111:111,17C  !| palate consulted in every*thing, who$6#1$ will$1$ not stir a finger
111:111,18C  !| for$4$ the convenience of any*one, and who$6#1$, moreover, if the
111:111,19C  !| cook makes a blunder$0$, is out$8$ of humour with his excellent
111:111,20C  !| wife. To$9$ own$1$ the truth, $MP#D$Henry and I were partly driven
111:111,21C  !| out$5$ this very evening, by$4$ a disappointment about$4$ a green
111:111,22C  !| goose, which$6#1$ he could not get the better$9$ of. My poor sister
111:111,23C  !| was forced to$9$ stay$1$ and bear$1$ it."
111:111,24B  !| "I do not wonder$1$ at your disapprobation, upon my
111:111,25B  !| word. It is a great defect of temper, made worse by$4$ a
111:111,26B  !| very faulty habit of self-indulgence; and to$9$ see your sister
111:111,27B  !| suffering from it, must be exceedingly painful to$9$ such
111:111,28B  !| feelings as your's. $MP#A$Fanny, it goes against us. We cannot
111:111,29B  !| attempt$1$ to$9$ defend $MP#M$Dr%*Grant."
111:111,30A  !| "No$7$,"
111:111,30'  !| replied $MP#A$Fanny,
111:111,30A  !| "but we need$1$ not give up his
111:111,31A  !| profession$0#2$ for$4$ all that$6#2$; because, whatever profession$0#2$
111:111,32A  !| $MP#M$Dr%*Grant had chosen, he would have taken a ~ not
111:111,33A  !| a good temper into it; and as he must either in the navy
111:111,34A  !| or army have had a great many more people under his
111:111,35A  !| command$0$ than he has now, I think more would have been
111:111,36A  !| made unhappy by$4$ him as a sailor or soldier than as
111:111,37A  !| a clergyman. Besides, I cannot but suppose that$3$ whatever
111:111,38A  !| there may$1$ be to$9$ wish$1$ otherwise in $MP#M$Dr%*Grant,
111:112, 1A  !| would have been in a greater danger of becoming$1$ worse
111:112, 2A  !| in a more active and worldly profession$0#2$, where he would
111:112, 3A  !| have had less time and obligation ~ where he might have
111:112, 4A  !| escaped that$6#2$ knowledge of himself, the \frequency\, at least,
111:112, 5A  !| of that$6#2$ knowledge which$6#1$ it is impossible he should escape$1$
111:112, 6A  !| as he is now. A man ~ a sensible$2#2$ man like$9$ $MP#M$Dr%*Grant,
111:112, 7A  !| cannot be in the habit of teaching others their duty every
111:112, 8A  !| week, cannot go to$4$ church twice every Sunday and preach
111:112, 9A  !| such very good sermons in so$5#1$ good a manner as he does,
111:112,10A  !| without being$1$ the better$9$ for$4$ it himself. It must make$1$ him
111:112,11A  !| think, and I have no$2$ doubt$0$ that$3$ he oftener endeavours$1$ to$9$
111:112,12A  !| restrain himself than he would if he had been any*thing but
111:112,13A  !| a clergyman."
111:112,14C  !| "We cannot prove the contrary$0$, to$9$ be sure ~ but I wish$1$
111:112,15C  !| you a better$9$ fate $MP#A$Miss*Price, than to$9$ be the wife of a man
111:112,16C  !| whose$6#1$ amiableness depends upon his own$2$ sermons; for$3$
111:112,17C  !| though he may$1$ preach himself into a good humour every
111:112,18C  !| Sunday, it will$1$ be bad enough to$9$ have him quarrelling
111:112,19C  !| about$4$ green geese from Monday morning till Saturday
111:112,20C  !| night."
111:112,21B  !| "I think the man who$6#1$ could often quarrel$1$ with $MP#A$Fanny,"
111:112,22'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund, affectionately,
111:112,22B  !| "must be beyond$4$ the reach$0$
111:112,23B  !| of any sermons."
111:112,24'  !| $MP#A$Fanny turned farther into the window; and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
111:112,25'  !| had only time to$9$ say in a pleasant manner,
111:112,25C  !| "I fancy$1$
111:112,26C  !| $MP#A$Miss*Price has been more used$1#2$ to$9$ deserve praise$0$ than to$9$
111:112,27C  !| hear it;"
111:112,27'  !| when being$1$ earnestly invited by$4$ the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams
111:112,28'  !| to$9$ join in a glee, she tripped off to$4$ the instrument,
111:112,29'  !| leaving $MP#B$Edmund looking after$4$ her in an ecstacy
111:112,30'  !| of admiration of all her many virtues, from her obliging
111:112,31'  !| manners down$5$ to$4$ her light$9$ and graceful tread.
111:112,32B  !| "There goes good*humour I am sure,"
111:112,32'  !| said he presently.
111:112,33B  !| "There goes a temper which$6#1$ would never give pain$0$|
111:112,34B  !| How well$9$ she walks$1$| and how readily she falls in with
111:112,35B  !| the inclination of others| joining them the moment she
111:112,36B  !| is asked. What$7$ a pity$0$,"
111:112,36'  !| he added, after$4$ an instant's
111:112,37'  !| reflection,
111:112,37B  !| "that$3$ she should have been in such hands|"
111:112,38'  !| $MP#A$Fanny agreed to$4$ it,
111:112,38@a   | and had the pleasure of seeing him
111:113, 1@a   | continue at the window with her, in spite$8$ of the expected$2$
111:113, 2@a   | glee; and of having his eyes soon turned like$9$ her's towards
111:113, 3@a   | the scene without, where all that$6#1$ was solemn and soothing,
111:113, 4@a   | and lovely, appeared in the brilliancy of an unclouded
111:113, 5@a   | night, and the contrast of the deep shade of the woods.
111:113, 6'  !| $MP#A$Fanny spoke her feelings.
111:113, 6A  !| "Here's harmony|"
111:113, 6'  !| said she,
111:113, 7A  !| "Here's repose| Here's what$6#1$ may$1$ leave$1$ all painting and
111:113, 8A  !| all music behind, and what$6#1$ poetry only can attempt$1$ to$9$
111:113, 9A  !| describe. Here's what$6#1$ may$1$ tranquillize every care$0$, and
111:113,10A  !| lift the heart to$4$ rapture| When I look$1$ out$5$ on$4$ such a night
111:113,11A  !| as this, I feel as if there could be neither wickedness nor
111:113,12A  !| sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of
111:113,13A  !| both if the sublimity of Nature were more attended to$4$, and
111:113,14A  !| people were carried more out$8$ of themselves by$4$ contemplating
111:113,15A  !| such a scene."
111:113,16B  !| "I like$1$ to$9$ hear your enthusiasm, $MP#A$Fanny. It is a lovely
111:113,17B  !| night, and they are much to$9$ be pitied who$6#1$ have not been
111:113,18B  !| taught to$9$ feel in some degree as you do ~ who$6#1$ have not at
111:113,19B  !| least been given a taste for$4$ nature in early life. They lose
111:113,20B  !| a great deal$0#2$."
111:113,21A  !| "\You\ taught me to$9$ think and feel on$4$ the subject$0$,
111:113,22A  !| cousin."
111:113,23B  !| "I had a very apt scholar. There's Arcturus looking
111:113,24B  !| very bright."
111:113,25A  !| "Yes, and the bear$0$. I wish$1$ I could see Cassiopeia."
111:113,26B  !| "We must go out$5$ on$4$ the lawn for$4$ that$6#2$. Should you be
111:113,27B  !| afraid?"
111:113,28A  !| "Not in the least. It is a great while$0$ since we have had
111:113,29A  !| any star-gazing."
111:113,30B  !| "Yes, I do not know how it has happened."
111:113,30'  !| The glee
111:113,31'  !| began.
111:113,31B  !| "We will$1$ stay$1$ till this is finished, $MP#A$Fanny,"
111:113,31'  !| said he,
111:113,32'  !| turning$1$ his back$0$ on$4$ the window;
111:113,32@a   | and as it advanced, she
111:113,33@a   | had the mortification of seeing him advance$1$ too$5#2$, moving
111:113,34@a   | forward$8$ by$4$ gentle degrees towards the instrument, and
111:113,35@a   | when it ceased, he was close$9$ by$4$ the singers, among the
111:113,36@a   | most urgent in requesting to$9$ hear the glee again.
111:113,37'  !| $MP#A$Fanny sighed alone at the window till scolded away by$4$
111:113,38'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's threats of catching cold$0$.
112:114, 1'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was to$9$ return$1$ in November, and his eldest
112:114, 2'  !| son had duties to$9$ call$1$ him earlier home. The approach$0$ of
112:114, 3'  !| September brought tidings of $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram first in a letter
112:114, 4'  !| to$4$ the gamekeeper, and then in a letter to$4$ $MP#B$Edmund;
112:114, 5'  !| and by$4$ the end$0$ of August, he arrived himself, to$9$ be gay,
112:114, 6'  !| agreeable, and gallant again as occasion$0$ served, or $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
112:114, 7'  !| demanded, to$9$ tell of races and Weymouth, and
112:114, 8'  !| parties and friends, to$4$ which$6#1$ she might have listened six
112:114, 9'  !| weeks before$5$ with some interest$0$, and altogether to$9$ give
112:114,10'  !| her the fullest conviction, by$4$ the power of actual comparison,
112:114,11'  !| of her preferring his younger brother.
112:114,12@c   | It was very vexatious, and she was heartily sorry for$4$ it;
112:114,13@c   | but so$5#2$ it was; and so$5#1$ far from now meaning$1$ to$9$ marry the
112:114,14@c   | elder, she did not even$5$ want$1$ to$9$ attract him beyond$4$ what$6#1$
112:114,15@c   | the simplest claims of conscious beauty required; his
112:114,16@c   | lengthened absence from Mansfield, without any*thing but
112:114,17@c   | pleasure in view$0$, and his own$2$ will$0$ to$9$ consult, made it
112:114,18@c   | perfectly clear$2$ that$3$ he did not care$1$ about$4$ her; and his
112:114,19@c   | indifference was so$5#1$ much more than equalled by$4$ her own$2$,
112:114,20@c   | that$3$ were he now to$9$ step$1$ forth the owner of Mansfield*park,
112:114,21@c   | the $MP#G$Sir*Thomas complete$2$, which$6#1$ he was to$9$ be in time, she
112:114,22@c   | did not believe she could accept him.
112:114,23'  !| The season and duties which$6#1$ brought $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram back$5$
112:114,24'  !| to$4$ Mansfield, took $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford into Norfolk. Everingham
112:114,25'  !| could not do without him in the beginning$0$ of September.
112:114,26'  !| He went for$4$ a fortnight; a fortnight of such dulness to$4$ the
112:114,27'  !| $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams, as ought to$9$ have put them both on$4$ their
112:114,28'  !| guard$0$, and made even$5$ $MP#I$Julia admit in her jealousy of
112:114,29'  !| her sister, the absolute necessity of distrusting his attentions,
112:114,30'  !| and wishing him not to$9$ return$1$; and a fortnight of
112:114,31'  !| sufficient leisure in the intervals of shooting and sleeping,
112:114,32'  !| to$9$ have convinced the gentleman that$3$ he ought to$9$ keep
112:114,33'  !| longer away, had he been more in the habit of examining
112:114,34'  !| his own$2$ motives, and of reflecting to$4$ what$6#1$ the indulgence
112:115, 1'  !| of his idle vanity was tending; but, thoughtless and
112:115, 2'  !| selfish from prosperity and bad example, he would not
112:115, 3'  !| look$1$ beyond$4$ the present$9$ moment. The sisters, handsome,
112:115, 4'  !| clever, and encouraging, were an amusement to$4$ his sated
112:115, 5'  !| mind$0$; and finding nothing in Norfolk to$9$ equal$1$ the social
112:115, 6'  !| pleasures of Mansfield, he gladly returned to$4$ it at the time
112:115, 7'  !| appointed, and was welcomed thither quite as gladly by$4$
112:115, 8'  !| those whom$6#1$ he came to$9$ trifle$1$ with farther.
112:115, 9'  !| $MP#H$Maria, with only $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth to$9$ attend to$4$ her, and
112:115,10'  !| doomed to$4$ the repeated details of his day's sport$0$, good or
112:115,11'  !| bad, his boast$0$ of his dogs, his jealousy of his neighbours,
112:115,12'  !| his doubts$0$ of their qualification, and his zeal after$4$ poachers,
112:115,13'  !| ~ subjects which$6#1$ will$1$ not find their way to$4$ female$2$ feelings
112:115,14'  !| without some talent on$4$ one side$0$, or some attachment on$4$
112:115,15'  !| the other, had missed $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford grievously; and
112:115,16'  !| $MP#I$Julia, unengaged and unemployed, felt all the right$0$ of
112:115,17'  !| missing him much more. Each sister believed herself
112:115,18'  !| the favourite$0$. $MP#I$Julia might be justified in so$5#2$ doing by$4$ the
112:115,19'  !| hints of $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, inclined to$9$ credit$1$ what$6#1$ she wished, and
112:115,20'  !| $MP#H$Maria by$4$ the hints of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford himself. Every*thing
112:115,21'  !| returned into the same channel as before$4$ his absence;
112:115,22'  !| his manners being$1$ to$4$ each so$5#1$ animated and agreeable, as
112:115,23'  !| to$9$ lose no$2$ ground with either, and just$9$ stopping short$2$ of
112:115,24'  !| the consistence, the steadiness, the solicitude, and the
112:115,25'  !| warmth which$6#1$ might excite general$2$ notice$0$.
112:115,26'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was the only one of the party who$6#1$ found any*thing
112:115,27'  !| to$9$ dislike$1$;
112:115,27@a   | but since the day at Sotherton, she could
112:115,28@a   | never see $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford with either sister without observation,
112:115,29@a   | and seldom without wonder$0$ or censure$0$;
112:115,29'  !| and had
112:115,30'  !| her confidence in her own$2$ judgment been equal$2$ to$4$ her
112:115,31'  !| exercise$0$ of it in every other respect$0$, had she been sure that$3$
112:115,32'  !| she was seeing clearly, and judging candidly, she would
112:115,33'  !| probably have made some important communications to$4$
112:115,34'  !| her usual confidant. As it was, however, she only
112:115,35'  !| hazarded a hint$0$, and the hint$0$ was lost.
112:115,35A  !| "I am rather
112:115,36A  !| surprised,"
112:115,36'  !| said she,
112:115,36A  !| "that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford should come
112:115,37A  !| back$5$ again so$5#1$ soon, after$4$ being$1$ here so$5#1$ long$9$ before$5$, full
112:115,38A  !| seven weeks; for$3$ I had understood he was so$5#1$ very fond
112:116, 1A  !| of change$0$ and moving about$5$, that$3$ I thought$1$ something
112:116, 2A  !| would certainly occur when he was once gone, to$9$ take him
112:116, 3A  !| elsewhere. He is used$1#2$ to$4$ much gayer places$0$ than Mansfield."
112:116, 4     |
112:116, 5B  !| "It is to$4$ his credit$0$,"
112:116, 5'  !| was $MP#B$Edmund's answer$0$,
112:116, 5B  !| "and I
112:116, 6B  !| dare$1#2$ say it gives his sister pleasure. She does not like$1$
112:116, 7B  !| his unsettled habits."
112:116, 8A  !| "What$7$ a favourite$0$ he is with my cousins|"
112:116, 9B  !| "Yes, his manners to$4$ women are such as must please.
112:116,10B  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, I believe, suspects him of a preference for$4$
112:116,11B  !| $MP#I$Julia; I have never seen much symptom of it, but I wish$1$
112:116,12B  !| it may$1$ be so$5#2$. He has no$2$ faults but what$6#1$ a serious$2$ attachment
112:116,13B  !| would remove$1$."
112:116,14A  !| "If $MP#H$Miss*Bertram were not engaged,"
112:116,14'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny,
112:116,15'  !| cautiously,
112:116,15A  !| "I could sometimes almost think that$3$ he
112:116,16A  !| admired her more than $MP#I$Julia."
112:116,17B  !| "Which$6#1$ is, perhaps, more in favour$0$ of his liking $MP#I$Julia
112:116,18B  !| best, than you, $MP#A$Fanny, may$1$ be aware; for$3$ I believe it
112:116,19B  !| often happens, that$3$ a man, before$3$ he has quite made up
112:116,20B  !| his own$2$ mind$0$, will$1$ distinguish the sister or intimate$2$ friend
112:116,21B  !| of the woman he is really thinking of, more than the
112:116,22B  !| woman herself. $MP#D$Crawford has too$5#1$ much sense to$9$ stay$1$ here
112:116,23B  !| if he found himself in any danger from $MP#H$Maria; and I am
112:116,24B  !| not at all afraid for$4$ her, after$4$ such a proof as she has
112:116,25B  !| given, that$3$ her feelings are not strong."
112:116,26'  !| $MP#A$Fanny supposed she must have been mistaken, and
112:116,27'  !| meant to$9$ think differently in future;
112:116,27@a   | but with all that$6#1$
112:116,28@a   | submission to$4$ $MP#B$Edmund could do, and all the help$0$ of the
112:116,29@a   | coinciding looks$0$ and hints which$6#1$ she occasionally noticed
112:116,30@a   | in some of the others, and which$6#1$ seemed to$9$ say that$3$ $MP#I$Julia
112:116,31@a   | was $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's choice$0$, she knew not always what$6#1$ to$9$
112:116,32@a   | think. She was privy, one evening, to$4$ the hopes$0$ of her
112:116,33@a   | aunt $MP#J$Norris on$4$ this subject$0$, as well$9$ as to$4$ her feelings, and
112:116,34@a   | the feelings of $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, on$4$ a point$0$ of some similarity,
112:116,35@a   | and could not help$1$ wondering as she listened;
112:116,36@a   | and glad would she have been not to$9$ be obliged to$9$ listen,
112:116,37@a   | for$3$ it was while$9$ all the other young people were dancing$1$,
112:116,38@a   | and she sitting$1$, most unwillingly, among the chaperons
112:117, 1@a   | at the fire$0$, longing$1$ for$4$ the re-entrance of her elder cousin,
112:117, 2@a   | on$4$ whom$6#1$ all her own$2$ hopes$0$ of a partner then depended.
112:117, 3'  !| It was $MP#A$Fanny's first ball$0#2$, though without the preparation
112:117, 4'  !| or splendour of many a young lady's first ball$0#2$, being$1$ the
112:117, 5'  !| thought$0$ only of the afternoon, built on$4$ the late acquisition
112:117, 6'  !| of a violin player in the servants' hall, and the possibility
112:117, 7'  !| of raising five couple with the help$0$ of $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
112:117, 8'  !| and a new intimate$2$ friend of $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram's just$9$ arrived
112:117, 9'  !| on$4$ a visit$0$. It had, however, been a very happy one to$4$
112:117,10'  !| $MP#A$Fanny through$4$ four dances$0$, and she was quite grieved to$9$
112:117,11'  !| be losing even$5$ a quarter$0#1$ of an hour. ~ While$9$ waiting and
112:117,12'  !| wishing, looking now at the dancers and now at the door,
112:117,13'  !| this dialogue between the two above-mentioned ladies
112:117,14'  !| was forced on$4$ her.
112:117,15J  !| "I think, ma'am,"
112:117,15'  !| said $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris ~ her eyes directed
112:117,16'  !| towards $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth and $MP#H$Maria, who$6#1$ were partners
112:117,17'  !| for$4$ the second$2$ time ~
112:117,17J  !| "we shall see some happy faces
112:117,18J  !| again now."
112:117,19V  !| "Yes, ma'am, indeed"
112:117,19'  !| ~ replied the other, with a
112:117,20'  !| stately simper ~
112:117,20V  !| "there will$1$ be some satisfaction in looking
112:117,21V  !| on$5$ \now\, and I think it was rather a pity$0$ they should
112:117,22V  !| have been obliged to$9$ part$1$. Young folks in their situation
112:117,23V  !| should be excused complying with the common$2$ forms. ~
112:117,24V  !| I wonder$1$ my son did not propose it."
112:117,25J  !| "I dare$1#2$ say he did, ma'am. ~ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth is never
112:117,26J  !| remiss. But dear$2#1$ $MP#H$Maria has such a strict sense of propriety,
112:117,27J  !| so$5#1$ much of that$6#2$ true delicacy which$6#1$ one seldom
112:117,28J  !| meets with now-a-days, $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, that$6#2$ wish$0$ of
112:117,29J  !| avoiding particularity| ~ Dear$2#1$ ma'am, only look$1$ at her
112:117,30J  !| face$0$ at this moment; ~ how different from what$6#1$ it was
112:117,31J  !| the two last$2$ dances$0$|"
112:117,32@a   | $MP#H$Miss*Bertram did indeed look$1$ happy, her eyes were
112:117,33@a   | sparkling with pleasure, and she was speaking with great
112:117,34@a   | animation, for$3$ $MP#I$Julia and her partner, $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, were
112:117,35@a   | close$9$ to$4$ her; they were all in a cluster together. How
112:117,36@a   | she had looked before$5$, $MP#A$Fanny could not recollect, for$3$ she
112:117,37@a   | had been dancing$1$ with $MP#B$Edmund herself, and had not
112:117,38@a   | thought$1$ about$4$ her.
112:118, 1'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris continued,
112:118, 1J  !| "It is quite delightful, ma'am,
112:118, 2J  !| to$9$ see young people so$5#1$ properly happy, so$5#1$ well$9$ suited,
112:118, 3J  !| and so$5#1$ much the thing| I cannot but think of dear$2#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's
112:118, 4J  !| delight$0$. And what$6#2$ do you say, ma'am, to$4$ the
112:118, 5J  !| chance$0$ of another match$0$? $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth has set$1$ a good
112:118, 6J  !| example, and such things are very catching."
112:118, 7'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, who$6#1$ saw nothing but her son, was
112:118, 8'  !| quite at a loss.
112:118, 8J  !| "The couple above$5$, ma'am. Do you
112:118, 9J  !| see no$2$ symptoms there?"
112:118,10V  !| "Oh| dear$7$ ~ $MP#I$Miss*Julia and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford. Yes, indeed,
112:118,11V  !| a very pretty$2$ match$0$. What$6#2$ is his property?"
112:118,12J  !| "Four thousand a year."
112:118,13V  !| "Very well$9$. ~ Those who$6#1$ have not more, must be satisfied$1$
112:118,14V  !| with what$6#1$ they have. ~ Four thousand a year is a
112:118,15V  !| pretty$2$ estate, and he seems a very genteel, steady young
112:118,16V  !| man, so$3$ I hope$1$ $MP#I$Miss*Julia will$1$ be very happy."
112:118,17J  !| "It is not a settled$2$ thing, ma'am, yet. ~ We only speak
112:118,18J  !| of it among friends. But I have very little doubt$0$ it \will$1$\
112:118,19J  !| \be\. ~ He is growing extremely particular in his attentions."
112:118,20'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could listen no$2$ farther.
112:118,20@a   | Listening and wondering
112:118,21@a   | were all suspended for$4$ a time, for$3$ $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram was in
112:118,22@a   | the room again, and though feeling$1$ it would be a great
112:118,23@a   | honour$0$ to$9$ be asked by$4$ him, she thought$1$ it must happen.
112:118,24@a   | He came towards their little circle; but instead of asking
112:118,25@a   | her to$9$ dance$1$, drew a chair near$4$ her, and gave her an
112:118,26@a   | account$0$ of the present$9$ state$0$ of a sick horse, and the opinion
112:118,27@a   | of the groom, from whom$6#1$ he had just$9$ parted.
112:118,27'  !| $MP#A$Fanny
112:118,28'  !| found that$3$
112:118,28@a   | it was not to$9$ be,
112:118,28'  !| and in the modesty of her
112:118,29'  !| nature immediately felt that$3$
112:118,29@a   | she had been unreasonable
112:118,30@a   | in expecting it.
112:118,30'  !| When he had told of his horse, he took
112:118,31'  !| a newspaper from the table, and looking over it said
112:118,32'  !| in a languid way,
112:118,32G  !| "If you want$1$ to$9$ dance$1$, $MP#A$Fanny, I will$1$
112:118,33G  !| stand$1$ up with you." ~
112:118,33'  !| With more than equal$2$ civility the
112:118,34'  !| offer$0$ was declined;
112:118,34@a   | ~ she did not wish$1$ to$9$ dance$1$. ~
112:118,34G  !| "I am
112:118,35G  !| glad of it,"
112:118,35'  !| said he in a much brisker tone, and throwing
112:118,36'  !| down$5$ the newspaper again ~
112:118,36G  !| "for$3$ I am tired to$4$ death. I
112:118,37G  !| only wonder$1$ how the good people can keep it up so$5#1$ long$9$. ~
112:118,38G  !| They had need$1$ be \all\ in love$0$, to$9$ find any amusement in
112:119, 1G  !| such folly ~ and so$5#2$ they are, I fancy$1$. ~ If you look$1$ at them,
112:119, 2G  !| you may$1$ see they are so$5#1$ many couple of lovers ~ all but
112:119, 3G  !| $MP#W$Yates and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant ~ and, between ourselves, she, poor
112:119, 4G  !| woman| must want$1$ a lover as much as any one of them.
112:119, 5G  !| A desperate dull life her's must be with the $MP#M$doctor,"
112:119, 6'  !| making a sly face$0$ as he spoke towards the chair of the
112:119, 7'  !| latter, who$6#1$ proving, however, to$9$ be close$9$ at his elbow,
112:119, 8'  !| made so$5#1$ instantaneous a change$0$ of expression and subject$0$
112:119, 9'  !| necessary, as $MP#A$Fanny, in spite$8$ of every*thing, could hardly
112:119,10'  !| help$1$ laughing at. ~
112:119,10G  !| "A strange business this in America,
112:119,11G  !| $MP#M$Dr%*Grant| ~ What$6#2$ is your opinion? ~ I always come to$4$
112:119,12G  !| you to$9$ know what$6#1$ I am to$9$ think of public$2$ matters."
112:119,13J  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#G$Tom,"
112:119,13'  !| cried his aunt soon afterwards,
112:119,13J  !| "as
112:119,14J  !| you are not dancing$1$, I dare$1#2$ say you will$1$ have no$2$ objection
112:119,15J  !| to$9$ join us in a rubber; shall you?" ~
112:119,15'  !| then, leaving her
112:119,16'  !| seat, and coming to$4$ him to$9$ enforce the proposal, added
112:119,17'  !| in a whisper$0$ ~
112:119,17J  !| "We want$1$ to$9$ make$1$ a table for$4$ $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth,
112:119,18J  !| you know. ~ Your mother is quite anxious about$4$
112:119,19J  !| it, but cannot very well$9$ spare$1$ time to$9$ sit down$5$ herself,
112:119,20J  !| because of her fringe. Now, you and I and $MP#M$Dr%*Grant
112:119,21J  !| will$1$ just$9$ do; and though \we\ play$1$ but half-crowns, you
112:119,22J  !| know you may$1$ bet half-guineas with \him\."
112:119,23G  !| "I should be most happy,"
112:119,23'  !| replied he aloud, and jumping
112:119,24'  !| up with alacrity,
112:119,24G  !| "it would give me the greatest pleasure
112:119,25G  !| ~ but that$3$ I am this moment going to$9$ dance$1$. Come,
112:119,26G  !| $MP#A$Fanny," ~
112:119,26'  !| taking her hand$0$ ~
112:119,26G  !| "do not be dawdling any
112:119,27G  !| longer, or the dance$0$ will$1$ be over."
112:119,28'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was led off very willingly, though it was impossible
112:119,29'  !| for$4$ her to$9$ feel much gratitude towards her cousin,
112:119,30'  !| or distinguish, as he certainly did, between the selfishness
112:119,31'  !| of another person and his own$2$.
112:119,32G  !| "A pretty$5$ modest request$0$ upon my word|"
112:119,32'  !| he indignantly
112:119,33'  !| exclaimed as they walked away.
112:119,33G  !| "To$9$ want$1$ to$9$
112:119,34G  !| nail me to$4$ a card*table for$4$ the next two hours with herself
112:119,35G  !| and $MP#M$Dr%*Grant, who$6#1$ are always quarrelling, and that$6#2$
112:119,36G  !| poking old woman, who$6#1$ knows no$2$ more of whist than of
112:119,37G  !| algebra. I wish$1$ my good aunt would be a little less busy|
112:119,38G  !| And to$9$ ask me in such a way too$5#2$| without ceremony,
112:120, 1G  !| before$4$ them all, so$3$ as to$9$ leave$1$ me no$2$ possibility of refusing|
112:120, 2G  !| \That$6#2$\ is what$6#1$ I dislike$1$ most particularly. It raises
112:120, 3G  !| my spleen more than any*thing, to$9$ have the pretence of
112:120, 4G  !| being$1$ asked, of being$1$ given a choice$0$, and at the same time
112:120, 5G  !| addressed in such a way as to$9$ oblige one to$9$ do the very
112:120, 6G  !| thing ~ whatever it be| If I had not luckily thought$1$ of
112:120, 7G  !| standing$1$ up with you, I could not have got out$8$ of it. It is
112:120, 8G  !| a great deal$0#2$ too$5#1$ bad. But when my aunt has got a fancy$0$
112:120, 9G  !| in her head$0$, nothing can stop$1$ her."
113:121, 1'  !| The $MP#W$Honourable*John*Yates, this new friend, had not
113:121, 2'  !| much to$9$ recommend him beyond$4$ habits of fashion$0$ and
113:121, 3'  !| expense, and being$1$ the younger son of a lord$0$ with a tolerable
113:121, 4'  !| independence; and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas would probably have
113:121, 5'  !| thought$1$ his introduction at Mansfield by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ desirable.
113:121, 6'  !| $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram's acquaintance with him had begun
113:121, 7'  !| at Weymouth, where they had spent ten days together
113:121, 8'  !| in the same society, and the friendship, if friendship it
113:121, 9'  !| might be called, had been proved and perfected by$4$
113:121,10'  !| $MP#W$Mr%*Yates's being$1$ invited to$9$ take Mansfield in his way,
113:121,11'  !| whenever he could, and by$4$ his promising to$9$ come; and
113:121,12'  !| he did come rather earlier than had been expected$1$, in
113:121,13'  !| consequence of the sudden$2$ breaking-up of a large party
113:121,14'  !| assembled for$4$ gaiety at the house of another friend, which$6#1$
113:121,15'  !| he had left$1$ Weymouth to$9$ join. He came on$4$ the wings of
113:121,16'  !| disappointment, and with his head$0$ full of acting, for$3$ it
113:121,17'  !| had been a theatrical party; and the play$0$, in which$6#1$ he
113:121,18'  !| had borne a part$0$, was within two days of representation,
113:121,19'  !| when the sudden$2$ death of one of the nearest connections
113:121,20'  !| of the family had destroyed the scheme$0$ and dispersed the
113:121,21'  !| performers. To$9$ be so$5#1$ near$4$ happiness, so$5#1$ near$4$ fame, so$5#1$ near$4$
113:121,22'  !| the long$9$ paragraph in praise$0$ of the private$2$ theatricals at
113:121,23'  !| Ecclesford, the seat of the $MP#ZZD$Right*Hon%*Lord*Ravenshaw,
113:121,24'  !| in Cornwall, which$6#1$ would of course$8$ have immortalized
113:121,25'  !| the whole$2$ party for$4$ at least a twelvemonth| and being$1$
113:121,26'  !| so$5#1$ near$9$, to$9$ lose it all, was an injury to$9$ be keenly felt, and
113:121,27'  !| $MP#W$Mr%*Yates could talk$1$ of nothing else. Ecclesford and its
113:121,28'  !| theatre, with its arrangements and dresses$0$, rehearsals and
113:121,29'  !| jokes, was his never-failing subject$0$, and to$9$ boast$1$ of the
113:121,30'  !| past$0$ his only consolation.
113:121,31'  !| Happily for$4$ him, a love$0$ of the theatre is so$5#1$ general$2$, an
113:121,32'  !| itch for$4$ acting so$5#1$ strong among young people, that$3$ he
113:122, 1'  !| could hardly out-talk the interest$0$ of his hearers. From
113:122, 2'  !| the first casting of the parts, to$4$ the epilogue, it was all
113:122, 3'  !| bewitching, and there were few who$6#1$ did not wish$1$ to$9$ have
113:122, 4'  !| been a party concerned, or would have hesitated to$9$ try
113:122, 5'  !| their skill. The play$0$ had been Lovers'*Vows, and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates
113:122, 6'  !| was to$9$ have been $MP#ZZN$Count*Cassel.
113:122, 6W  !| "A trifling part$0$,"
113:122, 7'  !| said he,
113:122, 7W  !| "and not at all to$4$ my taste, and such a one as I
113:122, 8W  !| certainly would not accept again; but I was determined$2$
113:122, 9W  !| to$9$ make$1$ no$2$ difficulties. $MP#ZZD$Lord*Ravenshaw and the duke
113:122,10W  !| had appropriated the only two characters worth playing
113:122,11W  !| before$3$ I reached Ecclesford; and though $MP#ZZD$Lord*Ravenshaw
113:122,12W  !| offered to$9$ resign his to$4$ me, it was impossible to$9$ take
113:122,13W  !| it, you know. I was sorry for$4$ \him\ that$3$ he should have
113:122,14W  !| so$5#1$ mistaken his powers, for$3$ he was no$2$ more equal$2$ to$4$ the
113:122,15W  !| $MP#ZZM$Baron| A little man, with a weak voice, always hoarse
113:122,16W  !| after$4$ the first ten minutes| It must have injured the
113:122,17W  !| piece materially; but \I\ was resolved to$9$ make$1$ no$2$ difficulties.
113:122,18W  !| $MP#ZM$Sir*Henry thought$1$ the duke not equal$2$ to$4$ $MP#ZZP$Frederick,
113:122,19W  !| but that$6#2$ was because $MP#ZM$Sir*Henry wanted the part$0$
113:122,20W  !| himself; whereas it was certainly in the best hands of the
113:122,21W  !| two. I was surprised to$9$ see $MP#ZM$Sir*Henry such a stick.
113:122,22W  !| Luckily the strength of the piece did not depend upon
113:122,23W  !| him. Our $MP#ZZU$Agatha was inimitable, and the duke was
113:122,24W  !| thought$1$ very great by$4$ many. And upon the whole$0$ it
113:122,25W  !| would certainly have gone off wonderfully."
113:122,26X  !| "It was a hard case, upon my word;"
113:122,26'  !| and,
113:122,26X  !| "I do
113:122,27X  !| think you were very much to$9$ be pitied;"
113:122,27'  !| were the kind$2$
113:122,28'  !| responses of listening sympathy.
113:122,29W  !| "It is not worth complaining about$4$, but to$9$ be sure the
113:122,30W  !| poor old dowager could not have died at a worse time;
113:122,31W  !| and it is impossible to$9$ help$1$ wishing, that$3$ the news could
113:122,32W  !| have been suppressed for$4$ just$9$ the three days we wanted.
113:122,33W  !| It was but three days; and being$1$ only a grand-mother,
113:122,34W  !| and all happening two hundred miles off, I think there
113:122,35W  !| would have been no$2$ great harm$0$, and it \was\ suggested, I
113:122,36W  !| know; but $MP#ZZD$Lord*Ravenshaw, who$6#1$ I suppose is one of the
113:122,37W  !| most correct$2$ men in England, would not hear of it."
113:122,38G  !| "An after-piece instead of a comedy,"
113:122,38'  !| said $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram.
113:123, 1G  !| "Lovers'*Vows were at an end$0$, and $MP#ZZD$Lord and
113:123, 1G  !| $MP#ZZD$Lady*Ravenshaw
113:123, 2G  !| left$1$ to$9$ act$1$ My*Grandmother by$4$ themselves.
113:123, 3G  !| Well$7$, the jointure may$1$ comfort$1$ \him\; and perhaps,
113:123, 4G  !| between friends, he began to$9$ tremble$1$ for$4$ his credit$0$ and
113:123, 5G  !| his lungs in the $MP#ZZM$Baron, and was not sorry to$9$ withdraw;
113:123, 6G  !| and to$9$ make$1$ \you\ amends, $MP#W$Yates, I think we must raise
113:123, 7G  !| a little theatre at Mansfield, and ask you to$9$ be our
113:123, 8G  !| manager."
113:123, 9'  !| This, though the thought$0$ of the moment, did not end$1$
113:123,10'  !| with the moment; for$3$ the inclination to$9$ act$1$ was awakened,
113:123,11'  !| and in no*one more strongly than in him who$6#1$ was now
113:123,12'  !| master of the house; and who$6#1$ having so$5#1$ much leisure as
113:123,13'  !| to$9$ make$1$ almost any novelty a certain good, had likewise
113:123,14'  !| such a degree of lively talents and comic taste, as were
113:123,15'  !| exactly adapted to$4$ the novelty of acting. The thought$0$
113:123,16'  !| returned again and again.
113:123,16G  !| "Oh| for$4$ the Ecclesford
113:123,17G  !| theatre and scenery to$9$ try something with."
113:123,17'  !| Each sister
113:123,18'  !| could echo the wish$0$; and $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, to$4$ whom$6#1$, in
113:123,19'  !| all the riot of his gratifications, it was yet an untasted
113:123,20'  !| pleasure, was quite alive at the idea.
113:123,20D  !| "I really believe,"
113:123,21'  !| said he,
113:123,21D  !| "I could be fool enough at this moment to$9$ undertake
113:123,22D  !| any character that$6#1$ ever was written, from $MP#Z2$Shylock
113:123,23D  !| or $MP#Z1$Richard*III% down$5$ to$4$ the singing hero of a farce in his
113:123,24D  !| scarlet coat and cocked hat. I feel as if I could be any*thing
113:123,25D  !| or every*thing, as if I could rant$1$ and storm$1$, or sigh$1$,
113:123,26D  !| or cut$9$ capers in any tragedy or comedy in the English
113:123,27D  !| language. Let us be doing something. Be it only half
113:123,28D  !| a play$0$ ~ an act$0$ ~ a scene; what$6#2$ should prevent us? Not
113:123,29D  !| these countenances I am sure,"
113:123,29'  !| looking towards the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams,
113:123,30D  !| "and for$4$ a theatre, what$6#2$ signifies a theatre?
113:123,31D  !| We shall be only amusing ourselves. Any room in this
113:123,32D  !| house might suffice."
113:123,33G  !| "We must have a curtain,"
113:123,33'  !| said $MP#G$Tom*Bertram,
113:123,33G  !| "a few
113:123,34G  !| yards of green baize for$4$ a curtain, and perhaps that$6#2$ may$1$
113:123,35G  !| be enough."
113:123,36W  !| "Oh| quite enough,"
113:123,36'  !| cried $MP#W$Mr%*Yates,
113:123,36W  !| "with only just$9$
113:123,37W  !| a side$2$ wing or two run$1$ up, doors in flat, and three or four
113:123,38W  !| scenes to$9$ be let down$5$; nothing more would be necessary
113:124, 1W  !| on$4$ such a plan as this. For$4$ mere amusement among ourselves,
113:124, 2W  !| we should want$1$ nothing more."
113:124, 3H  !| "I believe we must be satisfied$1$ with \less\,"
113:124, 3'  !| said $MP#H$Maria.
113:124, 4H  !| "There would not be time, and other difficulties would
113:124, 5H  !| arise. We must rather adopt $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's views, and
113:124, 6H  !| make$1$ the \performance\, not the \theatre\, our object$0$. Many
113:124, 7H  !| parts of our best plays$0$ are independent of scenery."
113:124, 8B  !| "Nay,"
113:124, 8'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund, who$6#1$ began to$9$ listen with alarm$0$.
113:124, 9B  !| "Let us do nothing by$4$ halves. If we are to$9$ act$1$, let it be
113:124,10B  !| in a theatre completely fitted up with pit, box, and gallery,
113:124,11B  !| and let us have a play$0$ entire from beginning$0$ to$4$ end$0$; so$5#1$
113:124,12B  !| as it be a German play$0$, no$2$ matter what$6#1$, with a good tricking,
113:124,13B  !| shifting after-piece, and a figure-dance, and a horn-pipe,
113:124,14B  !| and a song between the acts$0$. If we do not out$5$ do
113:124,15B  !| Ecclesford, we do nothing."
113:124,16I  !| "Now, $MP#B$Edmund, do not be disagreeable,"
113:124,16'  !| said $MP#I$Julia.
113:124,17I  !| "Nobody loves a play$0$ better$9$ than you do, or can have
113:124,18I  !| gone much farther to$9$ see one."
113:124,19B  !| "True, to$9$ see real acting, good hardened real acting;
113:124,20B  !| but I would hardly walk$1$ from this room to$4$ the next to$9$
113:124,21B  !| look$1$ at the raw efforts of those who$6#1$ have not been bred
113:124,22B  !| to$4$ the trade, ~ a set$0$ of gentlemen and ladies, who$6#1$ have all
113:124,23B  !| the disadvantages of education and decorum to$9$ struggle$1$
113:124,24B  !| through$4$."
113:124,25'  !| After$4$ a short$2$ pause$0$, however, the subject$0$ still$5$ continued,
113:124,26'  !| and was discussed with unabated eagerness, every*one's
113:124,27'  !| inclination increasing by$4$ the discussion, and a knowledge
113:124,28'  !| of the inclination of the rest$0#1$; and though nothing was
113:124,29'  !| settled$1$ but that$3$ $MP#G$Tom*Bertram would prefer a comedy,
113:124,30'  !| and his sisters and $MP#D$Henry*Crawford a tragedy, and that$3$
113:124,31'  !| nothing in the world could be easier than to$9$ find a piece
113:124,32'  !| which$6#1$ would please them all, the resolution to$9$ act$1$ something
113:124,33'  !| or other, seemed so$5#1$ decided$2$, as to$9$ make$1$ $MP#B$Edmund
113:124,34'  !| quite uncomfortable. He was determined$2$ to$9$ prevent it,
113:124,35'  !| if possible, though his mother, who$6#1$ equally heard the
113:124,36'  !| conversation which$6#1$ passed at table, did not evince the
113:124,37'  !| least disapprobation.
113:124,38'  !| The same evening afforded him an opportunity of trying$1$
113:125, 1'  !| his strength. $MP#H$Maria, $MP#I$Julia, $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates,
113:125, 2'  !| were in the billiard-room. $MP#G$Tom returning from
113:125, 3'  !| them into the drawing-room, where $MP#B$Edmund was standing$1$
113:125, 4'  !| thoughtfully by$4$ the fire$0$, while$9$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram was on$4$ the
113:125, 5'  !| sofa at a little distance$0$, and $MP#A$Fanny close$9$ beside$4$ her arranging
113:125, 6'  !| her work$0$, thus began as he entered.
113:125, 6G  !| "Such a horribly
113:125, 7G  !| vile billiard-table as ours, is not to$9$ be met with, I believe,
113:125, 8G  !| above$4$ ground| I can stand$1$ it no$2$ longer, and I think, I
113:125, 9G  !| may$1$ say, that$3$ nothing shall ever tempt me to$4$ it again.
113:125,10G  !| But one good thing I have just$9$ ascertained. It is the
113:125,11G  !| very room for$4$ a theatre, precisely the shape$0$ and length
113:125,12G  !| for$4$ it, and the doors at the farther end$0$, communicating
113:125,13G  !| with each other as they may$1$ be made to$9$ do in five minutes,
113:125,14G  !| by$4$ merely moving the book-case in my father's room, is
113:125,15G  !| the very thing we could have desired, if we had set$1$ down$5$
113:125,16G  !| to$9$ wish$1$ for$4$ it. And my father's room will$1$ be an excellent
113:125,17G  !| green-room. It seems to$9$ join the billiard-room on$4$
113:125,18G  !| purpose."
113:125,19B  !| "You are not serious$2$, $MP#G$Tom, in meaning$1$ to$9$ act$1$?"
113:125,19'  !| said
113:125,20'  !| $MP#B$Edmund in a low voice, as his brother approached the fire$0$.
113:125,21G  !| "Not serious$2$| never more so$5#2$, I assure you. What$6#2$ is
113:125,22G  !| there to$9$ surprise$1$ you in it?"
113:125,23B  !| "I think it would be very wrong$9$. In a \general$2$\ light$0$,
113:125,24B  !| private$2$ theatricals are open$2$ to$4$ some objections, but as \we\
113:125,25B  !| are circumstanced, I must think it would be highly injudicious,
113:125,26B  !| and more than injudicious, to$9$ attempt$1$ any*thing
113:125,27B  !| of the kind$0$. It would show$1$ great want$0$ of feeling$0$ on$4$ my
113:125,28B  !| father's account$0$, absent as he is, and in some degree of
113:125,29B  !| constant danger; and it would be imprudent, I think,
113:125,30B  !| with regard$0$ to$4$ $MP#H$Maria, whose$6#1$ situation is a very delicate
113:125,31B  !| one, considering every*thing, extremely delicate."
113:125,32G  !| "You take up a thing so$5#1$ seriously| as if we were going
113:125,33G  !| to$9$ act$1$ three times a week till my father's return$0$, and
113:125,34G  !| invite all the country. But it is not to$9$ be a display$0$ of
113:125,35G  !| that$6#2$ sort. We mean$1$ nothing but a little amusement
113:125,36G  !| among ourselves, just$9$ to$9$ vary the scene, and exercise$1$ our
113:125,37G  !| powers in something new. We want$1$ no$2$ audience, no$2$
113:125,38G  !| publicity. We may$1$ be trusted, I think, in choosing some
113:126, 1G  !| play$0$ most perfectly unexceptionable, and I can conceive
113:126, 2G  !| no$2$ greater harm$0$ or danger to$4$ any of us in conversing in
113:126, 3G  !| the elegant written language of some respectable author
113:126, 4G  !| than in chattering in words of our own$2$. I have no$2$ fears,
113:126, 5G  !| and no$2$ scruples. And as to$4$ my father's being$1$ absent, it
113:126, 6G  !| is so$5#1$ far from an objection, that$3$ I consider it rather as
113:126, 7G  !| a motive; for$3$ the expectation of his return$0$ must be a very
113:126, 8G  !| anxious period to$4$ my mother, and if we can be the means$0$
113:126, 9G  !| of amusing that$6#2$ anxiety, and keeping$1$ up her spirits for$4$
113:126,10G  !| the next few weeks, I shall think our time very well$9$ spent,
113:126,11G  !| and so$5#2$ I am sure will$1$ he. ~ It is a \very\ anxious period for$4$
113:126,12G  !| her."
113:126,13'  !| As he said this, each looked towards their mother.
113:126,14'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, sunk back$5$ in one corner of the sofa, the
113:126,15'  !| picture$0$ of health, wealth, ease$0$, and tranquillity, was just$9$
113:126,16'  !| falling into a gentle doze, while$9$ $MP#A$Fanny was getting through$4$
113:126,17'  !| the few difficulties of her work$0$ for$4$ her.
113:126,18'  !| $MP#B$Edmund smiled and shook his head$0$.
113:126,19G  !| "By$4$ Jove| this won't do"
113:126,19'  !| cried $MP#G$Tom, throwing himself
113:126,20'  !| into a chair with a hearty laugh$0$.
113:126,20G  !| "To$9$ be sure, my
113:126,21G  !| dear$2#1$ mother, your anxiety ~ I was unlucky there."
113:126,22F  !| "What$6#2$ is the matter?"
113:126,22'  !| asked her ladyship in the
113:126,23'  !| heavy tone of one half roused, ~
113:126,23F  !| "I was not asleep."
113:126,24G  !| "Oh| dear$7$, no$7$ ma'am ~ nobody suspected you ~ Well$7$,
113:126,25G  !| $MP#B$Edmund,"
113:126,25'  !| he continued, returning to$4$ the former subject$0$,
113:126,26'  !| posture, and voice, as soon as $MP#F$Lady*Bertram began to$9$
113:126,27'  !| nod$1$ again ~
113:126,27G  !| "But \this\ I \will$1$\ maintain ~ that$3$ we shall be
113:126,28G  !| doing no$2$ harm$0$."
113:126,29B  !| "I cannot agree with you ~ I am convinced that$3$ my
113:126,30B  !| father would totally disapprove it."
113:126,31G  !| "And I am convinced to$4$ the contrary$0$. ~ Nobody is
113:126,32G  !| fonder of the exercise$0$ of talent in young people, or promotes
113:126,33G  !| it more, than my father; and for$4$ any*thing of the
113:126,34G  !| acting, spouting, reciting kind$0$, I think he has always
113:126,35G  !| a decided$2$ taste. I am sure he encouraged it in us as boys.
113:126,36G  !| How many a time have we mourned over the dead body
113:126,37G  !| of $MP#Z1$Julius*Ca*esar, and \to$9$\ \be'd\ and \not\ \to$9$\ \be'd\, in this
113:126,37G  !| very
113:126,38G  !| room, for$4$ his amusement| And I am sure, \my\ \name$0$\ \was\
113:127, 1G  !| \Norval\, every evening of my life through$4$ one Christmas
113:127, 2G  !| holidays."
113:127, 3B  !| "It was a very different thing. ~ You must see the
113:127, 4B  !| difference yourself. My father wished us, as school-boys,
113:127, 5B  !| to$9$ speak well$9$, but he would never wish$1$ his grown up
113:127, 6B  !| daughters to$9$ be acting plays$0$. His sense of decorum is
113:127, 7B  !| strict."
113:127, 8G  !| "I know all that$6#2$,"
113:127, 8'  !| said $MP#G$Tom displeased.
113:127, 8G  !| "I know my
113:127, 9G  !| father as well$9$ as you do, and I'll take care$0$ that$3$ his daughters
113:127,10G  !| do nothing to$9$ distress$1$ him. Manage your own$2$ concerns$0$,
113:127,11G  !| $MP#B$Edmund, and I'll take care$0$ of the rest$0#1$ of the family."
113:127,12B  !| "If you are resolved on$4$ acting,"
113:127,12'  !| replied the persevering
113:127,13'  !| $MP#B$Edmund,
113:127,13B  !| "I must hope$1$ it will$1$ be in a very small and
113:127,14B  !| quiet$2$ way; and I think a theatre ought not to$9$ be attempted. ~
113:127,15B  !| It would be taking liberties with my father's
113:127,16B  !| house in his absence which$6#1$ could not be justified."
113:127,17G  !| "For$4$ every*thing of that$6#2$ nature, I will$1$ be answerable,"
113:127,18G  !| ~
113:127,18'  !| said $MP#G$Tom, in a decided$2$ tone. ~
113:127,18G  !| "His house shall not be
113:127,19G  !| hurt. I have quite as great an interest$0$ in being$1$ careful
113:127,20G  !| of his house as you can have; and as to$4$ such alterations
113:127,21G  !| as I was suggesting just$9$ now, such as moving a book-case,
113:127,22G  !| or unlocking a door, or even$5$ as using the billiard-room
113:127,23G  !| for$4$ the space of a week without playing at billiards in it,
113:127,24G  !| you might just$9$ as well$9$ suppose he would object$1$ to$4$ our
113:127,25G  !| sitting$1$ more in this room, and less in the breakfast-room,
113:127,26G  !| than we did before$3$ he went away, or to$4$ my sisters' piano-forte
113:127,27G  !| being$1$ moved from one side$0$ of the room to$4$ the other.
113:127,28G  !| ~ Absolute nonsense|"
113:127,29B  !| "The innovation, if not wrong$9$ as an innovation, will$1$
113:127,30B  !| be wrong$9$ as an expense."
113:127,31G  !| "Yes, the expense of such an undertaking$0$ would be
113:127,32G  !| prodigious| Perhaps it might cost$1$ a whole$2$ twenty
113:127,33G  !| pounds. ~ Something of a theatre we must have undoubtedly,
113:127,34G  !| but it will$1$ be on$4$ the simplest plan; ~ a green
113:127,35G  !| curtain and a little carpenter's work$0$ ~ and that's all;
113:127,36G  !| and as the carpenter's work$0$ may$1$ be all done at home by$4$
113:127,37G  !| $MP#ZO$Christopher*Jackson himself, it will$1$ be too$5#1$ absurd to$9$ talk$1$
113:127,38G  !| of expense; ~ and as long$9$ as $MP#ZO$Jackson is employed, every*thing
113:128, 1G  !| will$1$ be right$2#1$ with $MP#E$Sir*Thomas. ~ Don't imagine that$3$
113:128, 2G  !| nobody in this house can see or judge$1$ but yourself. ~
113:128, 3G  !| Don't act$1$ yourself, if you do not like$1$ it, but don't expect
113:128, 4G  !| to$9$ govern every*body else."
113:128, 5B  !| "No$7$, as to$4$ acting myself,"
113:128, 5'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
113:128, 5B  !| "\that$6#2$\ I absolutely
113:128, 6B  !| protest against."
113:128, 7'  !| $MP#G$Tom walked out$8$ of the room as he said it, and $MP#B$Edmund
113:128, 8'  !| was left$1$ to$9$ sit down$5$ and stir the fire$0$ in thoughtful vexation.
113:128, 9     |
113:128,10'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#1$ had heard it all, and borne $MP#B$Edmund company
113:128,11'  !| in every feeling$0$ throughout the whole$0$, now ventured
113:128,12'  !| to$9$ say, in her anxiety to$9$ suggest some comfort$0$,
113:128,12A  !| "Perhaps
113:128,13A  !| they may$1$ not be able to$9$ find any play$0$ to$9$ suit$1$ them. Your
113:128,14A  !| brother's taste, and your sisters', seem very different."
113:128,15B  !| "I have no$2$ hope$0$ there, $MP#A$Fanny. If they persist in the
113:128,16B  !| scheme$0$ they will$1$ find something ~ I shall speak to$4$ my
113:128,17B  !| sisters, and try to$9$ dissuade \them\, and that$6#2$ is all I can do."
113:128,18A  !| "I should think my aunt $MP#J$Norris would be on$4$ your side$0$."
113:128,19B  !| "I dare$1#2$ say she would; but she has no$2$ influence$0$ with
113:128,20B  !| either $MP#G$Tom or my sisters that$6#1$ could be of any use$0$; and
113:128,21B  !| if I cannot convince them myself, I shall let things take
113:128,22B  !| their course$0$, without attempting it through$4$ her. family
113:128,23B  !| squabling is the greatest evil of all, and we had better$9$
113:128,24B  !| do any*thing than be altogether by$4$ the ears."
113:128,25'  !| His sisters, to$4$ whom$6#1$ he had an opportunity of speaking
113:128,26'  !| the next morning, were quite as impatient of his advice,
113:128,27'  !| quite as unyielding to$4$ his representation, quite as determined$2$
113:128,28'  !| in the cause of pleasure, as $MP#G$Tom.
113:128,28@h1  | ~ Their mother
113:128,29@h1  | had no$2$ objection to$4$ the plan, and they were not in the
113:128,30@h1  | least afraid of their father's disapprobation. ~ There could
113:128,31@h1  | be no$2$ harm$0$ in what$6#1$ had been done in so$5#1$ many respectable
113:128,32@h1  | families, and by$4$ so$5#1$ many women of the first consideration;
113:128,33@h1  | and it must be scrupulousness run$1$ mad, that$6#1$ could
113:128,34@h1  | see any*thing to$9$ censure$1$ in a plan like$9$ their's, comprehending
113:128,35@h1  | only brothers and sisters, and intimate$2$ friends,
113:128,36@h1  | and which$6#1$ would never be heard of beyond$4$ themselves.
113:128,37@b   | $MP#I$Julia \did\ seem inclined to$9$ admit that$3$ $MP#H$Maria's situation
113:128,38@b   | might require particular caution$0$ and delicacy ~ but that$6#2$
113:129, 1@b   | could not extend to$4$ \her\ ~ \she\ was at liberty; and $MP#H$Maria
113:129, 2@b   | evidently considered her engagement as only raising her
113:129, 3@b   | so$5#1$ much more above$4$ restraint, and leaving her less occasion$0$
113:129, 4@b   | than $MP#I$Julia, to$9$ consult either father or mother.
113:129, 5'  !| $MP#B$Edmund had little to$9$ hope$1$, but he was still$5$ urging the
113:129, 6'  !| subject$0$, when $MP#D$Henry*Crawford entered the room, fresh
113:129, 7'  !| from the Parsonage, calling out$5$,
113:129, 7D  !| "No$2$ want$0$ of hands in
113:129, 8D  !| our Theatre, $MP#H$Miss*Bertram. No$2$ want$0$ of under*strappers
113:129, 9D  !| ~ My sister desires her love$0$, and hopes$1$ to$9$ be admitted
113:129,10D  !| into the company, and will$1$ be happy to$9$ take the part$0$ of
113:129,11D  !| any old $MP#Z2$Duenna or tame $MP#Z2$Confidante, that$6#1$ you may$1$ not
113:129,12D  !| like$1$ to$9$ do yourselves."
113:129,13'  !| $MP#H$Maria gave $MP#B$Edmund a glance$0$, which$6#1$ meant,
113:129,13H  !| "What$6#2$
113:129,14H  !| say you now? Can we be wrong$9$ if $MP#C$Mary*Crawford feels
113:129,15H  !| the same?"
113:129,15'  !| And $MP#B$Edmund silenced, was obliged to$9$
113:129,16'  !| acknowledge that$3$ the charm$0$ of acting might well$9$ carry
113:129,17'  !| fascination to$4$ the mind$0$ of genius; and with the ingenuity
113:129,18'  !| of love$0$, to$9$ dwell more on$4$ the obliging, accommodating
113:129,19'  !| purport of the message than on$4$ any*thing else.
113:129,20'  !| The scheme$0$ advanced. Opposition was vain; and as
113:129,21'  !| to$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, he was mistaken in supposing she would
113:129,22'  !| wish$1$ to$9$ make$1$ any. She started no$2$ difficulties that$6#1$ were
113:129,23'  !| not talked down$5$ in five minutes by$4$ her eldest nephew and
113:129,24'  !| niece, who$6#1$ were all-powerful with her; and, as the whole$2$
113:129,25'  !| arrangement was to$9$ bring very little expense to$4$ any*body,
113:129,26'  !| and none at all to$4$ herself, as she foresaw in it all the comforts
113:129,27'  !| of hurry$0$, bustle$0$ and importance, and derived the
113:129,28'  !| immediate advantage of fancying herself obliged to$9$ leave$1$
113:129,29'  !| her own$2$ house, where she had been living$9$ a month at her
113:129,30'  !| own$2$ cost$0$, and take up her abode in their's, that$3$ every
113:129,31'  !| hour might be spent in their service; she was, in fact,
113:129,32'  !| exceedingly delighted with the project.
114:130, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny seemed nearer being$1$ right$2#1$ than $MP#B$Edmund had
114:130, 2'  !| supposed. The business of finding a play$0$ that$6#1$ would suit$1$
114:130, 3'  !| every*body, proved to$9$ be no$2$ trifle$0$; and the carpenter had
114:130, 4'  !| received his orders$0#1$ and taken his measurements, had suggested
114:130, 5'  !| and removed at least two sets of difficulties, and
114:130, 6'  !| having made the necessity of an enlargement of plan and
114:130, 7'  !| expense fully evident, was already at work$0$, while$9$ a play$0$
114:130, 8'  !| was still$5$ to$9$ seek. Other preparations were also in hand$0$.
114:130, 9'  !| An enormous roll$0$ of green baize had arrived from Northampton,
114:130,10'  !| and been cut$9$ out$5$ by$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris (with a saving,
114:130,11'  !| by$4$ her good management, of full three quarters of a yard),
114:130,12'  !| and was actually forming into a curtain by$4$ the housemaids,
114:130,13'  !| and still$5$ the play$0$ was wanting; and as two or three days
114:130,14'  !| passed away in this manner, $MP#B$Edmund began almost to$9$
114:130,15'  !| hope$1$ that$3$ none might ever be found.
114:130,16'  !| There were, in fact, so$5#1$ many things to$9$ be attended to$4$,
114:130,17'  !| so$5#1$ many people to$9$ be pleased, so$5#1$ many best characters
114:130,18'  !| required, and above$4$ all, such a need$0$ that$3$ the play$0$ should
114:130,19'  !| be at once both tragedy and comedy, that$3$ there did seem
114:130,20'  !| as little chance$0$ of a decision, as any*thing pursued by$4$
114:130,21'  !| youth and zeal could hold$1$ out$5$.
114:130,22'  !| On$4$ the tragic side$0$ were the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams, $MP#D$Henry*Crawford,
114:130,23'  !| and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates; on$4$ the comic, $MP#G$Tom*Bertram,
114:130,24'  !| not \quite\ alone, because it was evident that$3$ $MP#C$Mary*Crawford's
114:130,25'  !| wishes$0$, though politely kept back$5$, inclined the
114:130,26'  !| same way; but his determinateness and his power,
114:130,27'  !| seemed to$9$ make$1$ allies unnecessary; and independent of
114:130,28'  !| this great irreconcileable difference, they wanted a piece
114:130,29'  !| containing very few characters in the whole$0$, but every
114:130,30'  !| character first-rate, and three principal$2$ women. All the
114:130,31'  !| best plays$0$ were run$1$ over in vain. Neither Hamlet, nor
114:131, 1'  !| Macbeth, nor Othello, nor Douglas, nor the Gamester,
114:131, 2'  !| presented any*thing that$6#1$ could satisfy even$5$ the tragedians;
114:131, 3'  !| and the Rivals, the School*for*Scandal, Wheel*of*Fortune,
114:131, 4'  !| Heir*at*Law, and a long$9$ etcetera, were successively dismissed
114:131, 5'  !| with yet warmer objections. No$2$ piece could be
114:131, 6'  !| proposed that$6#1$ did not supply$1$ somebody with a difficulty,
114:131, 7'  !| and on$4$ one side$0$ or the other it was a continual repetition
114:131, 8'  !| of,
114:131, 8X  !| "Oh| no$7$, \that$6#2$\ will$1$ never do. Let us have no$2$ ranting
114:131, 9X  !| tragedies. Too$5#1$ many characters ~ Not a tolerable woman's
114:131,10X  !| part$0$ in the play$0$ ~ Any*thing but \that$6#2$\, my dear$2#1$ $MP#G$Tom. It
114:131,11X  !| would be impossible to$9$ fill it up ~ one could not expect
114:131,12X  !| any*body to$9$ take such a part$0$ ~ Nothing but buffoonery
114:131,13X  !| from beginning$0$ to$4$ end$0$. \That$6#2$\ might do, perhaps, but for$4$
114:131,14X  !| the low parts ~ If I \must\ give my opinion, I have always
114:131,15X  !| thought$1$ it the most insipid play$0$ in the English language ~
114:131,16X  !| \I\ do not wish$1$ to$9$ make$1$ objections, I shall be happy to$9$ be
114:131,17X  !| of any use$0$, but I think we could not choose worse."
114:131,18'  !| $MP#A$Fanny looked on$5$ and listened, not unamused to$9$ observe
114:131,19'  !| the selfishness which$6#1$, more or less disguised, seemed
114:131,20'  !| to$9$ govern them all, and wondering how it would end$1$.
114:131,21'  !| For$4$ her own$2$ gratification
114:131,21@a   | she could have wished that$3$
114:131,22@a   | something might be acted, for$3$ she had never seen even$5$
114:131,23@a   | half a play$0$, but every*thing of higher consequence was
114:131,24@a   | against it.
114:131,25G  !| "This will$1$ never do,"
114:131,25'  !| said $MP#G$Tom*Bertram at last$0$.
114:131,25G  !| "We
114:131,26G  !| are wasting time most abominably. Something must be
114:131,27G  !| fixed on$5$. No$2$ matter what$6#1$, so$3$ that$3$ something is chosen.
114:131,28G  !| We must not be so$5#1$ nice. A few characters too$5#1$ many,
114:131,29G  !| must not frighten us. We must \double$1$\ them. We must
114:131,30G  !| descend a little. If a part$0$ is insignificant, the greater our
114:131,31G  !| credit$0$ in making any*thing of it. From this moment
114:131,32G  !| \I\ make$1$ no$2$ difficulties. I take any part$0$ you choose to$9$
114:131,33G  !| give me, so$5#1$ as it be comic. Let it but be comic, I condition$1$
114:131,34G  !| for$4$ nothing more."
114:131,35'  !| For$4$ about$4$ the fifth time he then proposed the Heir*at*Law,
114:131,36'  !| doubting only whether to$9$ prefer $MP#Z2$Lord*Duberley or
114:131,37'  !| $MP#Z2$Dr%*Pangloss for$4$ himself, and very earnestly, but very
114:131,38'  !| unsuccessfully, trying$1$ to$9$ persuade the others that$3$ there
114:132, 1'  !| were some fine tragic parts in the rest$0#1$ of the Dramatis*personae9.
114:132, 2'  !| The pause$0$ which$6#1$ followed this fruitless effort was ended
114:132, 3'  !| by$4$ the same speaker, who$6#1$ taking up one of the many
114:132, 4'  !| volumes of plays$0$ that$6#1$ lay$1#1$ on$4$ the table, and turning$1$ it over,
114:132, 5'  !| suddenly exclaimed,
114:132, 6G  !| "Lovers'*Vows| And why should
114:132, 7G  !| not Lovers'*Vows do for$4$ \us\ as well$9$ as for$4$ the $MP#ZZD$Ravenshaws?
114:132, 8G  !| How came it never to$9$ be thought$1$ of before$5$? It strikes
114:132, 9G  !| me as if it would do exactly. What$6#2$ say you all? ~ Here
114:132,10G  !| are two capital tragic parts for$4$ $MP#W$Yates and $MP#D$Crawford, and
114:132,11G  !| here is the rhyming butler for$4$ me ~ if nobody else wants$1$ it
114:132,12G  !| ~ a trifling part$0$, but the sort of thing I should not dislike$1$,
114:132,13G  !| and as I said before$5$, I am determined$2$ to$9$ take any*thing
114:132,14G  !| and do my best. And as for$4$ the rest$0#1$, they may$1$ be filled
114:132,15G  !| up by$4$ any*body. It is only $MP#ZZN$Count*Cassel and $MP#ZZO$Anhalt."
114:132,16'  !| The suggestion was generally welcome$2$. Every*body
114:132,17'  !| was growing weary of indecision, and the first idea with
114:132,18'  !| every*body was, that$3$ nothing had been proposed before$5$
114:132,19'  !| so$5#1$ likely to$9$ suit$1$ them all. $MP#W$Mr%*Yates was particularly
114:132,20'  !| pleased; he had been sighing and longing$1$ to$9$ do the $MP#ZZM$Baron
114:132,21'  !| at Ecclesford, had grudged every rant$0$ of $MP#ZZD$Lord*Ravenshaw's,
114:132,22'  !| and been forced to$9$ re-rant it all in his own$2$ room.
114:132,23'  !| To$9$ storm$1$ through$4$ $MP#ZZM$Baron*Wildenhaim was the height of
114:132,24'  !| his theatrical ambition, and with the advantage of knowing
114:132,25'  !| half the scenes by$4$ heart already, he did now with the
114:132,26'  !| greatest alacrity offer$1$ his services for$4$ the part$0$. To$9$ do
114:132,27'  !| him justice, however, he did not resolve$1$ to$9$ appropriate
114:132,28'  !| it ~ for$3$ remembering that$3$ there was some very good
114:132,29'  !| ranting ground in $MP#ZZP$Frederick, he professed an equal$2$ willingness
114:132,30'  !| for$4$ that$6#2$. $MP#D$Henry*Crawford was ready to$9$ take either.
114:132,31'  !| Whichever $MP#W$Mr%*Yates did not choose, would perfectly
114:132,32'  !| satisfy him, and a short$2$ parley of compliment$0$ ensued.
114:132,33'  !| $MP#H$Miss*Bertram feeling$1$ all the interest$0$ of an $MP#ZZU$Agatha in the
114:132,34'  !| question$0$, took on$4$ her to$9$ decide it, by$4$ observing to$4$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates,
114:132,35'  !| that$3$
114:132,35@h   | this was a point$0$ in which$6#1$ height and figure
114:132,36@h   | ought to$9$ be considered, and that$3$ \his\ being$1$ the tallest,
114:132,37@h   | seemed to$9$ fit$1$ him peculiarly for$4$ the $MP#ZZM$Baron.
114:132,37'  !| She was
114:132,38'  !| acknowledged to$9$ be quite right$2#1$, and the two parts being$1$
114:133, 1'  !| accepted accordingly, she was certain of the proper
114:133, 2'  !| $MP#ZZP$Frederick. Three of the characters were now cast$1$, besides
114:133, 3'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, who$6#1$ was always answered for$5$ by$4$ $MP#H$Maria
114:133, 4'  !| as willing to$9$ do any*thing; when $MP#I$Julia, meaning$1$ like$9$ her
114:133, 5'  !| sister to$9$ be $MP#ZZU$Agatha, began to$9$ be scrupulous on$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
114:133, 6'  !| account$0$.
114:133, 7I  !| "This is not behaving well$9$ by$4$ the absent,"
114:133, 7'  !| said she.
114:133, 8I  !| "Here are not women enough. $MP#ZZT$Amelia and $MP#ZZU$Agatha may$1$
114:133, 9I  !| do for$4$ $MP#H$Maria and me, but here is nothing for$4$ your sister,
114:133,10I  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford."
114:133,11'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford desired \that$6#2$\ might not be thought$1$ of;
114:133,11@d   | he
114:133,12@d   | was very sure his sister had no$2$ wish$0$ of acting, but as she
114:133,13@d   | might be useful, and that$3$ she would not allow herself to$9$
114:133,14@d   | be considered in the present$9$ case.
114:133,14'  !| But this was immediately
114:133,15'  !| opposed by$4$ $MP#G$Tom*Bertram, who$6#1$ asserted the part$0$
114:133,16'  !| of $MP#ZZT$Amelia to$9$ be in every respect$0$ the property of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
114:133,17'  !| if she would accept it.
114:133,17G  !| "It falls as naturally,
114:133,18G  !| as necessarily to$4$ her,"
114:133,18'  !| said he,
114:133,18G  !| "as $MP#ZZU$Agatha does to$4$ one
114:133,19G  !| or other of my sisters. It can be no$2$ sacrifice$0$ on$4$ their side$0$,
114:133,20G  !| for$3$ it is highly comic."
114:133,21'  !| A short$2$ silence$0$ followed. Each sister looked anxious;
114:133,22'  !| for$3$ each felt the best claim$0$ to$4$ $MP#ZZU$Agatha, and was hoping to$9$
114:133,23'  !| have it pressed on$4$ her by$4$ the rest$0#1$. $MP#D$Henry*Crawford,
114:133,24'  !| who$6#1$ meanwhile had taken up the play$0$, and with seeming
114:133,25'  !| carelessness was turning$1$ over the first act$0$, soon settled$1$
114:133,26'  !| the business.
114:133,26D  !| "I must entreat $MP#I$Miss*\Julia\*Bertram,"
114:133,27'  !| said he,
114:133,27D  !| "not to$9$ engage in the part$0$ of $MP#ZZU$Agatha, or it will$1$
114:133,28D  !| be the ruin$0$ of all my solemnity. You must not, indeed
114:133,29D  !| you must not ~
114:133,29'  !| (turning$1$ to$4$ her.)
114:133,29D  !| I could not stand$1$ your
114:133,30D  !| countenance dressed up in woe and paleness. The many
114:133,31D  !| laughs we have had together would infallibly come across$4$
114:133,32D  !| me, and $MP#ZZP$Frederick and his knapsack would be obliged to$9$
114:133,33D  !| run$1$ away."
114:133,34'  !| Pleasantly, courteously it was spoken; but the manner
114:133,35'  !| was lost in the matter to$4$ $MP#I$Julia's feelings.
114:133,35@i   | She saw a
114:133,36@i   | glance$0$ at $MP#H$Maria, which$6#1$ confirmed the injury to$4$ herself;
114:133,37@i   | it was a scheme$0$ ~ a trick$0$; she was slighted, $MP#H$Maria was
114:133,38@i   | preferred; the smile$0$ of triumph$0$ which$6#1$ $MP#H$Maria was trying$1$
114:134, 1@i   | to$9$ suppress shewed how well$9$ it was understood,
114:134, 1'  !| and before$3$
114:134, 2'  !| $MP#I$Julia could command$1$ herself enough to$9$ speak, her brother
114:134, 3'  !| gave his weight against her too$5#2$, by$4$ saying,
114:134, 3G  !| "Oh| yes,
114:134, 4G  !| $MP#H$Maria must be $MP#ZZU$Agatha. $MP#H$Maria will$1$ be the best $MP#ZZU$Agatha.
114:134, 5G  !| Though $MP#I$Julia fancies$1$ she prefers tragedy, I would not
114:134, 6G  !| trust$1$ her in it. There is nothing of tragedy about$4$ her.
114:134, 7G  !| She has not the look$0$ of it. Her features are not tragic
114:134, 8G  !| features, and she walks$1$ too$5#1$ quick$2$, and speaks too$5#1$ quick$2$,
114:134, 9G  !| and would not keep her countenance. She had better$9$
114:134,10G  !| do the old countrywoman; the $MP#ZZV$Cottager's*wife; you had,
114:134,11G  !| indeed, $MP#I$Julia. $MP#ZZV$Cottager's*wife is a very pretty$2$ part$0$ I
114:134,12G  !| assure you. The old lady relieves the high-flown benevolence
114:134,13G  !| of her husband with a good deal$0#2$ of spirit. You
114:134,14G  !| shall be $MP#ZZV$Cottager's*wife."
114:134,15W  !| "$MP#ZZV$Cottager's*wife|"
114:134,15'  !| cried $MP#W$Mr%*Yates.
114:134,15W  !| "What$6#2$ are you
114:134,16W  !| talking of? The most trivial, paltry, insignificant part$0$;
114:134,17W  !| the merest common-place ~ not a tolerable speech in the
114:134,18W  !| whole$0$. Your sister do that$6#2$| It is an insult to$9$ propose
114:134,19W  !| it. At Ecclesford the governess was to$9$ have done it.
114:134,20W  !| We all agreed that$3$ it could not be offered to$4$ any*body
114:134,21W  !| else. A little more justice, $MP#G$Mr%*Manager, if you please.
114:134,22W  !| You do not deserve the office, if you cannot appreciate
114:134,23W  !| the talents of your company a little better$9$."
114:134,24G  !| "Why as to$4$ \that$6#2$\, my good friend, till I and my company
114:134,25G  !| have really acted there must be some guess-work;
114:134,26G  !| but I mean$1$ no$2$ disparagement to$4$ $MP#I$Julia. We cannot have
114:134,27G  !| two $MP#ZZU$Agathas, and we must have one $MP#ZZV$Cottager's*wife; and
114:134,28G  !| I am sure I set$1$ her the example of moderation myself in
114:134,29G  !| being$1$ satisfied$1$ with the old $MP#ZZQ$Butler. If the part$0$ is trifling
114:134,30G  !| she will$1$ have more credit$0$ in making something of it; and
114:134,31G  !| if she is so$5#1$ desperately bent against every*thing humorous,
114:134,32G  !| let her take $MP#ZZS$Cottager's speeches instead of
114:134,32G  !| $MP#ZZV$Cottager's*wife's,
114:134,33G  !| and so$5#2$ change$1$ the parts all through$5$; \he\ is solemn
114:134,34G  !| and pathetic enough I am sure. It could make$1$ no$2$ difference
114:134,35G  !| in the play$0$; and as for$4$ $MP#ZZS$Cottager himself, when he
114:134,36G  !| has got his wife's speeches, \I\ would undertake him with
114:134,37G  !| all my heart."
114:134,38D  !| "With all your partiality for$4$ $MP#ZZV$Cottager's*wife,"
114:134,38'  !| said
114:135, 1'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford,
114:135, 1D  !| "it will$1$ be impossible to$9$ make$1$ any*thing
114:135, 2D  !| of it fit$9$ for$4$ your sister, and we must not suffer her
114:135, 3D  !| good*nature to$9$ be imposed on$5$. We must not \allow\ her
114:135, 4D  !| to$9$ accept the part$0$. She must not be left$1$ to$4$ her own$2$
114:135, 5D  !| complaisance. Her talents will$1$ be wanted in $MP#ZZT$Amelia.
114:135, 6D  !| $MP#ZZT$Amelia is a character more difficult to$9$ be well$9$ represented
114:135, 7D  !| than even$5$ $MP#ZZU$Agatha. I consider $MP#ZZT$Amelia as the most difficult
114:135, 8D  !| character in the whole$2$ piece. It requires great
114:135, 9D  !| powers, great nicety, to$9$ give her playfulness and simplicity
114:135,10D  !| without extravagance. I have seen good actresses
114:135,11D  !| fail in the part$0$. Simplicity, indeed, is beyond$4$ the reach$0$
114:135,12D  !| of almost every actress by$4$ profession$0#2$. It requires a
114:135,13D  !| delicacy of feeling$0$ which$6#1$ they have not. It requires
114:135,14D  !| a gentlewoman ~ a $MP#I$Julia*Bertram. You \will$1$\ undertake
114:135,15D  !| it I hope$1$?"
114:135,15'  !| turning$1$ to$4$ her with a look$0$ of anxious entreaty,
114:135,16'  !| which$6#1$ softened her a little; but while$9$ she hesitated what$6#1$
114:135,17'  !| to$9$ say, her brother again interposed with $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
114:135,18'  !| better$9$ claim$0$."
114:135,19G  !| "No$7$, no$7$, $MP#I$Julia must not be $MP#ZZT$Amelia. It is not at all the
114:135,20G  !| part$0$ for$4$ her. She would not like$1$ it. She would not do
114:135,21G  !| well$9$. She is too$5#1$ tall and robust. $MP#ZZT$Amelia should be
114:135,22G  !| a small, light$9$, girlish, skipping figure. It is fit$9$ for$4$
114:135,22G  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
114:135,23G  !| and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford only. She looks$1$ the part$0$,
114:135,24G  !| and I am persuaded will$1$ do it admirably."
114:135,25'  !| Without attending to$4$ this, $MP#D$Henry*Crawford continued
114:135,26'  !| his supplication.
114:135,26D  !| "You must oblige us,"
114:135,26'  !| said he,
114:135,26D  !| "indeed
114:135,27D  !| you must. When you have studied the character,
114:135,28D  !| I am sure you will$1$ feel it suit$1$ you. Tragedy may$1$ be your
114:135,29D  !| choice$0$, but it will$1$ certainly appear that$3$ comedy chooses
114:135,30D  !| \you\. You will$1$ be to$9$ visit$1$ me in prison with a basket of
114:135,31D  !| provisions; you will$1$ not refuse to$9$ visit$1$ me in prison?
114:135,32D  !| I think I see you coming in with your basket."
114:135,33'  !| The influence$0$ of his voice was felt. $MP#I$Julia wavered:
114:135,34@i   | but was he only trying$1$ to$9$ soothe and pacify her, and make$1$
114:135,35@i   | her overlook the previous affront? She distrusted him.
114:135,36@i   | The slight$0$ had been most determined$2$. He was, perhaps,
114:135,37@i   | but at treacherous play$0$ with her. She looked suspiciously
114:135,38@i   | at her sister; $MP#H$Maria's countenance was to$9$ decide
114:136, 1@i   | it; if she were vexed and alarmed ~ but $MP#H$Maria looked all
114:136, 2@i   | serenity and satisfaction, and $MP#I$Julia well$9$ knew that$3$ on$4$ this
114:136, 3@i   | ground $MP#H$Maria could not be happy but at her expense.
114:136, 4'  !| With hasty indignation therefore, and a tremulous voice,
114:136, 5'  !| she said to$4$ him,
114:136, 5I  !| "You do not seem afraid of not keeping$1$
114:136, 6I  !| your countenance when I come in with a basket of provisions ~
114:136, 7I  !| though one might have supposed ~ but it is only
114:136, 8I  !| as $MP#ZZU$Agatha that$3$ I was to$9$ be so$5#1$ overpowering|" ~
114:136, 8'  !| She
114:136, 9'  !| stopped ~ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford looked rather foolish, and as
114:136,10'  !| if he did not know what$6#1$ to$9$ say. $MP#G$Tom*Bertram began
114:136,11'  !| again,
114:136,12G  !| "$MP#C$Miss*Crawford must be $MP#ZZT$Amelia. ~ She will$1$ be an
114:136,13G  !| excellent $MP#ZZT$Amelia."
114:136,14I  !| "Do not be afraid of \my\ wanting the character,"
114:136,14'  !| cried
114:136,15'  !| $MP#I$Julia with angry quickness; ~
114:136,15I  !| "I am \not\ to$9$ be $MP#ZZU$Agatha,
114:136,16I  !| and I am sure I will$1$ do nothing else; and as to$4$ $MP#ZZT$Amelia,
114:136,17I  !| it is of all parts in the world the most disgusting to$4$ me.
114:136,18I  !| I quite detest her. An odious, little, pert, unnatural,
114:136,19I  !| impudent girl. I have always protested against comedy,
114:136,20I  !| and this is comedy in its worst form$0$."
114:136,20'  !| And so$5#2$ saying,
114:136,21'  !| she walked hastily out$8$ of the room, leaving awkward feelings
114:136,22'  !| to$4$ more than one, but exciting small compassion in
114:136,23'  !| any except $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#1$ had been a quiet$2$ auditor of the
114:136,24'  !| whole$0$, and who$6#1$ could not think of her as under the agitations
114:136,25'  !| of \jealousy\, without great pity$0$.
114:136,26'  !| A short$2$ silence$0$ succeeded her leaving them; but her
114:136,27'  !| brother soon returned to$4$ business and Lovers'*Vows, and
114:136,28'  !| was eagerly looking over the play$0$, with $MP#W$Mr%*Yates's help$0$,
114:136,29'  !| to$9$ ascertain what$6#1$ scenery would be necessary ~ while$9$
114:136,30'  !| $MP#H$Maria and $MP#D$Henry*Crawford conversed together in an under
114:136,31'  !| voice, and the declaration with which$6#1$ she began of,
114:136,31H  !| "I
114:136,32H  !| am sure I would give up the part$0$ to$4$ $MP#I$Julia most willingly,
114:136,33H  !| but that$3$ though I shall probably do it very ill, I feel persuaded
114:136,34H  !| \she\ would do it worse,"
114:136,34'  !| was doubtless receiving
114:136,35'  !| all the compliments it called for$4$.
114:136,36'  !| When this had lasted some time, the division of the
114:136,37'  !| party was completed by$4$ $MP#G$Tom*Bertram and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates
114:136,38'  !| walking off together to$9$ consult farther in the room now
114:137, 1'  !| beginning$1$ to$9$ be called \the\ \Theatre\, and $MP#H$Miss*Bertram's
114:137, 2'  !| resolving to$9$ go down$5$ to$4$ the Parsonage herself with the
114:137, 3'  !| offer$0$ of $MP#ZZT$Amelia to$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford; and $MP#A$Fanny remained
114:137, 4'  !| alone.
114:137, 5'  !| The first use$0$ she made of her solitude was to$9$ take up
114:137, 6'  !| the volume which$6#1$ had been left$1$ on$4$ the table, and begin
114:137, 7'  !| to$9$ acquaint herself with the play$0$ of which$6#1$ she had heard so$5#1$
114:137, 8'  !| much.
114:137, 8@a   | Her curiosity was all awake$2$, and she ran through$4$
114:137, 9@a   | it with an eagerness which$6#1$ was suspended only by$4$ intervals
114:137,10@a   | of astonishment, that$3$ it could be chosen in the present$9$
114:137,11@a   | instance$0$ ~ that$3$ it could be proposed and accepted in a
114:137,12@a   | private$2$ Theatre| $MP#ZZU$Agatha and $MP#ZZT$Amelia appeared to$4$ her
114:137,13@a   | in their different ways so$5#1$ totally improper for$4$ home representation ~
114:137,14@a   | the situation of one, and the language of the
114:137,15@a   | other, so$5#1$ unfit to$9$ be expressed by$4$ any woman of modesty,
114:137,16@a   | that$3$ she could hardly suppose her cousins could be aware
114:137,17@a   | of what$6#1$ they were engaging in; and longed to$9$ have them
114:137,18@a   | roused as soon as possible by$4$ the remonstrance which$6#1$
114:137,19@a   | $MP#B$Edmund would certainly make$1$.
115:138, 1'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford accepted the part$0$ very readily, and
115:138, 2'  !| soon after$4$ $MP#H$Miss*Bertram's return$0$ from the Parsonage,
115:138, 3'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth arrived, and another character was consequently
115:138, 4'  !| cast$1$. He had the offer$0$ of $MP#ZZN$Count*Cassel and
115:138, 5'  !| $MP#ZZO$Anhalt, and at first did not know which$6#2$ to$9$ choose, and
115:138, 6'  !| wanted $MP#H$Miss*Bertram to$9$ direct$1$ him, but upon being$1$ made
115:138, 7'  !| to$9$ understand the different style of the characters, and
115:138, 8'  !| which$6#2$ was which$6#2$, and recollecting that$3$ he had once seen
115:138, 9'  !| the play$0$ in London, and had thought$1$ $MP#ZZO$Anhalt a very
115:138,10'  !| stupid fellow, he soon decided$1$ for$4$ the $MP#ZZN$Count. $MP#H$Miss*Bertram
115:138,11'  !| approved the decision, for$3$ the less he had to$9$
115:138,12'  !| learn the better$9$; and though she could not sympathize
115:138,13'  !| in his wish$0$ that$3$ the $MP#ZZN$Count and $MP#ZZU$Agatha might be to$9$ act$1$
115:138,14'  !| together, nor wait very patiently while$9$ he was slowly
115:138,15'  !| turning$1$ over the leaves$0$ with the hope$0$ of still$5$ discovering
115:138,16'  !| such a scene, she very kindly took his part$0$ in hand$0$, and
115:138,17'  !| curtailed every speech that$6#1$ admitted being$1$ shortened; ~
115:138,18'  !| besides pointing out$5$ the necessity of his being$1$ very much
115:138,19'  !| dressed, and choosing his colours. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth liked
115:138,20'  !| the idea of his finery very well$9$, though affecting to$9$
115:138,21'  !| despise it, and was too$5#1$ much engaged with what$6#1$ his own$2$
115:138,22'  !| appearance would be, to$9$ think of the others, or draw
115:138,23'  !| any of those conclusions, or feel any of that$6#2$ displeasure,
115:138,24'  !| which$6#1$ $MP#H$Maria had been half prepared for$4$.
115:138,25'  !| Thus much was settled$1$ before$3$ $MP#B$Edmund, who$6#1$ had been
115:138,26'  !| out$5$ all the morning, knew any*thing of the matter; but
115:138,27'  !| when he entered the drawing-room before$4$ dinner, the
115:138,28'  !| buz of discussion was high between $MP#G$Tom, $MP#H$Maria, and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates;
115:138,29'  !| and $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth stepped forward$8$ with great
115:138,30'  !| alacrity to$9$ tell him the agreeable news.
115:138,31U  !| "We have got a play$0$,"
115:138,31'  !| said he. ~
115:138,31U  !| "It is to$9$ be Lovers'*Vows;
115:138,32U  !| and I am to$9$ be $MP#ZZN$Count*Cassel, and am to$9$ come
115:138,33U  !| in first with a blue dress$0$, and a pink satin cloak, and
115:139, 1U  !| afterwards am to$9$ have another fine fancy$2$ suit$0$ by$4$ way
115:139, 2U  !| of a shooting dress$0$. ~ I do not know I shall like$1$ it."
115:139, 3'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's eyes followed $MP#B$Edmund, and her heart beat for$4$
115:139, 4'  !| him as she heard this speech, and saw his look$0$, and felt
115:139, 5'  !| what$6#1$ his sensations must be.
115:139, 6B  !| "Lovers'*Vows|" ~
115:139, 6'  !| in a tone of the greatest amazement,
115:139, 7'  !| was his only reply$0$ to$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth; and he
115:139, 8'  !| turned towards his brother and sisters as if hardly doubting
115:139, 9'  !| a contradiction.
115:139,10W  !| "Yes,"
115:139,10'  !| cried $MP#W$Mr%*Yates. ~
115:139,10W  !| "After$4$ all our debatings
115:139,11W  !| and difficulties, we find there is nothing that$6#1$ will$1$ suit$1$ us
115:139,12W  !| altogether so$5#1$ well$9$, nothing so$5#1$ unexceptionable, as Lovers'*Vows.
115:139,13W  !| The wonder$0$ is that$3$ it should not have been
115:139,14W  !| thought$1$ of before$5$. My stupidity was abominable, for$3$
115:139,15W  !| here we have all the advantage of what$6#1$ I saw at Ecclesford;
115:139,16W  !| and it is so$5#1$ useful to$9$ have any*thing of a model| ~
115:139,17W  !| We have cast$1$ almost every part$0$."
115:139,18B  !| "But what$6#2$ do you do for$4$ women?"
115:139,18'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund
115:139,19'  !| gravely, and looking at $MP#H$Maria.
115:139,20'  !| $MP#H$Maria blushed in spite$8$ of herself as she answered,
115:139,21H  !| "I take the part$0$ which$6#1$ $MP#ZZD$Lady*Ravenshaw was to$9$ have
115:139,22H  !| done, and
115:139,22'  !| (with a bolder eye)
115:139,22H  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford is to$9$ be
115:139,23H  !| $MP#ZZT$Amelia."
115:139,24B  !| "I should not have thought$1$ it the sort of play$0$ to$9$ be so$5#1$
115:139,25B  !| easily filled up, with \us\,"
115:139,25'  !| replied $MP#B$Edmund, turning$1$ away
115:139,26'  !| to$4$ the fire$0$ where sat his mother, aunt, and $MP#A$Fanny, and
115:139,27'  !| seating himself with a look$0$ of great vexation.
115:139,28'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth followed him to$9$ say,
115:139,28U  !| "I come in three
115:139,29U  !| times, and have two and forty speeches. That's something,
115:139,30U  !| is not it? ~ But I do not much like$1$ the idea of
115:139,31U  !| being$1$ so$5#1$ fine. ~ I shall hardly know myself in a blue dress$0$,
115:139,32U  !| and a pink satin cloak."
115:139,33'  !| $MP#B$Edmund could not answer$1$ him. ~ In a few minutes
115:139,34'  !| $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram was called out$8$ of the room to$9$ satisfy some
115:139,35'  !| doubts$0$ of the carpenter, and being$1$ accompanied by$4$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates,
115:139,36'  !| and followed soon afterwards by$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
115:139,37'  !| $MP#B$Edmund almost immediately took the opportunity of
115:139,38'  !| saying,
115:139,38B  !| "I cannot before$4$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates speak what$6#1$ I feel
115:140, 1B  !| as to$4$ this play$0$, without reflecting on$4$ his friends at Ecclesford ~
115:140, 2B  !| but I must now, my dear$2#1$ $MP#H$Maria, tell \you\, that$3$
115:140, 3B  !| I think it exceedingly unfit for$4$ private$2$ representation,
115:140, 4B  !| and that$3$ I hope$1$ you will$1$ give it up. ~ I cannot but suppose
115:140, 5B  !| you \will$1$\ when you have read it carefully over. ~ Read
115:140, 6B  !| only the first Act$0$ aloud, to$4$ either your mother or aunt,
115:140, 7B  !| and see how you can approve it. ~ It will$1$ not be necessary
115:140, 8B  !| to$4$ send you to$9$ your \father's\ judgment, I am convinced."
115:140, 9H  !| "We see things very differently,"
115:140, 9'  !| cried $MP#H$Maria ~
115:140, 9H  !| "I am
115:140,10H  !| perfectly acquainted with the play$0$, I assure you ~ and
115:140,11H  !| with a very few omissions, and so$5#2$ forth, which$6#1$ will$1$ be
115:140,12H  !| made, of course$8$, I can see nothing objectionable in it;
115:140,13H  !| and \I\ am not the \only\ young woman you find, who$6#1$ thinks
115:140,14H  !| it very fit$9$ for$4$ private$2$ representation."
115:140,15B  !| "I am sorry for$4$ it,"
115:140,15'  !| was his answer$0$ ~
115:140,15B  !| "But in this
115:140,16B  !| matter it is \you\ who$6#1$ are to$9$ lead$1$. \You\ must set$1$ the
115:140,17B  !| example. ~ If others have blundered, it is your place$0$ to$9$
115:140,18B  !| put them right$2#1$, and shew$1$ them what$6#1$ true delicacy is. ~
115:140,19B  !| In all points of decorum, \your\ conduct$0$ must be law to$4$ the
115:140,20B  !| rest$0#1$ of the party."
115:140,21'  !| This picture$0$ of her consequence had some effect$0$, for$3$
115:140,22'  !| no*one loved better$9$ to$9$ lead$1$ than $MP#H$Maria; ~ and with far
115:140,23'  !| more good*humour she answered,
115:140,23H  !| "I am much obliged
115:140,24H  !| to$4$ you, $MP#B$Edmund; ~ you mean$1$ very well$9$, I am sure ~
115:140,25H  !| but I still$5$ think you see things too$5#1$ strongly; and I really
115:140,26H  !| cannot undertake to$9$ harangue$1$ all the rest$0#1$ upon a subject$0$
115:140,27H  !| of this kind$0$. ~ \There\ would be the greatest indecorum
115:140,28H  !| I think."
115:140,29B  !| "Do you imagine that$3$ I could have such an idea in
115:140,30B  !| my head$0$? No$7$ ~ let your conduct$0$ be the only harangue$0$. ~
115:140,31B  !| Say that$3$, on$4$ examining the part$0$, you feel yourself unequal
115:140,32B  !| to$4$ it, that$3$ you find it requiring more exertion and confidence
115:140,33B  !| than you can be supposed to$9$ have. ~ Say this
115:140,34B  !| with firmness, and it will$1$ be quite enough. ~ All who$6#1$ can
115:140,35B  !| distinguish, will$1$ understand your motive. ~ The play$0$ will$1$
115:140,36B  !| be given up, and your delicacy honoured as it ought."
115:140,37F  !| "Do not act$1$ any*thing improper, my dear$2#1$,"
115:140,37'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram.
115:140,38F  !| "$MP#E$Sir*Thomas would not like$1$ it. ~ $MP#A$Fanny, ring$1$
115:141, 1F  !| the bell; I must have my dinner. ~ To$9$ be sure $MP#I$Julia is
115:141, 2F  !| dressed by$4$ this time."
115:141, 3B  !| "I am convinced, madam,"
115:141, 3'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund, preventing
115:141, 4'  !| $MP#A$Fanny,
115:141, 4B  !| "that$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas would not like$1$ it."
115:141, 5F  !| "There, my dear$2#1$, do you hear what$6#1$ $MP#B$Edmund says?"
115:141, 6H  !| "If I were to$9$ decline the part$0$,"
115:141, 6'  !| said $MP#H$Maria with renewed
115:141, 7'  !| zeal,
115:141, 7H  !| "$MP#I$Julia would certainly take it."
115:141, 8B  !| "What$7$|" ~
115:141, 8'  !| cried $MP#B$Edmund,
115:141, 8B  !| "if she knew your
115:141, 9B  !| reasons|"
115:141,10H  !| "Oh| she might think the difference between us ~ the
115:141,11H  !| difference in our situations ~ that$3$ \she\ need$1$ not be so$5#1$
115:141,12H  !| scrupulous as \I\ might feel necessary. I am sure she
115:141,13H  !| would argue so$5#2$. No$7$, you must excuse$1$ me, I cannot
115:141,14H  !| retract my consent$0$. It is too$5#1$ far settled$1$; every*body
115:141,15H  !| would be so$5#1$ disappointed. $MP#G$Tom would be quite angry;
115:141,16H  !| and if we are so$5#1$ very nice, we shall never act$1$ any*thing."
115:141,17J  !| "I was just$2$ going to$9$ say the very same thing,"
115:141,17'  !| said
115:141,18'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris.
115:141,18J  !| "If every play$0$ is to$9$ be objected to$4$, you
115:141,19J  !| will$1$ act$1$ nothing ~ and the preparations will$1$ be all so$5#1$ much
115:141,20J  !| money thrown away ~ and I am sure \that$6#2$\ would be a discredit
115:141,21J  !| to$4$ us all. I do not know the play$0$; but, as $MP#H$Maria
115:141,22J  !| says, if there is any*thing a little too$5#1$ warm$2$ (and it is so$5#2$
115:141,23J  !| with most of them) it can be easily left$1$ out$5$. ~ We must
115:141,24J  !| not be over precise $MP#B$Edmund. As $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth is to$9$
115:141,25J  !| act$1$ too$5#2$, there can be no$2$ harm$0$. ~ I only wish$1$ $MP#G$Tom had
115:141,26J  !| known his own$2$ mind$0$ when the carpenters began, for$3$
115:141,27J  !| there was the loss of half a day's work$0$ about$4$ those side-doors. ~
115:141,28J  !| The curtain will$1$ be a good job, however. The
115:141,29J  !| maids do their work$0$ very well$9$, and I think we shall be
115:141,30J  !| able to$9$ send back$5$ some dozens of the rings. ~ There is no$2$
115:141,31J  !| occasion$0$ to$9$ put them so$5#1$ very close$9$ together. I \am\ of
115:141,32J  !| some use$0$ I hope$1$ in preventing waste$0$ and making the
115:141,33J  !| most of things. There should always be one steady head$0$
115:141,34J  !| to$9$ superintend so$5#1$ many young ones. I forgot to$9$ tell
115:141,35J  !| $MP#G$Tom of something that$6#1$ happened to$4$ me this very day. ~
115:141,36J  !| I had been looking about$4$ me in the poultry yard, and
115:141,37J  !| was just$9$ coming out$5$, when who$6#1$ should I see but $MP#ZO$Dick*Jackson
115:141,38J  !| making up to$4$ the servants' hall door with two
115:142, 1J  !| bits of deal$2$ board in his hand$0$, bringing them to$4$ father,
115:142, 2J  !| you may$1$ be sure; mother had chanced to$9$ send him of
115:142, 3J  !| a message to$4$ father, and then father had bid him bring
115:142, 4J  !| up them two bits of board for$3$ he could not no*how do
115:142, 5J  !| without them. I knew what$6#1$ all this meant, for$3$ the
115:142, 6J  !| servants' dinner*bell was ringing at the very moment
115:142, 7J  !| over our heads, and as I hate such encroaching people,
115:142, 8J  !| (the $MP#ZO$Jacksons are very encroaching, I have always said
115:142, 9J  !| so$5#2$, ~ just$9$ the sort of people to$9$ get all they can), I said to$4$
115:142,10J  !| the boy directly ~ (a great lubberly fellow of ten years
115:142,11J  !| old you know, who$6#1$ ought to$9$ be ashamed of himself,)
115:142,12J  !| \I'll\ take the boards to$4$ your father, $MP#ZO$Dick; so$3$ get you
115:142,13J  !| home again as fast as you can. ~ The boy looked very
115:142,14J  !| silly and turned away without offering a word, for$3$ I believe
115:142,15J  !| I might speak pretty$5$ sharp; and I dare$1#2$ say it will$1$
115:142,16J  !| cure$1$ him of coming marauding about$4$ the house for$4$ one
115:142,17J  !| while$0$, ~ I hate such greediness ~ so$5#1$ good as your father
115:142,18J  !| is to$4$ the family, employing the man all the year round$9$|"
115:142,19'  !| Nobody was at the trouble$0$ of an answer$0$; the others
115:142,20'  !| soon returned, and $MP#B$Edmund found that$3$ to$9$ have endeavoured
115:142,21'  !| to$9$ set$1$ them right$2#1$ must be his only satisfaction.
115:142,22'  !| Dinner passed heavily. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris related again her
115:142,23'  !| triumph$0$ over $MP#ZO$Dick*Jackson, but neither play$0$ nor preparation
115:142,24'  !| were otherwise much talked of, for$3$ $MP#B$Edmund's
115:142,25'  !| disapprobation was felt even$5$ by$4$ his brother, though he
115:142,26'  !| would not have owned it. $MP#H$Maria, wanting $MP#D$Henry*Crawford's
115:142,27'  !| animating support$0$, thought$1$ the subject$0$ better$9$
115:142,28'  !| avoided. $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, who$6#1$ was trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ himself
115:142,29'  !| agreeable to$4$ $MP#I$Julia, found her gloom less impenetrable on$4$
115:142,30'  !| any topic than that$6#2$ of his regret$0$ at her secession from
115:142,31'  !| their company, and $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth having only his own$2$
115:142,32'  !| part$0$, and his own$2$ dress$0$ in his head$0$, had soon talked away
115:142,33'  !| all that$6#1$ could be said of either.
115:142,34'  !| But the concerns$0$ of the theatre were suspended only
115:142,35'  !| for$4$ an hour or two; there was still$5$ a great deal$0#2$ to$9$ be
115:142,36'  !| settled$1$; and the spirits of evening giving fresh courage,
115:142,37'  !| $MP#G$Tom, $MP#H$Maria, and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, soon after$4$ their being$1$
115:142,37'  !| reassembled
115:142,38'  !| in the drawing-room, seated themselves in
115:143, 1'  !| committee at a separate$2$ table, with the play$0$ open$2$ before$4$
115:143, 2'  !| them, and were just$9$ getting deep in the subject$0$ when
115:143, 3'  !| a most welcome$2$ interruption was given by$4$ the entrance
115:143, 4'  !| of $MP#D$Mr% and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, who$6#1$, late and dark$2$ and
115:143, 4'  !| dirty
115:143, 5'  !| as it was, could not help$1$ coming, and were received with
115:143, 6'  !| the most grateful joy.
115:143, 7X  !| "Well$7$, how do you go on$5$?"
115:143, 7'  !| and
115:143, 7X  !| "What$6#2$ have you
115:143, 8X  !| settled$1$?"
115:143, 8'  !| and
115:143, 8X  !| "Oh| we can do nothing without you,"
115:143, 9'  !| followed the first salutations; and $MP#D$Henry*Crawford was
115:143,10'  !| soon seated with the other three at the table, while$9$ his
115:143,11'  !| sister made her way to$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, and with pleasant
115:143,12'  !| attention was complimenting \her\.
115:143,12C  !| "I must really
115:143,13C  !| congratulate your ladyship,"
115:143,13'  !| said she,
115:143,13C  !| "on$4$ the play$0$
115:143,14C  !| being$1$ chosen; for$3$ though you have borne it with exemplary
115:143,15C  !| patience, I am sure you must be sick of all our
115:143,16C  !| noise and difficulties. The actors may$1$ be glad, but the
115:143,17C  !| by-standers must be infinitely more thankful for$4$ a decision;
115:143,18C  !| and I do sincerely give you joy, madam, as well$9$
115:143,19C  !| as $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, and every*body else who$6#1$ is in the same
115:143,20C  !| predicament,"
115:143,20'  !| glancing half fearfully, half slily, beyond$4$
115:143,21'  !| $MP#A$Fanny to$4$ $MP#B$Edmund.
115:143,22'  !| She was very civilly answered by$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, but
115:143,23'  !| $MP#B$Edmund said nothing. His being$1$ only a by-stander was
115:143,24'  !| not disclaimed. After$4$ continuing in chat$0$ with the party
115:143,25'  !| round$4$ the fire$0$ a few minutes, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford returned to$4$
115:143,26'  !| the party round$4$ the table; and standing$1$ by$4$ them, seemed
115:143,27'  !| to$9$ interest$1$ herself in their arrangements till, as if struck
115:143,28'  !| by$4$ a sudden$2$ recollection, she exclaimed,
115:143,28C  !| "My good
115:143,29C  !| friends, you are most composedly at work$0$ upon these
115:143,30C  !| cottages and ale-houses, inside$9$ and out$5$ ~ but pray let me
115:143,31C  !| know my fate in the meanwhile. Who$6#2$ is to$9$ be $MP#ZZO$Anhalt?
115:143,32C  !| What$6#2$ gentleman among you am I to$9$ have the pleasure of
115:143,33C  !| making love$0$ to$4$?"
115:143,34'  !| For$4$ a moment no*one spoke; and then many spoke
115:143,35'  !| together to$9$ tell the same melancholy$2$ truth ~ that$3$ they
115:143,36'  !| had not yet got any $MP#ZZO$Anhalt. "$MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was to$9$
115:143,37'  !| be $MP#ZZN$Count*Cassel, but no*one had yet undertaken $MP#ZZO$Anhalt."
115:143,38U  !| "I had my choice$0$ of the parts,"
115:143,38'  !| said $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth;
115:144, 1U  !| "but I thought$1$ I should like$1$ the $MP#ZZN$Count best ~ though
115:144, 2U  !| I do not much relish$1$ the finery I am to$9$ have."
115:144, 3C  !| "You chose very wisely, I am sure,"
115:144, 3'  !| replied $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
115:144, 4'  !| with a brightened look$0$.
115:144, 4C  !| "$MP#ZZO$Anhalt is a heavy
115:144, 5C  !| part$0$."
115:144, 6U  !| "\The\ \$MP#ZZN$Count\ has two and forty speeches,"
115:144, 6'  !| returned $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
115:144, 7U  !| "which$6#1$ is no$2$ trifle$0$."
115:144, 8C  !| "I am not at all surprised,"
115:144, 8'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, after$4$
115:144, 9'  !| a short$2$ pause$0$,
115:144, 9C  !| "at this want$0$ of an $MP#ZZO$Anhalt. $MP#ZZT$Amelia
115:144,10C  !| deserves no$2$ better$9$. Such a forward$2$ young lady may$1$ well$9$
115:144,11C  !| frighten the men."
115:144,12G  !| "I should be but too$5#1$ happy in taking the part$0$ if it
115:144,13G  !| were possible,"
115:144,13'  !| cried $MP#G$Tom,
115:144,13G  !| "but unluckily the $MP#ZZQ$Butler and
115:144,14G  !| $MP#ZZO$Anhalt are in together. I will$1$ not entirely give it up,
115:144,15G  !| however ~ I will$1$ try what$6#1$ can be done ~ I will$1$ look$1$ it over
115:144,16G  !| again."
115:144,17W  !| "Your \brother\ should take the part$0$,"
115:144,17'  !| said $MP#W$Mr%*Yates,
115:144,18'  !| in a low voice.
115:144,18W  !| "Do not you think he would?"
115:144,19G  !| "\I\ shall not ask him,"
115:144,19'  !| replied $MP#G$Tom, in a cold$2$, determined$2$
115:144,20'  !| manner.
115:144,21'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford talked of something else, and soon
115:144,22'  !| afterwards rejoined the party at the fire$0$.
115:144,22C  !| "They do not
115:144,23C  !| want$1$ me at all,"
115:144,23'  !| said she, seating herself.
115:144,23C  !| "I only puzzle$1$
115:144,24C  !| them, and oblige them to$9$ make$1$ civil speeches. $MP#B$Mr%*Edmund*Bertram,
115:144,25C  !| as you do not act$1$ yourself, you will$1$
115:144,26C  !| be a disinterested adviser; and, therefore, I apply to$4$ \you\.
115:144,27C  !| What$6#2$ shall we do for$4$ an $MP#ZZO$Anhalt? Is it practicable for$4$
115:144,28C  !| any of the others to$9$ double$1$ it? What$6#2$ is your advice?"
115:144,29B  !| "My advice,"
115:144,29'  !| said he, calmly,
115:144,29B  !| "is that$3$ you change$1$
115:144,30B  !| the play$0$."
115:144,31C  !| "\I\ should have no$2$ objection,"
115:144,31'  !| she replied;
115:144,31C  !| "for$3$
115:144,32C  !| though I should not particularly dislike$1$ the part$0$ of
115:144,33C  !| $MP#ZZT$Amelia if well$9$ supported ~ that$6#2$ is, if every*thing went
115:144,34C  !| well$9$ ~ I shall be sorry to$9$ be an inconvenience ~ but as
115:144,35C  !| they do not choose to$9$ hear your advice at \that$6#2$\ \table\ ~
115:144,36'  !| (looking round$9$) ~
115:144,36C  !| it certainly will$1$ not be taken."
115:144,37'  !| $MP#B$Edmund said no$2$ more.
115:144,38C  !| "If \any\ part$0$ could tempt \you\ to$9$ act$1$, I suppose it
115:145, 1C  !| would be $MP#ZZO$Anhalt,"
115:145, 1'  !| observed the lady, archly, after$4$ a short$2$
115:145, 2'  !| pause$0$ ~
115:145, 2C  !| "for$3$ he is a clergyman you know."
115:145, 3B  !| "\That$6#2$\ circumstance would by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ tempt me,"
115:145, 4'  !| he replied,
115:145, 4B  !| "for$3$ I should be sorry to$9$ make$1$ the character
115:145, 5B  !| ridiculous by$4$ bad acting. It must be very difficult to$9$
115:145, 6B  !| keep $MP#ZZO$Anhalt from appearing a formal, solemn lecturer;
115:145, 7B  !| and the man who$6#1$ chooses the profession$0#2$ itself, is, perhaps,
115:145, 8B  !| one of the last$0$ who$6#1$ would wish$1$ to$9$ represent it on$4$ the
115:145, 9B  !| stage$0#2$."
115:145,10'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was silenced; and with some feelings
115:145,11'  !| of resentment and mortification, moved her chair considerably
115:145,12'  !| nearer the tea-table, and gave all her attention
115:145,13'  !| to$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, who$6#1$ was presiding there.
115:145,14G  !| "$MP#A$Fanny,"
115:145,14'  !| cried $MP#G$Tom*Bertram, from the other table,
115:145,15'  !| where the conference was eagerly carrying on$5$, and the
115:145,16'  !| conversation incessant,
115:145,16G  !| "we want$1$ your services."
115:145,17'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was up in a moment, expecting some errand,
115:145,18'  !| for$3$ the habit of employing her in that$6#2$ way was not yet
115:145,19'  !| overcome, in spite$8$ of all that$6#1$ $MP#B$Edmund could do.
115:145,20G  !| "Oh| we do not want$1$ to$9$ disturb you from your
115:145,21G  !| seat. We do not want$1$ your \present$9$\ services. We shall
115:145,22G  !| only want$1$ you in our play$0$. You must be $MP#ZZV$Cottager's*wife."
115:145,23     |
115:145,24A  !| "Me|"
115:145,24'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny, sitting$1$ down$5$ again with a most
115:145,25'  !| frightened look$0$.
115:145,25A  !| "Indeed you must excuse$1$ me. I could
115:145,26A  !| not act$1$ any*thing if you were to$9$ give me the world. No$7$,
115:145,27A  !| indeed, I cannot act$1$."
115:145,28G  !| "Indeed but you must, for$3$ we cannot excuse$1$ you.
115:145,29G  !| It need$1$ not frighten you; it is a nothing of a part$0$, a mere
115:145,30G  !| nothing, not above$4$ half a dozen speeches altogether, and
115:145,31G  !| it will$1$ not much signify if nobody hears a word you say,
115:145,32G  !| so$3$ you may$1$ be as creepmouse as you like$1$, but we must
115:145,33G  !| have you to$9$ look$1$ at."
115:145,34U  !| "If you are afraid of half a dozen speeches,"
115:145,34'  !| cried
115:145,35'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
115:145,35U  !| "what$6#2$ would you do with such a part$0$
115:145,36U  !| as mine$6$? I have forty-two to$9$ learn.
115:145,37A  !| "It is not that$3$ I am afraid of learning by$4$ heart,"
115:145,37'  !| said
115:145,38'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, shocked to$9$ find herself at that$6#2$ moment the only
115:146, 1'  !| speaker in the room, and to$9$ feel that$3$ almost every eye
115:146, 2'  !| was upon her;
115:146, 2A  !| "but I really cannot act$1$."
115:146, 3G  !| "Yes, yes, you can act$1$ well$9$ enough for$4$ \us\. Learn your
115:146, 4G  !| part$0$, and we will$1$ teach you all the rest$0#1$. You have only
115:146, 5G  !| two scenes, and as I shall be $MP#ZZS$Cottager, I'll put you in and
115:146, 6G  !| push$1$ you about$5$; and you will$1$ do it very well$9$ I'll answer$1$
115:146, 7G  !| for$4$ it."
115:146, 8A  !| "No$7$, indeed, $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram, you must excuse$1$ me.
115:146, 9A  !| You cannot have an idea. It would be absolutely impossible
115:146,10A  !| for$4$ me. If I were to$9$ undertake it, I should only
115:146,11A  !| disappoint you."
115:146,12G  !| "Phoo| Phoo| Do not be so$5#1$ shamefaced. You'll do
115:146,13G  !| it very well$9$. Every allowance will$1$ be made for$4$ you.
115:146,14G  !| We do not expect perfection. You must get a brown
115:146,15G  !| gown, and a white apron, and a mob cap, and we must
115:146,16G  !| make$1$ you a few wrinkles, and a little of the crowsfoot
115:146,17G  !| at the corner of your eyes, and you will$1$ be a very proper,
115:146,18G  !| little old woman."
115:146,19A  !| "You must excuse$1$ me, indeed you must excuse$1$ me,"
115:146,20'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny, growing more and more red from excessive
115:146,21'  !| agitation, and looking distressfully at $MP#B$Edmund, who$6#1$ was
115:146,22'  !| kindly observing her, but unwilling to$9$ exasperate his
115:146,23'  !| brother by$4$ interference, gave her only an encouraging
115:146,24'  !| smile$0$. Her entreaty had no$2$ effect$0$ on$4$ $MP#G$Tom; he only
115:146,25'  !| said again what$6#1$ he had said before$5$; and it was not
115:146,26'  !| merely $MP#G$Tom, for$3$ the requisition was now backed by$4$ $MP#H$Maria
115:146,27'  !| and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, with an urgency which$6#1$
115:146,28'  !| differed from his, but in being$1$ more gentle or more
115:146,29'  !| ceremonious, and which$6#1$ altogether was quite overpowering
115:146,30'  !| to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny; and before$3$ she could breathe after$4$ it,
115:146,31'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris completed the whole$0$, by$4$ thus addressing her
115:146,32'  !| in a whisper$0$ at once angry and audible:
115:146,32J  !| "What$7$ a piece
115:146,33J  !| of work$0$ here is about$4$ nothing, ~ I am quite ashamed of
115:146,34J  !| you, $MP#A$Fanny, to$9$ make$1$ such a difficulty of obliging your
115:146,35J  !| cousins in a trifle$0$ of this sort, ~ So$5#1$ kind$2$ as they are to$4$
115:146,36J  !| you| ~ Take the part$0$ with a good grace$0$, and let us hear
115:146,37J  !| no$2$ more of the matter, I entreat."
115:146,38B  !| "Do not urge her, madam,"
115:146,38'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund.
115:146,38B  !| "It is
115:147, 1B  !| not fair to$9$ urge her in this manner. ~ You see she does
115:147, 2B  !| not like$1$ to$9$ act$1$. ~ Let her choose for$4$ herself as well$9$ as the
115:147, 3B  !| rest$0#1$ of us. ~ Her judgment may$1$ be quite as safely trusted.
115:147, 4B  !| ~ Do not urge her any more."
115:147, 5J  !| "I am not going to$9$ urge her," ~
115:147, 5'  !| replied $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
115:147, 6'  !| sharply,
115:147, 6J  !| "but I shall think her a very obstinate, ungrateful
115:147, 7J  !| girl, if she does not do what$6#1$ her aunt and cousins wish$1$
115:147, 8J  !| her ~ very ungrateful indeed, considering who$6#2$ and what$6#2$
115:147, 9J  !| she is."
115:147,10'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was too$5#1$ angry to$9$ speak; but $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
115:147,11'  !| looking for$4$ a moment with astonished eyes at $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
115:147,12'  !| and then at $MP#A$Fanny, whose$6#1$ tears were beginning$1$ to$9$ show$1$
115:147,13'  !| themselves, immediately said with some keenness,
115:147,13C  !| "I do
115:147,14C  !| not like$1$ my situation; this \place$0$\ is too$5#1$ hot for$4$ me"
115:147,14'  !| ~ and
115:147,15'  !| moved away her chair to$4$ the opposite side$0$ of the table
115:147,16'  !| close$9$ to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, saying to$4$ her in a kind$2$ low whisper$0$ as
115:147,17'  !| she placed herself,
115:147,17C  !| "Never mind$1$, my dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Miss*Price ~
115:147,18C  !| this is a cross$2$ evening, ~ everybody is cross$2$ and teasing ~
115:147,19C  !| but do not let us mind$1$ them;"
115:147,19'  !| and with pointed$2$ attention
115:147,20'  !| continued to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ her and endeavour$1$ to$9$ raise her
115:147,21'  !| spirits, in spite$8$ of being$1$ out$8$ of spirits herself. ~ By$4$ a look$0$
115:147,22'  !| at her brother, she prevented any farther entreaty from
115:147,23'  !| the theatrical board, and the really good feelings by$4$
115:147,24'  !| which$6#1$ she was almost purely governed, were rapidly
115:147,25'  !| restoring her to$4$ all the little she had lost in $MP#B$Edmund's
115:147,26'  !| favour$0$.
115:147,27'  !| $MP#A$Fanny did not love$1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford; but she felt very
115:147,28'  !| much obliged to$4$ her for$4$ her present$9$ kindness; and when
115:147,29'  !| from taking notice$0$ of her work$0$ and wishing \she\ could
115:147,30'  !| work$1$ as well$9$, and begging for$4$ the pattern, and supposing
115:147,31'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was now preparing for$4$ her \appearance\ as of course$8$
115:147,32'  !| she would come out$5$ when her cousin was married, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
115:147,33'  !| proceeded to$9$ inquire if she had heard lately
115:147,34'  !| from her brother at sea, and said that$3$ she had quite
115:147,35'  !| a curiosity to$9$ see him, and imagined him a very fine
115:147,36'  !| young man, and advised $MP#A$Fanny to$9$ get his picture$0$
115:147,37'  !| drawn before$3$ he went to$4$ sea again ~ she could not help$1$
115:147,38'  !| admitting it to$9$ be very agreeable flattery, or help$1$
115:148, 1'  !| listening, and answering with more animation than she
115:148, 2'  !| had intended.
115:148, 3'  !| The consultation upon the play$0$ still$5$ went on$5$, and
115:148, 4'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's attention was first called from $MP#A$Fanny by$4$
115:148, 5'  !| $MP#G$Tom*Bertram's telling her, with infinite regret$0$, that$3$ he
115:148, 6'  !| found it absolutely impossible for$4$ him to$9$ undertake the
115:148, 7'  !| part$0$ of $MP#ZZO$Anhalt in addition to$4$ the $MP#ZZQ$Butler; ~
115:148, 7@g   | he had been
115:148, 8@g   | most anxiously trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ it out$5$ to$9$ be feasible, ~
115:148, 9@g   | but it would not do, ~ he must give it up. ~
115:148, 9G  !| "But there
115:148,10G  !| will$1$ not be the smallest difficulty in filling it,"
115:147,10'  !| he added. ~
115:148,11G  !| "We have but to$9$ speak the word; we may$1$ pick and
115:148,12G  !| choose. ~ I could name$1$ at this moment at least six young
115:148,13G  !| men within six miles of us, who$6#1$ are wild to$9$ be admitted
115:148,14G  !| into our company, and there are one or two that$6#1$ would
115:148,15G  !| not disgrace$1$ us. ~ I should not be afraid to$9$ trust$1$ either
115:148,16G  !| of the $MP#ZZ$Olivers or $MP#ZU$Charles*Maddox. ~ $MP#ZZ$Tom*Oliver is a very
115:148,17G  !| clever fellow, and $MP#ZU$Charles*Maddox is as gentlemanlike
115:148,18G  !| a man as you will$1$ see any*where, so$3$ I will$1$ take my horse
115:148,19G  !| early to-morrow morning, and ride$1$ over to$4$ Stoke, and
115:148,20G  !| settle with one of them."
115:148,21'  !| While$9$ he spoke, $MP#H$Maria was looking apprehensively
115:148,22'  !| round$9$ at $MP#B$Edmund in full expectation that$3$ he must
115:148,23'  !| oppose such an enlargement of the plan as this ~ so$5#1$
115:148,24'  !| contrary$8$ to$4$ all their first protestations; but $MP#B$Edmund
115:148,25'  !| said nothing. ~ After$4$ a moment's thought$0$, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
115:148,26'  !| calmly replied,
115:148,26C  !| "As far as I am concerned, I can have
115:148,27C  !| no$2$ objection to$4$ any*thing that$6#1$ you all think eligible.
115:148,28C  !| Have I ever seen either of the gentlemen? ~ Yes, $MP#ZU$Mr%*Charles*Maddox
115:148,29C  !| dined at my sister's one day, did not he
115:148,30C  !| $MP#D$Henry? ~ A quiet-looking young man. I remember him.
115:148,31C  !| Let \him\ be applied to$4$, if you please, for$3$ it will$1$ be less
115:148,32C  !| unpleasant to$4$ me than to$9$ have a perfect$2$ stranger$0$."
115:148,33'  !| $MP#ZU$Charles*Maddox was to$9$ be the man. ~ $MP#G$Tom repeated
115:148,34'  !| his resolution of going to$4$ him early on$4$ the morrow; and
115:148,35'  !| though $MP#I$Julia, who$6#1$ had scarcely opened her lips before$5$,
115:148,36'  !| observed in a sarcastic manner, and with a glance$0$, first at
115:148,37'  !| $MP#H$Maria, and then at $MP#B$Edmund, that$3$
115:148,37I  !| "the Mansfield Theatricals
115:148,38I  !| would enliven the whole$2$ neighbourhood exceedingly" ~
115:149, 1'  !| $MP#B$Edmund still$5$ held his peace, and shewed his
115:149, 2'  !| feelings only by$4$ a determined$2$ gravity.
115:149, 3C  !| "I am not very sanguine as to$4$ our play$0$" ~
115:149, 3'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
115:149, 4'  !| in an under voice, to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, after$4$ some consideration;
115:149, 5C  !| "and I can tell $MP#ZU$Mr%*Maddox, that$3$ I shall
115:149, 6C  !| shorten some of \his\ speeches, and a great many of \my\ \own$2$\,
115:149, 7C  !| before$3$ we rehearse together. ~ It will$1$ be very disagreeable,
115:149, 8C  !| and by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ what$6#1$ I expected$1$."
116:150, 1'  !| It was not in $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's power to$9$ talk$1$ $MP#A$Fanny
116:150, 2'  !| into any real forgetfulness of what$6#1$ had passed. ~ When
116:150, 3'  !| the evening was over, she went to$4$ bed full of it, her
116:150, 4'  !| nerves still$5$ agitated by$4$ the shock$0$ of such an attack$0$ from
116:150, 5'  !| her cousin $MP#G$Tom, so$5#1$ public$2$ and so$5#1$ persevered in, and her
116:150, 6'  !| spirits sinking under her aunt's unkind reflection and
116:150, 7'  !| reproach$0$.
116:150, 7@a   | To$9$ be called into notice$0$ in such a manner, to$9$
116:150, 8@a   | hear that$3$ it was but the prelude to$4$ something so$5#1$ infinitely
116:150, 9@a   | worse, to$9$ be told that$3$ she must do what$6#1$ was so$5#1$ impossible
116:150,10@a   | as to$9$ act$1$; and then to$9$ have the charge$0$ of obstinacy and
116:150,11@a   | ingratitude follow it, enforced with such a hint$0$ at the
116:150,12@a   | dependence of her situation, had been too$5#1$ distressing
116:150,13@a   | at the time, to$9$ make$1$ the remembrance when she was
116:150,14@a   | alone much less so$5#2$, ~ especially with the superadded
116:150,15@a   | dread$0$ of what$6#1$ the morrow might produce in continuation
116:150,16@a   | of the subject$0$. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford had protected her only
116:150,17@a   | for$4$ the time; and if she were applied to$4$ again among
116:150,18@a   | themselves with all the authoritative urgency that$6#1$ $MP#G$Tom
116:150,19@a   | and $MP#H$Maria were capable of; and $MP#B$Edmund perhaps away ~
116:150,20@a   | what$6#2$ should she do?
116:150,20'  !| She fell asleep before$3$ she could
116:150,21'  !| answer$1$ the question$0$, and found it quite as puzzling when
116:150,22'  !| she awoke the next morning. The little white attic,
116:150,23'  !| which$6#1$ had continued her sleeping room ever since her
116:150,24'  !| first entering the family, proving incompetent to$9$ suggest
116:150,25'  !| any reply$0$, she had recourse, as soon as she was dressed,
116:150,26'  !| to$4$ another apartment, more spacious and more meet$2$
116:150,27'  !| for$4$ walking about$5$ in, and thinking, and of which$6#1$ she had
116:150,28'  !| now for$4$ some time been almost equally mistress. It had
116:150,29'  !| been their school-room; so$5#2$ called till the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams
116:150,30'  !| would not allow it to$9$ be called so$5#2$ any longer, and inhabited
116:150,31'  !| as such to$4$ a later period. There $MP#ZZL$Miss*Lee had
116:151, 1'  !| lived, and there they had read and written, and talked
116:151, 2'  !| and laughed, till within the last$2$ three years, when she had
116:151, 3'  !| quitted them. ~ The room had then become useless, and
116:151, 4'  !| for$4$ some time was quite deserted, except by$4$ $MP#A$Fanny,
116:151, 5'  !| when she visited her plants, or wanted one of the books,
116:151, 6'  !| which$6#1$ she was still$5$ glad to$9$ keep there, from the deficiency
116:151, 7'  !| of space and accommodation in her little chamber above$5$;
116:151, 8'  !| ~ but gradually, as her value$0$ for$4$ the comforts of it
116:151, 9'  !| increased, she had added to$4$ her possessions, and spent
116:151,10'  !| more of her time there; and having nothing to$9$ oppose
116:151,11'  !| her, had so$5#1$ naturally and so$5#1$ artlessly worked herself into
116:151,12'  !| it, that$3$ it was now generally admitted to$9$ be her's. The
116:151,13'  !| East*room as it had been called, ever since $MP#H$Maria*Bertram
116:151,14'  !| was sixteen, was now considered $MP#A$Fanny's, almost as
116:151,15'  !| decidedly as the white attic; ~ the smallness of the one
116:151,16'  !| making the use$0$ of the other so$5#1$ evidently reasonable, that$3$
116:151,17'  !| the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams, with every superiority in their own$2$
116:151,18'  !| apartments, which$6#1$ their own$2$ sense of superiority could
116:151,19'  !| demand$1$, were entirely approving it; ~ and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
116:151,20'  !| having stipulated for$4$ there never being$1$ a fire$0$ in it on$4$
116:151,21'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's account$0$, was tolerably resigned to$4$ her having
116:151,22'  !| the use$0$ of what$6#1$ nobody else wanted, though the terms
116:151,23'  !| in which$6#1$ she sometimes spoke of the indulgence, seemed
116:151,24'  !| to$9$ imply that$3$ it was the best room in the house.
116:151,25'  !| The aspect was so$5#1$ favourable, that$3$ even$5$ without a fire$0$
116:151,26'  !| it was habitable in many an early spring$0$, and late autumn
116:151,27'  !| morning, to$4$ such a willing mind$0$ as $MP#A$Fanny's, and while$9$
116:151,28'  !| there was a gleam of sunshine, she hoped not to$9$ be
116:151,29'  !| driven from it entirely, even$5$ when winter came. The
116:151,30'  !| comfort$0$ of it in her hours of leisure was extreme$2$. She
116:151,31'  !| could go there after$4$ any*thing unpleasant below, and find
116:151,32'  !| immediate consolation in some pursuit, or some train of
116:151,33'  !| thought$0$ at hand$0$. ~ Her plants, her books ~ of which$6#1$ she
116:151,34'  !| had been a collector, from the first hour of her commanding
116:151,35'  !| a shilling ~ her writing$0$ desk, and her works$0$ of
116:151,36'  !| charity and ingenuity, were all within her reach$0$; ~ or if
116:151,37'  !| indisposed for$4$ employment, if nothing but musing would
116:151,38'  !| do, she could scarcely see an object$0$ in that$6#2$ room which$6#1$
116:152, 1'  !| had not an interesting remembrance connected with it. ~
116:152, 2@a   | Every*thing was a friend, or bore$1#1$ her thoughts to$4$ a
116:152, 3@a   | friend; and though there had been sometimes much of
116:152, 4@a   | suffering to$4$ her ~ though her motives had been often
116:152, 5@a   | misunderstood, her feelings disregarded, and her comprehension
116:152, 6@a   | under-valued; though she had known the
116:152, 7@a   | pains of tyranny, of ridicule$0#1$, and neglect$0$, yet almost
116:152, 8@a   | every recurrence of either had led to$4$ something consolatory;
116:152, 9@a   | her aunt $MP#F$Bertram had spoken for$4$ her, or $MP#ZZL$Miss*Lee
116:152,10@a   | had been encouraging, or what$6#1$ was yet more frequent
116:152,11@a   | or more dear$2#1$ ~ $MP#B$Edmund had been her champion and her
116:152,12@a   | friend; ~ he had supported her cause, or explained her
116:152,13@a   | meaning$0$, he had told her not to$9$ cry$1$, or had given her
116:152,14@a   | some proof of affection which$6#1$ made her tears delightful ~
116:152,15@a   | and the whole$0$ was now so$5#1$ blended together, so$5#1$ harmonized
116:152,16@a   | by$4$ distance$0$, that$3$ every former affliction had its
116:152,17@a   | charm$0$.
116:152,17'  !| The room was most dear$2#1$ to$4$ her, and she would
116:152,18'  !| not have changed its furniture for$4$ the handsomest in the
116:152,19'  !| house, though what$6#1$ had been originally plain, had
116:152,20'  !| suffered all the ill-usage of children ~ and its greatest
116:152,21'  !| elegancies and ornaments were a faded footstool of
116:152,22'  !| $MP#I$Julia's work$0$, too$5#1$ ill done for$4$ the drawing-room, three
116:152,23'  !| transparencies, made in a rage for$4$ transparencies, for$4$ the
116:152,24'  !| three lower$2$ panes of one window, where Tintern*Abbey
116:152,25'  !| held its station between a cave in Italy, and a moonlight
116:152,26'  !| lake in Cumberland; a collection of family profiles
116:152,27'  !| thought$1$ unworthy of being$1$ anywhere else, over the
116:152,28'  !| mantle-piece, and by$4$ their side$0$ and pinned against the
116:152,29'  !| wall, a small sketch of a ship sent four years ago from the
116:152,30'  !| Mediterranean by$4$ $MP#Q$William, with H%*M%*S%*Antwerp at the
116:152,31'  !| bottom, in letters as tall as the main-mast.
116:152,32'  !| To$4$ this nest of comforts $MP#A$Fanny now walked down$5$ to$9$
116:152,33'  !| try its influence$0$ on$4$ an agitated, doubting spirit ~ to$9$ see
116:152,34'  !| if by$4$ looking at $MP#B$Edmund's profile she could catch$1$ any
116:152,35'  !| of his counsel$0$, or by$4$ giving air to$4$ her geraniums she
116:152,36'  !| might inhale a breeze of mental strength herself. But
116:152,37'  !| she had more than fears of her own$2$ perseverance to$9$
116:152,38'  !| remove$1$; she had begun to$9$ feel undecided as to$4$ what$6#1$
116:153, 1'  !| she \ought\ \to$9$\ \do\; and as she walked round$4$ the room her
116:153, 2'  !| doubts$0$ were increasing.
116:153, 2@a   | Was she \right$2#1$\ in refusing what$6#1$
116:153, 3@a   | was so$5#1$ warmly asked, so$5#1$ strongly wished for$5$? what$6#1$
116:153, 4@a   | might be so$5#1$ essential to$4$ a scheme$0$ on$4$ which$6#1$ some of those
116:153, 5@a   | to$4$ whom$6#1$ she owed the greatest complaisance, had set$1$
116:153, 6@a   | their hearts? Was it not ill-nature ~ selfishness ~ and
116:153, 7@a   | a fear$0$ of exposing herself? And would $MP#B$Edmund's
116:153, 8@a   | judgment, would his persuasion of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's disapprobation
116:153, 9@a   | of the whole$0$, be enough to$9$ justify her in a determined$2$
116:153,10@a   | denial in spite$8$ of all the rest$0#1$? It would be so$5#1$
116:153,11@a   | horrible to$4$ her to$9$ act$1$, that$3$ she was inclined to$9$ suspect the
116:153,12@a   | truth and purity of her own$2$ scruples, and as she looked
116:153,13@a   | around$4$ her, the claims of her cousins to$4$ being$1$ obliged,
116:153,14@a   | were strengthened by$4$ the sight of present$0#2$ upon present$0#2$
116:153,15@a   | that$6#1$ she had received from them. The table between
116:153,16@a   | the windows was covered with work-boxes and netting-boxes,
116:153,17@a   | which$6#1$ had been given her at different times,
116:153,18@a   | principally by$4$ $MP#G$Tom; and she grew bewildered as to$4$ the
116:153,19@a   | amount of the debt which$6#1$ all these kind$2$ remembrances
116:153,20@a   | produced.
116:153,20'  !| A tap at the door roused her in the midst of
116:153,21'  !| this attempt$0$ to$9$ find her way to$4$ her duty, and her gentle
116:153,22A  !| "come in,"
116:153,22'  !| was answered by$4$ the appearance of one,
116:153,23'  !| before$4$ whom$6#1$ all her doubts$0$ were wont to$9$ be laid. Her
116:153,24'  !| eyes brightened at the sight of $MP#B$Edmund.
116:153,25B  !| "Can I speak with you, $MP#A$Fanny, for$4$ a few minutes?"
116:153,26'  !| said he.
116:153,27A  !| "Yes, certainly."
116:153,28B  !| "I want$1$ to$9$ consult. I want$1$ your opinion."
116:153,29A  !| "My opinion|"
116:153,29'  !| she cried, shrinking from such a compliment$0$,
116:153,30'  !| highly as it gratified her.
116:153,31B  !| "Yes, your advice and opinion. I do not know what$6#1$
116:153,32B  !| to$9$ do. This acting scheme$0$ gets worse and worse you see.
116:153,33B  !| They have chosen almost as bad a play$0$ as they could;
116:153,34B  !| and now, to$9$ complete$1$ the business, are going to$9$ ask the
116:153,35B  !| help$0$ of a young man very slightly known to$4$ any of us.
116:153,36B  !| This is the end$0$ of all the privacy and propriety which$6#1$
116:153,37B  !| was talked about$4$ at first. I know no$2$ harm$0$ of $MP#ZU$Charles*Maddox;
116:153,38B  !| but the excessive intimacy which$6#1$ must spring$1$
116:154, 1B  !| from his being$1$ admitted among us in this manner, is
116:154, 2B  !| highly objectionable, the \more\ than intimacy ~ the
116:154, 3B  !| familiarity. I cannot think of it with any patience ~
116:154, 4B  !| and it does appear to$4$ me an evil of such magnitude as
116:154, 5B  !| must, \if\ \possible\, be prevented. Do not you see it in the
116:154, 6B  !| same light$0$?"
116:154, 7A  !| "Yes, but what$6#2$ can be done? Your brother is so$5#1$
116:154, 8A  !| determined$2$?"
116:154, 9B  !| "There is but \one\ thing to$9$ be done, $MP#A$Fanny. I must
116:154,10B  !| take $MP#ZZO$Anhalt myself. I am well$9$ aware that$3$ nothing else
116:154,11B  !| will$1$ quiet$2$ $MP#G$Tom."
116:154,12'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could not answer$1$ him.
116:154,13B  !| "It is not at all what$6#1$ I like$1$,"
116:154,13'  !| he continued.
116:154,13B  !| "No$2$
116:154,14B  !| man can like$1$ being$1$ driven into the \appearance\ of such
116:154,15B  !| inconsistency. After$4$ being$1$ known to$9$ oppose the scheme$0$
116:154,16B  !| from the beginning$0$, there is absurdity in the face$0$ of my
116:154,17B  !| joining them \now\, when they are exceeding their first
116:154,18B  !| plan in every respect$0$; but I can think of no$2$ other alternative.
116:154,19B  !| Can you, $MP#A$Fanny?"
116:154,20A  !| "No$7$,"
116:154,20'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, slowly,
116:154,20A  !| "not immediately ~
116:154,21A  !| but ~"
116:154,22B  !| "But what$6#2$? I see your judgment is not with me.
116:154,23B  !| Think it a little over. Perhaps you are not so$5#1$ much
116:154,24B  !| aware as I am, of the mischief that$6#1$ \may$1$\, of the unpleasantness
116:154,25B  !| that$6#1$ \must\, arise from a young man's being$1$
116:154,26B  !| received in this manner ~ domesticated among us ~
116:154,27B  !| authorized to$9$ come at all hours ~ and placed suddenly
116:154,28B  !| on$4$ a footing which$6#1$ must do away all restraints. To$9$
116:154,29B  !| think only of the licence which$6#1$ every rehearsal must tend
116:154,30B  !| to$9$ create. It is all very bad| Put yourself in $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
116:154,31B  !| place$0$, $MP#A$Fanny. Consider what$6#1$ it would be
116:154,32B  !| to$9$ act$1$ $MP#ZZT$Amelia with a stranger$0$. She has a right$0$ to$9$ be
116:154,33B  !| felt for$5$, because she evidently feels for$4$ herself. I heard
116:154,34B  !| enough of what$6#1$ she said to$4$ you last$2$ night, to$9$ understand
116:154,35B  !| her unwillingness to$9$ be acting with a stranger$0$; and as
116:154,36B  !| she probably engaged in the part$0$ with different expectations ~
116:154,37B  !| perhaps, without considering the subject$0$ enough
116:154,38B  !| to$9$ know what$6#1$ was likely to$9$ be, it would be ungenerous,
116:155, 1B  !| it would be really wrong$9$ to$4$ expose her to$9$ it. Her feelings
116:155, 2B  !| ought to$9$ be respected. Does not it strike you so$5#2$, $MP#A$Fanny?
116:155, 3B  !| You hesitate."
116:155, 4A  !| "I am sorry for$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford; but I am more sorry
116:155, 5A  !| to$9$ see you drawn in to$9$ do what$6#1$ you had resolved against,
116:155, 6A  !| and what$6#1$ you are known to$9$ think will$1$ be disagreeable to$4$
116:155, 7A  !| my uncle. It will$1$ be such a triumph$0$ to$4$ the others|"
116:155, 8B  !| "They will$1$ not have much cause of triumph$0$, when they
116:155, 9B  !| see how infamously I act$1$. But, however, triumph$0$ there
116:155,10B  !| certainly will$1$ be, and I must brave it. But if I can be
116:155,11B  !| the means$0$ of restraining the publicity of the business, of
116:155,12B  !| limiting the exhibition, of concentrating our folly, I shall
116:155,13B  !| be well$9$ repaid. As I am now, I have no$2$ influence$0$, I can
116:155,14B  !| do nothing; I have offended them, and they will$1$ not
116:155,15B  !| hear me; but when I have put them in good*humour by$4$
116:155,16B  !| this concession, I am not without hopes$0$ of persuading
116:155,17B  !| them to$9$ confine the representation within a much smaller
116:155,18B  !| circle than they are now in the high road for$4$. This will$1$
116:155,19B  !| be a material$2$ gain$0$. My object$0$ is to$4$ confine it to$9$
116:155,19B  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth
116:155,20B  !| and the $MP#M1$Grants. Will$1$ not this be worth
116:155,21B  !| gaining?"
116:155,22A  !| "Yes, it will$1$ be a great point$0$."
116:155,23B  !| "But still$5$ it has not your approbation. Can you mention$1$
116:155,24B  !| any other measure$0$ by$4$ which$6#1$ I have a chance$0$ of doing
116:155,25B  !| equal$2$ good?"
116:155,26A  !| "No$7$, I cannot think of any*thing else."
116:155,27B  !| "Give me your approbation, then, $MP#A$Fanny. I am not
116:155,28B  !| comfortable without it."
116:155,29A  !| "Oh| cousin."
116:155,30B  !| "If you are against me, I ought to$9$ distrust$1$ myself ~
116:155,31B  !| and yet ~ But it is absolutely impossible to$9$ let $MP#G$Tom go
116:155,32B  !| on$5$ in this way, riding about$4$ the country in quest of any*body
116:155,33B  !| who$6#1$ can be persuaded to$9$ act$1$ ~ no$2$ matter whom$6#2$;
116:155,34B  !| the look$0$ of a gentleman is to$9$ be enough. I thought$1$ \you\
116:155,35B  !| would have entered more into $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's feelings."
116:155,36A  !| "No$2$ doubt$0$ she will$1$ be very glad. It must be a great
116:155,37A  !| relief to$4$ her,"
116:155,37'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, trying$1$ for$4$ greater warmth of
116:155,38'  !| manner.
116:156, 1B  !| "She never appeared more amiable than in her behaviour
116:156, 2B  !| to$4$ you last$2$ night. It gave her a very strong claim$0$
116:156, 3B  !| on$4$ my good*will."
116:156, 4A  !| "She \was\ very kind$2$ indeed, and I am glad to$9$ have her
116:156, 5A  !| spared." ~~
116:156, 6'  !| She could not finish$1$ the generous effusion. Her conscience
116:156, 7'  !| stopt her in the middle, but $MP#B$Edmund was satisfied$1$.
116:156, 8B  !| "I shall walk$1$ down$5$ immediately after$4$ breakfast$0$,"
116:156, 8'  !| said
116:156, 9'  !| he,
116:156, 9B  !| "and am sure of giving pleasure there. And now,
116:156,10B  !| dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, I will$1$ not interrupt you any longer. You
116:156,11B  !| want$1$ to$9$ be reading. But I could not be easy till I had
116:156,12B  !| spoken to$4$ you, and come to$4$ a decision. Sleeping or waking,
116:156,13B  !| my head$0$ has been full of this matter all night. It is
116:156,14B  !| an evil ~ but I am certainly making it less than it might
116:156,15B  !| be. If $MP#G$Tom is up, I shall go to$4$ him directly and get it over;
116:156,16B  !| and when we meet$1$ at breakfast$0$ we shall be all in high
116:156,17B  !| good*humour at the prospect of acting the fool together
116:156,18B  !| with such unanimity. \You\ in the meanwhile will$1$ be
116:156,19B  !| taking a trip into China, I suppose. How does $MP#Z1$Lord*Macartney
116:156,20B  !| go on$5$? ~
116:156,20'  !| (opening a volume on$4$ the table and
116:156,21'  !| then taking up some others.)
116:156,21B  !| And here are $MP#Z1$Crabbe's*Tales,
116:156,22B  !| and the Idler, at hand$0$ to$9$ relieve you, if you tire
116:156,23B  !| of your great book. I admire your little establishment
116:156,24B  !| exceedingly; and as soon as I am gone, you will$1$ empty$1$
116:156,25B  !| your head$0$ of all this nonsense of acting, and sit comfortably
116:156,26B  !| down$5$ to$4$ your table. But do not stay$1$ here to$9$ be
116:156,27B  !| cold$2$."
116:156,28'  !| He went; but there was no$2$ reading, no$2$ China, no$2$ composure
116:156,29'  !| for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny.
116:156,29@a   | He had told her the most extraordinary,
116:156,30@a   | the most inconceivable, the most unwelcome
116:156,31@a   | news; and she could think of nothing else. To$9$ be acting|
116:156,32@a   | After$4$ all his objections ~ objections so$5#1$ just$2$ and so$5#1$ public$2$|
116:156,33@a   | After$4$ all that$6#1$ she had heard him say, and seen him look$1$,
116:156,34@a   | and known him to$9$ be feeling$1$. Could it be possible?
116:156,35@a   | $MP#B$Edmund so$5#1$ inconsistent. Was he not deceiving himself?
116:156,36@a   | Was he not wrong$9$? Alas| it was all $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
116:156,37@a   | doing. She had seen her influence$0$ in every speech, and
116:156,38@a   | was miserable. The doubts$0$ and alarms as to$4$ her own$2$
116:157, 1@a   | conduct$0$, which$6#1$ had previously distressed her, and which$6#1$
116:157, 2@a   | had all slept while$9$ she listened to$4$ him, were become of
116:157, 3@a   | little consequence now. This deeper anxiety swallowed
116:157, 4@a   | them up. Things should take their course$0$; she cared
116:157, 5@a   | not how it ended. Her cousins might attack$1$, but could
116:157, 6@a   | hardly tease her. She was beyond$4$ their reach$0$; and if at
116:157, 7@a   | last$0$ obliged to$9$ yield ~ no$2$ matter ~ it was all misery \now\.
117:158, 1'  !| It was, indeed, a triumphant day to$4$ $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram and
117:158, 2'  !| $MP#H$Maria. Such a victory over $MP#B$Edmund's discretion had
117:158, 3'  !| been beyond$4$ their hopes$0$, and was most delightful. There
117:158, 4'  !| was no$2$ longer any*thing to$9$ disturb them in their darling
117:158, 5'  !| project, and they congratulated each other in private$0$ on$4$
117:158, 6'  !| the jealous weakness to$4$ which$6#1$ they attributed the change$0$,
117:158, 7'  !| with all the glee of feelings gratified in every way.
117:158, 7@y2  | $MP#B$Edmund
117:158, 8@y2  | might still$5$ look$1$ grave$2$, and say he did not like$1$ the
117:158, 9@y2  | scheme$0$ in general$0$, and must disapprove the play$0$ in particular;
117:158,10@y2  | their point$0$ was gained; he was to$9$ act$1$, and he
117:158,11@y2  | was driven to$4$ it by$4$ the force$0$ of selfish inclinations only.
117:158,12@y2  | $MP#B$Edmund had descended from that$6#2$ moral elevation which$6#1$
117:158,13@y2  | he had maintained before$5$, and they were both as much
117:158,14@y2  | the better$9$ as the happier for$4$ the descent.
117:158,15'  !| They behaved very well$9$, however, \to$4$\ \him\ on$4$ the occasion$0$,
117:158,16'  !| betraying no$2$ exultation beyond$4$ the lines about$4$ the
117:158,17'  !| corners of the mouth, and seemed to$9$ think it as great an
117:158,18'  !| escape$0$ to$9$ be quit of the intrusion of $MP#ZU$Charles*Maddox, as
117:158,19'  !| if they had been forced into admitting him against their
117:158,20'  !| inclination.
117:158,20Y2 !| "To$9$ have it quite in their own$2$ family circle
117:158,21Y2 !| was what$6#1$ they had particularly wished. A stranger$0$
117:158,22Y2 !| among them would have been the destruction of all their
117:158,23Y2 !| comfort$0$,"
117:158,23'  !| and when $MP#B$Edmund, pursuing that$6#2$ idea, gave
117:158,24'  !| a hint$0$ of his hope$0$ as to$4$ the limitation of the audience,
117:158,25'  !| they were ready, in the complaisance of the moment, to$9$
117:158,26'  !| promise$1$ any*thing. It was all good*humour and encouragement.
117:158,27'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris offered to$9$ contrive his dress$0$, $MP#W$Mr%*Yates
117:158,28'  !| assured him, that$3$ $MP#ZZO$Anhalt's last$2$ scene with the
117:158,29'  !| $MP#ZZM$Baron admitted a good deal$0#2$ of action and emphasis, and
117:158,30'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth undertook to$9$ count his speeches.
117:158,31G  !| "Perhaps,"
117:158,31'  !| said $MP#G$Tom,
117:158,31G  !| "\$MP#A$Fanny\ may$1$ be more disposed
117:158,32G  !| to$9$ oblige us now. Perhaps you may$1$ persuade \her\."
117:159, 1B  !| "No$7$, she is quite determined$2$. She certainly will$1$ not
117:159, 2B  !| act$1$."
117:159, 3G  !| "Oh| very well$9$."
117:159, 3'  !| And not another word was said:
117:159, 4'  !| but $MP#A$Fanny felt herself again in danger, and her indifference
117:159, 5'  !| to$4$ the danger was beginning$1$ to$9$ fail her already.
117:159, 6'  !| There were not fewer smiles at the parsonage than at
117:159, 7'  !| the park on$4$ this change$0$ in $MP#B$Edmund; $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
117:159, 8'  !| looked very lovely in her's, and entered with such an
117:159, 9'  !| instantaneous renewal of cheerfulness into the whole$2$
117:159,10'  !| affair, as could have but one effect$0$ on$4$ him.
117:159,10B  !| "He was
117:159,11B  !| certainly right$2#1$ in respecting such feelings; he was glad
117:159,12B  !| he had determined$1$ on$4$ it."
117:159,12'  !| And the morning wore away
117:159,13'  !| in satisfactions very sweet, if not very sound$9$. One advantage
117:159,14'  !| resulted from it to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny; at the earnest request$0$
117:159,15'  !| of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant had with her usual good*humour
117:159,16'  !| agreed to$9$ undertake the part$0$ for$4$ which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny
117:159,17'  !| had been wanted ~ and this was all that$6#1$ occurred to$9$
117:159,18'  !| gladden \her\ heart during the day; and even$5$ this, when
117:159,19'  !| imparted by$4$ $MP#B$Edmund, brought a pang with it,
117:159,19@a   | for$3$ it was
117:159,20@a   | $MP#C$Miss*Crawford to$4$ whom$6#1$ she was obliged, it was $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
117:159,21@a   | whose$6#1$ kind$2$ exertions were to$9$ excite her gratitude,
117:159,22@a   | and whose$6#1$ merit$0$ in making them was spoken of with
117:159,23@a   | a glow of admiration. She was safe; but peace and
117:159,24@a   | safety were unconnected here. Her mind$0$ had been never
117:159,25@a   | farther from peace. She could not feel that$3$ she had done
117:159,26@a   | wrong$0$ herself, but she was disquieted in every other way.
117:159,27@a   | Her heart and her judgment were equally against $MP#B$Edmund's
117:159,28@a   | decision; she could not acquit his unsteadiness; and his
117:159,29@a   | happiness under it made her wretched. She was full of
117:159,30@a   | jealousy and agitation. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford came with looks$0$
117:159,31@a   | of gaiety which$6#1$ seemed an insult, with friendly expressions
117:159,32@a   | towards herself which$6#1$ she could hardly answer$1$
117:159,33@a   | calmly. Every*body around$4$ her was gay and busy,
117:159,34@a   | prosperous and important, each had their object$0$ of interest$0$,
117:159,35@a   | their part$0$, their dress$0$, their favourite$2$ scene, their
117:159,36@a   | friends and confederates, all were finding employment in
117:159,37@a   | consultations and comparisons, or diversion in the playful
117:159,38@a   | conceits they suggested. She alone was sad and insignificant;
117:160, 1@a   | she had no$2$ share$0$ in any*thing; she might go or
117:160, 2@a   | stay$1$, she might be in the midst of their noise, or retreat$1$
117:160, 3@a   | from it to$4$ the solitude of the East*room, without being$1$
117:160, 4@a   | seen or missed. She could almost think any*thing would
117:160, 5@a   | have been preferable to$4$ this. $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant was of consequence;
117:160, 6@a   | \her\ good*nature had honourable mention$0$ ~ her
117:160, 7@a   | taste and her time were considered ~ her presence was
117:160, 8@a   | wanted ~ she was sought for$5$ and attended, and praised;
117:160, 9'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny was at first in some danger of envying her the
117:160,10'  !| character she had accepted. But reflection brought better$9$
117:160,11'  !| feelings, and shewed her that$3$
117:160,11@a   | $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant was entitled to$4$
117:160,12@a   | respect$0$, which$6#1$ could never have belonged to$4$ \her\, and that$3$
117:160,13@a   | had she received even$5$ the greatest, she could never have
117:160,14@a   | been easy in joining a scheme$0$ which$6#1$, considering only her
117:160,15@a   | uncle, she must condemn altogether.
117:160,16'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's heart was not absolutely the only saddened
117:160,17'  !| one amongst them, as she soon began to$9$ acknowledge
117:160,18'  !| herself. ~ $MP#I$Julia was a sufferer too$5#2$, though not quite so$5#1$
117:160,19'  !| blamelessly.
117:160,20'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford had trifled with her feelings; but she
117:160,21'  !| had very long$9$ allowed and even$5$ sought his attentions,
117:160,22'  !| with a jealousy of her sister so$5#1$ reasonable as ought to$9$
117:160,23'  !| have been their cure$0$; and now that$3$ the conviction of his
117:160,24'  !| preference for$4$ $MP#H$Maria had been forced on$4$ her, she submitted
117:160,25'  !| to$4$ it without any alarm$0$ for$4$ $MP#H$Maria's situation, or any
117:160,26'  !| endeavour$0$ at rational tranquillity for$4$ herself. ~ She either
117:160,27'  !| sat in gloomy silence$0$, wrapt in such gravity as nothing
117:160,28'  !| could subdue, no$2$ curiosity touch$1$, no$2$ wit$0#1$ amuse; or allowing
117:160,29'  !| the attentions of $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, was talking with forced
117:160,30'  !| gaiety to$4$ him alone, and ridiculing the acting of the
117:160,31'  !| others.
117:160,32'  !| For$4$ a day or two after$3$ the affront was given, $MP#D$Henry*Crawford
117:160,33'  !| had endeavoured to$9$ do it away by$4$ the usual
117:160,34'  !| attack$0$ of gallantry and compliment$0$, but he had not cared
117:160,35'  !| enough about$4$ it to$9$ persevere against a few repulses; and
117:160,36'  !| becoming$1$ soon too$5#1$ busy with his play$0$ to$9$ have time for$4$
117:160,37'  !| more than one flirtation, he grew indifferent to$4$ the quarrel$0$,
117:160,38'  !| or rather thought$1$ it a lucky occurrence, as quietly putting
117:161, 1'  !| an end$0$ to$4$ what$6#1$ might ere long$9$ have raised expectations
117:161, 2'  !| in more than $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant. ~ She was not pleased to$9$ see
117:161, 3'  !| $MP#I$Julia excluded from the play$0$, and sitting$1$ by$5$ disregarded;
117:161, 4@n   | but as it was not a matter which$6#1$ really involved her happiness,
117:161, 5@n   | as $MP#D$Henry must be the best judge$0$ of his own$2$, and
117:161, 6@n   | as he did assure her, with a most persuasive smile$0$, that$3$
117:161, 7@n   | neither he nor $MP#I$Julia had ever had a serious$2$ thought$0$ of
117:161, 8@n   | each other, she could only renew her former caution$0$ as to$4$
117:161, 9@n   | the elder sister, entreat him not to$9$ risk$1$ his tranquillity by$4$
117:161,10@n   | too$5#1$ much admiration there, and then gladly take her share$0$
117:161,11@n   | in any*thing that$6#1$ brought cheerfulness to$4$ the young people
117:161,12@n   | in general$0$, and that$6#1$ did so$5#1$ particularly promote the
117:161,13@n   | pleasure of the two so$5#1$ dear$2#1$ to$4$ her.
117:161,14N  !| "I rather wonder$1$ $MP#I$Julia is not in love$0$ with $MP#D$Henry,"
117:161,14'  !| was
117:161,15'  !| her observation to$4$ $MP#C$Mary.
117:161,16C  !| "I dare$1#2$ say she is,"
117:161,16'  !| replied $MP#C$Mary, coldly.
117:161,16C  !| "I imagine
117:161,17C  !| both sisters are."
117:161,18N  !| "Both| no$7$, no$7$, that$6#2$ must not be. Do not give him
117:161,19N  !| a hint$0$ of it. Think of $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth."
117:161,20C  !| "You had better$9$ tell $MP#H$Miss*Bertram to$9$ think of $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth.
117:161,21C  !| It may$1$ do \her\ some good. I often think of
117:161,22C  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's property and independence, and wish$1$
117:161,23C  !| them in other hands ~ but I never think of \him\. A man
117:161,24C  !| might represent the county with such an estate; a man
117:161,25C  !| might escape$1$ a profession$0#2$ and represent the county."
117:161,26N  !| "I dare$1#2$ say he \will$1$\ be in parliament soon. When $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
117:161,27N  !| comes, I dare$1#2$ say he will$1$ be in for$4$ some borough,
117:161,28N  !| but there has been nobody to$9$ put him in the way of doing
117:161,29N  !| any*thing yet."
117:161,30C  !| "$MP#E$Sir*Thomas is to$9$ achieve mighty things when he comes
117:161,31C  !| home,"
117:161,31'  !| said $MP#C$Mary, after$4$ a pause$0$.
117:161,31C  !| "Do you remember
117:161,32C  !| $MP#Z1$Hawkins*Browne's ""Address*to*Tobacco,"" in imitation
117:161,33C  !| of $MP#Z1$Pope? ~
117:161,34C  !| ""Blest leaf| whose$6#1$ aromatic gales dispense
117:161,35C  !| To$4$ Templars modesty, to$4$ Parsons sense.""
117:161,36C  !| I will$1$ parody them:
117:161,37C  !| Blest Knight| whose$6#1$ dictatorial looks$0$ dispense
117:161,38C  !| To$4$ Children affluence, to$4$ $MP#U$Rushworth sense.
117:162, 1C  !| Will$1$ not that$6#2$ do, $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant? Every*thing seems to$9$
117:162, 2C  !| depend upon $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's return$0$."
117:162, 3N  !| "You will$1$ find his consequence very just$2$ and reasonable
117:162, 4N  !| when you see him in his family, I assure you. I do not
117:162, 5N  !| think we do so$5#1$ well$9$ without him. He has a fine dignified
117:162, 6N  !| manner, which$6#1$ suits the head$0$ of such a house, and keeps
117:162, 7N  !| every*body in their place$0$. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram seems more
117:162, 8N  !| of a cipher now than when he is at home; and nobody
117:162, 9N  !| else can keep $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris in order$0$. But, $MP#C$Mary, do not
117:162,10N  !| fancy$1$ that$3$ $MP#H$Maria*Bertram cares$1$ for$4$ $MP#D$Henry. I am sure
117:162,11N  !| \$MP#I$Julia\ does not, or she would not have flirted as she did
117:162,12N  !| last$2$ night with $MP#W$Mr%*Yates; and though he and $MP#H$Maria are
117:162,13N  !| very good friends, I think she likes Sotherton too$5#1$ well$9$ to$9$
117:162,14N  !| be inconstant."
117:162,15C  !| "I would not give much for$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's chance$0$,
117:162,16C  !| if $MP#D$Henry stept in before$3$ the articles were signed."
117:162,17N  !| "If you have such a suspicion, something must be done,
117:162,18N  !| and as soon as the play$0$ is all over, we will$1$ talk$1$ to$4$ him
117:162,19N  !| seriously, and make$1$ him know his own$2$ mind$0$; and if he
117:162,20N  !| means$1$ nothing, we will$1$ send him off, though he is $MP#D$Henry,
117:162,21N  !| for$4$ a time."
117:162,22'  !| $MP#I$Julia \did\ suffer, however, though $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant discerned
117:162,23'  !| it not, and though it escaped the notice$0$ of many of her
117:162,24'  !| own$2$ family likewise. She had loved, she did love$1$ still$5$,
117:162,25'  !| and she had all the suffering which$6#1$ a warm$2$ temper and
117:162,26'  !| a high spirit were likely to$9$ endure under the disappointment
117:162,27'  !| of a dear$2#1$, though irrational hope$0$, with a strong
117:162,28'  !| sense of ill-usage. Her heart was sore and angry, and
117:162,29'  !| she was capable only of angry consolations. The sister
117:162,30'  !| with whom$6#1$ she was used$1#2$ to$9$ be on$4$ easy terms, was now
117:162,31'  !| become her greatest enemy; they were alienated from
117:162,32'  !| each other, and $MP#I$Julia was not superior$2$ to$4$ the hope$0$ of some
117:162,33'  !| distressing end$0$ to$4$ the attentions which$6#1$ were still$5$ carrying
117:162,34'  !| on$5$ there, some punishment to$4$ $MP#H$Maria for$4$ conduct$0$ so$5#1$
117:162,35'  !| shameful towards herself, as well$9$ as towards $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth.
117:162,36'  !| With no$2$ material$2$ fault of temper, or difference
117:162,37'  !| of opinion, to$9$ prevent their being$1$ very good friends while$9$
117:162,38'  !| their interests$0$ were the same, the sisters, under such
117:163, 1'  !| a trial as this, had not affection or principle enough to$9$
117:163, 2'  !| make$1$ them merciful or just$2$, to$9$ give them honour$0$ or
117:163, 3'  !| compassion. $MP#H$Maria felt her triumph$0$, and pursued her
117:163, 4'  !| purpose careless of $MP#I$Julia; and $MP#I$Julia could never see
117:163, 5'  !| $MP#H$Maria distinguished by$4$ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, without trusting
117:163, 6'  !| that$3$ it would create jealousy, and bring a public$2$ disturbance
117:163, 7'  !| at last$0$.
117:163, 8'  !| $MP#A$Fanny saw and pitied much of this in $MP#I$Julia; but there
117:163, 9'  !| was no$2$ outward fellowship between them. $MP#I$Julia made
117:163,10'  !| no$2$ communication, and $MP#A$Fanny took no$2$ liberties. They
117:163,11'  !| were two solitary sufferers, or connected only by$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's
117:163,12'  !| consciousness.
117:163,13'  !| The inattention of the two brothers and the aunt to$4$
117:163,14'  !| $MP#I$Julia's discomposure, and their blindness to$4$ its true
117:163,15'  !| cause, must be imputed to$4$ the fulness of their own$2$ minds.
117:163,16'  !| They were totally pre-occupied. $MP#G$Tom was engrossed by$4$
117:163,17'  !| the concerns$0$ of his theatre, and saw nothing that$6#1$ did not
117:163,18'  !| immediately relate to$4$ it. $MP#B$Edmund, between his theatrical
117:163,19'  !| and his real part$0$, between $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's claims and his
117:163,20'  !| own$2$ conduct$0$, between love$0$ and consistency, was equally
117:163,21'  !| unobservant; and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was too$5#1$ busy in contriving
117:163,22'  !| and directing the general$2$ little matters of the
117:163,23'  !| company, superintending their various dresses$0$ with
117:163,24'  !| economical expedient$0$, for$4$ which$6#1$ nobody thanked her, and
117:163,25'  !| saving, with delighted integrity, half-a-crown here and
117:163,26'  !| there to$4$ the absent $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, to$9$ have leisure for$4$
117:163,27'  !| watching the behaviour, or guarding the happiness of
117:163,28'  !| his daughters.
118:164, 1'  !| Every*thing was now in a regular train; theatre, actors,
118:164, 2'  !| actresses, and dresses$0$, were all getting forward$8$: but
118:164, 3'  !| though no$2$ other great impediments arose, $MP#A$Fanny found,
118:164, 4'  !| before$3$ many days were past$9$, that$3$ it was not all uninterrupted
118:164, 5'  !| enjoyment to$4$ the party themselves, and that$3$ she
118:164, 6'  !| had not to$9$ witness$1$ the continuance of such unanimity and
118:164, 7'  !| delight$0$, as had been almost too$5#1$ much for$4$ her at first.
118:164, 8'  !| Every*body began to$9$ have their vexation. $MP#B$Edmund had
118:164, 9'  !| many. Entirely against \his\ judgment, a scene painter
118:164,10'  !| arrived from town, and was at work$0$, much to$4$ the increase$0$
118:164,11'  !| of the expenses, and what$6#1$ was worse, of the eclat of their
118:164,12'  !| proceedings; and his brother, instead of being$1$ really
118:164,13'  !| guided by$4$ him as to$4$ the privacy of the representation, was
118:164,14'  !| giving an invitation to$4$ every family who$6#1$ came in his way.
118:164,15'  !| $MP#G$Tom himself began to$9$ fret over the scene painter's slow
118:164,16'  !| progress, and to$9$ feel the miseries of waiting. He had
118:164,17'  !| learned his part$0$ ~ all his parts ~ for$3$ he took every trifling
118:164,18'  !| one that$6#1$ could be united with the $MP#ZZQ$Butler, and began to$9$ be
118:164,19'  !| impatient to$9$ be acting; and every day thus unemployed,
118:164,20'  !| was tending to$9$ increase$1$ his sense of the insignificance of all
118:164,21'  !| his parts together, and make$1$ him more ready to$9$ regret$1$
118:164,22'  !| that$3$ some other play$0$ had not been chosen.
118:164,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, being$1$ always a very courteous listener, and often
118:164,24'  !| the only listener at hand$0$, came in for$4$ the complaints and
118:164,25'  !| distresses of most of them. \She\ knew that$3$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates was
118:164,26'  !| in general$0$ thought$1$ to$9$ rant$1$ dreadfully, that$3$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates was
118:164,27'  !| disappointed in $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, that$3$ $MP#G$Tom*Bertram spoke
118:164,28'  !| so$5#1$ quick$2$ he would be unintelligible, that$3$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant spoilt
118:164,29'  !| every*thing by$4$ laughing, that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund was behind-hand
118:164,30'  !| with his part$0$, and that$3$ it was misery to$9$ have any*thing to$9$
118:164,31'  !| do with $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, who$6#1$ was wanting a prompter
118:164,32'  !| through$4$ every speech. She knew, also, that$3$ poor
118:164,33'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth could seldom get any*body to$9$ rehearse
118:165, 1'  !| with him; \his\ complaint came before$4$ her as well$9$ as the
118:165, 2'  !| rest$0#1$; and so$5#1$ decided$2$ to$4$ her eye was her cousin $MP#H$Maria's
118:165, 3'  !| avoidance of him, and so$5#1$ needlessly often the rehearsal of
118:165, 4'  !| the first scene between her and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, that$3$ she had
118:165, 5'  !| soon all the terror of other complaints from \him\. ~ So$5#1$ far
118:165, 6'  !| from being$1$ all satisfied$1$ and all enjoying, she found every*body
118:165, 7'  !| requiring something they had not, and giving
118:165, 8'  !| occasion$0$ of discontent to$4$ the others. ~ Every*body had
118:165, 9'  !| a part$0$ either too$5#1$ long$9$ or too$5#1$ short$2$; ~ nobody would attend
118:165,10'  !| as they ought, nobody would remember on$4$ which$6#1$ side$0$ they
118:165,11'  !| were to$9$ come in ~ nobody but the complainer would
118:165,12'  !| observe any directions.
118:165,13'  !| $MP#A$Fanny believed herself to$9$ derive as much innocent
118:165,14'  !| enjoyment from the play$0$ as any of them; ~ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford
118:165,15'  !| acted well$9$, and it was a pleasure to$4$ \her\ to$9$ creep into
118:165,16'  !| the theatre, and attend the rehearsal of the first act$0$ ~ in
118:165,17'  !| spite$8$ of the feelings it excited in some speeches for$4$ $MP#H$Maria. ~
118:165,18'  !| $MP#H$Maria she also thought$1$ acted well$9$ ~ too$5#1$ well$9$; ~ and after$4$
118:165,19'  !| the first rehearsal or two, $MP#A$Fanny began to$9$ be their only
118:165,20'  !| audience, and ~ sometimes as prompter, sometimes as spectator ~
118:165,21'  !| was often very useful. ~
118:165,21@a   | As far as she could judge$1$,
118:165,22@a   | $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was considerably the best actor of all; he
118:165,23@a   | had more confidence than $MP#B$Edmund, more judgment than
118:165,24@a   | $MP#G$Tom, more talent and taste than $MP#W$Mr%*Yates. ~ She did not
118:165,25@a   | like$1$ him as a man, but she must admit him to$9$ be the best
118:165,26@a   | actor,
118:165,26'  !| and on$4$ this point$0$ there were not many who$6#1$ differed
118:165,27'  !| from her. $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, indeed, exclaimed against his
118:165,28'  !| tameness and insipidity ~ and the day came at last$0$, when
118:165,29'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth turned to$4$ her with a black look$0$, and
118:165,30'  !| said ~
118:165,30U  !| "Do you think there is any*thing so$5#1$ very fine in all
118:165,31U  !| this? For$4$ the life and soul of me, I cannot admire him; ~
118:165,32U  !| and between ourselves, to$9$ see such an undersized, little,
118:165,33U  !| mean-looking man, set$1$ up for$4$ a fine actor, is very ridiculous
118:165,34U  !| in my opinion."
118:165,35'  !| From this moment there was a return$0$ of his former
118:165,36'  !| jealousy, which$6#1$ $MP#H$Maria, from increasing hopes$0$ of $MP#D$Crawford,
118:165,37'  !| was at little pains to$9$ remove$1$; and the chances of $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's
118:165,38'  !| ever attaining to$4$ the knowledge of his two and
118:166, 1'  !| forty speeches became much less. As to$4$ his ever making
118:166, 2'  !| any*thing \tolerable\ of them, nobody had the smallest idea
118:166, 3'  !| of that$6#2$ except his mother ~ \She\, indeed, regretted that$3$ his
118:166, 4'  !| part$0$ was not more considerable, and deferred coming over
118:166, 5'  !| to$4$ Mansfield till they were forward$8$ enough in their rehearsal
118:166, 6'  !| to$9$ comprehend all his scenes, but the others aspired at
118:166, 7'  !| nothing beyond$4$ his remembering the catchword, and the
118:166, 8'  !| first line of his speech, and being$1$ able to$9$ follow the prompter
118:166, 9'  !| through$4$ the rest$0#1$. $MP#A$Fanny, in her pity$0$ and kind-heartedness,
118:166,10'  !| was at great pains to$9$ teach him how to$9$ learn, giving
118:166,11'  !| him all the helps and directions in her power, trying$1$ to$9$
118:166,12'  !| make$1$ an artificial memory for$4$ him, and learning every word
118:166,13'  !| of his part$0$ herself, but without his being$1$ much the
118:166,14'  !| forwarder.
118:166,15'  !| Many uncomfortable, anxious, apprehensive feelings she
118:166,16'  !| certainly had; but with all these, and other claims on$4$ her
118:166,17'  !| time and attention, she was as far from finding herself
118:166,18'  !| without employment or utility amongst them, as without
118:166,19'  !| a companion in uneasiness; quite as far from having no$2$
118:166,20'  !| demand$0$ on$4$ her leisure as on$4$ her compassion. The gloom
118:166,21'  !| of her first anticipations was proved to$9$ have been unfounded.
118:166,22'  !| She was occasionally useful to$4$ all; she was
118:166,23'  !| perhaps as much at peace as any.
118:166,24'  !| There was a great deal$0#2$ of needle-work to$9$ be done moreover,
118:166,25'  !| in which$6#1$ her help$0$ was wanted; and that$3$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
118:166,26'  !| thought$1$ her quite as well$9$ off as the rest$0#1$, was evident by$4$
118:166,27'  !| the manner in which$6#1$ she claimed it:
118:166,27J  !| "Come $MP#A$Fanny,"
118:166,27'  !| she
118:166,28'  !| cried,
118:166,28J  !| "these are fine times for$4$ you, but you must not be
118:166,29J  !| always walking from one room to$4$ the other and doing the
118:166,30J  !| lookings on$5$, at your ease$0$, in this way, ~ I want$1$ you here.
118:166,31J  !| ~ I have been slaving myself till I can hardly stand$1$, to$9$
118:166,32J  !| contrive $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's cloak without sending for$4$ any
118:166,33J  !| more satin; and now I think you may$1$ give me your help$0$
118:166,34J  !| in putting it together. ~ There are but three seams, you
118:166,35J  !| may$1$ do them in a trice. ~ It would be lucky for$4$ me if
118:166,36J  !| I had nothing but the executive part$0$ to$9$ do. ~ \You\ are best
118:166,37J  !| off, I can tell you; but if nobody did more than \you\, we
118:166,38J  !| should not get on$5$ very fast."
118:167, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny took the work$0$ very quietly without attempting
118:167, 2'  !| any defence; but her kinder aunt $MP#F$Bertram observed on$4$
118:167, 3'  !| her behalf,
118:167, 4F  !| "One cannot wonder$1$, sister, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny \should\ be
118:167, 5F  !| delighted; it is all new to$4$ her, you know, ~ you and I used$1#2$
118:167, 6F  !| to$9$ be very fond of a play$0$ ourselves ~ and so$5#2$ am I still$5$; ~
118:167, 7F  !| and as soon as I am a little more at leisure, \I\ mean$1$ to$9$ look$1$
118:167, 8F  !| in at their rehearsals too$5#2$. What$6#2$ is the play$0$ about$4$, $MP#A$Fanny,
118:167, 9F  !| you have never told me?"
118:167,10J  !| "Oh| sister, pray do not ask her now; for$3$ $MP#A$Fanny is not
118:167,11J  !| one of those who$6#1$ can talk$1$ and work$1$ at the same time. ~ It is
118:167,12J  !| about$4$ Lovers'*Vows."
118:167,13A  !| "I believe"
118:167,13'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny to$4$ her aunt $MP#F$Bertram,
118:167,13A  !| "there will$1$
118:167,14A  !| be three acts$0$ rehearsed to-morrow evening, and that$6#2$ will$1$
118:167,15A  !| give you an opportunity of seeing all the actors at once."
118:167,16J  !| "You had better$9$ stay$1$ till the curtain is hung,"
118:167,16'  !| interposed
118:167,17'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris ~
118:167,17J  !| "the curtain will$1$ be hung in a day or
118:167,18J  !| two, ~ there is very little sense in a play$0$ without a curtain
118:167,19J  !| ~ and I am much mistaken if you do not find it draw up
118:167,20J  !| into very handsome festoons."
118:167,21'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram seemed quite resigned to$4$ waiting. ~
118:167,22'  !| $MP#A$Fanny did not share$1$ her aunt's composure; she thought$1$
118:167,23'  !| of the morrow a great deal$0#2$, ~
118:167,23@a   | for$3$ if the three acts$0$ were
118:167,24@a   | rehearsed, $MP#B$Edmund and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford would then be
118:167,25@a   | acting together for$4$ the first time; ~ the third act$0$ would
118:167,26@a   | bring a scene between them which$6#1$ interested her most
118:167,27@a   | particularly, and which$6#1$ she was longing$1$ and dreading to$9$
118:167,28@a   | see how they would perform. The whole$2$ subject$0$ of it was
118:167,29@a   | love$0$ ~ a marriage of love$0$ was to$9$ be described by$4$ the gentleman,
118:167,30@a   | and very little short$2$ of a declaration of love$0$ be made
118:167,31@a   | by$4$ the lady.
118:167,32@a   | She had read, and read the scene again with many
118:167,33@a   | painful, many wondering emotions, and looked forward$8$
118:167,34@a   | to$4$ their representation of it as a circumstance almost too$5#1$
118:167,35@a   | interesting. She did not \believe\ they had yet rehearsed it,
118:167,36@a   | even$5$ in private$0$.
118:167,37'  !| The morrow came, the plan for$4$ the evening continued,
118:167,38'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny's consideration of it did not become less
118:168, 1'  !| agitated. She worked very diligently under her aunt's
118:168, 2'  !| directions, but her diligence and her silence$0$ concealed a
118:168, 3'  !| very absent, anxious mind$0$; and about$4$ noon she made her
118:168, 4'  !| escape$0$ with her work$0$ to$4$ the East*room, that$3$ she might
118:168, 5'  !| have no$2$ concern$0$ in another, and, as she deemed it, most
118:168, 6'  !| unnecessary rehearsal of the first act$0$, which$6#1$ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford
118:168, 7'  !| was just$9$ proposing, desirous at once of having her time
118:168, 8'  !| to$4$ herself, and of avoiding the sight of $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth.
118:168, 9'  !| A glimpse, as she passed through$4$ the hall, of the two ladies
118:168,10'  !| walking up from the parsonage, made no$2$ change$0$ in her
118:168,11'  !| wish$0$ of retreat$0$, and she worked and meditated in the East*room,
118:168,12'  !| undisturbed, for$4$ a quarter$0#1$ of an hour, when a gentle
118:168,13'  !| tap at the door was followed by$4$ the entrance of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford.
118:168,14     |
118:168,15C  !| "Am I right$2#1$? ~ Yes; this is the East*room. My dear$2#1$
118:168,16C  !| $MP#A$Miss*Price, I beg your pardon$0$, but I have made my way to$4$
118:168,17C  !| you on$4$ purpose to$9$ entreat your help$0$."
118:168,18'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, quite surprised, endeavoured to$9$ show$1$ herself
118:168,19'  !| mistress of the room by$4$ her civilities, and looked at the
118:168,20'  !| bright bars of her empty$2$ grate with concern$0$.
118:168,21C  !| "Thank you ~ I am quite warm$2$, very warm$2$. Allow
118:168,22C  !| me to$9$ stay$1$ here a little while$0$, and do have the goodness to$9$
118:168,23C  !| hear me my third act$0$. I have brought my book, and if
118:168,24C  !| you would but rehearse it with me, I should be \so$5#1$\ obliged|
118:168,25C  !| I came here to-day intending to$9$ rehearse it with $MP#B$Edmund ~
118:168,26C  !| by$4$ ourselves ~ against the evening, but he is not in the way;
118:168,27C  !| and if he \were\, I do not think I could go through$4$ it with
118:168,28C  !| \him\, till I have hardened myself a little, for$3$ really there \is\
118:168,29C  !| a speech or two ~ You will$1$ be so$5#1$ good, won't you?"
118:168,30'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was most civil in her assurances, though she
118:168,31'  !| could not give them in a very steady voice.
118:168,32C  !| "Have you ever happened to$9$ look$1$ at the part$0$ I mean$1$?"
118:168,33'  !| continued $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, opening her book.
118:168,33C  !| "Here it is.
118:168,34C  !| I did not think much of it at first ~ but, upon my word ~ .
118:168,35C  !| There, look$1$ at \that$6#2$\ speech, and \that$6#2$\, and \that$6#2$\.  How am
118:168,36C  !| I ever to$9$ look$1$ him in the face$0$ and say such things? Could
118:168,37C  !| you do it? But then he is your cousin, which$6#1$ makes all the
118:168,38C  !| difference. You must rehearse it with me, that$3$ I may$1$
118:169, 1C  !| fancy$1$ \you\ him, and get on$5$ by$4$ degrees. You \have\ a look$0$ of
118:169, 2C  !| \his\ sometimes."
118:169, 3A  !| "Have I? ~ I will$1$ do my best with the greatest readiness
118:169, 4A  !| ~ but I must \read\ the part$0$, for$3$ I can \say\ very little of it."
118:169, 5C  !| "\None\ of it, I suppose. You are to$9$ have the book of
118:169, 6C  !| course$8$. Now for$4$ it. We must have two chairs at hand$0$
118:169, 7C  !| for$4$ you to$9$ bring forward$8$ to$4$ the front$0$ of the stage$0#2$. There
118:169, 8C  !| ~ very good school-room chairs, not made for$4$ a theatre,
118:169, 9C  !| I dare$1#2$ say; much more fitted for$4$ little girls to$9$ sit and kick
118:169,10C  !| their feet against when they are learning a lesson. What$6#2$
118:169,11C  !| would your governess and your uncle say to$9$ see them
118:169,12C  !| used$1#1$ for$4$ such a purpose? Could $MP#E$Sir*Thomas look$1$ in upon
118:169,13C  !| us just$9$ now, he would bless himself, for$3$ we are rehearsing
118:169,14C  !| all over the house. $MP#W$Yates is storming away in the dining*room.
118:169,15C  !| I heard him as I came up*stairs, and the theatre
118:169,16C  !| is engaged of course$8$ by$4$ those indefatigable rehearsers,
118:169,17C  !| $MP#ZZU$Agatha and $MP#ZZP$Frederick. If \they\ are not perfect$2$, I \shall\
118:169,18C  !| be surprised. By*the*bye, I looked in upon them five
118:169,19C  !| minutes ago, and it happened to$9$ be exactly at one of the
118:169,20C  !| times when they were trying$1$ \not\ to$9$ embrace$1$, and $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
118:169,21C  !| was with me. I thought$1$ he began to$9$ look$1$ a little
118:169,22C  !| queer, so$3$ I turned it off as well$9$ as I could, by$4$ whispering to$4$
118:169,23C  !| him, ""We shall have an excellent $MP#ZZU$Agatha, there is something
118:169,24C  !| so$5#1$ \maternal\ in her manner, so$5#1$ completely \maternal\ in
118:169,25C  !| her voice and countenance."" Was not that$6#2$ well$9$ done of
118:169,26C  !| me? He brightened up directly. Now for$4$ my soliloquy."
118:169,27'  !| She began, and $MP#A$Fanny joined in with all the modest
118:169,28'  !| feeling$0$ which$6#1$ the idea of representing $MP#B$Edmund was so$5#1$
118:169,29'  !| strongly calculated to$9$ inspire; but with looks$0$ and voice so$5#1$
118:169,30'  !| truly feminine, as to$9$ be no$2$ very good picture$0$ of a man.
118:169,31'  !| With such an $MP#ZZO$Anhalt, however, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford had courage
118:169,32'  !| enough, and they had got through$4$ half the scene, when
118:169,33'  !| a tap at the door brought a pause$0$, and the entrance of
118:169,34'  !| $MP#B$Edmund the next moment, suspended it all.
118:169,35'  !| Surprise$0$, consciousness, and pleasure, appeared in each
118:169,36'  !| of the three on$4$ this unexpected meeting$0$; and as $MP#B$Edmund
118:169,37'  !| was come on$4$ the very same business that$6#1$ had brought
118:169,38'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, consciousness and pleasure were likely to$9$
118:170, 1'  !| be more than momentary in \them\. He too$5#2$ had his book,
118:170, 2'  !| and was seeking $MP#A$Fanny, to$9$ ask her to$9$ rehearse with him,
118:170, 3'  !| and help$1$ him prepare for$4$ the evening, without knowing
118:170, 4'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford to$9$ be in the house; and great was the joy
118:170, 5'  !| and animation of being$1$ thus thrown together ~ of comparing
118:170, 6'  !| schemes ~ and sympathizing in praise$0$ of $MP#A$Fanny's kind$2$
118:170, 7'  !| offices.
118:170, 8@a   | \She\ could not equal$1$ them in their warmth. \Her\ spirits
118:170, 9@a   | sank under the glow of theirs, and she felt herself becoming$1$
118:170,10@a   | too$5#1$ nearly nothing to$4$ both, to$9$ have any comfort$0$ in
118:170,11@a   | having been sought by$4$ either.
118:170,11'  !| They must now rehearse
118:170,12'  !| together. $MP#B$Edmund proposed, urged, entreated it ~ till
118:170,13'  !| the lady, not very unwilling at first, could refuse no$2$
118:170,14'  !| longer ~ and $MP#A$Fanny was wanted only to$9$ prompt$1$ and
118:170,15'  !| observe them. She was invested, indeed, with the office
118:170,16'  !| of judge$0$ and critic, and earnestly desired to$9$ exercise$1$ it and
118:170,17'  !| tell them all their faults;
118:170,17@a   | but from doing so$5#2$ every feeling$0$
118:170,18@a   | within her shrank, she could not, would not, dared not
118:170,19@a   | attempt$1$ it;
118:170,19'  !| had she been otherwise qualified for$4$ criticism,
118:170,20'  !| her conscience must have restrained her from venturing at
118:170,21'  !| disapprobation. She believed herself to$9$ feel too$5#1$ much of
118:170,22'  !| it in the aggregate for$4$ honesty or safety in particulars.
118:170,23'  !| To$9$ prompt$1$ them must be enough for$4$ her; and it was
118:170,24'  !| sometimes \more\ than enough; for$3$ she could not always pay$1$
118:170,25'  !| attention to$4$ the book. In watching them she forgot herself;
118:170,26'  !| and agitated by$4$ the increasing spirit of $MP#B$Edmund's manner,
118:170,27'  !| had once closed the page and turned away exactly as he
118:170,28'  !| wanted help$0$. It was imputed to$4$ very reasonable weariness,
118:170,29'  !| and she was thanked and pitied; but she deserved
118:170,30'  !| their pity$0$, more than she hoped they would ever surmise$1$.
118:170,31'  !| At last$0$ the scene was over, and $MP#A$Fanny forced herself to$9$ add
118:170,32'  !| her praise$0$ to$4$ the compliments each was giving the other;
118:170,33'  !| and when again alone and able to$9$ recall$1$ the whole$0$,
118:170,33@a   | she was
118:170,34@a   | inclined to$9$ believe their performance would, indeed, have
118:170,35@a   | such nature and feeling$0$ in it, as must ensure their credit$0$,
118:170,36@a   | and make$1$ it a very suffering exhibition to$4$ herself. Whatever
118:170,37@a   | might be its effect$0$, however, she must stand$1$ the
118:170,38@a   | brunt of it again that$6#2$ very day.
118:171, 1'  !| The first regular rehearsal of the three first acts$0$ was
118:171, 2'  !| certainly to$9$ take place$0$ in the evening; $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant and the
118:171, 3'  !| $MP#D1$Crawfords were engaged to$9$ return$1$ for$4$ that$6#2$ purpose as soon
118:171, 4'  !| as they could after$4$ dinner; and every*one concerned was
118:171, 5'  !| looking forward$8$ with eagerness. There seemed a general$2$
118:171, 6'  !| diffusion of cheerfulness on$4$ the occasion$0$; $MP#G$Tom was enjoying
118:171, 7'  !| such an advance$0$ towards the end$0$, $MP#B$Edmund was in
118:171, 8'  !| spirits from the morning's rehearsal, and little vexations
118:171, 9'  !| seemed every*where smoothed away. All were alert$2$ and
118:171,10'  !| impatient; the ladies moved soon, the gentlemen soon
118:171,11'  !| followed them, and with the exception of $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,
118:171,12'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, and $MP#I$Julia, every*body was in the theatre
118:171,13'  !| at an early hour, and having lighted it up as well$9$ as its
118:171,14'  !| unfinished state$0$ admitted, were waiting only the arrival
118:171,15'  !| of $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant and the $MP#D1$Crawfords to$9$ begin.
118:171,16'  !| They did not wait long$9$ for$4$ the $MP#D1$Crawfords, but there was
118:171,17'  !| no$2$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant. She could not come. $MP#M$Dr%*Grant, professing
118:171,18'  !| an indisposition, for$4$ which$6#1$ he had little credit$0$ with his
118:171,19'  !| fair sister-in-law, could not spare$1$ his wife.
118:171,20C  !| "$MP#M$Dr%*Grant is ill,"
118:171,20'  !| said she, with mock solemnity.
118:171,21C  !| "He has been ill ever since; he did not eat any of the
118:171,22C  !| pheasant to*day. He fancied it tough ~ sent away his plate
118:171,23C  !| ~ and has been suffering ever since."
118:171,24'  !| Here was disappointment| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's non-attendance
118:171,25'  !| was sad indeed. Her pleasant manners and cheerful
118:171,26'  !| conformity made her always valuable amongst them ~ but
118:171,27'  !| \now\ she was absolutely necessary. They could not act$1$,
118:171,28'  !| they could not rehearse with any satisfaction without her.
118:171,29'  !| The comfort$0$ of the whole$2$ evening was destroyed. What$6#2$
118:171,30'  !| was to$9$ be done? $MP#G$Tom, as $MP#ZZS$Cottager, was in despair$0$. After$4$
118:171,31'  !| a pause$0$ of perplexity, some eyes began to$9$ be turned
118:171,32'  !| towards $MP#A$Fanny, and a voice or two, to$9$ say,
118:171,32X  !| "If $MP#A$Miss*Price
118:171,33X  !| would be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ \read\ the part$0$."
118:171,33'  !| She was immediately
118:171,34'  !| surrounded by$4$ supplications, every*body asked it,
118:171,35'  !| even$5$ $MP#B$Edmund said,
118:171,35B  !| "Do $MP#A$Fanny, if it is not \very\ disagreeable
118:171,36B  !| to$4$ you."
118:171,37'  !| But $MP#A$Fanny still$5$ hung back$5$. She could not endure the
118:171,38'  !| idea of it.
118:171,38@a   | Why was not $MP#C$Miss*Crawford to$9$ be applied to$4$ as
118:172, 1@a   | well$9$? Or why had not she rather gone to$4$ her own$2$ room, as
118:172, 2@a   | she had felt to$9$ be safest, instead of attending the rehearsal
118:172, 3@a   | at all? She had known it would irritate and distress$1$ her ~
118:172, 4@a   | she had known it her duty to$9$ keep away. She was properly
118:172, 5@a   | punished.
118:172, 6D  !| "You have only to$9$ \read\ the part$0$,"
118:172, 6'  !| said $MP#D$Henry*Crawford
118:172, 7'  !| with renewed entreaty.
118:172, 8H  !| "And I do believe she can say every word of it,"
118:172, 8'  !| added
118:172, 9'  !| $MP#H$Maria,
118:172, 9H  !| "for$3$ she could put $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant right$2#1$ the other day
118:172,10H  !| in twenty places$0$. $MP#A$Fanny, I am sure you know the part$0$."
118:172,11'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could not say she did \not\ ~
118:172,11@a   | and as they all
118:172,12@a   | persevered ~ as $MP#B$Edmund repeated his wish$0$, and with a look$0$
118:172,13@a   | of even$5$ fond dependence on$4$ her good*nature, she must
118:172,14@a   | yield. She would do her best.
118:172,14'  !| Every*body was satisfied$1$
118:172,15'  !| ~ and she was left$1$ to$4$ the tremors of a most palpitating
118:172,16'  !| heart, while$9$ the others prepared to$9$ begin.
118:172,17'  !| They \did\ begin ~ and being$1$ too$5#1$ much engaged in their
118:172,18'  !| own$2$ noise, to$9$ be struck by$4$ unusual noise in the other part$0$ of
118:172,19'  !| the house, had proceeded some way, when the door of the
118:172,20'  !| room was thrown open$2$, and $MP#I$Julia appearing at it, with
118:172,21'  !| a face$0$ all aghast, exclaimed,
118:172,21I  !| "My father is come| He is
118:172,22I  !| in the hall at this moment."
201:175, 1'  !| How is the consternation of the party to$9$ be described?
201:175, 2'  !| To$4$ the greater number it was a moment of absolute horror.
201:175, 3'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas in the house| All felt the instantaneous
201:175, 4'  !| conviction. Not a hope$0$ of imposition or mistake$0$ was
201:175, 5'  !| harboured any*where. $MP#I$Julia's looks$0$ were an evidence
201:175, 6'  !| of the fact that$6#1$ made it indisputable; and after$4$ the first
201:175, 7'  !| starts and exclamations, not a word was spoken for$4$ half
201:175, 8'  !| a minute$0$; each with an altered countenance was looking
201:175, 9'  !| at some other, and almost each was feeling$1$ it a stroke the
201:175,10'  !| most unwelcome, most ill-timed, most appalling| $MP#W$Mr%*Yates
201:175,11'  !| might consider it only as a vexatious interruption
201:175,12'  !| for$4$ the evening, and $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth might imagine it
201:175,13'  !| a blessing, but every other heart was sinking under some
201:175,14'  !| degree of self-condemnation or undefined alarm$0$, every
201:175,15'  !| other heart was suggesting
201:175,15X  !| "What$6#2$ will$1$ become of us?
201:175,16X  !| what$6#2$ is to$9$ be done now?"
201:175,16'  !| It was a terrible pause$0$; and
201:175,17'  !| terrible to$4$ every ear were the corroborating sounds$0$ of
201:175,18'  !| opening doors and passing$1$ footsteps.
201:175,19'  !| $MP#I$Julia was the first to$9$ move$1$ and speak again. Jealousy
201:175,20'  !| and bitterness had been suspended: selfishness was lost
201:175,21'  !| in the common$2$ cause; but at the moment of her appearance,
201:175,22'  !| $MP#ZZP$Frederick was listening with looks$0$ of devotion to$4$
201:175,23'  !| $MP#ZZU$Agatha's narrative, and pressing her hand$0$ to$4$ his heart,
201:175,24'  !| and as soon as she could notice$1$ this, and see that$3$, in spite$8$
201:175,25'  !| of the shock$0$ of her words, he still$5$ kept his station and
201:175,26'  !| retained her sister's hand$0$, her wounded heart swelled
201:175,27'  !| again with injury, and looking as red as she had been
201:175,28'  !| white before$5$, she turned out$8$ of the room, saying
201:175,28I  !| "\I\ need$1$
201:175,29I  !| not be afraid of appearing before$4$ him."
201:176, 1'  !| Her going roused the rest$0#1$; and at the same moment,
201:176, 2'  !| the two brothers stepped forward$2$, feeling$1$ the necessity
201:176, 3'  !| of doing something. A very few words between them
201:176, 4'  !| were sufficient. The case admitted no$2$ difference of
201:176, 5'  !| opinion; they must go to$4$ the drawing-room directly.
201:176, 6'  !| $MP#H$Maria joined them with the same intent, just$9$ then the
201:176, 7'  !| stoutest of the three; for$3$ the very circumstance which$6#1$
201:176, 8'  !| had driven $MP#I$Julia away, was to$4$ her the sweetest support$0$.
201:176, 9@h   | $MP#D$Henry*Crawford's retaining her hand$0$ at such a moment,
201:176,10@h   | a moment of such peculiar proof and importance, was
201:176,11@h   | worth ages of doubt$0$ and anxiety.
201:176,11'  !| She hailed it as an
201:176,12'  !| earnest of the most serious$2$ determination, and was equal$2$
201:176,13'  !| even$5$ to$9$ encounter her father. They walked off, utterly
201:176,14'  !| heedless of $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's repeated question$0$ of,
201:176,14U  !| "Shall
201:176,15U  !| I go too$5#2$? ~ Had not I better$9$ go too$5#2$? ~ will$1$ not it be
201:176,16U  !| right$2#1$ for$4$ me to$9$ go too$5#2$?"
201:176,16'  !| but they were no$2$ sooner through$4$
201:176,17'  !| the door than $MP#D$Henry*Crawford undertook to$9$ answer$1$ the
201:176,18'  !| anxious inquiry, and encouraging him by$4$ all means$0$ to$9$ pay$1$
201:176,19'  !| his respects to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas without delay$0$, sent him after$4$
201:176,20'  !| the others with delighted haste.
201:176,21'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was left$1$ with only the $MP#D1$Crawfords and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates.
201:176,22'  !| She had been quite overlooked by$4$ her cousins; and as
201:176,23'  !| her own$2$ opinion of her claims on$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's affection
201:176,24'  !| was much too$5#1$ humble$2$ to$9$ give her any idea of classing herself
201:176,25'  !| with his children, she was glad to$9$ remain behind and
201:176,26'  !| gain$1$ a little breathing time. Her agitation and alarm$0$
201:176,27'  !| exceeded all that$6#1$ was endured by$4$ the rest$0#1$, by$4$ the right$0$
201:176,28'  !| of a disposition which$6#1$ not even$5$ innocence could keep from
201:176,29'  !| suffering. She was nearly fainting: all her former habitual
201:176,30'  !| dread$0$ of her uncle was returning, and with it compassion
201:176,31'  !| for$4$ him and for$4$ almost every one of the party
201:176,32'  !| on$4$ the development before$4$ him ~ with solicitude on$4$
201:176,33'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's account$0$ indescribable. She had found a seat,
201:176,34'  !| where in excessive trembling she was enduring all these
201:176,35'  !| fearful thoughts, while$9$ the other three, no$2$ longer under
201:176,36'  !| any restraint, were giving vent to$4$ their feelings of vexation,
201:176,37'  !| lamenting over such an unlooked-for premature
201:176,38'  !| arrival as a most untoward event, and without mercy
201:177, 1'  !| wishing poor $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had been twice as long$9$ on$4$ his
201:177, 2'  !| passage, or were still$5$ in Antigua.
201:177, 3'  !| The $MP#D1$Crawfords were more warm$2$ on$4$ the subject$0$ than
201:177, 4'  !| $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, from better$9$ understanding$1$ the family and
201:177, 5'  !| judging more clearly of the mischief that$6#1$ must ensue.
201:177, 5@y4  | The
201:177, 6@y4  | ruin$0$ of the play$0$ was to$4$ them a certainty, they felt the
201:177, 7@y4  | total destruction of the scheme$0$ to$9$ be inevitably at hand$0$;
201:177, 8'  !| while$9$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates
201:177, 8@w   | considered it only as a temporary interruption,
201:177, 9@w   | a disaster for$4$ the evening, and could even$5$ suggest
201:177,10@w   | the possibility of the rehearsal being$1$ renewed after$4$ tea,
201:177,11@w   | when the bustle$0$ of receiving $MP#E$Sir*Thomas were over and he
201:177,12@w   | might be at leisure to$9$ be amused by$4$ it.
201:177,12'  !| The $MP#D1$Crawfords
201:177,13'  !| laughed at the idea; and having soon agreed on$4$ the propriety
201:177,14'  !| of their walking quietly home and leaving the
201:177,15'  !| family to$4$ themselves, proposed $MP#W$Mr%*Yates's accompanying
201:177,16'  !| them and spending the evening at the Parsonage. But
201:177,17'  !| $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, having never been with those who$6#1$ thought$1$
201:177,18'  !| much of parental claims, or family confidence, could not
201:177,19'  !| perceive that$3$ any*thing of the kind$0$ was necessary, and
201:177,20'  !| therefore, thanking them, said,
201:177,20W  !| "he preferred remaining
201:177,21W  !| where he was that$3$ he might pay$1$ his respects to$4$ the old
201:177,22W  !| gentleman handsomely since he \was\ come; and besides,
201:177,23W  !| he did not think it would be fair by$4$ the others to$9$ have
201:177,24W  !| every*body run$1$ away."
201:177,25'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was just$9$ beginning$1$ to$9$ collect herself, and to$9$ feel
201:177,26'  !| that$3$ if she staid longer behind it might seem disrespectful,
201:177,27'  !| when this point$0$ was settled$1$, and being$1$ commissioned with
201:177,28'  !| the brother and sister's apology, saw them preparing to$9$
201:177,29'  !| go as she quitted the room herself to$9$ perform the dreadful
201:177,30'  !| duty of appearing before$4$ her uncle.
201:177,31@a   | Too$5#1$ soon did she find herself at the drawing-room door,
201:177,32@a   | and after$4$ pausing a moment for$4$ what$6#1$ she knew would not
201:177,33@a   | come, for$4$ a courage which$6#1$ the outside of no$2$ door had ever
201:177,34@a   | supplied to$4$ her, she turned the lock$0$ in desperation, and
201:177,35@a   | the lights of the drawing-room and all the collected family
201:177,36@a   | were before$4$ her.
201:177,36'  !| As she entered, her own$2$ name$0$ caught
201:177,37'  !| her ear. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was at that$6#2$ moment looking round$4$
201:177,38'  !| him, and saying
201:177,38E  !| "But where is $MP#A$Fanny? ~ Why do not I
201:178, 1E  !| see my little $MP#A$Fanny?",
201:178, 1'  !| and on$4$ perceiving her, came forward$2$
201:178, 2'  !| with a kindness which$6#1$ astonished and penetrated
201:178, 3'  !| her, calling her his dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, kissing her affectionately,
201:178, 4'  !| and observing with decided$2$ pleasure how much she was
201:178, 5'  !| grown| $MP#A$Fanny knew not how to$9$ feel, nor where to$9$ look$1$.
201:178, 6'  !| She was quite oppressed.
201:178, 6@a   | He had never been so$5#1$ kind$2$, so$5#1$
201:178, 7@a   | \very\ kind$2$ to$4$ her in his life. His manner seemed changed;
201:178, 8@a   | his voice was quick$2$ from the agitation of joy, and all that$6#1$
201:178, 9@a   | had been awful in his dignity seemed lost in tenderness.
201:178,10'  !| He led her nearer the light$0$ and looked at her again ~
201:178,11'  !| inquired particularly after$4$ her health, and then correcting
201:178,12'  !| himself, observed,
201:178,12@e   | that$3$ he need$1$ \not\ inquire, for$3$ her
201:178,13@e   | appearance spoke sufficiently on$4$ that$6#2$ point$0$.
201:178,13'  !| A fine blush$0$
201:178,14'  !| having succeeded the previous paleness of her face$0$, he
201:178,15'  !| was justified in his belief of her equal$2$ improvement in
201:178,16'  !| health and beauty. He inquired next after$4$ her family,
201:178,17'  !| especially $MP#Q$William;
201:178,17@a   | and his kindness altogether was such
201:178,18@a   | as made her reproach$1$ herself for$4$ loving him so$5#1$ little, and
201:178,19@a   | thinking his return$0$ a misfortune; and when, on$4$ having
201:178,20@a   | courage to$4$ lift her eyes to$9$ his face$0$, she saw that$3$ he was
201:178,21@a   | grown thinner and had the burnt, fagged, worn look$0$ of
201:178,22@a   | fatigue$0$ and a hot climate, every tender$2$ feeling$0$ was increased,
201:178,23@a   | and she was miserable in considering how much
201:178,24@a   | unsuspected vexation was probably ready to$9$ burst$1$ on$4$ him.
201:178,25'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was indeed the life of the party, who$6#1$ at his
201:178,26'  !| suggestion now seated themselves round$4$ the fire$0$. He
201:178,27'  !| had the best right$0$ to$9$ be the talker; and the delight$0$ of his
201:178,28'  !| sensations in being$1$ again in his own$2$ house, in the centre$0$
201:178,29'  !| of his family, after$4$ such a separation, made him communicative
201:178,30'  !| and chatty in a very unusual degree; and he
201:178,31'  !| was ready to$9$ give every information as to$4$ his voyage, and
201:178,32'  !| answer$1$ every question$0$ of his two sons almost before$3$ it
201:178,33'  !| was put.
201:178,33@e   | His business in Antigua had latterly been
201:178,34@e   | prosperously rapid, and he came directly from Liverpool,
201:178,35@e   | having had an opportunity of making his passage thither
201:178,36@e   | in a private$2$ vessel, instead of waiting for$4$ the packet;
201:178,36'  !| and
201:178,37'  !| all the little particulars of his proceedings and events, his
201:178,38'  !| arrivals and departures, were most promptly delivered,
201:179, 1'  !| as he sat by$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram and looked with heartfelt
201:179, 2'  !| satisfaction on$4$ the faces around$4$ him ~ interrupting himself
201:179, 3'  !| more than once, however, to$9$ remark$1$ on$4$
201:179, 3@e   | his good fortune
201:179, 4@e   | in finding them all at home ~ coming unexpectedly
201:179, 5@e   | as he did ~ all collected together exactly as he could have
201:179, 6@e   | wished, but dared not depend on$4$.
201:179, 6'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was
201:179, 7'  !| not forgotten; a most friendly reception and warmth of
201:179, 8'  !| hand-shaking had already met him, and with pointed$2$
201:179, 9'  !| attention he was now included in the objects$0$ most intimately
201:179,10'  !| connected with Mansfield. There was nothing
201:179,11'  !| disagreeable in $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's appearance, and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
201:179,12'  !| was liking him already.
201:179,13'  !| By$4$ not one of the circle was he listened to$4$ with such
201:179,14'  !| unbroken unalloyed enjoyment as by$4$ his wife, who$6#1$ was
201:179,15'  !| really extremely happy to$9$ see him, and whose$6#1$ feelings
201:179,16'  !| were so$5#1$ warmed by$4$ his sudden$2$ arrival, as to$9$ place$1$ her
201:179,17'  !| nearer agitation than she had been for$4$ the last$2$ twenty
201:179,18'  !| years. She had been \almost\ fluttered for$4$ a few minutes,
201:179,19'  !| and still$5$ remained so$5#1$ sensibly animated as to$9$ put away
201:179,20'  !| her work$0$, move$1$ Pug from her side$0$, and give all her attention
201:179,21'  !| and all the rest$0#1$ of her sofa to$4$ her husband. She had
201:179,22'  !| no$2$ anxieties for$4$ any*body to$9$ cloud$1$ \her\ pleasure; her own$2$
201:179,23'  !| time had been irreproachably spent during his absence;
201:179,24'  !| she had done a great deal$0#2$ of carpet work$0$ and made many
201:179,25'  !| yards of fringe; and she would have answered as freely
201:179,26'  !| for$4$ the good conduct$0$ and useful pursuits of all the young
201:179,27'  !| people as for$4$ her own$2$. It was so$5#1$ agreeable to$4$ her to$9$ see
201:179,28'  !| him again, and hear him talk$1$, to$9$ have her ear amused and
201:179,29'  !| her whole$2$ comprehension filled by$4$ his narratives, that$3$
201:179,30'  !| she began
201:179,30@f   | particularly to$9$ feel how dreadfully she must
201:179,31@f   | have missed him, and how impossible it would have been
201:179,32@f   | for$4$ her to$9$ bear$1$ a lengthened absence.
201:179,33'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ to$9$ be compared in happiness
201:179,34'  !| to$4$ her sister. Not that$3$ \she\ was incommoded by$4$
201:179,35'  !| many fears of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's disapprobation when the
201:179,36'  !| present$9$ state$0$ of his house should be known, for$3$ her
201:179,37'  !| judgment had been so$5#1$ blinded, that$3$ except by$4$ the instinctive
201:179,38'  !| caution$0$ with which$6#1$ she had whisked away
201:180, 1'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's pink satin cloak as her brother-in-law
201:180, 2'  !| entered, she could hardly be said to$9$ shew$1$ any sign of
201:180, 3'  !| alarm$0$; but she was vexed by$4$ the \manner\ of his return$0$.
201:180, 4'  !| It had left$1$ her nothing to$9$ do. Instead of being$1$ sent for$5$
201:180, 5'  !| out$8$ of the room, and seeing him first, and having to$9$
201:180, 6'  !| spread the happy news through$4$ the house, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
201:180, 7'  !| with a very reasonable dependance perhaps on$4$ the nerves
201:180, 8'  !| of his wife and children, had sought no$2$ confidant but the
201:180, 9'  !| butler, and had been following him almost instantaneously
201:180,10'  !| into the drawing-room. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris felt herself
201:180,11'  !| defrauded of an office on$4$ which$6#1$ she had always depended,
201:180,12'  !| whether his arrival or his death were to$9$ be the thing
201:180,13'  !| unfolded; and was now trying$1$ to$9$ be in a bustle$0$ without
201:180,14'  !| having any*thing to$9$ bustle$1$ about$5$, and labouring to$9$ be
201:180,15'  !| important where nothing was wanted but tranquillity
201:180,16'  !| and silence$0$. Would $MP#E$Sir*Thomas have consented to$9$ eat,
201:180,17'  !| she might have gone to$4$ the house-keeper with troublesome
201:180,18'  !| directions, and insulted the footmen with injunctions
201:180,19'  !| of dispatch; but $MP#E$Sir*Thomas resolutely declined
201:180,20'  !| all dinner;
201:180,20@e   | he would take nothing, nothing till tea came ~
201:180,21@e   | he would rather wait for$4$ tea.
201:180,21'  !| Still$5$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was at
201:180,22'  !| intervals urging something different, and in the most
201:180,23'  !| interesting moment of his passage to$4$ England, when the
201:180,24'  !| alarm$0$ of a French privateer was at the height, she burst$1$
201:180,25'  !| through$4$ his recital with the proposal of soup.
201:180,25J  !| "Sure,
201:180,26J  !| my dear$2#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, a basin of soup would be a much
201:180,27J  !| better$9$ thing for$4$ you than tea. Do have a basin of soup."
201:180,28'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas could not be provoked.
201:180,28E  !| "Still$5$ the same
201:180,29E  !| anxiety for$4$ every*body's comfort$0$, my dear$2#1$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,"
201:180,30'  !| was his answer$0$.
201:180,30E  !| "But indeed I would rather have
201:180,31E  !| nothing but tea."
201:180,32J  !| "Well$7$ then, $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, suppose you speak for$4$ tea
201:180,33J  !| directly, suppose you hurry$1$ $MP#K$Baddeley a little, he seems
201:180,34J  !| behind hand$0$ to-night."
201:180,34'  !| She carried this point$0$, and
201:180,35'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's narrative proceeded.
201:180,36'  !| At length there was a pause$0$. His immediate communications
201:180,37'  !| were exhausted, and it seemed enough to$9$ be
201:180,38'  !| looking joyfully around$4$ him, now at one, now at another
201:181, 1'  !| of the beloved circle; but the pause$0$ was not long$9$: in
201:181, 2'  !| the elation of her spirits $MP#F$Lady*Bertram became talkative,
201:181, 3'  !| and what$6#1$ were the sensations of her children upon
201:181, 4'  !| hearing her say,
201:181, 4F  !| "How do you think the young people
201:181, 5F  !| have been amusing themselves lately, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas?
201:181, 6F  !| They have been acting. We have been all alive with
201:181, 7F  !| acting."
201:181, 8E  !| "Indeed| and what$6#2$ have you been acting?"
201:181, 9F  !| "Oh| They'll tell you all about$4$ it."
201:181,10G  !| "The \all\ will$1$ be soon told,"
201:181,10'  !| cried $MP#G$Tom hastily, and with
201:181,11'  !| affected unconcern;
201:181,11G  !| "but it is not worth*while to$9$ bore$1#2$
201:181,12G  !| my father with it now. You will$1$ hear enough of it
201:181,13G  !| to-morrow, sir. We have just$9$ been trying$1$, by$4$ way of
201:181,14G  !| doing something, and amusing my mother, just$9$ within
201:181,15G  !| the last$2$ week, to$9$ get up a few scenes, a mere trifle$0$. We
201:181,16G  !| have had such incessant rains almost since October began,
201:181,17G  !| that$3$ we have been nearly confined to$4$ the house for$4$ days
201:181,18G  !| together. I have hardly taken out$5$ a gun since the 3d.
201:181,19G  !| Tolerable sport$0$ the first three days, but there has been
201:181,20G  !| no$2$ attempting any*thing since. The first day I went
201:181,21G  !| over Mansfield*Wood, and $MP#B$Edmund took the copses
201:181,22G  !| beyond$4$ Easton, and we brought home six brace between
201:181,23G  !| us, and might each have killed six times as many; but
201:181,24G  !| we respect$1$ your pheasants, sir, I assure you, as much
201:181,25G  !| as you could desire$1$. I do not think you will$1$ find your
201:181,26G  !| woods by$4$ any means$0$ worse stocked than they were.
201:181,27G  !| \I\ never saw Mansfield*Wood so$5#1$ full of pheasants in my
201:181,28G  !| life as this year. I hope$1$ you will$1$ take a day's sport$0$ there
201:181,29G  !| yourself, sir, soon."
201:181,30'  !| For$4$ the present$0#1$ the danger was over, and $MP#A$Fanny's sick
201:181,31'  !| feelings subsided; but when tea was soon afterwards
201:181,32'  !| brought in, and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, getting up, said that$3$
201:181,32@e   | he found
201:181,33@e   | he could not be any longer in the house without just$9$
201:181,34@e   | looking into his own$2$ dear$2#1$ room,
201:181,34'  !| every agitation was
201:181,35'  !| returning. He was gone before$3$ any*thing had been said
201:181,36'  !| to$9$ prepare him for$4$ the change$0$ he must find there; and
201:181,37'  !| a pause$0$ of alarm$0$ followed his disappearance. $MP#B$Edmund
201:181,38'  !| was the first to$9$ speak:
201:182, 1B  !| "Something must be done,"
201:182, 1'  !| said he.
201:182, 2H  !| "It is time to$9$ think of our visitors,"
201:182, 2'  !| said $MP#H$Maria, still$5$
201:182, 3'  !| feeling$1$ her hand$0$ pressed to$4$ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford's heart, and
201:182, 4'  !| caring little for$4$ any*thing else. ~
201:182, 4H  !| "Where did you leave$1$
201:182, 5H  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, $MP#A$Fanny?"
201:182, 6'  !| $MP#A$Fanny told of their departure, and delivered their
201:182, 7'  !| message.
201:182, 8G  !| "Then poor $MP#W$Yates is all alone,"
201:182, 8'  !| cried $MP#G$Tom.
201:182, 8G  !| "I will$1$
201:182, 9G  !| go and fetch him. He will$1$ be no$2$ bad assistant when it
201:182,10G  !| all comes out$5$."
201:182,11'  !| To$4$ the Theatre he went, and reached it just$9$ in time to$9$
201:182,12'  !| witness$1$ the first meeting$0$ of his father and his friend.
201:182,13'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had been a good deal$0#2$ surprised to$9$ find candles
201:182,14'  !| burning in his room; and on$4$ casting his eye round$4$ it,
201:182,15'  !| to$9$ see other symptoms of recent habitation, and a general$2$
201:182,16'  !| air of confusion in the furniture. The removal of the
201:182,17'  !| book-case from before$4$ the billiard*room door struck him
201:182,18'  !| especially, but he had scarcely more than time to$9$ feel
201:182,19'  !| astonished at all this, before$3$ there were sounds$0$ from the
201:182,20'  !| billiard*room to$9$ astonish him still$5$ further.
201:182,20@e   | Some*one
201:182,21@e   | was talking there in a very loud accent ~ he did not know
201:182,22@e   | the voice ~ \more\ than talking ~ almost hallooing.
201:182,22'  !| He
201:182,23'  !| stept to$4$ the door, rejoicing at that$6#2$ moment in having
201:182,24'  !| the means$0$ of immediate communication, and opening it,
201:182,25'  !| found himself on$4$ the stage$0#2$ of a theatre, and opposed to$4$
201:182,26'  !| a ranting young man, who$6#1$ appeared likely to$9$ knock$1$ him
201:182,27'  !| down$5$ backwards. At the very moment of $MP#W$Yates perceiving
201:182,28'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, and giving perhaps the very best
201:182,29'  !| start$0$ he had ever given in the whole$2$ course$0$ of his rehearsals,
201:182,30'  !| $MP#G$Tom*Bertram entered at the other end$0$ of the room;
201:182,31'  !| and never had he found greater difficulty in keeping$1$ his
201:182,32'  !| countenance.
201:182,32@g   | His father's looks$0$ of solemnity and
201:182,33@g   | amazement on$4$ this his first appearance on$4$ any stage$0#2$,
201:182,34@g   | and the gradual metamorphosis of the impassioned
201:182,35@g   | $MP#ZZM$Baron*Wildenhaim into the well-bred and easy $MP#W$Mr%*Yates,
201:182,36@g   | making his bow$0#1$ and apology to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas*Bertram,
201:182,37@g   | was such an exhibition, such a piece of true acting as he
201:182,38@g   | would not have lost upon any account$0$. It would be the
201:183, 1@g   | last$1$ ~ in all probability the last$2$ scene on$4$ that$6#2$ stage$0#2$;
201:183, 2@g   | but he was sure there could not be a finer. The house
201:183, 3@g   | would close$1$ with the greatest eclat.
201:183, 4'  !| There was little time, however, for$4$ the indulgence of
201:183, 5'  !| any images of merriment. It was necessary for$4$ him to$9$
201:183, 6'  !| step$1$ forward$2$ too$5#2$ and assist the introduction, and with
201:183, 7'  !| many awkward sensations he did his best. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
201:183, 8'  !| received $MP#W$Mr%*Yates with all the appearance of cordiality
201:183, 9'  !| which$6#1$ was due$2$ to$4$ his own$2$ character, but was really as far
201:183,10'  !| from pleased with the necessity of the acquaintance as
201:183,11'  !| with the manner of its commencement. $MP#W$Mr%*Yates's
201:183,12'  !| family and connections were sufficiently known to$4$ him,
201:183,13'  !| to$9$ render his introduction as the
201:183,13G  !| "particular friend,"
201:183,14@e   | another of the hundred particular friends of his son,
201:183,15'  !| exceedingly unwelcome; and it needed all the felicity of
201:183,16'  !| being$1$ again at home, and all the forbearance it could
201:183,17'  !| supply$1$, to$9$ save$1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas from anger$0$ on$4$
201:183,17@e   | finding himself
201:183,18@e   | thus bewildered in his own$2$ house, making part$0$ of a
201:183,19@e   | ridiculous exhibition in the midst of theatrical nonsense,
201:183,20@e   | and forced in so$5#1$ untoward a moment to$9$ admit the acquaintance
201:183,21@e   | of a young man whom$6#1$ he felt sure of disapproving,
201:183,22@e   | and whose$6#1$ easy indifference and volubility in the course$0$
201:183,23@e   | of the first five minutes seemed to$9$ mark$1$ him the most at
201:183,24@e   | home of the two.
201:183,25'  !| $MP#G$Tom understood his father's thoughts, and
201:183,25@g   | heartily
201:183,26@g   | wishing he might be always as well$9$ disposed to$9$ give them
201:183,27@g   | but partial expression, began to$9$ see more clearly than
201:183,28@g   | he had ever done before$5$ that$3$ there might be some ground
201:183,29@g   | of offence ~ that$3$ there might be some reason$0$ for$4$ the
201:183,30@g   | glance$0$ his father gave towards the ceiling and stucco of
201:183,31@g   | the room; and that$3$ when he inquired with mild gravity
201:183,32@g   | after$4$ the fate of the billiard*table, he was not proceeding
201:183,33@g   | beyond$4$ a very allowable curiosity.
201:183,33'  !| A few minutes were
201:183,34'  !| enough for$4$ such unsatisfactory sensations on$4$ each side$0$;
201:183,35'  !| and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, having exerted himself so$5#1$ far as to$9$
201:183,36'  !| speak a few words of calm$2$ approbation in reply$0$ to$4$ an
201:183,37'  !| eager appeal of $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, as to$4$ the happiness of the
201:183,38'  !| arrangement, the three gentlemen returned to$4$ the drawing-room
201:184, 1'  !| together, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas with an increase$0$ of gravity
201:184, 2'  !| which$6#1$ was not lost on$4$ all.
201:184, 3E  !| "I come from your theatre,"
201:184, 3'  !| said he composedly, as
201:184, 4'  !| he sat down$5$;
201:184, 4E  !| "I found myself in it rather unexpectedly.
201:184, 5E  !| Its vicinity to$4$ my own$2$ room ~ but in every respect$0$ indeed
201:184, 6E  !| it took me by$4$ surprize$0$, as I had not the smallest suspicion
201:184, 7E  !| of your acting having assumed so$5#1$ serious$2$ a character.
201:184, 8E  !| It appears a neat job, however, as far as I could judge$1$ by$4$
201:184, 9E  !| candle-light, and does my friend $MP#ZO$Christopher*Jackson
201:184,10E  !| credit$0$."
201:184,10'  !| And then he would have changed the subject$0$,
201:184,11'  !| and sipped his coffee in peace over domestic$2$ matters of
201:184,12'  !| a calmer hue; but $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, without discernment to$9$
201:184,13'  !| catch$1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's meaning$0$, or diffidence, or delicacy,
201:184,14'  !| or discretion enough to$9$ allow him to$9$ lead$1$ the discourse
201:184,15'  !| while$9$ he mingled among the others with the least obtrusiveness
201:184,16'  !| himself, would keep him on$4$ the topic of the
201:184,17'  !| theatre, would torment$1$ him with questions and remarks
201:184,18'  !| relative to$4$ it, and finally would make$1$ him hear the whole$2$
201:184,19'  !| history of his disappointment at Ecclesford. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
201:184,20'  !| listened most politely, but found much to$9$ offend his
201:184,21'  !| ideas of decorum and confirm his ill opinion of $MP#W$Mr%*Yates's
201:184,22'  !| habits of thinking from the beginning$0$ to$4$ the end$0$ of the
201:184,23'  !| story; and when it was over, could give him no$2$ other
201:184,24'  !| assurance of sympathy than what$6#1$ a slight$2$ bow$0#1$ conveyed.
201:184,25G  !| "This was in fact the origin of \our\ acting,"
201:184,25'  !| said $MP#G$Tom
201:184,26'  !| after$4$ a moment's thought$0$.
201:184,26G  !| "My friend $MP#W$Yates brought
201:184,27G  !| the infection from Ecclesford, and it spread as those
201:184,28G  !| things always spread you know, sir ~ the faster probably
201:184,29G  !| from \your\ having so$5#1$ often encouraged the sort of thing
201:184,30G  !| in us formerly. It was like$9$ treading old ground again."
201:184,31'  !| $MP#W$Mr%*Yates took the subject$0$ from his friend as soon as
201:184,32'  !| possible, and immediately gave $MP#E$Sir*Thomas an account$0$
201:184,33'  !| of what$6#1$ they had done and were doing, told him
201:184,33@w   | of the
201:184,34@w   | gradual increase$0$ of their views, the happy conclusion of
201:184,35@w   | their first difficulties, and present$9$ promising state$0$ of
201:184,36@w   | affairs;
201:184,36'  !| relating every*thing with so$5#1$ blind$2$ an interest$0$ as
201:184,37'  !| made him not only totally unconscious of the uneasy
201:184,38'  !| movements of many of his friends as they sat, the change$0$
201:185, 1'  !| of countenance, the fidget, the hem| of unquietness,
201:185, 2'  !| but prevented him even$5$ from seeing the expression of the
201:185, 3'  !| face$0$ on$4$ which$6#1$ his own$2$ eyes were fixed ~ from seeing $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's
201:185, 4'  !| dark$2$ brow contract as he looked with inquiring
201:185, 5'  !| earnestness at his daughters and $MP#B$Edmund, dwelling
201:185, 6'  !| particularly on$4$ the latter, and speaking a language,
201:185, 7'  !| a remonstrance, a reproof, which$6#1$ \he\ felt at his heart.
201:185, 8'  !| Not less acutely was it felt by$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#1$ had edged
201:185, 9'  !| back$5$ her chair behind her aunt's end$0$ of the sofa, and,
201:185,10'  !| screened from notice$0$ herself, saw all that$6#1$ was passing$1$
201:185,11'  !| before$4$ her.
201:185,11@a   | Such a look$0$ of reproach$0$ at $MP#B$Edmund from
201:185,12@a   | his father she could never have expected$1$ to$9$ witness$1$;
201:185,13@a   | and to$9$ feel that$3$ it was in any degree deserved, was an
201:185,14@a   | aggravation indeed. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's look$0$ implied, "On$4$
201:185,15@a   | your judgment, $MP#B$Edmund, I depended; what$6#2$ have you
201:185,16@a   | been about$4$?" ~ She knelt in spirit to$4$ her uncle, and her
201:185,17@a   | bosom swelled to$9$ utter$1$, "Oh| not to$4$ \him\. Look$1$ so$5#2$ to$4$
201:185,18@a   | all the others, but not to$4$ \him\|"
201:185,19'  !| $MP#W$Mr%*Yates was still$5$ talking.
201:185,19W  !| "To$9$ own$1$ the truth, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
201:185,20W  !| we were in the middle of a rehearsal when you
201:185,21W  !| arrived this evening. We were going through$4$ the three
201:185,22W  !| first acts$0$, and not unsuccessfully upon the whole$0$. Our
201:185,23W  !| company is now so$5#1$ dispersed from the $MP#D1$Crawfords being$1$
201:185,24W  !| gone home, that$3$ nothing more can be done to-night;
201:185,25W  !| but if you will$1$ give us the honour$0$ of your company
201:185,26W  !| to-morrow evening, I should not be afraid of the result$0$.
201:185,27W  !| We bespeak your indulgence, you understand, as young
201:185,28W  !| performers; we bespeak your indulgence."
201:185,29E  !| "My indulgence shall be given, sir,"
201:185,29'  !| replied $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
201:185,30'  !| gravely,
201:185,30E  !| "but without any other rehearsal." ~
201:185,30'  !| And with
201:185,31'  !| a relenting smile$0$ he added,
201:185,31E  !| "I come home to$9$ be happy
201:185,32E  !| and indulgent."
201:185,32'  !| Then turning$1$ away towards any or all
201:185,33'  !| of the rest$0#1$, he tranquilly said,
201:185,33E  !| "$MP#D$Mr% and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
201:185,34E  !| were mentioned in my last$2$ letters from Mansfield. Do
201:185,35E  !| you find them agreeable acquaintance?"
201:185,36'  !| $MP#G$Tom was the only one at all ready with an answer$0$, but
201:185,37'  !| he being$1$ entirely without particular regard$0$ for$4$ either,
201:185,38'  !| without jealousy either in love$0$ or acting, could speak
201:186, 1'  !| very handsomely of both.
201:186, 1G  !| "$MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was a most
201:186, 2G  !| pleasant gentleman-like man; ~ his sister a sweet, pretty$2$,
201:186, 3G  !| elegant, lively girl."
201:186, 4'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth could be silent no$2$ longer.
201:186, 4U  !| "I do not
201:186, 5U  !| say he is not gentleman-like, considering; but you
201:186, 6U  !| should tell your father he is not above$4$ five feet eight, or
201:186, 7U  !| he will$1$ be expecting a well-looking man."
201:186, 8'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas did not quite understand this, and looked
201:186, 9'  !| with some surprize$0$ at the speaker.
201:186,10U  !| "If I must say what$6#1$ I think,"
201:186,10'  !| continued $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
201:186,11U  !| "in my opinion it is very disagreeable to$9$ be
201:186,12U  !| always rehearsing. It is having too$5#1$ much of a good
201:186,13U  !| thing. I am not so$5#1$ fond of acting as I was at first.
201:186,14U  !| I think we are a great deal$0#2$ better$9$ employed, sitting$1$ comfortably
201:186,15U  !| here among ourselves, and doing nothing."
201:186,16'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas looked again, and then replied with an
201:186,17'  !| approving smile$0$,
201:186,17E  !| "I am happy to$9$ find our sentiments on$4$
201:186,18E  !| the subject$0$ so$5#1$ much the same. It gives me sincere
201:186,19E  !| satisfaction. That$3$ I should be cautious and quick-sighted,
201:186,20E  !| and feel many scruples which$6#1$ my children do
201:186,21E  !| \not\ feel, is perfectly natural$2$; and equally so$5#2$ that$3$ \my\
201:186,22E  !| value$0$ for$4$ domestic$2$ tranquillity, for$4$ a home which$6#1$ shuts
201:186,23E  !| out$5$ noisy pleasures, should much exceed theirs. But at
201:186,24E  !| your time of life to$9$ feel all this, is a most favourable
201:186,25E  !| circumstance for$4$ yourself and for$4$ every*body connected
201:186,26E  !| with you; and I am sensible$2#1$ of the importance of having
201:186,27E  !| an ally of such weight."
201:186,28'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas meant to$9$ be giving $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's
201:186,29'  !| opinion in better$9$ words than he could find himself. He
201:186,30'  !| was aware that$3$
201:186,30@e   | he must not expect a genius in $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth;
201:186,31@e   | but as a well-judging steady young man, with
201:186,32@e   | better$9$ notions than his elocution would do justice to$4$, he
201:186,33@e   | intended to$9$ value$1$ him very highly.
201:186,33'  !| It was impossible
201:186,34'  !| for$4$ many of the others not to$9$ smile$1$. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
201:186,35'  !| hardly knew what$6#1$ to$9$ do with so$5#1$ much meaning$0$; but by$4$
201:186,36'  !| looking as he really felt, most exceedingly pleased with
201:186,37'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's good opinion, and saying scarcely any*thing,
201:186,38'  !| he did his best towards preserving that$6#2$ good
201:186,39'  !| opinion a little longer.
202:187, 1'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's first object$0$ the next morning was to$9$ see his
202:187, 2'  !| father alone, and give him a fair statement of the whole$2$
202:187, 3'  !| acting scheme$0$, defending his own$2$ share$0$ in it as far only
202:187, 4'  !| as he could then, in a soberer moment, feel his motives
202:187, 5'  !| to$9$ deserve, and acknowledging with perfect$2$ ingenuousness
202:187, 6'  !| that$3$ his concession had been attended with such partial
202:187, 7'  !| good as to$9$ make$1$ his judgment in it very doubtful. He
202:187, 8'  !| was anxious, while$9$ vindicating himself, to$9$ say nothing
202:187, 9'  !| unkind of the others; but there was only one amongst
202:187,10'  !| them whose$6#1$ conduct$0$ he could mention$1$ without some
202:187,11'  !| necessity of defence or palliation.
202:187,11B  !| "We have all been
202:187,12B  !| more or less to$4$ blame$1$,"
202:187,12'  !| said he,
202:187,12B  !| "every one of us, excepting
202:187,13B  !| $MP#A$Fanny. $MP#A$Fanny is the only one who$6#1$ has judged
202:187,14B  !| rightly throughout, who$6#1$ has been consistent. \Her\ feelings
202:187,15B  !| have been steadily against it from first to$4$ last$0$. She
202:187,16B  !| never ceased to$9$ think of what$6#1$ was due$2$ to$4$ you. You will$1$
202:187,17B  !| find $MP#A$Fanny every*thing you could wish$1$."
202:187,18'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas saw all the impropriety of such a scheme$0$
202:187,19'  !| among such a party, and at such a time, as strongly as
202:187,20'  !| his son had ever supposed he must; he felt it too$5#1$ much
202:187,21'  !| indeed for$4$ many words; and having shaken hands with
202:187,22'  !| $MP#B$Edmund, meant to$9$ try to$9$ lose the disagreeable impression,
202:187,23'  !| and forget how much he had been forgotten himself as
202:187,24'  !| soon as he could, after$3$ the house had been cleared of
202:187,25'  !| every object$0$ enforcing the remembrance, and restored$0$
202:187,26'  !| to$4$ it proper state$0$. He did not enter into any remonstrance
202:187,27'  !| with his other children: he was more willing
202:187,28'  !| to$9$ believe they felt their error, than to$9$ run$1$ the risk$0$ of
202:187,29'  !| investigation.
202:187,29@e   | The reproof of an immediate conclusion
202:187,30@e   | of every*thing, the sweep of every preparation would be
202:187,31@e   | sufficient.
202:187,32'  !| There was one person, however, in the house whom$6#1$
202:188, 1'  !| he could not leave$1$ to$9$ learn his sentiments merely through$4$
202:188, 2'  !| his conduct$0$. He could not help$1$ giving $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris a hint$0$
202:188, 3'  !| of his having hoped, that$3$ her advice might have been
202:188, 4'  !| interposed to$9$ prevent what$6#1$ her judgment must certainly
202:188, 5'  !| have disapproved.
202:188, 5@e   | The young people had been very
202:188, 6@e   | inconsiderate in forming the plan; they ought to$9$ have
202:188, 7@e   | been capable of a better$9$ decision themselves; but they
202:188, 8@e   | were young, and, excepting $MP#B$Edmund, he believed of
202:188, 9@e   | unsteady characters; and with greater surprize$0$ therefore
202:188,10@e   | he must regard$1$ her acquiescence in their wrong$9$ measures,
202:188,11@e   | her countenance of their unsafe amusements, than that$3$
202:188,12@e   | such measures and such amusements should have been
202:188,13@e   | suggested.
202:188,13'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was a little confounded, and as
202:188,14'  !| nearly being$1$ silenced as ever she had been in her life; for$3$
202:188,15'  !| she was ashamed to$9$ confess having never seen any of the
202:188,16'  !| impropriety which$6#1$ was so$5#1$ glaring to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, and
202:188,17'  !| would not have admitted that$3$ her influence$0$ was insufficient,
202:188,18'  !| that$3$ she might have talked in vain. Her only
202:188,19'  !| resource was to$9$ get out$8$ of the subject$0$ as fast as possible,
202:188,20'  !| and turn$1$ the current of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's ideas into a happier
202:188,21'  !| channel. She had a great deal$0#2$ to$9$ insinuate in her own$2$
202:188,22'  !| praise$0$ as to$4$ \general$2$\
202:188,22@j   | attention to$4$ the interest$0$ and comfort$0$
202:188,23@j   | of his family, much exertion and many sacrifices to$9$
202:188,24@j   | glance$1$ at in the form$0$ of hurried walks$0$ and sudden$2$ removals
202:188,25@j   | from her own$2$ fire-side, and many excellent hints
202:188,26@j   | of distrust$0$ and economy to$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram and $MP#B$Edmund
202:188,27@j   | to$9$ detail$1$, whereby a most considerable saving had always
202:188,28@j   | arisen, and more than one bad servant been detected.
202:188,29'  !| But her chief strength lay$1#2$ in Sotherton. Her greatest
202:188,30'  !| support$0$ and glory$0$ was in having formed the connection
202:188,31'  !| with the $MP#U1$Rushworths. \There\ she was impregnable. She
202:188,32'  !| took to$4$ herself all the credit$0$ of bringing $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's
202:188,33'  !| admiration of $MP#H$Maria to$4$ any effect$0$.
202:188,33J  !| "If I had not been
202:188,34J  !| active,"
202:188,34'  !| said she,
202:188,34J  !| "and made a point$0$ of being$1$ introduced
202:188,35J  !| to$4$ his mother, and then prevailed on$4$ my sister to$9$ pay$1$
202:188,36J  !| the first visit$0$, I am as certain as I sit here, that$3$ nothing
202:188,37J  !| would have come of it ~ for$3$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth is the sort
202:188,38J  !| of amiable modest young man who$6#1$ wants$1$ a great deal$0#2$ of
202:189, 1J  !| encouragement, and there were girls enough on$4$ the
202:189, 2J  !| catch$0$ for$4$ him if we had been idle. But I left$1$ no$2$ stone
202:189, 3J  !| unturned. I was ready to$9$ move$1$ heaven and earth to$9$
202:189, 4J  !| persuade my sister, and at last$0$ I did persuade her. You
202:189, 5J  !| know the distance$0$ to$4$ Sotherton; it was in the middle
202:189, 6J  !| of winter, and the roads almost impassable, but I did
202:189, 7J  !| persuade her."
202:189, 8E  !| "I know how great, how justly great your influence$0$
202:189, 9E  !| is with $MP#F$Lady*Bertram and her children, and am the more
202:189,10E  !| concerned that$3$ it should not have been" ~
202:189,11J  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, if you had seen the state$0$ of
202:189,12J  !| the roads \that$6#2$\ day| I thought$1$ we should never have
202:189,13J  !| got through$4$ them, though we had the four horses of
202:189,14J  !| course$8$; and poor old coachman would attend us, out$8$ of
202:189,15J  !| his great love$0$ and kindness, though he was hardly able
202:189,16J  !| to$9$ sit the box on$4$ account$0$ of the rheumatism which$6#1$ I had
202:189,17J  !| been doctoring him for$4$, ever since Michaelmas. I cured
202:189,18J  !| him at last$0$; but he was very bad all the winter ~ and
202:189,19J  !| this was such a day, I could not help$1$ going to$4$ him up in
202:189,20J  !| his room before$3$ we set$1$ off to$9$ advise him not to$9$ venture:
202:189,21J  !| he was putting on$5$ his wig ~ so$3$ I said, "Coachman, you
202:189,22J  !| had much better$9$ not go, your Lady and I shall be very
202:189,23J  !| safe; you know how steady $MP#ZZL$Stephen is, and $MP#ZZL$Charles has
202:189,24J  !| been upon the leaders so$5#1$ often now, that$3$ I am sure there
202:189,25J  !| is no$2$ fear$0$." But, however, I soon found it would not do;
202:189,26J  !| he was bent upon going, and as I hate to$9$ be worrying
202:189,27J  !| and officious, I said no$2$ more; but my heart quite ached
202:189,28J  !| for$4$ him at every jolt, and when we got into the rough
202:189,29J  !| lanes about$4$ Stoke, where what$6#1$ with frost and snow upon
202:189,30J  !| beds of stones, it was worse than any*thing you can
202:189,31J  !| imagine, I was quite in an agony about$4$ him. And then
202:189,32J  !| the poor horses too$5#2$| ~ To$9$ see them straining away| You
202:189,33J  !| know how I always feel for$4$ the horses. And when we
202:189,34J  !| got to$4$ the bottom of Sandcroft*Hill, what$6#2$ do you think
202:189,35J  !| I did? You will$1$ laugh$1$ at me ~ but I got out$5$ and walked
202:189,36J  !| up. I did indeed. It might not be saving them much,
202:189,37J  !| but it was something, and I could not bear$1$ to$9$ sit at
202:189,38J  !| my ease$0$, and be dragged up at the expense of those
202:190, 1J  !| noble animals. I caught a dreadful cold$0$, but \that$6#2$\ I
202:190, 2J  !| did not regard$1$. My object$0$ was accomplished in the
202:190, 3J  !| visit$0$."
202:190, 4E  !| "I hope$1$ we shall always think the acquaintance worth
202:190, 5E  !| any trouble$0$ that$6#1$ might be taken to$9$ establish it. There
202:190, 6E  !| is nothing very striking in $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's manners, but
202:190, 7E  !| I was pleased last$2$ night with what$6#1$ appeared to$9$ be his
202:190, 8E  !| opinion on$4$ \one\ subject$0$ ~ his decided$2$ preference of a quiet$2$
202:190, 9E  !| family-party to$4$ the bustle$0$ and confusion of acting. He
202:190,10E  !| seemed to$9$ feel exactly as one could wish$1$."
202:190,11J  !| "Yes, indeed, ~ and the more you know of him, the
202:190,12J  !| better$9$ you will$1$ like$1$ him. He is not a shining character,
202:190,13J  !| but he has a thousand good qualities| and is so$5#1$ disposed
202:190,14J  !| to$9$ look$1$ up to$4$ you, that$3$ I am quite laughed at about$4$ it,
202:190,15J  !| for$3$ every*body considers it as my doing. ""Upon my
202:190,16J  !| word, $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,"" said $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, the other day, ""if
202:190,17J  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth were a son of your own$2$ he could not hold$1$
202:190,18J  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas in greater respect$0$."""
202:190,19'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas gave up the point$0$, foiled by$4$ her evasions,
202:190,20'  !| disarmed by$4$ her flattery; and was obliged to$9$ rest$1$ satisfied$1$
202:190,21'  !| with the conviction that$3$
202:190,21@e   | where the present$9$ pleasure of
202:190,22@e   | those she loved was at stake$0$, her kindness did sometimes
202:190,23@e   | overpower her judgment.
202:190,24'  !| It was a busy morning with him. Conversation with
202:190,25'  !| any of them occupied but a small part$0$ of it. He had to$9$
202:190,26'  !| reinstate himself in all the wonted concerns$0$ of his Mansfield
202:190,27'  !| life, to$9$ see his steward and his bailiff ~ to$9$ examine
202:190,28'  !| and compute ~ and, in the intervals of business, to$9$ walk$1$
202:190,29'  !| into his stables and his gardens, and nearest plantations;
202:190,30'  !| but active and methodical, he had not only done all this
202:190,31'  !| before$3$ he resumed his seat as master of the house at
202:190,32'  !| dinner, he had also set$1$ the carpenter to$4$ work$1$ in pulling
202:190,33'  !| down$5$ what$6#1$ had been so$5#1$ lately put up in the billiard*room,
202:190,34'  !| and given the scene painter his dismissal, long$9$ enough
202:190,35'  !| to$9$ justify the pleasing belief of his being$1$ then at least as
202:190,36'  !| far off as Northampton. The scene painter was gone,
202:190,37'  !| having spoilt only the floor of one room, ruined all the
202:190,38'  !| coachman's sponges, and made five of the under-servants
202:191, 1'  !| idle and dissatisfied; and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was
202:191, 1@e   | in hopes$0$ that$3$
202:191, 2@e   | another day or two would suffise to$9$ wipe away every
202:191, 3@e   | outward memento of what$6#1$ had been, even$5$ to$4$ the destruction
202:191, 4@e   | of every unbound copy$0$ of "Lovers'*Vows" in the
202:191, 5@e   | house,
202:191, 5'  !| for$3$ he was burning all that$6#1$ met his eye.
202:191, 6'  !| $MP#W$Mr%*Yates was beginning$1$ now to$9$ understand $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's
202:191, 7'  !| intentions, though as far as ever from understanding$1$
202:191, 8'  !| their source. He and his friend had been out$5$
202:191, 9'  !| with their guns the chief of the morning, and $MP#G$Tom had
202:191,10'  !| taken the opportunity of explaining, with proper apologies
202:191,11'  !| for$4$ his father's particularity, what$6#1$ was to$9$ be expected$1$.
202:191,12'  !| $MP#W$Mr%*Yates felt it as acutely as might be supposed.
202:191,12@w   | To$9$ be
202:191,13@w   | a second$2$ time disappointed in the same way was an
202:191,14@w   | instance$0$ of very severe ill-luck; and his indignation was
202:191,15@w   | such, that$3$ had it not been for$4$ delicacy towards his friend
202:191,16@w   | and his friend's youngest sister, he believed he should
202:191,17@w   | certainly attack$1$ the Baronet on$4$ the absurdity of his
202:191,18@w   | proceedings, and argue him into a little more rationality.
202:191,19'  !| He believed this very stoutly while$9$ he was in Mansfield*Wood,
202:191,20'  !| and all the way home; but there was a something
202:191,21'  !| in $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, when they sat round$4$ the same table,
202:191,22'  !| which$6#1$ made $MP#W$Mr%*Yates think it wiser to$9$ let him pursue
202:191,23'  !| his own$2$ way, and feel the folly of it without opposition.
202:191,24@w   | He had known many disagreeable fathers before$5$, and
202:191,25@w   | often been struck with the inconveniences they occasioned,
202:191,26@w   | but never in the whole$2$ course$0$ of his life, had he
202:191,27@w   | seen one of that$6#2$ class$0$, so$5#1$ unintelligibly moral, so$5#1$ infamously
202:191,28@w   | tyrannical as $MP#E$Sir*Thomas. He was not a man to$9$ be
202:191,29@w   | endured but for$4$ his children's sake, and he might be
202:191,30@w   | thankful to$4$ his fair daughter $MP#I$Julia that$3$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates did yet
202:191,31@w   | mean$1$ to$9$ stay$1$ a few days longer under his roof.
202:191,32'  !| The evening passed with external smoothness, though
202:191,33'  !| almost every mind$0$ was ruffled; and the music which$6#1$
202:191,34'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas called for$4$ from his daughters helped to$9$
202:191,35'  !| conceal the want$0$ of real harmony. $MP#H$Maria was in a good
202:191,36'  !| deal$0#2$ of agitation. It was of the utmost consequence to$4$
202:191,37'  !| her that$3$ $MP#D$Crawford should now lose no$2$ time in declaring
202:191,38'  !| himself, and she was disturbed that$3$ even$5$ a day should
202:192, 1'  !| be gone by$5$ without seeming to$9$ advance$1$ that$6#2$ point$0$.
202:192, 2'  !| She had been expecting to$9$ see him the whole$2$ morning
202:192, 3'  !| ~ and all the evening too$5#2$ was still$5$ expecting him.
202:192, 4'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth had set$1$ off early with the great news for$4$
202:192, 5'  !| Sotherton; and she had fondly hoped for$4$ such an immediate
202:192, 6'  !| eclaircissement as might save$1$ him the trouble$0$ of
202:192, 7'  !| ever coming back$5$ again. But they had seen no*one
202:192, 8'  !| from the Parsonage ~ not a creature, and had heard no$2$
202:192, 9'  !| tidings beyond$4$ a friendly note$0$ of congratulation and
202:192,10'  !| inquiry from $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant to$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram. It was the
202:192,11'  !| first day for$4$ many, many weeks, in which$6#1$ the families
202:192,12'  !| had been wholly divided. Four-and-twenty hours had
202:192,13'  !| never passed before$5$, since August began, without bringing
202:192,14'  !| them together in some way or other. It was a sad
202:192,15'  !| anxious day; and the morrow, though differing in the
202:192,16'  !| sort of evil, did by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ bring less. A few moments
202:192,17'  !| of feverish enjoyment were followed by$4$ hours of acute
202:192,18'  !| suffering. $MP#D$Henry*Crawford was again in the house; he
202:192,19'  !| walked up with $MP#M$Dr%*Grant, who$6#1$ was anxious to$9$ pay$1$ his
202:192,20'  !| respects to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, and at rather an early hour
202:192,21'  !| they were ushered into the breakfast*room, where were
202:192,22'  !| most of the family. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas soon appeared, and
202:192,23'  !| $MP#H$Maria saw with delight$0$ and agitation the introduction
202:192,24'  !| of the man she loved to$4$ her father. Her sensations were
202:192,25'  !| indefinable, and so$5#2$ were they a few minutes afterwards
202:192,26'  !| upon hearing $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, who$6#1$ had a chair between
202:192,27'  !| herself and $MP#G$Tom, ask the latter in an under voice,
202:192,27@d   | whether
202:192,28@d   | there were any plan for$4$ resuming the play$0$ after$4$ the
202:192,29@d   | present$9$ happy interruption,
202:192,29'  !| (with a courteous glance$0$ at
202:192,30'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,)
202:192,30@d   | because in that$6#2$ case, he should make$1$ a
202:192,31@d   | point$0$ of returning to$4$ Mansfield, at any time required by$4$
202:192,32@d   | the party; he was going away immediately, being$1$ to$9$
202:192,33@d   | meet$1$ his uncle at Bath$0#1$ without delay$0$, but if there were
202:192,34@d   | any prospect of a renewal of "Lovers'*Vows", he should
202:192,35@d   | hold$1$ himself positively engaged, he should break through$4$
202:192,36@d   | every other claim$0$, he should absolutely condition$1$ with
202:192,37@d   | his uncle for$4$ attending them whenever he might be
202:192,38@d   | wanted. The play$0$ should not be lost by$4$ \his\ absence.
202:193, 1D  !| "From Bath$0#1$, Norfolk, London, York ~ wherever I may$1$
202:193, 2D  !| be,"
202:193, 2'  !| said he,
202:193, 2D  !| "I will$1$ attend you from any place$0$ in England,
202:193, 3D  !| at an hour's notice$0$."
202:193, 4'  !| It was well$9$ at that$6#2$ moment that$3$ $MP#G$Tom had to$9$ speak
202:193, 5'  !| and not his sister. He could immediately say with easy
202:193, 6'  !| fluency,
202:193, 6G  !| "I am sorry you are going ~ but as to$4$ our play$0$,
202:193, 7G  !| \that$6#2$\ is all over ~ entirely at an end$0$
202:193, 7'  !| (looking significantly
202:193, 8'  !| at his father).
202:193, 8G  !| The painter was sent off yesterday, and
202:193, 9G  !| very little will$1$ remain of the theatre to-morrow. ~ I knew
202:193,10G  !| how \that$6#2$\ would be from the first. ~ It is early for$4$ Bath$0#1$. ~
202:193,11G  !| You will$1$ find nobody there."
202:193,12D  !| "It is about$4$ my uncle's usual time."
202:193,13G  !| "When do you think of going?"
202:193,14D  !| "I may$1$ perhaps get as far as Banbury to-day."
202:193,15G  !| "Whose$6#2$ stables do you use$1$ at Bath$0#1$?"
202:193,15'  !| was the next
202:193,16'  !| question$0$; and while$9$ this branch of the subject$0$ was under
202:193,17'  !| discussion, $MP#H$Maria, who$6#1$ wanted neither pride nor resolution,
202:193,18'  !| was preparing to$9$ encounter her share$0$ of it with tolerable
202:193,19'  !| calmness.
202:193,20'  !| To$4$ her he soon turned, repeating much of what$6#1$ he had
202:193,21'  !| already said, with only a softened air and stronger
202:193,22'  !| expressions of regret$0$. But what$6#2$ availed his expressions
202:193,23'  !| or his air? ~
202:193,23@h   | He was going ~ and if not voluntarily going,
202:193,24@h   | voluntarily intending to$9$ stay$1$ away; for$3$, excepting what$6#1$
202:193,25@h   | might be due$2$ to$4$ his uncle, his engagements were all self-imposed.
202:193,25@h   | ~
202:193,26@h   | He might talk$1$ of necessity, but she knew his
202:193,27@h   | independence. ~ The hand$0$ which$6#1$ had so$5#1$ pressed her's to$4$
202:193,28@h   | his heart| ~ The hand$0$ and the heart were alike motionless
202:193,29@h   | and passive now|
202:193,29'  !| Her spirit supported her, but the
202:193,30'  !| agony of her mind$0$ was severe. ~ She had not long$9$ to$9$
202:193,31'  !| endure what$6#1$ arose from listening to$4$ language, which$6#1$ his
202:193,32'  !| actions contradicted, or to$9$ bury the tumult of her feelings
202:193,33'  !| under the restraint of society; for$3$ general$2$ civilities soon
202:193,34'  !| called his notice$0$ from her, and the farewell visit$0$, as it
202:193,35'  !| then became openly acknowledged, was a very short$2$
202:193,36'  !| one. ~
202:193,36@h   | He was gone ~ he had touched her hand$0$ for$4$ the
202:193,37@h   | last$2$ time, he had made his parting bow$0#1$, and she might
202:193,38@h   | seek directly all that$6#1$ solitude could do for$4$ her.
202:193,38'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford
202:194, 1'  !| was gone ~ gone from the house, and within
202:194, 2'  !| two hours afterwards from the parish; and so$5#2$ ended all
202:194, 3'  !| the hopes$0$ his selfish vanity had raised in $MP#H$Maria and
202:194, 3'  !| $MP#I$Julia*Bertram.
202:194, 4'  !| $MP#I$Julia could rejoice that$3$ he was gone. ~ His presence
202:194, 5'  !| was beginning$1$ to$9$ be odious to$4$ her; and if $MP#H$Maria gained
202:194, 6'  !| him not, she was now cool$2$ enough to$9$ dispense with any
202:194, 7'  !| other revenge. ~
202:194, 8@i   | She did not want$1$ exposure to$9$ be added
202:194, 9@i   | to$4$ desertion. ~
202:194, 9'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford gone, she could even$5$ pity$1$
202:194,10'  !| her sister.
202:194,11'  !| With a purer spirit did $MP#A$Fanny rejoice in the intelligence.
202:194,12'  !| ~ She heard it at dinner and felt it a blessing. By$4$ all
202:194,13'  !| the others it was mentioned with regret$0$, and his merits
202:194,14'  !| honoured with due$2$ gradation of feeling$0$, from the sincerity
202:194,15'  !| of $MP#B$Edmund's too$5#1$ partial regard$0$, to$4$ the unconcern of his
202:194,16'  !| mother speaking entirely by$4$ rote. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris began to$9$
202:194,17'  !| look$1$ about$4$ her and
202:194,17@j   | wonder$1$ that$3$ his falling in love$0$ with
202:194,18@j   | $MP#I$Julia had come to$4$ nothing; and could almost fear$1$ that$3$
202:194,19@j   | she had been remiss herself in forwarding it; but with
202:194,20@j   | so$5#1$ many to$9$ care$1$ for$4$, how was it possible for$4$ even$5$ \her\
202:194,21@j   | activity to$9$ keep pace$0$ with her wishes$0$?
202:194,22'  !| Another day or two, and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates was gone likewise.
202:194,23'  !| In \his\ departure $MP#E$Sir*Thomas felt the chief interest$0$;
202:194,24@e   | wanting to$9$ be alone with his family, the presence of
202:194,25@e   | a stranger$0$ superior$2$ to$4$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates must have been irksome;
202:194,26@e   | but of him, trifling and confident, idle and expensive,
202:194,27@e   | it was every way vexatious. In himself he was wearisome,
202:194,28@e   | but as the friend of $MP#G$Tom and the admirer of $MP#I$Julia he
202:194,29@e   | became offensive.
202:194,29'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had been quite indifferent
202:194,30'  !| to$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's going or staying ~ but his good wishes$0$
202:194,31'  !| for$4$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates's having a pleasant journey, as he walked
202:194,32'  !| with him to$4$ the hall door, were given with genuine
202:194,33'  !| satisfaction. $MP#W$Mr%*Yates had staid to$9$ see the destruction
202:194,34'  !| of every theatrical preparation at Mansfield, the removal
202:194,35'  !| of every*thing appertaining to$4$ the play$0$; he left$1$ the
202:194,36'  !| house in all the soberness of its general$2$ character; and
202:194,37'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas hoped, in seeing him out$8$ of it,
202:194,37@e   | to$9$ be rid
202:194,38@e   | of the worst object$0$ connected with the scheme$0$, and
202:195, 1@e   | the last$0$ that$6#1$ must be inevitably reminding him of its
202:195, 2@e   | existence.
202:195, 3'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris contrived to$9$ remove$1$ one article from his
202:195, 4'  !| sight that$6#1$ might have distressed him. The curtain over
202:195, 5'  !| which$6#1$ she had presided with such talent and such success,
202:195, 6'  !| went off with her to$4$ her cottage, where
202:195, 6@j   | she happened to$9$
202:195, 7@j   | be particularly in want$0$ of green baize.
203:196, 1'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's return$0$ made a striking change$0$ in the
203:196, 2'  !| ways of the family, independent of Lovers'*Vows. Under
203:196, 3'  !| his government, Mansfield was an altered place$0$. Some
203:196, 4'  !| members of their society sent away and the spirits of
203:196, 5'  !| many others saddened, it was all sameness and gloom,
203:196, 6'  !| compared with the past$0$; a sombre family-party rarely
203:196, 7'  !| enlivened. There was little intercourse with the Parsonage.
203:196, 8'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas drawing back$5$ from intimacies in
203:196, 9'  !| general$0$, was particularly disinclined, at this time, for$4$ any
203:196,10'  !| engagements but in one quarter$0#2$. The $MP#U1$Rushworths were
203:196,11'  !| the only addition to$4$ his own$2$ domestic$2$ circle which$6#1$ he
203:196,12'  !| could solicit.
203:196,13'  !| $MP#B$Edmund did not wonder$1$ that$3$ such should be his
203:196,14'  !| father's feelings, nor could he regret$1$ any*thing but the
203:196,15'  !| exclusion of the $MP#M1$Grants.
203:196,15B  !| "But they,"
203:196,15'  !| he observed to$4$
203:196,16'  !| $MP#A$Fanny,
203:196,16B  !| "have a claim$0$. They seem to$9$ belong to$4$ us ~
203:196,17B  !| they seem to$9$ be part$0$ of ourselves. I could wish$1$ my
203:196,18B  !| father were more sensible$2#1$ of their very great attention
203:196,19B  !| to$4$ my mother and sisters while$9$ he was away. I am
203:196,20B  !| afraid they may$1$ feel themselves neglected. But the
203:196,21B  !| truth is that$3$ my father hardly knows them. They had
203:196,22B  !| not been here a twelvemonth when he left$1$ England.
203:196,23B  !| If he knew them better$9$, he would value$1$ their society
203:196,24B  !| as it deserves, for$3$ they are in fact exactly the sort of
203:196,25B  !| people he would like$1$. We are sometimes a little in want$0$
203:196,26B  !| of animation among ourselves; my sisters seem out$8$ of
203:196,27B  !| spirits, and $MP#G$Tom is certainly not at his ease$0$. $MP#M$Dr% and
203:196,28B  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant would enliven us, and make$1$ our evenings pass$1$
203:196,29B  !| away with more enjoyment even$5$ to$4$ my father."
203:196,30A  !| "Do you think so$5#2$?"
203:196,30'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny.
203:196,30A  !| "In my opinion,
203:196,31A  !| my uncle would not like$1$ \any\ addition. I think he values
203:196,32A  !| the very quietness you speak of, and that$3$ the repose of his
203:196,33A  !| own$2$ family-circle is all he wants$1$. And it does not appear
203:197, 1A  !| to$4$ me that$3$ we are more serious$2$ than we used$1#2$ to$9$ be;
203:197, 2A  !| I mean$1$ before$3$ my uncle went abroad. As well$9$ as I can
203:197, 3A  !| recollect, it was always much the same. There was never
203:197, 4A  !| much laughing in his presence; or, if there is any difference,
203:197, 5A  !| it is not more I think than such an absence has
203:197, 6A  !| a tendency to$9$ produce at first. There must be a sort of
203:197, 7A  !| shyness. But I cannot recollect that$3$ our evenings
203:197, 8A  !| formerly were ever merry, except when my uncle was in
203:197, 9A  !| town. No$2$ young people's are, I suppose, when those
203:197,10A  !| they look$1$ up to$4$ are at home."
203:197,11B  !| "I believe you are right$2#1$, $MP#A$Fanny,"
203:197,11'  !| was his reply$0$, after$4$
203:197,12'  !| a short$2$ consideration.
203:197,12B  !| "I believe our evenings are
203:197,13B  !| rather returned to$4$ what$6#1$ they were, than assuming a new
203:197,14B  !| character. The novelty was in their being$1$ lively. ~ Yet,
203:197,15B  !| how strong the impression that$6#1$ only a few weeks will$1$ give|
203:197,16B  !| I have been feeling$1$ as if we had never lived so$5#2$ before$5$."
203:197,17A  !| "I suppose I am graver than other people,"
203:197,17'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny.
203:197,18A  !| "The evenings do not appear long$9$ to$4$ me. I love$1$ to$9$ hear
203:197,19A  !| my uncle talk$1$ of the West*Indies. I could listen to$4$ him
203:197,20A  !| for$4$ an hour together. It entertains \me\ more than many
203:197,21A  !| other things have done ~ but then I am unlike other people
203:197,22A  !| I dare$1#2$ say."
203:197,23B  !| "Why should you dare$1#2$ say \that$6#2$?\
203:197,23'  !| (smiling) ~
203:197,23B  !| Do you
203:197,24B  !| want$1$ to$9$ be told that$3$ you are only unlike other people in
203:197,25B  !| being$1$ more wise and discreet? But when did you or any*body
203:197,26B  !| ever get a compliment$0$ from me, $MP#A$Fanny? Go to$4$ my
203:197,27B  !| father if you want$1$ to$9$ be complimented. He will$1$ satisfy
203:197,28B  !| you. Ask your uncle what$6#1$ he thinks, and you will$1$ hear
203:197,29B  !| compliments enough; and though they may$1$ be chiefly on$4$
203:197,30B  !| your person, you must put up with it, and trust$1$ to$4$ his
203:197,31B  !| seeing as much beauty of mind$0$ in time."
203:197,32'  !| Such language was so$5#1$ new to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny that$3$ it quite
203:197,33'  !| embarrassed her.
203:197,34B  !| "Your uncle thinks you very pretty$2$, dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny ~ and
203:197,35B  !| that$6#2$ is the long$9$ and the short$2$ of the matter. Anybody but
203:197,36B  !| myself would have made something more of it, and any*body
203:197,37B  !| but you would resent that$3$ you had not been thought$1$
203:197,38B  !| very pretty$2$ before$5$; but the truth is, that$3$ your uncle
203:198, 1B  !| never did admire you till now ~ and now he does. Your
203:198, 2B  !| complexion is so$5#1$ improved| ~ and you have gained so$5#1$
203:198, 3B  !| much countenance| ~ and your figure ~ Nay, $MP#A$Fanny, do
203:198, 4B  !| not turn$1$ away about$4$ it ~ it is but an uncle. If you cannot
203:198, 5B  !| bear$1$ an uncle's admiration what$6#2$ is to$9$ become of you?
203:198, 6B  !| You must really begin to$9$ harden yourself to$4$ the idea of
203:198, 7B  !| being$1$ worth looking at. ~ You must try not to$9$ mind$1$
203:198, 8B  !| growing up into a pretty$2$ woman."
203:198, 9A  !| "Oh| don't talk$1$ so$5#2$, don't talk$1$ so$5#2$,"
203:198, 9'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny, distressed
203:198,10'  !| by$4$ more feelings than he was aware of; but seeing
203:198,11'  !| that$3$ she was distressed, he had done with the subject$0$, and
203:198,12'  !| only added more seriously,
203:198,12B  !| "Your uncle is disposed to$9$ be
203:198,13B  !| pleased with you in every respect$0$; and I only wish$1$ you
203:198,14B  !| would talk$1$ to$4$ him more. ~ You are one of those who$6#1$ are too$5#1$
203:198,15B  !| silent in the evening circle."
203:198,16A  !| "But I do talk$1$ to$4$ him more than I used$1#2$. I am sure I do.
203:198,17A  !| Did not you hear me ask him about$4$ the slave*trade last$2$
203:198,18A  !| night?"
203:198,19B  !| "I did ~ and was in hopes$0$ the question$0$ would be
203:198,20B  !| followed up by$4$ others. It would have pleased your uncle
203:198,21B  !| to$9$ be inquired of farther."
203:198,22A  !| "And I longed to$9$ do it ~ but there was such a dead
203:198,23A  !| silence$0$| And while$9$ my cousins were sitting$1$ by$5$ without
203:198,24A  !| speaking a word, or seeming at all interested in the subject$0$,
203:198,25A  !| I did not like$1$ ~ I thought$1$ it would appear as if I wanted to$9$
203:198,26A  !| set$1$ myself off at their expense, by$4$ shewing a curiosity and
203:198,27A  !| pleasure in his information which$6#1$ he must wish$1$ his own$2$
203:198,28A  !| daughters to$9$ feel."
203:198,29B  !| "$MP#C$Miss*Crawford was very right$2#1$ in what$6#1$ she said of you
203:198,30B  !| the other day ~ that$3$ you seemed almost as fearful of notice$0$
203:198,31B  !| and praise$0$ as other women were of neglect$0$. We were
203:198,32B  !| talking of you at the Parsonage, and those were her words.
203:198,33B  !| She has great discernment. I know nobody who$6#1$ distinguishes
203:198,34B  !| characters better$9$. ~ For$4$ so$5#1$ young a woman it is
203:198,35B  !| remarkable| She certainly understands \you\ better$9$ than
203:198,36B  !| you are understood by$4$ the greater part$0$ of those who$6#1$ have
203:198,37B  !| known you so$5#1$ long$9$; and with regard$0$ to$4$ some others,
203:198,38B  !| I can perceive, from occasional lively hints, the unguarded
203:199, 1B  !| expressions of the moment, that$3$ she could define \many\ as
203:199, 2B  !| accurately, did not delicacy forbid it. I wonder$1$ what$6#1$ she
203:199, 3B  !| thinks of my father| She must admire him as a fine*looking
203:199, 4B  !| man, with most gentleman-like, dignified, consistent
203:199, 5B  !| manners; but perhaps having seen him so$5#1$ seldom, his
203:199, 6B  !| reserve$0$ may$1$ be a little repulsive. Could they be much
203:199, 7B  !| together I feel sure of their liking each other. He would
203:199, 8B  !| enjoy her liveliness ~ and she has talents to$9$ value$1$ his
203:199, 9B  !| powers. I wish$1$ they met more frequently| ~ I hope$1$ she
203:199,10B  !| does not suppose there is any dislike$0$ on$4$ his side$0$."
203:199,11A  !| "She must know herself too$5#1$ secure$2$ of the regard$0$ of all
203:199,12A  !| the rest$0#1$ of you,"
203:199,12'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny with half a sigh$0$,
203:199,12A  !| "to$9$ have any
203:199,13A  !| such apprehension. And $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's wishing just$9$ at
203:199,14A  !| first to$9$ be only with his family is so$5#1$ very natural$2$, that$3$ she
203:199,15A  !| can argue nothing from that$6#2$. After$4$ a little while$0$ I dare$1#2$
203:199,16A  !| say we shall be meeting$9$ again in the same sort of way,
203:199,17A  !| allowing for$4$ the difference of the time of year."
203:199,18B  !| "This is the first October that$6#1$ she has passed in the
203:199,19B  !| country since her infancy. I do not call$1$ Tunbridge or
203:199,20B  !| Cheltenham the country; and November is a still$5$ more
203:199,21B  !| serious$2$ month, and I can see that$3$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant is very
203:199,22B  !| anxious for$4$ her not finding Mansfield dull as winter
203:199,23B  !| comes on$5$."
203:199,24'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could have said a great deal$0#2$, but
203:199,24@a   | it was safer
203:199,25@a   | to$9$ say nothing, and leave$1$ untouched all $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
203:199,26@a   | resources, her accomplishments, her spirits, her importance,
203:199,27@a   | her friends, lest it should betray her into any observations
203:199,28@a   | seemingly unhandsome. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's kind$2$ opinion of
203:199,29@a   | herself deserved at least a grateful forbearance, and she
203:199,30@a   | began to$9$ talk$1$ of something else.
203:199,31A  !| "To-morrow, I think, my uncle dines at Sotherton, and
203:199,32A  !| you and $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram too$5#2$. We shall be quite a small party
203:199,33A  !| at home. I hope$1$ my uncle may$1$ continue to$9$ like$1$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
203:199,34     |
203:199,35B  !| "That$6#2$ is impossible, $MP#A$Fanny. He must like$1$ him less
203:199,36B  !| after$4$ to-morrow's visit$1$, for$3$ we shall be five hours in his
203:199,37B  !| company. I should dread$1$ the stupidity of the day, if
203:199,38B  !| there were not a much greater evil to$9$ follow ~ the impression
203:200, 1B  !| it must leave$1$ on$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas. He cannot much longer
203:200, 2B  !| deceive himself. I am sorry for$4$ them all, and would give
203:200, 3B  !| something that$3$ $MP#U$Rushworth and $MP#H$Maria had never met."
203:200, 4'  !| In this quarter$0#2$, indeed, disappointment was impending
203:200, 5'  !| over $MP#E$Sir*Thomas. Not all his good-will for$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth,
203:200, 6'  !| not all $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's deference for$4$ him, could prevent
203:200, 7'  !| him from soon discerning some part$0$ of the truth ~
203:200, 7@e   | that$3$
203:200, 8@e   | $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was an inferior young man, as ignorant in
203:200, 9@e   | business as in books, with opinions in general$0$ unfixed, and
203:200,10@e   | without seeming much aware of it himself.
203:200,11'  !| He had expected$1$ a very different son-in-law; and
203:200,12'  !| beginning$1$ to$9$ feel grave$2$ on$4$ $MP#H$Maria's account$0$, tried to$9$
203:200,12'  !| understand
203:200,13'  !| \her\ feelings. Little observation there was necessary
203:200,14'  !| to$9$ tell him
203:200,14@e   | that$3$ indifference was the most favourable state$0$
203:200,15@e   | they could be in. Her behaviour to$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was
203:200,16@e   | careless and cold$2$. She could not, did not like$1$ him.
203:200,16'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
203:200,17'  !| resolved to$9$ speak seriously to$4$ her.
203:200,17@e   | Advantageous
203:200,18@e   | as would be the alliance, and long$9$ standing$2$ and public$2$ as
203:200,19@e   | was the engagement, her happiness must not be sacrificed
203:200,20@e   | to$4$ it. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth had perhaps been accepted on$4$ too$5#1$
203:200,21@e   | short$2$ an acquaintance, and on$4$ knowing him better$9$ she
203:200,22@e   | was repenting.
203:200,23'  !| With solemn kindness $MP#E$Sir*Thomas addressed her;
203:200,23@e   | told
203:200,24@e   | her his fears, inquired into her wishes$0$, entreated her to$9$ be
203:200,25@e   | open$2$ and sincere, and assured her that$3$ every inconvenience
203:200,26@e   | should be braved, and the connection entirely given up, if
203:200,27@e   | she felt herself unhappy in the prospect of it. He would
203:200,28@e   | act$1$ for$4$ her and release$1$ her.
203:200,28'  !| $MP#H$Maria had a moment's struggle$0$
203:200,29'  !| as she listened, and only a moment's: when her father
203:200,30'  !| ceased, she was able to$9$ give her answer$0$ immediately,
203:200,31'  !| decidedly, and with no$2$ apparent agitation.
203:200,31@h   | She thanked
203:200,32@h   | him for$4$ his great attention, his paternal kindness, but he
203:200,33@h   | was quite mistaken in supposing she had the smallest
203:200,34@h   | desire$0$ of breaking through$4$ her engagement, or was sensible$2#1$
203:200,35@h   | of any change$0$ of opinion or inclination since her forming it.
203:200,36@h   | She had the highest esteem$0$ for$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's character
203:200,37@h   | and disposition, and could not have a doubt$0$ of her happiness
203:200,38@h   | with him.
203:201, 1'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was satisfied$1$; too$5#1$ glad to$9$ be satisfied$1$ perhaps
203:201, 2'  !| to$9$ urge the matter quite so$5#1$ far as his judgment might
203:201, 3'  !| have dictated to$4$ others. It was an alliance which$6#1$ he could
203:201, 4'  !| not have relinquished without pain$0$; and thus he reasoned.
203:201, 5@e   | $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was young enough to$9$ improve; ~ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
203:201, 6@e   | must and would improve in good society; and if
203:201, 7@e   | $MP#H$Maria could now speak so$5#1$ securely of her happiness with
203:201, 8@e   | him, speaking certainly without the prejudice, the blindness
203:201, 9@e   | of love$0$, she ought to$9$ be believed. Her feelings probably
203:201,10@e   | were not acute; he had never supposed them to$9$ be
203:201,11@e   | so$5#2$; but her comforts might not be less on$4$ that$6#2$ account$0$,
203:201,12@e   | and if she could dispense with seeing her husband a leading,
203:201,13@e   | shining character, there would certainly be every*thing else
203:201,14@e   | in her favour$0$. A well-disposed young woman, who$6#1$ did not
203:201,15@e   | marry for$4$ love$0$, was in general$0$ but the more attached to$4$ her
203:201,16@e   | own$2$ family, and the nearness of Sotherton to$4$ Mansfield
203:201,17@e   | must naturally hold$1$ out$5$ the greatest temptation, and
203:201,18@e   | would, in all probability, be a continual supply$0$ of the most
203:201,19@e   | amiable and innocent enjoyments.
203:201,19'  !| Such and such-like
203:201,20'  !| were the reasonings of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas ~ happy to$9$ escape$1$ the
203:201,21'  !| embarrassing evils of a rupture, the wonder$0$, the reflections,
203:201,22'  !| the reproach$0$ that$6#1$ must attend it, happy to$9$ secure$1$
203:201,23'  !| a marriage which$6#1$ would bring him such an addition
203:201,24'  !| of respectability and influence$0$, and very happy to$9$ think
203:201,25'  !| any*thing of his daughter's disposition that$6#1$ was most
203:201,26'  !| favourable for$4$ the purpose.
203:201,27'  !| To$4$ her the conference closed as satisfactorily as to$4$ him.
203:201,28'  !| She was in a state$0$ of mind$0$ to$9$ be glad
203:201,28@h   | that$3$ she had secured
203:201,29@h   | her fate beyond$4$ recall$0$ ~ that$3$ she had pledged herself anew
203:201,30@h   | to$4$ Sotherton ~ that$3$ she was safe from the possibility of
203:201,31@h   | giving $MP#D$Crawford the triumph$0$ of governing her actions, and
203:201,32@h   | destroying her prospects;
203:201,32'  !| and retired in proud resolve$0$,
203:201,33@h   | determined$2$ only to$9$ behave more cautiously to$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
203:201,34@h   | in future, that$3$ her father might not be again
203:201,35@h   | suspecting her.
203:201,36'  !| Had $MP#E$Sir*Thomas applied to$4$ his daughter within the first
203:201,37'  !| three or four days after$4$ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford's leaving Mansfield,
203:201,38'  !| before$3$ her feelings were at all tranquillized, before$3$
203:202, 1'  !| she had given up every hope$0$ of him, or absolutely resolved
203:202, 2'  !| on$4$ enduring his rival, her answer$0$ might have been different;
203:202, 3'  !| but after$4$ another three or four days, when there was no$2$
203:202, 4'  !| return$0$, no$2$ letter, no$2$ message ~ no$2$ symptom of a softened
203:202, 5'  !| heart ~ no$2$ hope$0$ of advantage from separation ~ her mind$0$
203:202, 6'  !| became cool$2$ enough to$9$ seek all the comfort$0$ that$6#1$ pride and
203:202, 7'  !| self-revenge could give.
203:202, 8@h   | $MP#D$Henry*Crawford had destroyed her happiness, but he
203:202, 9@h   | should not know that$3$ he had done it; he should not
203:202,10@h   | destroy her credit$0$, her appearance, her prosperity too$5#2$.
203:202,11@h   | He should not have to$9$ think of her as pining in the retirement
203:202,12@h   | of Mansfield for$4$ \him\, rejecting Sotherton and London,
203:202,13@h   | independence and splendour for$4$ \his\ sake. Independence
203:202,14@h   | was more needful than ever; the want$0$ of it at Mansfield
203:202,15@h   | more sensibly felt. She was less and less able to$9$ endure the
203:202,16@h   | restraint which$6#1$ her father imposed. The liberty which$6#1$ his
203:202,17@h   | absence had given was now become absolutely necessary.
203:202,18@h   | She must escape$1$ from him and Mansfield as soon as
203:202,19@h   | possible, and find consolation in fortune and consequence,
203:202,20@h   | bustle$0$ and the world, for$4$ a wounded spirit.
203:202,20'  !| Her mind$0$ was
203:202,21'  !| quite determined$2$ and varied not.
203:202,22'  !| To$4$ such feelings, delay$0$, even$5$ the delay$0$ of much preparation,
203:202,23'  !| would have been an evil, and $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth could
203:202,24'  !| hardly be more impatient for$4$ the marriage than herself.
203:202,25'  !| In all the important preparations of the mind$0$ she was
203:202,26'  !| complete$2$; being$1$ prepared for$4$ matrimony by$4$ an hatred of
203:202,27'  !| home, restraint, and tranquillity; by$4$ the misery of disappointed
203:202,28'  !| affection, and contempt of the man she was to$9$
203:202,29'  !| marry. The rest$0#1$ might wait. The preparations of new
203:202,30'  !| carriages and furniture might wait for$4$ London and spring$0$,
203:202,31'  !| when her own$2$ taste could have fairer play$0$.
203:202,32'  !| The principals being$1$ all agreed in this respect$0$, it soon
203:202,33'  !| appeared that$3$ a very few weeks would be sufficient for$4$
203:202,34'  !| such arrangements as must precede the wedding.
203:202,35'  !| $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth was quite ready to$9$ retire, and make$1$ way
203:202,36'  !| for$4$ the fortunate young woman whom$6#1$ her dear$2#1$ son had
203:202,37'  !| selected; ~ and very early in November removed herself,
203:202,38'  !| her maid, her footman, and her chariot, with true dowager
203:203, 1'  !| propriety, to$4$ Bath$0#1$ ~ there to$9$ parade$1$ over the wonders$0$
203:203, 2'  !| of Sotherton in her evening-parties ~ enjoying them as
203:203, 3'  !| thoroughly perhaps in the animation of a card-table as she
203:203, 4'  !| had ever done on$4$ the spot ~ and before$4$ the middle of the
203:203, 5'  !| same month the ceremony had taken place$0$, which$6#1$ gave
203:203, 6'  !| Sotherton another mistress.
203:203, 7'  !| It was a very proper wedding. The bride was elegantly
203:203, 8'  !| dressed ~ the two bridemaids were duly inferior ~ her father
203:203, 9'  !| gave her away ~ her mother stood with salts in her hand$0$,
203:203,10'  !| expecting to$9$ be agitated ~ her aunt tried to$9$ cry$1$ ~ and the
203:203,11'  !| service was impressively read by$4$ $MP#M$Dr%*Grant. Nothing
203:203,12'  !| could be objected to$4$ when it came under the discussion of
203:203,13'  !| the neighbourhood, except that$3$ the carriage which$6#1$ conveyed
203:203,14'  !| the bride and bridegroom and $MP#I$Julia from the church
203:203,15'  !| door to$4$ Sotherton, was the same chaise which$6#1$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
203:203,16'  !| had used$1#1$ for$4$ a twelvemonth before$5$. In every*thing
203:203,17'  !| else the etiquette of the day might stand$1$ the strictest
203:203,18'  !| investigation.
203:203,19'  !| It was done, and they were gone. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas felt as an
203:203,20'  !| anxious father must feel, and was indeed experiencing
203:203,21'  !| much of the agitation which$6#1$ his wife had been apprehensive
203:203,22'  !| of for$4$ herself, but had fortunately escaped. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
203:203,23'  !| most happy to$9$ assist in the duties of the day, by$4$ spending it
203:203,24'  !| at the Park to$9$ support$1$ her sister's spirits, and drinking the
203:203,25'  !| health of $MP#U$Mr% and $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth in a supernumerary
203:203,26'  !| glass or two, was all joyous delight$0$ ~ for$3$
203:203,26@j   | she had made the
203:203,27@j   | match$0$ ~ she had done every*thing ~
203:203,27'  !| and no*one would have
203:203,28'  !| supposed, from her confident triumph$0$, that$3$ she had ever
203:203,29'  !| heard of conjugal infelicity in her life, or could have the
203:203,30'  !| smallest insight into the disposition of the niece who$6#1$ had
203:203,31'  !| been brought up under her eye.
203:203,32'  !| The plan of the young couple was to$9$ proceed after$4$ a few
203:203,33'  !| days to$4$ Brighton, and take a house there for$4$ some weeks.
203:203,34'  !| Every public$2$ place$0$ was new to$4$ $MP#H$Maria, and Brighton is
203:203,35'  !| almost as gay in winter as in summer. When the novelty
203:203,36'  !| of amusement there were over, it would be time for$4$ the
203:203,37'  !| wider range$0$ of London.
203:203,38'  !| $MP#I$Julia was to$9$ go with them to$4$ Brighton. Since rivalry
203:204, 1'  !| between the sisters had ceased, they had been gradually
203:204, 2'  !| recovering much of their former good understanding$0$; and
203:204, 3'  !| were at least sufficiently friends to$9$ make$1$ each of them
203:204, 4'  !| exceedingly glad to$9$ be with the other at such a time.
203:204, 5'  !| Some other companion than $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was of the
203:204, 6'  !| first consequence to$4$ his lady, and $MP#I$Julia was quite as eager
203:204, 7'  !| for$4$ novelty and pleasure as $MP#H$Maria, though she might not
203:204, 8'  !| have struggled through$4$ so$5#1$ much to$9$ obtain them, and could
203:204, 9'  !| better$9$ bear$1$ a subordinate situation.
203:204,10'  !| Their departure made another material$2$ change$0$ at Mansfield,
203:204,11'  !| a chasm which$6#1$ required some time to$9$ fill up. The
203:204,12'  !| family circle became greatly contracted, and though the
203:204,13'  !| $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams had latterly added little to$4$ its gaiety, they
203:204,14'  !| could not but be missed. Even$5$ their mother missed
203:204,15'  !| them ~ and how much more their tender-hearted cousin,
203:204,16'  !| who$6#1$ wandered about$4$ the house, and thought$1$ of them,
203:204,17'  !| and felt for$4$ them, with a degree of affectionate regret$0$ which$6#1$
203:204,18'  !| they had never done much to$9$ deserve|
204:205, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's consequence increased on$4$ the departure of her
204:205, 2'  !| cousins. Becoming$1$ as she then did, the only young woman
204:205, 3'  !| in the drawing-room, the only occupier of that$6#2$ interesting
204:205, 4'  !| division of a family in which$6#1$ she had hitherto held so$5#1$
204:205, 5'  !| humble$2$ a third, it was impossible for$4$ her not to$9$ be more
204:205, 6'  !| looked at, more thought$1$ of and attended to$4$, than she had
204:205, 7'  !| ever been before$5$; and
204:205, 7X  !| "where is $MP#A$Fanny?"
204:205, 7'  !| became no$2$
204:205, 8'  !| uncommon question$0$, even$5$ without her being$1$ wanted for$4$
204:205, 9'  !| any*one's convenience.
204:205,10'  !| Not only at home did her value$0$ increase$0$, but at the
204:205,11'  !| Parsonage too$5#2$. In that$6#2$ house which$6#1$ she had hardly entered
204:205,12'  !| twice a year since $MP#ZY$Mr%*Norris's death, she became a welcome$2$,
204:205,13'  !| an invited guest; and in the gloom and dirt of
204:205,14'  !| a November day, most acceptable to$4$ $MP#C$Mary*Crawford.
204:205,15'  !| Her visits there, beginning$1$ by$4$ chance$0$, were continued by$4$
204:205,16'  !| solicitation. $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, really eager to$9$ get any change$0$ for$4$
204:205,17'  !| her sister, could by$4$ the easiest self-deceit persuade herself
204:205,18'  !| that$3$
204:205,18@n   | she was doing the kindest thing by$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and giving
204:205,19@n   | her the most important opportunities of improvement in
204:205,20@n   | pressing her frequent calls$0$.
204:205,21'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, having been sent into the village on$4$ some errand
204:205,22'  !| by$4$ her aunt $MP#J$Norris, was overtaken by$4$ a heavy shower close$9$
204:205,23'  !| to$4$ the Parsonage, and being$1$ descried from one of the
204:205,24'  !| windows endeavouring to$9$ find shelter under the branches
204:205,25'  !| and lingering leaves$0$ of an oak just$9$ beyond$4$ their premises,
204:205,26'  !| was forced, though not without some modest reluctance on$4$
204:205,27'  !| her part$0$, to$9$ come in. A civil servant she had withstood;
204:205,28'  !| but when $MP#M$Dr%*Grant himself went out$5$ with an umbrella,
204:205,29'  !| there was nothing to$9$ be done but to$9$ be very much ashamed
204:205,30'  !| and to$9$ get into the house as fast as possible; and to$4$ poor
204:205,31'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
204:205,31@c   | who$6#1$ had just$2$ been contemplating the
204:205,32@c   | dismal rain$0$ in a very desponding state$0$ of mind$0$, sighing
204:205,33@c   | over the ruin$0$ of all her plan of exercise$0$ for$4$ that$6#2$ morning,
204:206, 1@c   | and of every chance$0$ of seeing a single creature beyond$4$
204:206, 2@c   | themselves for$4$ the next twenty-four hours; the sound$0$ of
204:206, 3@c   | a little bustle$0$ at the front$2$ door, and the sight of $MP#A$Miss*Price
204:206, 4@c   | dripping with wet$0$ in the vestibule, was delightful.
204:206, 4'  !| The
204:206, 5'  !| value$0$ of an event on$4$ a wet$2$ day in the country, was most
204:206, 6'  !| forcibly brought before$4$ her. She was all alive again directly,
204:206, 7'  !| and among the most active in being$1$ useful to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, in
204:206, 8'  !| detecting her to$9$ be wetter than she would at first allow, and
204:206, 9'  !| providing her with dry$2$ clothes; and $MP#A$Fanny, after$4$ being$1$
204:206,10'  !| obliged to$9$ submit to$4$ all this attention, and to$4$ being$1$ assisted
204:206,11'  !| and waited on$5$ by$4$ mistresses and maids, being$1$ also obliged
204:206,12'  !| on$4$ returning down*stairs, to$9$ be fixed in their drawing-room
204:206,13'  !| for$4$ an hour while$9$ the rain$0$ continued, the blessing of something
204:206,14'  !| fresh to$9$ see and think of was thus extended to$4$
204:206,15'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, and might carry on$5$ her spirits to$4$ the period
204:206,16'  !| of dressing and dinner.
204:206,17'  !| The two sisters were so$5#1$ kind$2$ to$4$ her and so$5#1$ pleasant,
204:206,18'  !| that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny might have enjoyed her visit$0$
204:206,18@a   | could she have
204:206,19@a   | believed herself not in the way, and could she have foreseen
204:206,20@a   | that$3$ the weather would certainly clear$1$ at the end$0$ of the
204:206,21@a   | hour, and save$1$ her from the shame$0$ of having $MP#M$Dr%*Grant's
204:206,22@a   | carriage and horses out$5$ to$9$ take her home, with which$6#1$ she
204:206,23@a   | was threatened. As to$4$ anxiety for$4$ any alarm$0$ that$6#1$ her
204:206,24@a   | absence in such weather might occasion$1$ at home, she had
204:206,25@a   | nothing to$9$ suffer on$4$ that$6#2$ score; for$3$ as her being$1$ out$5$ was
204:206,26@a   | known only to$4$ her two aunts, she was perfectly aware that$3$
204:206,27@a   | none would be felt, and that$3$ in whatever cottage aunt
204:206,28@a   | $MP#J$Norris might chuse to$9$ establish her during the rain$0$,
204:206,29@a   | her being$1$ in such cottage would be indubitable to$4$ aunt
204:206,30@a   | $MP#F$Bertram.
204:206,31'  !| It was beginning$1$ to$9$ look$1$ brighter, when $MP#A$Fanny, observing
204:206,32'  !| a harp in the room, asked some questions about$4$ it, which$6#1$
204:206,33'  !| soon led to$4$ an acknowledgment of her wishing very much
204:206,34'  !| to$9$ hear it, and a confession, which$6#1$ could hardly be believed,
204:206,35'  !| of her having never yet heard it since its being$1$ in Mansfield.
204:206,36'  !| To$4$ $MP#A$Fanny herself
204:206,36@a   | it appeared a very simple$2$ and natural$2$
204:206,37@a   | circumstance. She had scarcely ever been at the Parsonage
204:206,38@a   | since the instrument's arrival, there had been no$2$ reason$0$
204:207, 1@a   | that$3$ she should;
204:207, 1'  !| but $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, calling to$4$ mind$0$ an
204:207, 2'  !| early-expressed wish$0$ on$4$ the subject$0$, was concerned at her
204:207, 3'  !| own$2$ neglect$0$; ~ and
204:207, 3C  !| "shall I play$0$ to$4$ you now?" ~
204:207, 3'  !| and
204:207, 4C  !| "what$6#2$ will$1$ you have?"
204:207, 4'  !| were questions immediately
204:207, 5'  !| following with the readiest good*humour.
204:207, 6'  !| She played accordingly;
204:207, 6@c   | happy to$9$ have a new listener,
204:207, 7@c   | and a listener who$6#1$ seemed so$5#1$ much obliged, so$5#1$ full of
204:207, 8@c   | wonder$0$ at the performance, and who$6#1$ shewed herself not
204:207, 9@c   | wanting in taste.
204:207, 9'  !| She played till $MP#A$Fanny's eyes, straying
204:207,10'  !| to$4$ the window on$4$ the weather's being$1$ evidently fair, spoke
204:207,11'  !| what$6#1$ she felt must be done.
204:207,12C  !| "Another quarter$0#1$ of an hour,"
204:207,12'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
204:207,13C  !| "and we shall see how it will$1$ be. Do not run$1$ away
204:207,14C  !| the first moment of its holding up. Those clouds look$1$
204:207,15C  !| alarming."
204:207,16A  !| "But they are passed over,"
204:207,16'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny. ~
204:207,16A  !| "I have been
204:207,17A  !| watching them. ~ This weather is all from the south."
204:207,18C  !| "South or north, I know a black cloud$0$ when I see it;
204:207,19C  !| and you must not set$1$ forward$2$ while$9$ it is so$5#1$ threatening.
204:207,20C  !| And besides, I want$1$ to$9$ play$1$ something more to$4$ you ~ a very
204:207,21C  !| pretty$2$ piece ~ and your cousin $MP#B$Edmund's prime favourite$0$.
204:207,22C  !| You must stay$1$ and hear your cousin's favourite$0$."
204:207,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny felt that$3$ she must; and though she had not
204:207,24'  !| waited for$4$ that$6#2$ sentence to$9$ be thinking of $MP#B$Edmund,
204:207,24@a   | such
204:207,25@a   | a memento made her particularly awake$2$ to$4$ his idea, and
204:207,26@a   | she fancied him sitting$1$ in that$6#2$ room again and again,
204:207,27@a   | perhaps in the very spot where she sat now, listening with
204:207,28@a   | constant delight$0$ to$4$ the favourite$2$ air, played, as it appeared
204:207,29@a   | to$4$ her, with superior$2$ tone and expression;
204:207,29'  !| and though
204:207,30'  !| pleased with it herself, and glad to$9$ like$1$ whatever was liked
204:207,31'  !| by$4$ him, she was more sincerely impatient to$9$ go away at the
204:207,32'  !| conclusion of it than she had been before$5$; and on$4$ this
204:207,33'  !| being$1$ evident, she was so$5#1$ kindly asked to$9$ call$1$ again, to$9$ take
204:207,34'  !| them in her walk$0$ whenever she could, to$9$ come and hear
204:207,35'  !| more of the harp, that$3$ she felt it necessary to$9$ be done, if no$2$
204:207,36'  !| objection arose at home.
204:207,37'  !| Such was the origin of the sort of intimacy which$6#1$ took
204:207,38'  !| place$0$ between them within the first fortnight after$4$ the
204:208, 1'  !| $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams' going away, an intimacy resulting principally
204:208, 2'  !| from $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's desire$0$ of something new, and
204:208, 3'  !| which$6#1$ had little reality in $MP#A$Fanny's feelings. $MP#A$Fanny went
204:208, 4'  !| to$4$ her every two or three days;
204:208, 4@a   | it seemed a kind$0$ of fascination;
204:208, 5@a   | she could not be easy without going, and yet it was
204:208, 6@a   | without loving her, without ever thinking like$9$ her, without
204:208, 7@a   | any sense of obligation for$4$ being$1$ sought after$3$ now when
204:208, 8@a   | nobody else was to$9$ be had; and deriving no$2$ higher pleasure
204:208, 9@a   | from her conversation than occasional amusement,
204:208,10@a   | and \that$6#2$\ often at the expense of her judgment, when it
204:208,11@a   | was raised by$4$ pleasantry on$4$ people or subjects which$6#1$ she
204:208,12@a   | wished to$9$ be respected.
204:208,12'  !| She went however, and they
204:208,13'  !| sauntered about$5$ together many an half hour in $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's
204:208,14'  !| shrubbery, the weather being$1$ unusually mild for$4$ the time
204:208,15'  !| of year; and venturing sometimes even$5$ to$9$ sit down$5$ on$4$ one
204:208,16'  !| of the benches now comparatively unsheltered, remaining
204:208,17'  !| there perhaps till in the midst of some tender$2$ ejaculation
204:208,18'  !| of $MP#A$Fanny's, on$4$ the sweets of so$5#1$ protracted an autumn, they
204:208,19'  !| were forced by$4$ the sudden$2$ swell of a cold$2$ gust shaking
204:208,20'  !| down$5$ the last$2$ few yellow leaves$0$ about$4$ them, to$9$ jump up
204:208,21'  !| and walk$1$ for$4$ warmth.
204:208,22A  !| "This is pretty$2$ ~ very pretty$2$,"
204:208,22'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, looking
204:208,23'  !| around$4$ her as they were thus sitting$1$ together one day:
204:208,24A  !| "Every time I come into this shrubbery I am more struck
204:208,25A  !| with its growth and beauty. Three years ago, this was
204:208,26A  !| nothing but a rough hedgerow along$4$ the upper side$0$ of the
204:208,27A  !| field, never thought$1$ of as any*thing, or capable of becoming$1$
204:208,28A  !| any*thing; and now it is converted into a walk$0$, and
204:208,29A  !| it would be difficult to$9$ say whether most valuable as
204:208,30A  !| a convenience or an ornament; and perhaps in another
204:208,31A  !| three years we may$1$ be forgetting ~ almost forgetting what$6#1$
204:208,32A  !| it was before$5$. How wonderful, how very wonderful the
204:208,33A  !| operations of time, and the changes$0$ of the human mind$0$|"
204:208,34'  !| And following the latter train of thought$0$, she soon afterwards
204:208,35'  !| added:
204:208,35A  !| "If any one faculty of our nature may$1$ be
204:208,36A  !| called \more\ wonderful than the rest$0#1$, I do think it is
204:208,37A  !| memory. There seems something more speakingly incomprehensible
204:208,38A  !| in the powers, the failures, the inequalities
204:209, 1A  !| of memory, than in any other of our intelligences. The
204:209, 2A  !| memory is sometimes so$5#1$ retentive, so$5#1$ serviceable, so$5#1$
204:209, 3A  !| obedient ~ at others, so$5#1$ bewildered and so$5#1$ weak ~ and at
204:209, 4A  !| others again, so$5#1$ tyrannic, so$5#1$ beyond$4$ controul| ~ We are
204:209, 5A  !| to$9$ be sure a miracle every way ~ but our powers of recollecting
204:209, 6A  !| and of forgetting, do seem peculiarly past$9$ finding
204:209, 7A  !| out$5$."
204:209, 8'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, untouched and inattentive, had nothing
204:209, 9'  !| to$9$ say; and $MP#A$Fanny, perceiving it, brought back$5$ her own$2$
204:209,10'  !| mind$0$ to$4$ what$6#1$ she thought$1$ must interest$1$.
204:209,11A  !| "It may$1$ seem impertinent in \me\ to$9$ praise$1$, but I must
204:209,12A  !| admire the taste $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant has shewn in all this. There
204:209,13A  !| is such a quiet$2$ simplicity in the plan of the walk$0$| ~ not
204:209,14A  !| too$5#1$ much attempted|"
204:209,15C  !| "Yes,"
204:209,15'  !| replied $MP#C$Miss*Crawford carelessly,
204:209,15C  !| "it does very
204:209,16C  !| well$9$ for$4$ a place$0$ of this sort. One does not think of extent
204:209,17C  !| \here\ ~ and between ourselves, till I came to$4$ Mansfield, I
204:209,18C  !| had not imagined a country parson ever aspired to$4$ a
204:209,19C  !| shrubbery or any*thing of the kind$0$."
204:209,20A  !| "I am so$5#1$ glad to$9$ see the evergreens thrive|"
204:209,20'  !| said
204:209,21'  !| $MP#A$Fanny in reply$0$.
204:209,21A  !| "My uncle's gardener always says the
204:209,22A  !| soil here is better$9$ than his own$2$, and so$5#2$ it appears from
204:209,23A  !| the growth of the laurels and evergreens in general$0$. ~ The
204:209,24A  !| evergreen| ~ How beautiful, how welcome$2$, how wonderful
204:209,25A  !| the evergreen| ~ When one thinks of it, how astonishing
204:209,26A  !| a variety of nature| ~ In some countries we know the
204:209,27A  !| tree that$6#1$ sheds its leaf is the variety, but that$6#2$ does not
204:209,28A  !| make$1$ it less amazing, that$3$ the same soil and the same sun
204:209,29A  !| should nurture plants differing in the first rule and law
204:209,30A  !| of their existence. You will$1$ think me rhapsodizing; but
204:209,31A  !| when I am out$8$ of doors, especially when I am sitting$1$ out$8$
204:209,32A  !| of doors, I am very apt to$9$ get into this sort of wondering
204:209,33A  !| strain. One cannot fix one's eyes on$4$ the commonest
204:209,34A  !| natural$2$ production without finding food for$4$ a rambling
204:209,35A  !| fancy$0$."
204:209,36C  !| "To$9$ say the truth,"
204:209,36'  !| replied $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
204:209,36C  !| "I am
204:209,37C  !| something like$9$ the famous Doge at the court$0$ of $MP#Z1$Lewis*XIV;
204:209,38C  !| and may$1$ declare that$3$ I see no$2$ wonder$0$ in this shrubbery
204:210, 1C  !| equal$2$ to$4$ seeing myself in it. If any*body had told me
204:210, 2C  !| a year ago that$3$ this place$0$ would be my home, that$3$ I
204:210, 3C  !| should be spending month after$4$ month here, as I have
204:210, 4C  !| done, I certainly should not have believed them| ~ I have
204:210, 5C  !| now been here nearly five months| and moreover the
204:210, 6C  !| quietest five months I ever passed."
204:210, 7A  !| "\Too$5#1$\ quiet$2$ for$4$ you I believe."
204:210, 8C  !| "I should have thought$1$ so$5#2$ \theoretically\ myself, but"
204:210, 9'  !| ~ and her eyes brightened as she spoke ~
204:210, 9C  !| "take it all and
204:210,10C  !| all, I never spent so$5#1$ happy a summer. ~ But then" ~
204:210,11'  !| with a more thoughtful air and lowered voice ~
204:210,11C  !| "there
204:210,12C  !| is no$2$ saying what$6#1$ it may$1$ lead$1$ to$4$."
204:210,13'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's heart beat quick$2$, and she felt quite unequal
204:210,14'  !| to$4$ surmising or soliciting any*thing more. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
204:210,15'  !| however, with renewed animation, soon went on$5$:
204:210,16C  !| "I am conscious of being$1$ far better$9$ reconciled to$4$ a
204:210,17C  !| country residence than I had ever expected$1$ to$9$ be. I can
204:210,18C  !| even$5$ suppose it pleasant to$9$ spend \half\ the year in the
204:210,19C  !| country, under certain circumstances ~ very pleasant.
204:210,20C  !| An elegant, moderate-sized house in the centre$0$ of family
204:210,21C  !| connections ~ continual engagements among them ~ commanding
204:210,22C  !| the first society in the neighbourhood ~ looked-up
204:210,23C  !| to$4$ perhaps as leading it even$5$ more than those of larger
204:210,24C  !| fortune, and turning$1$ from the cheerful round$0$ of such
204:210,25C  !| amusements to$4$ nothing worse than a te~te-a`-te~te with the
204:210,26C  !| person one feels most agreeable in the world. There is
204:210,27C  !| nothing frightful in such a picture$0$, is there, $MP#A$Miss*Price?
204:210,28C  !| One need$1$ not envy$1$ the new $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth with such
204:210,29C  !| a home as \that$6#2$\?"
204:210,29A  !| "Envy$1$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth|"
204:210,29'  !| was all that$6#1$
204:210,30'  !| $MP#A$Fanny attempted to$9$ say.
204:210,30C  !| "Come, come, it would be very
204:210,31C  !| unhandsome in us to$9$ be severe on$4$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth, for$3$ I
204:210,32C  !| look$1$ forward$2$ to$4$ our owing her a great many gay, brilliant,
204:210,33C  !| happy hours. I expect we shall be all very much at
204:210,34C  !| Sotherton another year. Such a match$0$ as $MP#H$Miss*Bertram
204:210,35C  !| has made is a public$2$ blessing, for$3$ the first pleasures of
204:210,36C  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's wife must be to$9$ fill her house, and give
204:210,37C  !| the best balls in the country."
204:210,38'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was silent ~ and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford relapsed into
204:211, 1'  !| thoughtfulness, till suddenly looking up at the end$0$ of
204:211, 2'  !| a few minutes, she exclaimed,
204:211, 2C  !| "Ah| here he is."
204:211, 2'  !| It was
204:211, 3'  !| not $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, however, but $MP#B$Edmund, who$6#1$ then
204:211, 4'  !| appeared walking towards them with $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant.
204:211, 4C  !| "My
204:211, 5C  !| sister and $MP#B$Mr%*Bertram ~ I am so$5#1$ glad your eldest cousin
204:211, 6C  !| is gone that$3$ he \may$1$\ be $MP#B$Mr%*Bertram again. There is
204:211, 7C  !| something in the sound$0$ of $MP#B$Mr%*\Edmund\*Bertram so$5#1$ formal,
204:211, 8C  !| so$5#1$ pitiful, so$5#1$ younger-brother-like, that$3$ I detest it."
204:211, 9A  !| "How differently we feel|"
204:211, 9'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny.
204:211, 9A  !| "To$4$ me, the
204:211,10A  !| sound$0$ of $MP#B$\Mr\%*Bertram is so$5#1$ cold$2$ and nothing-meaning ~
204:211,11A  !| so$5#1$ entirely without warmth or character| ~ It just$9$ stands
204:211,12A  !| for$4$ a gentleman, and that's all. But there is nobleness
204:211,13A  !| in the name$0$ of $MP#B$Edmund. It is a name$0$ of heroism and
204:211,14A  !| renown ~ of kings, princes, and knights; and seems to$9$
204:211,15A  !| breathe the spirit of chivalry and warm$2$ affections."
204:211,16C  !| "I grant you the name$0$ is good in itself, and $MP#B$\Lord\*Edmund
204:211,17C  !| or $MP#B$\Sir\*Edmund sound$1$ delightfully; but sink it
204:211,18C  !| under the chill, the annihilation of a Mr% ~ and $MP#B$Mr%*Edmund
204:211,19C  !| is no$2$ more than $MP#X$Mr%*John or $MP#X$Mr%*Thomas. Well$7$, shall we
204:211,20C  !| join and disappoint them of half their lecture upon sitting$1$
204:211,21C  !| down$5$ out$8$ of doors at this time of year, by$4$ being$1$ up before$3$
204:211,22C  !| they can begin?"
204:211,23'  !| $MP#B$Edmund met them with particular pleasure. It was
204:211,24'  !| the first time of his seeing them together since the beginning$0$
204:211,25'  !| of that$6#2$ better$9$ acquaintance which$6#1$ he had been hearing
204:211,26'  !| of with great satisfaction. A friendship between two
204:211,27'  !| so$5#1$ very dear$2#1$ to$4$ him was exactly what$6#1$ he could have wished;
204:211,28'  !| and to$4$ the credit$0$ of the lover's understanding$0$ be it stated,
204:211,29'  !| that$3$ he did not by$4$ any means$0$ consider $MP#A$Fanny as the only,
204:211,30'  !| or even$5$ as the greater gainer by$4$ such a friendship.
204:211,31C  !| "Well$7$,"
204:211,31'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
204:211,31C  !| "and do not you scold us
204:211,32C  !| for$4$ our imprudence? What$6#2$ do you think we have been
204:211,33C  !| sitting$1$ down$5$ for$4$ but to$9$ be talked to$4$ about$4$ it, and entreated
204:211,34C  !| and supplicated never to$9$ do so$5#2$ again?"
204:211,35B  !| "Perhaps I might have scolded,"
204:211,35'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
204:211,35B  !| "if
204:211,36B  !| either of you had been sitting$1$ down$5$ alone; but while$9$ you
204:211,37B  !| do wrong$0$ together I can overlook a great deal$0#2$."
204:211,38N  !| "They cannot have been sitting$1$ long$9$,"
204:211,38'  !| cried $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant,
204:212, 1N  !| "for$3$ when I went up for$4$ my shawl I saw them
204:212, 2N  !| from the staircase window, and then they were walking."
204:212, 3B  !| "And really,"
204:212, 3'  !| added $MP#B$Edmund,
204:212, 3B  !| "the day is so$5#1$ mild,
204:212, 4B  !| that$3$ your sitting$1$ down$5$ for$4$ a few minutes can be hardly
204:212, 5B  !| thought$1$ imprudent. Our weather must not always be
204:212, 6B  !| judged by$4$ the Calendar. We may$1$ sometimes take greater
204:212, 7B  !| liberties in November than in May$0$."
204:212, 8C  !| "Upon my word,"
204:212, 8'  !| cried $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
204:212, 8C  !| "you are two
204:212, 9C  !| of the most disappointing and unfeeling kind$2$ friends I ever
204:212,10C  !| met with| There is no$2$ giving you a moment's uneasiness.
204:212,11C  !| You do not know how much we have been suffering, nor
204:212,12C  !| what$6#1$ chills we have felt| But I have long$9$ thought$1$ $MP#B$Mr%*Bertram
204:212,13C  !| one of the worst subjects to$9$ work$1$ on$4$, in any little
204:212,14C  !| mano*euvre against common$2$ sense, that$6#1$ a woman could be
204:212,15C  !| plagued with. I had very little hope$0$ of \him\ from the
204:212,16C  !| first; but you, $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, my sister, my own$2$ sister, I
204:212,17C  !| think I had a right$0$ to$9$ alarm$1$ you a little."
204:212,18N  !| "Do not flatter yourself, my dearest $MP#C$Mary. You have
204:212,19N  !| not the smallest chance$0$ of moving me. I have my alarms,
204:212,20N  !| but they are quite in a different quarter$0#2$: and if I could
204:212,21N  !| have altered the weather, you would have had a good
204:212,22N  !| sharp east wind blowing on$4$ you the whole$2$ time ~ for$3$ here
204:212,23N  !| are some of my plants which$6#1$ $MP#ZZE$Robert \will$1$\ leave$1$ out$5$
204:212,23N  !| because
204:212,24N  !| the nights are so$5#1$ mild, and I know the end$0$ of it will$1$ be
204:212,25N  !| that$3$ we shall have a sudden$2$ change$0$ of weather, a hard
204:212,26N  !| frost setting in all at once, taking every*body (at least
204:212,27N  !| $MP#ZZE$Robert) by$4$ surprize$0$, and I shall lose every one; and what$6#1$
204:212,28N  !| is worse, cook has just$9$ been telling me that$3$ the turkey,
204:212,29N  !| which$6#1$ I particularly wished not to$9$ be dressed till Sunday,
204:212,30N  !| because I know how much more $MP#M$Dr%*Grant would enjoy
204:212,31N  !| it on$4$ Sunday after$4$ the fatigues$0$ of the day, will$1$ not keep
204:212,32N  !| beyond$4$ to-morrow. These are something like$9$ grievances,
204:212,33N  !| and make$1$ me think the weather most unseasonably close$9$."
204:212,34C  !| "The sweets of housekeeping in a country village|"
204:212,35'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford archly.
204:212,35C  !| "Commend me to$4$ the nurseryman
204:212,36C  !| and the poulterer."
204:212,37N  !| "My dear$2#1$ child, commend $MP#M$Dr%*Grant to$4$ the deanery
204:212,38N  !| of Westminster or St%*Paul's, and I should be as glad of
204:213, 1N  !| your nurseryman and poulterer as you could be. But we
204:213, 2N  !| have no$2$ such people in Mansfield. What$6#2$ would you have
204:213, 3N  !| me do?"
204:213, 4C  !| "Oh| you can do nothing but what$6#1$ you do already;
204:213, 5C  !| be plagued very often and never lose your temper."
204:213, 6N  !| "Thank you ~ but there is no$2$ escaping these little vexations,
204:213, 7N  !| $MP#C$Mary, live where we may$1$; and when you are settled$1$
204:213, 8N  !| in town and I come to$9$ see you, I dare$1#2$ say I shall
204:213, 9N  !| find you with yours, in spite$8$ of the nurseryman and the
204:213,10N  !| poulterer ~ or perhaps on$4$ their very account$0$. Their
204:213,11N  !| remoteness and unpunctuality, or their exorbitant charges
204:213,12N  !| and frauds will$1$ be drawing forth bitter lamentations."
204:213,13C  !| "I mean$1$ to$9$ be too$5#1$ rich to$9$ lament or to$9$ feel any*thing
204:213,14C  !| of the sort. A large income is the best recipe= for$4$ happiness
204:213,15C  !| I ever heard of. It certainly may$1$ secure$1$ all the
204:213,16C  !| myrtle and turkey part$0$ of it."
204:213,17B  !| "You intend to$9$ be very rich,"
204:213,17'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund, with a look$0$
204:213,18'  !| which$6#1$, to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's eye, had a great deal$0#2$ of serious$2$ meaning$0$.
204:213,19C  !| "To$9$ be sure. Do not you? ~ Do not we all?"
204:213,20B  !| "I cannot intend any*thing which$6#1$ it must be so$5#1$ completely
204:213,21B  !| beyond$4$ my power to$9$ command$1$. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
204:213,22B  !| may$1$ chuse her degree of wealth. She has only to$9$ fix on$4$
204:213,23B  !| her number of thousands a year, and there can be no$2$
204:213,24B  !| doubt$0$ of their coming. My intentions are only not to$9$
204:213,25B  !| be poor."
204:213,26C  !| "By$4$ moderation and economy, and bringing down$5$ your
204:213,27C  !| wants$0$ to$4$ your income, and all that$6#2$. I understand you ~
204:213,28C  !| and a very proper plan it is for$4$ a person at your time of
204:213,29C  !| life, with such limited means$0$ and indifferent connections.
204:213,30C  !| ~ What$6#2$ can \you\ want$1$ but a decent maintenance? You
204:213,31C  !| have not much time before$4$ you; and your relations are
204:213,32C  !| in no$2$ situation to$9$ do any*thing for$4$ you, or to$9$ mortify you
204:213,33C  !| by$4$ the contrast of their own$2$ wealth and consequence.
204:213,34C  !| Be honest and poor, by$4$ all means$0$ ~ but I shall not envy$1$
204:213,35C  !| you; I do not much think I shall even$5$ respect$1$ you. I
204:213,36C  !| have a much greater respect$0$ for$4$ those that$6#1$ are honest and
204:213,37C  !| rich."
204:213,38B  !| "Your degree of respect$0$ for$4$ honesty, rich or poor, is
204:214, 1B  !| precisely what$6#1$ I have no$2$ manner of concern$0$ with. I do
204:214, 2B  !| not mean$1$ to$9$ be poor. Poverty is exactly what$6#1$ I have
204:214, 3B  !| determined$1$ against. Honesty, in the something between,
204:214, 4B  !| in the middle state$0$ of worldly circumstances, is all that$6#1$
204:214, 5B  !| I am anxious for$4$ your not looking down$5$ on$5$."
204:214, 6C  !| "But I do look$1$ down$5$ upon it, if it might have been
204:214, 7C  !| higher. I must look$1$ down$5$ upon any*thing contented
204:214, 8C  !| with obscurity when it might rise$1$ to$4$ distinction."
204:214, 9B  !| "But how may$1$ it rise$1$? ~ How may$1$ my honesty at
204:214,10B  !| least rise$1$ to$4$ any distinction?"
204:214,11'  !| This was not so$5#1$ very easy a question$0$ to$9$ answer$1$, and
204:214,12'  !| occasioned an
204:214,12C  !| "Oh|"
204:214,12'  !| of some length from the fair lady
204:214,13'  !| before$3$ she could add
204:214,13C  !| "You ought to$9$ be in parliament,
204:214,14C  !| or you should have gone into the army ten years ago."
204:214,15B  !| "\That$6#2$\ is not much to$4$ the purpose now; and as to$4$ my
204:214,16B  !| being$1$ in parliament, I believe I must wait till there is an
204:214,17B  !| especial assembly for$4$ the representation of younger sons
204:214,18B  !| who$6#1$ have little to$9$ live on$4$. No$7$, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,"
204:214,18'  !| he added,
204:214,19'  !| in a more serious$2$ tone,
204:214,19B  !| "there \are\ distinctions which$6#1$ I
204:214,20B  !| should be miserable if I thought$1$ myself without any
204:214,21B  !| chance$0$ ~ absolutely without chance$0$ or possibility of obtaining ~
204:214,22B  !| but they are of a different character."
204:214,23@a   | A look$0$ of consciousness as he spoke, and what$6#1$ seemed
204:214,24@a   | a consciousness of manner on$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's side$0$ as she
204:214,25@a   | made some laughing answer$0$, was sorrowful food for$4$
204:214,26@a   | $MP#A$Fanny's observation; and finding herself quite unable to$9$
204:214,27@a   | attend as she ought to$4$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, by$4$ whose$6#1$ side$0$ she was
204:214,28@a   | now following the others, she had nearly resolved on$4$
204:214,29@a   | going home immediately, and only waited for$4$ courage to$9$
204:214,30@a   | say so$5#2$, when the sound$0$ of the great clock at Mansfield*Park,
204:214,31@a   | striking three, made her feel that$3$ she had really
204:214,32@a   | been much longer absent than usual, and brought the
204:214,33@a   | previous self-inquiry of whether she should take leave$0$ or
204:214,34@a   | not just$9$ then, and how, to$4$ a very speedy issue$0$. With
204:214,35@a   | undoubting decision she directly began her adieus;
204:214,35'  !| and
204:214,36'  !| $MP#B$Edmund began at the same time to$9$ recollect,
204:214,36@b   | that$3$ his
204:214,37@b   | mother had been inquiring for$4$ her, and that$3$ he had walked
204:214,38@b   | down$5$ to$4$ the Parsonage on$4$ purpose to$9$ bring her back$5$.
204:215, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's hurry$0$ increased; and without in the least
204:215, 2'  !| expecting $MP#B$Edmund's attendance, she would have hastened
204:215, 3'  !| away alone; but the general$2$ pace$0$ was quickened, and
204:215, 4'  !| they all accompanied her into the house, through$4$ which$6#1$
204:215, 5'  !| it was necessary to$9$ pass$1$. $MP#M$Dr%*Grant was in the vestibule,
204:215, 6'  !| and as they stopt to$9$ speak to$4$ him, she found from $MP#B$Edmund's
204:215, 7'  !| manner that$3$ he \did\ mean$1$ to$9$ go with her. ~
204:215, 7@a   | He too$5#2$
204:215, 8@a   | was taking leave$0$. ~ She could not but be thankful. ~
204:215, 8'  !| In
204:215, 9'  !| the moment of parting, $MP#B$Edmund was invited by$4$ $MP#M$Dr%*Grant
204:215,10'  !| to$4$ eat his mutton with him the next day; and
204:215,11'  !| $MP#A$Fanny had barely time for$4$ an unpleasant feeling$0$ on$4$ the
204:215,12'  !| occasion$0$, when $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, with sudden$2$ recollection,
204:215,13'  !| turned to$4$ her and asked for$4$ the pleasure of her company
204:215,14'  !| too$5#2$. This was so$5#1$ new an attention, so$5#1$ perfectly new a
204:215,15'  !| circumstance in the events of $MP#A$Fanny's life, that$3$ she was
204:215,16'  !| all surprize$0$ and embarrassment;
204:215,16@a   | and while$9$ stammering
204:215,17@a   | out$5$ her great obligation, and her ~
204:215,17A  !| "but she did not suppose
204:215,18A  !| it would be in her power,"
204:215,18'  !| was looking at $MP#B$Edmund
204:215,19'  !| for$4$ his opinion and help$0$. ~ But $MP#B$Edmund,
204:215,19@b   | delighted with
204:215,20@b   | her having such an happiness offered, and ascertaining
204:215,21@b   | with half a look$0$, and half a sentence, that$3$ she had no$2$
204:215,22@b   | objection but on$4$ her aunt's account$0$, could not imagine
204:215,23@b   | that$3$ his mother would make$1$ any difficulty of sparing her,
204:215,24@b   | and therefore gave his decided$2$ open$2$ advice that$3$ the invitation
204:215,25@b   | should be accepted;
204:215,25'  !| and though $MP#A$Fanny would not
204:215,26'  !| venture, even$5$ on$4$ his encouragement, to$4$ such a flight of
204:215,27'  !| audacious independence, it was soon settled$1$ that$3$ if nothing
204:215,28'  !| were heard to$4$ the contrary$0$, $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant might expect her.
204:215,29N  !| "And you know what$6#1$ your dinner will$1$ be,"
204:215,29'  !| said $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant,
204:215,30'  !| smiling ~
204:215,30N  !| "the turkey ~ and I assure you a very
204:215,31N  !| fine one; for$3$, my dear$2#1$" ~
204:215,31'  !| turning$1$ to$4$ her husband ~
204:215,31N  !| "cook
204:215,32N  !| insists upon the turkey's being$1$ dressed to-morrow."
204:215,33M  !| "Very well$9$, very well$9$,"
204:215,33'  !| cried $MP#M$Dr%*Grant,
204:215,33M  !| "all the better$9$.
204:215,34M  !| I am glad to$9$ hear you have any*thing so$5#1$ good in the house.
204:215,35M  !| But $MP#A$Miss*Price and $MP#B$Mr%*Edmund*Bertram, I dare$1#2$ say,
204:215,36M  !| would take their chance$0$. We none of us want$1$ to$9$ hear
204:215,37M  !| the bill of fare$0$. A friendly meeting$0$, and not a fine dinner,
204:215,38M  !| is all we have in view$0$. A turkey or a goose, or a leg
204:216, 1M  !| of mutton, or whatever you and your cook chuse to$9$
204:216, 2M  !| give us."
204:216, 3'  !| The two cousins walked home together; and except
204:216, 4'  !| in the immediate discussion of this engagement, which$6#1$
204:216, 5'  !| $MP#B$Edmund spoke of with the warmest satisfaction,
204:216, 5@b   | as so$5#1$
204:216, 6@b   | particularly desirable for$4$ her in the intimacy which$6#1$ he
204:216, 7@b   | saw with so$5#1$ much pleasure established,
204:216, 7'  !| it was a silent walk$0$
204:216, 8'  !| ~ for$3$ having finished that$6#2$ subject$0$, he grew thoughtful and
204:216, 9'  !| indisposed for$4$ any other.
205:217, 1F  !| "But why should $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant ask $MP#A$Fanny?"
205:217, 1'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram.
205:217, 2F  !| "How came she to$9$ think of asking $MP#A$Fanny? ~
205:217, 3F  !| $MP#A$Fanny never dines there, you know, in this sort of way.
205:217, 4F  !| I cannot spare$1$ her, and I am sure she does not want$1$ to$9$ go.
205:217, 5F  !| ~ $MP#A$Fanny, you do not want$1$ to$9$ go, do you?"
205:217, 6B  !| "If you put such a question$0$ to$4$ her,"
205:217, 6'  !| cried $MP#B$Edmund,
205:217, 7'  !| preventing his cousin's speaking,
205:217, 7B  !| "$MP#A$Fanny will$1$ immediately
205:217, 8B  !| say, no$7$; but I am sure, my dear$2#1$ mother, she
205:217, 9B  !| would like$1$ to$9$ go; and I can see no$2$ reason$0$ why she should
205:217,10B  !| not."
205:217,11F  !| "I cannot imagine why $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant should think of
205:217,12F  !| asking her. ~ She never did before$5$. ~ She used$1#2$ to$9$ ask your
205:217,13F  !| sisters now and then, but she never asked $MP#A$Fanny."
205:217,14A  !| "If you cannot do without me, ma'am,"
205:217,14'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny,
205:217,15'  !| in a self-denying tone ~
205:217,16B  !| "But my mother will$1$ have my father with her all the
205:217,17B  !| evening."
205:217,18F  !| "To$9$ be sure, so$5#2$ I shall."
205:217,19B  !| "Suppose you take my father's opinion, ma'am."
205:217,20F  !| "That's well$9$ thought$1$ of. So$5#2$ I will$1$, $MP#B$Edmund. I will$1$
205:217,21F  !| ask $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, as soon as he comes in, whether I can do
205:217,22F  !| without her."
205:217,23B  !| "As you please, ma'am, on$4$ that$6#2$ head$0$; but I meant
205:217,24B  !| my father's opinion as to$4$ the \propriety\ of the invitation's
205:217,25B  !| being$1$ accepted or not; and I think he will$1$ consider it
205:217,26B  !| a right$2#1$ thing by$4$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, as well$9$ as by$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, that$3$
205:217,27B  !| being$1$ the \first\ invitation it should be accepted."
205:217,28F  !| "I do not know. We will$1$ ask him. But he will$1$ be
205:217,29F  !| very much surprized that$3$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant should ask $MP#A$Fanny
205:217,30F  !| at all."
205:217,31'  !| There was nothing more to$9$ be said, or that$6#1$ could be said
205:217,32'  !| to$4$ any purpose, till $MP#E$Sir*Thomas were present$9$; but the
205:217,33'  !| subject$0$ involving, as it did, her own$2$ evening's comfort$0$
205:218, 1'  !| for$4$ the morrow, was so$5#1$ much uppermost in $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's
205:218, 2'  !| mind$0$, that$3$ half an hour afterwards, on$4$ his looking in for$4$
205:218, 3'  !| a minute$0$ in his way from his plantation to$4$ his dressing-room,
205:218, 4'  !| she called him back$5$ again, when he had almost
205:218, 5'  !| closed the door, with
205:218, 5F  !| "$MP#E$Sir*Thomas, stop$1$ a moment ~ I
205:218, 6F  !| have something to$9$ say to$4$ you."
205:218, 7'  !| Her tone of calm$2$ languor, for$3$ she never took the trouble$0$
205:218, 8'  !| of raising her voice, was always heard and attended to$4$;
205:218, 9'  !| and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas came back$5$. Her story began; and
205:218,10'  !| $MP#A$Fanny immediately slipped out$8$ of the room;
205:218,10@a   | for$3$ to$9$ hear
205:218,11@a   | herself the subject$0$ of any discussion with her uncle, was
205:218,12@a   | more than her nerves could bear$1$. She was anxious, she
205:218,13@a   | knew ~ more anxious perhaps than she ought to$9$ be ~ for$3$
205:218,14@a   | what$6#2$ was it after$4$ all whether she went or staid? ~ but if
205:218,15@a   | her uncle were to$9$ be a great while$0$ considering and deciding,
205:218,16@a   | and with very grave$2$ looks$0$, and those grave$2$ looks$0$ directed
205:218,17@a   | to$4$ her, and at last$0$ decide against her, she might not be
205:218,18@a   | able to$9$ appear properly submissive and indifferent.
205:218,18'  !| Her
205:218,19'  !| cause meanwhile went on$5$ well$9$. It began on$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's
205:218,20'  !| part$0$, with,
205:218,20F  !| "I have something to$9$ tell you that$6#1$ will$1$
205:218,21F  !| surprize$1$ you. $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant has asked $MP#A$Fanny to$4$ dinner|"
205:218,22E  !| "Well$7$,"
205:218,22'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, as if waiting more to$9$ accomplish
205:218,23'  !| the surprize$0$.
205:218,24F  !| "$MP#B$Edmund wants$1$ her to$9$ go. But how can I spare$1$ her?"
205:218,25E  !| "She will$1$ be late,"
205:218,25'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, taking out$5$ his
205:218,26'  !| watch$0$,
205:218,26E  !| "but what$6#2$ is your difficulty?"
205:218,27'  !| $MP#B$Edmund found himself obliged to$9$ speak and fill up the
205:218,28'  !| blanks in his mother's story. He told the whole$0$, and she
205:218,29'  !| had only to$9$ add,
205:218,29F  !| "So$5#1$ strange| for$3$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant never used$1#2$
205:218,30F  !| to$9$ ask her."
205:218,31B  !| "But is not it very natural$2$,"
205:218,31'  !| observed $MP#B$Edmund,
205:218,31B  !| "that$3$
205:218,32B  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant should wish$1$ to$9$ procure so$5#1$ agreeable a visitor
205:218,33B  !| for$4$ her sister?"
205:218,34E  !| "Nothing can be more natural$2$,"
205:218,34'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, after$4$
205:218,35'  !| a short$2$ deliberation;
205:218,35E  !| "nor, were there no$2$ sister in the
205:218,36E  !| case, could any*thing in my opinion be more natural$2$.
205:218,37E  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's shewing civility to$4$ $MP#A$Miss*Price, to$4$
205:218,37E  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's
205:218,38E  !| niece, could never want$1$ explanation. The only
205:219, 1E  !| surprize$0$ I can feel is that$3$ this should be the \first\ time of
205:219, 2E  !| its being$1$ paid. $MP#A$Fanny was perfectly right$2#1$ in giving only
205:219, 3E  !| a conditional answer$0$. She appears to$9$ feel as she ought.
205:219, 4E  !| But as I conclude that$3$ she must wish$1$ to$9$ go, since all young
205:219, 5E  !| people like$1$ to$9$ be together, I can see no$2$ reason$0$ why she
205:219, 6E  !| should be denied the indulgence."
205:219, 7F  !| "But can I do without her, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas?"
205:219, 8E  !| "Indeed I think you may$1$."
205:219, 9F  !| "She always makes tea, you know, when my sister is
205:219,10F  !| not here."
205:219,11E  !| "Your sister perhaps may$1$ be prevailed on$5$ to$9$ spend
205:219,12E  !| the day with us, and I shall certainly be at home."
205:219,13F  !| "Very well$9$, then, $MP#A$Fanny may$1$ go, $MP#B$Edmund."
205:219,14'  !| The good news soon followed her. $MP#B$Edmund knocked
205:219,15'  !| at her door in his way to$4$ his own$2$.
205:219,16B  !| "Well$7$, $MP#A$Fanny, it is all happily settled$1$, and without the
205:219,17B  !| smallest hesitation on$4$ your uncle's side$0$. He had but one
205:219,18B  !| opinion. You are to$9$ go."
205:219,19A  !| "Thank you, I am \so$5#1$\ glad,"
205:219,19'  !| was $MP#A$Fanny's instinctive
205:219,20'  !| reply$0$; though when she had turned from him and shut
205:219,21'  !| the door, she could not help$1$ feeling$1$,
205:219,21A  !| "And yet, why should
205:219,22A  !| I be glad? for$3$ am I not certain of seeing or hearing something
205:219,23A  !| there to$9$ pain$1$ me?"
205:219,24'  !| In spite$8$ of this conviction, however, she was glad.
205:219,25'  !| Simple$2$ as such an engagement might appear in other eyes,
205:219,26'  !| it had novelty and importance in her's, for$3$ excepting the
205:219,27'  !| day at Sotherton, she had scarcely ever dined out$5$ before$5$;
205:219,28'  !| and though now going only half a mile and only to$4$ three
205:219,29'  !| people, still$5$ it was dining out$5$, and all the little interests$0$ of
205:219,30'  !| preparation were enjoyments in themselves. She had
205:219,31'  !| neither sympathy nor assistance from those who$6#1$ ought to$9$
205:219,32'  !| have entered into her feelings and directed her taste; for$3$
205:219,33'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram never thought$1$ of being$1$ useful to$4$ any*body,
205:219,34'  !| and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, when she came on$4$ the morrow, in consequence
205:219,35'  !| of an early call$0$ and invitation from $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
205:219,36'  !| was in a very ill*humour, and seemed intent only on$4$ lessening
205:219,37'  !| her niece's pleasure, both present$9$ and future, as much
205:219,38'  !| as possible.
205:220, 1J  !| "Upon my word, $MP#A$Fanny, you are in high luck to$9$ meet$1$
205:220, 2J  !| with such attention and indulgence| You ought to$9$ be
205:220, 3J  !| very much obliged to$4$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant for$4$ thinking of you, and
205:220, 4J  !| to$4$ your aunt for$4$ letting you go, and you ought to$9$ look$1$
205:220, 5J  !| upon it as something extraordinary: for$3$ I hope$1$ you are
205:220, 6J  !| aware that$3$ there is no$2$ real occasion$0$ for$4$ your going into
205:220, 7J  !| company in this sort of way, or ever dining out$5$ at all; and
205:220, 8J  !| it is what$6#1$ you must not depend upon ever being$1$ repeated.
205:220, 9J  !| Nor must you be fancying, that$3$ the invitation is meant as
205:220,10J  !| any particular compliment$0$ to$4$ \you\; the compliment$0$ is
205:220,11J  !| intended to$4$ your uncle and aunt, and me. $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
205:220,12J  !| thinks it a civility due$2$ to$4$ \us\ to$9$ take a little notice$0$ of you,
205:220,12J  !| or
205:220,13J  !| else it would never have come into her head$0$, and you
205:220,14J  !| may$1$ be very certain, that$3$ if your cousin $MP#I$Julia had been at
205:220,15J  !| home, you would not have been asked at all."
205:220,16'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris had now so$5#1$ ingeniously done away all
205:220,17'  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's part$0$ of the favour$0$, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#1$ found
205:220,18'  !| herself expected$1$ to$9$ speak, could only say
205:220,18@a   | that$3$ she was very
205:220,19@a   | much obliged to$4$ her aunt $MP#F$Bertram for$4$ sparing her, and
205:220,20@a   | that$3$ she was endeavouring to$9$ put her aunt's evening work$0$
205:220,21@a   | in such a state$0$ as to$9$ prevent her being$1$ missed.
205:220,22J  !| "Oh| depend upon it, your aunt can do very well$9$ without
205:220,23J  !| you, or you would not be allowed to$9$ go. \I\ shall be
205:220,24J  !| here, so$3$ you may$1$ be quite easy about$4$ your aunt. And
205:220,25J  !| I hope$1$ you will$1$ have a very \agreeable\ day and find it all
205:220,26J  !| mighty \delightful\. But I must observe, that$3$ five is the
205:220,27J  !| very awkwardest of all possible numbers to$4$ sit down$5$ to$9$
205:220,28J  !| table; and I cannot but be surprized that$3$ such an \elegant\
205:220,29J  !| lady as $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant should not contrive better$9$| And
205:220,30J  !| round$4$ their enormous great wide table too$5#2$, which$6#1$ fills up
205:220,31J  !| the room so$5#1$ dreadfully| Had the $MP#M$Doctor been contented
205:220,32J  !| to$9$ take my dining*table when I came away, as any*body
205:220,33J  !| in their senses would have done, instead of having that$6#2$
205:220,34J  !| absurd new one of his own$2$, which$6#1$ is wider, literally wider
205:220,35J  !| than the dinner*table here ~ how infinitely better$9$ it would
205:220,36J  !| have been| and how much more he would have been
205:220,37J  !| respected| for$3$ people are never respected when they step$1$
205:220,38J  !| out$8$ of their proper sphere. Remember \that$6#2$\, $MP#A$Fanny.
205:221, 1J  !| Five, only five to$9$ be sitting$1$ round$4$ that$6#2$ table| However,
205:221, 2J  !| you will$1$ have dinner enough on$4$ it for$4$ ten I dare$1#2$ say."
205:221, 3'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris fetched breath and went on$5$ again.
205:221, 4J  !| "The nonsense and folly of people's stepping out$8$ of
205:221, 5J  !| their rank$0$ and trying$1$ to$9$ appear above$4$ themselves, makes
205:221, 6J  !| me think it right$2#1$ to$9$ give \you\ a hint$0$, $MP#A$Fanny, now that$3$ you
205:221, 7J  !| are going into company without any of us; and I do
205:221, 8J  !| beseech and intreat you not to$9$ be putting yourself forward$2$,
205:221, 9J  !| and talking and giving your opinion as if you were one of
205:221,10J  !| your cousins ~ as if you were dear$2#1$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth or
205:221,11J  !| $MP#I$Julia. \That$6#2$\ will$1$ never do, believe me. Remember, wherever
205:221,12J  !| you are, you must be the lowest and last$0$; and though
205:221,13J  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford is in a manner at home, at the Parsonage,
205:221,14J  !| you are not to$9$ be taking place$0$ of her. And as to$4$ coming
205:221,15J  !| away at night, you are to$9$ stay$1$ just$2$ as long$9$ as $MP#B$Edmund
205:221,16J  !| chuses. Leave$1$ him to$9$ settle \that$6#2$\."
205:221,17A  !| "Yes, ma'am, I should not think of any*thing else."
205:221,18J  !| "And if it should rain$1$, which$6#1$ I think exceedingly likely,
205:221,19J  !| for$3$ I never saw it more threatening for$4$ a wet$2$ evening in
205:221,20J  !| my life ~ you must manage as well$9$ as you can, and not be
205:221,21J  !| expecting the carriage to$9$ be sent for$4$ you. I certainly do
205:221,22J  !| not go home to*night, and, therefore, the carriage will$1$ not
205:221,23J  !| be out$5$ on$4$ my account$0$; so$3$ you must make$1$ up your mind$0$ to$4$
205:221,24J  !| what$6#1$ may$1$ happen, and take your things accordingly."
205:221,25'  !| Her niece thought$1$ it perfectly reasonable. She rated
205:221,26'  !| her own$2$ claims to$9$ comfort$0$ as low even$5$ as $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris could;
205:221,27'  !| and when $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, soon afterwards, just$9$ opening the
205:221,28'  !| door, said,
205:221,28E  !| "$MP#A$Fanny, at what$6#2$ time would you have the
205:221,29E  !| carriage come round$9$?"
205:221,29'  !| she felt a degree of astonishment
205:221,30'  !| which$6#1$ made it impossible for$4$ her to$9$ speak.
205:221,31J  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas|"
205:221,31'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, red with
205:221,32'  !| anger$0$,
205:221,32J  !| "$MP#A$Fanny can walk$0$."
205:221,33E  !| "Walk$0$|"
205:221,33'  !| repeated $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, in a tone of most unanswerable
205:221,34'  !| dignity, and coming farther into the room. ~
205:221,35E  !| "My niece walk$0$ to$4$ a dinner engagement at this time of the
205:221,36E  !| year| Will$1$ twenty minutes after$4$ four suit$1$ you?"
205:221,37A  !| "Yes, sir,"
205:221,37'  !| was $MP#A$Fanny's humble$2$ answer$0$, given with the
205:221,38'  !| feelings almost of a criminal towards $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris; and not
205:222, 1'  !| bearing to$9$ remain with her in what$6#1$ might seem a state$0$ of
205:222, 2'  !| triumph$0$, she followed her uncle out$8$ of the room, having
205:222, 3'  !| staid behind him only long$9$ enough to$9$ hear these words
205:222, 4'  !| spoken in angry agitation:
205:222, 5J  !| "Quite unnecessary| ~ a great deal$0#2$ too$5#1$ kind$2$| But
205:222, 6J  !| $MP#B$Edmund goes; ~ true ~ it is upon $MP#B$Edmund's account$0$.
205:222, 7J  !| I observed he was hoarse on$4$ Thursday night."
205:222, 8'  !| But this could not impose on$4$ $MP#A$Fanny.
205:222, 8@a   | She felt that$3$ the
205:222, 9@a   | carriage was for$4$ herself and herself alone;
205:222, 9'  !| and her uncle's
205:222,10'  !| consideration of her, coming immediately after$4$ such representations
205:222,11'  !| from her aunt, cost$1$ her some tears of gratitude
205:222,12'  !| when she was alone.
205:222,13'  !| The coachman drove round$9$ to$4$ a minute$0$; another
205:222,14'  !| minute$0$ brought down$5$ the gentleman, and as the lady had,
205:222,15'  !| with a most scrupulous fear$0$ of being$1$ late, been many
205:222,16'  !| minutes seated in the drawing*room, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas saw them
205:222,17'  !| off in as good time as his own$2$ correctly punctual habits
205:222,18'  !| required.
205:222,19B  !| "Now I must look$1$ at you, $MP#A$Fanny,"
205:222,19'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund, with
205:222,20'  !| the kind$2$ smile$0$ of an affectionate brother,
205:222,20B  !| "and tell you
205:222,21B  !| how I like$1$ you; and as well$9$ as I can judge$1$ by$4$ this light$0$,
205:222,22B  !| you look$1$ very nicely indeed. What$6#2$ have you got on$5$?"
205:222,23A  !| "The new dress$0$ that$6#1$ my uncle was so$5#1$ good as to$9$ give me
205:222,24A  !| on$4$ my cousin's marriage. I hope$1$ it is not too$5#1$ fine; but
205:222,25A  !| I thought$1$ I ought to$9$ wear it as soon as I could, and that$3$
205:222,26A  !| I might not have such another opportunity all the winter.
205:222,27A  !| I hope$1$ you do not think me too$5#1$ fine."
205:222,28B  !| "A woman can never be too$5#1$ fine while$9$ she is all in white.
205:222,29B  !| No$7$, I see no$2$ finery about$4$ you; nothing but what$6#1$ is perfectly
205:222,30B  !| proper. Your gown seems very pretty$2$. I like$1$ these
205:222,31B  !| glossy spots. Has not $MP#C$Miss*Crawford a gown something
205:222,32B  !| the same?"
205:222,33'  !| In approaching the Parsonage they passed close$9$ by$4$ the
205:222,34'  !| stable-yard and coach-house. ~
205:222,35B  !| "Hey*day|"
205:222,35'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund
205:222,35B  !| "here's company, here's
205:222,36B  !| a carriage| who$6#2$ have they got to$9$ meet$1$ us?"
205:222,36'  !| And letting
205:222,37'  !| down$5$ the side-glass to$9$ distinguish,
205:222,37B  !| "'Tis $MP#D$Crawford's, $MP#D$Crawford's
205:222,38B  !| barouche, I protest| There are his own$2$ two men
205:223, 1B  !| pushing it back$5$ into its old quarters. He is here of course$8$.
205:223, 2B  !| This is quite a surprize$0$, $MP#A$Fanny. I shall be very glad to$9$ see
205:223, 3B  !| him."
205:223, 4'  !| There was no$2$ occasion$0$, there was no$2$ time for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny to$9$
205:223, 5'  !| say
205:223, 5@a   | how very differently she felt; but the idea of having
205:223, 6@a   | such another to$9$ observe her, was a great increase$0$ of the
205:223, 7@a   | trepidation with which$6#1$ she performed the very aweful
205:223, 8@a   | ceremony of walking into the drawing-room.
205:223, 9@a   | In the drawing-room $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford certainly was;
205:223,10@a   | having been just$9$ long$9$ enough arrived to$9$ be ready for$4$ dinner;
205:223,11@a   | and the smiles and pleased looks$0$ of the three others
205:223,12@a   | standing$1$ round$4$ him, shewed how welcome$2$ was his sudden$2$
205:223,13@a   | resolution of coming to$4$ them for$4$ a few days on$4$ leaving
205:223,14@a   | Bath$0#1$.
205:223,14'  !| A very cordial$2$ meeting$0$ passed between him and
205:223,15'  !| $MP#B$Edmund; and with the exception of $MP#A$Fanny, the pleasure
205:223,16'  !| was general$2$; and even$5$ to$4$ \her\, there might be some advantage
205:223,17'  !| in his presence, since every addition to$4$ the party must
205:223,18'  !| rather forward$1$ her favourite$2$ indulgence of being$1$ suffered
205:223,19'  !| to$9$ sit silent and unattended to$4$. She was soon aware of this
205:223,20'  !| herself; for$3$ though she must submit, as her own$2$ propriety
205:223,21'  !| of mind$0$ directed, in spite$8$ of her aunt $MP#J$Norris's opinion, to$4$
205:223,22'  !| being$1$ the principal$2$ lady in company, and to$4$ all the little
205:223,23'  !| distinctions consequent thereon,
205:223,23@a   | she found, while$9$ they
205:223,24@a   | were at table, such a happy flow$0$ of conversation prevailing
205:223,25@a   | in which$6#1$ she was not required to$9$ take any part$0$ ~ there was
205:223,26@a   | so$5#1$ much to$9$ be said between the brother and sister about$4$
205:223,27@a   | Bath$0#1$, so$5#1$ much between the two young men about$4$ hunting,
205:223,28@a   | so$5#1$ much of politics between $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford and $MP#M$Dr%*Grant,
205:223,29@a   | and of every*thing, and all together between $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
205:223,30@a   | and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, as to$9$ leave$1$ her the fairest prospect of
205:223,31@a   | having only to$9$ listen in quiet$2$, and of passing$1$ a very agreeable
205:223,32@a   | day. She could not compliment$1$ the newly-arrived
205:223,33@a   | gentleman however with any appearance of interest$0$ in
205:223,34@a   | a scheme$0$ for$4$ extending his stay$0$ at Mansfield, and sending
205:223,35@a   | for$4$ his hunters from Norfolk, which$6#1$, suggested by$4$ $MP#M$Dr%*Grant,
205:223,36@a   | advised by$4$ $MP#B$Edmund, and warmly urged by$4$ the two sisters,
205:223,37@a   | was soon in possession of his mind$0$, and which$6#1$ he seemed to$9$
205:223,38@a   | want$1$ to$9$ be encouraged even$5$ by$4$ her to$9$ resolve$1$ on$4$. Her
205:224, 1@a   | opinion was sought as to$4$ the probable continuance of the
205:224, 2@a   | open$2$ weather, but her answers were as short$2$ and indifferent
205:224, 3@a   | as civility allowed. She could not wish$1$ him to$9$ stay$1$, and
205:224, 4@a   | would much rather not have him speak to$4$ her.
205:224, 5@a   | Her two absent cousins, especially $MP#H$Maria, were much in
205:224, 6@a   | her thoughts on$4$ seeing him; but no$2$ embarrassing remembrance
205:224, 7@a   | affected \his\ spirits. Here he was again on$4$ the same
205:224, 8@a   | ground where all had passed before$5$, and apparently as
205:224, 9@a   | willing to$9$ stay$1$ and be happy without the $MP#H1$Miss*Bertrams,
205:224,10@a   | as if he had never known Mansfield in any other state$0$.
205:224,11@a   | She heard them spoken of by$4$ him only in a general$2$ way, till
205:224,12@a   | they were all re-assembled in the drawing-room, when
205:224,13@a   | $MP#B$Edmund, being$1$ engaged apart in some matter of business
205:224,14@a   | with $MP#M$Dr%*Grant, which$6#1$ seemed entirely to$9$ engross them,
205:224,15@a   | and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant occupied at the tea-table, he began talking
205:224,16@a   | of them with more particularity to$4$ his other sister. With
205:224,17@a   | a significant smile$0$, which$6#1$ made $MP#A$Fanny quite hate him, he
205:224,18@a   | said,
205:224,18D  !| "So$5#2$| $MP#U$Rushworth and his fair bride are at Brighton,
205:224,19D  !| I understand ~ Happy man|"
205:224,20C  !| "Yes, they have been there ~ about$4$ a fortnight,
205:224,21C  !| $MP#A$Miss*Price, have they not? ~ And $MP#I$Julia is with them."
205:224,22D  !| "And $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, I presume, is not far off."
205:224,23C  !| "$MP#W$Mr%*Yates| ~ Oh| we hear nothing of $MP#W$Mr%*Yates. I do
205:224,24C  !| not imagine he figures$1$ much in the letters to$4$ Mansfield*Park;
205:224,25C  !| do you, $MP#A$Miss*Price? ~ I think my friend $MP#I$Julia knows
205:224,26C  !| better$9$ than to$9$ entertain her father with $MP#W$Mr%*Yates."
205:224,27D  !| "Poor $MP#U$Rushworth and his two-and-forty speeches|"
205:224,28'  !| continued $MP#D$Crawford.
205:224,28D  !| "Nobody can ever forget them.
205:224,29D  !| Poor fellow| ~ I see him now; ~ his toil and his despair$0$.
205:224,30D  !| Well$7$, I am much mistaken if his lovely $MP#H$Maria will$1$ ever want$1$
205:224,31D  !| him to$9$ make$1$ two-and-forty speeches to$4$ her" ~
205:224,31'  !| adding, with
205:224,32'  !| a momentary seriousness,
205:224,32D  !| "She is too$5#1$ good for$4$ him ~
205:224,33D  !| much too$5#1$ good."
205:224,33'  !| And then changing his tone again to$4$ one
205:224,34'  !| of gentle gallantry, and addressing $MP#A$Fanny, he said,
205:224,34D  !| "You
205:224,35D  !| were $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's best friend. Your kindness and
205:224,36D  !| patience can never be forgotten, your indefatigable patience
205:224,37D  !| in trying$1$ to$9$ make$1$ it possible for$4$ him to$9$ learn his part$0$ ~ in
205:224,38D  !| trying$1$ to$9$ give him a brain which$6#1$ nature had denied ~ to$9$
205:225, 1D  !| mix up an understanding$0$ for$4$ him out$8$ of the superfluity of
205:225, 2D  !| your own$2$| \He\ might not have sense enough himself to$9$
205:225, 3D  !| estimate$1$ your kindness, but I may$1$ venture to$9$ say that$3$ it
205:225, 4D  !| had honour$0$ from all the rest$0#1$ of the party."
205:225, 5'  !| $MP#A$Fanny coloured, and said nothing.
205:225, 6D  !| "It is as a dream$0$, a pleasant dream$0$|"
205:225, 6'  !| he exclaimed,
205:225, 7'  !| breaking forth again after$4$ few minutes musing.
205:225, 7D  !| "I shall
205:225, 8D  !| always look$1$ back$5$ on$4$ our theatricals with exquisite pleasure.
205:225, 9D  !| There was such an interest$0$, such an animation, such a spirit
205:225,10D  !| diffused| Every*body felt it. We were all alive. There
205:225,11D  !| was employment, hope$0$, solicitude, bustle$0$, for$4$ every hour of
205:225,12D  !| the day. Always some little objection, some little doubt$0$,
205:225,13D  !| some little anxiety to$9$ be got over. I never was happier."
205:225,14'  !| With silent indignation, $MP#A$Fanny repeated to$4$ herself,
205:225,15A  !| "Never happier| ~ never happier than when doing what$6#1$
205:225,16A  !| you must know was not justifiable| ~ never happier than
205:225,17A  !| when behaving so$5#1$ dishonourably and unfeelingly| ~ Oh|
205:225,18A  !| what$7$ a corrupted mind$0$|"
205:225,19D  !| "We were unlucky, $MP#A$Miss*Price,"
205:225,19'  !| he continued in a lower$2$
205:225,20'  !| tone, to$9$ avoid the possibility of being$1$ heard by$4$ $MP#B$Edmund,
205:225,21'  !| and not at all aware of her feelings,
205:225,21D  !| "we certainly were
205:225,22D  !| very unlucky. Another week, only one other week, would
205:225,23D  !| have been enough for$4$ us. I think if we had had the disposal
205:225,24D  !| of events ~ if Mansfield*Park had had the government of
205:225,25D  !| the winds just$9$ for$4$ a week or two about$4$ the equinox, there
205:225,26D  !| would have been a difference. Not that$3$ we would have
205:225,27D  !| endangered his safety by$4$ any tremendous weather ~ but only
205:225,28D  !| by$4$ a steady contrary$2$ wind, or a calm$0$. I think, $MP#A$Miss*Price,
205:225,29D  !| we would have indulged ourselves with a week's calm$0$ in
205:225,30D  !| the Atlantic at that$6#2$ season."
205:225,31'  !| He seemed determined$2$ to$9$ be answered; and $MP#A$Fanny,
205:225,32'  !| averting her face$0$, said with a firmer tone than usual,
205:225,33A  !| "As far as \I\ am concerned, sir, I would not have delayed
205:225,34A  !| his return$0$ for$4$ a day. My uncle disapproved it all so$5#1$
205:225,35A  !| entirely when he did arrive, that$3$ in my opinion, every*thing
205:225,36A  !| had gone quite far enough."
205:225,37'  !| She had never spoken so$5#1$ much at once to$4$ him in her life
205:225,38'  !| before$5$, and never so$5#1$ angrily to$4$ any*one; and when her
205:226, 1'  !| speech was over, she trembled and blushed at her own$2$
205:226, 2'  !| daring. He was surprized; but after$4$ a few moments silent
205:226, 3'  !| consideration of her, replied in a calmer, graver tone, and
205:226, 4'  !| as if the candid result$0$ of conviction,
205:226, 4D  !| "I believe you are
205:226, 5D  !| right$2#1$. It was more pleasant than prudent. We were getting
205:226, 6D  !| too$5#1$ noisy."
205:226, 6'  !| And then turning$1$ the conversation, he
205:226, 7'  !| would have engaged her on$4$ some other subject$0$, but her
205:226, 8'  !| answers were so$5#1$ shy and reluctant that$3$ he could not
205:226, 9'  !| advance$1$ in any.
205:226,10'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, who$6#1$ had been repeatedly eyeing
205:226,11'  !| $MP#M$Dr%*Grant and $MP#B$Edmund, now observed,
205:226,11C  !| "Those gentlemen
205:226,12C  !| must have some very interesting point$0$ to$9$ discuss."
205:226,13D  !| "The most interesting in the world,"
205:226,13'  !| replied her brother
205:226,14'  !| ~
205:226,14D  !| "how to$9$ make$1$ money ~ how to$9$ turn$1$ a good income into
205:226,15D  !| a better$9$. $MP#M$Dr%*Grant is giving $MP#B$Bertram instructions about$4$
205:226,16D  !| the living$0$ he is to$9$ step$1$ into so$5#1$ soon. I find he takes orders$0#2$
205:226,17D  !| in a few weeks. They were at it in the dining-parlour.
205:226,18D  !| I am glad to$9$ hear $MP#B$Bertram will$1$ be so$5#1$ well$9$ off. He will$1$ have
205:226,19D  !| a very pretty$2$ income to$9$ make$1$ ducks and drakes with, and
205:226,20D  !| earned without much trouble$0$. I apprehend he will$1$ not
205:226,21D  !| have less than seven hundred a year. Seven hundred
205:226,22D  !| a year is a fine thing for$4$ a younger brother; and as of
205:226,23D  !| course$8$ he will$1$ still$5$ live at home, it will$1$ be all for$4$ his
205:226,23D  !| \menus*plaisirs\;
205:226,24D  !| and a sermon at Christmas and Easter, I suppose,
205:226,25D  !| will$1$ be the sum total of sacrifice$0$."
205:226,26'  !| His sister tried to$9$ laugh$1$ off her feelings by$4$ saying,
205:226,27C  !| "Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with
205:226,28C  !| which$6#1$ every*body settles the abundance of those who$6#1$ have
205:226,29C  !| a great deal$0#2$ less than themselves. You would look$1$ rather
205:226,30C  !| blank$2$, $MP#D$Henry, if your menus*plaisirs were to$9$ be limited to$4$
205:226,31C  !| seven hundred a year."
205:226,32D  !| "Perhaps I might; but all \that$6#1$\ you know is entirely
205:226,33D  !| comparative. Birthright and habit must settle the business.
205:226,34D  !| $MP#B$Bertram is certainly well$9$ off for$4$ a cadet of even$5$
205:226,35D  !| a Baronet's family. By$4$ the time he is four or five-and-twenty
205:226,36D  !| he will$1$ have seven hundred a year, and nothing
205:226,37D  !| to$9$ do for$4$ it."
205:226,38'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford \could\ have said that$3$ there would be a
205:227, 1'  !| something to$9$ do and to$9$ suffer for$4$ it, which$6#1$ she could not
205:227, 2'  !| think lightly of; but she checked herself and let it pass$1$;
205:227, 3'  !| and tried to$9$ look$1$ calm$2$ and unconcerned when the two
205:227, 4'  !| gentlemen shortly afterwards joined them.
205:227, 5D  !| "$MP#B$Bertram,"
205:227, 5'  !| said $MP#D$Henry*Crawford,
205:227, 5D  !| "I shall make$1$ a point$0$
205:227, 6D  !| of coming to$4$ Mansfield to$9$ hear you preach your first
205:227, 7D  !| sermon. I shall come on$4$ purpose to$9$ encourage a young
205:227, 8D  !| beginner. When is it to$9$ be? $MP#A$Miss*Price, will$1$ not you join
205:227, 9D  !| me in encouraging your cousin? will$1$ not you engage to$9$
205:227,10D  !| attend with your eyes steadily fixed on$4$ him the whole$2$
205:227,11D  !| time ~ as I shall do ~ not to$9$ lose a word; or only looking off
205:227,12D  !| just$9$ to$9$ note$1$ down$5$ any sentence pre-eminently beautiful?
205:227,13D  !| We will$1$ provide ourselves with tablets and a pencil.
205:227,14D  !| When will$1$ it be? You must preach at Mansfield, you
205:227,15D  !| know, that$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram may$1$ hear you."
205:227,16B  !| "I shall keep clear$2$ of you, $MP#D$Crawford, as long$9$ as I can,"
205:227,17'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
205:227,17B  !| "for$3$ you would be more likely to$9$ disconcert
205:227,18B  !| me, and I should be more sorry to$9$ see you trying$1$ at it, than
205:227,19B  !| almost any other man."
205:227,20A  !| "Will$1$ he not feel this?"
205:227,20'  !| thought$1$ $MP#A$Fanny.
205:227,20A  !| "No$7$, he can
205:227,21A  !| feel nothing as he ought."
205:227,21'  !| The party being$1$ now all united, and the chief talkers
205:227,22'  !| attracting each other, she remained in tranquillity; and
205:227,23'  !| as a whist*table was formed after$4$ tea ~ formed really for$4$
205:227,24'  !| the amusement of $MP#M$Dr%*Grant, by$4$ his attentive wife, though
205:227,25'  !| it was not to$9$ be supposed so$5#2$ ~ and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford took her
205:227,26'  !| harp, she had nothing to$9$ do but to$9$ listen, and her tranquillity
205:227,27'  !| remained undisturbed the rest$0#1$ of the evening,
205:227,28'  !| except when $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford now and then addressed to$4$ her
205:227,29'  !| a question$0$ or observation, which$6#1$ she could not avoid
205:227,30'  !| answering. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was too$5#1$ much vexed by$4$ what$6#1$
205:227,31'  !| had passed to$9$ be in a humour for$4$ any*thing but music.
205:227,32'  !| With that$6#2$, she soothed herself and amused her friend.
205:227,33'  !| The assurance of $MP#B$Edmund's being$1$ so$5#1$ soon to$9$ take orders$0#2$,
205:227,34'  !| coming upon her like$9$ a blow that$6#1$ had been suspended, and
205:227,35'  !| still$5$ hoped uncertain and at a distance$0$, was felt with
205:227,36'  !| resentment and mortification.
205:227,37@c   | She was very angry with
205:227,38@c   | him. She had thought$1$ her influence$0$ more. She \had\ begun
205:228, 1@c   | to$9$ think of him ~ she felt that$3$ she had ~ with great regard$0$,
205:228, 2@c   | with almost decided$2$ intentions; but she would now meet$1$
205:228, 3@c   | him with his own$2$ cool$2$ feelings. It was plain that$3$ he could
205:228, 4@c   | have no$2$ serious$2$ views, no$2$ true attachment, by$4$ fixing himself
205:228, 5@c   | in a situation which$6#1$ he must know she would never
205:228, 6@c   | stoop to$4$. She would learn to$9$ match$1$ him in his indifference.
205:228, 7@c   | She would henceforth admit his attentions without any
205:228, 8@c   | idea beyond$4$ immediate amusement. If \he\ could so$5#2$ command$1$
205:228, 9@c   | his affections, \her's\ should do her no$2$ harm$0$.
206:229, 1'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford had quite made up his mind$0$ by$4$ the
206:229, 2'  !| next morning to$9$ give another fortnight to$4$ Mansfield, and
206:229, 3'  !| having sent for$4$ his hunters and written a few lines of
206:229, 4'  !| explanation to$4$ the $MP#ZF$Admiral, he looked round$9$ at his sister
206:229, 5'  !| as he sealed and threw the letter from him, and seeing the
206:229, 6'  !| coast clear$2$ of the rest$0#1$ of the family, said, with a smile$0$,
206:229, 7D  !| "And how do you think I mean$1$ to$9$ amuse myself, $MP#C$Mary, on$4$
206:229, 8D  !| the days that$6#1$ I do not hunt? I am grown too$5#1$ old to$9$ go out$5$
206:229, 9D  !| more than three times a week; but I have a plan for$4$ the
206:229,10D  !| intermediate days, and what$6#2$ do you think it is?"
206:229,11C  !| "To$9$ walk$1$ and ride$1$ with me, to$9$ be sure."
206:229,12D  !| "Not exactly, though I shall be happy to$9$ do both, but
206:229,13D  !| \that$6#2$\ would be exercise$0$ only to$9$ my body, and I must take
206:229,14D  !| care$0$ of my mind$0$. Besides \that$6#2$\ would be all recreation and
206:229,15D  !| indulgence, without the wholesome alloy of labour, and
206:229,16D  !| I do not like$1$ to$9$ eat the bread of idleness. No$7$, my plan is to$9$
206:229,17D  !| make$1$ $MP#A$Fanny*Price in love$0$ with me."
206:229,18C  !| "$MP#A$Fanny*Price| Nonsense| No$7$, no$7$. You ought to$9$ be
206:229,19C  !| satisfied$1$ with her two cousins."
206:229,20D  !| "But I cannot be satisfied$1$ without $MP#A$Fanny*Price, without
206:229,21D  !| making a small hole in $MP#A$Fanny*Price's heart. You do not
206:229,22D  !| seem properly aware of her claims to$4$ notice$1$. When we
206:229,23D  !| talked of her last$2$ night, you none of you seemed sensible$2#1$
206:229,24D  !| of the wonderful improvement that$6#1$ has taken place$0$ in her
206:229,25D  !| looks$0$ within the last$2$ six weeks. You see her every day,
206:229,26D  !| and therefore do not notice$1$ it, but I assure you, she is quite
206:229,27D  !| a different creature from what$6#1$ she was in the autumn.
206:229,28D  !| She was then merely a quiet$2$, modest, not plain looking girl,
206:229,29D  !| but she is now absolutely pretty$2$. I used$1#2$ to$9$ think she had
206:229,30D  !| neither complexion nor countenance; but in that$6#2$ soft skin
206:229,31D  !| of her's, so$5#1$ frequently tinged with a blush$0$ as it was yesterday,
206:229,32D  !| there is decided$2$ beauty; and from what$6#1$ I observed of
206:230, 1D  !| her eyes and mouth, I do not despair$1$ of their being$1$ capable
206:230, 2D  !| of expression enough when she has any*thing to$9$ express$1$.
206:230, 3D  !| And then ~ her air, her manner, her tout*ensemble is so$5#1$
206:230, 4D  !| indescribably improved| She must be grown two inches,
206:230, 5D  !| at least, since October."
206:230, 6C  !| "Phoo| phoo| This is only because there were no$2$ tall
206:230, 7C  !| women to$9$ compare her with, and because she has got a new
206:230, 8C  !| gown, and you never saw her so$5#1$ well$9$ dressed before$5$. She is
206:230, 9C  !| just$9$ what$6#1$ she was in October, believe me. The truth is,
206:230,10C  !| that$3$ she was the only girl in company for$4$ you to$9$ notice$1$, and
206:230,11C  !| you must have a somebody. I have always thought$1$ her
206:230,12C  !| pretty$2$ ~ not strikingly pretty$2$ ~ but ""pretty$2$ enough"" as
206:230,13C  !| people say; a sort of beauty that$6#1$ grows on$4$ one. Her eyes
206:230,14C  !| should be darker, but she has a sweet smile$0$; but as for$4$
206:230,15C  !| this wonderful degree of improvement, I am sure it may$1$
206:230,16C  !| all be resolved into a better$9$ style of dress$0$ and your having
206:230,17C  !| nobody else to$9$ look$1$ at; and therefore, if you do set$1$ about$5$
206:230,18C  !| a flirtation with her, you never will$1$ persuade me that$3$ it is
206:230,19C  !| in compliment$0$ to$4$ her beauty, or that$3$ it proceeds from any*thing
206:230,20C  !| but your own$2$ idleness and folly."
206:230,21'  !| Her brother gave only a smile$0$ to$4$ this accusation, and
206:230,22'  !| soon afterwards said,
206:230,22D  !| "I do not quite know what$6#1$ to$9$
206:230,23D  !| make$1$ of $MP#A$Miss*Fanny. I do not understand her. I could
206:230,24D  !| not tell what$6#1$ she would be at yesterday. What$6#2$ is her
206:230,25D  !| character? ~ Is she solemn? ~ Is she queer? ~ Is she
206:230,26D  !| prudish? Why did she draw back$5$ and look$1$ so$5#1$ grave$2$
206:230,27D  !| at me? I could hardly get her to$9$ speak. I never was
206:230,28D  !| so$5#1$ long$9$ in company with a girl in my life ~ trying$1$ to$9$
206:230,29D  !| entertain her ~ and succeed so$5#1$ ill| Never met with
206:230,30D  !| a girl who$6#1$ looked so$5#1$ grave$2$ on$4$ me| I must try to$9$ get
206:230,31D  !| the better$9$ of this. Her looks$0$ say, ""I will$1$ not like$1$ you,
206:230,32D  !| I am determined$2$ not to$9$ like$1$ you,"" and I say, she shall."
206:230,33C  !| "Foolish fellow| And so$3$ this is her attraction after$4$
206:230,34C  !| all| This it is ~ her not caring about$4$ you ~ which$6#1$ gives
206:230,35C  !| her such a soft skin and makes her so$5#1$ much taller, and
206:230,36C  !| produces all these charms and graces| I do desire$1$ that$3$
206:230,37C  !| you will$1$ not be making her really unhappy; a \little\ love$0$
206:230,38C  !| perhaps may$1$ animate$1$ and do her good, but I will$1$ not
206:231, 1C  !| have you plunge her deep, for$3$ she is as good a little
206:231, 2C  !| creature as ever lived, and has a great deal$0#2$ of feeling$0$."
206:231, 3D  !| "It can be but for$4$ a fortnight,"
206:231, 3'  !| said $MP#D$Henry,
206:231, 3D  !| "and if
206:231, 4D  !| a fortnight can kill her, she must have a constitution
206:231, 5D  !| which$6#1$ nothing could save$1$. No$7$, I will$1$ not do her any
206:231, 6D  !| harm$0$, dear$2#1$ little soul| I only want$1$ her to$9$ look$1$ kindly
206:231, 7D  !| on$4$ me, to$9$ give me smiles as well$9$ as blushes, to$9$ keep
206:231, 8D  !| a chair for$4$ me by$4$ herself wherever we are, and be all
206:231, 9D  !| animation when I take it and talk$1$ to$4$ her; to$9$ think as
206:231,10D  !| I think, be interested in all my possessions and pleasures,
206:231,11D  !| try to$9$ keep me longer at Mansfield, and feel when I go
206:231,12D  !| away that$3$ she shall be never happy again. I want$1$
206:231,13D  !| nothing more."
206:231,14C  !| "Moderation itself|"
206:231,14'  !| said $MP#C$Mary.
206:231,14C  !| "I can have no$2$
206:231,15C  !| scruples now. Well$7$, you will$1$ have opportunities enough
206:231,16C  !| of endeavouring to$9$ recommend yourself, for$3$ we are
206:231,17C  !| a great deal$0#2$ together."
206:231,18'  !| And without attempting any further remonstrance,
206:231,19'  !| she left$1$ $MP#A$Fanny to$4$ her fate ~ a fate which$6#1$, had not $MP#A$Fanny's
206:231,20'  !| heart been guarded in a way unsuspected by$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
206:231,21'  !| might have been a little harder than she deserved;
206:231,22'  !| for$3$ although there doubtless are such unconquerable
206:231,23'  !| young ladies of eighteen (or one should not read about$4$
206:231,24'  !| them) as are never to$9$ be persuaded into love$0$ against
206:231,25'  !| their judgment by$4$ all that$6#1$ talent, manner, attention,
206:231,26'  !| and flattery can do, I have no$2$ inclination to$9$ believe
206:231,27'  !| $MP#A$Fanny one of them, or to$9$ think that$3$ with so$5#1$ much tenderness
206:231,28'  !| of disposition, and so$5#1$ much taste as belonged to$4$ her,
206:231,29'  !| she could have escaped heart-whole from the courtship
206:231,30'  !| (though the courtship only of a fortnight) of such a man
206:231,31'  !| as $MP#D$Crawford, in spite$8$ of there being$1$ some previous ill-opinion
206:231,32'  !| of him to$9$ be overcome, had not her affection been
206:231,33'  !| engaged elsewhere. With all the security which$6#1$ love$0$ of
206:231,34'  !| another and disesteem of him could give to$4$ the peace
206:231,35'  !| of mind$0$ he was attacking, his continued attentions ~
206:231,36'  !| continued, but not obtrusive, and adapting themselves
206:231,37'  !| more and more to$4$ the gentleness and delicacy of her
206:231,38'  !| character, ~ obliged her very soon to$9$ dislike$1$ him less than
206:232, 1'  !| formerly. She had by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ forgotten the past$0$, and
206:232, 2'  !| she thought$1$ as ill of him as ever; but she felt his powers;
206:232, 3@a   | he was entertaining, and his manners were so$5#1$ improved,
206:232, 4@a   | so$5#1$ polite, so$5#1$ seriously and blamelessly polite, that$3$ it was
206:232, 5@a   | impossible not to$9$ be civil to$4$ him in return$0$.
206:232, 6'  !| A very few days were enough to$9$ effect$1$ this; and at
206:232, 7'  !| the end$0$ of those few days, circumstances arose which$6#1$ had
206:232, 8'  !| a tendency rather to$9$ forward$1$ his views of pleasing her,
206:232, 9'  !| inasmuch as they gave her a degree of happiness which$6#1$
206:232,10'  !| must dispose her to$9$ be pleased with every*body. $MP#Q$William,
206:232,11'  !| her brother, the so$5#1$ long$9$ absent and dearly$5#1$ loved brother,
206:232,12'  !| was in England again. She had a letter from him herself,
206:232,13'  !| a few hurried happy lines, written as the ship came up
206:232,14'  !| Channel, and sent into Portsmouth, with the first boat
206:232,15'  !| that$6#1$ left$1$ the Antwerp, at anchor, in Spithead; and when
206:232,16'  !| $MP#D$Crawford walked up with the newspaper in his hand$0$,
206:232,17'  !| which$6#1$ he had hoped would bring the first tidings, he
206:232,18'  !| found her trembling with joy over this letter, and listening
206:232,19'  !| with a glowing, grateful countenance to$4$ the kind$2$ invitation
206:232,20'  !| which$6#1$ her uncle was most collectedly dictating in
206:232,21'  !| reply$0$.
206:232,22'  !| It was but the day before$5$, that$3$ $MP#D$Crawford had made
206:232,23'  !| himself thoroughly master of the subject$0$, or had in fact
206:232,24'  !| become at all aware of her having such a brother, or his
206:232,25'  !| being$1$ in such a ship, but the interest$0$ then excited had
206:232,26'  !| been very properly lively, determining him on$4$ his return$0$
206:232,27'  !| to$4$ town to$9$ apply for$4$ information as to$4$ the probable
206:232,28'  !| period of the Antwerp's return$0$ from the Mediterranean,
206:232,29'  !| &c%;
206:232,29@d   | and the good luck which$6#1$ attended his early examination
206:232,30@d   | of ship news, the next morning, seemed the reward$0$
206:232,31@d   | of his ingenuity in finding out$5$ such a method of pleasing
206:232,32@d   | her, as well$9$ as of his dutiful attention to$4$ the $MP#ZF$Admiral,
206:232,33@d   | in having for$4$ many years taken in the paper esteemed
206:232,34@d   | to$9$ have the earliest naval intelligence.
206:232,34'  !| He proved, however,
206:232,35'  !| to$9$ be too$5#1$ late. All those fine first feelings, of which$6#1$
206:232,36'  !| he had hoped to$9$ be the excitor, were already given. But
206:232,37'  !| his intention, the kindness of his intention, was thankfully
206:232,38'  !| acknowledged ~ quite thankfully and warmly, for$3$ she was
206:233, 1'  !| elevated beyond$4$ the common$2$ timidity of her mind$0$ by$4$
206:233, 2'  !| the flow$0$ of her love$0$ for$4$ $MP#Q$William.
206:233, 3'  !| This dear$2#1$ $MP#Q$William would soon be amongst them.
206:233, 4'  !| There could be no$2$ doubt$0$ of his obtaining leave$0$ of absence
206:233, 5'  !| immediately, for$3$ he was still$5$ only a midshipman; and as
206:233, 6'  !| his parents, from living$9$ on$4$ the spot, must already have
206:233, 7'  !| seen him and be seeing him perhaps daily, his direct$2$
206:233, 8'  !| holidays might with justice be instantly given to$4$ the
206:233, 9'  !| sister, who$6#1$ had been his best correspondent through$4$
206:233,10'  !| a period of seven years, and the uncle who$6#1$ had done
206:233,11'  !| most for$4$ his support$0$ and advancement; and accordingly
206:233,12'  !| the reply$0$ to$4$ her reply$0$, fixing a very early day for$4$ his
206:233,13'  !| arrival, came as soon as possible; and scarcely ten days
206:233,14'  !| had passed since $MP#A$Fanny had been in the agitation of her
206:233,15'  !| first dinner visit$0$, when she found herself in an agitation
206:233,16'  !| of a higher nature ~ watching in the hall, in the lobby,
206:233,17'  !| on$4$ the stairs, for$4$ the first sound$0$ of the carriage which$6#1$ was
206:233,18'  !| to$9$ bring her a brother.
206:233,19'  !| It came happily while$9$ she was thus waiting; and there
206:233,20'  !| being$1$ neither ceremony nor fearfulness to$9$ delay$1$ the
206:233,21'  !| moment of meeting$9$, she was with him as he entered the
206:233,22'  !| house, and the first minutes of exquisite feeling$0$ had no$2$
206:233,23'  !| interruption and no$2$ witnesses, unless the servants chiefly
206:233,24'  !| intent upon opening the proper doors could be called such.
206:233,25'  !| This was exactly what$6#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas and $MP#B$Edmund had been
206:233,26'  !| separately conniving at, as each proved to$4$ the other by$4$
206:233,27'  !| the sympathetic alacrity with which$6#1$ they both advised
206:233,28'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's continuing where she was, instead of rushing
206:233,29'  !| out$5$ into the hall as soon as the noises of the arrival
206:233,30'  !| reached them.
206:233,31'  !| $MP#Q$William and $MP#A$Fanny soon shewed themselves; and
206:233,32'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had the pleasure of receiving in his prote=ge=,
206:233,33@e   | certainly a very different person from the one he had
206:233,34@e   | equipped seven years ago, but a young man of an open$2$,
206:233,35@e   | pleasant countenance, and frank$2$, unstudied, but feeling$2$
206:233,36@e   | and respectful manners, and such as confirmed him his
206:233,37@e   | friend.
206:233,38'  !| It was long$9$ before$3$ $MP#A$Fanny could recover from the
206:234, 1'  !| agitating happiness of such an hour as was formed by$4$
206:234, 2'  !| the last$2$ thirty minutes of expectation and the first of
206:234, 3'  !| fruition; it was some time even$5$ before$3$ her happiness
206:234, 4'  !| could be said to$9$ make$1$ her happy, before$3$ the disappointment
206:234, 5'  !| inseparable from the alteration of person had
206:234, 6'  !| vanished, and she could see in him the same $MP#Q$William as
206:234, 7'  !| before$5$, and talk$1$ to$4$ him, as her heart had been yearning
206:234, 8'  !| to$9$ do, through$4$ many a past$9$ year. That$6#2$ time, however,
206:234, 9'  !| did gradually come, forwarded by$4$ an affection on$4$ his side$0$
206:234,10'  !| as warm$2$ as her own$2$, and much less incumbered by$4$
206:234,11'  !| refinement or self-distrust. She was the first object$0$ of
206:234,12'  !| his love$0$, but it was a love$0$ which$6#1$ his stronger spirits, and
206:234,13'  !| bolder temper, made it as natural$2$ for$4$ him to$9$ express$1$ as
206:234,14'  !| to$9$ feel. On$4$ the morrow they were walking about$5$ together
206:234,15'  !| with true enjoyment, and every succeeding morrow
206:234,16'  !| renewed a te~te-a`-te~te, which$6#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas could not but
206:234,17'  !| observe with complacency, even$5$ before$3$ $MP#B$Edmund had
206:234,18'  !| pointed$1$ it out$5$ to$4$ him.
206:234,19'  !| Excepting the moments of peculiar delight$0$, which$6#1$ any
206:234,20'  !| marked or unlooked-for instance$0$ of $MP#B$Edmund's consideration
206:234,21'  !| of her in the last$2$ few months had excited, $MP#A$Fanny
206:234,22'  !| had never known so$5#1$ much felicity in her life, as in
206:234,22@a   | this
206:234,23@a   | unchecked, equal$2$, fearless intercourse with the brother
206:234,24@a   | and friend, who$6#1$ was opening all his heart to$4$ her, telling
206:234,25@a   | her all his hopes$0$ and fears, plans, and solicitudes respecting
206:234,26@a   | that$6#2$ long$9$ thought$1$ of, dearly$5#2$ earned, and justly valued
206:234,27@a   | blessing of promotion ~ who$6#1$ could give her direct$2$ and
206:234,28@a   | minute$2$ information of the father and mother, brothers
206:234,29@a   | and sisters, of whom$6#1$ she very seldom heard ~ who$6#1$ was
206:234,30@a   | interested in all the comforts and all the little hardships
206:234,31@a   | of her home, at Mansfield ~ ready to$9$ think of every
206:234,32@a   | member of that$6#2$ home as she directed, or differing only
206:234,33@a   | by$4$ a less scrupulous opinion, and more noisy abuse of
206:234,34@a   | their aunt $MP#J$Norris ~ and with whom$6#1$ (perhaps the dearest
206:234,35@a   | indulgence of the whole$0$) all the evil and good of their
206:234,36@a   | earliest years could be gone over again, and every former
206:234,37@a   | united pain$0$ and pleasure retraced with the fondest
206:234,38@a   | recollection.
206:234,38'  !| An advantage this, a strengthener of love$0$,
206:235, 1'  !| in which$6#1$ even$5$ the conjugal tie$0$ is beneath the fraternal.
206:235, 2'  !| Children of the same family, the same blood, with the
206:235, 3'  !| same first associations and habits, have some means$0$ of
206:235, 4'  !| enjoyment in their power, which$6#1$ no$2$ subsequent connections
206:235, 5'  !| can supply$1$; and it must be by$4$ a long$9$ and
206:235, 6'  !| unnatural estrangement, by$4$ a divorce which$6#1$ no$2$ subsequent
206:235, 7'  !| connection can justify, if such precious remains$0$
206:235, 8'  !| of the earliest attachments are ever entirely outlived.
206:235, 9'  !| Too$5#1$ often, alas| it is so$5#2$. ~ Fraternal love$0$, sometimes
206:235,10'  !| almost every*thing, is at others worse than nothing.
206:235,11'  !| But with $MP#Q$William and $MP#A$Fanny*Price, it was still$5$ a sentiment
206:235,12'  !| in all its prime and freshness, wounded by$4$ no$2$ opposition
206:235,13'  !| of interest$0$, cooled by$4$ no$2$ separate$2$ attachment, and feeling$1$
206:235,14'  !| the influence$0$ of time and absence only in its increase$0$.
206:235,15'  !| An affection so$5#1$ amiable was advancing each in the
206:235,16'  !| opinion of all who$6#1$ had hearts to$9$ value$1$ any*thing good.
206:235,17'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford was as much struck with it as any.
206:235,18@d   | He honoured the warm*hearted, blunt fondness of the
206:235,19@d   | young sailor,
206:235,19'  !| which$6#1$ led him to$9$ say, with his hand$0$ stretched
206:235,20'  !| towards $MP#A$Fanny's head$0$,
206:235,20Q  !| "Do you know, I begin to$9$ like$1$
206:235,21Q  !| that$6#2$ queer fashion$0$ already, though when I first heard
206:235,22Q  !| of such things being$1$ done in England I could not believe
206:235,23Q  !| it, and when $MP#ZC$Mrs%*Brown, and the other women, at the
206:235,24Q  !| Commissioner's, at Gibraltar, appeared in the same trim,
206:235,25Q  !| I thought$1$ they were mad; but $MP#A$Fanny can reconcile me
206:235,26Q  !| to$4$ any*thing" ~
206:235,26@d   | and saw, with lively admiration, the glow
206:235,27@d   | of $MP#A$Fanny's cheek, the brightness of her eye, the deep
206:235,28@d   | interest$0$, the absorbed attention,
206:235,28'  !| while$9$ her brother was
206:235,29'  !| describing any of the imminent hazards, or terrific
206:235,30'  !| scenes, which$6#1$ such a period, at sea, must supply$1$.
206:235,31'  !| It was a picture$0$ which$6#1$ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford had moral
206:235,32'  !| taste enough to$9$ value$1$.
206:235,32@d   | $MP#A$Fanny's attractions increased ~
206:235,33@d   | increased two-fold ~ for$3$ the sensibility which$6#1$ beautified
206:235,34@d   | her complexion and illumined her countenance, was an
206:235,35@d   | attraction in itself. He was no$2$ longer in doubt$0$ of the
206:235,36@d   | capabilities of her heart. She had feeling$0$, genuine feeling$0$.
206:235,37@d   | It would be something to$9$ be loved by$4$ such a girl,
206:235,38@d   | to$9$ excite the first ardours of her young, unsophisticated
206:236, 1@d   | mind$0$| She interested him more than he had foreseen.
206:236, 2@d   | A fortnight was not enough. His stay$0$ became indefinite.
206:236, 3'  !| $MP#Q$William was often called on$5$ by$4$ his uncle to$9$ be the
206:236, 4'  !| talker. His recitals were amusing in themselves to$4$
206:236, 5'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, but the chief object$0$ in seeking them, was
206:236, 6'  !| to$9$ understand the recitor, to$9$ know the young man by$4$ his
206:236, 7'  !| histories; and he listened to$4$ his clear$2$, simple$2$, spirited
206:236, 8'  !| details with full satisfaction ~
206:236, 8@e   | seeing in them, the proof
206:236, 9@e   | of good principles, professional knowledge, energy,
206:236,10@e   | courage, and cheerfulness ~ every*thing that$6#1$ could deserve
206:236,11@e   | or promise$1$ well$9$.
206:236,11'  !| Young as he was, $MP#Q$William had already
206:236,12'  !| seen a great deal$0#2$. He had been in the Mediterranean ~
206:236,13'  !| in the West*Indies ~ in the Mediterranean again ~ had
206:236,14'  !| been often taken on$4$ shore by$4$ the favour$0$ of his Captain,
206:236,15'  !| and in the course$0$ of seven years had known every variety
206:236,16'  !| of danger, which$6#1$ sea and war together could offer$1$. With
206:236,17'  !| such means$0$ in his power he had a right$0$ to$9$ be listened to$4$;
206:236,18'  !| and though $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris could fidget about$4$ the room, and
206:236,19'  !| disturb every*body in quest of two needlefulls of thread
206:236,20'  !| or a second$2$ hand$0$ shirt button in the midst of her nephew's
206:236,21'  !| account$0$ of a shipwreck or an engagement, every*body
206:236,22'  !| else was attentive; and even$5$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram could not
206:236,23'  !| hear of such horrors unmoved, or without sometimes
206:236,24'  !| lifting her eyes from her work$0$ to$9$ say,
206:236,24F  !| "Dear$2#1$ me| how
206:236,25F  !| disagreeable. ~ I wonder$1$ any*body can ever go to$4$ sea."
206:236,26'  !| To$4$ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford they gave a different feeling$0$.
206:236,26@d   | He
206:236,27@d   | longed to$9$ have been at sea, and seen and done and
206:236,28@d   | suffered as much. His heart was warmed, his fancy$0$
206:236,29@d   | fired, and he felt the highest respect$0$ for$4$ a lad who$6#1$, before$3$
206:236,30@d   | he was twenty, had gone through$4$ such bodily hardships,
206:236,31@d   | and given such proofs of mind$0$. The glory$0$ of heroism,
206:236,32@d   | of usefulness, of exertion, of endurance, made his own$2$
206:236,33@d   | habits of selfish indulgence appear in shameful contrast;
206:236,34@d   | and he wished he had been a $MP#Q$William*Price, distinguishing
206:236,35@d   | himself and working his way to$4$ fortune and consequence
206:236,36@d   | with so$5#1$ much self-respect and happy ardour, instead of
206:236,37@d   | what$6#1$ he was|
206:236,38'  !| The wish$0$ was rather eager than lasting. He was
206:237, 1'  !| roused from the reverie of retrospection and regret$0$ produced
206:237, 2'  !| by$4$ it, by$4$ some inquiry from $MP#B$Edmund as to$4$ his
206:237, 3'  !| plans for$4$ the next day's hunting;
206:237, 3@d   | and he found it was
206:237, 4@d   | as well$9$ to$9$ be a man of fortune at once with horses and
206:237, 5@d   | grooms at his command$0$. In one respect$0$ it was better$9$,
206:237, 6@d   | as it gave him the means$0$ of conferring a kindness where
206:237, 7@d   | he wished to$9$ oblige.
206:237, 7'  !| With spirits, courage, and curiosity
206:237, 8'  !| up to$4$ any*thing, $MP#Q$William expressed an inclination to$9$ hunt;
206:237, 9'  !| and $MP#D$Crawford could mount him without the slightest
206:237,10'  !| inconvenience to$4$ himself, and with only some scruples to$9$
206:237,11'  !| obviate in $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, who$6#1$ knew better$9$ than his nephew
206:237,12'  !| the value$0$ of such a loan, and some alarms to$9$ reason$1$ away
206:237,13'  !| in $MP#A$Fanny. She feared for$4$ $MP#Q$William; by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ convinced
206:237,14'  !| by$4$ all that$6#1$ he could relate of his own$2$ horsemanship
206:237,15'  !| in various countries, of the scrambling parties in
206:237,16'  !| which$6#1$ he had been engaged, the rough horses and mules
206:237,17'  !| he had ridden, or his many narrow escapes from dreadful
206:237,18'  !| falls, that$3$ he was at all equal$2$ to$4$ the management of
206:237,19'  !| a high-fed hunter in an English fox-chase; nor till he
206:237,20'  !| returned safe and well$9$, without accident or discredit,
206:237,21'  !| could she be reconciled to$4$ the risk$0$, or feel any of that$6#2$
206:237,22'  !| obligation to$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford for$4$ lending the horse which$6#1$
206:237,23'  !| he had fully intended it should produce. When it was
206:237,24'  !| proved however to$9$ have done $MP#Q$William no$2$ harm$0$, she could
206:237,25'  !| allow it to$9$ be a kindness, and even$5$ reward$1$ the owner
206:237,26'  !| with a smile$0$ when the animal was one minute$0$ tendered
206:237,27'  !| to$4$ his use$0$ again; and the next, with the greatest cordiality,
206:237,28'  !| and in a manner not to$9$ be resisted, made over
206:237,29'  !| to$4$ his use$0$ entirely so$5#1$ long$9$ as he remained in Northamptonshire.
207:238, 1'  !| The intercourse of the two families was at this period
207:238, 2'  !| more nearly restored$0$ to$4$ what$6#1$ it had been in the autumn,
207:238, 3'  !| than any member of the old intimacy had thought$1$ ever
207:238, 4'  !| likely to$9$ be again. The return$0$ of $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, and
207:238, 5'  !| the arrival of $MP#Q$William*Price, had much to$9$ do with it,
207:238, 6'  !| but much was still$5$ owing to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's more than
207:238, 7'  !| toleration of the neighbourly attempts at the Parsonage.
207:238, 8'  !| His mind$0$, now disengaged from the cares$0$ which$6#1$ had
207:238, 9'  !| pressed on$4$ him at first, was at leisure to$9$ find the $MP#M1$Grants
207:238,10'  !| and their young inmates really worth visiting; and
207:238,11'  !| though infinitely above$4$ scheming or contriving for$4$ any
207:238,12'  !| the most advantageous matrimonial establishment that$6#1$
207:238,13'  !| could be among the apparent possibilities of any*one
207:238,14'  !| most dear$2#1$ to$4$ him, and disdaining even$5$ as a littleness the
207:238,15'  !| being$1$ quick-sighted on$4$ such points, he could not avoid
207:238,16'  !| perceiving in a grand and careless way that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
207:238,17'  !| was somewhat distinguishing his niece ~ nor perhaps
207:238,18'  !| refrain (though unconsciously) from giving a more willing
207:238,19'  !| assent to$4$ invitations on$4$ that$6#2$ account$0$.
207:238,20'  !| His readiness, however, in agreeing to$9$ dine at the
207:238,21'  !| Parsonage, when the general$2$ invitation was at last$0$
207:238,22'  !| hazarded, after$4$ many debates and many doubts$0$ as to$4$
207:238,23'  !| whether it were worth*while,
207:238,23X  !| "because $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
207:238,24X  !| seemed so$5#1$ ill inclined| and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram was so$5#1$ indolent|" ~
207:238,25'  !| proceeded from good*breeding and good-will
207:238,26'  !| alone, and had nothing to$9$ do with $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, but as
207:238,27'  !| being$1$ one in an agreeable group; for$3$ it was in the course$0$
207:238,28'  !| of that$6#2$ very visit$0$, that$3$ he first began to$9$ think,
207:238,28@e   | that$3$ any*one
207:238,29@e   | in the habit of such idle observations \would\ \have\
207:238,30@e   | \thought$1$\ that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was the admirer of $MP#A$Fanny*Price.
207:238,31     |
207:238,32'  !| The meeting$0$ was generally felt to$9$ be a pleasant one,
207:238,33'  !| being$1$ composed in a good proportion of those who$6#1$ would
207:239, 1'  !| talk$1$ and those who$6#1$ would listen; and the dinner itself
207:239, 2'  !| was elegant and plentiful, according to$4$ the usual style
207:239, 3'  !| of the $MP#M1$Grants, and too$5#1$ much according to$4$ the usual habits
207:239, 4'  !| of all to$9$ raise any emotion except in $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, who$6#1$
207:239, 5'  !| could never behold either the wide table or the number
207:239, 6'  !| of dishes on$4$ it with patience, and who$6#1$ did always contrive
207:239, 7'  !| to$9$ experience$1$ some evil from the passing$0$ of the servants
207:239, 8'  !| behind her chair, and to$9$ bring away some fresh conviction
207:239, 9'  !| of its being$1$ impossible among so$5#1$ many dishes but
207:239,10'  !| that$3$ some must be cold$2$.
207:239,11'  !| In the evening it was found, according to$4$ the predetermination
207:239,12'  !| of $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant and her sister, that$3$ after$4$
207:239,13'  !| making up the Whist*table there would remain sufficient
207:239,14'  !| for$4$ a round$9$ game, and every*body being$1$ as perfectly
207:239,15'  !| complying, and without a choice$0$ as on$4$ such occasions
207:239,16'  !| they always are, Speculation was decided$1$ on$5$ almost as
207:239,17'  !| soon as Whist; and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram soon found herself
207:239,18'  !| in the critical situation of being$1$ applied to$4$ for$4$ her own$2$
207:239,19'  !| choice$0$ between the games, and being$1$ required either
207:239,20'  !| to$9$ draw a card for$4$ Whist or not. She hesitated. Luckily
207:239,21'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was at hand$0$.
207:239,22F  !| "What$6#2$ shall I do, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas? ~ Whist and Speculation;
207:239,23F  !| which$6#2$ will$1$ amuse me most?"
207:239,24'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, after$4$ a moment's thought$0$, recommended
207:239,25'  !| Speculation. He was a Whist player himself, and perhaps
207:239,26'  !| might feel that$3$ it would not much amuse him to$9$ have her
207:239,27'  !| for$4$ a partner.
207:239,28F  !| "Very well$9$,"
207:239,28'  !| was her ladyship's contented answer$0$ ~
207:239,29F  !| "then Speculation if you please, $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant. I know
207:239,30F  !| nothing about$4$ it, but $MP#A$Fanny must teach me."
207:239,31'  !| Here $MP#A$Fanny interposed however with anxious protestations
207:239,32'  !| of her own$2$ equal$2$ ignorance;
207:239,32@a   | she had never
207:239,33@a   | played the game nor seen it played in her life;
207:239,33'  !| and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
207:239,34'  !| felt a moment's indecision again ~ but upon
207:239,35'  !| every*body's assuring her that$3$ nothing could be so$5#1$ easy,
207:239,36'  !| that$3$ it was the easiest game on$4$ the cards, and $MP#D$Henry*Crawford's
207:239,37'  !| stepping forward$2$ with a most earnest request$0$
207:239,38@d   | to$9$ be allowed to$9$ sit between her ladyship and $MP#A$Miss*Price,
207:240, 1@d   | and teach them both,
207:240, 1'  !| it was so$5#2$ settled$1$; and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
207:240, 2'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, and $MP#M$Dr% and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, being$1$ seated
207:240, 2'  !| at the
207:240, 3'  !| table of prime intellectual state$0$ and dignity, the remaining
207:240, 4'  !| six, under $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's direction, were arranged
207:240, 5'  !| round$4$ the other. It was a fine arrangement for$4$ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford,
207:240, 6'  !| who$6#1$ was close$9$ to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and with his hands
207:240, 7'  !| full of business, having two persons' cards to$9$ manage as
207:240, 8'  !| well$9$ as his own$2$ ~ for$3$ though it was impossible for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny
207:240, 9'  !| not to$9$ feel herself mistress of the rules$0$ of the game in
207:240,10'  !| three minutes, he had yet to$9$ inspirit her play$0$, sharpen
207:240,11'  !| her avarice, and harden her heart, which$6#1$, especially in
207:240,12'  !| any competition with $MP#Q$William, was a work$0$ of some
207:240,13'  !| difficulty; and as for$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, he must continue in
207:240,14'  !| charge$0$ of all her fame and fortune through$4$ the whole$2$
207:240,15'  !| evening; and if quick$2$ enough to$9$ keep her from looking
207:240,16'  !| at her cards when the deal$0#2$ began, must direct$1$ her in
207:240,17'  !| whatever was to$9$ be done with them to$4$ the end$0$ of it.
207:240,18'  !| He was in high spirits, doing every*thing with happy
207:240,19'  !| ease$0$, and pre-eminent in all the lively turns$0$, quick$2$
207:240,20'  !| resources, and playful impudence that$6#1$ could do honour$0$
207:240,21'  !| to$4$ the game; and the round$9$ table was altogether a very
207:240,22'  !| comfortable contrast to$4$ the steady sobriety and orderly
207:240,23'  !| silence$0$ of the other.
207:240,24'  !| Twice had $MP#E$Sir*Thomas inquired into the enjoyment
207:240,25'  !| and success of his lady, but in vain; no$2$ pause$0$ was long$9$
207:240,26'  !| enough for$4$ the time his measured manner needed; and
207:240,27'  !| very little of her state$0$ could be known till $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
207:240,28'  !| was able, at the end$0$ of the first rubber, to$9$ go to$4$ her and
207:240,29'  !| pay$1$ her compliments.
207:240,30N  !| "I hope$1$ your ladyship is pleased with the game."
207:240,31F  !| "Oh| dear$7$, yes. ~ Very entertaining indeed. A very
207:240,32F  !| odd game. I do not know what$6#1$ it is all about$4$. I am
207:240,33F  !| never to$9$ see my cards; and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford does all the
207:240,34F  !| rest$0#1$."
207:240,35D  !| "$MP#B$Bertram,"
207:240,35'  !| said $MP#D$Crawford some time afterwards,
207:240,36'  !| taking the opportunity of a little languor in the game,
207:240,37D  !| "I have never told you what$6#1$ happened to$4$ me yesterday
207:240,38D  !| in my ride$0$ home."
207:240,38'  !| They had been hunting together,
207:241, 1'  !| and were in the midst of a good run$0$, and at some distance$0$
207:241, 2'  !| from Mansfield, when his horse being$1$ found to$9$ have flung
207:241, 3'  !| a shoe, $MP#D$Henry*Crawford had been obliged to$9$ give up,
207:241, 4'  !| and make$1$ the best of his way back$5$.
207:241, 4D  !| "I told you I lost
207:241, 5D  !| my way after$4$ passing$1$ that$6#2$ old farm house, with the yew
207:241, 6D  !| trees, because I can never bear$1$ to$9$ ask; but I have not
207:241, 7D  !| told you that$3$ with my usual luck ~ for$3$ I never do wrong$0$
207:241, 8D  !| without gaining by$4$ it ~ I found myself in due$2$ time in the
207:241, 9D  !| very place$0$ which$6#1$ I had a curiosity to$9$ see. I was suddenly,
207:241,10D  !| upon turning$1$ the corner of a steepish downy field, in the
207:241,11D  !| midst of a retired little village between gently rising hills;
207:241,12D  !| a small stream before$4$ me to$9$ be forded, a church standing$1$
207:241,13D  !| on$4$ a sort of knoll to$4$ my right$2#2$ ~ which$6#1$ church was strikingly
207:241,14D  !| large and handsome for$4$ the place$0$, and not a gentleman
207:241,15D  !| or half a gentleman's house to$9$ be seen excepting
207:241,16D  !| one ~ to$9$ be presumed the Parsonage, within a stone's
207:241,17D  !| throw$0$ of the said knoll and church. I found myself in
207:241,18D  !| short$0$ in Thornton*Lacey."
207:241,19B  !| "It sounds$1$ like$9$ it,"
207:241,19'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund;
207:241,19B  !| "but which$6#2$ way
207:241,20B  !| did you turn$1$ after$4$ passing$1$ $MP#ZZL$Sewell's farm?"
207:241,21D  !| "I answer$1$ no$2$ such irrelevant and insidious questions;
207:241,22D  !| though were I to$9$ answer$1$ all that$6#1$ you could put in the
207:241,23D  !| course$0$ of an hour, you would never be able to$9$ prove that$3$
207:241,24D  !| it was \not\ Thornton*Lacey ~ for$3$ such it certainly was."
207:241,25B  !| "You inquired then?"
207:241,26D  !| "No$7$, I never inquire. But I \told\ a man mending
207:241,27D  !| a hedge that$3$ it was Thornton*Lacey, and he agreed to$9$ it."
207:241,28B  !| "You have a good memory. I had forgotten having
207:241,29B  !| ever told you half so$5#1$ much of the place$0$."
207:241,30'  !| Thornton*Lacey was the name$0$ of his impending living$0$,
207:241,31'  !| as $MP#C$Miss*Crawford well$9$ knew; and her interest$0$ in a
207:241,32'  !| negociation for$4$ $MP#Q$William*Price's knave increased.
207:241,33B  !| "Well$7$"
207:241,33'  !| continued $MP#B$Edmund,
207:241,33B  !| "and how did you like$1$
207:241,34B  !| what$6#1$ you saw?"
207:241,35D  !| "Very much indeed. You are a lucky fellow. There
207:241,36D  !| will$1$ be work$0$ for$4$ five summers at least before$3$ the place$0$ is
207:241,37D  !| live-able."
207:241,38B  !| "No$7$, no$7$, not so$5#1$ bad as that$6#2$. The farm-yard must be
207:242, 1B  !| moved, I grant you; but I am not aware of any*thing
207:242, 2B  !| else. The house is by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ bad, and when the yard
207:242, 3B  !| is removed, there may$1$ be a very tolerable approach$0$
207:242, 4B  !| to$4$ it."
207:242, 5D  !| "The farm-yard must be cleared away entirely, and
207:242, 6D  !| planted up to$9$ shut out$5$ the blacksmith's shop. The house
207:242, 7D  !| must be turned to$9$ front$1$ the east instead of the north ~ the
207:242, 8D  !| entrance and principal$2$ rooms, I mean$1$, must be on$4$ that$6#2$
207:242, 9D  !| side$0$, where the view$0$ is really very pretty$2$; I am sure it
207:242,10D  !| may$1$ be done. And \there\ must be your approach$0$ ~
207:242,11D  !| through$4$ what$6#1$ is at present$0#1$ the garden. You must make$1$
207:242,12D  !| you a new garden at what$6#1$ is now the back$0$ of the house;
207:242,13D  !| which$6#1$ will$1$ be giving it the best aspect in the world ~
207:242,14D  !| sloping to$4$ the south-east. The ground seems precisely
207:242,15D  !| formed for$4$ it. I rode fifty yards up the lane between
207:242,16D  !| the church and the house in order$8$ to$9$ look$1$ about$4$ me;
207:242,17D  !| and saw how it might all be. Nothing can be easier.
207:242,18D  !| The meadows beyond$4$ what$6#1$ \will$1$\ \be\ the garden, as well$9$ as
207:242,19D  !| what$6#1$ now \is\, sweeping round$9$ from the lane I stood in to$4$
207:242,20D  !| the north-east, that$6#2$ is, to$4$ the principal$2$ road through$4$ the
207:242,21D  !| village, must be all laid together of course$8$; very pretty$2$
207:242,22D  !| meadows they are, finely sprinkled with timber. They
207:242,23D  !| belong to$4$ the living$0$, I suppose. If not, you must purchase$1$
207:242,24D  !| them. Then the stream ~ something must be done
207:242,25D  !| with the stream; but I could not quite determine what$6#1$.
207:242,26D  !| I had two or three ideas."
207:242,27B  !| "And I have two or three ideas also,"
207:242,27'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
207:242,28B  !| "and one of them is that$3$ very little of your plan for$4$
207:242,29B  !| Thornton*Lacey will$1$ ever be put in practice$0$. I must be
207:242,30B  !| satisfied$1$ with rather less ornament and beauty. I think
207:242,31B  !| the house and premises may$1$ be made comfortable, and
207:242,32B  !| given the air of a gentleman's residence without any very
207:242,33B  !| heavy expense, and that$6#2$ must suffice me; and I hope$1$
207:242,34B  !| may$1$ suffice all who$6#1$ care$1$ about$4$ me."
207:242,35'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, a little suspicious and resentful of
207:242,36'  !| a certain tone of voice and a certain half-look attending
207:242,37'  !| the last$2$ expression of his hope$0$, made a hasty finish$0$ of her
207:242,38'  !| dealings with $MP#Q$William*Price, and securing his knave at
207:243, 1'  !| an exorbitant rate$0$, exclaimed,
207:243, 1C  !| "There, I will$1$ stake$1$ my
207:243, 2C  !| last$2$ like$9$ a woman of spirit. No$2$ cold$2$ prudence for$4$ me.
207:243, 3C  !| I am not born$1#1$ to$9$ sit still$5$ and do nothing. If I lose the
207:243, 4C  !| game, it shall not be from not striving for$4$ it."
207:243, 5'  !| The game was her's, and only did not pay$1$ her for$4$
207:243, 6'  !| what$6#1$ she had given to$9$ secure$1$ it. Another deal$0#2$ proceeded,
207:243, 7'  !| and $MP#D$Crawford began again about$4$ Thornton*Lacey.
207:243, 8D  !| "My plan may$1$ not be the best possible; I had not
207:243, 9D  !| many minutes to$9$ form$1$ it in: but you must do a good
207:243,10D  !| deal$0#2$. The place$0$ deserves it, and you will$1$ find yourself
207:243,11D  !| not satisfied$1$ with much less than it is capable of. ~
207:243,12D  !| (Excuse$1$ me, your ladyship must not see your cards.
207:243,13D  !| There, let them lie$1$ just$9$ before$4$ you.) The place$0$ deserves
207:243,14D  !| it, $MP#B$Bertram. You talk$1$ of giving it the air of a gentleman's
207:243,15D  !| residence. \That$6#2$\ will$1$ be done, by$4$ the removal of
207:243,16D  !| the farm-yard, for$3$ independent of that$6#2$ terrible nuisance,
207:243,17D  !| I never saw a house of the kind$0$ which$6#1$ had in itself so$5#1$
207:243,18D  !| much the air of a gentleman's residence, so$5#1$ much the look$0$
207:243,19D  !| of a something above$4$ a mere Parsonage*House, above$4$
207:243,20D  !| the expenditure of a few hundreds a year. It is not
207:243,21D  !| a scrambling collection of low single rooms, with as
207:243,22D  !| many roofs as windows ~ it is not cramped into the
207:243,23D  !| vulgar compactness of a square farm-house ~ it is a solid
207:243,24D  !| walled, roomy, mansion-like looking house, such as one
207:243,25D  !| might suppose a respectable old country family had lived
207:243,26D  !| in from generation to$4$ generation, through$4$ two centuries
207:243,27D  !| at least, and were now spending from two to$4$ three
207:243,28D  !| thousand a year in."
207:243,28'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford listened, and
207:243,29'  !| $MP#B$Edmund agreed to$4$ this.
207:243,29D  !| "The air of a gentleman's
207:243,30D  !| residence, therefore, you cannot but give it, if you do
207:243,31D  !| any*thing. But it is capable of much more. (Let me
207:243,32D  !| see, $MP#C$Mary; $MP#F$Lady*Bertram bids a dozen for$4$ that$6#2$ queen;
207:243,33D  !| no$7$, no$7$, a dozen is more than it is worth. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
207:243,34D  !| does \not\ bid a dozen. She will$1$ have nothing to$9$ say to$4$ it.
207:243,35D  !| Go on$5$, go on$5$.) By$4$ some such improvements as I have
207:243,36D  !| suggested, (I do not really require you to$9$ proceed upon
207:243,37D  !| my plan, though by*the*bye I doubt$1$ any*body's striking
207:243,38D  !| out$5$ a better$9$) ~ you may$1$ give it a higher character. You
207:244, 1D  !| may$1$ raise it into a \place$0$\. From being$1$ the mere gentleman's
207:244, 2D  !| residence, it becomes, by$4$ judicious improvement,
207:244, 3D  !| the residence of a man of education, taste, modern manners,
207:244, 4D  !| good connections. All this may$1$ be stamped on$4$ it;
207:244, 5D  !| and that$6#2$ house receive such an air as to$9$ make$1$ its owner
207:244, 6D  !| be set$1$ down$5$ as the great land-holder of the parish, by$4$
207:244, 7D  !| every creature travelling the road; especially as there
207:244, 8D  !| is no$2$ real squire's house to$9$ dispute the point$0$; a circumstance
207:244, 9D  !| between ourselves to$9$ enhance the value$0$ of such
207:244,10D  !| a situation in point$0$ of privilege and independence beyond$4$
207:244,11D  !| all calculation. \You\ think with me, I hope$1$ ~
207:244,11'  !| (turning$1$
207:244,12'  !| with a softened voice to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny). ~
207:244,12D  !| Have you ever seen
207:244,13D  !| the place$0$?"
207:244,14'  !| $MP#A$Fanny gave a quick$2$ negative, and tried to$9$ hide her
207:244,15'  !| interest$0$ in the subject$0$ by$4$ an eager attention to$4$ her
207:244,16'  !| brother, who$6#1$ was driving as hard a bargain and imposing
207:244,17'  !| on$4$ her as much as he could; but $MP#D$Crawford pursued with
207:244,18D  !| "No$7$, no$7$, you must not part$1$ with the queen. You have
207:244,19D  !| bought her too$5#1$ dearly$5#2$, and your brother does not offer$1$
207:244,20D  !| half her value$0$. No$7$, no$7$, sir, hands off ~ hands off. Your
207:244,21D  !| sister does not part$1$ with the queen. She is quite determined$2$.
207:244,22D  !| The game will$1$ be yours,
207:244,22'  !| (turning$1$ to$4$ her again) ~
207:244,23D  !| it will$1$ certainly be yours."
207:244,24B  !| "And $MP#A$Fanny had much rather it were $MP#Q$William's,"
207:244,25'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund, smiling at her.
207:244,25B  !| "Poor $MP#A$Fanny| not
207:244,26B  !| allowed to$9$ cheat herself as she wishes$1$|"
207:244,27C  !| "$MP#B$Mr%*Bertram,"
207:244,27'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, a few minutes
207:244,28'  !| afterwards,
207:244,28C  !| "you know $MP#D$Henry to$9$ be such a capital
207:244,29C  !| improver, that$3$ you cannot possibly engage in any*thing
207:244,30C  !| of the sort at Thornton*Lacey, without accepting his
207:244,31C  !| help$0$. Only think how useful he was at Sotherton|
207:244,32C  !| Only think what$6#1$ grand things were produced there by$4$
207:244,33C  !| our all going with him one hot day in August to$9$ drive$1$
207:244,34C  !| about$4$ the grounds, and see his genius take fire$0$. There
207:244,35C  !| we went, and there we came home again; and what$6#1$ was
207:244,36C  !| done there is not to$9$ be told|"
207:244,37'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's eyes were turned on$4$ $MP#D$Crawford for$4$ a moment
207:244,38'  !| with an expression more than grave$2$, even$5$ reproachful;
207:245, 1'  !| but on$4$ catching his were instantly withdrawn. With
207:245, 2'  !| something of consciousness he shook his head$0$ at his
207:245, 3'  !| sister, and laughingly replied,
207:245, 3D  !| "I cannot say there was
207:245, 4D  !| much done at Sotherton; but it was a hot day, and we
207:245, 5D  !| were all walking after$4$ each other and bewildered."
207:245, 5'  !| As
207:245, 6'  !| soon as a general$2$ buz gave him shelter, he added, in a low
207:245, 7'  !| voice directed solely at $MP#A$Fanny,
207:245, 7D  !| "I should be sorry to$9$
207:245, 8D  !| have my powers of \planning\ judged of by$4$ the day at
207:245, 9D  !| Sotherton. I see things very differently now. Do not
207:245,10D  !| think of me as I appeared then."
207:245,11'  !| Sotherton was a word to$9$ catch$1$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, and being$1$
207:245,12'  !| just$9$ then in the happy leisure which$6#1$ followed securing
207:245,13'  !| the odd trick$0$ by$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's capital play$0$ and her own$2$,
207:245,14'  !| against $MP#M$Dr% and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's great hands, she called
207:245,14'  !| out$5$
207:245,15'  !| in high good-humour,
207:245,15J  !| "Sotherton| Yes, that$6#2$ is a place$0$
207:245,16J  !| indeed, and we had a charming day there. $MP#Q$William,
207:245,17J  !| you are quite out$8$ of luck; but the next time you come
207:245,18J  !| I hope$1$ dear$2#1$ $MP#U$Mr% and $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth will$1$ be at
207:245,18J  !| home,
207:245,19J  !| and I am sure I can answer$1$ for$4$ your being$1$ kindly received
207:245,20J  !| by$4$ both. Your cousins are not of a sort to$9$ forget their
207:245,21J  !| relations, and $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth is a most amiable man.
207:245,22J  !| They are at Brighton now, you know ~ in one of the best
207:245,23J  !| houses there, as $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's fine fortune gives them
207:245,24J  !| a right$0$ to$9$ be. I do not exactly know the distance$0$, but
207:245,25J  !| when you get back$5$ to$4$ Portsmouth, if it is not very far off,
207:245,26J  !| you ought to$9$ go over and pay$1$ your respects to$4$ them;
207:245,27J  !| and I could send a little parcel by$4$ you that$6#1$ I want$1$ to$9$ get
207:245,28J  !| conveyed to$4$ your cousins."
207:245,29Q  !| "I should be very happy, aunt ~ but Brighton is
207:245,30Q  !| almost by$4$ Beachey*Head; and if I could get so$5#1$ far,
207:245,31Q  !| I could not expect to$9$ be welcome$2$ in such a smart place$0$
207:245,32Q  !| as that$6#2$ ~ poor scrubby midshipman as I am."
207:245,33'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was beginning$1$ an eager assurance of the
207:245,34'  !| affability he might depend on$4$, when she was stopped by$4$
207:245,35'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's saying with authority,
207:245,35E  !| "I do not advise
207:245,36E  !| your going to$4$ Brighton, $MP#Q$William, as I trust$1$ you may$1$ soon
207:245,37E  !| have more convenient opportunities of meeting$9$, but my
207:245,38E  !| daughters would be happy to$9$ see their cousins any*where;
207:246, 1E  !| and you will$1$ find $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth most sincerely
207:246, 2E  !| disposed to$9$ regard$1$ all the connections of our family as
207:246, 3E  !| his own$2$."
207:246, 4Q  !| "I would rather find him private$2$ secretary to$4$ the first
207:246, 5Q  !| Lord$0$ than any*thing else,"
207:246, 5'  !| was $MP#Q$William's only answer$0$,
207:246, 6'  !| in an under voice, not meant to$9$ reach$1$ far, and the subject$0$
207:246, 7'  !| dropped.
207:246, 8'  !| As yet $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had seen nothing to$9$ remark$1$ in $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's
207:246, 9'  !| behaviour; but when the Whist*table broke
207:246,10'  !| up at the end$0$ of the second$2$ rubber, and leaving $MP#M$Dr%*Grant
207:246,11'  !| and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris to$9$ dispute over their last$2$ play$0$, he became
207:246,12'  !| a looker-on at the other, he found his niece the object$0$ of
207:246,13'  !| attentions, or rather of professions of a somewhat pointed$2$
207:246,14'  !| character.
207:246,15'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford was in the first glow of another scheme$0$
207:246,16'  !| about$4$ Thornton*Lacey, and not being$1$ able to$9$ catch$1$
207:246,17'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's ear, was detailing it to$4$ his fair neighbour with
207:246,18'  !| a look$0$ of considerable earnestness.
207:246,18@d   | His scheme$0$ was
207:246,19@d   | to$9$ rent the house himself the following winter, that$3$ he
207:246,20@d   | might have a home of his own$2$ in that$6#2$ neighbourhood;
207:246,21@d   | and it was not merely for$4$ the use$0$ of it in the hunting
207:246,22@d   | season,
207:246,22'  !| (as he was then telling her,)
207:246,22@d   | though \that$6#2$\ consideration
207:246,23@d   | had certainly some weight, feeling$1$ as he did,
207:246,24@d   | that$3$ in spite$8$ of all $MP#M$Dr%*Grant's very great kindness, it
207:246,25@d   | was impossible for$4$ him and his horses to$9$ be accommodated
207:246,26@d   | where they now were without material$2$ inconvenience;
207:246,27@d   | but his attachment to$4$ that$6#2$ neighbourhood did
207:246,28@d   | not depend upon one amusement or one season of the
207:246,29@d   | year: he had set$1$ his heart upon having a something
207:246,30@d   | there that$6#1$ he could come to$4$ at any time, a little home-stall
207:246,31@d   | at his command$0$ where all the holidays of his year
207:246,32@d   | might be spent, and he might find himself continuing,
207:246,33@d   | improving, and \perfecting\ that$6#2$ friendship and intimacy
207:246,34@d   | with the Mansfield*Park family which$6#1$ was increasing in
207:246,35@d   | value$0$ to$4$ him every day.
207:246,35'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas heard and was not
207:246,36'  !| offended.
207:246,36@e   | There was no$2$ want$0$ of respect$0$ in the young
207:246,37@e   | man's address$0$; and $MP#A$Fanny's reception of it was so$5#1$
207:246,38@e   | proper and modest, so$5#1$ calm$2$ and uninviting, that$3$ he had
207:247, 1@e   | nothing to$9$ censure$1$ in her. She said little, assented only
207:247, 2@e   | here and there, and betrayed no$2$ inclination either of
207:247, 3@e   | appropriating any part$0$ of the compliment$0$ to$4$ herself or
207:247, 4@e   | of strengthening his views in favour$0$ of Northamptonshire.
207:247, 5'  !| Finding by$4$ whom$6#1$ he was observed, $MP#D$Henry*Crawford
207:247, 6'  !| addressed himself on$4$ the same subject$0$ to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
207:247, 7'  !| in a more every*day tone, but still$5$ with feeling$0$.
207:247, 8D  !| "I want$1$ to$9$ be your neighbour, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, as you
207:247, 9D  !| have perhaps heard me telling $MP#A$Miss*Price. May$1$ I hope$1$
207:247,10D  !| for$4$ your acquiescence and for$4$ your not influencing your
207:247,11D  !| son against such a tenant?"
207:247,12'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, politely bowing, replied ~
207:247,12E  !| "It is the only
207:247,13E  !| way, sir, in which$6#1$ I could \not\ wish$1$ you established as
207:247,14E  !| a permanent neighbour; but I hope$1$, and believe, that$3$
207:247,15E  !| $MP#B$Edmund will$1$ occupy his own$2$ house at Thornton*Lacey.
207:247,16E  !| $MP#B$Edmund, am I saying too$5#1$ much?"
207:247,17'  !| $MP#B$Edmund, on$4$ this appeal, had first to$9$ hear what$6#1$ was
207:247,18'  !| going on$5$, but on$4$ understanding$1$ the question$0$, was at no$2$
207:247,19'  !| loss for$4$ an answer$0$.
207:247,20B  !| "Certainly, sir, I have no$2$ idea but of residence. But
207:247,21B  !| $MP#D$Crawford, though I refuse you as a tenant, come to$4$ me
207:247,22B  !| as a friend. Consider the house as half your own$2$ every
207:247,23B  !| winter, and we will$1$ add to$4$ the stables on$4$ your own$2$
207:247,24B  !| improved plan, and with all the improvements of your
207:247,25B  !| improved plan that$6#1$ may$1$ occur to$4$ you this spring$0$."
207:247,26E  !| "We shall be the losers,"
207:247,26'  !| continued $MP#E$Sir*Thomas.
207:247,27E  !| "His going, though only eight miles, will$1$ be an unwelcome
207:247,28E  !| contraction of our family circle; but I
207:247,29E  !| should have been deeply mortified, if any son of mine$6$
207:247,30E  !| could reconcile himself to$4$ doing less. It is perfectly
207:247,31E  !| natural$2$ that$3$ you should not have thought$1$ much on$4$ the
207:247,32E  !| subject$0$, $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford. But a parish has wants$0$ and
207:247,33E  !| claims which$6#1$ can be known only by$4$ a clergyman constantly
207:247,34E  !| resident, and which$6#1$ no$2$ proxy can be capable of
207:247,35E  !| satisfying to$4$ the same extent. $MP#B$Edmund might, in the
207:247,36E  !| common$2$ phrase, do the duty of Thornton, that$6#2$ is, he
207:247,37E  !| might read prayers and preach, without giving up Mansfield*Park;
207:247,38E  !| he might ride$1$ over, every Sunday, to$4$ a house
207:248, 1E  !| nominally inhabited, and go through$4$ divine service; he
207:248, 2E  !| might be the clergyman of Thornton*Lacey every seventh
207:248, 3E  !| day, for$4$ three or four hours, if that$6#2$ would content him.
207:248, 4E  !| But it will$1$ not. He knows that$3$ human nature needs
207:248, 5E  !| more lessons than a weekly sermon can convey, and that$3$
207:248, 6E  !| if he does not live among his parishioners and prove
207:248, 7E  !| himself by$4$ constant attention their well-wisher and
207:248, 8E  !| friend, he does very little either for$4$ their good or his own$2$."
207:248, 9'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford bowed his acquiescence.
207:248,10E  !| "I repeat again,"
207:248,10'  !| added $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
207:248,10E  !| "that$3$ Thornton*Lacey
207:248,11E  !| is the only house in the neighbourhood in which$6#1$
207:248,12E  !| I should \not\ be happy to$9$ wait on$5$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford as occupier."
207:248,13'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford bowed his thanks.
207:248,14B  !| "$MP#E$Sir*Thomas,"
207:248,14'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
207:248,14B  !| "undoubtedly understands
207:248,15B  !| the duty of a parish priest. ~ We must hope$1$ his
207:248,16B  !| son may$1$ prove that$3$ \he\ knows it too$5#2$."
207:248,17'  !| Whatever effect$0$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's little harangue$0$ might
207:248,18'  !| really produce on$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, it raised some awkward
207:248,19'  !| sensations in two of the others, two of his most attentive
207:248,20'  !| listeners, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford and $MP#A$Fanny. ~ one of whom$6#1$,
207:248,21@a   | having never before$5$ understood that$3$ Thornton was so$5#1$
207:248,22@a   | soon and so$5#1$ completely to$9$ be his home, was pondering
207:248,23@a   | with downcast eyes on$4$ what$6#1$ it would be, \not\ to$9$ see
207:248,24@a   | $MP#B$Edmund every day;
207:248,24'  !| and the other,
207:248,24@c   | startled from the
207:248,25@c   | agreeable fancies$0$ she had been previously indulging on$4$
207:248,26@c   | the strength of her brother's description, no$2$ longer able,
207:248,27@c   | in the picture$0$ she had been forming of a future Thornton,
207:248,28@c   | to$9$ shut out$5$ the church, sink the clergyman, and see only
207:248,29@c   | the respectable, elegant, modernized, and occasional
207:248,30@c   | residence of a man of independent fortune ~
207:248,30'  !| was considering
207:248,31'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, with decided$2$ ill-will, as the destroyer
207:248,32'  !| of all this, and suffering the more from that$6#2$ involuntary
207:248,33'  !| forbearance which$6#1$ his character and manner commanded,
207:248,34'  !| and from not daring to$9$ relieve herself by$4$ a single attempt$0$
207:248,35'  !| at throwing ridicule$0#1$ on$4$ his cause.
207:248,36@c   | All the agreeable of \her\ speculation was over for$4$ that$6#2$
207:248,37@c   | hour. It was time to$9$ have done with cards if sermons
207:248,38@c   | prevailed, and she was glad to$9$ find it necessary to$4$ come
207:249, 1@c   | to$9$ a conclusion and be able to$9$ refresh her spirits by$4$
207:249, 2@c   | a change$0$ of place$0$ and neighbour.
207:249, 3'  !| The chief of the party were now collected irregularly
207:249, 4'  !| round$4$ the fire$0$, and waiting the final break*up. $MP#Q$William
207:249, 5'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny were the most detached. They remained
207:249, 6'  !| together at the otherwise deserted card-table, talking
207:249, 7'  !| very comfortably and not thinking of the rest$0#1$, till some
207:249, 8'  !| of the rest$0#1$ began to$9$ think of them. $MP#D$Henry*Crawford's
207:249, 9'  !| chair was the first to$9$ be given a direction towards them,
207:249,10'  !| and he sat silently observing them for$4$ a few minutes;
207:249,11'  !| himself in the meanwhile observed by$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, who$6#1$
207:249,12'  !| was standing$1$ in chat$0$ with $MP#M$Dr%*Grant.
207:249,13Q  !| "This is the Assembly night,"
207:249,13'  !| said $MP#Q$William.
207:249,13Q  !| "If
207:249,14Q  !| I were at Portsmouth, I should be at it perhaps."
207:249,15A  !| "But you do not wish$1$ yourself at Portsmouth, $MP#Q$William?"
207:249,16Q  !| "No$7$, $MP#A$Fanny, that$6#2$ I do not. I shall have enough of
207:249,17Q  !| Portsmouth, and of dancing$0$ too$5#2$, when I cannot have you.
207:249,18Q  !| And I do not know that$3$ there would be any good in
207:249,19Q  !| going to$4$ the Assembly, for$3$ I might not get a partner.
207:249,20Q  !| The Portsmouth girls turn$1$ up their noses at any*body
207:249,21Q  !| who$6#1$ has not a commission. One might as well$9$ be nothing
207:249,22Q  !| as a midshipman. One \is\ nothing indeed. You remember
207:249,23Q  !| the $MP#ZJ$Gregorys; they are grown up amazing fine girls,
207:249,24Q  !| but they will$1$ hardly speak to$4$ \me\, because $MP#ZJ$Lucy is courted
207:249,25Q  !| by$4$ a lieutenant."
207:249,26A  !| "Oh| shame$0$, shame$0$| ~ But never mind$1$ it, $MP#Q$William.
207:249,27'  !| (Her own$2$ cheeks in a glow of indignation as she spoke.)
207:249,28A  !| It is not worth minding. It is no$2$ reflection on$4$ \you\; it is
207:249,29A  !| no$2$ more than what$6#1$ the greatest admirals have all experienced,
207:249,30A  !| more or less, in their time. You must think of
207:249,31A  !| that$6#2$; you must try to$9$ make$1$ up your mind$0$ to$4$ it as one
207:249,32A  !| of the hardships which$6#1$ fall$1$ to$4$ every sailor's share$0$ ~ like$9$
207:249,33A  !| bad weather and hard living$9$ ~ only with this advantage,
207:249,34A  !| that$3$ there will$1$ be an end$0$ to$4$ it, that$3$ there will$1$ come a time
207:249,35A  !| when you will$1$ have nothing of that$6#2$ sort to$9$ endure. When
207:249,36A  !| you are a lieutenant| ~ only think, $MP#Q$William, when you
207:249,37A  !| are a lieutenant, how little you will$1$ care$1$ for$4$ any nonsense
207:249,38A  !| of this kind$0$."
207:250, 1Q  !| "I begin to$9$ think I shall never be a lieutenant, $MP#A$Fanny.
207:250, 2Q  !| Every*body gets made but me."
207:250, 3A  !| "Oh| my dear$2#1$ $MP#Q$William, do not talk$1$ so$5#2$, do not be
207:250, 4A  !| so$5#1$ desponding. My uncle says nothing, but I am sure
207:250, 5A  !| he will$1$ do every*thing in his power to$9$ get you made.
207:250, 6A  !| He knows, as well$9$ as you do, of what$6#1$ consequence
207:250, 7A  !| it is."
207:250, 8'  !| She was checked by$4$ the sight of her uncle much
207:250, 9'  !| nearer to$4$ them than she had any suspicion of, and each
207:250,10'  !| found it necessary to$9$ talk$1$ of something else.
207:250,11Q  !| "Are you fond of dancing$0$, $MP#A$Fanny?"
207:250,12A  !| "Yes, very; ~ only I am soon tired."
207:250,13Q  !| "I should like$1$ to$9$ go to$4$ a ball$0#2$ with you and see you
207:250,14Q  !| dance$1$. Have you never any balls at Northampton? ~
207:250,15Q  !| I should like$1$ to$9$ see you dance$1$, and I'd dance$1$ with you
207:250,16Q  !| if you \would\, for$3$ nobody would know who$6#2$ I was here,
207:250,17Q  !| and I should like$1$ to$9$ be your partner once more. We
207:250,18Q  !| used$1#2$ to$9$ jump about$5$ together many a time, did not we?
207:250,19Q  !| when the hand-organ was in the street? I am a pretty$5$
207:250,20Q  !| good dancer in my way, but I dare$1#2$ say you are a better$9$." ~
207:250,21'  !| And turning$1$ to$4$ his uncle, who$6#1$ was now close$9$ to$4$ them ~
207:250,22Q  !| "Is not $MP#A$Fanny a very good dancer, sir?"
207:250,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, in dismay at such an unprecedented question$0$,
207:250,24'  !| did not know which$6#2$ way to$9$ look$1$, or how to$9$ be prepared
207:250,25'  !| for$4$ the answer$0$.
207:250,25@a   | Some very grave$2$ reproof, or at least
207:250,26@a   | the coldest expression of indifference must be coming to$9$
207:250,27@a   | distress$1$ her brother, and sink her to$4$ the ground. But,
207:250,28@a   | on$4$ the contrary$0$, it was no$2$ worse than,
207:250,28E  !| "I am sorry to$9$ say
207:250,29E  !| that$3$ I am unable to$9$ answer$1$ your question$0$. I have never
207:250,30E  !| seen $MP#A$Fanny dance$1$ since she was a little girl; but I trust$1$
207:250,31E  !| we shall both think she acquits herself like$9$ a gentlewoman
207:250,32E  !| when we do see her, which$6#1$ perhaps we may$1$ have
207:250,33E  !| an opportunity of doing ere long$9$."
207:250,34D  !| "I have had the pleasure of seeing your sister dance$1$,
207:250,35D  !| $MP#Q$Mr%*Price,"
207:250,35'  !| said $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, leaning forward$2$,
207:250,35D  !| "and
207:250,36D  !| will$1$ engage to$9$ answer$1$ every inquiry which$6#1$ you can
207:250,37D  !| make$1$ on$4$ the subject$0$, to$4$ your entire satisfaction. But
207:250,38D  !| I believe
207:250,38'  !| (seeing $MP#A$Fanny look$1$ distressed)
207:250,38D  !| it must be at
207:251, 1D  !| some other time. There is \one\ person in company who$6#1$
207:251, 2D  !| does not like$1$ to$9$ have $MP#A$Miss*Price spoken of."
207:251, 3'  !| True enough, he had once seen $MP#A$Fanny dance$1$; and it
207:251, 4'  !| was equally true that$3$ he would now have answered for$4$
207:251, 5'  !| her gliding about$5$ with quiet$2$, light$9$ elegance, and in
207:251, 6'  !| admirable time, but in fact he could not for$4$ the life of
207:251, 7'  !| him recall$1$ what$6#1$ her dancing$0$ had been, and rather took
207:251, 8'  !| it for$4$ granted that$3$ she had been present$9$ than remembered
207:251, 9'  !| any*thing about$4$ her.
207:251,10'  !| He passed, however, for$4$ an admirer of her dancing$0$;
207:251,11'  !| and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ displeased, prolonged the
207:251,12'  !| conversation on$4$ dancing$0$ in general$0$, and was so$5#1$ well$9$
207:251,13'  !| engaged in describing the balls of Antigua, and listening
207:251,14'  !| to$4$ what$6#1$ his nephew could relate of the different modes of
207:251,15'  !| dancing$0$ which$6#1$ had fallen within his observation, that$3$ he
207:251,16'  !| had not heard his carriage announced, and was first called
207:251,17'  !| to$4$ the knowledge of it by$4$ the bustle$0$ of $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris.
207:251,18J  !| "Come, $MP#A$Fanny, $MP#A$Fanny, what$6#2$ are you about$4$? We
207:251,19J  !| are going. Do not you see your aunt is going? Quick$2$,
207:251,20J  !| quick$2$. I cannot bear$1$ to$9$ keep good old $MP#L$Wilcox waiting.
207:251,21J  !| You should always remember the coachman and horses.
207:251,22J  !| My dear$2#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, we have settled$1$ it that$3$ the carriage
207:251,23J  !| should come back$5$ for$4$ you, and $MP#B$Edmund, and $MP#Q$William."
207:251,24'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas could not dissent, as it had been his own$2$
207:251,25'  !| arrangement, previously communicated to$4$ his wife and
207:251,26'  !| sister; but \that$6#2$\ seemed forgotten by$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, who$6#1$
207:251,27'  !| must fancy$1$ that$3$ she settled$1$ it all herself.
207:251,28'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's last$2$ feeling$0$ in the visit$0$ was disappointment ~
207:251,29'  !| for$3$ the shawl which$6#1$ $MP#B$Edmund was quietly taking from the
207:251,30'  !| servant to$9$ bring and put round$4$ her shoulders, was seized
207:251,31'  !| by$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's quicker hand$0$, and she was obliged to$9$
207:251,32'  !| be indebted to$4$ his more prominent attention.
208:252, 1'  !| $MP#Q$William's desire$0$ of seeing $MP#A$Fanny dance$1$, made more
208:252, 2'  !| than a momentary impression on$4$ his uncle. The hope$0$
208:252, 3'  !| of an opportunity, which$6#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had then given, was
208:252, 4'  !| not given to$9$ be thought$1$ of no$2$ more.
208:252, 4@e   | He remained steadily
208:252, 5@e   | inclined to$9$ gratify so$5#1$ amiable a feeling$0$ ~ to$9$ gratify any*body
208:252, 6@e   | else who$6#1$ might wish$1$ to$9$ see $MP#A$Fanny dance$1$, and to$9$
208:252, 7@e   | give pleasure to$4$ the young people in general$0$;
208:252, 7'  !| and having
208:252, 8'  !| thought$1$ the matter over and taken his resolution in quiet$2$
208:252, 9'  !| independence, the result$0$ of it appeared the next morning
208:252,10'  !| at breakfast$0$, when, after$4$ recalling and commending what$6#1$
208:252,11'  !| his nephew had said, he added,
208:252,11E  !| "I do not like$1$, $MP#Q$William,
208:252,12E  !| that$3$ you should leave$1$ Northamptonshire without this
208:252,13E  !| indulgence. It would give me pleasure to$9$ see you both
208:252,14E  !| dance$1$. You spoke of the balls at Northampton. Your
208:252,15E  !| cousins have occasionally attended them; but they
208:252,16E  !| would not altogether suit$1$ us now. The fatigue$0$ would be
208:252,17E  !| too$5#1$ much for$4$ your aunt. I believe, we must not think
208:252,18E  !| of a Northampton ball$0#2$. A dance$0$ at home would be more
208:252,19E  !| eligible, and if" ~
208:252,20J  !| "Ah| my dear$2#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,"
208:252,20'  !| interrupted $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
208:252,21J  !| "I knew what$6#1$ was coming. I knew what$6#1$ you were going
208:252,22J  !| to$9$ say. If dear$2#1$ $MP#I$Julia were at home, or dearest $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth
208:252,23J  !| at Sotherton, to$9$ afford a reason$0$, an occasion$0$ for$4$
208:252,24J  !| such a thing, you would be tempted to$9$ give the young
208:252,25J  !| people a dance$0$ at Mansfield. I know you would. If
208:252,26J  !| \they\ were at home to$9$ grace$1$ the ball$0#2$, a ball$0#2$ you would have
208:252,27J  !| this very Christmas. Thank your uncle, $MP#Q$William, thank
208:252,28J  !| your uncle."
208:252,29E  !| "My daughters,"
208:252,29'  !| replied $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, gravely interposing,
208:252,30E  !| "have their pleasures at Brighton, and I hope$1$
208:252,31E  !| are very happy; but the dance$0$ which$6#1$ I think of giving
208:252,32E  !| at Mansfield, will$1$ be for$4$ their cousins. Could we be all
208:253, 1E  !| assembled, our satisfaction would undoubtedly be more
208:253, 2E  !| complete$2$, but the absence of some is not to$9$ debar the
208:253, 3E  !| others of amusement."
208:253, 4'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris had not another word to$9$ say. She saw
208:253, 5'  !| decision in his looks$0$, and her surprize$0$ and vexation required
208:253, 6'  !| some minutes silence$0$ to$9$ be settled$1$ into composure.
208:253, 7@j   | A ball$0#2$ at such a time| His daughters absent and herself
208:253, 8@j   | not consulted|
208:253, 8'  !| There was comfort$0$, however, soon at
208:253, 9'  !| hand$0$.
208:253, 9@j   | \She\ must be the doer of every*thing; $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
208:253,10@j   | would of course$8$ be spared all thought$0$ and exertion,
208:253,11@j   | and it would all fall$1$ upon \her\. She should have to$9$
208:253,12@j   | do the honours of the evening,
208:253,12'  !| and this reflection quickly
208:253,13'  !| restored$0$ so$5#1$ much of her good*humour as enabled her to$9$
208:253,14'  !| join in with the others, before$3$ their happiness and thanks
208:253,15'  !| were all expressed.
208:253,16'  !| $MP#B$Edmund, $MP#Q$William, and $MP#A$Fanny, did, in their different
208:253,17'  !| ways, look$1$ and speak as much grateful pleasure in the
208:253,18'  !| promised ball$0#2$, as $MP#E$Sir*Thomas could desire$1$. $MP#B$Edmund's
208:253,19'  !| feelings were for$4$ the other two.
208:253,19@b   | His father had never
208:253,20@b   | conferred a favour$0$ or shewn a kindness more to$4$ his
208:253,21@b   | satisfaction.
208:253,22'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram was perfectly quiescent and contented,
208:253,23'  !| and had no$2$ objections to$9$ make$1$. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas engaged
208:253,24'  !| for$4$ its giving her very little trouble$0$, and she assured him,
208:253,25F  !| "that$3$ she was not at all afraid of the trouble$0$, indeed she
208:253,26F  !| could not imagine there would be any."
208:253,27'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was ready with her suggestions as to$4$ the
208:253,28'  !| rooms he would think fittest to$9$ be used$1#1$, but found it all
208:253,29'  !| prearranged; and when she would have conjectured and
208:253,30'  !| hinted about$4$ the day, it appeared that$3$ the day was settled$1$
208:253,31'  !| too$5#2$. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had been amusing himself with shaping
208:253,32'  !| a very complete$2$ outline of the business; and as soon as
208:253,33'  !| she would listen quietly, could read his list of the families
208:253,34'  !| to$9$ be invited, from whom$6#1$ he calculated, with all necessary
208:253,35'  !| allowance for$4$ the shortness of the notice$0$, to$9$ collect young
208:253,36'  !| people enough to$9$ form$1$ twelve or fourteen couple; and
208:253,37'  !| could detail$1$ the considerations which$6#1$ had induced him to$9$
208:253,38'  !| fix on$4$ the 22d, as the most eligible day.
208:253,38@e   | $MP#Q$William was
208:254, 1@e   | required to$9$ be at Portsmouth on$4$ the 24th; the 22d would
208:254, 2@e   | therefore be the last$2$ day of his visit$0$; but where the days
208:254, 3@e   | were so$5#1$ few it would be unwise to$9$ fix on$4$ any earlier.
208:254, 4'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was obliged to$9$ be satisfied$1$ with
208:254, 4@j   | thinking just$9$
208:254, 5@j   | the same, and with having been on$4$ the point$0$ of proposing
208:254, 6@j   | the 22d herself, as by$4$ far the best day for$4$ the purpose.
208:254, 7'  !| The ball$0#2$ was now a settled$2$ thing, and before$4$ the evening
208:254, 8'  !| a proclaimed thing to$4$ all whom$6#1$ it concerned. Invitations
208:254, 9'  !| were sent with dispatch, and many a young lady went
208:254,10'  !| to$4$ bed that$6#2$ night with her head$0$ full of happy cares$0$ as
208:254,11'  !| well$9$ as $MP#A$Fanny. ~ To$4$ her, the cares$0$ were sometimes almost
208:254,12'  !| beyond$4$ the happiness; for$3$ young and inexperienced,
208:254,13'  !| with small means$0$ of choice$0$ and no$2$ confidence in her own$2$
208:254,14'  !| taste ~
208:254,14@a   | the "how she should be dressed" was a point$0$ of
208:254,15@a   | painful solicitude; and the almost solitary ornament in
208:254,16@a   | her possession, a very pretty$2$ amber cross$0$ which$6#1$ $MP#Q$William
208:254,17@a   | had brought her from Sicily, was the greatest distress$0$ of
208:254,18@a   | all, for$3$ she had nothing but a bit of ribbon to$9$ fasten it to$4$;
208:254,19@a   | and though she had worn it in that$6#2$ manner once, would
208:254,20@a   | it be allowable at such a time, in the midst of all the rich
208:254,21@a   | ornaments which$6#1$ she supposed all the other young ladies
208:254,22@a   | would appear in? And yet not to$9$ wear it| $MP#Q$William
208:254,23@a   | had wanted to$9$ buy her a gold chain too$5#2$, but the purchase$0$
208:254,24@a   | had been beyond$4$ his means$0$, and therefore not to$9$ wear the
208:254,25@a   | cross$0$ might be mortifying him.
208:254,25'  !| These were anxious considerations;
208:254,26'  !| enough to$9$ sober her spirits even$5$ under the
208:254,27'  !| prospect of a ball$0#2$ given principally for$4$ her gratification.
208:254,28'  !| The preparations meanwhile went on$5$, and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
208:254,29'  !| continued to$9$ sit on$4$ her sofa without any inconvenience
208:254,30'  !| from them. She had some extra visits from
208:254,31'  !| the housekeeper, and her maid was rather hurried in making
208:254,32'  !| up a new dress$0$ for$4$ her; $MP#E$Sir*Thomas gave orders$0#1$ and
208:254,33'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris ran about$5$, but all this gave \her\ no$2$ trouble$0$,
208:254,34'  !| and as she had foreseen,
208:254,34F  !| "there was in fact no$2$ trouble$0$ in
208:254,35F  !| the business."
208:254,36'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was at this time particularly full of cares$0$;
208:254,37'  !| his mind$0$ being$1$ deeply occupied in the consideration of
208:254,38'  !| two important events now at hand$0$, which$6#1$ were to$9$ fix his
208:255, 1'  !| fate in life ~ ordination and matrimony ~ events of such
208:255, 2'  !| a serious$2$ character as to$9$ make$1$ the ball$0#2$, which$6#1$ would be
208:255, 3'  !| very quickly followed by$4$ one of them, appear of less
208:255, 4'  !| moment in his eyes than in those of any other person in
208:255, 5'  !| the house. On$4$ the 23d he was going to$4$ a friend near$4$
208:255, 6'  !| Peterborough in the same situation as himself, and they
208:255, 7'  !| were to$9$ receive ordination in the course$0$ of the Christmas
208:255, 8'  !| week. Half his destiny would then be determined$1$ ~ but
208:255, 9'  !| the other half might not be so$5#1$ very smoothly wooed.
208:255,10'  !| His duties would be established, but the wife who$6#1$ was
208:255,11'  !| to$9$ share$1$, and animate$1$, and reward$1$ those duties might yet
208:255,12'  !| be unattainable. He knew his own$2$ mind$0$, but he was
208:255,13'  !| not always perfectly assured of knowing $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's.
208:255,14@b   | There were points on$4$ which$6#1$ they did not quite agree, there
208:255,15@b   | were moments in which$6#1$ she did not seem propitious, and
208:255,16@b   | though trusting altogether to$4$ her affection, so$5#1$ far as to$9$
208:255,17@b   | be resolved (almost resolved) on$4$ bringing it to$4$ a decision
208:255,18@b   | within a very short$2$ time, as soon as the variety of business
208:255,19@b   | before$4$ him were arranged, and he knew what$6#1$ he had to$9$ offer$1$
208:255,20@b   | her ~ he had many anxious feelings, many doubting hours
208:255,21@b   | as to$4$ the result$0$. His conviction of her regard$0$ for$4$ him
208:255,22@b   | was sometimes very strong; he could look$1$ back$5$ on$4$ a long$9$
208:255,23@b   | course$0$ of encouragement, and she was as perfect$2$ in disinterested
208:255,24@b   | attachment as in every*thing else. But at
208:255,25@b   | other times doubt$0$ and alarm$0$ intermingled with his hopes$0$,
208:255,26@b   | and when he thought$1$ of her acknowledged disinclination
208:255,27@b   | for$4$ privacy and retirement, her decided$2$ preference of a
208:255,28@b   | London life ~ what$6#2$ could he expect but a determined$2$
208:255,29@b   | rejection? unless it were an acceptance even$5$ more to$9$ be
208:255,30@b   | deprecated, demanding such sacrifices of situation and
208:255,31@b   | employment on$4$ his side$0$ as conscience must forbid.
208:255,32@b   | The issue$0$ of all depended on$4$ one question$0$. Did she
208:255,33@b   | love$1$ him well$9$ enough to$9$ forego what$6#1$ had used$1#2$ to$9$ be essential
208:255,34@b   | points ~ did she love$1$ him well$9$ enough to$9$ make$1$ them
208:255,35@b   | no$2$ longer essential? And this question$0$, which$6#1$ he was
208:255,36@b   | continually repeating to$4$ himself, though oftenest answered
208:255,37@b   | with a "Yes," had sometimes its "No$7$."
208:255,38@b   | $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was soon to$9$ leave$1$ Mansfield, and on$4$ this
208:256, 1@b   | circumstance the "no$7$" and the "yes" had been very
208:256, 2@b   | recently in alternation. He had seen her eyes sparkle
208:256, 3@b   | as she spoke of the dear$2#1$ friend's letter, which$6#1$ claimed
208:256, 4@b   | a long$9$ visit$0$ from her in London, and of the kindness of
208:256, 5@b   | $MP#D$Henry, in engaging to$9$ remain where he was till January,
208:256, 6@b   | that$3$ he might convey her thither; he had heard her speak
208:256, 7@b   | of the pleasure of such a journey with an animation which$6#1$
208:256, 8@b   | had "no$7$" in every tone. But this had occurred on$4$ the
208:256, 9@b   | first day of its being$1$ settled$1$, within the first hour of the
208:256,10@b   | burst$0$ of such enjoyment, when nothing but the friends
208:256,11@b   | she was to$9$ visit$1$, was before$4$ her. He had since heard her
208:256,12@b   | express$1$ herself differently ~ with other feelings ~ more
208:256,13@b   | chequered feelings; he had heard her tell $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
208:256,14@b   | that$3$ she should leave$1$ her with regret$0$; that$3$ she began to$9$
208:256,15@b   | believe neither the friends nor the pleasures she was going
208:256,16@b   | to$4$ were worth those she left$1$ behind; and that$3$ though
208:256,17@b   | she felt she must go, and knew she should enjoy herself
208:256,18@b   | when once away, she was already looking forward$8$ to$4$
208:256,19@b   | being$1$ at Mansfield again. Was there not a "yes" in
208:256,20@b   | all this?
208:256,21'  !| With such matters to$9$ ponder over, and arrange, and
208:256,22'  !| re-arrange, $MP#B$Edmund could not, on$4$ his own$2$ account$0$, think
208:256,23'  !| very much of the evening, which$6#1$ the rest$0#1$ of the family
208:256,24'  !| were looking forward$8$ to$4$ with a more equal$2$ degree of
208:256,25'  !| strong interest$0$.
208:256,25@b   | Independent of his two cousins' enjoyment
208:256,26@b   | in it, the evening was to$4$ him of no$2$ higher value$0$
208:256,27@b   | than any other appointed meeting$0$ of the two families
208:256,28@b   | might be. In every meeting$0$ there was a hope$0$ of receiving
208:256,29@b   | farther confirmation of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's attachment; but
208:256,30@b   | the whirl of a ball-room perhaps was not particularly
208:256,31@b   | favourable to$4$ the excitement or expression of serious$2$
208:256,32@b   | feelings. To$9$ engage her early for$4$ the two first dances$0$,
208:256,33@b   | was all the command$0$ of individual happiness which$6#1$ he
208:256,34@b   | felt in his power, and the only preparation for$4$ the ball$0#2$
208:256,35@b   | which$6#1$ he could enter into, in spite$8$ of all that$6#1$ was passing$1$
208:256,36@b   | around$4$ him on$4$ the subject$0$, from morning till night.
208:256,37'  !| Thursday was the day of the ball$0#2$: and on$4$ Wednesday
208:256,38'  !| morning, $MP#A$Fanny, still$5$ unable to$9$ satisfy herself, as to$4$ what$6#1$
208:257, 1'  !| she ought to$9$ wear, determined$1$ to$9$ seek the counsel$0$ of the
208:257, 2'  !| more enlightened, and apply to$4$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant and her sister,
208:257, 3'  !| whose$6#1$ acknowledged taste would certainly bear$1$ her blameless;
208:257, 4@a   | and as $MP#B$Edmund and $MP#Q$William were gone to$4$ Northampton,
208:257, 5@a   | and she had reason$0$ to$9$ think $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford likewise
208:257, 6@a   | out$5$, she walked down$5$ to$4$ the Parsonage without much
208:257, 7@a   | fear$0$ of wanting an opportunity for$4$ private$2$ discussion;
208:257, 8@a   | and the privacy of such a discussion was a most important
208:257, 9@a   | part$0$ of it to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, being$1$ more than half ashamed of her
208:257,10@a   | own$2$ solicitude.
208:257,11@a   | She met $MP#C$Miss*Crawford within a few yards of the Parsonage,
208:257,12@a   | just$9$ setting out$5$ to$9$ call$1$ on$4$ her, and as it seemed
208:257,13@a   | to$4$ her, that$3$ her friend, though obliged to$9$ insist on$4$ turning$1$
208:257,14@a   | back$5$, was unwilling to$9$ lose her walk$0$,
208:257,14'  !| she explained her
208:257,15'  !| business at once and observed that$3$
208:257,15@a   | if she would be so$5#1$ kind$2$
208:257,16@a   | as to$9$ give her opinion, it might be all talked over as well$9$
208:257,17@a   | without doors as within. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford appeared gratified
208:257,18@a   | by$4$ the application,
208:257,18'  !| and after$4$ a moment's thought$0$,
208:257,19'  !| urged $MP#A$Fanny's returning with her in a much more cordial$2$
208:257,20'  !| manner than before$5$, and
208:257,20@c   | proposed their going up into
208:257,21@c   | her room, where they might have a comfortable coze,
208:257,22@c   | without disturbing $MP#M$Dr% and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, who$6#1$ were together
208:257,23@c   | in the drawing-room.
208:257,23'  !| It was just$9$ the plan to$9$ suit$1$ $MP#A$Fanny;
208:257,24'  !| and with a great deal$0#2$ of gratitude on$4$ her side$0$ for$4$ such
208:257,25'  !| ready and kind$2$ attention, they proceeded in*doors and
208:257,26'  !| upstairs, and were soon deep in the interesting subject$0$.
208:257,27'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, pleased with the appeal, gave her all her
208:257,28'  !| best judgment and taste, made every*thing easy by$4$ her
208:257,29'  !| suggestions, and tried to$9$ make$1$ every*thing agreeable by$4$
208:257,30'  !| her encouragement. The dress$0$ being$1$ settled$1$ in all its
208:257,31'  !| grander parts, ~
208:257,31C  !| "But what$6#2$ shall you have by$4$ way of
208:257,32C  !| necklace?"
208:257,32'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford.
208:257,32C  !| "Shall not you wear
208:257,33C  !| your brother's cross$0$?"
208:257,33'  !| And as she spoke she was
208:257,34'  !| undoing a small parcel, which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny had observed in
208:257,35'  !| her hand$0$ when they met. $MP#A$Fanny acknowledged her
208:257,36'  !| wishes$0$ and doubts$0$ on$4$ this point$0$;
208:257,36@a   | she did not know how
208:257,37@a   | either to$9$ wear the cross$0$, or to$9$ refrain from wearing it.
208:257,38'  !| She was answered by$4$ having a small trinket-box placed
208:258, 1'  !| before$4$ her, and being$1$ requested to$9$ chuse from among
208:258, 2'  !| several gold chains and necklaces. Such had been the
208:258, 3'  !| parcel with which$6#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was provided$1$, and such
208:258, 4'  !| the object$0$ of her intended visit$0$; and in the kindest
208:258, 5'  !| manner she now urged $MP#A$Fanny's taking one for$4$ the cross$0$
208:258, 6'  !| and to$9$ keep for$4$ her sake, saying every*thing she could
208:258, 7'  !| think of to$9$ obviate the scruples which$6#1$ were making $MP#A$Fanny
208:258, 8'  !| start$1$ back$5$ at first with a look$0$ of horror at the proposal.
208:258, 9C  !| "You see what$6#1$ a collection I have,"
208:258, 9'  !| said she,
208:258, 9C  !| "more
208:258,10C  !| by$4$ half than I ever use$1$ or think of. I do not offer$1$ them
208:258,11C  !| as new. I offer$1$ nothing but an old necklace. You must
208:258,12C  !| forgive the liberty and oblige me."
208:258,13'  !| $MP#A$Fanny still$5$ resisted, and from her heart.
208:258,13@a   | The gift was
208:258,14@a   | too$5#1$ valuable.
208:258,14'  !| But, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford persevered, and argued
208:258,15'  !| the case with so$5#1$ much affectionate earnestness through$4$
208:258,16'  !| all the heads of $MP#Q$William and the cross$0$, and the ball$0#2$, and
208:258,17'  !| herself, as to$9$ be finally successful. $MP#A$Fanny found herself
208:258,18@a   | obliged to$9$ yield that$3$ she might not be accused of pride
208:258,19@a   | or indifference, or some other littleness; and having with
208:258,20@a   | modest reluctance given her consent$0$, proceeded to$9$ make$1$
208:258,21@a   | the selection. She looked and looked, longing$1$ to$9$ know
208:258,22@a   | which$6#2$ might be least valuable; and was determined$2$ in
208:258,23@a   | her choice$0$ at last$0$, by$4$ fancying there was one necklace
208:258,24@a   | more frequently placed before$4$ her eyes than the rest$0#1$.
208:258,25'  !| It was of gold prettily worked; and though $MP#A$Fanny would
208:258,26'  !| have preferred a longer and a plainer chain as more
208:258,27'  !| adapted for$4$ her purpose, she hoped in fixing on$4$ this, to$9$
208:258,28'  !| be chusing what$6#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford least wished to$9$ keep.
208:258,29'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford smiled her perfect$2$ approbation; and
208:258,30'  !| hastened to$9$ complete$1$ the gift by$4$ putting the necklace
208:258,31'  !| round$4$ her and making her see how well$9$ it looked.
208:258,32'  !| $MP#A$Fanny had not a word to$9$ say against its becomingness,
208:258,33@a   | and excepting what$6#1$ remained of her scruples, was exceedingly
208:258,34@a   | pleased with an acquisition so$5#1$ very apropos. She
208:258,35@a   | would rather perhaps have been obliged to$4$ some other
208:258,36@a   | person. But this was an unworthy feeling$0$. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
208:258,37@a   | had anticipated her wants$0$ with a kindness which$6#1$
208:258,38@a   | proved her a real friend.
208:258,38A  !| "When I wear this necklace I
208:259, 1A  !| shall always think of you,"
208:259, 1'  !| said she,
208:259, 1A  !| "and feel how very
208:259, 2A  !| kind$2$ you were."
208:259, 3C  !| "You must think of somebody else too$5#2$ when you wear
208:259, 4C  !| that$6#2$ necklace,"
208:259, 4'  !| replied $MP#C$Miss*Crawford.
208:259, 4C  !| "You must think
208:259, 5C  !| of $MP#D$Henry, for$3$ it was his choice$0$ in the first place$0$. He gave
208:259, 6C  !| it to$4$ me, and with the necklace I make$1$ over to$4$ you all
208:259, 7C  !| the duty of remembering the original giver. It is to$9$ be
208:259, 8C  !| a family remembrancer. The sister is not to$9$ be in your
208:259, 9C  !| mind$0$ without bringing the brother too$5#2$."
208:259,10'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, in great astonishment and confusion, would
208:259,11'  !| have returned the present$0#2$ instantly.
208:259,11@a   | To$9$ take what$6#1$ had
208:259,12@a   | been the gift of another person ~ of a brother too$5#2$ ~ impossible| ~
208:259,13@a   | it must not be| ~
208:259,13'  !| and with an eagerness and
208:259,14'  !| embarrassment quite diverting to$4$ her companion, she laid
208:259,15'  !| down$5$ the necklace again on$4$ its cotton, and seemed resolved
208:259,16'  !| either to$9$ take another or none at all. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
208:259,17'  !| thought$1$
208:259,17@c   | she had never seen a prettier consciousness.
208:259,18C  !| "My dear$2#1$ child,"
208:259,18'  !| said she laughing,
208:259,18C  !| "what$6#2$ are you
208:259,19C  !| afraid of? Do you think $MP#D$Henry will$1$ claim$1$ the necklace
208:259,20C  !| as mine$6$, and fancy$1$ you did not come honestly by$4$ it? ~
208:259,21C  !| or are you imagining he would be too$5#1$ much flattered by$4$
208:259,22C  !| seeing round$4$ your lovely throat an ornament which$6#1$ his
208:259,23C  !| money purchased three years ago, before$3$ he knew there
208:259,24C  !| was such a throat in the world? ~ or perhaps ~
208:259,24'  !| looking
208:259,25'  !| archly ~
208:259,25C  !| you suspect a confederacy between us, and that$3$
208:259,26C  !| what$6#1$ I am now doing is with his knowledge and at his
208:259,27C  !| desire$0$?"
208:259,28'  !| With the deepest blushes $MP#A$Fanny protested against such
208:259,29'  !| a thought$0$.
208:259,30C  !| "Well$7$ then,"
208:259,30'  !| replied $MP#C$Miss*Crawford more seriously but
208:259,31'  !| without at all believing her,
208:259,31C  !| "to$9$ convince me that$3$ you
208:259,32C  !| suspect no$2$ trick$0$, and are as unsuspicious of compliment$0$
208:259,33C  !| as I have always found you, take the necklace, and say
208:259,34C  !| no$2$ more about$4$ it. Its being$1$ a gift of my brother's need$0$
208:259,35C  !| not make$1$ the smallest difference in your accepting it, as
208:259,36C  !| I assure you it makes none in my willingness to$9$ part$1$ with
208:259,37C  !| it. He is always giving me something or other. I have
208:259,38C  !| such innumerable presents$0$ from him that$3$ it is quite
208:260, 1C  !| impossible for$4$ me to$9$ value$1$, or for$4$ him to$9$ remember half.
208:260, 2C  !| And as for$4$ this necklace, I do not suppose I have worn it
208:260, 3C  !| six times; it is very pretty$2$ ~ but I never think of it; and
208:260, 4C  !| though you would be most heartily welcome$2$ to$4$ any other
208:260, 5C  !| in my trinket-box, you have happened to$9$ fix on$4$ the very
208:260, 6C  !| one which$6#1$, if I have a choice$0$, I would rather part$1$ with
208:260, 7C  !| and see in your possession than any other. Say no$2$ more
208:260, 8C  !| against it, I entreat you. Such a trifle$0$ is not worth half
208:260, 9C  !| so$5#1$ many words."
208:260,10'  !| $MP#A$Fanny dared not make$1$ any further opposition; and
208:260,11'  !| with renewed but less happy thanks accepted the necklace
208:260,12'  !| again, for$3$ there was an expression in $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's eyes
208:260,13'  !| which$6#1$ she could not be satisfied$1$ with.
208:260,14@a   | It was impossible for$4$ her to$9$ be insensible of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's
208:260,15@a   | change$0$ of manners. She had long$9$ seen it. He
208:260,16@a   | evidently tried to$9$ please her ~ he was gallant ~ he was
208:260,17@a   | attentive ~ he was something like$9$ what$6#1$ he had been to$4$
208:260,18@a   | her cousins: he wanted, she supposed, to$9$ cheat her of her
208:260,19@a   | tranquillity as he had cheated them; and whether he
208:260,20@a   | might not have some concern$0$ in this necklace| ~ She
208:260,21@a   | could not be convinced that$3$ he had not, for$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
208:260,22@a   | complaisant as a sister, was careless as a woman and a
208:260,23@a   | friend.
208:260,24'  !| Reflecting and doubting, and feeling$1$ that$3$ the possession
208:260,25'  !| of what$6#1$ she had so$5#1$ much wished for$4$, did not bring much
208:260,26'  !| satisfaction, she now walked home again ~ with a change$0$
208:260,27'  !| rather than a diminution of cares$0$ since her treading that$6#2$
208:260,28'  !| path before$5$.
209:261, 1'  !| On$4$ reaching home, $MP#A$Fanny went immediately up*stairs
209:261, 2'  !| to$9$ deposit this unexpected acquisition, this doubtful good
209:261, 3'  !| of a necklace, in some favourite$2$ box in the east*room
209:261, 4'  !| which$6#1$ held all her smaller treasures; but on$4$ opening the
209:261, 5'  !| door, what$6#1$ was her surprize$0$ to$9$ find her cousin $MP#B$Edmund
209:261, 6'  !| there writing$1$ at the table| Such a sight having never
209:261, 7'  !| occurred before$5$, was almost as wonderful as it was
209:261, 8'  !| welcome$2$.
209:261, 9B  !| "$MP#A$Fanny,"
209:261, 9'  !| said he directly, leaving his seat and his pen,
209:261,10'  !| and meeting$9$ her with something in his hand$0$.
209:261,10B  !| "I beg your
209:261,11B  !| pardon$0$ for$4$ being$1$ here. I came to$9$ look$1$ for$4$ you, and after$4$
209:261,12B  !| waiting a little while$0$ in hope$0$ of your coming in, was making
209:261,13B  !| use$0$ of your inkstand to$9$ explain my errand. You will$1$
209:261,14B  !| find the beginning$0$ of a note$0$ to$4$ yourself; but I can now
209:261,15B  !| speak my business, which$6#1$ is merely to$9$ beg your acceptance
209:261,16B  !| of this little trifle$0$ ~ a chain for$4$ $MP#Q$William's cross$0$. You
209:261,17B  !| ought to$9$ have had it a week ago, but there has been a
209:261,18B  !| delay$0$ from my brother's not being$1$ in town by$4$ several days
209:261,19B  !| so$5#1$ soon as I expected$1$; and I have only just$9$ now received
209:261,20B  !| it at Northampton. I hope$1$ you will$1$ like$1$ the chain itself,
209:261,21B  !| $MP#A$Fanny. I endeavoured to$9$ consult the simplicity of your
209:261,22B  !| taste, but at any rate$0$ I know you will$1$ be kind$2$ to$4$ my
209:261,22B  !| intentions,
209:261,23B  !| and consider it, as it really is, a token of the love$0$
209:261,24B  !| of one of your oldest friends."
209:261,25'  !| And so$5#2$ saying, he was hurrying away, before$3$ $MP#A$Fanny,
209:261,26'  !| overpowered by$4$ a thousand feelings of pain$0$ and pleasure,
209:261,27'  !| could attempt$1$ to$9$ speak; but quickened by$4$ one sovereign
209:261,28'  !| wish$0$ she then called out$5$,
209:261,28A  !| "Oh| cousin, stop$1$ a moment,
209:261,29A  !| pray stop$1$."
209:261,30'  !| He turned back$5$.
209:261,31A  !| "I cannot attempt$1$ to$9$ thank you,"
209:261,31'  !| she continued in
209:261,32'  !| a very agitated manner,
209:261,32A  !| "thanks are out$8$ of the question$0$.
209:262, 1A  !| I feel much more than I can possibly express$1$. Your
209:262, 2A  !| goodness in thinking of me in such a way is beyond$4$" ~
209:262, 3B  !| "If this is all you have to$9$ say, $MP#A$Fanny,"
209:262, 3'  !| smiling and
209:262, 4'  !| turning$1$ away again ~
209:262, 5A  !| "No$7$, no$7$, it is not. I want$1$ to$9$ consult you."
209:262, 6'  !| Almost unconsciously she had now undone the parcel
209:262, 7'  !| he had just$9$ put into her hand$0$, and seeing before$4$ her, in
209:262, 8'  !| all the niceness of jeweller's packing, a plain gold chain
209:262, 9'  !| perfectly simple$2$ and neat, she could not help$1$ bursting
209:262,10'  !| forth again.
209:262,10A  !| "Oh| this is beautiful indeed| this is the
209:262,11A  !| very thing, precisely what$6#1$ I wished for$4$| this is the only
209:262,12A  !| ornament I have ever had a desire$0$ to$9$ possess. It will$1$
209:262,13A  !| exactly suit$1$ my cross$0$. They must and shall be worn
209:262,14A  !| together. It comes too$5#2$ in such an acceptable moment.
209:262,15A  !| Oh| cousin, you do not know how acceptable it is."
209:262,16B  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, you feel these things a great deal$0#2$ too$5#1$
209:262,17B  !| much. I am most happy that$3$ you like$1$ the chain, and
209:262,18B  !| that$3$ it should be here in time for$4$ to-morrow: but your
209:262,19B  !| thanks are far beyond$4$ the occasion$0$. Believe me, I have
209:262,20B  !| no$2$ pleasure in the world superior$2$ to$4$ that$6#2$ of contributing
209:262,21B  !| to$4$ yours. No$7$, I can safely say, I have no$2$ pleasure so$5#1$
209:262,22B  !| complete$2$, so$5#1$ unalloyed. It is without a drawback."
209:262,23'  !| Upon such expressions of affection, $MP#A$Fanny could have
209:262,24'  !| lived an hour without saying another word; but $MP#B$Edmund,
209:262,25'  !| after$4$ waiting a moment, obliged her to$9$ bring down$5$ her
209:262,26'  !| mind$0$ from its heavenly flight by$4$ saying,
209:262,26B  !| "But what$6#2$ is it
209:262,27B  !| that$6#1$ you want$1$ to$9$ consult me about$4$?"
209:262,28'  !| It was about$4$ the necklace, which$6#1$ she was now most
209:262,29'  !| earnestly longing$1$ to$9$ return$1$, and hoped to$9$ obtain his approbation
209:262,30'  !| of her doing. She gave the history of her recent
209:262,31'  !| visit$0$, and now her raptures might well$9$ be over, for$3$ $MP#B$Edmund
209:262,32'  !| was so$5#1$ struck with the circumstance, so$5#1$ delighted
209:262,33'  !| with what$6#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford had done, so$5#1$ gratified by$4$ such
209:262,34'  !| a coincidence of conduct$0$ between them, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny could
209:262,35'  !| not but admit the superior$2$ power of \one\ pleasure over his
209:262,36'  !| own$2$ mind$0$, though it might have its drawback. It was
209:262,37'  !| some time before$3$ she could get his attention to$4$ her plan,
209:262,38'  !| or any answer$0$ to$4$ her demand$0$ of his opinion; he was in a
209:263, 1'  !| reverie of fond reflection, uttering only now and then
209:263, 2'  !| a few half sentences of praise$0$; but when he did awake$1$
209:263, 3'  !| and understand, he was very decided$2$ in opposing what$6#1$
209:263, 4'  !| she wished.
209:263, 5B  !| "Return$1$ the necklace| No$7$, my dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, upon no$2$
209:263, 6B  !| account$0$. It would be mortifying her severely. There
209:263, 7B  !| can hardly be a more unpleasant sensation$0#1$ than the having
209:263, 8B  !| any*thing returned on$4$ our hands, which$6#1$ we have given
209:263, 9B  !| with a reasonable hope$0$ of its contributing to$4$ the comfort$0$
209:263,10B  !| of a friend. Why should she lose a pleasure which$6#1$ she
209:263,11B  !| has shewn herself so$5#1$ deserving of?"
209:263,12A  !| "If it had been given to$4$ me in the first instance$0$,"
209:263,12'  !| said
209:263,13'  !| $MP#A$Fanny,
209:263,13A  !| "I should not have thought$1$ of returning it; but
209:263,14A  !| being$1$ her brother's present$0#2$, is not it fair to$9$ suppose that$3$
209:263,15A  !| she would rather not part$1$ with it, when it is not wanted?"
209:263,16B  !| "She must not suppose it not wanted, not acceptable
209:263,17B  !| at least; and its having been originally her brother's gift
209:263,18B  !| makes no$2$ difference, for$3$ as she was not prevented from
209:263,19B  !| offering, nor you from taking it on$4$ that$6#2$ account$0$, it ought
209:263,20B  !| not to$9$ affect your keeping$1$ it. No$2$ doubt$0$ it is handsomer
209:263,21B  !| than mine$6$, and fitter for$4$ a ball-room."
209:263,22A  !| "No$7$, it is not handsomer, not at all handsomer in its
209:263,23A  !| way, and for$4$ my purpose not half so$5#1$ fit$9$. The chain will$1$
209:263,24A  !| agree with $MP#Q$William's cross$0$ beyond$4$ all comparison better$9$
209:263,25A  !| than the necklace."
209:263,26B  !| "For$4$ one night, $MP#A$Fanny, for$4$ only one night, if it \be\ a
209:263,27B  !| sacrifice$0$ ~ I am sure you will$1$, upon consideration, make$1$
209:263,28B  !| that$6#2$ sacrifice$0$ rather than give pain$0$ to$4$ one who$6#1$ has been
209:263,29B  !| so$5#1$ studious of your comfort$0$. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's attentions
209:263,30B  !| to$4$ you have been ~ not more than you were justly entitled
209:263,31B  !| to$4$ ~ I am the last$2$ person to$9$ think that$6#2$ \could\ \be\ ~ but
209:263,31B  !| they
209:263,32B  !| have been invariable; and to$9$ be returning them with
209:263,33B  !| what$6#1$ must have something the \air\ of ingratitude, though
209:263,34B  !| I know it could never have the \meaning$0$\, is not in your
209:263,35B  !| nature I am sure. Wear the necklace, as you are engaged
209:263,36B  !| to$9$ do to-morrow evening, and let the chain, which$6#1$ was
209:263,37B  !| not ordered with any reference to$4$ the ball$0#2$, be kept for$4$
209:263,38B  !| commoner occasions. This is my advice. I would not
209:264, 1B  !| have the shadow of a coolness between the two whose$6#1$
209:264, 2B  !| intimacy I have been observing with the greatest pleasure,
209:264, 3B  !| and in whose$6#1$ characters there is so$5#1$ much general$2$ resemblance
209:264, 4B  !| in true generosity and natural$2$ delicacy as to$9$ make$1$
209:264, 5B  !| the few slight$2$ differences, resulting principally from situation,
209:264, 6B  !| no$2$ reasonable hindrance to$4$ a perfect$2$ friendship. I
209:264, 7B  !| would not have the shadow of a coolness arise,"
209:264, 7'  !| he
209:264, 8'  !| repeated, his voice sinking a little,
209:264, 8B  !| "between the two
209:264, 9B  !| dearest objects$0$ I have on$4$ earth."
209:264,10'  !| He was gone as he spoke; and $MP#A$Fanny remained to$9$
209:264,11'  !| tranquillise herself as she could.
209:264,11@a   | She was one of his two
209:264,12@a   | dearest ~ that$6#2$ must support$1$ her. But the other| ~ the
209:264,13@a   | first| She had never heard him speak so$5#1$ openly before$5$,
209:264,14@a   | and though it told her no$2$ more than what$6#1$ she had long$9$
209:264,15@a   | perceived, it was a stab; ~ for$3$ it told of his own$2$ convictions
209:264,16@a   | and views. They were decided$1$. He would marry
209:264,17@a   | $MP#C$Miss*Crawford. It was a stab, in spite$8$ of every long-standing
209:264,18@a   | expectation; and she was obliged to$9$ repeat
209:264,19@a   | again and again that$3$ she was one of his two dearest, before$3$
209:264,20@a   | the words gave her any sensation$0#1$. Could she believe $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
209:264,21@a   | to$9$ deserve him, it would be ~ Oh| how different
209:264,22@a   | would it be ~ how far more tolerable| But he was
209:264,23@a   | deceived in her; he gave her merits which$6#1$ she had not;
209:264,24@a   | her faults were what$6#1$ they had ever been, but he saw them
209:264,25@a   | no$2$ longer.
209:264,25'  !| Till she had shed many tears over this deception,
209:264,26'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could not subdue her agitation; and the
209:264,27'  !| dejection which$6#1$ followed could only be relieved by$4$ the
209:264,28'  !| influence$0$ of fervent prayers for$4$ his happiness.
209:264,29@a   | It was her intention, as she felt it to$9$ be her duty, to$9$ try
209:264,30@a   | to$9$ overcome all that$6#1$ was excessive, all that$6#1$ bordered on$4$
209:264,31@a   | selfishness in her affection for$4$ $MP#B$Edmund. To$9$ call$1$ or to$9$
209:264,32@a   | fancy$1$ it a loss, a disappointment, would be a presumption;
209:264,33@a   | for$4$ which$6#1$ she had not words strong enough to$9$ satisfy her
209:264,34@a   | own$2$ humility. To$9$ think of him as $MP#C$Miss*Crawford might
209:264,35@a   | be justified in thinking, would in her be insanity. To$4$
209:264,36@a   | her, he could be nothing under any circumstances ~
209:264,37@a   | nothing dearer than a friend. Why did such an idea occur
209:264,38@a   | to$4$ her even$5$ enough to$9$ be reprobated and forbidden? It
209:265, 1@a   | ought not to$9$ have touched on$4$ the confines of her imagination.
209:265, 2@a   | She would endeavour$1$ to$9$ be rational, and to$9$ deserve
209:265, 3@a   | the right$0$ of judging of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's character and the
209:265, 4@a   | privilege of true solicitude for$4$ him by$4$ a sound$0$ intellect
209:265, 5@a   | and an honest heart.
209:265, 6'  !| She had all the heroism of principle, and was determined$2$
209:265, 7'  !| to$9$ do her duty; but having also many of the feelings of
209:265, 8'  !| youth and nature, let her not be much wondered at if,
209:265, 9'  !| after$4$ making all these good resolutions on$4$ the side$0$ of self-government,
209:265,10'  !| she seized the scrap of paper on$4$ which$6#1$
209:265,11'  !| $MP#B$Edmund had begun writing$1$ to$4$ her, as a treasure beyond$4$
209:265,12'  !| all her hopes$0$, and reading with the tenderest emotion
209:265,13'  !| these words,
209:265,13B  !| "My very dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, you must do me the
209:265,14B  !| favour$0$ to$9$ accept" ~
209:265,14'  !| locked it up with the chain, as the
209:265,15'  !| dearest part$0$ of the gift.
209:265,15@a   | It was the only thing approaching
209:265,16@a   | to$4$ a letter which$6#1$ she had ever received from him;
209:265,17@a   | she might never receive another; it was impossible that$3$
209:265,18@a   | she ever should receive another so$5#1$ perfectly gratifying in
209:265,19@a   | the occasion$0$ and the style.
209:265,19'  !| Two lines more prized had
209:265,20'  !| never fallen from the pen of the most distinguished author
209:265,21'  !| ~ never more completely blessed the researches of the
209:265,22'  !| fondest biographer. The enthusiasm of a woman's love$0$
209:265,23'  !| is even$5$ beyond$4$ the biographer's. To$4$ her, the hand-writing
209:265,24'  !| itself, independent of any*thing it may$1$ convey,
209:265,25'  !| is a blessedness.
209:265,25@a   | Never were such characters cut$9$ by$4$ any
209:265,26@a   | other human being$0$, as $MP#B$Edmund's commonest hand-writing,
209:265,27@a   | gave| This specimen, written in haste as it was, had
209:265,28@a   | not a fault; and there was a felicity in the flow$0$ of the
209:265,29@a   | first four words, in the arrangement of
209:265,29B  !| "My very dear$2#1$
209:265,30B  !| $MP#A$Fanny,"
209:265,30@a   | which$6#1$ she could have looked at for*ever.
209:265,31'  !| Having regulated her thoughts and comforted her feelings
209:265,32'  !| by$4$ this happy mixture of reason$0$ and weakness, she
209:265,33'  !| was able, in due$2$ time, to$9$ go down$5$ and resume her usual
209:265,34'  !| employments near$4$ her aunt $MP#F$Bertram, and pay$1$ her the
209:265,35'  !| usual observances without any apparent want$0$ of spirits.
209:265,36'  !| Thursday, predestined to$4$ hope$1$ and enjoyment, came; and
209:265,37'  !| opened with more kindness to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny than such self-willed,
209:265,38'  !| unmanageable days often volunteer, for$3$ soon after$4$ breakfast$0$
209:266, 1'  !| a very friendly note$0$ was brought from $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
209:266, 2'  !| to$4$ $MP#Q$William stating
209:266, 2@d   | that$3$ as he found himself obliged to$9$ go to$4$
209:266, 3@d   | London on$4$ the morrow for$4$ a few days, he could not help$1$
209:266, 4@d   | trying$1$ to$9$ procure a companion; and therefore hoped that$3$ if
209:266, 5@d   | $MP#Q$William could make$1$ up his mind$0$ to$9$ leave$1$ Mansfield half
209:266, 6@d   | a day earlier than had been proposed, he would accept
209:266, 7@d   | a place$0$ in his carriage.
209:266, 7'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford meant to$9$ be in town
209:266, 8'  !| by$4$ his uncle's accustomary late dinner-hour, and $MP#Q$William
209:266, 9'  !| was invited to$9$ dine with him at the $MP#ZF$Admiral's. The
209:266,10'  !| proposal was a very pleasant one to$4$ $MP#Q$William himself,
209:266,10@q   | who$6#1$
209:266,11@q   | enjoyed the idea of travelling post with four horses and
209:266,12@q   | such a good humoured agreeable friend; and in likening
209:266,13@q   | it to$4$ going up with dispatches,
209:266,13'  !| was saying at once every*thing
209:266,14'  !| in favour$0$ of its happiness and dignity which$6#1$ his
209:266,15'  !| imagination could suggest; and $MP#A$Fanny, from a different
209:266,16'  !| motive, was exceedingly pleased:
209:266,16@a   | for$3$ the original plan
209:266,17@a   | was that$3$ $MP#Q$William should go up by$4$ the mail from Northampton
209:266,18@a   | the following night, which$6#1$ would not have allowed
209:266,19@a   | him an hour's rest$0#2$ before$3$ he must have got into a Portsmouth
209:266,20@a   | coach; and though this offer$0$ of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's
209:266,21@a   | would rob her of many hours of his company, she was too$5#1$
209:266,22@a   | happy in having $MP#Q$William spared from the fatigue$0$ of such
209:266,23@a   | a journey, to$9$ think of any*thing else.
209:266,23'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas approved
209:266,24'  !| of it for$4$ another reason$0$.
209:266,24@e   | His nephew's introduction
209:266,25@e   | to$4$ $MP#ZF$Admiral*Crawford might be of service. The
209:266,26@e   | $MP#ZF$Admiral he believed had interest$0$.
209:266,26'  !| Upon the whole$0$, it
209:266,27'  !| was a very joyous note$0$. $MP#A$Fanny's spirits lived on$4$ it half
209:266,28'  !| the morning, deriving some accession of pleasure from its
209:266,29'  !| writer being$1$ himself to$9$ go away.
209:266,30'  !| As for$4$ the ball$0#2$ so$5#1$ near$9$ at hand$0$, she had too$5#1$ many
209:266,31'  !| agitations and fears to$9$ have half the enjoyment in
209:266,32'  !| anticipation which$6#1$ she ought to$9$ have had, or must have
209:266,33'  !| been supposed to$9$ have, by$4$ the many young ladies looking
209:266,34'  !| forward$8$ to$4$ the same event in situations more at ease$0$, but
209:266,35'  !| under circumstances of less novelty, less interest$0$, less
209:266,36'  !| peculiar gratification than would be attributed to$4$ her.
209:266,37'  !| $MP#A$Miss*Price, known only by$4$ name$0$ to$4$ half the people invited,
209:266,38'  !| was now to$9$ make$1$ her first appearance, and must be
209:267, 1'  !| regarded as the Queen of the evening. Who$6#2$ could be
209:267, 2'  !| happier than $MP#A$Miss*Price? But $MP#A$Miss*Price had not been
209:267, 3'  !| brought up to$4$ the trade of \coming\ \out$5$\; and had she
209:267, 4'  !| known in what$6#1$ light$0$ this ball$0#2$ was, in general$0$, considered
209:267, 5'  !| respecting her, it would very much have lessened her
209:267, 6'  !| comfort$0$ by$4$ increasing the fears she already had, of doing
209:267, 7'  !| wrong$0$ and being$1$ looked at.
209:267, 7@a   | To$9$ dance$1$ without much
209:267, 8@a   | observation or any extraordinary fatigue$0$, to$9$ have strength
209:267, 9@a   | and partners for$4$ about$4$ half the evening, to$9$ dance$1$ a little
209:267,10@a   | with $MP#B$Edmund, and not a great deal$0#2$ with $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,
209:267,11@a   | to$9$ see $MP#Q$William enjoy himself, and be able to$9$ keep away
209:267,12@a   | from her aunt $MP#J$Norris,
209:267,12'  !| was the height of her ambition,
209:267,13'  !| and seemed to$9$ comprehend her greatest possibility of
209:267,14'  !| happiness. As these were the best of her hopes$0$, they
209:267,15'  !| could not always prevail; and in the course$0$ of a long$9$
209:267,16'  !| morning, spent principally with her two aunts, she was
209:267,17'  !| often under the influence$0$ of much less sanguine views.
209:267,18'  !| $MP#Q$William, determined$2$ to$9$ make$1$ this last$2$ day a day of
209:267,19'  !| thorough enjoyment, was out$5$ snipe shooting; $MP#B$Edmund,
209:267,20'  !| she had too$5#1$ much reason$0$ to$9$ suppose, was at the Parsonage;
209:267,21'  !| and left$1$ alone to$9$ bear$1$ the worrying of $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, who$6#1$
209:267,22'  !| was cross$2$ because the house-keeper would have her own$2$
209:267,23'  !| way with the supper, and whom$6#1$ \she\ could not avoid
209:267,24'  !| though the house-keeper might, $MP#A$Fanny was worn down$5$
209:267,25'  !| at last$0$ to$9$ think every*thing an evil belonging to$4$ the ball$0#2$,
209:267,26'  !| and when sent off with a parting worry to$9$ dress$1$, moved as
209:267,27'  !| languidly towards her own$2$ room, and felt as incapable
209:267,28'  !| of happiness as if she had been allowed no$2$ share$0$ in it.
209:267,29'  !| As she walked slowly up*stairs she thought$1$ of yesterday;
209:267,30'  !| it had been about$4$ the same hour that$6#1$ she had returned
209:267,31'  !| from the Parsonage, and found $MP#B$Edmund in the east*room.
209:267,32A  !| ~ "Suppose I were to$9$ find him there again to-day|"
209:267,32'  !| said
209:267,33'  !| she to$4$ herself in a fond indulgence of fancy$0$.
209:267,34B  !| "$MP#A$Fanny,"
209:267,34'  !| said a voice at that$6#2$ moment near$4$ her.
209:267,35'  !| Starting and looking up she saw across$4$ the lobby she
209:267,36'  !| had just$9$ reached $MP#B$Edmund himself, standing$1$ at the head$0$
209:267,37'  !| of a different staircase. He came towards her.
209:267,37B  !| "You look$1$
209:267,38B  !| tired and fagged, $MP#A$Fanny. You have been walking too$5#1$ far."
209:268, 1A  !| "No$7$, I have not been out$5$ at all."
209:268, 2B  !| "Then you have had fatigues$0$ within doors, which$6#1$ are
209:268, 3B  !| worse. You had better$9$ have gone out$5$."
209:268, 4'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, not liking to$9$ complain, found it easiest to$9$ make$1$
209:268, 5'  !| no$2$ answer$0$;
209:268, 5@a   | and though he looked at her with his usual
209:268, 6@a   | kindness, she believed he had soon ceased to$9$ think of her
209:268, 7@a   | countenance. He did not appear in spirits; something
209:268, 8@a   | unconnected with her was probably amiss.
209:268, 8'  !| They proceeded
209:268, 9'  !| up*stairs together, their rooms being$1$ on$4$ the same
209:268,10'  !| floor above$5$.
209:268,11B  !| "I come from $MP#M$Dr%*Grant's,"
209:268,11'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund presently.
209:268,12B  !| "You may$1$ guess$1$ my errand there, $MP#A$Fanny."
209:268,12'  !| And he
209:268,13'  !| looked so$5#1$ conscious, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny could think but of one
209:268,14'  !| errand, which$6#1$ turned her too$5#1$ sick for$4$ speech. ~
209:268,14B  !| "I wished
209:268,15B  !| to$9$ engage $MP#C$Miss*Crawford for$4$ the two first dances$0$,"
209:268,15'  !| was
209:268,16'  !| the explanation that$6#1$ followed, and brought $MP#A$Fanny to$4$ life
209:268,17'  !| again, enabling her, as she found she was expected$1$ to$4$
209:268,18'  !| speak, to$9$ utter$1$ something like$9$ an inquiry as to$9$ the result$0$.
209:268,19B  !| "Yes,"
209:268,19'  !| he answered,
209:268,19B  !| "she is engaged to$4$ me; but
209:268,19'  !| (with
209:268,20'  !| a smile$0$ that$6#1$ did not sit easy)
209:268,20B  !| she says it is to$9$ be the last$2$
209:268,21B  !| time that$6#1$ she ever will$1$ dance$1$ with me. She is not serious$2$.
209:268,22B  !| I think, I hope$1$, I am sure she is not serious$2$ ~ but I would
209:268,23B  !| rather not hear it. She never has danced with a clergyman
209:268,24B  !| she says, and she never \will$1$\. For$4$ my own$2$ sake, I
209:268,25B  !| could wish$1$ there had been no$2$ ball$0#2$ just$9$ at ~ I mean$1$ not
209:268,26B  !| this very week, this very day ~ to-morrow I leave$1$ home."
209:268,27'  !| $MP#A$Fanny struggled for$4$ speech, and said,
209:268,27A  !| "I am very sorry
209:268,28A  !| that$3$ any*thing has occurred to$9$ distress$1$ you. This ought
209:268,29A  !| to$9$ be a day of pleasure. My uncle meant it so$5#2$."
209:268,30B  !| "Oh| yes, yes, and it will$1$ be a day of pleasure. It
209:268,31B  !| will$1$ all end$0$ right$2#1$. I am only vexed for$4$ a moment. In
209:268,32B  !| fact, it is not that$3$ I consider the ball$0#2$ as ill-timed; ~ what$6#2$
209:268,33B  !| does it signify? But, $MP#A$Fanny," ~
209:268,33'  !| stopping her by$4$ taking
209:268,34'  !| her hand$0$, and speaking low and seriously,
209:268,34B  !| "you know
209:268,35B  !| what$6#1$ all this means$0$. You see how it is; and could tell
209:268,36B  !| me, perhaps better$9$ than I could tell you, how and why
209:268,37B  !| I am vexed. Let me talk$1$ to$4$ you a little. You are a kind$2$,
209:268,38B  !| kind$2$ listener. I have been pained by$4$ her manner this
209:269, 1B  !| morning, and cannot get the better$9$ of it. I know her
209:269, 2B  !| disposition to$9$ be as sweet and faultless as your own$2$, but
209:269, 3B  !| the influence$0$ of her former companions makes her seem,
209:269, 4B  !| gives to$4$ her conversation, to$4$ her professed opinions, sometimes
209:269, 5B  !| a tinge of wrong$0$. She does not \think\ evil, but she
209:269, 6B  !| speaks it ~ speaks it in playfulness ~ and though I know
209:269, 7B  !| it to$9$ be playfulness, it grieves me to$4$ the soul."
209:269, 8A  !| "The effect$0$ of education,"
209:269, 8'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny gently.
209:269, 9'  !| $MP#B$Edmund could not but agree to$4$ it.
209:269, 9B  !| "Yes, that$6#2$ uncle
209:269,10B  !| and aunt| They have injured the finest mind$0$| ~ for$3$
209:269,11B  !| sometimes, $MP#A$Fanny, I own$2$ to$4$ you, it does appear more than
209:269,12B  !| manner; it appears as if the mind$0$ itself was tainted."
209:269,13'  !| $MP#A$Fanny imagined this to$9$ be an appeal to$4$ her judgment,
209:269,14'  !| and therefore, after$4$ a moment's consideration, said,
209:269,14A  !| "If
209:269,15A  !| you only want$1$ me as a listener, cousin, I will$1$ be as useful
209:269,16A  !| as I can; but I am not qualified for$4$ an adviser. Do not
209:269,17A  !| ask advice of \me\. I am not competent."
209:269,18B  !| "You are right$2#1$, $MP#A$Fanny, to$9$ protest against such an
209:269,19B  !| office, but you need$1$ not be afraid. It is a subject$0$ on$4$
209:269,20B  !| which$6#1$ I should never ask advice. It is the sort of subject$0$ on$4$
209:269,21B  !| which$6#1$ it had better$9$ never be asked; and few I imagine
209:269,22B  !| do ask it, but when they want$1$ to$9$ be influenced against
209:269,23B  !| their conscience. I only want$1$ to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ you."
209:269,24A  !| "One thing more. Excuse$1$ the liberty ~ but take care$0$
209:269,25A  !| \how\ you talk$1$ to$4$ me. Do not tell me any*thing now,
209:269,26A  !| which$6#1$ hereafter you may$1$ be sorry for$4$. The time may$1$
209:269,27A  !| come ~"
209:269,28'  !| The colour rushed into her cheeks as she spoke.
209:269,29B  !| "Dearest $MP#A$Fanny|"
209:269,29'  !| cried $MP#B$Edmund, pressing her hand$0$
209:269,30'  !| to$4$ his lips, with almost as much warmth as if it had been
209:269,31'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's,
209:269,31B  !| "you are all considerate thought$0$| ~
209:269,32B  !| But it is unnecessary here. The time will$1$ never come.
209:269,33B  !| No$2$ such time as you allude to$4$ will$1$ ever come. I begin to$9$
209:269,34B  !| think it most improbable; the chances grow less and less.
209:269,35B  !| And even$5$ if it should ~ there will$1$ be nothing to$9$ be remembered
209:269,36B  !| by$4$ either you or me, that$6#1$ we need$1$ be afraid of, for$3$
209:269,37B  !| I can never be ashamed of my own$2$ scruples; and if they
209:269,38B  !| are removed, it must be by$4$ changes$0$ that$6#1$ will$1$ only raise
209:270, 1B  !| her character the more by$4$ the recollection of the faults
209:270, 2B  !| she once had. You are the only being$0$ upon earth to$4$
209:270, 3B  !| whom$6#1$ I should say what$6#1$ I have said; but you have
209:270, 4B  !| always known my opinion of her; you can bear$1$ me
209:270, 5B  !| witness$0$, $MP#A$Fanny, that$3$ I have never been blinded. How
209:270, 6B  !| many a time have we talked over her little errors| You
209:270, 7B  !| need$1$ not fear$1$ me. I have almost given up every serious$2$
209:270, 8B  !| idea of her; but I must be a blockhead indeed if, whatever
209:270, 9B  !| befell me, I could think of your kindness and sympathy
209:270,10B  !| without the sincerest gratitude."
209:270,11'  !| He had said enough to$9$ shake$1$ the experience$0$ of eighteen.
209:270,12'  !| He had said enough to$9$ give $MP#A$Fanny some happier feelings
209:270,13'  !| than she had lately known, and with a brighter look$0$, she
209:270,14'  !| answered,
209:270,14A  !| "Yes, cousin, I am convinced that$3$ \you\ would
209:270,15A  !| be incapable of any*thing else, though perhaps some might
209:270,16A  !| not. I cannot be afraid of hearing any*thing you wish$1$
209:270,17A  !| to$9$ say. Do not check$1$ yourself. Tell me whatever you
209:270,18A  !| like$1$."
209:270,19'  !| They were now on$4$ the second$2$ floor, and the appearance
209:270,20'  !| of a housemaid prevented any further conversation. For$4$
209:270,21'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's present$9$ comfort$0$ it was concluded perhaps at the
209:270,22'  !| happiest moment; had he been able to$9$ talk$1$ another five
209:270,23'  !| minutes, there is no$2$ saying that$3$ he might not have talked
209:270,24'  !| away all $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's faults and his own$2$ despondence.
209:270,25'  !| But as it was, they parted with looks$0$ on$4$ his side$0$
209:270,26'  !| of grateful affection, and with some very precious sensations
209:270,27'  !| on$4$ her's.
209:270,27@a   | She had felt nothing like$9$ it for$4$ hours.
209:270,28@a   | Since the first joy from $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's note$0$ to$4$ $MP#Q$William
209:270,29@a   | had worn away, she had been in a state$0$ absolutely their
209:270,30@a   | reverse; there had been no$2$ comfort$0$ around$5$, no$2$ hope$0$
209:270,31@a   | within her. Now, every*thing was smiling. $MP#Q$William's
209:270,32@a   | good fortune returned again upon her mind$0$, and seemed
209:270,33@a   | of greater value$0$ than at first. The ball$0#2$ too$5#2$ ~ such an
209:270,34@a   | evening of pleasure before$4$ her| It was now a real animation|
209:270,35@a   | and she began to$9$ dress$1$ for$4$ it with much of the
209:270,36@a   | happy flutter which$6#1$ belongs to$4$ a ball$0#2$. All went well$9$ ~
209:270,37@a   | she did not dislike$1$ her own$2$ looks$0$; and when she came
209:270,38@a   | to$4$ the necklaces again, her good fortune seemed complete$2$,
209:271, 1@a   | for$3$ upon trial the one given her by$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
209:271, 2@a   | would by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ go through$4$ the ring$0$ of the cross$0$.
209:271, 3@a   | She had, to$9$ oblige $MP#B$Edmund, resolved to$9$ wear it ~ but it
209:271, 4@a   | was too$5#1$ large for$4$ the purpose. His therefore must be
209:271, 5@a   | worn; and having, with delightful feelings, joined the
209:271, 6@a   | chain and the cross$0$, those memorials of the two most
209:271, 7@a   | beloved of her heart, those dearest tokens so$5#1$ formed for$4$
209:271, 8@a   | each other by$4$ every*thing real and imaginary ~ and put
209:271, 9@a   | them round$4$ her neck, and seen and felt how full of $MP#Q$William
209:271,10@a   | and $MP#B$Edmund they were, she was able, without an effort,
209:271,11@a   | to$9$ resolve$1$ on$4$ wearing $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's necklace too$5#2$. She
209:271,12@a   | acknowledged it to$9$ be right$2#1$. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford had a claim$0$;
209:271,13@a   | and when it was no$2$ longer to$9$ encroach on$4$, to$9$ interfere
209:271,14@a   | with the stronger claims, the truer kindness of another,
209:271,15@a   | she could do her justice even$5$ with pleasure to$4$ herself.
209:271,16@a   | The necklace really looked very well$9$;
209:271,16'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny left$1$ her
209:271,17'  !| room at last$0$, comfortably satisfied$1$ with herself and all
209:271,18'  !| about$4$ her.
209:271,19'  !| Her aunt $MP#F$Bertram had recollected her on$4$ this occasion$0$,
209:271,20'  !| with an unusual degree of wakefulness. It had really
209:271,21'  !| occurred to$4$ her, unprompted, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny, preparing for$4$
209:271,22'  !| a ball$0#2$, might be glad of better$9$ help$0$ than the upper housemaid's,
209:271,23'  !| and when dressed herself, she actually sent her
209:271,24'  !| own$2$ maid to$9$ assist her; too$5#1$ late of course$8$ to$9$ be of any use$0$.
209:271,25'  !| $MP#ZZL$Mrs%*Chapman had just$9$ reached the attic floor, when
209:271,25'  !| $MP#A$Miss*Price
209:271,26'  !| came out$8$ of her room completely dressed, and only
209:271,27'  !| civilities were necessary ~ but $MP#A$Fanny felt her aunt's attention
209:271,28'  !| almost as much as $MP#F$Lady*Bertram or $MP#ZZL$Mrs%*Chapman
209:271,29'  !| could do themselves.
210:272, 1'  !| Her uncle and both her aunts were in the drawing-room
210:272, 2'  !| when $MP#A$Fanny went down$5$. To$4$ the former
210:272, 2@e   | she was an
210:272, 3@e   | interesting object$0$, and he saw with pleasure the general$2$
210:272, 4@e   | elegance of her appearance and her being$1$ in remarkably
210:272, 5@e   | good looks$0$.
210:272, 5'  !| The neatness and propriety of her dress$0$ was
210:272, 6'  !| all that$6#1$ he would allow himself to$9$ commend in her presence,
210:272, 7'  !| but upon her leaving the room again soon afterwards, he
210:272, 8'  !| spoke of her beauty with very decided$2$ praise$0$.
210:272, 9F  !| "Yes,"
210:272, 9'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
210:272, 9F  !| "she looks$1$ very well$9$. I
210:272,10F  !| sent $MP#ZZL$Chapman to$4$ her."
210:272,11J  !| "Look$1$ well$9$| Oh yes,"
210:272,11'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
210:272,11J  !| "she has
210:272,12J  !| good reason$0$ to$9$ look$1$ well$9$ with all her advantages: brought
210:272,13J  !| up in this family as she has been, with all the benefit of
210:272,14J  !| her cousins' manners before$4$ her. Only think, my dear$2#1$
210:272,15J  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, what$6#1$ extraordinary advantages you and I
210:272,16J  !| have been the means$0$ of giving her. The very gown you
210:272,17J  !| have been taking notice$0$ of, is your own$2$ generous present$0#2$
210:272,18J  !| to$4$ her when dear$2#1$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth married. What$6#2$ would
210:272,19J  !| she have been if we had not taken her by$4$ the hand$0$?"
210:272,20'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas said no$2$ more; but when they sat down$5$ to$4$
210:272,21'  !| table
210:272,21@e   | the eyes of the two young men assured him, that$3$
210:272,22@e   | the subject$0$ might be gently touched again when the ladies
210:272,23@e   | withdrew, with more success.
210:272,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny saw that$3$ she was
210:272,24'  !| approved; and the consciousness of looking well$9$, made
210:272,25'  !| her look$1$ still$5$ better$9$. From a variety of causes she was
210:272,26'  !| happy, and she was soon made still$5$ happier; for$3$ in following
210:272,27'  !| her aunts out$8$ of the room, $MP#B$Edmund, who$6#1$ was
210:272,28'  !| holding open$2$ the door, said as she passed him,
210:272,28B  !| "You must
210:272,29B  !| dance$1$ with me, $MP#A$Fanny; you must keep two dances$0$ for$4$
210:272,30B  !| me; any two that$6#1$ you like$1$, except the first."
210:272,30'  !| She had
210:272,31'  !| nothing more to$9$ wish$1$ for$4$. She had hardly ever been in
210:272,32'  !| a state$0$ so$5#1$ nearly approaching high spirits in her life.
210:272,32@a   | Her
210:272,33@a   | cousins' former gaiety on$4$ the day of a ball$0#2$ was no$2$ longer
210:273, 1@a   | surprizing to$4$ her; she felt it to$9$ be indeed very charming,
210:273, 2'  !| and was actually practising her steps about$4$ the drawing-room
210:273, 3'  !| as long$9$ as she could be safe from the notice$0$ of her
210:273, 4'  !| aunt $MP#J$Norris, who$6#1$ was entirely taken up at first in fresh
210:273, 5'  !| arranging and injuring the noble fire$0$ which$6#1$ the butler had
210:273, 6'  !| prepared.
210:273, 7'  !| Half an hour followed, that$6#1$ would have been at least
210:273, 8'  !| languid under any other circumstances, but $MP#A$Fanny's happiness
210:273, 9'  !| still$5$ prevailed.
210:273, 9@a   | It was but to$9$ think of her conversation
210:273,10@a   | with $MP#B$Edmund; and what$6#2$ was the restlessness
210:273,11@a   | of $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris? What$6#2$ were the yawns of $MP#F$Lady*Bertram?
210:273,12@a   | The gentlemen joined them; and soon after$5$ began the
210:273,13@a   | sweet expectation of a carriage, when a general$2$ spirit of
210:273,14@a   | ease$0$ and enjoyment seemed diffused, and they all stood
210:273,15@a   | about$5$ and talked and laughed, and every moment had its
210:273,16@a   | pleasure and its hope$0$.
210:273,16'  !| $MP#A$Fanny felt that$3$
210:273,16@a   | there must be
210:273,17@a   | a struggle$0$ in $MP#B$Edmund's cheerfulness, but it was delightful
210:273,18@a   | to$9$ see the effort so$5#1$ successfully made.
210:273,19@a   | When the carriages were really heard, when the guests
210:273,20@a   | began really to$9$ assemble, her own$2$ gaiety of heart was
210:273,21@a   | much subdued; the sight of so$5#1$ many strangers threw
210:273,22@a   | her back$5$ into herself; and besides the gravity and formality
210:273,23@a   | of the first great circle, which$6#1$ the manners of
210:273,24@a   | neither $MP#E$Sir*Thomas nor $MP#F$Lady*Bertram were of a kind$0$ to$9$
210:273,25@a   | do away, she found herself occasionally called on$5$ to$9$
210:273,26@a   | endure something worse. She was introduced here and
210:273,27@a   | there by$4$ her uncle, and forced to$9$ be spoken to$4$, and to$9$
210:273,28@a   | curtsey, and speak again.
210:273,28'  !| This was a hard duty, and
210:273,29'  !| she was never summoned to$4$ it, without looking at $MP#Q$William,
210:273,30'  !| as he walked about$5$ at his ease$0$ in the back*ground of the
210:273,31'  !| scene, and longing$1$ to$9$ be with him.
210:273,32'  !| The entrance of the $MP#M1$Grants and $MP#D1$Crawfords was a
210:273,33'  !| favourable epoch. The stiffness of the meeting$0$ soon gave
210:273,34'  !| way before$4$ their popular manners and more diffused
210:273,35'  !| intimacies: ~ little groups were formed and every*body
210:273,36'  !| grew comfortable. $MP#A$Fanny felt the advantage; and,
210:273,37'  !| drawing back$5$ from the toils of civility, would have been
210:273,38'  !| again most happy, could she have kept her eyes from
210:274, 1'  !| wandering between $MP#B$Edmund and $MP#C$Mary*Crawford.
210:274, 1@a   | \She\
210:274, 2@a   | looked all loveliness ~ and what$6#2$ might not be the end$0$ of it?
210:274, 3'  !| Her own$2$ musings were brought to$4$ an end$0$ on$4$ perceiving
210:274, 4'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford before$4$ her, and her thoughts were put into
210:274, 5'  !| another channel by$4$ his engaging her almost instantly for$4$
210:274, 6'  !| the two first dances$0$. Her happiness on$4$ this occasion$0$
210:274, 7'  !| was very much a`-la-mortal, finely chequered. To$9$ be
210:274, 8'  !| secure$2$ of a partner at first, was a most essential good ~
210:274, 9'  !| for$3$ the moment of beginning$0$ was now growing seriously
210:274,10'  !| near$9$, and she so$5#1$ little understood her own$2$ claims as to$9$
210:274,11'  !| think, that$3$
210:274,11@a   | if $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford had not asked her, she must
210:274,12@a   | have been the last$0$ to$9$ be sought after$5$, and should have
210:274,13@a   | received a partner only through$4$ a series of inquiry, and
210:274,14@a   | bustle$0$, and interference which$6#1$ would have been terrible;
210:274,15@a   | but at the same time there was a pointedness in his manner
210:274,16@a   | of asking her, which$6#1$ she did not like$1$, and she saw his eye
210:274,17@a   | glancing for$4$ a moment at her necklace ~ with a smile$0$ ~
210:274,18@a   | she thought$1$ there was a smile$0$ ~ which$6#1$ made her blush$1$
210:274,19@a   | and feel wretched.
210:274,19'  !| And though there was no$2$ second$2$
210:274,20'  !| glance$0$ to$9$ disturb her, though his object$0$ seemed then to$9$
210:274,21'  !| be only quietly agreeable, she could not get the better$9$
210:274,22'  !| of her embarrassment, heightened as it was by$4$ the idea
210:274,23'  !| of his perceiving it, and had no$2$ composure till he turned
210:274,24'  !| away to$4$ some*one else. Then she could gradually rise$1$
210:274,25'  !| up to$4$ the genuine satisfaction of having a partner,
210:274,26'  !| a voluntary partner secured against the dancing$0$ began.
210:274,27'  !| When the company were moving into the ball-room she
210:274,28'  !| found herself for$4$ the first time near$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, whose$6#1$
210:274,29'  !| eyes and smiles were immediately and more unequivocally
210:274,30'  !| directed as her brother's had been, and who$6#1$ was beginning$1$
210:274,31'  !| to$9$ speak on$4$ the subject$0$, when $MP#A$Fanny, anxious to$9$ get the
210:274,32'  !| story over, hastened to$9$ give the explanation of the second$2$
210:274,33'  !| necklace ~ the real chain. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford listened; and
210:274,34'  !| all her intended compliments and insinuations to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny
210:274,35'  !| were forgotten; she felt only one thing; and her eyes,
210:274,36'  !| bright as they had been before$5$, shewing they could yet
210:274,37'  !| be brighter, she exclaimed with eager pleasure,
210:274,37C  !| "Did he?
210:274,38C  !| Did $MP#B$Edmund? That$6#2$ was like$9$ himself. No$2$ other man
210:275, 1C  !| would have thought$1$ of it. I honour$1$ him beyond$4$ expression."
210:275, 2'  !| And she looked around$5$ as if longing$1$ to$9$ tell him
210:275, 3'  !| so$5#2$. He was not near$9$, he was attending a party of ladies
210:275, 4'  !| out$8$ of the room; and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant coming up to$4$ the two
210:275, 5'  !| girls and taking an arm$0$ of each, they followed with the
210:275, 6'  !| rest$0#1$.
210:275, 7'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's heart sunk, but there was no$2$ leisure for$4$ thinking
210:275, 8'  !| long$9$ even$5$ of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's feelings.
210:275, 8@a   | They were in
210:275, 9@a   | the ball-room, the violins were playing, and her mind$0$ was
210:275,10@a   | in a flutter that$6#1$ forbad its fixing on$4$ any*thing serious$2$.
210:275,11@a   | She must watch$1$ the general$2$ arrangements and see how
210:275,12@a   | every*thing was done.
210:275,13'  !| In a few minutes $MP#E$Sir*Thomas came to$4$ her, and asked
210:275,14'  !| if she were engaged; and the
210:275,14A  !| "Yes, sir, to$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,"
210:275,15'  !| was exactly what$6#1$ he had intended to$9$ hear. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
210:275,16'  !| was not far off; $MP#E$Sir*Thomas brought him to$4$ her, saying
210:275,17'  !| something which$6#1$ discovered to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, that$3$
210:275,17@a   | \she\ was to$9$
210:275,18@a   | lead$1$ the way and open$1$ the ball$0#2$; an idea that$6#1$ had never
210:275,19@a   | occurred to$4$ her before$5$. Whenever she had thought$1$ on$4$
210:275,20@a   | the minutia*e of the evening, it had been as a matter of
210:275,21@a   | course$0$ that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund would begin with $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
210:275,22@a   | and the impression was so$5#1$ strong, that$3$ though \her\ \uncle\
210:275,23@a   | spoke the contrary$0$, she could not help$1$ an exclamation
210:275,24@a   | of surprize$0$, a hint$0$ of her unfitness, an entreaty even$5$ to$9$ be
210:275,25@a   | excused. To$9$ be urging her opinion against $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's,
210:275,26@a   | was a proof of the extremity of the case, but such was her
210:275,27@a   | horror at the first suggestion, that$3$ she could actually look$1$
210:275,28@a   | him in the face$0$ and say she hoped it might be settled$1$
210:275,29@a   | otherwise; in vain however; ~ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas smiled, tried
210:275,30@a   | to$9$ encourage her, and then looked too$5#1$ serious$2$ and said
210:275,31@a   | too$5#1$ decidedly ~
210:275,31E  !| "It must be so$5#2$, my dear$2#1$,"
210:275,31@a   | for$4$ her to$9$
210:275,32@a   | hazard$1$ another word; and she found herself the next
210:275,33@a   | moment conducted by$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford to$4$ the top of the
210:275,34@a   | room, and standing$1$ there to$9$ be joined by$4$ the rest$0#1$ of the
210:275,35@a   | dancers, couple after$4$ couple as they were formed.
210:275,36@a   | She could hardly believe it. To$9$ be placed above$4$ so$5#1$
210:275,37@a   | many elegant young women| The distinction was too$5#1$
210:275,38@a   | great. It was treating her like$9$ her cousins| And her
210:276, 1@a   | thoughts flew to$4$ those absent cousins with most unfeigned
210:276, 2@a   | and truly tender$2$ regret$0$, that$3$ they were not at home to$9$
210:276, 3@a   | take their own$2$ place$0$ in the room, and have their share$0$ of
210:276, 4@a   | a pleasure which$6#1$ would have been so$5#1$ very delightful to$4$
210:276, 5@a   | them. So$5#1$ often as she had heard them wish$1$ for$4$ a ball$0#2$ at
210:276, 6@a   | home as the greatest of all felicities| And to$9$ have them
210:276, 7@a   | away when it was given ~ and for$4$ \her\ to$9$ be opening the
210:276, 8@a   | ball$0#2$ ~ and with $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford too$5#2$| She hoped they would
210:276, 9@a   | not envy$1$ her that$6#2$ distinction \now\; but when she looked
210:276,10@a   | back$5$ to$4$ the state$0$ of things in the autumn, to$4$ what$6#1$ they
210:276,11@a   | had all been to$4$ each other when once dancing$0$ in that$6#2$
210:276,12@a   | house before$5$, the present$9$ arrangement was almost more
210:276,13@a   | than she could understand herself.
210:276,14'  !| The ball$0#2$ began. It was rather honour$0$ than happiness
210:276,15'  !| to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, for$4$ the first dance$0$ at least; her partner was in
210:276,16'  !| excellent spirits and tried to$9$ impart them to$4$ her, but she
210:276,17'  !| was a great deal$0#2$ too$5#1$ much frightened to$9$ have any enjoyment,
210:276,18'  !| till she could suppose herself no$2$ longer looked at.
210:276,19'  !| Young, pretty$2$, and gentle, however, she had no$2$ awkwardnesses
210:276,20'  !| that$6#1$ were not as good as graces, and there were few
210:276,21'  !| persons present$9$ that$6#1$ were not disposed to$9$ praise$1$ her.
210:276,22'  !| She was attractive, she was modest, she was $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's
210:276,23'  !| niece, and she was soon said to$9$ be admired by$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford.
210:276,24'  !| It was enough to$9$ give her general$2$ favour$0$. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
210:276,25'  !| himself was watching her progress down$4$ the
210:276,26'  !| dance$0$ with much complacency;
210:276,26@e   | he was proud of his
210:276,27@e   | niece, and without attributing all her personal beauty,
210:276,28@e   | as $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris seemed to$9$ do, to$4$ her transplantation to$4$
210:276,29@e   | Mansfield, he was pleased with himself for$4$ having supplied
210:276,30@e   | every*thing else; ~ education and manners she owed
210:276,31@e   | to$4$ him.
210:276,32'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford saw much of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's thoughts as he
210:276,33'  !| stood, and having, in spite$8$ of all his wrongs towards her,
210:276,34'  !| a general$2$ prevailing desire$0$ of recommending herself to$4$
210:276,35'  !| him, took an opportunity of stepping aside to$9$ say something
210:276,36'  !| agreeable of $MP#A$Fanny. Her praise$0$ was warm$2$,
210:276,36@c   | and he
210:276,37@c   | received it as she could wish$1$, joining in it as far as discretion,
210:276,38@c   | and politeness, and slowness of speech would
210:277, 1@c   | allow, and certainly appearing to$4$ greater advantage on$4$ the
210:277, 2@c   | subject$0$, than his lady did, soon afterwards,
210:277, 2'  !| when $MP#C$Mary,
210:277, 3'  !| perceiving her on$4$ a sofa very near$9$, turned round$9$ before$3$
210:277, 4'  !| she began to$9$ dance$1$, to$9$ compliment$1$ her on$4$ $MP#A$Miss*Price's
210:277, 5'  !| looks$0$.
210:277, 6F  !| "Yes, she does look$1$ very well$9$,"
210:277, 6'  !| was $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's
210:277, 7'  !| placid reply$0$.
210:277, 7F  !| "$MP#ZZL$Chapman helped her dress$0$. I sent $MP#ZZL$Chapman
210:277, 8F  !| to$9$ her."
210:277, 8'  !| Not but that$3$ she was really pleased to$9$ have
210:277, 9'  !| $MP#A$Fanny admired; but she was so$5#1$ much more struck with
210:277,10'  !| her own$2$ kindness in sending $MP#ZZL$Chapman to$4$ her, that$3$ she
210:277,11'  !| could not get it out$8$ of her head$0$.
210:277,12'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford knew $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris too$5#1$ well$9$ to$9$ think of
210:277,13'  !| gratifying \her\ by$4$ commendation of $MP#A$Fanny; to$4$ her it was,
210:277,14'  !| as the occasion$0$ offered, ~
210:277,14C  !| "Ah| ma'am, how much we
210:277,15C  !| want$1$ dear$2#1$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth and $MP#I$Julia to-night|"
210:277,15'  !| and
210:277,16'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris paid her with as many smiles and courteous
210:277,17'  !| words as she had time for$4$, amid so$5#1$ much occupation as she
210:277,18'  !| found for$4$ herself, in making up card-tables, giving hints
210:277,19'  !| to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, and trying$1$ to$9$ move$1$ all the chaperons to$4$
210:277,20'  !| a better$9$ part$0$ of the room.
210:277,21'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford blundered most towards $MP#A$Fanny herself,
210:277,22'  !| in her intentions to$9$ please.
210:277,22@c   | She meant to$9$ be giving her
210:277,23@c   | little heart a happy flutter, and filling her with sensations
210:277,24@c   | of delightful self-consequence;
210:277,24'  !| and misinterpreting $MP#A$Fanny's
210:277,25'  !| blushes, still$5$ thought$1$ she must be doing so$5#2$ ~ when she
210:277,26'  !| went to$4$ her after$4$ the two first dances$0$ and said, with a
210:277,27'  !| significant look$0$,
210:277,27C  !| "perhaps \you\ can tell me why my brother
210:277,28C  !| goes to$4$ town to-morrow. He says, he has business there,
210:277,29C  !| but will$1$ not tell me what$6#1$. The first time he ever denied
210:277,30C  !| me his confidence| But this is what$6#1$ we all come to$4$.
210:277,31C  !| All are supplanted sooner or later. Now, I must apply
210:277,32C  !| to$4$ you for$4$ information. Pray what$6#2$ is $MP#D$Henry going for$4$?"
210:277,33'  !| $MP#A$Fanny protested her ignorance as steadily as her embarrassment
210:277,34'  !| allowed.
210:277,35C  !| "Well$7$, then,"
210:277,35'  !| replied $MP#C$Miss*Crawford laughing,
210:277,35C  !| "I must
210:277,36C  !| suppose it to$9$ be purely for$4$ the pleasure of conveying your
210:277,37C  !| brother and talking of you by$4$ the way."
210:277,38'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was confused, but it was the confusion of discontent;
210:278, 1'  !| while$9$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford wondered she did not smile$1$,
210:278, 2'  !| and thought$1$ her over-anxious, or thought$1$ her odd, or
210:278, 3'  !| thought$1$ her any*thing rather than insensible of pleasure
210:278, 4'  !| in $MP#D$Henry's attentions. $MP#A$Fanny had a good deal$0#2$ of enjoyment
210:278, 5'  !| in the course$0$ of the evening ~ but $MP#D$Henry's attentions
210:278, 6'  !| had very little to$9$ do with it.
210:278, 6@a   | She would much rather
210:278, 7@a   | \not\ have been asked by$4$ him again so$5#1$ very soon, and she
210:278, 8@a   | wished she had not been obliged to$9$ suspect that$3$ his previous
210:278, 9@a   | inquiries of $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, about$4$ the supper-hour,
210:278,10@a   | were all for$4$ the sake of securing her at that$6#2$ part$0$ of the
210:278,11@a   | evening. But it was not to$9$ be avoided; he made her
210:278,12@a   | feel that$3$ she was the object$0$ of all; though she could not
210:278,13@a   | say that$3$ it was unpleasantly done, that$3$ there was indelicacy
210:278,14@a   | or ostentation in his manner ~ and sometimes, when
210:278,15@a   | he talked of $MP#Q$William, he was really not un-agreeable, and
210:278,16@a   | shewed even$5$ a warmth of heart which$6#1$ did him credit$0$.
210:278,17@a   | But still$5$ his attentions made no$2$ part$0$ of her satisfaction.
210:278,18@a   | She was happy whenever she looked at $MP#Q$William, and saw
210:278,19@a   | how perfectly he was enjoying himself, in every five
210:278,20@a   | minutes that$3$ she could walk$1$ about$5$ with him and hear his
210:278,21@a   | account$0$ of his partners; she was happy in knowing herself
210:278,22@a   | admired, and she was happy in having the two dances$0$
210:278,23@a   | with $MP#B$Edmund still$5$ to$9$ look$1$ forward$8$ to$4$, during the greatest
210:278,24@a   | part$0$ of the evening, her hand$0$ being$1$ so$5#1$ eagerly sought
210:278,25@a   | after$5$, that$3$ her indefinite engagement with \him\ was in
210:278,26@a   | continual perspective. She was happy even$5$ when they
210:278,27@a   | did take place$0$; but not from any flow$0$ of spirits on$4$ his side$0$,
210:278,28@a   | or any such expressions of tender$2$ gallantry as had blessed
210:278,29@a   | the morning. His mind$0$ was fagged, and her happiness
210:278,30@a   | sprung from being$1$ the friend with whom$6#1$ it could find
210:278,31@a   | repose.
210:278,31B  !| "I am worn out$5$ with civility,"
210:278,31'  !| said he.
210:278,31B  !| "I have
210:278,32B  !| been talking incessantly all night, and with nothing to$9$ say.
210:278,33B  !| But with \you\, $MP#A$Fanny, there may$1$ be peace. You will$1$ not
210:278,34B  !| want$1$ to$9$ be talked to$4$. Let us have the luxury of silence$0$."
210:278,35'  !| $MP#A$Fanny would hardly even$5$ speak her agreement.
210:278,35@a   | A
210:278,36@a   | weariness arising probably, in great measure$0$, from the
210:278,37@a   | same feelings which$6#1$ he had acknowledged in the morning,
210:278,38@a   | was peculiarly to$9$ be respected,
210:278,38'  !| and they went down$4$ their
210:279, 1'  !| two dances$0$ together with such sober tranquillity as might
210:279, 2'  !| satisfy any looker-on, that$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had been bringing
210:279, 3'  !| up no$2$ wife for$4$ his younger son.
210:279, 4'  !| The evening had afforded $MP#B$Edmund little pleasure. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
210:279, 5'  !| had been in gay spirits when they first danced
210:279, 6'  !| together, but it was not her gaiety that$6#1$ could do him good;
210:279, 7'  !| it rather sank than raised his comfort$0$; and afterwards
210:279, 8'  !| ~ for$3$ he found himself still$5$ impelled to$9$ seek her again,
210:279, 9'  !| she had absolutely pained him by$4$ her manner of speaking
210:279,10'  !| of the profession$0#2$ to$4$ which$6#1$ he was now on$4$ the point$0$ of
210:279,11'  !| belonging. They had talked ~ and they had been silent
210:279,12'  !| ~ he had reasoned ~ she had ridiculed ~ and they had
210:279,13'  !| parted at last$0$ with mutual vexation. $MP#A$Fanny, not able
210:279,14'  !| to$9$ refrain entirely from observing them, had seen enough
210:279,15'  !| to$9$ be tolerably satisfied$1$.
210:279,15@a   | It was barbarous to$9$ be happy
210:279,16@a   | when $MP#B$Edmund was suffering. Yet some happiness must
210:279,17@a   | and would arise, from the very conviction, that$3$ he did
210:279,18@a   | suffer.
210:279,19@a   | When her two dances$0$ with him were over, her inclination
210:279,20@a   | and strength for$4$ more were pretty$5$ well$9$ at an end$0$;
210:279,21'  !| and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas having seen her rather walk$1$ than dance$1$
210:279,22'  !| down$4$ the shortening set$0$, breathless and with her hand$0$ at
210:279,23'  !| her side$0$, gave his orders$0#1$ for$4$ her sitting$1$ down$5$ entirely.
210:279,24'  !| From that$6#2$ time, $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford sat down$5$ likewise.
210:279,25Q  !| "Poor $MP#A$Fanny|"
210:279,25'  !| cried $MP#Q$William, coming for$4$ a moment
210:279,26'  !| to$9$ visit$1$ her and working away his partner's fan as if for$4$
210:279,27'  !| life: ~
210:279,27Q  !| "how soon she is knocked up| Why, the sport$0$ is
210:279,28Q  !| but just$9$ begun. I hope$1$ we shall keep it up these two
210:279,29Q  !| hours. How can you be tired so$5#1$ soon?"
210:279,30E  !| "So$5#1$ soon| my good friend,"
210:279,30'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, producing
210:279,31'  !| his watch$0$ with all necessary caution$0$ ~
210:279,31E  !| "it is three
210:279,32E  !| o'clock, and your sister is not used$1#2$ to$4$ these sort of hours."
210:279,33Q  !| "Well$7$ then, $MP#A$Fanny, you shall not get up to-morrow
210:279,34Q  !| before$3$ I go. Sleep$1$ as long$9$ as you can and never mind$0$ me."
210:279,35A  !| "Oh| $MP#Q$William."
210:279,36E  !| "What$7$| Did she think of being$1$ up before$3$ you set$1$ off?"
210:279,37A  !| "Oh| yes, sir,"
210:279,37'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny, rising eagerly from her
210:279,38'  !| seat to$9$ be nearer her uncle,
210:279,38A  !| "I must get up and breakfast$1$
210:280, 1A  !| with him. It will$1$ be the last$2$ time you know, the last$2$
210:280, 2A  !| morning."
210:280, 3E  !| "You had better$9$ not. ~ He is to$9$ have breakfasted and
210:280, 4E  !| be gone by$4$ half past$9$ nine. ~ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, I think you call$1$
210:280, 5E  !| for$4$ him at half past$9$ nine?"
210:280, 6'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was too$5#1$ urgent, however, and had too$5#1$ many tears
210:280, 7'  !| in her eyes for$4$ denial; and it ended in a gracious,
210:280, 7E  !| "Well$7$,
210:280, 8E  !| well$7$,"
210:280, 8'  !| which$6#1$ was permission.
210:280, 9D  !| "Yes, half past$9$ nine,"
210:280, 9'  !| said $MP#D$Crawford to$4$ $MP#Q$William, as the
210:280,10'  !| latter was leaving them,
210:280,10D  !| "and I shall be punctual, for$3$
210:280,11D  !| there will$1$ be no$2$ kind$2$ sister to$9$ get up for$4$ \me\."
210:280,11'  !| And in
210:280,12'  !| a lower$2$ tone to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny,
210:280,12D  !| "I shall have only a desolate house
210:280,13D  !| to$9$ hurry$1$ from. Your brother will$1$ find my ideas of time
210:280,14D  !| and his own$2$ very different to-morrow."
210:280,15'  !| After$4$ a short$2$ consideration, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas asked $MP#D$Crawford
210:280,16@e   | to$9$ join the early breakfast$0$ party in that$6#2$ house instead of
210:280,17@e   | eating alone; he should himself be of it; and the readiness
210:280,18@e   | with which$6#1$ his invitation was accepted, convinced
210:280,19@e   | him that$3$ the suspicions whence, he must confess to$4$ himself,
210:280,20@e   | this very ball$0#2$ had in great measure$0$ sprung, were well$9$
210:280,21@e   | founded. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was in love$0$ with $MP#A$Fanny. He
210:280,22@e   | had a pleasing anticipation of what$6#1$ would be.
210:280,22'  !| His niece,
210:280,23'  !| meanwhile, did not thank him for$4$ what$6#1$ he had just$9$ done.
210:280,24@a   | She had hoped to$9$ have $MP#Q$William all to$4$ herself, the last$2$
210:280,25@a   | morning. It would have been an unspeakable indulgence.
210:280,26'  !| But though her wishes$0$ were overthrown there was no$2$
210:280,27'  !| spirit of murmuring within her. On$4$ the contrary$0$, she
210:280,28'  !| was so$5#1$ totally unused to$9$ have her pleasure consulted, or
210:280,29'  !| to$9$ have any*thing take place$0$ at all in the way she could
210:280,30'  !| desire$1$, that$3$ she was more disposed to$9$ wonder$1$ and rejoice
210:280,31'  !| in having carried her point$0$ so$5#1$ far, than to$9$ repine at the
210:280,32'  !| counteraction which$6#1$ followed.
210:280,33'  !| Shortly afterwards, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was again interfering
210:280,34'  !| a little with her inclination, by$4$ advising her to$9$ go immediately
210:280,35'  !| to$4$ bed. "Advise" was his word, but it was the
210:280,36'  !| advice of absolute power, and she had only to$9$ rise$1$ and,
210:280,37'  !| with $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's very cordial$2$ adieus, pass$1$ quietly
210:280,38'  !| away; stopping at the entrance door, like$9$ the
210:280,38'  !| $MP#Z2$Lady*of*Branxholm*Hall,
210:281, 1'  !| "one moment and no$2$ more," to$9$ view$1$
210:281, 2'  !| the happy scene, and take a last$1$ look$0$ at the five or six
210:281, 3'  !| determined$2$ couple, who$6#1$ were still$5$ hard at work$0$ ~ and then,
210:281, 4'  !| creeping slowly up the principal$2$ staircase, pursued by$4$ the
210:281, 5'  !| ceaseless country-dance, feverish with hopes$0$ and fears,
210:281, 6'  !| soup and negus, sore-footed and fatigued, restless and
210:281, 7'  !| agitated, yet feeling$1$, in spite$8$ of every*thing,
210:281, 7@a   | that$3$ a ball$0#2$
210:281, 8@a   | was indeed delightful.
210:281, 9'  !| In thus sending her away, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas perhaps might
210:281,10'  !| not be thinking merely of her health. It might occur to$4$
210:281,11'  !| him, that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford had been sitting$1$ by$4$ her long$9$
210:281,12'  !| enough, or he might mean$1$ to$9$ recommend her as a wife by$4$
210:281,13'  !| shewing her persuadableness.
211:282, 1'  !| The ball$0#2$ was over ~ and the breakfast$0$ was soon over
211:282, 2'  !| too$5#2$; the last$2$ kiss$0$ was given, and $MP#Q$William was gone.
211:282, 2'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
211:282, 3'  !| had, as he foretold, been very punctual, and
211:282, 4'  !| short$2$ and pleasant had been the meal.
211:282, 5'  !| After$4$ seeing $MP#Q$William to$4$ the last$2$ moment, $MP#A$Fanny walked
211:282, 6'  !| back$5$ into the breakfast-room with a very saddened heart
211:282, 7'  !| to$9$ grieve over the melancholy$2$ change$0$; and there her uncle
211:282, 8'  !| kindly left$1$ her to$9$ cry$1$ in peace, conceiving perhaps that$3$
211:282, 9'  !| the deserted chair of each young man might exercise$1$ her
211:282,10'  !| tender$2$ enthusiasm, and that$3$ the remaining cold$2$ pork
211:282,11'  !| bones and mustard in $MP#Q$William's plate, might but divide
211:282,12'  !| her feelings with the broken egg-shells in $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's.
211:282,13'  !| She sat and cried \con*amore\ as her uncle intended, but it
211:282,14'  !| was con*amore fraternal and no$2$ other. $MP#Q$William was gone,
211:282,15'  !| and she now felt as if she had wasted half his visit$0$ in idle
211:282,16'  !| cares$0$ and selfish solicitudes unconnected with him.
211:282,17'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's disposition was such that$3$ she could never even$5$
211:282,18'  !| think of her aunt $MP#J$Norris in the meagreness and cheerlessness
211:282,19'  !| of her own$2$ small house, without reproaching herself for$4$ some
211:282,20'  !| little want$0$ of attention to$4$ her when they had been last$2$
211:282,21'  !| together; much less could her feelings acquit her of having
211:282,22'  !| done and said and thought$1$ every*thing by$4$ $MP#Q$William, that$6#1$
211:282,23'  !| was due$2$ to$4$ him for$4$ a whole$0$ fortnight.
211:282,24@a   | It was a heavy, melancholy$2$ day. ~ Soon after$4$ the second$2$
211:282,25@a   | breakfast$0$, $MP#B$Edmund bad them good*bye for$4$ a week, and
211:282,26@a   | mounted his horse for$4$ Peterborough, and then all were
211:282,27@a   | gone. Nothing remained of last$1$ night but remembrances,
211:282,28@a   | which$6#1$ she had nobody to$9$ share$1$ in. She talked to$4$ her
211:282,29@a   | aunt $MP#F$Bertram ~ she must talk$1$ to$4$ somebody of the ball$0#2$,
211:282,30@a   | but her aunt had seen so$5#1$ little of what$6#1$ passed, and had so$5#1$
211:282,31@a   | little curiosity, that$3$ it was heavy work$0$.
211:282,31'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
211:282,32'  !| was not certain of any*body's dress$0$, or any*body's place$0$
211:283, 1'  !| at supper, but her own$2$.
211:283, 1F  !| "She could not recollect what$6#1$
211:283, 2F  !| it was that$6#1$ she had heard about$4$ one of the $MP#ZU$Miss*Maddoxes,
211:283, 3F  !| or what$6#1$ it was that$6#1$ $MP#ZZB$Lady*Prescott had noticed in $MP#A$Fanny;
211:283, 4F  !| she was not sure whether $MP#ZL$Colonel*Harrison had been talking
211:283, 5F  !| of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford or of $MP#Q$William, when he said he was
211:283, 6F  !| the finest young man in the room; somebody had whispered
211:283, 7F  !| something to$4$ her, she had forgot to$9$ ask $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
211:283, 8F  !| what$6#1$ it could be."
211:283, 8'  !| And these were her longest speeches
211:283, 9'  !| and clearest communications; the rest$0#1$ was only a languid
211:283,10F  !| "Yes ~ yes ~ very well$9$ ~ did you? did he? ~ I did not
211:283,11F  !| see \that$6#2$\ ~ I should not know one from the other."
211:283,11'  !| This
211:283,12'  !| was very bad. It was only better$9$ than $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's
211:283,13'  !| sharp answers would have been; but she being$1$ gone home
211:283,14'  !| with all the supernumerary jellies to$9$ nurse$1$ a sick maid,
211:283,15'  !| there was peace and good*humour in their little party,
211:283,16'  !| though it could not boast$1$ much beside$5$.
211:283,17'  !| The evening was heavy like$9$ the day ~
211:283,17F  !| "I cannot think
211:283,18F  !| what$6#1$ is the matter with me|"
211:283,18'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, when
211:283,19'  !| the tea-things were removed.
211:283,19F  !| "I feel quite stupid. It
211:283,20F  !| must be sitting$1$ up so$5#1$ late last$2$ night. $MP#A$Fanny, you must
211:283,21F  !| do something to$9$ keep me awake$2$. I cannot work$1$. Fetch
211:283,22F  !| the cards, ~ I feel so$5#1$ very stupid."
211:283,23'  !| The cards were brought, and $MP#A$Fanny played at cribbage
211:283,24'  !| with her aunt till bed-time; and as $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was reading
211:283,25'  !| to$4$ himself, no$2$ sounds$0$ were heard in the room for$4$ the
211:283,26'  !| next two hours beyond$4$ the reckonings of the game ~
211:283,27A  !| "And \that$6#2$\ makes thirty-one; ~ four in hand$0$ and eight in
211:283,28A  !| crib. ~ You are to$9$ deal$1$, ma'am; shall I deal$1$ for$4$ you?"
211:283,29'  !| $MP#A$Fanny thought$1$ and thought$1$ again
211:283,29@a   | of the difference which$6#1$
211:283,30@a   | twenty-four hours had made in that$6#2$ room, and all that$6#2$
211:283,31@a   | part$0$ of the house. Last$2$ night it had been hope$0$ and smiles,
211:283,32@a   | bustle$0$ and motion, noise and brilliancy in the drawing-room,
211:283,33@a   | and out$8$ of the drawing-room, and every*where.
211:283,34@a   | Now it was languor, and all but solitude.
211:283,35'  !| A good night's rest$0#2$ improved her spirits. She could
211:283,36'  !| think of $MP#Q$William the next day more cheerfully, and as the
211:283,37'  !| morning afforded her an opportunity of talking over
211:283,38'  !| Thursday night with $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, in a
211:284, 1'  !| very handsome style, with all the heightenings of imagination
211:284, 2'  !| and all the laughs of playfulness which$6#1$ are so$5#1$
211:284, 3'  !| essential to$4$ the shade of a departed ball$0#2$, she could afterwards
211:284, 4'  !| bring her mind$0$ without much effort into its everyday
211:284, 5'  !| state$0$, and easily conform to$4$ the tranquillity of the
211:284, 6'  !| present$9$ quiet$2$ week.
211:284, 7@a   | They were indeed a smaller party than she had ever
211:284, 8@a   | known there for$4$ a whole$0$ day together, and \he\ was gone
211:284, 9@a   | on$4$ whom$6#1$ the comfort$0$ and cheerfulness of every family-meeting
211:284,10@a   | and every meal chiefly depended. But this must
211:284,11@a   | be learned to$9$ be endured. He would soon be always gone;
211:284,12@a   | and she was thankful that$3$ she could now sit in the same
211:284,13@a   | room with her uncle, hear his voice, receive his questions,
211:284,14@a   | and even$5$ answer$1$ them without such wretched feelings as
211:284,15@a   | she had formerly known.
211:284,16E  !| "We miss our two young men,"
211:284,16'  !| was $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's
211:284,17'  !| observation on$4$ both the first and second$2$ day, as they
211:284,18'  !| formed their very reduced circle after$4$ dinner; and in
211:284,19'  !| consideration of $MP#A$Fanny's swimming eyes, nothing more was
211:284,20'  !| said on$4$ the first day than to$9$ drink their good health; but
211:284,21'  !| on$4$ the second$2$ it led to$4$ something farther. $MP#Q$William was
211:284,22'  !| kindly commended and his promotion hoped for$5$.
211:284,22E  !| "And
211:284,23E  !| there is no$2$ reason$0$ to$9$ suppose,"
211:284,23'  !| added $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
211:284,23E  !| "but
211:284,24E  !| that$3$ his visits to$4$ us may$1$ now be tolerably frequent. As to$4$
211:284,25E  !| $MP#B$Edmund, we must learn to$9$ do without him. This will$1$ be
211:284,26E  !| the last$2$ winter of his belonging to$4$ us, as he has done."
211:284,27F  !| "Yes,"
211:284,27'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,
211:284,27F  !| "but I wish$1$ he was not going
211:284,28F  !| away. They are all going away I think. I wish$1$ they
211:284,29F  !| would stay$1$ at home."
211:284,30'  !| This wish$1$ was levelled principally at $MP#I$Julia, who$6#1$ had just$9$
211:284,31'  !| applied for$4$ permission to$9$ go to$4$ town with $MP#H$Maria; and as
211:284,32'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas thought$1$ it best for$4$ each daughter that$3$ the
211:284,33'  !| permission should be granted, $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, though in
211:284,34'  !| her own$2$ good*nature she would not have prevented it, was
211:284,35'  !| lamenting the change$0$ it made in the prospect of $MP#I$Julia's
211:284,36'  !| return$0$, which$6#1$ would otherwise have taken place$0$ about$4$ this
211:284,37'  !| time. A great deal$0#2$ of good sense followed on$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's
211:284,38'  !| side$0$, tending to$9$ reconcile his wife to$4$ the arrangement.
211:285, 1'  !| Every*thing that$6#1$ a considerate parent \ought\ to$9$ feel was
211:285, 2'  !| advanced for$4$ her use$0$; and every*thing that$6#1$ an affectionate
211:285, 3'  !| mother \must\ feel in promoting her children's enjoyment,
211:285, 4'  !| was attributed to$4$ her nature. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram agreed to$4$ it
211:285, 5'  !| all with a calm$2$
211:285, 5F  !| "Yes" ~
211:285, 5'  !| and at the end$0$ of a quarter$0#1$ of an
211:285, 6'  !| hour's silent consideration, spontaneously observed,
211:285, 6F  !| "$MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
211:285, 7F  !| I have been thinking ~ and I am very glad we
211:285, 8F  !| took $MP#A$Fanny as we did, for$3$ now the others are away, we feel
211:285, 9F  !| the good of it."
211:285,10'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas immediately improved this compliment$0$ by$4$
211:285,11'  !| adding,
211:285,11E  !| "Very true. We shew$1$ $MP#A$Fanny what$6#1$ a good girl we
211:285,12E  !| think her by$4$ praising her to$4$ her face$0$ ~ she is now a very
211:285,13E  !| valuable companion. If we have been kind$2$ to$4$ \her\, she is
211:285,14E  !| now quite as necessary to$4$ \us\."
211:285,15F  !| "Yes,"
211:285,15'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram presently ~
211:285,15F  !| "and it is a comfort$0$
211:285,16F  !| to$9$ think that$3$ we shall always have \her\."
211:285,17'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas paused, half smiled, glanced at his niece, and
211:285,18'  !| then gravely replied,
211:285,18E  !| "She will$1$ never leave$1$ us, I hope$1$, till
211:285,19E  !| invited to$4$ some other home that$6#1$ may$1$ reasonably promise$1$
211:285,20E  !| her greater happiness than she knows here."
211:285,21F  !| "And \that$6#2$\ is not very likely to$9$ be, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas. Who$6#2$
211:285,22F  !| should invite her? $MP#H$Maria might be very glad to$9$ see her at
211:285,23F  !| Sotherton now and then, but she would not think of asking
211:285,24F  !| her to$9$ live there ~ and I am sure she is better$9$ off here ~ and
211:285,25F  !| besides I cannot do without her."
211:285,26'  !| The week which$6#1$ passed so$5#1$ quietly and peaceably at the
211:285,27'  !| great house in Mansfield, had a very different character at
211:285,28'  !| the Parsonage. To$4$ the young lady at least in each family,
211:285,29'  !| it brought very different feelings. What$6#1$ was tranquillity
211:285,30'  !| and comfort$0$ to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny was tediousness and vexation to$4$
211:285,31'  !| $MP#C$Mary. Something arose from difference of disposition and
211:285,32'  !| habit ~ one so$5#1$ easily satisfied$1$, the other so$5#1$ unused to$9$
211:285,33'  !| endure; but still$5$ more might be imputed to$4$ difference
211:285,34'  !| of circumstances. In some points of interest$0$ they were
211:285,35'  !| exactly opposed to$4$ each other. To$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's mind$0$,
211:285,36'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's absence was really in its cause and its tendency
211:285,37'  !| a relief. To$4$ $MP#C$Mary it was every way painful.
211:285,37@c   | She felt the
211:285,38@c   | want$0$ of his society every day, almost every hour; and was
211:286, 1@c   | too$5#1$ much in want$0$ of it to$9$ derive any*thing but irritation
211:286, 2@c   | from considering the object$0$ for$4$ which$6#1$ he went. He could
211:286, 3@c   | not have devised any*thing more likely to$9$ raise his consequence
211:286, 4@c   | than this week's absence, occurring as it did at the
211:286, 5@c   | very time of her brother's going away, of $MP#Q$William*Price's
211:286, 6@c   | going too$5#2$, and completing the sort of general$2$ break-up of
211:286, 7@c   | a party which$6#1$ had been so$5#1$ animated. She felt it keenly.
211:286, 8@c   | They were now a miserable trio, confined within doors by$4$
211:286, 9@c   | a series of rain$0$ and snow, with nothing to$9$ do and no$2$ variety
211:286,10@c   | to$9$ hope$1$ for$4$. Angry as she was with $MP#B$Edmund for$4$ adhering
211:286,11@c   | to$4$ his own$2$ notions and acting on$4$ them in defiance of her,
211:286,12@c   | (and she had been so$5#1$ angry that$3$ they had hardly parted
211:286,13@c   | friends at the ball$0#2$,) she could not help$1$ thinking of him
211:286,14@c   | continually when absent, dwelling on$4$ his merit$0$ and affection,
211:286,15@c   | and longing$1$ again for$4$ the almost daily meetings they
211:286,16@c   | lately had. His absence was unnecessarily long$9$. He
211:286,17@c   | should not have planned such an absence ~ he should not
211:286,18@c   | have left$1$ home for$4$ a week, when her own$2$ departure from
211:286,19@c   | Mansfield was so$5#1$ near$9$. Then she began to$9$ blame$1$ herself.
211:286,20@c   | She wished she had not spoken so$5#1$ warmly in their last$2$
211:286,21@c   | conversation. She was afraid she had used$1#1$ some strong ~
211:286,22@c   | some contemptuous expressions in speaking of the clergy,
211:286,23@c   | and \that$6#2$\ should not have been. It was ill-bred ~ it
211:286,24@c   | was wrong$1$. She wished such words unsaid with all her
211:286,25@c   | heart.
211:286,26@c   | Her vexation did not end$1$ with the week. All this was
211:286,27@c   | bad, but she had still$5$ more to$9$ feel when Friday came round$9$
211:286,28@c   | again and brought no$2$ $MP#B$Edmund ~ when Saturday came and
211:286,29@c   | still$5$ no$2$ $MP#B$Edmund ~ and when, through$4$ the slight$2$ communication
211:286,30@c   | with the other family which$6#1$ Sunday produced, she
211:286,31@c   | learnt that$3$ he had actually written home to$9$ defer his
211:286,32@c   | return$0$, having promised to$9$ remain some days longer with
211:286,33@c   | his friend|
211:286,34@c   | If she had felt impatience and regret$0$ before$5$ ~ if she had
211:286,35@c   | been sorry for$4$ what$6#1$ she said, and feared its too$5#1$ strong
211:286,36@c   | effect$0$ on$4$ him, she now felt and feared it all tenfold more.
211:286,37@c   | She had, moreover, to$9$ contend with one disagreeable
211:286,38@c   | emotion entirely new to$4$ her ~ jealousy. His friend
211:287, 1@c   | $MP#ZZA$Mr%*Owen had sisters ~ He might find them attractive.
211:287, 2@c   | But at any rate$0$ his staying away at a time, when, according
211:287, 3@c   | to$4$ all preceding plans, she was to$9$ remove$1$ to$4$ London, meant
211:287, 4@c   | something that$6#1$ she could not bear$1$. Had $MP#D$Henry returned,
211:287, 5@c   | as he talked of doing, at the end$0$ of three or four days, she
211:287, 6@c   | should now have been leaving Mansfield. It became
211:287, 7@c   | absolutely necessary for$4$ her to$9$ get to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny and try to$9$
211:287, 8@c   | learn something more. She could not live any longer in
211:287, 9@c   | such solitary wretchedness; and she made her way to$4$ the
211:287,10@c   | Park, through$4$ difficulties of walking which$6#1$ she had deemed
211:287,11@c   | unconquerable a week before$5$, for$4$ the chance$0$ of hearing
211:287,12@c   | a little in addition, for$4$ the sake of at least hearing his
211:287,13@c   | name$0$.
211:287,14@c   | The first half hour was lost, for$3$ $MP#A$Fanny and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
211:287,15@c   | were together, and unless she had $MP#A$Fanny to$4$ herself she
211:287,16@c   | could hope$1$ for$4$ nothing. But at last$0$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram left$1$ the
211:287,17@c   | room ~
211:287,17'  !| and then almost immediately $MP#C$Miss*Crawford thus
211:287,18'  !| began, with a voice as well$9$ regulated as she could ~
211:287,18C  !| "And
211:287,19C  !| how do \you\ like$1$ your cousin $MP#B$Edmund's staying away so$5#1$
211:287,20C  !| long$9$? ~ being$1$ the only young person at home, I consider
211:287,21C  !| \you\ as the greatest sufferer. ~ You must miss him. Does
211:287,22C  !| his staying longer surprize$1$ you?"
211:287,23A  !| "I do not know,"
211:287,23'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny hesitatingly.
211:287,23A  !| "Yes ~
211:287,24A  !| I had not particularly expected$1$ it."
211:287,25C  !| "Perhaps he will$1$ always stay$1$ longer than he talks of.
211:287,26C  !| It is the general$2$ way; all young men do."
211:287,27A  !| "He did not, the only time he went to$9$ see $MP#ZZA$Mr%*Owen
211:287,28A  !| before$5$."
211:287,29C  !| "He finds the house more agreeable \now\. ~ He is a very ~
211:287,30C  !| a very pleasing young man himself, and I cannot help$1$
211:287,31C  !| being$1$ rather concerned at not seeing him again before$3$ I go
211:287,32C  !| to$4$ London, as will$1$ now undoubtedly be the case. ~ I am
211:287,33C  !| looking for$4$ $MP#D$Henry every day, and as soon as he comes there
211:287,34C  !| will$1$ be nothing to$9$ detain me at Mansfield. I should like$1$ to$9$
211:287,35C  !| have seen him once more, I confess. But you must give my
211:287,36C  !| compliments to$4$ him. Yes ~ I think it must be compliments.
211:287,37C  !| Is not there a something wanted, $MP#A$Miss*Price, in our
211:287,38C  !| language a something between compliments and ~ and
211:288, 1C  !| love$0$ ~ to$9$ suit$1$ the sort of friendly acquaintance we have had
211:288, 2C  !| together? ~ So$5#1$ many months acquaintance| ~ But compliments
211:288, 3C  !| may$1$ be sufficient here. ~ Was his letter a long$9$ one?
211:288, 4C  !| ~ Does he give you much account$0$ of what$6#1$ he is doing? ~
211:288, 5C  !| Is it Christmas gaieties that$6#1$ he is staying for$4$?"
211:288, 6A  !| "I only heard a part$0$ of the letter; it was to$4$ my uncle ~
211:288, 7A  !| but I believe it was very short$2$; indeed I am sure it was
211:288, 8A  !| but a few lines. All that$6#1$ I heard was that$3$ his friend had
211:288, 9A  !| pressed him to$9$ stay$1$ longer, and that$3$ he had agreed to$9$ do so$5#2$.
211:288,10A  !| A \few\ days longer, or \some\ days longer, I am not quite
211:288,11A  !| sure which$6#2$."
211:288,12C  !| "Oh| if he wrote to$4$ his father ~ but I thought$1$ it might
211:288,13C  !| have been to$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram or you. But if he wrote to$4$ his
211:288,14C  !| father, no$2$ wonder$0$ he was concise. Who$6#2$ could write chat$0$ to$4$
211:288,15C  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas? If he had written to$4$ you, there would have
211:288,16C  !| been more particulars. You would have heard of balls and
211:288,17C  !| parties. ~ He would have sent you a description of every*thing
211:288,18C  !| and every*body. How many $MP#ZZA$Miss*Owens are there?"
211:288,19A  !| "Three grown up."
211:288,20C  !| "Are they musical?"
211:288,21A  !| "I do not at all know. I never heard."
211:288,22C  !| "That$6#2$ is the first question$0$, you know,"
211:288,22'  !| said $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
211:288,23'  !| trying$1$ to$9$ appear gay and unconcerned,
211:288,23C  !| "which$6#1$ every
211:288,24C  !| woman who$6#1$ plays$1$ herself is sure to$9$ ask about$4$ another.
211:288,25C  !| But it is very foolish to$9$ ask questions about$4$ any young
211:288,26C  !| ladies ~ about$4$ any three sisters just$9$ grown up; for$3$ one
211:288,27C  !| knows, without being$1$ told, exactly what$6#1$ they are ~ all very
211:288,28C  !| accomplished and pleasing, and \one\ very pretty$2$. There is
211:288,29C  !| a beauty in every family. ~ It is a regular thing. Two play$0$
211:288,30C  !| on$4$ the piano-forte, and one on$4$ the harp ~ and all sing ~ or
211:288,31C  !| would sing if they were taught ~ or sing all the better$9$ for$4$
211:288,32C  !| not being$1$ taught ~ or something like$9$ it."
211:288,33A  !| "I know nothing of the $MP#ZZA$Miss*Owens,"
211:288,33'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny
211:288,34'  !| calmly.
211:288,35C  !| "You know nothing and you care$1$ less, as people say.
211:288,36C  !| Never did tone express$1$ indifference plainer. Indeed how
211:288,37C  !| can one care$1$ for$4$ those one has never seen? ~ Well$7$, when
211:288,38C  !| your cousin comes back$5$, he will$1$ find Mansfield very quiet$2$;
211:289, 1C  !| ~ all the noisy ones gone, your brother and mine$6$ and
211:289, 2C  !| myself. I do not like$1$ the idea of leaving $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant now
211:289, 3C  !| the time draws near$9$. She does not like$1$ my going."
211:289, 4'  !| $MP#A$Fanny felt obliged to$9$ speak.
211:289, 4A  !| "You cannot doubt$1$ your
211:289, 5A  !| being$1$ missed by$4$ many,"
211:289, 5'  !| said she.
211:289, 5A  !| "You will$1$ be very
211:289, 6A  !| much missed."
211:289, 7'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford turned her eye on$4$ her, as if wanting to$9$
211:289, 8'  !| hear or see more, and then laughingly said,
211:289, 8C  !| "Oh| yes,
211:289, 9C  !| missed as every noisy evil is missed when it is taken away;
211:289,10C  !| that$6#2$ is, there is a great difference felt. But I am not
211:289,11C  !| fishing; don't compliment$1$ me. If I \am\ missed, it will$1$
211:289,12C  !| appear. I may$1$ be discovered by$4$ those who$6#1$ want$1$ to$9$ see
211:289,13C  !| me. I shall not be in any doubtful, or distant, or unapproachable
211:289,14C  !| region."
211:289,15'  !| Now $MP#A$Fanny could not bring herself to$9$ speak, and
211:289,16'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford was disappointed; for$3$ she had hoped to$9$
211:289,17'  !| hear some pleasant assurance of her power, from one who$6#1$
211:289,18'  !| she thought$1$ must know; and her spirits were clouded
211:289,19'  !| again.
211:289,20C  !| "The $MP#ZZA$Miss*Owens,"
211:289,20'  !| said she soon afterwards ~
211:289,20C  !| "Suppose
211:289,21C  !| you were to$9$ have one of the $MP#ZZA$Miss*Owens settled$1$ at
211:289,22C  !| Thornton*Lacey; how should you like$1$ it? Stranger$2$ things
211:289,23C  !| have happened. I dare$1#2$ say they are trying$1$ for$4$ it. And
211:289,24C  !| they are quite in the right$0$, for$3$ it would be a very pretty$2$
211:289,25C  !| establishment for$4$ them. I do not at all wonder$0$ or blame$1$
211:289,26C  !| them. ~ It is every*body's duty to$9$ do as well$9$ for$4$ themselves
211:289,27C  !| as they can. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas*Bertram's son is somebody; and
211:289,28C  !| now, he is in their own$2$ line. Their father is a clergyman
211:289,29C  !| and their brother is a clergyman, and they are all clergymen
211:289,30C  !| together. He is their lawful property, he fairly
211:289,31C  !| belongs to$4$ them. You don't speak, $MP#A$Fanny ~ $MP#A$Miss*Price ~
211:289,32C  !| you don't speak. ~ But honestly now, do not you rather
211:289,33C  !| expect it than otherwise?"
211:289,34A  !| "No$7$,"
211:289,34'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny stoutly,
211:289,34A  !| "I do not expect it at all."
211:289,35C  !| "Not at all|" ~
211:289,35'  !| cried $MP#C$Miss*Crawford with alacrity.
211:289,36C  !| "I wonder$1$ at that$6#2$. But I dare$1#2$ say you know exactly ~
211:289,37C  !| I always imagine you are ~ perhaps you do not think him
211:289,38C  !| likely to$9$ marry at all ~ or not at present$0#1$."
211:290, 1A  !| "No$7$, I do not,"
211:290, 1'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny softly ~ hoping she did not
211:290, 2'  !| err either in the belief or the acknowledgment of it.
211:290, 3'  !| Her companion looked at her keenly; and gathering
211:290, 4'  !| greater spirit from the blush$0$ soon produced from such
211:290, 5'  !| a look$0$, only said,
211:290, 5C  !| "He is best off as he is,"
211:290, 5'  !| and turned the
211:290, 6'  !| subject$0$.
212:291, 1'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's uneasiness was much lightened by$4$
212:291, 2'  !| this conversation, and she walked home again in spirits
212:291, 3'  !| which$6#1$ might have defied almost another week of the same
212:291, 4'  !| small party in the same bad weather, had they been put to$4$
212:291, 5'  !| the proof; but as that$6#2$ very evening brought her brother
212:291, 6'  !| down$5$ from London again in quite, or more than quite, his
212:291, 7'  !| usual cheerfulness, she had nothing further to$9$ try her own$2$.
212:291, 8@c   | His still$5$ refusing to$9$ tell her what$6#1$ he had gone for$4$, was but
212:291, 9@c   | the promotion of gaiety; a day before$5$ it might have
212:291,10@c   | irritated, but now it was a pleasant joke ~ suspected only
212:291,11@c   | of concealing something planned as a pleasant surprize$0$ to$4$
212:291,12@c   | herself.
212:291,12'  !| And the next day \did\ bring a surprize$0$ to$4$ her.
212:291,13'  !| $MP#D$Henry had said he should just$9$ go and ask the $MP#E1$Bertrams
212:291,14'  !| how they did, and be back$5$ in ten minutes ~ but he was
212:291,15'  !| gone above$4$ an hour; and when his sister, who$6#1$ had been
212:291,16'  !| waiting for$4$ him to$9$ walk$1$ with her in the garden, met him at
212:291,17'  !| last$0$ most impatiently in the sweep, and cried out$5$,
212:291,17C  !| "My dear$2#1$
212:291,18C  !| $MP#D$Henry, where can you possibly have been all this time?"
212:291,19'  !| he had only to$9$ say that$3$ he had been sitting$1$
212:291,20'  !| with $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
212:291,21'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny.
212:291,21C  !| "Sitting$1$ with them an hour and half|"
212:291,21'  !| exclaimed
212:291,22'  !| $MP#C$Mary.
212:291,23'  !| But this was only the beginning$0$ of her surprize$0$.
212:291,24D  !| "Yes, $MP#C$Mary,"
212:291,24'  !| said he, drawing her arm$0$ within his, and
212:291,25'  !| walking along$4$ the sweep as if not knowing where he was ~
212:291,26D  !| "I could not get away sooner ~ $MP#A$Fanny looked so$5#1$ lovely| ~
212:291,27D  !| I am quite determined$2$, $MP#C$Mary. My mind$0$ is entirely made
212:291,28D  !| up. Will$1$ it astonish you? No$7$ ~ You must be aware that$3$
212:291,29D  !| I am quite determined$2$ to$9$ marry $MP#A$Fanny*Price."
212:291,30'  !| The surprize$0$ was now complete$2$; for$3$ in spite$8$ of whatever
212:291,31'  !| his consciousness might suggest, a suspicion of his having
212:291,32'  !| any such views had never entered his sister's imagination;
212:291,33'  !| and she looked so$5#1$ truly the astonishment she felt, that$3$ he
212:292, 1'  !| was obliged to$9$ repeat what$6#1$ he had said, and more fully and
212:292, 2'  !| more solemnly. The conviction of his determination once
212:292, 3'  !| admitted, it was not unwelcome. There was even$5$ pleasure
212:292, 4'  !| with the surprize$0$. $MP#C$Mary was in a state$0$ of mind$0$ to$9$ rejoice
212:292, 5'  !| in a connection with the $MP#E$Bertram family, and to$9$ be not
212:292, 6'  !| displeased with her brother's marrying a little beneath
212:292, 7'  !| him.
212:292, 8D  !| "Yes, $MP#C$Mary,"
212:292, 8'  !| was $MP#D$Henry's concluding assurance,
212:292, 9D  !| "I am fairly caught. You know with what$6#1$ idle designs
212:292,10D  !| I began ~ but this is the end$0$ of them. I have (I flatter
212:292,11D  !| myself) made no$2$ inconsiderable progress in her affections;
212:292,12D  !| but my own$2$ are entirely fixed."
212:292,13C  !| "Lucky, lucky girl|"
212:292,13'  !| cried $MP#C$Mary as soon as she could
212:292,14'  !| speak ~
212:292,14C  !| "what$7$ a match$0$ for$4$ her| My dearest $MP#D$Henry, this
212:292,15C  !| must be my \first\ feeling$0$; but my \second$2$\, which$6#1$ you shall
212:292,16C  !| have as sincerely, is that$3$ I approve your choice$0$ from my
212:292,17C  !| soul, and foresee your happiness as heartily as I wish$1$ and
212:292,18C  !| desire$1$ it. You will$1$ have a sweet little wife; all gratitude
212:292,19C  !| and devotion. Exactly what$6#1$ you deserve. What$7$ an
212:292,20C  !| amazing match$0$ for$4$ her| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris often talks of her
212:292,21C  !| luck; what$6#2$ will$1$ she say now? The delight$0$ of all the
212:292,22C  !| family indeed| And she has some \true\ friends in it. How
212:292,23C  !| \they\ will$1$ rejoice| But tell me all about$4$ it. Talk$1$ to$4$ me
212:292,24C  !| for*ever. When did you begin to$9$ think seriously about$4$
212:292,25C  !| her?"
212:292,26'  !| Nothing could be more impossible than to$9$ answer$1$ such
212:292,27'  !| a question$0$, though nothing be more agreeable than to$9$ have
212:292,28'  !| it asked. "How the pleasing plague had stolen on$4$ him"
212:292,29'  !| he could not say, and before$3$ he had expressed the same
212:292,30'  !| sentiment with a little variation of words three times over,
212:292,31'  !| his sister eagerly interrupted him with,
212:292,31C  !| "Ah| my dear$2#1$
212:292,32C  !| $MP#D$Henry, and this is what$6#1$ took you to$4$ London| This was
212:292,33C  !| your business| You chose to$9$ consult the $MP#ZF$Admiral, before$3$
212:292,34C  !| you made up your mind$0$."
212:292,35'  !| But this he stoutly denied.
212:292,35@d   | He knew his uncle too$5#1$ well$9$
212:292,36@d   | to$9$ consult him on$4$ any matrimonial scheme$0$.
212:292,36'  !| The $MP#ZF$Admiral
212:292,37'  !| hated marriage, and thought$1$ it never pardonable in a
212:292,38'  !| young man of independent fortune.
212:293, 1D  !| "When $MP#A$Fanny is known to$4$ him,"
212:293, 1'  !| continued $MP#D$Henry,
212:293, 1D  !| "he
212:293, 2D  !| will$1$ doat on$4$ her. She is exactly the woman to$9$ do away
212:293, 3D  !| every prejudice of such a man as the $MP#ZF$Admiral, for$3$ she is
212:293, 4D  !| exactly such a woman as he thinks does not exist in the
212:293, 5D  !| world. She is the very impossibility he would describe ~ if
212:293, 6D  !| indeed he has now delicacy of language enough to$9$ embody
212:293, 7D  !| his own$2$ ideas. But till it is absolutely settled$1$ ~ settled$1$
212:293, 8D  !| beyond$4$ all interference, he shall know nothing of the
212:293, 9D  !| matter. No$7$, $MP#C$Mary, you are quite mistaken. You have
212:293,10D  !| not discovered my business yet|"
212:293,11C  !| "Well$7$, well$7$, I am satisfied$1$. I know now to$4$ whom$6#2$ it
212:293,12C  !| must relate, and am in no$2$ hurry$0$ for$4$ the rest$0#1$. $MP#A$Fanny*Price
212:293,13C  !| ~ Wonderful ~ quite wonderful| ~ That$3$ Mansfield should
212:293,14C  !| have done so$5#1$ much for$4$ ~ that$3$ \you\ should have found your
212:293,15C  !| fate in Mansfield| But you are quite right$2#1$, you could not
212:293,16C  !| have chosen better$9$. There is not a better$9$ girl in the world,
212:293,17C  !| and you do not want$1$ for$4$ fortune; and as to$4$ her connections,
212:293,18C  !| they are more than good. The $MP#E1$Bertrams are undoubtedly
212:293,19C  !| some of the first people in this country. She is niece
212:293,20C  !| to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas*Bertram; that$6#2$ will$1$ be enough for$4$ the world.
212:293,21C  !| But go on$5$, go on$5$. Tell me more. What$6#2$ are your plans?
212:293,22C  !| Does she know her own$2$ happiness?"
212:293,23D  !| "No$7$."
212:293,24C  !| "What$6#2$ are you waiting for$4$?"
212:293,25D  !| "For$4$ ~ for$4$ very little more than opportunity. $MP#C$Mary,
212:293,26D  !| she is not like$9$ her cousins; but I think I shall not ask in
212:293,27D  !| vain."
212:293,28C  !| "Oh| no$7$, you cannot. Were you even$5$ less pleasing ~
212:293,29C  !| supposing her not to$9$ love$1$ you already (of which$6#1$ however
212:293,30C  !| I can have little doubt$0$,) you would be safe. The gentleness
212:293,31C  !| and gratitude of her disposition would secure$1$ her all your
212:293,32C  !| own$2$ immediately. From my soul I do not think she would
212:293,33C  !| marry you \without\ love$0$; that$6#2$ is, if there is a girl in the
212:293,34C  !| world capable of being$1$ uninfluenced by$4$ ambition, I can
212:293,35C  !| suppose it her; but ask her to$9$ love$1$ you, and she will$1$ never
212:293,36C  !| have the heart to$9$ refuse."
212:293,37'  !| As soon as her eagerness could rest$1$ in silence$0$, he was as
212:293,38'  !| happy to$9$ tell as she could be to$9$ listen, and a conversation
212:294, 1'  !| followed almost as deeply interesting to$4$ her as to$4$ himself,
212:294, 2'  !| though he had in fact nothing to$9$ relate but his own$2$ sensations,
212:294, 3'  !| nothing to$9$ dwell on$4$ but $MP#A$Fanny's charms. ~
212:294, 3@d   | $MP#A$Fanny's
212:294, 4@d   | beauty of face$0$ and figure, $MP#A$Fanny's graces of manner and
212:294, 5@d   | goodness of heart were the exhaustless theme. The
212:294, 6@d   | gentleness, modesty, and sweetness of her character were
212:294, 7@d   | warmly expatiated on$5$,
212:294, 7'  !| that$6#2$ sweetness which$6#1$ makes so$5#1$
212:294, 8'  !| essential a part$0$ of every woman's worth in the judgment
212:294, 9'  !| of man, that$3$ though he sometimes loves where it is not, he
212:294,10'  !| can never believe it absent.
212:294,10@d   | Her temper he had good
212:294,11@d   | reason$0$ to$9$ depend on$4$ and to$9$ praise$1$. He had often seen it
212:294,12@d   | tried. Was there one of the family, excepting $MP#B$Edmund,
212:294,13@d   | who$6#1$ had not in some way or other continually exercised
212:294,14@d   | her patience and forbearance? Her affections were
212:294,15@d   | evidently strong. To$9$ see her with her brother| What$6#2$
212:294,16@d   | could more delightfully prove that$3$ the warmth of her
212:294,17@d   | heart was equal$2$ to$4$ its gentleness? ~ What$6#2$ could be more
212:294,18@d   | encouraging to$4$ a man who$6#1$ had her love$0$ in view$0$? Then,
212:294,19@d   | her understanding$0$ was beyond$4$ every suspicion, quick$2$ and
212:294,20@d   | clear$2$; and her manners were the mirror of her own$2$ modest
212:294,21@d   | and elegant mind$0$.
212:294,21'  !| Nor was this all. $MP#D$Henry*Crawford had
212:294,22'  !| too$5#1$ much sense not to$9$ feel the worth of good principles in
212:294,23'  !| a wife, though he was too$5#1$ little accustomed to$4$ serious$2$
212:294,24'  !| reflection to$9$ know them by$4$ their proper name$0$; but when
212:294,25'  !| he talked of
212:294,25@d   | her having such a steadiness and regularity of
212:294,26@d   | conduct$0$, such a high notion of honour$0$, and such an observance
212:294,27@d   | of decorum as might warrant any man in the fullest
212:294,28@d   | dependence on$4$ her faith and integrity,
212:294,28'  !| he expressed what$6#1$
212:294,29'  !| was inspired by$4$ the knowledge of her being$1$ well$9$ principled
212:294,30'  !| and religious.
212:294,31D  !| "I could so$5#1$ wholly and absolutely confide in her,"
212:294,31'  !| said
212:294,32'  !| he;
212:294,32D  !| "and \that$6#2$\ is what$6#1$ I want$1$."
212:294,33'  !| Well$9$ might his sister, believing as she really did that$3$ his
212:294,34'  !| opinion of $MP#A$Fanny*Price was scarcely beyond$4$ her merits,
212:294,35'  !| rejoice in her prospects.
212:294,36C  !| "The more I think of it,"
212:294,36'  !| she cried,
212:294,36C  !| "the more am
212:294,37C  !| I convinced that$3$ you are doing quite right$0$, and though
212:294,38C  !| I should never have selected $MP#A$Fanny*Price as the girl most
212:295, 1C  !| likely to$9$ attach you, I am now persuaded she is the very
212:295, 2C  !| one to$9$ make$1$ you happy. Your wicked project upon her
212:295, 3C  !| peace turns$1$ out$5$ a clever thought$0$ indeed. You will$1$ both
212:295, 4C  !| find your good in it."
212:295, 5D  !| "It was bad, very bad in me against such a creature|
212:295, 6D  !| but I did not know her then. And she shall have no$2$ reason$0$
212:295, 7D  !| to$9$ lament the hour that$6#1$ first put it into my head$0$. I will$1$
212:295, 8D  !| make$1$ her very happy, $MP#C$Mary, happier than she has ever yet
212:295, 9D  !| been herself, or ever seen any*body else. I will$1$ not take her
212:295,10D  !| from Northamptonshire. I shall let Everingham, and rent
212:295,11D  !| a place$0$ in this neighbourhood ~ perhaps Stanwix*Lodge.
212:295,12D  !| I shall let a seven year's lease of Everingham. I am sure of
212:295,13D  !| an excellent tenant at half a word. I could name$1$ three
212:295,14D  !| people now, who$6#1$ would give me my own$2$ terms and thank
212:295,15D  !| me."
212:295,16C  !| "Ha|"
212:295,16'  !| cried $MP#C$Mary,
212:295,16C  !| "settle in Northamptonshire|
212:295,17C  !| That$6#2$ is pleasant| Then we shall be all together."
212:295,18'  !| When she had spoken it, she recollected herself, and
212:295,19'  !| wished it unsaid; but there was no$2$ need$0$ of confusion, for$3$
212:295,20'  !| her brother saw her only as the supposed inmate of Mansfield*Parsonage,
212:295,21'  !| and replied but to$9$ invite her in the kindest
212:295,22'  !| manner to$4$ his own$2$ house, and to$9$ claim$1$ the best right$0$ in her.
212:295,23D  !| "You must give us more than half your time,"
212:295,23'  !| said he;
212:295,24D  !| "I cannot admit $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant to$9$ have an equal$2$ claim$0$ with
212:295,25D  !| $MP#A$Fanny and myself, for$3$ we shall both have a right$0$ in you.
212:295,26D  !| $MP#A$Fanny will$1$ be so$5#1$ truly your sister|"
212:295,27'  !| $MP#C$Mary had only to$9$ be grateful and give general$2$ assurances;
212:295,28'  !| but she was now very fully purposed to$9$ be the
212:295,29'  !| guest of neither brother nor sister many months longer.
212:295,30C  !| "You will$1$ divide your year between London and
212:295,31C  !| Northamptonshire?"
212:295,32D  !| "Yes."
212:295,33C  !| "That's right$2#1$; and in London, of course$8$, a house of
212:295,34C  !| your own$2$; no$2$ longer with the $MP#ZF$Admiral. My dearest
212:295,35C  !| $MP#D$Henry, the advantage to$4$ you of getting away from the
212:295,36C  !| $MP#ZF$Admiral before$3$ your manners are hurt by$4$ the contagion
212:295,37C  !| of his, before$3$ you have contracted any of his foolish
212:295,38C  !| opinions, or learnt to$9$ sit over your dinner, as if it were
212:296, 1C  !| the best blessing of life| ~ \You\ are not sensible$2#1$ of the
212:296, 2C  !| gain$0$, for$3$ your regard$0$ for$4$ him has blinded you; but, in
212:296, 3C  !| my estimation, your marrying early may$1$ be the saving of
212:296, 4C  !| you. To$9$ have seen you grow like$9$ the $MP#ZF$Admiral in word
212:296, 5C  !| or deed, look$0$ or gesture, would have broken my heart."
212:296, 6D  !| "Well$7$, well$7$, we do not think quite alike here. The
212:296, 7D  !| $MP#ZF$Admiral has his faults, but he is a very good man, and
212:296, 8D  !| has been more than a father to$4$ me. Few fathers would
212:296, 9D  !| have let me have my own$2$ way half so$5#1$ much. You must
212:296,10D  !| not prejudice $MP#A$Fanny against him. I must have them
212:296,11D  !| love$0$ one another."
212:296,12'  !| $MP#C$Mary refrained from saying what$6#1$ she felt, that$3$ there
212:296,13'  !| could not be two persons in existence, whose$6#1$ characters
212:296,14'  !| and manners were less accordant;
212:296,14@c   | time would discover
212:296,15@c   | it to$4$ him; but she could not help$1$ \this\ reflection on$4$ the
212:296,16@c   | $MP#ZF$Admiral.
212:296,16C  !| "$MP#D$Henry, I think so$5#1$ highly of $MP#A$Fanny*Price,
212:296,17C  !| that$3$ if I could suppose the next $MP#X$Mrs%*Crawford would have
212:296,18C  !| half the reason$0$ which$6#1$ my poor ill*used aunt had to$9$ abhor
212:296,19C  !| the very name$0$, I would prevent the marriage, if possible;
212:296,20C  !| but I know you, I know that$3$ a wife you \loved\ would be
212:296,21C  !| the happiest of women, and that$3$ even$5$ when you ceased
212:296,22C  !| to$9$ love$1$, she would yet find in you the liberality and good-breeding
212:296,23C  !| of a gentleman."
212:296,24@d   | The impossibility of not doing every*thing in the
212:296,25@d   | world to$9$ make$1$ $MP#A$Fanny*Price happy, or of ceasing to$9$ love$1$
212:296,26@d   | $MP#A$Fanny*Price,
212:296,26'  !| was of course$8$ the ground-work of his
212:296,27'  !| eloquent answer$0$.
212:296,28D  !| "Had you seen her this morning, $MP#C$Mary,"
212:296,28'  !| he continued,
212:296,29D  !| "attending with such ineffable sweetness and
212:296,30D  !| patience, to$4$ all the demands$0$ of her aunt's stupidity,
212:296,31D  !| working with her, and for$4$ her, her colour beautifully
212:296,32D  !| heightened as she leant over the work$0$, then returning
212:296,33D  !| to$4$ her seat to$9$ finish$1$ a note$0$ which$6#1$ she was previously
212:296,34D  !| engaged in writing$1$ for$4$ that$6#2$ stupid woman's service, and
212:296,35D  !| all this with such unpretending gentleness, so$5#1$ much as if
212:296,36D  !| it were a matter of course$0$ that$3$ she was not to$9$ have
212:296,37D  !| a moment at her own$2$ command$0$, her hair arranged as
212:296,38D  !| neatly as it always is, and one little curl$0$ falling forward$2$
212:297, 1D  !| as she wrote, which$6#1$ she now and then shook back$5$, and in
212:297, 2D  !| the midst of all this, still$5$ speaking at intervals to$4$ \me\, or
212:297, 3D  !| listening, and as if she liked to$9$ listen to$4$ what$6#1$ I said.
212:297, 4D  !| Had you seen her so$5#2$, $MP#C$Mary, you would not have implied
212:297, 5D  !| the possibility of her power over my heart ever ceasing."
212:297, 6C  !| "My dearest $MP#D$Henry,"
212:297, 6'  !| cried $MP#C$Mary, stopping short$2$, and
212:297, 7'  !| smiling in his face$0$,
212:297, 7C  !| "how glad I am to$9$ see you so$5#1$ much
212:297, 8C  !| in love$0$| It quite delights$1$ me. But what$6#2$ will$1$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth
212:297, 9C  !| and $MP#I$Julia say?"
212:297,10D  !| "I care$1$ neither what$6#1$ they say, nor what$6#1$ they feel.
212:297,11D  !| They will$1$ now see what$6#1$ sort of woman it is that$6#1$ can
212:297,12D  !| attach me, that$6#1$ can attach a man of sense. I wish$1$ the
212:297,13D  !| discovery may$1$ do them any good. And they will$1$ now
212:297,14D  !| see their cousin treated as she ought to$9$ be, and I wish$1$
212:297,15D  !| they may$1$ be heartily ashamed of their own$2$ abominable
212:297,16D  !| neglect$0$ and unkindness. They will$1$ be angry,"
212:297,16'  !| he added,
212:297,17'  !| after$4$ a moment's silence$0$, and in a cooler tone,
212:297,17D  !| "$MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth
212:297,18D  !| will$1$ be very angry. It will$1$ be a bitter pill
212:297,19D  !| to$4$ her; that$6#2$ is, like$9$ other bitter pills, it will$1$ have two
212:297,20D  !| moments ill-flavour, and then be swallowed and forgotten;
212:297,21D  !| for$3$ I am not such a coxcomb as to$9$ suppose her
212:297,22D  !| feelings more lasting than other women's, though \I\ was
212:297,23D  !| the object$0$ of them. Yes, $MP#C$Mary, my $MP#A$Fanny will$1$ feel
212:297,24D  !| a difference indeed, a daily, hourly difference, in the
212:297,25D  !| behaviour of every being$0$ who$6#1$ approaches her; and it
212:297,26D  !| will$1$ be the completion of my happiness to$9$ know that$3$
212:297,27D  !| I am the doer of it, that$3$ I am the person to$9$ give the
212:297,28D  !| consequence so$5#1$ justly her due$0$. Now she is dependent,
212:297,29D  !| helpless, friendless, neglected, forgotten."
212:297,30C  !| "Nay, $MP#D$Henry, not by$4$ all, not forgotten by$4$ all, not
212:297,31C  !| friendless or forgotten. Her cousin $MP#B$Edmund never
212:297,32C  !| forgets her."
212:297,33D  !| "$MP#B$Edmund ~ True, I believe he is (generally speaking)
212:297,34D  !| kind$2$ to$4$ her; and so$5#2$ is $MP#E$Sir*Thomas in his way, but it is
212:297,35D  !| the way of a rich, superior$2$, longworded, arbitrary uncle.
212:297,36D  !| What$6#2$ can $MP#E$Sir*Thomas and $MP#B$Edmund together do, what$6#2$ \do\
212:297,37D  !| they do for$4$ her happiness, comfort$0$, honour$0$, and dignity
212:297,38D  !| in the world to$4$ what$6#1$ I \shall\ do?"
213:298, 1'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford was at Mansfield*Park again the
213:298, 2'  !| next morning, and at an earlier hour than common$2$ visiting
213:298, 3'  !| warrants. The two ladies were together in the
213:298, 4'  !| breakfast-room, and fortunately for$4$ him, $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
213:298, 5'  !| was on$4$ the very point$0$ of quitting it as he entered. She
213:298, 6'  !| was almost at the door, and not chusing by$4$ any means$0$
213:298, 7'  !| to$9$ take so$5#1$ much trouble$0$ in vain, she still$5$ went on$5$, after$4$
213:298, 8'  !| a civil reception, a short$2$ sentence about$4$ being$1$ waited
213:298, 9'  !| for$5$, and a
213:298, 9F  !| "Let $MP#E$Sir*Thomas know,"
213:298, 9'  !| to$4$ the servant.
213:298,10'  !| $MP#D$Henry, overjoyed to$9$ have her go, bowed and watched
213:298,11'  !| her off, and without losing another moment, turned
213:298,12'  !| instantly to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and taking out$5$ some letters said,
213:298,13'  !| with a most animated look$0$,
213:298,13D  !| "I must acknowledge myself
213:298,14D  !| infinitely obliged to$4$ any creature who$6#1$ gives me such an
213:298,15D  !| opportunity of seeing you alone: I have been wishing
213:298,16D  !| it more than you can have any idea. Knowing as I do
213:298,17D  !| what$6#1$ your feelings as a sister are, I could hardly have
213:298,18D  !| borne that$3$ any*one in the house should share$1$ with you
213:298,19D  !| in the first knowledge of the news I now bring. He is
213:298,20D  !| made. Your brother is a Lieutenant. I have the
213:298,21D  !| infinite satisfaction of congratulating you on$4$ your
213:298,22D  !| brother's promotion. Here are the letters which$6#1$ announce
213:298,23D  !| it, this moment come to$4$ hand$0$. You will$1$, perhaps,
213:298,24D  !| like$1$ to$9$ see them."
213:298,25'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could not speak,
213:298,25@d   | but he did not want$1$ her to$9$
213:298,26@d   | speak. To$9$ see the expression of her eyes, the change$0$
213:298,27@d   | of her complexion, the progress of her feelings, their
213:298,28@d   | doubt$0$, confusion, and felicity, was enough.
213:298,28'  !| She took the
213:298,29'  !| letters as he gave them. The first was from the $MP#ZF$Admiral
213:298,30'  !| to$9$ inform his nephew, in a few words, of his having
213:298,31'  !| succeeded in the object$0$ he had undertaken, the promotion
213:298,32'  !| of young $MP#Q$Price, and inclosing two more, one from
213:298,33'  !| the Secretary of the First*Lord to$4$ a friend, whom$6#1$ the
213:299, 1'  !| $MP#ZF$Admiral had set$1$ to$9$ work$1$ in the business, the other from
213:299, 2'  !| that$6#2$ friend to$4$ himself, by$4$ which$6#1$ it appeared that$3$ his
213:299, 3'  !| Lordship had the very great happiness of attending to$4$
213:299, 4'  !| the recommendation of $MP#ZE$Sir*Charles, that$3$ $MP#ZE$Sir*Charles was
213:299, 5'  !| much delighted in having such an opportunity of proving
213:299, 6'  !| his regard$0$ for$4$ $MP#ZF$Admiral*Crawford, and that$3$ the circumstance
213:299, 7'  !| of $MP#Q$Mr%*William*Price's commission as second$2$
213:299, 8'  !| Lieutenant of H%*M%*sloop*Thrush, being$1$ made out$5$, was
213:299, 9'  !| spreading general$2$ joy through$4$ a wide circle of great
213:299,10'  !| people.
213:299,11'  !| While$9$ her hand$0$ was trembling under these letters,
213:299,12'  !| her eye running from one to$4$ the other, and her heart
213:299,13'  !| swelling with emotion, $MP#D$Crawford thus continued, with
213:299,14'  !| unfeigned eagerness, to$9$ express$1$ his interest$0$ in the event.
213:299,15D  !| "I will$1$ not talk$1$ of my own$2$ happiness,"
213:299,15'  !| said he,
213:299,15D  !| "great
213:299,16D  !| as it is, for$3$ I think only of yours. Compared with you,
213:299,17D  !| who$6#2$ has a right$0$ to$9$ be happy? I have almost grudged
213:299,18D  !| myself my own$2$ prior knowledge of what$6#1$ you ought to$9$
213:299,19D  !| have known before$4$ all the world. I have not lost a
213:299,20D  !| moment, however. The post was late this morning, but
213:299,21D  !| there has not been since, a moment's delay$0$. How
213:299,22D  !| impatient, how anxious, how wild I have been on$4$ the
213:299,23D  !| subject$0$, I will$1$ not attempt$1$ to$9$ describe; how severely
213:299,24D  !| mortified, how cruelly disappointed, in not having it
213:299,25D  !| finished while$9$ I was in London| I was kept there from
213:299,26D  !| day to$4$ day in the hope$0$ of it, for$4$ nothing less dear$2#1$ to$4$ me
213:299,27D  !| than such an object$0$ would have detained me half the
213:299,28D  !| time from Mansfield. But though my uncle entered
213:299,29D  !| into my wishes$0$ with all the warmth I could desire$1$, and
213:299,30D  !| exerted himself immediately, there were difficulties from
213:299,31D  !| the absence of one friend, and the engagements of another,
213:299,32D  !| which$6#1$ at last$0$ I could no$2$ longer bear$1$ to$9$ stay$1$ the end$0$ of,
213:299,33D  !| and knowing in what$6#1$ good hands I left$1$ the cause, I came
213:299,34D  !| away on$4$ Monday, trusting that$3$ many posts would not
213:299,35D  !| pass$1$ before$3$ I should be followed by$4$ such very letters as
213:299,36D  !| these. My uncle, who$6#1$ is the very best man in the world,
213:299,37D  !| has exerted himself, as I knew he would after$4$ seeing your
213:299,38D  !| brother. He was delighted with him. I would not
213:300, 1D  !| allow myself yesterday to$9$ say \how\ delighted, or to$9$ repeat
213:300, 2D  !| half that$6#1$ the $MP#ZF$Admiral said in his praise$0$. I deferred it all,
213:300, 3D  !| till his praise$0$ should be proved the praise$0$ of a friend,
213:300, 4D  !| as this day \does\ prove it. \Now\ I may$1$ say that$3$ even$5$
213:300, 5D  !| \I\ could not require $MP#Q$William*Price to$9$ excite a greater
213:300, 6D  !| interest$0$, or be followed by$4$ warmer wishes$0$ and higher
213:300, 7D  !| commendation, than were most voluntarily bestowed by$4$
213:300, 8D  !| my uncle, after$4$ the evening they passed together."
213:300, 9A  !| "Has this been all \your\ doing then?"
213:300, 9'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny.
213:300,10A  !| "Good Heaven| how very, very kind$2$| Have you
213:300,11A  !| really ~ was it by$4$ \your\ desire$0$ ~ I beg your pardon$0$, but
213:300,12A  !| I am bewildered. Did $MP#ZF$Admiral*Crawford apply? ~ how
213:300,13A  !| was it? ~ I am stupified."
213:300,14'  !| $MP#D$Henry was most happy to$9$ make$1$ it more intelligible,
213:300,15'  !| by$4$ beginning$1$ at an earlier stage$0#1$, and explaining very
213:300,16'  !| particularly what$6#1$ he had done.
213:300,16@d   | His last$2$ journey to$4$
213:300,17@d   | London had been undertaken with no$2$ other view$0$ than
213:300,18@d   | that$6#2$ of introducing her brother in Hill-street, and prevailing
213:300,19@d   | on$4$ the $MP#ZF$Admiral to$9$ exert whatever interest$0$ he
213:300,20@d   | might have for$4$ getting him on$5$. This had been his
213:300,21@d   | business. He had communicated it to$4$ no$2$ creature; he
213:300,22@d   | had not breathed a syllable of it even$5$ to$4$ $MP#C$Mary; while$9$
213:300,23@d   | uncertain of the issue$0$, he could not have borne any
213:300,24@d   | participation of his feelings, but this had been his business;
213:300,25'  !| and he spoke with such a glow of what$6#1$ his solicitude had
213:300,26'  !| been, and used$1#1$ such strong expressions, was so$5#1$ abounding
213:300,27@d   | in the \deepest\ \interest$0$\, in \twofold\ \motives\, in \views\ \and\
213:300,28@d   | \wishes$0$\ \more\ \than\ \could\ \be\ \told\,
213:300,28'  !| that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny could not have
213:300,29'  !| remained insensible of his drift, had she been able to$9$
213:300,30'  !| attend; but her heart was so$5#1$ full and her senses still$5$
213:300,31'  !| so$5#1$ astonished, that$3$ she could listen but imperfectly even$5$
213:300,32'  !| to$4$ what$6#1$ he told her of $MP#Q$William, and saying only when he
213:300,33'  !| paused,
213:300,33A  !| "How kind$2$| how very kind$2$| Oh| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,
213:300,34A  !| we are infinitely obliged to$4$ you. Dearest, dearest
213:300,35A  !| $MP#Q$William|"
213:300,35'  !| she jumped up and moved in haste towards
213:300,36'  !| the door, crying out$5$,
213:300,36A  !| "I will$1$ go to$4$ my uncle. My uncle
213:300,37A  !| ought to$9$ know it as soon as possible."
213:300,37'  !| But this could
213:300,38'  !| not be suffered. The opportunity was too$5#1$ fair, and his
213:301, 1'  !| feelings too$5#1$ impatient. He was after$4$ her immediately.
213:301, 2D  !| "She must not go, she must allow him five minutes
213:301, 3D  !| longer,"
213:301, 3'  !| and he took her hand$0$ and led her back$5$ to$4$ her
213:301, 4'  !| seat, and was in the middle of his further explanation,
213:301, 5'  !| before$3$ she had suspected for$4$ what$6#1$ she was detained.
213:301, 6'  !| When she did understand it, however, and found herself
213:301, 7'  !| expected$1$ to$9$ believe that$3$ \she\ had created sensations which$6#1$
213:301, 8'  !| his heart had never known before$5$, and that$3$ every*thing
213:301, 9'  !| he had done for$4$ $MP#Q$William, was to$9$ be placed to$4$ the account$0$
213:301,10'  !| of his excessive and unequalled attachment to$4$ her, she
213:301,11'  !| was exceedingly distressed, and for$4$ some moments unable
213:301,12'  !| to$9$ speak. She considered it
213:301,12@a   | all as nonsense, as mere
213:301,13@a   | trifling and gallantry, which$6#1$ meant only to$9$ deceive for$4$
213:301,14@a   | the hour; she could not but feel that$3$ it was treating her
213:301,15@a   | improperly and unworthily, and in such a way as she
213:301,16@a   | had not deserved; but it was like$9$ himself, and entirely
213:301,17@a   | of a piece with what$6#1$ she had seen before$5$; and she would
213:301,18@a   | not allow herself to$9$ shew$1$ half the displeasure she felt,
213:301,19@a   | because he had been conferring an obligation, which$6#1$ no$2$
213:301,20@a   | want$0$ of delicacy on$4$ his part$0$ could make$1$ a trifle$0$ to$4$ her.
213:301,21'  !| While$9$ her heart was still$5$ bounding with joy and gratitude
213:301,22'  !| on$4$ $MP#Q$William's behalf, she could not be severely resentful
213:301,23'  !| of any*thing that$6#1$ injured only herself; and after$4$ having
213:301,24'  !| twice drawn back$5$ her hand$0$, and twice attempted in vain
213:301,25'  !| to$9$ turn$1$ away from him, she got up and said only, with
213:301,26'  !| much agitation,
213:301,26A  !| "Don't, $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, pray don't.
213:301,27A  !| I beg you would not. This is a sort of talking which$6#1$
213:301,28A  !| is very unpleasant to$4$ me. I must go away. I cannot
213:301,29A  !| bear$1$ it."
213:301,29'  !| But he was still$5$ talking on$5$, describing his
213:301,30'  !| affection, soliciting a return$0$, and, finally, in words so$5#1$
213:301,31'  !| plain as to$9$ bear$1$ but one meaning$0$ even$5$ to$4$ \her\, offering
213:301,32'  !| himself, hand$0$, fortune, every*thing to$4$ her acceptance.
213:301,33'  !| It was so$5#2$; he had said it. Her astonishment and confusion
213:301,34'  !| increased; and though still$5$ not knowing how to$9$
213:301,35'  !| suppose him serious$2$, she could hardly stand$1$. He pressed
213:301,36'  !| for$4$ an answer$0$.
213:301,37A  !| "No$7$, no$7$, no$7$,"
213:301,37'  !| she cried, hiding her face$0$.
213:301,37A  !| "This is all
213:301,38A  !| nonsense. Do not distress$1$ me. I can hear no$2$ more of
213:302, 1A  !| this. Your kindness to$4$ $MP#Q$William makes me more obliged
213:302, 2A  !| to$4$ you than words can express$1$; but I do not want$1$,
213:302, 3A  !| I cannot bear$1$, I must not listen to$4$ such ~ No$7$, no$7$, don't
213:302, 4A  !| think of me. But you are \not\ thinking of me. I know
213:302, 5A  !| it is all nothing."
213:302, 6'  !| She had burst$1$ away from him, and at that$6#2$ moment
213:302, 7'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was heard speaking to$4$ a servant in his way
213:302, 8'  !| towards the room they were in. It was no$2$ time for$4$
213:302, 9'  !| further assurances or entreaty, though to$9$ part$1$ with her
213:302,10'  !| at a moment when her modesty alone seemed to$4$ his
213:302,11'  !| sanguine and pre-assured mind$0$ to$9$ stand$1$ in the way of
213:302,12'  !| the happiness he sought, was a cruel necessity. ~ She
213:302,13'  !| rushed out$5$ at an opposite door from the one her uncle
213:302,14'  !| was approaching, and was walking up and down$4$ the east*room
213:302,15'  !| in the utmost confusion of contrary$2$ feelings, before$3$
213:302,16'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's politeness and apologies were over, or he
213:302,17'  !| had reached the beginning$0$ of the joyful intelligence,
213:302,18'  !| which$6#1$ his visitor came to$9$ communicate.
213:302,19'  !| She was feeling$1$, thinking, trembling, about$4$ every*thing; ~
213:302,20'  !| agitated, happy, miserable, infinitely obliged,
213:302,21'  !| absolutely angry.
213:302,21@a   | It was all beyond$4$ belief| He was
213:302,22@a   | inexcusable, incomprehensible| ~ But such were his habits,
213:302,23@a   | that$3$ he could do nothing without a mixture of evil. He
213:302,24@a   | had previously made her the happiest of human beings,
213:302,25@a   | and now he had insulted ~ she knew not what$6#1$ to$9$ say ~
213:302,26@a   | how to$9$ class$1$ or how to$9$ regard$1$ it. She would not have
213:302,27@a   | him be serious$2$, and yet what$6#2$ could excuse$1$ the use$0$ of such
213:302,28@a   | words and offers$0$, if they meant but to$9$ trifle$1$?
213:302,29@a   | But $MP#Q$William was a Lieutenant. ~ \That$6#2$\ was a fact
213:302,30@a   | beyond$4$ a doubt$0$ and without an alloy. She would think
213:302,31@a   | of it for*ever and forget all the rest$0#1$. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford would
213:302,32@a   | certainly never address$1$ her so$5#2$ again: he must have seen
213:302,33@a   | how unwelcome it was to$4$ her; and in that$6#2$ case, how gratefully
213:302,34@a   | she could esteem$1$ him for$4$ his friendship to$4$ $MP#Q$William|
213:302,35'  !| She would not stir farther from the east-room than the
213:302,36'  !| head$0$ of the great staircase, till she had satisfied$1$ herself of
213:302,37'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's having left$1$ the house; but when convinced
213:302,38'  !| of his being$1$ gone, she was eager to$9$ go down$5$ and be with her
213:303, 1'  !| uncle, and have all the happiness of his joy as well$9$ as her
213:303, 2'  !| own$2$, and all the benefit of his information or his conjectures$0$
213:303, 3'  !| as to$4$ what$6#1$ would now be $MP#Q$William's destination.
213:303, 4'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was as joyful as she could desire$1$, and very kind$2$
213:303, 5'  !| and communicative; and she had so$5#1$ comfortable a talk$1$
213:303, 6'  !| with him about$4$ $MP#Q$William as to$9$ make$1$ her feel as if nothing
213:303, 7'  !| had occurred to$9$ vex her, till she found towards the close$0$
213:303, 8'  !| that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was engaged to$9$ return$1$ and dine there
213:303, 9'  !| that$6#2$ very day.
213:303, 9@a   | This was a most unwelcome hearing, for$3$
213:303,10@a   | though \he\ might think nothing of what$6#1$ had passed, it
213:303,11@a   | would be quite distressing to$4$ her to$9$ see him again so$5#1$ soon.
213:303,12'  !| She tried to$9$ get the better$9$ of it, tried very hard as the
213:303,13'  !| dinner*hour approached, to$9$ feel and appear as usual; but
213:303,14'  !| it was quite impossible for$4$ her not to$9$ look$1$ most shy and
213:303,15'  !| uncomfortable when their visitor entered the room. She
213:303,16'  !| could not have supposed it in the power of any concurrence
213:303,17'  !| of circumstances to$9$ give her so$5#1$ many painful sensations on$4$
213:303,18'  !| the first day of hearing of $MP#Q$William's promotion.
213:303,19@a   | $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was not only in the room; he was soon
213:303,20@a   | close$9$ to$4$ her. He had a note$0$ to$9$ deliver from his sister.
213:303,21'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could not look$1$ at him, but there was no$2$ consciousness
213:303,22'  !| of past$9$ folly in his voice. She opened her note$0$ immediately,
213:303,23'  !| glad to$9$ have any*thing to$9$ do, and happy, as she
213:303,24'  !| read it, to$9$ feel that$3$ the fidgettings of her aunt $MP#J$Norris, who$6#1$
213:303,25'  !| was also to$9$ dine there, screened her a little from view$0$.
213:303,26C  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, for$3$ so$5#2$ I may$1$ now always call$1$ you, to$4$
213:303,27C  !| the infinite relief of a tongue that$6#1$ has been stumbling at
213:303,28C  !| \$MP#A$Miss*Price\ for$4$ at least the last$2$ six weeks ~ I cannot let my
213:303,29C  !| brother go without sending you a few lines of general$2$
213:303,30C  !| congratulation, and giving my most joyful consent$0$ and
213:303,31C  !| approval. ~ Go on$5$, my dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, and without fear$0$;
213:303,32C  !| there can be no$2$ difficulties worth naming. I chuse to$9$
213:303,33C  !| suppose that$3$ the assurance of \my\ consent$0$ will$1$ be something;
213:303,34C  !| so$3$, you may$1$ smile$1$ upon him with your sweetest
213:303,35C  !| smiles this afternoon, and send him back$5$ to$4$ me even$5$
213:303,36C  !| happier than he goes. Your's affectionately,
213:303,37C  !| $MP#C$M%*C%"
213:304, 1'  !| These were not expressions to$9$ do $MP#A$Fanny any good;
213:304, 2'  !| for$3$ though she read in too$5#1$ much haste and confusion to$9$
213:304, 3'  !| form$1$ the clearest judgment of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's meaning$0$,
213:304, 4'  !| it was evident that$3$ she meant to$9$ compliment$1$ her on$4$ her
213:304, 5'  !| brother's attachment and even$5$ to$9$ \appear\ to$9$ believe it
213:304, 6'  !| serious$2$. She did not know what$6#1$ to$9$ do, or what$6#1$ to$9$ think.
213:304, 7@a   | There was wretchedness in the idea of its being$1$ serious$2$;
213:304, 8@a   | there was perplexity and agitation every way. She was
213:304, 9@a   | distressed whenever $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford spoke to$4$ her, and he
213:304,10@a   | spoke to$4$ her much too$5#1$ often; and she was afraid there
213:304,11@a   | was a something in his voice and manner in addressing
213:304,12@a   | her, very different from what$6#1$ they were when he talked to$4$
213:304,13@a   | the others. Her comfort$0$ in that$6#2$ day's dinner was quite
213:304,14@a   | destroyed; she could hardly eat any*thing; and when
213:304,15@a   | $MP#E$Sir*Thomas good humouredly observed, that$3$ joy had
213:304,16@a   | taken away her appetite, she was ready to$9$ sink with
213:304,17@a   | shame$0$, from the dread$0$ of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's interpretation;
213:304,18'  !| for$3$ though nothing could have tempted her to$9$ turn$1$ her
213:304,19'  !| eyes to$4$ the right$2#2$ hand$0$ where he sat, she felt that$3$ \his\ were
213:304,20'  !| immediately directed towards her.
213:304,21'  !| She was more silent than ever. She would hardly join
213:304,22'  !| even$5$ when $MP#Q$William was the subject$0$, for$3$ his commission
213:304,23'  !| came all from the right$2#2$ hand$0$ too$5#2$, and there was pain$0$ in the
213:304,24'  !| connection.
213:304,25'  !| She thought$1$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram sat longer than ever, and
213:304,26'  !| began to$9$ be in despair$0$ of ever getting away;
213:304,26@a   | but at last$0$
213:304,27@a   | they were in the drawing-room and she was able to$9$ think
213:304,28@a   | as she would, while$9$ her aunts finished the subject$0$ of
213:304,29@a   | $MP#Q$William's appointment in their own$2$ style.
213:304,30@a   | $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris seemed as much delighted with the saving it
213:304,31@a   | would be to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, as with any part$0$ of it.
213:304,31J  !| "\Now\
213:304,32J  !| $MP#Q$William would be able to$9$ keep himself, which$6#1$ would make$1$
213:304,33J  !| a vast difference to$9$ his uncle, for$3$ it was unknown how
213:304,34J  !| much he had cost$1$ his uncle; and indeed it would make$1$
213:304,35J  !| some difference in \her\ presents$0$ too$5#2$. She was very glad that$3$
213:304,36J  !| she had given $MP#Q$William what$6#1$ she did at parting, very glad
213:304,37J  !| indeed that$3$ it had been in her power, without material$2$
213:304,38J  !| inconvenience just$9$ at that$6#2$ time, to$9$ give him something
213:305, 1J  !| rather considerable; that$6#2$ is, for$4$ \her\, with \her\ limited
213:305, 2J  !| means$0$, for$3$ now it would all be useful in helping to$9$ fit$1$ up his
213:305, 3J  !| cabin. She knew he must be at some expense, that$3$ he
213:305, 4J  !| would have many things to$9$ buy, though to$9$ be sure his
213:305, 5J  !| father and mother would be able to$9$ put him in the way of
213:305, 6J  !| getting every*thing very cheap ~ but she was very glad
213:305, 7J  !| that$3$ she had contributed her mite towards it."
213:305, 8F  !| "I am glad you gave him something considerable,"
213:305, 9'  !| said $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, with most unsuspicious calmness ~
213:305,10F  !| "for$3$ \I\ gave him only 10L%"
213:305,11J  !| "Indeed|"
213:305,11'  !| cried $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, reddening.
213:305,11J  !| "Upon my
213:305,12J  !| word, he must have gone off with his pockets well$9$ lined|
213:305,13J  !| and at no$2$ expense for$4$ his journey to$4$ London either|"
213:305,14F  !| "$MP#E$Sir*Thomas told me 10L% would be enough."
213:305,15'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris being$1$ not at all inclined to$9$ question$1$ its
213:305,16'  !| sufficiency, began to$9$ take the matter in another point$0$.
213:305,17J  !| "It is amazing,"
213:305,17'  !| said she,
213:305,17J  !| "how much young people
213:305,18J  !| cost$1$ their friends, what$6#1$ with bringing them up and putting
213:305,19J  !| them out$5$ in the world| They little think how much it
213:305,20J  !| comes to$4$, or what$6#1$ their parents, or their uncles and aunts
213:305,21J  !| pay$1$ for$4$ them in the course$0$ of the year. Now, here are my
213:305,22J  !| sister $MP#P$Price's children; ~ take them all together, I dare$1#2$ say
213:305,23J  !| nobody would believe what$6#1$ a sum they cost$1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
213:305,24J  !| every year, to$9$ say nothing of what$6#1$ \I\ do for$4$ them."
213:305,25F  !| "Very true, sister, as you say. But, poor things| they
213:305,26F  !| cannot help$1$ it; and you know it makes very little
213:305,27F  !| difference to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas. $MP#A$Fanny, $MP#Q$William must not forget
213:305,28F  !| my shawl, if he goes to$4$ the East*Indies; and I shall give
213:305,29F  !| him a commission for$4$ any*thing else that$6#1$ is worth having.
213:305,30F  !| I wish$1$ he may$1$ go to$4$ the East*Indies, that$3$ I may$1$ have my
213:305,31F  !| shawl. I think I will$1$ have two shawls, $MP#A$Fanny."
213:305,32'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, meanwhile, speaking only when she could not
213:305,33'  !| help$1$ it, was very earnestly trying$1$ to$9$ understand what$6#1$
213:305,34'  !| $MP#D$Mr% and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford were at.
213:305,34@a   | There was every*thing in
213:305,35@a   | the world \against\ their being$1$ serious$2$, but his words and
213:305,36@a   | manner. Every*thing natural$2$, probable, reasonable was
213:305,37@a   | against it; all their habits and ways of thinking, and all
213:305,38@a   | her own$2$ demerits. ~ How could \she\ have excited serious$2$
213:306, 1@a   | attachment in a man, who$6#1$ had seen so$5#1$ many, and been
213:306, 2@a   | admired by$4$ so$5#1$ many, and flirted with so$5#1$ many, infinitely
213:306, 3@a   | her superiors ~ who$6#1$ seemed so$5#1$ little open$2$ to$4$ serious$2$
213:306, 4@a   | impressions, even$5$ where pains had been taken to$9$ please
213:306, 5@a   | him ~ who$6#1$ thought$1$ so$5#1$ slightly, so$5#1$ carelessly, so$5#1$ unfeelingly
213:306, 6@a   | on$4$ all such points ~ who$6#1$ was every*thing to$4$ every*body,
213:306, 7@a   | and seemed to$9$ find no*one essential to$4$ him? ~ And further,
213:306, 8@a   | how could it be supposed that$3$ his sister, with all her high
213:306, 9@a   | and worldly notions of matrimony, would be forwarding
213:306,10@a   | any*thing of a serious$2$ nature in such a quarter$0#2$? Nothing
213:306,11@a   | could be more unnatural in either.
213:306,11'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was ashamed of
213:306,12'  !| her own$2$ doubts$0$.
213:306,12@a   | Every*thing might be possible rather
213:306,13@a   | than serious$2$ attachment or serious$2$ approbation of it
213:306,14@a   | toward her.
213:306,14'  !| She had quite convinced herself of this
213:306,15'  !| before$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford joined them. The
213:306,16'  !| difficulty was in maintaining the conviction quite so$5#1$
213:306,17'  !| absolutely after$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was in the room;
213:306,17@a   | for$3$ once
213:306,18@a   | or twice a look$0$ seemed forced on$4$ her which$6#1$ she did not
213:306,19@a   | know how to$9$ class$1$ among the common$2$ meaning$0$; in any
213:306,20@a   | other man at least, she would have said that$3$ it meant
213:306,21@a   | something very earnest, very pointed$2$. But she still$5$ tried
213:306,22@a   | to$9$ believe it no$2$ more than what$6#1$ he might often have
213:306,23@a   | expressed towards her cousins and fifty other women.
213:306,24@a   | She thought$1$ he was wishing to$9$ speak to$4$ her unheard by$4$
213:306,25@a   | the rest$0#1$. She fancied he was trying$1$ for$4$ it the whole$2$ evening
213:306,26@a   | at intervals, whenever $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was out$8$ of the room, or
213:306,27@a   | at all engaged with $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, and she carefully refused
213:306,28@a   | him every opportunity.
213:306,29@a   | At last$0$ ~
213:306,29'  !| it seemed an at last$0$ to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's nervousness,
213:306,30'  !| though not remarkably late, ~
213:306,30@a   | he began to$9$ talk$1$ of going
213:306,31@a   | away; but the comfort$0$ of the sound$0$ was impaired by$4$ his
213:306,32@a   | turning$1$ to$4$ her the next moment, and saying,
213:306,32D  !| "Have you
213:306,33D  !| nothing to$9$ send to$4$ $MP#C$Mary? No$2$ answer$0$ to$4$ her note$0$? She
213:306,34D  !| will$1$ be disappointed if she receives nothing from you.
213:306,35D  !| Pray write to$4$ her, if it be only a line."
213:306,36A  !| "Oh| yes, certainly,"
213:306,36'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny, rising in haste, the
213:306,37'  !| haste of embarrassment and of wanting to$9$ get away ~
213:306,38A  !| "I will$1$ write directly."
213:307, 1'  !| She went accordingly to$4$ the table, where she was in the
213:307, 2'  !| habit of writing$1$ for$4$ her aunt, and prepared her materials
213:307, 3'  !| without knowing what$6#1$ in the world to$9$ say| She had read
213:307, 4'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's note$0$ only once;
213:307, 4@a   | and how to$9$ reply$1$ to$4$ any*thing
213:307, 5@a   | so$5#1$ imperfectly understood was most distressing.
213:307, 6'  !| Quite unpractised in such sort of note-writing, had there
213:307, 7'  !| been time for$4$ scruples and fears as to$4$ style, she would
213:307, 8'  !| have felt them in abundance;
213:307, 8@a   | but something must be
213:307, 9@a   | instantly written,
213:307, 9'  !| and with only one decided$2$ feeling$0$,
213:307,10'  !| that$6#2$ of wishing not to$9$ appear to$9$ think any*thing really
213:307,11'  !| intended, she wrote thus, in great trembling both of
213:307,12'  !| spirits and hand$0$:
213:307,13A  !| "I am very much obliged to$4$ you, my dear$2#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
213:307,14A  !| for$4$ your kind$2$ congratulations, as far as they relate to$4$
213:307,15A  !| my dearest $MP#Q$William. The rest$0#1$ of your note$0$ I know
213:307,16A  !| means$0$ nothing; but I am so$5#1$ unequal to$4$ any*thing of the
213:307,17A  !| sort, that$3$ I hope$1$ you will$1$ excuse$1$ my begging you to$9$ take no$2$
213:307,18A  !| further notice$0$. I have seen too$5#1$ much of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford not
213:307,19A  !| to$9$ understand his manners; if he understood me as well$9$,
213:307,20A  !| he would, I dare$1#2$ say, behave differently. I do not know
213:307,21A  !| what$6#1$ I write, but it would be a great favour$0$ of you never to$9$
213:307,22A  !| mention$1$ the subject$0$ again. With thanks for$4$ the honour$0$ of
213:307,23A  !| your note$0$,
213:307,24A  !| I remain, dear$2#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
213:307,25A  !| &c%*&c%"
213:307,26'  !| The conclusion was scarcely intelligible from increasing
213:307,27'  !| fright, for$3$ she found that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, under pretence of
213:307,28'  !| receiving the note$0$, was coming towards her.
213:307,29D  !| "You cannot think I mean$1$ to$9$ hurry$1$ you,"
213:307,29'  !| said he, in an
213:307,30'  !| under voice, perceiving the amazing trepidation with which$6#1$
213:307,31'  !| she made up the note$0$;
213:307,31D  !| "you cannot think I have any such
213:307,32D  !| object$0$. Do not hurry$1$ yourself, I entreat."
213:307,33A  !| "Oh| I thank you, I have quite done, just$9$ done ~ it
213:307,34A  !| will$1$ be ready in a moment ~ I am very much obliged to$4$
213:307,35A  !| you ~ if you will$1$ be so$5#1$ good as to$9$ give \that$6#2$\ to$4$
213:307,35A  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford."
213:307,36'  !| The note$0$ was held out$5$ and must be taken; and as she
213:307,37'  !| instantly and with averted eyes walked towards the
213:308, 1'  !| fireplace, where sat the others, he had nothing to$9$ do but to$9$
213:308, 2'  !| go in good earnest.
213:308, 3'  !| $MP#A$Fanny thought$1$ she had never known a day of greater
213:308, 4'  !| agitation, both of pain$0$ and pleasure;
213:308, 4@a   | but happily the
213:308, 5@a   | pleasure was not of a sort to$9$ die$1$ with the day ~ for$3$ every
213:308, 6@a   | day would restore the knowledge of $MP#Q$William's advancement,
213:308, 7@a   | whereas the pain$0$ she hoped would return$1$ no$2$ more.
213:308, 8@a   | She had no$2$ doubt$0$ that$3$ her note$0$ must appear excessively
213:308, 9@a   | ill-written, that$3$ the language would disgrace$1$ a child, for$3$
213:308,10@a   | her distress$0$ had allowed no$2$ arrangement; but at least it
213:308,11@a   | would assure them both of her being$1$ neither imposed on$5$,
213:308,12@a   | nor gratified by$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's attentions.
301:311, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny had by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ forgotten $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, when
301:311, 2'  !| she awoke the next morning;
301:311, 2@a   | but she remembered the
301:311, 3@a   | purport of her note$0$, and was not less sanguine, as to$4$
301:311, 4@a   | its effect$0$, than she had been the night before$5$. If $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
301:311, 5@a   | would but go away| ~ That$6#2$ was what$6#1$ she most
301:311, 6@a   | earnestly desired; ~ go and take his sister with him, as he
301:311, 7@a   | was to$9$ do, and as he returned to$4$ Mansfield on$4$ purpose to$9$
301:311, 8@a   | do. And why it was not done already, she could not devise,
301:311, 9@a   | for$3$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford certainly wanted no$2$ delay$0$. ~
301:311, 9'  !| $MP#A$Fanny
301:311,10'  !| had hoped, in the course$0$ of his yesterday's visit$0$, to$9$ hear
301:311,11'  !| the day named;
301:311,11@a   | but he had only spoken of their journey
301:311,12@a   | as what$6#1$ would take place$0$ ere long$9$.
301:311,13'  !| Having so$5#1$ satisfactorily settled$1$ the conviction her note$0$
301:311,14'  !| would convey, she could not but be astonished to$9$ see $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,
301:311,15'  !| as she accidentally did, coming up to$4$ the house
301:311,16'  !| again, and at an hour as early as the day before$5$. ~
301:311,16@a   | His
301:311,17@a   | coming might have nothing to$9$ do with her, but she must
301:311,18@a   | avoid seeing him if possible;
301:311,18'  !| and being$1$ then in her way
301:311,19'  !| up*stairs, she resolved there to$9$ remain, during the whole$0$ of
301:311,20'  !| his visit$0$, unless actually sent for$5$; and as $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was
301:311,21'  !| still$5$ in the house, there seemed little danger of her being$1$
301:311,22'  !| wanted.
301:311,23'  !| She sat some time in a good deal$0#2$ of agitation, listening,
301:311,24'  !| trembling, and fearing to$9$ be sent for$5$ every moment; but
301:311,25'  !| as no$2$ footsteps approached the east*room, she grew
301:311,26'  !| gradually composed, could sit down$5$, and be able to$9$ employ
301:311,27'  !| herself, and able to$9$ hope$1$ that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford had come,
301:311,28'  !| and would go without her being$1$ obliged to$9$ know any*thing
301:311,29'  !| of the matter.
301:312, 1'  !| Nearly half an hour had passed, and she was growing
301:312, 2'  !| very comfortable, when suddenly the sound$0$ of a step$0$ in
301:312, 3'  !| regular approach$0$ was heard ~ a heavy step$0$, an unusual
301:312, 4'  !| step$0$ in that$6#2$ part$0$ of the house; it was her uncle's; she
301:312, 5'  !| knew it as well$9$ as his voice; she had trembled at it as
301:312, 6'  !| often, and began to$9$ tremble$1$ again, at the idea of his
301:312, 7'  !| coming up to$9$ speak to$4$ her, whatever might be the subject$0$.
301:312, 8@a   | ~ It was indeed $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, who$6#1$ opened the door, and
301:312, 9@a   | asked if she were there, and if he might come in. The
301:312,10@a   | terror of his former occasional visits to$4$ that$6#2$ room seemed
301:312,11@a   | all renewed, and she felt as if he were going to$9$ examine
301:312,12@a   | her again in French and English.
301:312,13'  !| She was all attention, however, in placing a chair for$4$
301:312,14'  !| him, and trying$1$ to$9$ appear honoured; and in her agitation,
301:312,15'  !| had quite overlooked the deficiences of her apartment,
301:312,16'  !| till he, stopping short$2$ as he entered, said, with much
301:312,17'  !| surprise$0$,
301:312,17E  !| "Why have you no$2$ fire$0$ to-day?"
301:312,18'  !| There was snow on$4$ the ground, and she was sitting$1$ in
301:312,19'  !| a shawl. She hesitated.
301:312,20A  !| "I am not cold$2$, Sir ~ I never sit here long$9$ at this time
301:312,21A  !| of year."
301:312,22E  !| "But, ~ you have a fire$0$ in general$0$?"
301:312,23A  !| "No$7$, Sir."
301:312,24E  !| "How comes this about$5$; here must be some mistake$0$.
301:312,25E  !| I understood that$3$ you had the use$0$ of this room by$4$ way
301:312,26E  !| of making you perfectly comfortable. ~ In your bed-chamber
301:312,27E  !| I know you \cannot\ have a fire$0$. Here is some
301:312,28E  !| great misapprehension which$6#1$ must be rectified. It is
301:312,29E  !| highly unfit for$4$ you to$9$ sit ~ be it only half an hour a day,
301:312,30E  !| without a fire$0$. You are not strong. You are chilly.
301:312,31E  !| Your aunt cannot be aware of this."
301:312,32'  !| $MP#A$Fanny would rather have been silent, but being$1$ obliged
301:312,33'  !| to$9$ speak, she could not forbear, in justice to$4$ the aunt she
301:312,34'  !| loved best, from saying something in which$6#1$ the words
301:312,35A  !| "my aunt $MP#J$Norris"
301:312,35'  !| were distinguishable.
301:312,36E  !| "I understand,"
301:312,36'  !| cried her uncle recollecting himself,
301:312,37'  !| and not wanting to$9$ hear more ~
301:312,37E  !| "I understand. Your
301:312,38E  !| aunt $MP#J$Norris has always been an advocate, and very judiciously,
301:313, 1E  !| for$4$ young people's being$1$ brought up without
301:313, 2E  !| unnecessary indulgences; but there should be moderation
301:313, 3E  !| in every*thing. ~ She is also very hardy herself, which$6#1$
301:313, 4E  !| of course$8$ will$1$ influence$1$ her in her opinion of the wants$0$
301:313, 5E  !| of others. And on$4$ another account$0$ too$5#2$, I can perfectly
301:313, 6E  !| comprehend. ~ I know what$6#1$ her sentiments have always
301:313, 7E  !| been. The principle was good in itself, but it may$1$ have
301:313, 8E  !| been, and I believe \has\ \been\ carried too$5#1$ far in your case.
301:313, 9E  !| ~ I am aware that$3$ there has been sometimes, in some
301:313,10E  !| points, a misplaced distinction; but I think too$5#1$ well$9$ of
301:313,11E  !| you, $MP#A$Fanny, to$9$ suppose you will$1$ ever harbour$0$ resentment
301:313,12E  !| on$4$ that$6#2$ account$0$. ~ You have an understanding$0$, which$6#1$ will$1$
301:313,13E  !| prevent you from receiving things only in part$0$, and judging
301:313,14E  !| partially by$4$ the event. ~ You will$1$ take in the whole$0$
301:313,15E  !| of the past$0$, you will$1$ consider times, persons, and probabilities,
301:313,16E  !| and you will$1$ feel that$3$ \they\ were not least your
301:313,17E  !| friends who$6#1$ were educating and preparing you for$4$ that$6#2$
301:313,18E  !| mediocrity of condition$0$ which$6#1$ \seemed\ to$9$ be your lot. ~
301:313,19E  !| Though their caution$0$ may$1$ prove eventually unnecessary,
301:313,20E  !| it was kindly meant; and of this you may$1$ be assured,
301:313,21E  !| that$3$ every advantage of affluence will$1$ be doubled by$4$ the
301:313,22E  !| little privations and restrictions that$6#1$ may$1$ have been
301:313,23E  !| imposed. I am sure you will$1$ not disappoint my opinion
301:313,24E  !| of you, by$4$ failing at any time to$9$ treat$1$ your aunt $MP#J$Norris
301:313,25E  !| with the respect$0$ and attention that$6#1$ are due$2$ to$4$ her.
301:313,26E  !| ~ But enough of this. Sit down$5$, my dear$2#1$. I must
301:313,27E  !| speak to$4$ you for$4$ a few minutes, but I will$1$ not detain
301:313,28E  !| you long$9$."
301:313,29'  !| $MP#A$Fanny obeyed, with eyes cast$2$ down$5$ and colour rising.
301:313,30'  !| ~ After$4$ a moment's pause$0$, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, trying$1$ to$9$ suppress
301:313,31'  !| a smile$0$, went on$5$.
301:313,32E  !| "You are not aware, perhaps, that$3$ I have had a visitor
301:313,33E  !| this morning. ~ I had not been long$9$ in my own$2$ room, after$4$
301:313,34E  !| breakfast$0$, when $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was shewn in. ~ His errand
301:313,35E  !| you may$1$ probably conjecture$1$."
301:313,36'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's colour grew deeper and deeper; and her uncle
301:313,37'  !| perceiving that$3$ she was embarrassed to$4$ a degree that$6#1$
301:313,38'  !| made either speaking or looking up quite impossible.
301:314, 1'  !| turned away his own$2$ eyes, and without any farther pause$0$,
301:314, 2'  !| proceeded in his account$0$ of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's visit$0$.
301:314, 3@e   | $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's business had been to$9$ declare himself
301:314, 4@e   | the lover of $MP#A$Fanny, make$1$ decided$2$ proposals for$4$ her, and
301:314, 5@e   | intreat the sanction of the uncle, who$6#1$ seemed to$9$ stand$1$
301:314, 6@e   | in the place$0$ of her parents; and he had done it all so$5#1$ well$9$,
301:314, 7@e   | so$5#1$ openly, so$5#1$ liberally, so$5#1$ properly,
301:314, 7'  !| that$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, feeling$1$,
301:314, 8'  !| moreover, his own$2$ replies$0$, and his own$2$ remarks to$9$ have
301:314, 9'  !| been very much to$4$ the purpose ~ was exceedingly happy
301:314,10'  !| to$9$ give the particulars of their conversation ~ and, little
301:314,11'  !| aware of what$6#1$ was passing$1$ in his niece's mind$0$, conceived
301:314,12'  !| that$3$ by$4$ such details he must be gratifying her far more
301:314,13'  !| than himself. He talked therefore for$4$ several minutes
301:314,14'  !| without $MP#A$Fanny's daring to$9$ interrupt him. ~ She had hardly
301:314,15'  !| even$5$ attained the wish$0$ to$9$ do it. Her mind$0$ was in too$5#1$
301:314,16'  !| much confusion. She had changed her position, and with
301:314,17'  !| her eyes fixed intently on$4$ one of the windows, was listening
301:314,18'  !| to$4$ her uncle, in the utmost perturbation and dismay. ~ For$4$
301:314,19'  !| a moment he ceased, but she had barely become conscious
301:314,20'  !| of it, when, rising from his chair, he said,
301:314,20E  !| "And now,
301:314,21E  !| $MP#A$Fanny, having performed one part$0$ of my commission,
301:314,22E  !| and shewn you every*thing placed on$4$ a basis the most
301:314,23E  !| assured and satisfactory, I may$1$ execute the remainder by$4$
301:314,24E  !| prevailing on$4$ you to$9$ accompany me down*stairs, where ~
301:314,25E  !| though I cannot but presume on$4$ having been no$2$ unacceptable
301:314,26E  !| companion myself, I must submit to$4$ your finding
301:314,27E  !| one still$5$ better$9$ worth listening to$4$. ~ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, as you
301:314,28E  !| have perhaps foreseen, is yet in the house. He is in my
301:314,29E  !| room, and hoping to$9$ see you there."
301:314,30'  !| There was a look$0$, a start$0$, an exclamation, on$4$ hearing
301:314,31'  !| this, which$6#1$ astonished $MP#E$Sir*Thomas; but what$6#1$ was his
301:314,32'  !| increase$0$ of astonishment on$4$ hearing her exclaim ~
301:314,32A  !| "Oh|
301:314,33A  !| no$7$, Sir, I cannot, indeed I cannot go down$5$ to$4$ him.
301:314,33A  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
301:314,34A  !| ought to$9$ know ~ he must know that$3$ ~ I told
301:314,35A  !| him enough yesterday to$9$ convince him ~ he spoke to$4$ me
301:314,36A  !| on$4$ this subject$0$ yesterday ~ and I told him without disguise
301:314,37A  !| that$3$ it was very disagreeable to$4$ me, and quite out$8$
301:314,38A  !| of my power to$9$ return$1$ his good opinion."
301:315, 1E  !| "I do not catch$1$ your meaning$0$,"
301:315, 1'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, sitting$1$
301:315, 2'  !| down$5$ again. ~
301:315, 2E  !| "Out$8$ of your power to$9$ return$1$ his good
301:315, 3E  !| opinion| what$6#2$ is all this? I know he spoke to$4$ you yesterday,
301:315, 4E  !| and (as far as I understand), received as much
301:315, 5E  !| encouragement to$9$ proceed as a well-judging young woman
301:315, 6E  !| could permit herself to$9$ give. I was very much pleased
301:315, 7E  !| with what$6#1$ I collected to$9$ have been your behaviour on$4$
301:315, 8E  !| the occasion$0$; it shewed a discretion highly to$9$ be commended.
301:315, 9E  !| But now, when he has made his overtures so$5#1$
301:315,10E  !| properly, and honourably ~ what$6#2$ are your scruples \now\?"
301:315,11A  !| "You are mistaken, Sir," ~
301:315,11'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny, forced by$4$ the
301:315,12'  !| anxiety of the moment even$5$ to$9$ tell her uncle that$3$ he was
301:315,13'  !| wrong$9$ ~
301:315,13A  !| "You are quite mistaken. How could $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
301:315,14A  !| say such a thing? I gave him no$2$ encouragement
301:315,15A  !| yesterday ~ On$4$ the contrary$0$, I told him ~ I cannot recollect
301:315,16A  !| my exact$2$ words ~ but I am sure I told him that$3$ I
301:315,17A  !| would not listen to$4$ him, that$3$ it was very unpleasant to$4$
301:315,18A  !| me in every respect$0$, and that$3$ I begged him never to$9$ talk$1$
301:315,19A  !| to$4$ me in that$6#2$ manner again. ~ I am sure I said as much
301:315,20A  !| as that$6#2$ and more; and I should have said still$5$ more, ~
301:315,21A  !| if I had been quite certain of his meaning$1$ any*thing
301:315,22A  !| seriously, but I did not like$1$ to$9$ be ~ I could not bear$1$ to$9$ be
301:315,23A  !| ~ imputing more than might be intended. I thought$1$ it
301:315,24A  !| might all pass$1$ for$4$ nothing with \him\."
301:315,25'  !| She could say no$2$ more; her breath was almost gone.
301:315,26E  !| "Am I to$9$ understand,"
301:315,26'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, after$4$ a few
301:315,27'  !| moments silence$0$,
301:315,27E  !| "that$3$ you mean$1$ to$9$ \refuse\ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford?"
301:315,28     |
301:315,29A  !| "Yes, Sir."
301:315,30E  !| "Refuse him?"
301:315,31A  !| "Yes, Sir."
301:315,32E  !| "Refuse $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford| Upon what$6#2$ plea? For$4$ what$6#2$
301:315,33E  !| reason$0$?"
301:315,34A  !| "I ~ I cannot like$1$ him, Sir, well$9$ enough to$9$ marry him."
301:315,35E  !| "This is very strange|"
301:315,35'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, in a voice
301:315,36'  !| of calm$2$ displeasure.
301:315,36E  !| "There is something in this which$6#1$
301:315,37E  !| my comprehension does not reach$1$. Here is a young man
301:315,38E  !| wishing to$9$ pay$1$ his addresses to$4$ you, with every*thing to$9$
301:316, 1E  !| recommend him; not merely situation in life, fortune,
301:316, 2E  !| and character, but with more than common$2$ agreeableness,
301:316, 3E  !| with address$0$ and conversation pleasing to$4$ every*body.
301:316, 4E  !| And he is not an acquaintance of to-day, you have
301:316, 5E  !| now known him some time. His sister, moreover, is your
301:316, 6E  !| intimate$2$ friend, and he has been doing \that$6#2$\ for$4$ your
301:316, 7E  !| brother, which$6#1$ I should suppose would have been almost
301:316, 8E  !| sufficient recommendation to$4$ you, had there been no$2$
301:316, 9E  !| other. It is very uncertain when my interest$0$ might have
301:316,10E  !| got $MP#Q$William on$5$. He has done it already."
301:316,11A  !| "Yes,"
301:316,11'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, in a faint$2$ voice, and looking down$5$
301:316,12'  !| with fresh shame$0$;
301:316,12@a   | and she did feel almost ashamed of
301:316,13@a   | herself, after$4$ such a picture$0$ as her uncle had drawn, for$4$
301:316,14@a   | not liking $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford.
301:316,15E  !| "You must have been aware,"
301:316,15'  !| continued $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
301:316,16'  !| presently,
301:316,16E  !| "you must have been some time aware of
301:316,17E  !| a particularity in $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's manners to$4$ you. This
301:316,18E  !| cannot have taken you by$4$ surprise$0$. You must have
301:316,19E  !| observed his attentions; and though you always received
301:316,20E  !| them very properly, (I have no$2$ accusation to$9$ make$1$ on$4$
301:316,21E  !| that$6#2$ head$0$,) I never perceived them to$9$ be unpleasant to$4$
301:316,22E  !| you. I am half inclined to$9$ think, $MP#A$Fanny, that$3$ you do not
301:316,23E  !| quite know your own$2$ feelings."
301:316,24A  !| "Oh| yes, Sir, indeed I do. His attentions were
301:316,25A  !| always ~ what$6#1$ I did not like$1$."
301:316,26'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas looked at her with deeper surprise$0$.
301:316,26E  !| "This
301:316,27E  !| is beyond$4$ me,"
301:316,27'  !| said he.
301:316,27E  !| "This requires explanation.
301:316,28E  !| Young as you are, and having seen scarcely any*one, it is
301:316,29E  !| hardly possible that$3$ your affections ~~"
301:316,30'  !| He paused and eyed her fixedly.
301:316,30@e   | He saw her lips
301:316,31@e   | formed into a \no$2$\, though the sound$0$ was inarticulate, but
301:316,32@e   | her face$0$ was like$9$ scarlet. That$6#2$, however, in so$5#1$ modest
301:316,33@e   | a girl might be very compatible with innocence; and
301:316,34@e   | chusing at least to$9$ appear satisfied$1$, he quickly added,
301:316,35E  !| "No$7$, no$7$, I know \that$6#2$\ is quite out$8$ of the question$0$ ~ quite
301:316,36E  !| impossible. Well$7$, there is nothing more to$9$ be said."
301:316,37'  !| And for$4$ a few minutes he did say nothing. He was
301:316,38'  !| deep in thought$0$. His niece was deep in thought$0$ likewise,
301:317, 1'  !| trying$1$ to$9$ harden and prepare herself against farther questioning.
301:317, 2@a   | She would rather die$1$ than own$1$ the truth, and
301:317, 3@a   | she hoped by$4$ a little reflection to$9$ fortify herself beyond$4$
301:317, 4@a   | betraying it.
301:317, 5E  !| "Independently of the interest$0$ which$6#1$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's
301:317, 6E  !| \choice$0$\ seemed to$9$ justify,"
301:317, 6'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, beginning$1$
301:317, 7'  !| again, and very composedly,
301:317, 7E  !| "his wishing to$9$ marry at
301:317, 8E  !| all so$5#1$ early is recommendatory to$4$ me. I am an advocate
301:317, 9E  !| for$4$ early marriages, where there are means$0$ in proportion,
301:317,10E  !| and would have every young man, with a sufficient
301:317,11E  !| income, settle as soon after$4$ four and twenty as he can.
301:317,12E  !| This is so$5#1$ much my opinion, that$3$ I am sorry to$9$ think how
301:317,13E  !| little likely my own$2$ eldest son, your cousin, $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram,
301:317,14E  !| is to$9$ marry early; but at present$0#1$, as far as I can judge$1$,
301:317,15E  !| matrimony makes no$2$ part$0$ of his plans or thoughts. I
301:317,16E  !| wish$1$ he were more likely to$9$ fix."
301:317,16'  !| Here was a glance$0$ at
301:317,17'  !| $MP#A$Fanny.
301:317,17E  !| "$MP#B$Edmund I consider from his disposition and
301:317,18E  !| habits as much more likely to$9$ marry early than his
301:317,19E  !| brother. \He\, indeed, I have lately thought$1$ has seen the
301:317,20E  !| woman he could love$1$, which$6#1$, I am convinced, my eldest
301:317,21E  !| son has not. Am I right$2#1$? Do you agree with me, my
301:317,22E  !| dear$2#1$?"
301:317,23A  !| "Yes, Sir."
301:317,24'  !| It was gently, but it was calmly said, and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
301:317,25'  !| was easy on$4$ the score of the cousins. But the removal
301:317,26'  !| of his alarm$0$ did his niece no$2$ service; as her unaccountableness
301:317,27'  !| was confirmed, his displeasure increased; and
301:317,28'  !| getting up and walking about$4$ the room, with a frown$0$,
301:317,29'  !| which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny could picture$1$ to$4$ herself, though she dared
301:317,30'  !| not lift up her eyes, he shortly afterwards, and in a voice
301:317,31'  !| of authority, said,
301:317,31E  !| "Have you any reason$0$, child, to$9$ think
301:317,32E  !| ill of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's temper?"
301:317,33A  !| "No$7$, Sir."
301:317,34@a   | She longed to$9$ add,
301:317,34A  !| "but of his principles I have;"
301:317,34'  !| but
301:317,35'  !| her heart sunk under the appalling prospect of discussion,
301:317,36'  !| explanation, and probably non-conviction.
301:317,36@a   | Her ill opinion
301:317,37@a   | of him was founded chiefly on$4$ observations, which$6#1$, for$4$ her
301:317,38@a   | cousins' sake, she could scarcely dare$1#2$ mention$1$ to$4$ their
301:318, 1@a   | father. $MP#H$Maria and $MP#I$Julia ~ and especially $MP#H$Maria, were so$5#1$
301:318, 2@a   | closely implicated in $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's misconduct, that$3$ she
301:318, 3@a   | could not give his character, such as she believed it, without
301:318, 4@a   | betraying them. She had hoped that$3$ to$4$ a man like$9$
301:318, 5@a   | her uncle, so$5#1$ discerning, so$5#1$ honourable, so$5#1$ good, the simple$2$
301:318, 6@a   | acknowledgment of settled$2$ \dislike$0$\ on$4$ her side$0$, would have
301:318, 7@a   | been sufficient. To$4$ her infinite grief she found it was not.
301:318, 8'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas came towards the table where she sat in
301:318, 9'  !| trembling wretchedness, and with a good deal$0#2$ of cold$2$
301:318,10'  !| sternness, said,
301:318,10E  !| "It is of no$2$ use$0$, I perceive, to$9$ talk$1$ to$4$ you.
301:318,11E  !| We had better$9$ put an end$0$ to$4$ this most mortifying conference.
301:318,12E  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford must not be kept longer waiting. I will$1$,
301:318,13E  !| therefore, only add, as thinking it my duty to$9$ mark$1$ my
301:318,14E  !| opinion of your conduct$0$ ~ that$3$ you have disappointed
301:318,15E  !| every expectation I had formed, and proved yourself of
301:318,16E  !| a character the very reverse of what$6#1$ I had supposed.
301:318,17E  !| For$3$ I \had\, $MP#A$Fanny, as I think my behaviour must have
301:318,18E  !| shewn, formed a very favourable opinion of you from the
301:318,19E  !| period of my return$0$ to$4$ England. I had thought$1$ you
301:318,20E  !| peculiarly free from wilfulness of temper, self-conceit, and
301:318,21E  !| every tendency to$4$ that$6#2$ independence of spirit, which$6#1$ prevails
301:318,22E  !| so$5#1$ much in modern days, even$5$ in young women, and
301:318,23E  !| which$6#1$ in young women is offensive and disgusting beyond$4$
301:318,24E  !| all common$2$ offence. But you have now shewn me that$3$
301:318,25E  !| you can be wilful and perverse, that$3$ you can and will$1$
301:318,26E  !| decide for$4$ yourself, without any consideration or deference
301:318,27E  !| for$4$ those who$6#1$ have surely some right$0$ to$9$ guide$1$ you ~ without
301:318,28E  !| even$5$ asking their advice. You have shewn yourself
301:318,29E  !| very, very different from any*thing that$6#1$ I had imagined.
301:318,30E  !| The advantage or disadvantage of your family ~ of your
301:318,31E  !| parents ~ your brothers and sisters ~ never seems to$9$ have
301:318,32E  !| had a moment's share$0$ in your thoughts on$4$ this occasion$0$.
301:318,33E  !| How \they\ might be benefited, how \they\ must rejoice in
301:318,34E  !| such an establishment for$4$ you ~ is nothing to$4$ \you\. You
301:318,35E  !| think only of yourself; and because you do not feel for$4$
301:318,36E  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford exactly what$6#1$ a young, heated fancy$0$ imagines
301:318,37E  !| to$9$ be necessary for$4$ happiness, you resolve$1$ to$9$ refuse him
301:318,38E  !| at once, without wishing even$5$ for$4$ a little time to$9$ consider
301:319, 1E  !| of it ~ a little more time for$4$ cool$2$ consideration, and for$4$
301:319, 2E  !| really examining your own$2$ inclinations ~ and are, in a
301:319, 3E  !| wild fit$0$ of folly, throwing away from you such an opportunity
301:319, 4E  !| of being$1$ settled$1$ in life, eligibly, honourably, nobly
301:319, 5E  !| settled$1$, as will$1$, probably, never occur to$4$ you again.
301:319, 6E  !| Here is a young man of sense, of character, of temper, of
301:319, 7E  !| manners, and of fortune, exceedingly attached to$4$ you,
301:319, 8E  !| and seeking your hand$0$ in the most handsome and disinterested
301:319, 9E  !| way; and let me tell you, $MP#A$Fanny, that$3$ you may$1$
301:319,10E  !| live eighteen years longer in the world, without being$1$
301:319,11E  !| addressed by$4$ a man of half $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's estate, or
301:319,12E  !| a tenth part$0$ of his merits. Gladly would I have bestowed
301:319,13E  !| either of my own$2$ daughters on$4$ him. $MP#H$Maria is nobly
301:319,14E  !| married ~ but had $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford sought $MP#I$Julia's hand$0$, I
301:319,15E  !| should have given it to$4$ him with superior$2$ and more heartfelt
301:319,16E  !| satisfaction than I gave $MP#H$Maria's to$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth."
301:319,17'  !| After$4$ half a moment's pause$0$ ~
301:319,17E  !| "And I should have been
301:319,18E  !| very much surprised had either of my daughters, on$4$
301:319,19E  !| receiving a proposal of marriage at any time, which$6#1$ might
301:319,20E  !| carry with it only \half\ the eligibility of \this\, immediately
301:319,21E  !| and peremptorily, and without paying my opinion or my
301:319,22E  !| regard$0$ the compliment$0$ of any consultation, put a decided$2$
301:319,23E  !| negative on$4$ it. I should have been much surprised, and
301:319,24E  !| much hurt, by$4$ such a proceeding. I should have thought$1$
301:319,25E  !| it a gross violation of duty and respect$0$. \You\ are not to$9$ be
301:319,26E  !| judged by$4$ the same rule. You do not owe me the duty
301:319,27E  !| of a child. But, $MP#A$Fanny, if your heart can acquit you of
301:319,28E  !| \ingratitude\ ~"
301:319,29'  !| He ceased. $MP#A$Fanny was by$4$ this time crying so$5#1$ bitterly,
301:319,30'  !| that$3$ angry as he was, he would not press$1$ that$6#2$ article
301:319,31'  !| farther.
301:319,31@a   | Her heart was almost broke by$4$ such a picture$0$
301:319,32@a   | of what$6#1$ she appeared to$4$ him; by$4$ such accusations, so$5#1$
301:319,33@a   | heavy, so$5#1$ multiplied, so$5#1$ rising in dreadful gradation|
301:319,34@a   | Self-willed, obstinate, selfish, and ungrateful. He thought$1$
301:319,35@a   | her all this. She had deceived his expectations; she had
301:319,36@a   | lost his good opinion. What$6#2$ was to$9$ become of her?
301:319,37A  !| "I am very sorry,"
301:319,37'  !| said she inarticulately through$4$ her
301:319,38'  !| tears,
301:319,38A  !| "I am very sorry indeed."
301:320, 1E  !| "Sorry| yes, I hope$1$ you are sorry; and you will$1$
301:320, 2E  !| probably have reason$0$ to$9$ be long$9$ sorry for$4$ this day's
301:320, 3E  !| transactions."
301:320, 4A  !| "If it were possible for$4$ me to$9$ do otherwise,"
301:320, 4'  !| said she
301:320, 5'  !| with another strong effort,
301:320, 5A  !| "but I am so$5#1$ perfectly convinced
301:320, 6A  !| that$3$ I could never make$1$ him happy, and that$3$ I
301:320, 7A  !| should be miserable myself."
301:320, 8'  !| Another burst$0$ of tears; but in spite$8$ of that$6#2$ burst$0$, and
301:320, 9'  !| in spite$8$ of that$6#2$ great black word \miserable\, which$6#1$ served
301:320,10'  !| to$9$ introduce it, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas began to$9$ think
301:320,10@e   | a little relenting,
301:320,11@e   | a little change$0$ of inclination, might have something to$9$
301:320,12@e   | do with it; and to$9$ augur favourably from the personal
301:320,13@e   | intreaty of the young man himself. He knew her to$9$ be
301:320,14@e   | very timid, and exceedingly nervous; and thought$1$ it not
301:320,15@e   | improbable that$3$ her mind$0$ might be in such a state$0$, as a
301:320,16@e   | little time, a little pressing, a little patience, and a little
301:320,17@e   | impatience, a judicious mixture of all on$4$ the lover's side$0$,
301:320,18@e   | might work$1$ their usual effect$0$ on$4$. If the gentleman would
301:320,19@e   | but persevere, if he had but love$0$ enough to$9$ persevere ~
301:320,20'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas began to$9$ have hopes$0$; and these reflections
301:320,21'  !| having passed across$4$ his mind$0$ and cheered it,
301:320,21E  !| "Well$7$,"
301:320,22'  !| said he, in a tone of becoming$2$ gravity, but of less anger$0$,
301:320,23E  !| "well$7$, child, dry$1$ up your tears. There is no$2$ use$0$ in these
301:320,24E  !| tears; they can do no$2$ good. You must now come down*stairs
301:320,25E  !| with me. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford has been kept waiting too$5#1$
301:320,26E  !| long$9$ already. You must give him your own$2$ answer$0$; we
301:320,27E  !| cannot expect him to$9$ be satisfied$1$ with less; and you only
301:320,28E  !| can explain to$4$ him the grounds of that$6#2$ misconception of
301:320,29E  !| your sentiments, which$6#1$, unfortunately for$4$ himself, he
301:320,30E  !| certainly has imbibed. I am totally unequal to$4$ it."
301:320,31'  !| But $MP#A$Fanny shewed such reluctance, such misery, at the
301:320,32'  !| idea of going down$5$ to$4$ him, that$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, after$4$ a little
301:320,33'  !| consideration, judged it better$9$ to$9$ indulge her.
301:320,33@e   | His hopes$0$
301:320,34@e   | from both gentleman and lady suffered a small depression
301:320,35@e   | in consequence; but when he looked at his niece, and saw
301:320,36@e   | the state$0$ of feature and complexion which$6#1$ her crying had
301:320,37@e   | brought her into, he thought$1$ there might be as much lost
301:320,38@e   | as gained by$4$ an immediate interview.
301:320,38'  !| With a few words,
301:321, 1'  !| therefore, of no$2$ particular meaning$0$, he walked off by$4$ himself,
301:321, 2'  !| leaving his poor niece to$9$ sit and cry$1$ over what$6#1$ had
301:321, 3'  !| passed, with very wretched feelings.
301:321, 4'  !| Her mind$0$ was all disorder.
301:321, 4@a   | The past$0$, present$0#1$, future,
301:321, 5@a   | every*thing was terrible. But her uncle's anger$0$ gave her
301:321, 6@a   | the severest pain$0$ of all. Selfish and ungrateful| to$9$ have
301:321, 7@a   | appeared so$5#2$ to$4$ him| She was miserable for*ever. She
301:321, 8@a   | had no*one to$9$ take her part$0$, to$9$ counsel$1$, or speak for$4$ her.
301:321, 9@a   | Her only friend was absent. He might have softened his
301:321,10@a   | father; but all, perhaps all, would think her selfish and
301:321,11@a   | ungrateful. She might have to$9$ endure the reproach$0$ again
301:321,12@a   | and again; she might hear it, or see it, or know it to$9$ exist
301:321,13@a   | for*ever in every connection about$4$ her. She could not
301:321,14@a   | but feel some resentment against $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford; yet, if
301:321,15@a   | he really loved her, and were unhappy too$5#2$| ~ it was all
301:321,16@a   | wretchedness together.
301:321,17'  !| In about$4$ a quarter$0#1$ of an hour her uncle returned; she
301:321,18'  !| was almost ready to$9$ faint$1$ at the sight of him. He spoke
301:321,19'  !| calmly, however, without austerity, without reproach$0$,
301:321,20'  !| and she revived a little. There was comfort$0$ too$5#2$ in his
301:321,21'  !| words, as well$9$ as his manner, for$3$ he began with,
301:321,21E  !| "$MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
301:321,22E  !| is gone; he has just$9$ left$1$ me. I need$1$ not repeat
301:321,23E  !| what$6#1$ has passed. I do not want$1$ to$9$ add to$4$ any*thing you
301:321,24E  !| may$1$ now be feeling$1$, by$4$ an account$0$ of what$6#1$ he has felt.
301:321,25E  !| Suffice it, that$3$ he has behaved in the most gentlemanlike
301:321,26E  !| and generous manner; and has confirmed me in a
301:321,27E  !| most favourable opinion of his understanding$0$, heart, and
301:321,28E  !| temper. Upon my representation of what$6#1$ you were suffering,
301:321,29E  !| he immediately, and with the greatest delicacy, ceased
301:321,30E  !| to$9$ urge to$9$ see you for$4$ the present$0#1$."
301:321,31'  !| Here $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#1$ had looked up, looked down$5$ again.
301:321,32E  !| "Of course$8$,"
301:321,32'  !| continued her uncle,
301:321,32E  !| "it cannot be supposed
301:321,33E  !| but that$3$ he should request$1$ to$9$ speak with you alone,
301:321,34E  !| be it only for$4$ five minutes; a request$0$ too$5#1$ natural$2$, a claim$0$
301:321,35E  !| too$5#1$ just$2$ to$9$ be denied. But there is no$2$ time fixed, perhaps
301:321,36E  !| to-morrow, or whenever your spirits are composed enough.
301:321,37E  !| For$4$ the present$0#1$ you have only to$9$ tranquillize yourself.
301:321,38E  !| Check$1$ these tears; they do but exhaust you. If, as I am
301:322, 1E  !| willing to$9$ suppose, you wish$1$ to$9$ shew$1$ me any observance,
301:322, 2E  !| you will$1$ not give way to$4$ these emotions, but endeavour$1$
301:322, 3E  !| to$9$ reason$1$ yourself into a stronger frame of mind$0$. I advise
301:322, 4E  !| you to$9$ go out$5$, the air will$1$ do you good; go out$5$ for$4$ an hour
301:322, 5E  !| on$4$ the gravel, you will$1$ have the shrubbery to$4$ yourself,
301:322, 6E  !| and will$1$ be the better$9$ for$4$ air and exercise$0$. And, $MP#A$Fanny,
301:322, 7'  !| (turning$1$ back$5$ again for$4$ a moment)
301:322, 7E  !| I shall make$1$ no$2$ mention$0$
301:322, 8E  !| below of what$6#1$ has passed; I shall not even$5$ tell your
301:322, 9E  !| aunt $MP#F$Bertram. There is no$2$ occasion$0$ for$4$ spreading the
301:322,10E  !| disappointment; say nothing about$4$ it yourself."
301:322,11'  !| This was an order$0$ to$9$ be most joyfully obeyed; this was
301:322,12'  !| an act$0$ of kindness which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny felt at her heart.
301:322,12@a   | To$9$ be
301:322,13@a   | spared from her aunt $MP#J$Norris's interminable reproaches| ~
301:322,14@a   | he left$1$ her in a glow of gratitude. Any*thing might be
301:322,15@a   | bearable rather than such reproaches. Even$5$ to$9$ see $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
301:322,16@a   | would be less overpowering.
301:322,17'  !| She walked out$5$ directly as her uncle recommended, and
301:322,18'  !| followed his advice throughout, as far as she could; did
301:322,19'  !| check$1$ her tears, did earnestly try to$9$ compose her spirits,
301:322,20'  !| and strengthen her mind$0$. She wished to$9$ prove to$4$ him
301:322,21'  !| that$3$ she did desire$1$ his comfort$0$, and sought to$9$ regain his
301:322,22'  !| favour$0$; and he had given her another strong motive for$4$
301:322,23'  !| exertion, in keeping$1$ the whole$2$ affair from the knowledge
301:322,24'  !| of her aunts. Not to$9$ excite suspicion by$4$ her look$0$ or
301:322,25'  !| manner was now an object$0$ worth attaining; and she
301:322,26'  !| felt equal$2$ to$4$ almost any*thing that$6#1$ might save$1$ her from
301:322,27'  !| her aunt $MP#J$Norris.
301:322,28'  !| She was struck, quite struck, when on$4$ returning from
301:322,29'  !| her walk$0$, and going into the east*room again, the first thing
301:322,30'  !| which$6#1$ caught her eye was a fire$0$ lighted and burning.
301:322,30@a   | A
301:322,31@a   | fire$0$| it seemed too$5#1$ much; just$9$ at that$6#2$ time to$9$ be giving
301:322,32@a   | her such an indulgence, was exciting even$5$ painful gratitude.
301:322,33@a   | She wondered that$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas could have leisure
301:322,34@a   | to$9$ think of such a trifle$0$ again;
301:322,34'  !| but she soon found, from
301:322,35'  !| the voluntary information of the housemaid, who$6#1$ came
301:322,36'  !| in to$9$ attend it, that$3$ so$5#2$ it was to$9$ be every day. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
301:322,37'  !| had given orders$0#1$ for$4$ it.
301:322,38A  !| "I must be a brute indeed, if I can be really ungrateful|"
301:323, 1'  !| said she in soliloquy;
301:323, 1A  !| "Heaven defend me from being$1$
301:323, 2A  !| ungrateful|"
301:323, 3'  !| She saw nothing more of her uncle, nor of her aunt $MP#J$Norris,
301:323, 4'  !| till they met at dinner.
301:323, 4@a   | Her uncle's behaviour to$4$ her was
301:323, 5@a   | then as nearly as possible what$6#1$ it had been before$5$; she
301:323, 6@a   | was sure he did not mean$1$ there should be any change$0$, and
301:323, 7@a   | that$3$ it was only her own$2$ conscience that$6#1$ could fancy$1$ any;
301:323, 8@a   | but her aunt was soon quarrelling with her: and when
301:323, 9@a   | she found how much and how unpleasantly her having
301:323,10@a   | only walked out$5$ without her aunt's knowledge could be
301:323,11@a   | dwelt on$5$, she felt all the reason$0$ she had to$9$ bless the kindness
301:323,12@a   | which$6#1$ saved her from the same spirit of reproach$0$,
301:323,13@a   | exerted on$4$ a more momentous subject$0$.
301:323,14J  !| "If I had known you were going out$5$, I should have
301:323,15J  !| got you just$9$ to$9$ go as far as my house with some orders$0#1$
301:323,16J  !| for$4$ $MP#ZZL$Nanny,"
301:323,16'  !| said she,
301:323,16J  !| "which$6#1$ I have since, to$4$ my very
301:323,17J  !| great inconvenience, been obliged to$9$ go and carry myself.
301:323,18J  !| I could very ill spare$1$ the time, and you might have saved
301:323,19J  !| me the trouble$0$, if you would only have been so$5#1$ good as to$9$
301:323,20J  !| let us know you were going out$5$. It would have made no$2$
301:323,21J  !| difference to$4$ you, I suppose, whether you had walked in
301:323,22J  !| the shrubbery, or gone to$4$ my house."
301:323,23E  !| "I recommended the shrubbery to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny as the dryest
301:323,24E  !| place$0$,"
301:323,24'  !| said $MP#E$Sir*Thomas.
301:323,25J  !| "Oh|"
301:323,25'  !| said $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris with a moment's check$0$,
301:323,25J  !| "that$6#2$
301:323,26J  !| was very kind$2$ of you, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas; but you do not know
301:323,27J  !| how dry$2$ the path is to$4$ my house. $MP#A$Fanny would have
301:323,28J  !| had quite as good a walk$0$ there, I assure you; with the
301:323,29J  !| advantage of being$1$ of some use$0$, and obliging her aunt:
301:323,30J  !| it is all her fault. If she would but have let us know she
301:323,31J  !| was going out$5$ ~ but there is a something about$4$ $MP#A$Fanny,
301:323,32J  !| I have often observed it before$5$, ~ she likes to$9$ go her own$2$
301:323,33J  !| way to$9$ work$1$; she does not like$1$ to$9$ be dictated to$4$; she
301:323,34J  !| takes her own$2$ independent walk$0$ whenever she can; she
301:323,35J  !| certainly has a little spirit of secrecy, and independence,
301:323,36J  !| and nonsense, about$4$ her, which$6#1$ I would advise her to$9$ get
301:323,37J  !| the better$9$ of."
301:323,38'  !| As a general$2$ reflection on$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas thought$1$
301:324, 1'  !| nothing could be more unjust, though he had been so$5#1$
301:324, 2'  !| lately expressing the same sentiments himself, and he
301:324, 3'  !| tried to$9$ turn$1$ the conversation; tried repeatedly before$3$
301:324, 4'  !| he could succeed; for$3$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris had not discernment
301:324, 5'  !| enough to$9$ perceive, either now, or at any other time, to$4$
301:324, 6'  !| what$6#1$ degree he thought$1$ well$9$ of his niece, or how very far
301:324, 7'  !| he was from wishing to$9$ have his own$2$ children's merits
301:324, 8'  !| set$1$ off by$4$ the depreciation of hers. She was talking \at\
301:324, 9'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, and resenting this private$2$ walk$0$ half through$4$ the
301:324,10'  !| dinner.
301:324,11'  !| It was over, however, at last$0$; and the evening set$1$ in
301:324,12'  !| with more composure to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and more cheerfulness
301:324,13'  !| of spirits than she could have hoped for$4$ after$4$ so$5#1$ stormy
301:324,14'  !| a morning;
301:324,14@a   | but she trusted, in the first place$0$, that$3$ she
301:324,15@a   | had done right$0$, that$3$ her judgment had not misled her;
301:324,16@a   | for$4$ the purity of her intentions she could answer$1$; and
301:324,17@a   | she was willing to$9$ hope$1$, secondly, that$3$ her uncle's displeasure
301:324,18@a   | was abating, and would abate farther as he considered
301:324,19@a   | the matter with more impartiality, and felt, as
301:324,20@a   | a good man must feel, how wretched, and how unpardonable,
301:324,21@a   | how hopeless and how wicked it was, to$9$ marry
301:324,22@a   | without affection.
301:324,23@a   | When the meeting$0$ with which$6#1$ she was threatened for$4$
301:324,24@a   | the morrow was past$9$, she could not but flatter herself
301:324,25@a   | that$3$ the subject$0$ would be finally concluded, and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
301:324,26@a   | once gone from Mansfield, that$3$ every*thing would
301:324,27@a   | soon be as if no$2$ such subject$0$ had existed. She would not,
301:324,28@a   | could not believe, that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's affection for$4$ her
301:324,29@a   | could distress$1$ him long$9$; his mind$0$ was not of that$6#2$ sort.
301:324,30@a   | London would soon bring its cure$0$. In London he would
301:324,31@a   | soon learn to$9$ wonder$1$ at his infatuation, and be thankful
301:324,32@a   | for$4$ the right$2#1$ reason$0$ in her, which$6#1$ had saved him from its
301:324,33@a   | evil consequences.
301:324,34'  !| While$9$ $MP#A$Fanny's mind$0$ was engaged in these sort of hopes$0$,
301:324,35'  !| her uncle was soon after$4$ tea called out$8$ of the room; an
301:324,36'  !| occurrence too$5#1$ common$2$ to$9$ strike her, and she thought$1$
301:324,37'  !| nothing of it till the butler re-appeared ten minutes afterwards,
301:324,38'  !| and advancing decidedly towards herself, said,
301:325, 1K  !| "$MP#E$Sir*Thomas wishes$1$ to$9$ speak with you, Ma'am, in his
301:325, 2K  !| own$2$ room."
301:325, 2'  !| Then it occurred to$4$ her what$6#1$ might be going
301:325, 3'  !| on$5$; a suspicion rushed over her mind$0$ which$6#1$ drove the
301:325, 4'  !| colour from her cheeks; but instantly rising, she was
301:325, 5'  !| preparing to$9$ obey, when $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris called out$5$,
301:325, 5J  !| "Stay$1$,
301:325, 6J  !| stay$1$, $MP#A$Fanny| what$6#2$ are you about$4$? ~ where are you going?
301:325, 7J  !| ~ don't be in such a hurry$0$. Depend upon it, it is not you
301:325, 8J  !| that$6#1$ are wanted; depend upon it it is me;
301:325, 8'  !| (looking at the
301:325, 9'  !| butler)
301:325, 9J  !| but you are so$5#1$ very eager to$9$ put yourself forward$8$.
301:325,10J  !| What$6#2$ should $MP#E$Sir*Thomas want$1$ you for$4$? It is me, $MP#K$Baddeley,
301:325,11J  !| you mean$1$; I am coming this moment. You mean$1$
301:325,12J  !| me, $MP#K$Baddeley, I am sure; $MP#E$Sir*Thomas wants$1$ me, not
301:325,12J  !| $MP#A$Miss*Price."
301:325,13     |
301:325,14'  !| But $MP#K$Baddeley was stout.
301:325,14K  !| "No$7$, Ma'am, it is $MP#A$Miss*Price,
301:325,15K  !| I am certain of its being$1$ $MP#A$Miss*Price."
301:325,15'  !| And there was a
301:325,16'  !| half smile$0$ with the words which$6#1$ meant,
301:325,16K  !| "I do not think
301:325,17K  !| \you\ would answer$1$ the purpose at all."
301:325,18'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, much discontented, was obliged to$9$ compose
301:325,19'  !| herself to$9$ work$1$ again; and $MP#A$Fanny, walking off in
301:325,20'  !| agitating consciousness, found herself, as she anticipated,
301:325,21'  !| in another minute$0$ alone with $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford.
302:326, 1'  !| The conference was neither so$5#1$ short$2$, nor so$5#1$ conclusive,
302:326, 2'  !| as the lady had designed. The gentleman was not so$5#1$
302:326, 3'  !| easily satisfied$1$. He had all the disposition to$9$ persevere
302:326, 4'  !| that$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas could wish$1$ him. He had vanity, which$6#1$
302:326, 5'  !| strongly inclined him, in the first place$0$, to$9$ think she did
302:326, 6'  !| love$1$ him, though she might not know it herself; and
302:326, 7'  !| which$6#1$, secondly, when constrained at last$0$ to$9$ admit that$3$
302:326, 8'  !| she did know her own$2$ present$9$ feelings, convinced him
302:326, 9'  !| that$3$ he should be able in time to$9$ make$1$ those feelings what$6#1$
302:326,10'  !| he wished.
302:326,11'  !| He was in love$0$, very much in love$0$; and it was a love$0$
302:326,12'  !| which$6#1$, operating on$4$ an active, sanguine spirit, of more
302:326,13'  !| warmth than delicacy, made her affection appear of
302:326,14'  !| greater consequence, because it was withheld, and determined$1$
302:326,15'  !| him to$9$ have the glory$0$, as well$9$ as the felicity, of
302:326,16'  !| forcing her to$9$ love$1$ him.
302:326,17@d   | He would not despair$1$: he would not desist. He had
302:326,18@d   | every well-grounded reason$0$ for$4$ solid attachment; he
302:326,19@d   | knew her to$9$ have all the worth that$6#1$ could justify the
302:326,20@d   | warmest hopes$0$ of lasting happiness with her; her conduct$0$
302:326,21@d   | at this very time, by$4$ speaking the disinterestedness
302:326,22@d   | and delicacy of her character (qualities which$6#1$ he believed
302:326,23@d   | most rare indeed), was of a sort to$9$ heighten all his wishes$0$,
302:326,24@d   | and confirm all his resolutions.
302:326,24'  !| He knew not that$3$ he had
302:326,25'  !| a pre-engaged heart to$9$ attack$1$. Of \that$6#2$\, he had no$2$ suspicion.
302:326,26@d   | He considered her rather as one who$6#1$ had never
302:326,27@d   | thought$1$ on$4$ the subject$0$ enough to$9$ be in danger; who$6#1$ had
302:326,28@d   | been guarded by$4$ youth, a youth of mind$0$ as lovely as of
302:326,29@d   | person; whose$6#1$ modesty had prevented her from understanding$1$
302:326,30@d   | his attentions, and who$6#1$ was still$5$ overpowered
302:326,31@d   | by$4$ the suddenness of addresses so$5#1$ wholly unexpected,
302:326,32@d   | and the novelty of a situation which$6#1$ her fancy$0$ had never
302:326,33@d   | taken into account$0$.
302:327, 1@d   | Must it not follow of course$8$, that$3$ when he was understood,
302:327, 2@d   | he should succeed? ~
302:327, 2'  !| he believed it fully. Love$0$
302:327, 3'  !| such as his, in a man like$9$ himself, must with perseverance
302:327, 4'  !| secure$2$ a return$0$, and at no$2$ great distance$0$; and he had so$5#1$
302:327, 5'  !| much delight$0$ in the idea of obliging her to$9$ love$1$ him in
302:327, 6'  !| a very short$2$ time, that$3$ her not loving him now was
302:327, 7'  !| scarcely regretted. A little difficulty to$9$ be overcome,
302:327, 8'  !| was no$2$ evil to$4$ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford. He rather derived spirits
302:327, 9'  !| from it. He had been apt to$9$ gain$1$ hearts too$5#1$ easily. His
302:327,10'  !| situation was new and animating.
302:327,11'  !| To$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, however, who$6#1$ had known too$5#1$ much opposition
302:327,12'  !| all her life, to$9$ find any charm$0$ in it, all this was unintelligible.
302:327,13@a   | She found that$3$ he did mean$1$ to$9$ persevere;
302:327,14@a   | but how he could, after$4$ such language from her as she felt
302:327,15@a   | herself obliged to$9$ use$1$, was not to$9$ be understood. She
302:327,16@a   | told him, that$3$ she did not love$1$ him, could not love$1$ him,
302:327,17@a   | was sure she never should love$1$ him: that$3$ such a change$0$
302:327,18@a   | was quite impossible, that$3$ the subject$0$ was most painful
302:327,19@a   | to$4$ her, that$3$ she must intreat him never to$9$ mention$1$ it
302:327,20@a   | again, to$9$ allow her to$9$ leave$1$ him at once, and let it be considered
302:327,21@a   | as concluded for*ever. And when farther pressed,
302:327,22@a   | had added, that$3$ in her opinion their dispositions were so$5#1$
302:327,23@a   | totally dissimilar, as to$9$ make$1$ mutual affection incompatible;
302:327,24@a   | and that$3$ they were unfitted for$4$ each other by$4$
302:327,25@a   | nature, education, and habit. All this she had said, and
302:327,26@a   | with the earnestness of sincerity; yet this was not
302:327,27@a   | enough, for$3$ he immediately denied there being$1$ anything
302:327,28@a   | uncongenial in their characters, or anything unfriendly
302:327,29@a   | in their situations; and positively declared, that$3$ he
302:327,30@a   | would still$5$ love$1$, and still$5$ hope$1$|
302:327,31'  !| $MP#A$Fanny knew her own$2$ meaning$0$, but was no$2$ judge$0$ of her
302:327,32'  !| own$2$ manner. Her manner was incurably gentle, and she
302:327,33'  !| was not aware how much it concealed the sternness of her
302:327,34'  !| purpose. Her diffidence, gratitude, and softness, made
302:327,35'  !| every expression of indifference seem almost an effort of
302:327,36'  !| self-denial; seem at least, to$9$ be giving nearly as much
302:327,37'  !| pain$0$ to$4$ herself as to$4$ him.
302:327,37@a   | $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was no$2$ longer
302:327,38@a   | the $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford who$6#1$, as the clandestine, insidious,
302:328, 1@a   | treacherous admirer of $MP#H$Maria*Bertram, had been her
302:328, 2@a   | abhorrence, whom$6#1$ she had hated to$9$ see or to$9$ speak to$4$, in
302:328, 3@a   | whom$6#1$ she could believe no$2$ good quality to$9$ exist, and
302:328, 4@a   | whose$6#1$ power, even$5$ of being$1$ agreeable, she had barely
302:328, 5@a   | acknowledged. He was now the $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford who$6#1$ was
302:328, 6@a   | addressing herself with ardent, disinterested, love$0$; whose$6#1$
302:328, 7@a   | feelings were apparently become all that$6#1$ was honourable
302:328, 8@a   | and upright, whose$6#1$ views of happiness were all fixed on$4$
302:328, 9@a   | a marriage of attachment; who$6#1$ was pouring out$5$ his sense
302:328,10@a   | of her merits, describing and describing again his affection,
302:328,11@a   | proving, as far as words could prove it, and in the
302:328,12@a   | language, tone, and spirit of a man of talent too$5#2$, that$3$ he
302:328,13@a   | sought her for$4$ her gentleness, and her goodness; and to$9$
302:328,14@a   | complete$1$ the whole$0$, he was now the $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford who$6#1$
302:328,15@a   | had procured $MP#Q$William's promotion|
302:328,16'  !| Here was a change$0$| and here were claims which$6#1$ could
302:328,17'  !| not but operate. She might have disdained him in all
302:328,18'  !| the dignity of angry virtue, in the grounds of Sotherton,
302:328,19'  !| or the theatre at Mansfield*Park; but he approached her
302:328,20'  !| now with rights that$6#1$ demanded different treatment.
302:328,20@a   | She
302:328,21@a   | must be courteous, and she must be compassionate. She
302:328,22@a   | must have a sensation$0#1$ of being$1$ honoured, and whether
302:328,23@a   | thinking of herself or her brother, she must have a strong
302:328,24@a   | feeling$0$ of gratitude.
302:328,24'  !| The effect$0$ of the whole$0$ was a manner
302:328,25'  !| so$5#1$ pitying and agitated, and words intermingled with her
302:328,26'  !| refusal so$5#1$ expressive of obligation and concern$0$, that$3$ to$4$
302:328,27'  !| a temper of vanity and hope$0$ like$9$ $MP#D$Crawford's, the truth,
302:328,28'  !| or at least the strength of her indifference, might well$9$ be
302:328,29'  !| questionable; and he was not so$5#1$ irrational as $MP#A$Fanny considered
302:328,30'  !| him, in the professions of persevering, assiduous,
302:328,31'  !| and not desponding attachment which$6#1$ closed the interview.
302:328,32'  !| It was with reluctance that$3$ he suffered her to$9$ go, but
302:328,33'  !| there was no$2$ look$0$ of despair$0$ in parting to$9$ bely his words,
302:328,34'  !| or give her hopes$0$ of his being$1$ less unreasonable than he
302:328,35'  !| professed himself.
302:328,36'  !| Now she was angry.
302:328,36@a   | Some resentment did arise at
302:328,37@a   | a perseverance so$5#1$ selfish and ungenerous. Here was again
302:328,38@a   | a want$0$ of delicacy and regard$0$ for$4$ others which$6#1$ had formerly
302:329, 1@a   | so$5#1$ struck and disgusted her. Here was again a
302:329, 2@a   | something of the same $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford whom$6#1$ she had so$5#1$
302:329, 3@a   | reprobated before$5$. How evidently was there a gross want$0$
302:329, 4@a   | of feeling$0$ and humanity where his own$2$ pleasure was concerned ~
302:329, 5@a   | And, alas| how always known no$2$ principle to$9$
302:329, 6@a   | supply$1$ as a duty what$6#1$ the heart was deficient in. Had
302:329, 7@a   | her own$2$ affections been as free ~ as perhaps they ought
302:329, 8@a   | to$9$ have been ~ he never could have engaged them.
302:329, 9'  !| So$5#2$ thought$1$ $MP#A$Fanny in good truth and sober sadness, as
302:329,10'  !| she sat musing over that$6#2$ too$5#1$ great indulgence and luxury
302:329,11'  !| of a fire$0$ upstairs ~ wondering at the past$0$ and present$0#1$,
302:329,12'  !| wondering at what$6#1$ was yet to$9$ come, and in a nervous
302:329,13'  !| agitation which$6#1$ made nothing clear$2$ to$4$ her but the persuasion
302:329,14'  !| of her being$1$ never under any circumstances able
302:329,15'  !| to$9$ love$1$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, and the felicity of having a fire$0$ to$9$
302:329,16'  !| sit over and think of it.
302:329,17'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was obliged or obliged himself to$9$ wait till
302:329,18'  !| the morrow for$4$ a knowledge of what$6#1$ had passed between
302:329,19'  !| the young people. He then saw $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, and received
302:329,20'  !| his account$0$. ~
302:329,20@e   | The first feeling$0$ was disappointment;
302:329,21@e   | he had hoped better$9$ things; he had thought$1$ that$3$ an hour's
302:329,22@e   | intreaty from a young man like$9$ $MP#D$Crawford could not have
302:329,23@e   | worked so$5#1$ little change$0$ on$4$ a gentle tempered girl like$9$
302:329,24@e   | $MP#A$Fanny; but there was speedy comfort$0$ in the determined$2$
302:329,25@e   | view$0$ and sanguine perseverance of the lover;
302:329,25'  !| and when
302:329,26'  !| seeing such confidence of success in the principal$0$, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
302:329,27'  !| was soon able to$9$ depend on$4$ it himself.
302:329,28'  !| Nothing was omitted, on$4$ his side$0$, of civility, compliment$0$,
302:329,29'  !| or kindness, that$6#1$ might assist the plan. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's
302:329,30'  !| steadiness was honoured, and $MP#A$Fanny was praised,
302:329,31'  !| and the connection was still$5$ the most desirable in the
302:329,32'  !| world.
302:329,32@e   | At Mansfield*Park $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford would always
302:329,33@e   | be welcome$2$; he had only to$9$ consult his own$2$ judgment
302:329,34@e   | and feelings as to$4$ the frequency of his visits, at present$0#1$
302:329,35@e   | or in future. In all his niece's family and friends there
302:329,36@e   | could be but one opinion, one wish$0$ on$4$ the subject$0$; the
302:329,37@e   | influence$0$ of all who$6#1$ loved her must incline one way.
302:329,38'  !| Every*thing was said that$6#1$ could encourage, every
302:330, 1'  !| encouragement received with grateful joy, and the gentlemen
302:330, 2'  !| parted the best of friends.
302:330, 3'  !| Satisfied$1$ that$3$ the cause was now on$4$ a footing the most
302:330, 4'  !| proper and hopeful, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas resolved to$9$ abstain from
302:330, 5'  !| all farther importunity with his niece, and to$9$ shew$1$ no$2$
302:330, 6'  !| open$2$ interference. Upon her disposition he believed kindness
302:330, 7'  !| might be the best way of working. Intreaty should
302:330, 8'  !| be from one quarter$0#2$ only. The forbearance of her family
302:330, 9'  !| on$4$ a point$0$, respecting which$6#1$ she could be in no$2$ doubt$0$ of
302:330,10'  !| their wishes$0$, might be their surest means$0$ of forwarding it.
302:330,11'  !| Accordingly, on$4$ this principle $MP#E$Sir*Thomas took the first
302:330,12'  !| opportunity of saying to$4$ her, with a mild gravity, intended
302:330,13'  !| to$9$ be overcoming,
302:330,13E  !| "Well$7$, $MP#A$Fanny, I have seen $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
302:330,14E  !| again, and learn from him exactly how matters stand$1$
302:330,15E  !| between you. He is a most extraordinary young man,
302:330,16E  !| and whatever be the event, you must feel that$3$ you have
302:330,17E  !| created an attachment of no$2$ common$2$ character; though,
302:330,18E  !| young as you are, and little acquainted with the transient,
302:330,19E  !| varying, unsteady nature of love$0$, as it generally exists,
302:330,20E  !| you cannot be struck as I am with all that$6#1$ is wonderful
302:330,21E  !| in a perseverance of this sort, against discouragement.
302:330,22E  !| With him, it is entirely a matter of feeling$0$; he claims no$2$
302:330,23E  !| merit$0$ in it, perhaps is entitled to$4$ none. Yet, having
302:330,24E  !| chosen so$5#1$ well$9$, his constancy has a respectable stamp.
302:330,25E  !| Had his choice$0$ been less unexceptionable, I should have
302:330,26E  !| condemned his persevering."
302:330,27A  !| "Indeed, Sir,"
302:330,27'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny,
302:330,27A  !| "I am very sorry that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
302:330,28A  !| should continue to$9$ ~~ I know that$3$ it is paying
302:330,29A  !| me a very great compliment$0$, and I feel most undeservedly
302:330,30A  !| honoured, but I am so$5#1$ perfectly convinced, and I have
302:330,31A  !| told him so$5#2$, that$3$ it never will$1$ be in my power ~"
302:330,32E  !| "My dear$2#1$,"
302:330,32'  !| interrupted $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
302:330,32E  !| "there is no$2$ occasion$0$
302:330,33E  !| for$4$ this. Your feelings are as well$9$ known to$4$ me, as
302:330,34E  !| my wishes$0$ and regrets must be to$4$ you. There is nothing
302:330,35E  !| more to$9$ be said or done. From this hour, the subject$0$ is
302:330,36E  !| never to$9$ be revived between us. You will$1$ have nothing
302:330,37E  !| to$9$ fear$1$, or to$9$ be agitated about$5$. You cannot suppose me
302:330,38E  !| capable of trying$1$ to$9$ persuade you to$9$ marry against your
302:331, 1E  !| inclinations. Your happiness and advantage are all that$6#1$
302:331, 2E  !| I have in view$0$, and nothing is required of you but to$9$ bear$1$
302:331, 3E  !| with $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's endeavours$0$ to$9$ convince you, that$3$ they
302:331, 4E  !| may$1$ not be incompatible with his. He proceeds at his
302:331, 5E  !| own$2$ risk$0$. You are on$4$ safe ground. I have engaged for$4$
302:331, 6E  !| your seeing him whenever he calls$1$, as you might have
302:331, 7E  !| done, had nothing of his sort occurred. You will$1$ see him
302:331, 8E  !| with the rest$0#1$ of us, in the same manner, and as much as
302:331, 9E  !| you can, dismissing the recollection of every*thing unpleasant.
302:331,10E  !| He leaves$1$ Northamptonshire so$5#1$ soon, that$3$ even$5$
302:331,11E  !| this slight$2$ sacrifice$0$ cannot be often demanded. The
302:331,12E  !| future must be very uncertain. And now, my dear$2#1$
302:331,13E  !| $MP#A$Fanny, this subject$0$ is closed between us."
302:331,14'  !| The promised departure was all that$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny could think
302:331,15'  !| of with much satisfaction.
302:331,15@a   | Her uncle's kind$2$ expressions,
302:331,16@a   | however, and forbearing manner, were sensibly felt; and
302:331,17@a   | when she considered how much of the truth was unknown
302:331,18@a   | to$4$ him, she believed she had no$2$ right$0$ to$9$ wonder$1$ at the
302:331,19@a   | line of conduct$0$ he pursued. He who$6#1$ had married a
302:331,20@a   | daughter to$4$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth. Romantic delicacy was certainly
302:331,21@a   | not to$9$ be expected$1$ from him. She must do her
302:331,22@a   | duty, and trust$1$ that$3$ time might make$1$ her duty easier than
302:331,23@a   | it now was.
302:331,24'  !| She could not, though only eighteen, suppose $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's
302:331,25'  !| attachment would hold$1$ out$5$ for*ever; she could not
302:331,26'  !| but imagine that$3$ steady, unceasing discouragement from
302:331,27'  !| herself would put an end$0$ to$4$ it in time. How much time
302:331,28'  !| she might, in her own$2$ fancy$0$, allot for$4$ its dominion, is
302:331,29'  !| another concern$0$. It would not be fair to$9$ enquire into
302:331,30'  !| a young lady's exact$2$ estimate$0$ of her own$2$ perfections.
302:331,31'  !| In spite$8$ of his intended silence$0$, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas found himself
302:331,32'  !| once more obliged to$9$ mention$1$ the subject$0$ to$4$ his niece,
302:331,33'  !| to$9$ prepare her briefly for$4$ its being$1$ imparted to$4$ her aunts;
302:331,34'  !| a measure$0$ which$6#1$ he would still$5$ have avoided, if possible,
302:331,35'  !| but which$6#1$ became necessary from the totally opposite
302:331,36'  !| feelings of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, as to$4$ any secrecy of proceeding.
302:331,37'  !| He had no$2$ idea of concealment. It was all known at the
302:331,38'  !| parsonage, where he loved to$9$ talk$1$ over the future with
302:332, 1'  !| both his sisters; and it would be rather gratifying to$4$ him
302:332, 2'  !| to$9$ have enlightened witnesses of the progress of his success.
302:332, 3'  !| When $MP#E$Sir*Thomas understood this, he felt the
302:332, 4'  !| necessity of making his own$2$ wife and sister-in-law acquainted
302:332, 5'  !| with the business without delay$0$; though on$4$
302:332, 6'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's account$0$, he almost dreaded the effect$0$ of the
302:332, 7'  !| communication to$4$ $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris as much as $MP#A$Fanny herself.
302:332, 8'  !| He deprecated her mistaken, but well-meaning zeal. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
302:332, 9'  !| indeed, was, by$4$ this time, not very far from
302:332,10'  !| classing $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris as one of those well-meaning people,
302:332,11'  !| who$6#1$ are always doing mistaken and very disagreeable
302:332,12'  !| things.
302:332,13'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, however, relieved him. He pressed for$4$
302:332,14'  !| the strictest forbearance and silence$0$ towards their niece;
302:332,15'  !| she not only promised, but did observe it. She only
302:332,16'  !| looked her increased ill-will. Angry she was, bitterly
302:332,17'  !| angry; but she was more angry with $MP#A$Fanny for$4$ having
302:332,18'  !| received such an offer$0$, than for$4$ refusing it. It was an
302:332,19'  !| injury and affront to$4$ $MP#I$Julia, who$6#1$ ought to$9$ have been
302:332,20'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's choice$0$; and, independently of that$6#2$, she
302:332,21'  !| disliked $MP#A$Fanny, because she had neglected her; and
302:332,22'  !| she would have grudged such an elevation to$4$ one whom$6#1$
302:332,23'  !| she had been always trying$1$ to$9$ depress.
302:332,24'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas gave her more credit$0$ for$4$ discretion on$4$ the
302:332,25'  !| occasion$0$ than she deserved; and $MP#A$Fanny could have blessed
302:332,26'  !| her for$4$ allowing her only to$9$ see her displeasure, and not
302:332,27'  !| to$9$ hear it.
302:332,28'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram took it differently. She had been a
302:332,29'  !| beauty, and a prosperous beauty, all her life; and beauty
302:332,30'  !| and wealth were all that$6#1$ excited her respect$0$. To$9$ know
302:332,31'  !| $MP#A$Fanny to$9$ be sought in marriage by$4$ a man of fortune,
302:332,32'  !| raised her, therefore, very much in her opinion. By$4$ convincing
302:332,33'  !| her that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny \was\ very pretty$2$, which$6#1$ she had
302:332,34'  !| been doubting about$4$ before$5$, and that$3$ she would be advantageously
302:332,35'  !| married, it made her feel a sort of credit$0$ in
302:332,36'  !| calling her niece.
302:332,37F  !| "Well$7$, $MP#A$Fanny,"
302:332,37'  !| said she, as soon as they were alone
302:332,38'  !| together afterwards, ~ and she really had known something
302:333, 1'  !| like$9$ impatience, to$9$ be alone with her, and her countenance,
302:333, 2'  !| as she spoke, had extraordinary animation ~
302:333, 3F  !| "Well$7$, $MP#A$Fanny, I have had a very agreeable surprise$0$ this
302:333, 4F  !| morning. I must just$9$ speak of it \once\, I told $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
302:333, 5F  !| I must \once\, and then I shall have done. I give you joy,
302:333, 6F  !| my dear$2#1$ niece." ~
302:333, 6'  !| And looking at her complacently, she
302:333, 7'  !| added
302:333, 7F  !| "Humph ~ We certainly are a handsome family."
302:333, 8'  !| $MP#A$Fanny coloured, and doubted at first what$6#1$ to$9$ say;
302:333, 9'  !| when hoping to$9$ assail her on$4$ her vulnerable side$0$, she
302:333,10'  !| presently answered ~
302:333,11A  !| "My dear$2#1$ aunt, \you\ cannot wish$1$ me to$9$ do differently
302:333,12A  !| from what$6#1$ I have done, I am sure. \You\ cannot wish$1$ me
302:333,13A  !| to$9$ marry; for$3$ you would miss me, should not you? ~
302:333,14A  !| Yes, I am sure you would miss me too$5#1$ much for$4$ that$6#2$."
302:333,15F  !| "No$7$, my dear$2#1$, I should not think of missing you, when
302:333,16F  !| such an offer$0$ as this comes in your way. I could do very
302:333,17F  !| well$9$ without you, if you were married to$4$ a man of such
302:333,18F  !| good estate as $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford. And you must be aware,
302:333,19F  !| $MP#A$Fanny, that$3$ it is every young woman's duty to$9$ accept such
302:333,20F  !| a very unexceptionable offer$0$ as this."
302:333,21'  !| This was almost the only rule of conduct$0$, the only piece
302:333,22'  !| of advice, which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny had ever received from her aunt in
302:333,23'  !| the course$0$ of eight years and a half. ~ It silenced her. She
302:333,24'  !| felt now unprofitable contention would be. If her aunt's
302:333,25'  !| feelings were against her, nothing could be hoped from
302:333,26'  !| attacking her understanding$0$. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram was quite
302:333,27'  !| talkative.
302:333,28F  !| "I will$1$ tell you what$6#1$, $MP#A$Fanny,"
302:333,28'  !| said she. ~
302:333,28F  !| "I am sure he
302:333,29F  !| fell in love$0$ with you at the ball$0#2$, I am sure the mischief was
302:333,30F  !| done that$6#2$ evening. You did look$1$ remarkably well$9$. Every*body
302:333,31F  !| said so$5#2$. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas said so$5#2$. And you know you had
302:333,32F  !| $MP#ZZL$Chapman to$9$ help$1$ you dress$1$. I am very glad I sent
302:333,33F  !| $MP#ZZL$Chapman to$4$ you. I shall tell $MP#E$Sir*Thomas that$3$ I am sure it
302:333,34F  !| was done that$6#2$ evening." ~
302:333,34'  !| And still$5$ pursuing the same
302:333,35'  !| cheerful thoughts, she soon afterwards added, ~
302:333,35F  !| "And
302:333,36F  !| I will$1$ tell you what$6#1$, $MP#A$Fanny ~ which$6#1$ is more than I did for$4$
302:333,37F  !| $MP#H$Maria ~ the next time pug has a litter you shall have
302:333,38F  !| a puppy."
303:334, 1'  !| $MP#B$Edmund had great things to$9$ hear on$4$ his return$0$. Many
303:334, 2'  !| surprises were awaiting him. The first that$6#1$ occurred was
303:334, 3'  !| not least in interest$0$, ~ the appearance of $MP#D$Henry*Crawford
303:334, 4'  !| and his sister walking together through$4$ the village, as he
303:334, 5'  !| rode into it. ~ He had concluded, ~ he had meant them to$9$
303:334, 6'  !| be far distant. His absence had been extended beyond$4$
303:334, 7'  !| a fortnight purposely to$9$ avoid $MP#C$Miss*Crawford. He was
303:334, 8'  !| returning to$4$ Mansfield with spirits ready to$9$ feed on$4$
303:334, 9'  !| melancholy$2$ remembrances, and tender$2$ associations, when
303:334,10'  !| her own$2$ fair self was before$4$ him, leaning on$4$ her brother's
303:334,11'  !| arm$0$; and he found himself receiving a welcome$0$, unquestionably
303:334,12'  !| friendly, from the woman whom$6#1$, two
303:334,13'  !| moments before$5$, he had been thinking of as seventy miles
303:334,14'  !| off, and as farther, much farther from him in inclination
303:334,15'  !| than any distance$0$ could express$1$.
303:334,16'  !| Her reception of him was of a sort which$6#1$ he could not have
303:334,17'  !| hoped for$4$, had he expected$1$ to$9$ see her. Coming as he did
303:334,18'  !| from such a purport fulfilled as had taken him away, he
303:334,19'  !| would have expected$1$ any*thing rather than a look$0$ of
303:334,20'  !| satisfaction, and words of simple$2$, pleasant meaning$0$. It
303:334,21'  !| was enough to$9$ set$1$ his heart in a glow, and to$9$ bring him
303:334,22'  !| home in the properest state$0$ for$4$ feeling$1$ the full value$0$ of the
303:334,23'  !| other joyful surprises at hand$0$.
303:334,24'  !| $MP#Q$William's promotion, with all its particulars, he was
303:334,25'  !| soon master of; and with such a secret$2$ provision of
303:334,26'  !| comfort$0$ within his own$2$ breast to$9$ help$1$ the joy, he found in
303:334,27'  !| it a source of most gratifying sensation$0#1$, and unvarying
303:334,28'  !| cheerfulness all dinner-time.
303:334,29'  !| After$4$ dinner, when he and his father were alone, he had
303:334,30'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's history; and then all the great events of the last$2$
303:334,31'  !| fortnight, and the present$9$ situation of matters at Mansfield
303:334,32'  !| were known to$4$ him.
303:334,33'  !| $MP#A$Fanny suspected what$6#1$ was going on$5$. They sat so$5#1$ much
303:335, 1'  !| longer than usual in the dining*parlour, that$3$ she was sure
303:335, 2'  !| they must be talking of her; and when tea at last$0$ brought
303:335, 3'  !| them away, and she was to$9$ be seen by$4$ $MP#B$Edmund again, she
303:335, 4'  !| felt dreadfully guilty. He came to$4$ her, sat down$5$ by$4$ her,
303:335, 5'  !| took her hand$0$, and pressed it kindly; and at that$6#2$ moment
303:335, 6'  !| she thought$1$ that$3$, but for$4$ the occupation and the scene
303:335, 7'  !| which$6#1$ the tea things afforded, she must have betrayed her
303:335, 8'  !| emotion in some unpardonable excess.
303:335, 9'  !| He was not intending, however, by$4$ such action, to$9$ be
303:335,10'  !| conveying to$4$ her that$6#2$ unqualified approbation and
303:335,11'  !| encouragement which$6#1$ her hopes$0$ drew from it. It was
303:335,12'  !| designed only to$9$ express$1$ his participation in all that$6#1$
303:335,13'  !| interested her, and to$9$ tell her that$3$ he had been hearing
303:335,14'  !| what$6#1$ quickened every feeling$0$ of affection. He was, in fact,
303:335,15'  !| entirely on$4$ his father's side$0$ of the question$0$. His surprise$0$
303:335,16'  !| was not so$5#1$ great as his father's, at her refusing $MP#D$Crawford,
303:335,17'  !| because, so$5#1$ far from supposing her to$9$ consider him with
303:335,18'  !| anything like$9$ a preference, he had always believed it to$9$ be
303:335,19'  !| rather the reverse, and could imagine her to$9$ be taken
303:335,20'  !| perfectly unprepared, but $MP#E$Sir*Thomas could not regard$1$ the
303:335,21'  !| connection as more desirable than he did. It had every
303:335,22'  !| recommendation to$4$ him, and while$9$ honouring her for$4$ what$6#1$
303:335,23'  !| she had done under the influence$0$ of her present$9$ indifference,
303:335,24'  !| honouring her in rather stronger terms than $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
303:335,25'  !| could quite echo, he was most earnest in hoping,
303:335,26'  !| and sanguine in believing, that$3$ it would be a match$0$ at last$0$,
303:335,27'  !| and that$3$, united by$4$ mutual affection, it would appear that$3$
303:335,28'  !| their dispositions were as exactly fitted to$9$ make$1$ them
303:335,29'  !| blessed in each other, as he was now beginning$1$ seriously to$9$
303:335,30'  !| consider them.
303:335,30@b   | $MP#D$Crawford had been too$5#1$ precipitate. He
303:335,31@b   | had not given her time to$9$ attach herself. He had begun at
303:335,32@b   | the wrong$9$ end$0$. With such powers as his, however, and
303:335,33@b   | such a disposition as hers,
303:335,33'  !| $MP#B$Edmund trusted that$3$ every*thing
303:335,34'  !| would work$1$ out$5$ a happy conclusion. Meanwhile, he
303:335,35'  !| saw enough of $MP#A$Fanny's embarrassment to$9$ make$1$ him
303:335,36'  !| scrupulously guard$1$ against exciting it a second$2$ time, by$4$
303:335,37'  !| any word, or look$0$, or movement.
303:335,38'  !| $MP#D$Crawford called the next day, and on$4$ the score of
303:336, 1'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's return$0$, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas felt himself more than
303:336, 2'  !| licensed to$9$ ask him to$9$ stay$1$ dinner; it was really a
303:336, 3'  !| necessary compliment$0$. He staid of course$8$, and $MP#B$Edmund
303:336, 4'  !| had then ample opportunity for$4$ observing how he sped
303:336, 5'  !| with $MP#A$Fanny, and what$6#1$ degree of immediate encouragement
303:336, 6'  !| for$4$ him might be extracted from her manners;
303:336, 6@b   | and it was
303:336, 7@b   | so$5#1$ little, so$5#1$ very very little, (every chance$0$, every possibility
303:336, 8@b   | of it, resting upon her embarrassment only, if there was not
303:336, 9@b   | hope$0$ in her confusion, there was hope$0$ in nothing else) that$3$
303:336,10@b   | he was almost ready to$9$ wonder$1$ at his friend's perseverance.
303:336,11@b   | ~ $MP#A$Fanny was worth it all; he held her to$9$ be worth every
303:336,12@b   | effort of patience, every exertion of mind$0$ ~ but he did not
303:336,13@b   | think he could have gone on$5$ himself with any woman
303:336,14@b   | breathing, without something more to$9$ warm$1$ his courage
303:336,15@b   | than his eyes could discern in hers. He was very willing to$9$
303:336,16@b   | hope$1$ that$3$ $MP#D$Crawford saw clearer; and this was the most
303:336,17@b   | comfortable conclusion for$4$ his friend that$3$ he could come to$4$
303:336,18@b   | from all that$6#1$ he observed to$9$ pass$1$ before$5$, and at, and after$4$
303:336,19@b   | dinner.
303:336,20'  !| In the evening a few circumstances occurred which$6#1$ he
303:336,21'  !| thought$1$ more promising. When he and $MP#D$Crawford walked
303:336,22'  !| into the drawing-room, his mother and $MP#A$Fanny were sitting$1$
303:336,23'  !| as intently and silently at work$0$ as if there were nothing
303:336,24'  !| else to$9$ care$1$ for$4$. $MP#B$Edmund could not help$1$ noticing their
303:336,25'  !| apparently deep tranquillity.
303:336,26F  !| "We have not been so$5#1$ silent all the time,"
303:336,26'  !| replied his
303:336,27'  !| mother.
303:336,27F  !| "$MP#A$Fanny has been reading to$4$ me, and only put the
303:336,28F  !| book down$5$ upon hearing you coming." ~
303:336,28'  !| And sure enough
303:336,29'  !| there was a book on$4$ the table which$6#1$ had the air of being$1$
303:336,30'  !| very recently closed, a volume of $MP#Z1$Shakespeare. ~
303:336,30F  !| "She
303:336,31F  !| often reads to$4$ me out$8$ of those books; and she was in the
303:336,32F  !| middle of a very fine speech of that$6#2$ man's ~ What's his
303:336,33F  !| name$0$, $MP#A$Fanny? ~ when we heard your footsteps."
303:336,34'  !| $MP#D$Crawford took the volume.
303:336,34D  !| "Let me have the pleasure
303:336,35D  !| of finishing that$6#2$ speech to$4$ your ladyship,"
303:336,35'  !| said he.
303:336,36D  !| "I shall find it immediately,"
303:336,36'  !| And by$4$ carefully giving
303:336,37'  !| way to$4$ the inclination of the leaves$0$, he did find it, or within
303:336,38'  !| a page or two, quite near$9$ enough to$9$ satisfy $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,
303:337, 1'  !| who$6#1$ assured him, as soon as he mentioned the name$0$ of
303:337, 2'  !| $MP#Z2$Cardinal*Wolsey, that$3$ he had got the very speech. ~ Not
303:337, 3'  !| a look$0$, or an offer$0$ of help$0$ had $MP#A$Fanny given; not a syllable
303:337, 4'  !| for$4$ or against. All her attention was for$4$ her work$0$. She
303:337, 5'  !| seemed determined$2$ to$9$ be interested by$4$ nothing else. But
303:337, 6'  !| taste was too$5#1$ strong in her. She could not abstract her
303:337, 7'  !| mind$0$ five minutes; she was forced to$9$ listen;
303:337, 7@a   | his reading
303:337, 8@a   | was capital, and her pleasure in good reading extreme$2$.
303:337, 9@a   | To$4$ \good\ reading, however, she had been long$9$ used$1#2$; her
303:337,10@a   | uncle read well$9$ ~ her cousins all ~ $MP#B$Edmund very well$9$; but
303:337,11@a   | in $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's reading there was a variety of excellence
303:337,12@a   | beyond$4$ what$6#1$ she had ever met with. The $MP#Z2$King, the
303:337,13@a   | $MP#Z2$Queen, $MP#Z2$Buckingham, $MP#Z2$Wolsey, $MP#Z2$Cromwell, all were given in
303:337,14@a   | turn$0$; for$3$ with the happiest knack, the happiest power of
303:337,15@a   | jumping and guessing, he could always light$1$, at will$0$, on$4$ the
303:337,16@a   | best scene, or the best speeches of each; and whether
303:337,17@a   | it were dignity or pride, or tenderness or remorse, or
303:337,18@a   | whatever were to$9$ be expressed, he could do it with equal$2$
303:337,19@a   | beauty. ~ It was truly dramatic. ~
303:337,19'  !| His acting had first
303:337,20'  !| taught $MP#A$Fanny what$6#1$ pleasure a play$0$ might give, and his
303:337,21'  !| reading brought all his acting before$4$ her again; nay,
303:337,22'  !| perhaps with greater enjoyment, for$3$ it came unexpectedly,
303:337,23'  !| and with no$2$ such drawback as she had been used$1#2$ to$9$ suffer
303:337,24'  !| in seeing him on$4$ the stage$0#2$ with $MP#H$Miss*Bertram.
303:337,25'  !| $MP#B$Edmund watched the progress of her attention, and was
303:337,26'  !| amused and gratified by$4$ seeing how she gradually slackened
303:337,27'  !| in the needle-work, which$6#1$, at the beginning$0$, seemed to$9$
303:337,28'  !| occupy her totally;
303:337,28@b   | how it fell from her hand$0$ while$9$ she sat
303:337,29@b   | motionless over it ~ and at last$0$, how the eyes which$6#1$ had
303:337,30@b   | appeared so$5#1$ studiously to$9$ avoid him throughout the day,
303:337,31@b   | were turned and fixed on$4$ $MP#D$Crawford, fixed on$4$ him for$4$
303:337,32@b   | minutes, fixed on$4$ him in short$0$ till the attraction drew
303:337,33@b   | $MP#D$Crawford's upon her, and the book was closed, and the
303:337,34@b   | charm$0$ was broken. Then, she was shrinking again into
303:337,35@b   | herself, and blushing and working as hard as ever;
303:337,35'  !| but it
303:337,36'  !| had been enough to$9$ give $MP#B$Edmund encouragement for$4$ his
303:337,37'  !| friend, and as he cordially thanked him, he hoped to$9$ be
303:337,38'  !| expressing $MP#A$Fanny's secret$2$ feelings too$5#2$.
303:338, 1B  !| "That$6#2$ play$0$ must be a favourite$0$ with you,"
303:338, 1'  !| said he;
303:338, 2B  !| "You read as if you knew it well$9$."
303:338, 3D  !| "It will$1$ be a favourite$0$ I believe from this hour,"
303:338, 3'  !| replied
303:338, 4'  !| $MP#D$Crawford; ~
303:338, 4D  !| "but I do not think I have had a volume of
303:338, 5D  !| $MP#Z1$Shakespeare in my hand$0$ before$5$, since I was fifteen. ~ I
303:338, 6D  !| once saw Henry*the*8th acted. ~ Or I have heard of it
303:338, 7D  !| from somebody who$6#1$ did ~ I am not certain which$6#2$. But
303:338, 8D  !| $MP#Z1$Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing
303:338, 9D  !| how. It is a part$0$ of an Englishman's constitution. His
303:338,10D  !| thoughts and beauties are so$5#1$ spread abroad that$3$ one
303:338,11D  !| touches them every*where, one is intimate$2$ with him by$4$
303:338,12D  !| instinct. ~ No$2$ man of any brain can open$1$ at a good part$0$
303:338,13D  !| of one of his plays$0$, without falling into the flow$0$ of his
303:338,14D  !| meaning$0$ immediately."
303:338,15B  !| "No$2$ doubt$0$, one is familiar with $MP#Z1$Shakespeare in a degree,"
303:338,16'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund,
303:338,16B  !| "from one's earliest years. His celebrated
303:338,17B  !| passages are quoted by$4$ every*body; they are in half the
303:338,18B  !| books we open$1$, and we all talk$1$ $MP#Z1$Shakespeare, use$1$ his
303:338,19B  !| similies, and describe with his descriptions; but this is
303:338,20B  !| totally distinct from giving his sense as you gave it. To$9$
303:338,21B  !| know him in bits and scraps, is common$2$ enough; to$9$ know
303:338,22B  !| him pretty$5$ thoroughly, is, perhaps, not uncommon; but to$9$
303:338,23B  !| read him well$9$ aloud, is no$2$ every-day talent."
303:338,24D  !| "Sir, you do me honour$0$;"
303:338,24'  !| was $MP#D$Crawford's answer$0$, with
303:338,25'  !| a bow$0#1$ of mock gravity.
303:338,26'  !| Both gentlemen had a glance$0$ at $MP#A$Fanny, to$9$ see if a word
303:338,27'  !| of accordant praise$0$ could be extorted from her; yet both
303:338,28'  !| feeling$1$ that$3$ it could not be. Her praise$0$ had been given in
303:338,29'  !| her attention; \that$6#2$\ must content them.
303:338,30'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's admiration was expressed, and strongly
303:338,31'  !| too$5#2$.
303:338,31F  !| "It was really like$9$ being$1$ at a play$0$,"
303:338,31'  !| said she. ~
303:338,32F  !| "I wish$1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had been here."
303:338,33'  !| $MP#D$Crawford was excessively pleased. ~
303:338,33@d   | If $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,
303:338,34@d   | with all her incompetency and languor, could feel this, the
303:338,35@d   | inference of what$6#1$ her niece, alive and enlightened as she
303:338,36@d   | was, must feel, was elevating.
303:338,37F  !| "You have a great turn$0$ for$4$ acting, I am sure, $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,"
303:338,38'  !| said her Ladyship soon afterwards ~
303:338,38F  !| "and I will$1$ tell
303:339, 1F  !| you what$6#1$, I think you will$1$ have a theatre, some time or
303:339, 2F  !| other, at your house in Norfolk. I mean$1$ when you are
303:339, 3F  !| settled$1$ there. I do, indeed. I think you will$1$ fit$1$ up
303:339, 4F  !| a theatre at your house in Norfolk."
303:339, 5D  !| "Do you, Ma'am?"
303:339, 5'  !| cried he with quickness.
303:339, 5D  !| "No$7$, no$7$,
303:339, 6D  !| that$6#2$ will$1$ never be. Your Ladyship is quite mistaken. No$2$
303:339, 7D  !| theatre at Everingham| Oh| no$7$." ~
303:339, 7'  !| And he looked at
303:339, 8'  !| $MP#A$Fanny with an expressive smile$0$, which$6#1$ evidently meant,
303:339, 9D  !| "that$6#2$ lady will$1$ never allow a theatre at Everingham."
303:339,10'  !| $MP#B$Edmund saw it all,
303:339,10@b   | and saw $MP#A$Fanny so$5#1$ determined$2$ \not\ to$9$
303:339,11@b   | see it, as to$9$ make$1$ it clear$2$ that$3$ the voice was enough to$9$
303:339,12@b   | convey the full meaning$0$ of the protestation; and such
303:339,13@b   | a quick$2$ consciousness of compliment$0$, such a ready comprehension
303:339,14@b   | of a hint$0$,
303:339,14'  !| he thought$1$,
303:339,14@b   | was rather favourable
303:339,15@b   | than not.
303:339,16'  !| The subject$0$ of reading aloud was farther discussed.
303:339,17'  !| The two young men were the only talkers, but they,
303:339,18'  !| standing$1$ by$4$ the fire$0$, talked over the too$5#1$ common$2$ neglect$0$ of
303:339,19'  !| the qualification, the total inattention to$4$ it, in the ordinary
303:339,20'  !| school-system for$4$ boys, the consequently natural$2$ ~ yet in
303:339,21'  !| some instances almost unnatural degree of ignorance and
303:339,22'  !| uncouthness of men, of sensible$2#2$ and well-informed men,
303:339,23'  !| when suddenly called to$4$ the necessity of reading aloud,
303:339,24'  !| which$6#1$ had fallen within their notice$0$, giving instances of
303:339,25'  !| blunders, and failures with their secondary causes, the
303:339,26'  !| want$0$ of management of the voice, of proper modulation
303:339,27'  !| and emphasis, of foresight and judgment, all proceeding
303:339,28'  !| from the first cause, want$1$ of early attention and habit;
303:339,29'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny was listening again with great entertainment.
303:339,30B  !| "Even$5$ in my profession$0#2$" ~
303:339,30'  !| said $MP#B$Edmund with a smile$0$
303:339,31'  !| ~
303:339,31B  !| "how little the art of reading has been studied| how
303:339,32B  !| little a clear$2$ manner, and good delivery, have been attended
303:339,33B  !| to$4$| I speak rather of the past$0$, however, than the present$0#1$.
303:339,34B  !| ~ There is now a spirit of improvement abroad; but
303:339,35B  !| among those who$6#1$ were ordained twenty, thirty, forty years
303:339,36B  !| ago, the larger number, to$9$ judge$1$ by$4$ their performance,
303:339,37B  !| must have thought$1$ reading was reading, and preaching was
303:339,38B  !| preaching. It is different now. The subject$0$ is more justly
303:340, 1B  !| considered. It is felt that$3$ distinctness and energy may$1$
303:340, 2B  !| have weight in recommending the most solid truths; and,
303:340, 3B  !| besides, there is more general$2$ observation and taste,
303:340, 4B  !| a more critical knowledge diffused, than formerly; in
303:340, 5B  !| every congregation, there is a larger proportion who$6#1$ know
303:340, 6B  !| a little of the matter, and who$6#1$ can judge$1$ and criticize."
303:340, 7'  !| $MP#B$Edmund had already gone through$4$ the service once since
303:340, 8'  !| his ordination; and upon this being$1$ understood, he had
303:340, 9'  !| a variety of questions from $MP#D$Crawford as to$4$ his feelings and
303:340,10'  !| success; questions which$6#1$ being$1$ made ~ though with the
303:340,11'  !| vivacity of friendly interest$0$ and quick$2$ taste ~ without any
303:340,12'  !| touch$0$ of that$6#2$ spirit of banter or air of levity which$6#1$ $MP#B$Edmund
303:340,13'  !| knew to$9$ be most offensive to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, he had true pleasure in
303:340,14'  !| satisfying; and when $MP#D$Crawford proceeded to$9$ ask his
303:340,15'  !| opinion and give his own$2$ as to$4$ the properest manner in
303:340,16'  !| which$6#1$ particular passages in the service should be delivered,
303:340,17'  !| shewing it to$9$ be a subject$0$ on$4$ which$6#1$ he had thought$1$
303:340,18'  !| before$5$, and thought$1$ with judgment, $MP#B$Edmund was still$5$
303:340,19'  !| more and more pleased.
303:340,19@b   | This would be the way to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's
303:340,20@b   | heart. She was not to$9$ be won by$4$ all that$6#1$ gallantry and wit$0#1$,
303:340,21@b   | and good*nature together, could do; or at least, she would
303:340,22@b   | not be won by$4$ them nearly so$5#1$ soon, without the assistance
303:340,23@b   | of sentiment and feeling$0$, and seriousness on$4$ serious$2$
303:340,24@b   | subjects.
303:340,25D  !| "Our liturgy,"
303:340,25'  !| observed $MP#D$Crawford,
303:340,25D  !| "has beauties,
303:340,26D  !| which$6#1$ not even$5$ a careless, slovenly style of reading can
303:340,27D  !| destroy; but it has also redundancies and repetitions,
303:340,28D  !| which$6#1$ require good reading not to$9$ be felt. For$4$ myself, at
303:340,29D  !| least, I must confess being$1$ not always so$5#1$ attentive as
303:340,30D  !| I ought to$9$ be ~
303:340,30'  !| (here was a glance$0$ at $MP#A$Fanny)
303:340,30D  !| that$3$ nineteen
303:340,31D  !| times out$8$ of twenty I am thinking how such a prayer
303:340,32D  !| ought to$9$ be read, and longing$1$ to$9$ have it to$9$ read myself ~
303:340,33D  !| Did you speak?"
303:340,33'  !| stepping eagerly to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and addressing
303:340,34'  !| her in a softened voice; and upon her saying,
303:340,34A  !| "No$7$,"
303:340,35'  !| he added,
303:340,35D  !| "Are you sure you did not speak? I saw your
303:340,36D  !| lips move$1$. I fancied you might be going to$9$ tell me
303:340,37D  !| I \ought\ to$9$ be more attentive, and not \allow\ my thoughts to$9$
303:340,38D  !| wander. Are not you going to$9$ tell me so$5#2$?"
303:341, 1A  !| "No$7$, indeed, you know your duty too$5#1$ well$9$ for$4$ me to$9$ ~
303:341, 2A  !| even$5$ supposing ~"
303:341, 3'  !| She stopt, felt herself getting into a puzzle$0$, and could not
303:341, 4'  !| be prevailed on$5$ to$9$ add another word, not by$4$ dint of several
303:341, 5'  !| minutes of supplication and waiting. He then returned to$4$
303:341, 6'  !| his former station, and went on$5$ as if there had been no$2$ such
303:341, 7'  !| tender$2$ interruption.
303:341, 8D  !| "A sermon, well$9$ delivered, is more uncommon even$5$ than
303:341, 9D  !| prayers well$9$ read. A sermon, good in itself, is no$2$ rare
303:341,10D  !| thing. It is more difficult to$9$ speak well$9$ than to$9$ compose
303:341,11D  !| well$9$; that$6#2$ is, the rules$0$ and trick$0$ of composition are oftener
303:341,12D  !| an object$0$ of study$0$. A thoroughly good sermon, thoroughly
303:341,13D  !| well$9$ delivered, is a capital gratification. I can never hear
303:341,14D  !| such a one without the greatest admiration and respect$0$,
303:341,15D  !| and more than half a mind$0$ to$9$ take orders$0#2$ and preach
303:341,16D  !| myself. There is something in the eloquence of the pulpit,
303:341,17D  !| when it is really eloquence, which$6#1$ is entitled to$4$ the highest
303:341,18D  !| praise$0$ and honour$0$. The preacher who$6#1$ can touch$1$ and
303:341,19D  !| affect such an heterogeneous mass of hearers, on$4$ subjects
303:341,20D  !| limited, and long$9$ worn thread-bare in all common$2$ hands;
303:341,21D  !| who$6#2$ can say any*thing new or striking, any*thing that$6#1$
303:341,22D  !| rouses the attention, without offending the taste, or
303:341,23D  !| wearing out$5$ the feelings of his hearers, is a man whom$6#1$ one
303:341,24D  !| could not (in his public$2$ capacity) honour$0$ enough. I should
303:341,25D  !| like$1$ to$9$ be such a man."
303:341,26'  !| $MP#B$Edmund laughed.
303:341,27D  !| "I should indeed. I never listened to$4$ a distinguished
303:341,28D  !| preacher in my life, without a sort of envy$0$. But then,
303:341,29D  !| I must have a London audience. I could not preach, but
303:341,30D  !| to$4$ the educated; to$4$ those who$6#1$ were capable of estimating
303:341,31D  !| my composition. And, I do not know that$3$ I should be fond
303:341,32D  !| of preaching often; now and then, perhaps, once or twice
303:341,33D  !| in the spring$0$, after$4$ being$1$ anxiously expected$1$ for$4$ half
303:341,34D  !| a dozen Sundays together; but not for$4$ a constancy; it
303:341,35D  !| would not do for$4$ a constancy."
303:341,36'  !| Here $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#1$ could not but listen, involuntarily
303:341,37'  !| shook her head$0$, and $MP#D$Crawford was instantly by$4$ her side$0$
303:341,38'  !| again, intreating to$9$ know her meaning$0$; and as $MP#B$Edmund
303:342, 1'  !| perceived,
303:342, 1@b   | by$4$ his drawing in a chair, and sitting$1$ down$5$ close$9$
303:342, 2@b   | by$4$ her, that$3$ it was to$9$ be a very thorough attack$0$, that$3$ looks$0$
303:342, 3@b   | and undertones were to$9$ be well$9$ tried,
303:342, 3'  !| he sank as quietly
303:342, 4'  !| as possible into a corner, turned his back$0$, and took up
303:342, 5'  !| a newspaper,
303:342, 5@b   | very sincerely wishing that$3$ dear$2#1$ little $MP#A$Fanny
303:342, 6@b   | might be persuaded into explaining away that$6#2$ shake$0$ of the
303:342, 7@b   | head$0$ to$4$ the satisfaction of her ardent lover;
303:342, 7'  !| and as
303:342, 8'  !| earnestly trying$1$ to$9$ bury every sound$0$ of the business from
303:342, 9'  !| himself in murmurs of his own$2$, over the various advertisements
303:342,10'  !| of
303:342,10B  !| "a most desirable estate in South*Wales" ~ "To$4$
303:342,11B  !| Parents and Guardians"
303:342,11'  !| and a
303:342,11B  !| "Capital season'd Hunter."
303:342,12'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, meanwhile,
303:342,12@a   | vexed with herself for$4$ not having
303:342,13@a   | been as motionless as she was speechless, and grieved to$4$ the
303:342,14@a   | heart to$9$ see $MP#B$Edmund's arrangements,
303:342,14'  !| was trying$1$, by$4$ every*thing
303:342,15'  !| in the power of her modest gentle nature, to$9$ repulse
303:342,16'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, and avoid both his looks$0$ and enquiries; and
303:342,17'  !| he unrepulsable was persisting in both.
303:342,18D  !| "What$6#2$ did that$6#2$ shake$0$ of the head$0$ mean$1$?"
303:342,18'  !| said he.
303:342,19D  !| "What$6#2$ was it meant to$9$ express$1$? Disapprobation, I fear$1$.
303:342,20D  !| But of what$6#2$? ~ What$6#2$ had I been saying to$9$ displease you?
303:342,21D  !| ~ Did you think me speaking improperly? ~ lightly,
303:342,22D  !| irreverently on$4$ the subject$0$? ~ Only tell me if I was. Only
303:342,23D  !| tell me if I was wrong$9$. I want$0$ to$9$ be set$1$ right$2#1$. Nay, nay,
303:342,24D  !| I entreat you; for$4$ one moment put down$5$ your work$0$.
303:342,25D  !| What$6#2$ did that$6#2$ shake$0$ of the head$0$ mean$1$?"
303:342,26'  !| In vain was her
303:342,26A  !| "Pray, Sir, don't ~ pray, $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,"
303:342,27'  !| repeated twice over; and in vain did she try to$9$ move$1$
303:342,28'  !| away ~ In the same low eager voice, and the same close$9$
303:342,29'  !| neighbourhood, he went on$5$, re-urging the same questions
303:342,30'  !| as before$5$. She grew more agitated and displeased.
303:342,31A  !| "How can you, Sir? You quite astonish me ~ I wonder$1$
303:342,32A  !| how you can" ~
303:342,33D  !| "Do I astonish you?"
303:342,33'  !| said he.
303:342,33D  !| "Do you wonder$1$?
303:342,34D  !| Is there any*thing in my present$9$ intreaty that$6#1$ you do not
303:342,35D  !| understand? I will$1$ explain to$4$ you instantly all that$6#1$ makes
303:342,36D  !| me urge you in this manner, all that$6#1$ gives me an interest$0$ in
303:342,37D  !| what$6#1$ you look$1$ and do, and excites my present$9$ curiosity.
303:342,38D  !| I will$1$ not leave$1$ you to$9$ wonder$1$ long$9$."
303:343, 1'  !| In spite$8$ of herself, she could not help$1$ half a smile$0$, but
303:343, 2'  !| she said nothing.
303:343, 3D  !| "You shook your head$0$ at my acknowledging that$3$
303:343, 4D  !| I should not like$1$ to$9$ engage in the duties of a clergyman
303:343, 5D  !| always, for$4$ a constancy. Yes, that$6#2$ was the word. Constancy,
303:343, 6D  !| I am not afraid of the word. I would spell it, read
303:343, 7D  !| it, write it with any*body. I see nothing alarming in the
303:343, 8D  !| word. Did you think I ought?"
303:343, 9A  !| "Perhaps, Sir,"
303:343, 9'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, wearied at last$0$ into
303:343,10'  !| speaking ~
303:343,10A  !| "perhaps, Sir, I thought$1$ it was a pity$0$ you did
303:343,11A  !| not always know yourself as well$9$ as you seemed to$9$ do at
303:343,12A  !| that$6#2$ moment."
303:343,13'  !| $MP#D$Crawford, delighted to$9$ get her to$9$ speak at any rate$0$, was
303:343,14'  !| determined$2$ to$9$ keep it up; and poor $MP#A$Fanny,
303:343,14@a   | who$6#1$ had
303:343,15@a   | hoped to$9$ silence$1$ him by$4$ such an extremity of reproof, found
303:343,16@a   | herself sadly mistaken, and that$3$ it was only a change$0$ from
303:343,17@a   | one object$0$ of curiosity and one set$0$ of words to$4$ another.
303:343,18@d   | He had always something to$9$ intreat the explanation of.
303:343,19@d   | The opportunity was too$5#1$ fair. None such had occurred
303:343,20@d   | since his seeing her in her uncle's room, none such might
303:343,21@d   | occur again before$4$ his leaving Mansfield. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's
303:343,22@d   | being$1$ just$9$ on$4$ the other side$0$ of the table was a trifle$0$, for$3$
303:343,22@d   | she
303:343,23@d   | might always be considered as only half awake$2$, and
303:343,24@d   | $MP#B$Edmund's advertisements were still$5$ of the first utility.
303:343,25D  !| "Well$7$,"
303:343,25'  !| said $MP#D$Crawford, after$4$ a course$0$ of rapid questions
303:343,26'  !| and reluctant answers ~
303:343,26D  !| "I am happier than I was,
303:343,27D  !| because I now understand more clearly your opinion of me.
303:343,28D  !| You think me unsteady ~ easily swayed by$4$ the whim of the
303:343,29D  !| moment ~ easily tempted ~ easily put aside. With such an
303:343,30D  !| opinion, no$2$ wonder$0$ that$3$ ~ But we shall see. ~ It is not by$4$
303:343,31D  !| protestations that$3$ I shall endeavour$1$ to$9$ convince you I am
303:343,32D  !| wronged, it is not by$4$ telling you that$3$ my affections are
303:343,33D  !| steady. My conduct$0$ shall speak for$4$ me ~ absence,
303:343,34D  !| distance$0$, time shall speak for$4$ me. ~ \They\ shall prove, that$3$
303:343,35D  !| as far as you can be deserved by$4$ any*body, I do deserve
303:343,36D  !| you. ~ You are infinitely my superior$0$ in merit$0$; all \that$6#1$\
303:343,37D  !| I know. ~ You have qualities which$6#1$ I had not before$5$
303:343,38D  !| supposed to$9$ exist in such a degree in any human creature.
303:344, 1D  !| You have some touches of the angel in you, beyond$4$ what$6#1$ ~
303:344, 2D  !| not merely beyond$4$ what$6#1$ one sees, because one never sees
303:344, 3D  !| any*thing like$9$ it ~ but beyond$4$ what$6#1$ one fancies$1$ might be.
303:344, 4D  !| But still$5$ I am not frightened. It is not by$4$ equality of merit$0$
303:344, 5D  !| that$3$ you can be won. That$6#2$ is out$8$ of the question$0$. It is he
303:344, 6D  !| who$6#1$ sees and worships your merit$0$ the strongest, who$6#1$ loves
303:344, 7D  !| you most devotedly, that$6#1$ has the best right$0$ to$4$ a return$0$.
303:344, 8D  !| There I build my confidence. By$4$ that$6#2$ right$0$ I do and will$1$
303:344, 9D  !| deserve you; and when once convinced that$3$ my attachment
303:344,10D  !| is what$6#1$ I declare it, I know you too$5#1$ well$9$ not to$9$
303:344,11D  !| entertain the warmest hopes$0$ ~ Yes, dearest, sweetest
303:344,12D  !| $MP#A$Fanny ~ Nay ~
303:344,12'  !| (seeing her draw back$5$ displeased)
303:344,12D  !| forgive
303:344,13D  !| me. Perhaps I have as yet no$2$ right$0$ ~ but by$4$ what$6#2$ other
303:344,14D  !| name$0$ can I call$1$ you? Do you suppose you are ever
303:344,15D  !| present$9$ to$4$ my imagination under any other? No$7$, it is
303:344,16D  !| ""$MP#A$Fanny"" that$6#1$ I think of all day, and dream$1$ of all night. ~
303:344,17D  !| You have given the name$0$ such reality of sweetness, that$3$
303:344,18D  !| nothing else can now be descriptive of you."
303:344,19'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could hardly have kept her seat any longer, or
303:344,20'  !| have refrained from at least trying$1$ to$9$ get away in spite$8$ of
303:344,21'  !| all the too$5#1$ public$2$ opposition she foresaw to$4$ it, had it not
303:344,22'  !| been for$4$ the sound$0$ of approaching relief, the very sound$0$
303:344,23'  !| which$6#1$ she had been long$9$ watching for$4$, and long$9$ thinking
303:344,24'  !| strangely delayed.
303:344,25'  !| The solemn procession, headed by$4$ $MP#K$Baddely, of tea-board,
303:344,26'  !| urn, and cake-bearers, made its appearance, and delivered
303:344,27'  !| her from a grievous imprisonment of body and mind$0$.
303:344,28'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was obliged to$9$ move$1$. She was at liberty,
303:344,29'  !| she was busy, she was protected.
303:344,30'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was not sorry to$9$ be admitted again among the
303:344,31'  !| number of those who$6#1$ might speak and hear. But though
303:344,32'  !| the conference had seemed full long$9$ to$4$ him, and though on$4$
303:344,33'  !| looking at $MP#A$Fanny he saw rather a flush of vexation, he
303:344,34'  !| inclined to$9$ hope$1$ that$3$ so$5#1$ much could not have been said and
303:344,35'  !| listened to$4$, without some profit to$4$ the speaker.
304:345, 1'  !| $MP#B$Edmund had determined$1$ that$3$ it belonged entirely to$4$
304:345, 2'  !| $MP#A$Fanny to$9$ chuse whether her situation with regard$0$ to$4$
304:345, 3'  !| $MP#D$Crawford should be mentioned between them or not;
304:345, 4'  !| and that$3$ if she did not lead$1$ the way, it should never be
304:345, 5'  !| touched on$5$ by$4$ him; but after$4$ a day or two of mutual
304:345, 6'  !| reserve$0$, he was induced by$4$ his father to$9$ change$1$ his mind$0$,
304:345, 7'  !| and try what$6#1$ his influence$0$ might do for$4$ his friend.
304:345, 8'  !| A day, and a very early day, was actually fixed for$4$ the
304:345, 9'  !| $MP#D1$Crawfords' departure; and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas thought$1$
304:345, 9@e   | it might
304:345,10@e   | be as well$9$ to$9$ make$1$ one more effort for$4$ the young man
304:345,11@e   | before$3$ he left$1$ Mansfield, that$3$ all his professions and vows
304:345,12@e   | of unshaken attachment might have as much hope$0$ to$9$
304:345,13@e   | sustain them as possible.
304:345,14'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was most cordially anxious for$4$ the perfection
304:345,15'  !| of $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's character in that$6#2$ point$0$.
304:345,15@e   | He wished
304:345,16@e   | him to$9$ be a model of constancy; and fancied the best
304:345,17@e   | means$0$ of effecting it would be by$4$ not trying$1$ him too$5#1$ long$9$.
304:345,18'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was not unwilling to$9$ be persuaded to$9$ engage
304:345,19'  !| in the business;
304:345,19@b   | he wanted to$9$ know $MP#A$Fanny's feelings.
304:345,20@b   | She had been used$1#2$ to$9$ consult him in every difficulty, and
304:345,21@b   | he loved her too$5#1$ well$9$ to$9$ bear$1$ to$9$ be denied her confidence
304:345,22@b   | now; he hoped to$9$ be of service to$4$ her, he thought$1$ he must
304:345,23@b   | be of service to$4$ her, whom$6#1$ else had she to$9$ open$1$ her heart
304:345,24@b   | to$4$? If she did not need$0$ counsel$0$, she must need$1$ the comfort$0$
304:345,25@b   | of communication. $MP#A$Fanny estranged from him,
304:345,26@b   | silent and reserved, was an unnatural state$0$ of things;
304:345,27@b   | a state$0$ which$6#1$ he must break through$5$, and which$6#1$ he
304:345,28@b   | could easily learn to$9$ think she was wanting him to$9$ break
304:345,29@b   | through$5$.
304:345,30B  !| "I will$1$ speak to$4$ her, Sir; I will$1$ take the first opportunity
304:345,31B  !| of speaking to$4$ her alone,"
304:345,31'  !| was the result$0$ of such
304:345,32'  !| thoughts as these; and upon $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's information
304:346, 1'  !| of her being$1$ at that$6#2$ very time walking alone in the shrubbery,
304:346, 2'  !| he instantly joined her.
304:346, 3B  !| "I am come to$9$ walk$1$ with you, $MP#A$Fanny,"
304:346, 3'  !| said he.
304:346, 4B  !| "Shall I?" ~
304:346, 4'  !| (drawing her arm$0$ within his,)
304:346, 4B  !| "it is a long$9$
304:346, 5B  !| while$0$ since we have had a comfortable walk$0$ together."
304:346, 6'  !| She assented to$4$ it all rather by$4$ look$0$ than word. Her
304:346, 7'  !| spirits were low.
304:346, 8B  !| "But, $MP#A$Fanny,"
304:346, 8'  !| he presently added,
304:346, 8B  !| "in order$8$ to$9$ have
304:346, 9B  !| a comfortable walk$0$, something more is necessary than
304:346,10B  !| merely pacing this gravel together. You must talk$1$ to$4$
304:346,11B  !| me. I know you have something on$4$ your mind$0$. I know
304:346,12B  !| what$6#1$ you are thinking of. You cannot suppose me uninformed.
304:346,13B  !| Am I to$9$ hear of it from every*body but $MP#A$Fanny
304:346,14B  !| herself?"
304:346,15'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, at once agitated and dejected, replied,
304:346,15A  !| "If you
304:346,16A  !| hear of it from every*body, cousin, there can be nothing
304:346,17A  !| for$4$ me to$9$ tell."
304:346,18B  !| "Not of facts, perhaps; but of feelings, $MP#A$Fanny. No*one
304:346,19B  !| but you can tell me them. I do not mean$1$ to$9$ press$1$
304:346,20B  !| you, however. If it is not what$6#1$ you wish$1$ yourself, I have
304:346,21B  !| done. I had thought$1$ it might be a relief."
304:346,22A  !| "I am afraid we think too$5#1$ differently, for$4$ me to$9$ find
304:346,23A  !| any relief in talking of what$6#1$ I feel."
304:346,24B  !| "Do you suppose that$3$ we think differently? I have
304:346,25B  !| no$2$ idea of it. I dare$1#2$ say, that$3$ on$4$ a comparison of our
304:346,26B  !| opinions, they would be found as much alike as they have
304:346,27B  !| been used$1#2$ to$9$ be: to$4$ the point$0$ ~ I consider $MP#D$Crawford's
304:346,28B  !| proposals as most advantageous and desirable, if you could
304:346,29B  !| return$1$ his affection. I consider it as most natural$2$ that$3$ all
304:346,30B  !| your family should wish$1$ you could return$1$ it; but that$3$
304:346,31B  !| as you cannot, you have done exactly as you ought in
304:346,32B  !| refusing him. Can there be any disagreement between
304:346,33B  !| us here?"
304:346,34A  !| "Oh no$7$| But I thought$1$ you blamed me. I thought$1$
304:346,35A  !| you were against me. This is such a comfort$0$."
304:346,36B  !| "This comfort$0$ you might have had sooner, $MP#A$Fanny, had
304:346,37B  !| you sought it. But how could you possibly suppose me
304:346,38B  !| against you? How could you imagine me an advocate
304:347, 1B  !| for$4$ marriage without love$0$? Were I even$5$ careless in
304:347, 2B  !| general$0$ on$4$ such matters, how could you imagine me so$5#2$
304:347, 3B  !| where \your\ happiness was at stake$0$?"
304:347, 4A  !| "My uncle thought$1$ me wrong$9$, and I knew he had been
304:347, 5A  !| talking to$4$ you."
304:347, 6B  !| "As far as you have gone, $MP#A$Fanny, I think you perfectly
304:347, 7B  !| right$2#1$. I may$1$ be sorry, I may$1$ be surprised ~ though
304:347, 8B  !| hardly \that$6#2$\, for$3$ you had not had time to$9$ attach yourself;
304:347, 9B  !| but I think you perfectly right$2#1$. Can it admit of a question$0$?
304:347,10B  !| It is disgraceful to$4$ us if it does. You did not love$1$
304:347,11B  !| him ~ nothing could have justified your accepting him."
304:347,12'  !| $MP#A$Fanny had not felt so$5#1$ comfortable for$4$ days and days.
304:347,13B  !| "So$5#1$ far your conduct$0$ has been faultless, and they were
304:347,14B  !| quite mistaken who$6#1$ wished you to$9$ do otherwise. But the
304:347,15B  !| matter does not end$1$ here. $MP#D$Crawford's is no$2$ common$2$
304:347,16B  !| attachment; he perseveres, with the hope$0$ of creating
304:347,17B  !| that$6#2$ regard$0$ which$6#1$ had not been created before$5$. This,
304:347,18B  !| we know, must be a work$0$ of time. But
304:347,18'  !| (with an affectionate
304:347,19'  !| smile$0$),
304:347,19B  !| let him succeed at last$0$, $MP#A$Fanny, let him
304:347,20B  !| succeed at last$0$. You have proved yourself upright and
304:347,21B  !| disinterested, prove yourself grateful and tender-hearted;
304:347,22B  !| and then you will$1$ be the perfect$2$ model of a woman, which$6#1$
304:347,23B  !| I have always believed you born$1#1$ for$4$."
304:347,24A  !| "Oh| never, never, never; he never will$1$ succeed with
304:347,25A  !| me."
304:347,25'  !| And she spoke with a warmth which$6#1$ quite astonished
304:347,26'  !| $MP#B$Edmund, and which$6#1$ she blushed at the recollection
304:347,27'  !| of herself, when she saw his look$0$, and heard him reply$1$,
304:347,28B  !| "Never, $MP#A$Fanny, so$5#1$ very determined$2$ and positive| This
304:347,29B  !| is not like$9$ yourself, your rational self."
304:347,30A  !| "I mean$1$,"
304:347,30'  !| she cried, sorrowfully, correcting herself,
304:347,31A  !| "that$3$ I \think\, I never shall, as far as the future can be
304:347,32A  !| answered for$5$ ~ I think I never shall return$1$ his regard$0$."
304:347,33B  !| "I must hope$1$ better$9$ things. I am aware, more aware
304:347,34B  !| than $MP#D$Crawford can be, that$3$ the man who$6#1$ means$1$ to$9$ make$1$
304:347,35B  !| you love$1$ him (you having due$2$ notice$0$ of his intentions),
304:347,36B  !| must have very up-hill work$0$, for$3$ there are all your early
304:347,37B  !| attachments, and habits, in battle array; and before$3$ he
304:347,38B  !| can get your heart for$4$ his own$2$ use$0$, he has to$9$ unfasten it
304:348, 1B  !| from all the holds upon things animate$2$ and inanimate,
304:348, 2B  !| which$6#1$ so$5#1$ many years growth have confirmed, and which$6#1$
304:348, 3B  !| are considerably tightened for$4$ the moment by$4$ the very
304:348, 4B  !| idea of separation. I know that$3$ the apprehension of
304:348, 5B  !| being$1$ forced to$9$ quit Mansfield will$1$ for$4$ a time be arming
304:348, 6B  !| you against him. I wish$1$ he had not been obliged to$9$ tell
304:348, 7B  !| you what$6#1$ he was trying$1$ for$4$. I wish$1$ he had known you
304:348, 8B  !| as well$9$ as I do, $MP#A$Fanny. Between us, I think we should
304:348, 9B  !| have won you. My theoretical and his practical knowledge
304:348,10B  !| together, could not have failed. He should have
304:348,11B  !| worked upon my plans. I must hope$1$, however, that$3$ time
304:348,12B  !| proving him (as I firmly believe it will$1$), to$9$ deserve you
304:348,13B  !| by$4$ his steady affection, will$1$ give him his reward$0$. I cannot
304:348,14B  !| suppose that$3$ you have not the \wish$0$\ to$9$ love$1$ him ~ the
304:348,15B  !| natural$2$ wish$0$ of gratitude. You must have some feeling$0$
304:348,16B  !| of that$6#2$ sort. You must be sorry for$4$ your own$2$ indifference."
304:348,17A  !| "We are so$5#1$ totally unlike,"
304:348,17'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, avoiding a
304:348,18'  !| direct$2$ answer$0$,
304:348,18A  !| "we are so$5#1$ very, very different in all our
304:348,19A  !| inclinations and ways, that$3$ I consider it as quite impossible
304:348,20A  !| we should ever be tolerably happy together, even$5$ if
304:348,21A  !| I \could\ like$1$ him. There never were two people more dissimilar.
304:348,22A  !| We have not one taste in common$0$. We should
304:348,23A  !| be miserable."
304:348,24B  !| "You are mistaken, $MP#A$Fanny. The dissimilarity is not
304:348,25B  !| so$5#1$ strong. You are quite enough alike. You \have\ tastes
304:348,26B  !| in common$0$. You have moral and literary tastes in common$2$.
304:348,27B  !| You have both warm$2$ hearts and benevolent feelings;
304:348,28B  !| and $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#2$ that$6#1$ heard him read, and saw you
304:348,29B  !| listen to$4$ $MP#Z1$Shakespeare the other night, will$1$ think you
304:348,30B  !| unfitted as companions? You forget yourself: there is
304:348,31B  !| a decided$2$ difference in your tempers, I allow. He is lively,
304:348,32B  !| you are serious$2$; but so$5#1$ much the better$9$; his spirits will$1$
304:348,33B  !| support$1$ yours. It is your disposition to$9$ be easily dejected,
304:348,34B  !| and to$9$ fancy$1$ difficulties greater than they are. His cheerfulness
304:348,35B  !| will$1$ counteract this. He sees difficulties no*where;
304:348,36B  !| and his pleasantness and gaiety will$1$ be a constant support$0$
304:348,37B  !| to$4$ you. Your being$1$ so$5#1$ far unlike, $MP#A$Fanny, does not in the
304:348,38B  !| smallest degree make$1$ against the probability of your happiness
304:349, 1B  !| together: do not imagine it. I am myself convinced
304:349, 2B  !| that$3$ it is rather a favourable circumstance. I am
304:349, 3B  !| perfectly persuaded that$3$ the tempers had better$9$ be unlike;
304:349, 4B  !| I mean$1$ unlike in the flow$0$ of spirits, in the manners, in
304:349, 5B  !| the inclination for$4$ much or little company, in the propensity
304:349, 6B  !| to$9$ talk$1$ or to$9$ be silent, to$9$ be grave$2$ or to$9$ be gay.
304:349, 7B  !| Some opposition here is, I am thoroughly convinced,
304:349, 8B  !| friendly to$4$ matrimonial happiness. I exclude extremes
304:349, 9B  !| of course$8$; and a very close$9$ resemblance in all those points
304:349,10B  !| would be the likeliest way to$9$ produce an extreme$0$. A
304:349,11B  !| counteraction, gentle and continual, is the best safeguard
304:349,12B  !| of manners and conduct$0$."
304:349,13'  !| Full well$9$ could $MP#A$Fanny guess$1$ where his thoughts were
304:349,14'  !| now.
304:349,14@a   | $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's power was all returning. He had
304:349,15@a   | been speaking of her cheerfully from the hour of his coming
304:349,16@a   | home. His avoiding her was quite at an end$0$. He had
304:349,17@a   | dined at the parsonage only the preceding day.
304:349,18'  !| After$4$ leaving him to$4$ his happier thoughts for$4$ some
304:349,19'  !| minutes, $MP#A$Fanny feeling$1$ it due$2$ to$4$ herself, returned to$4$
304:349,19'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,
304:349,20'  !| and said,
304:349,20A  !| "It is not merely in \temper\ that$3$ I consider
304:349,21A  !| him as totally unsuited to$4$ myself; though in \that$6#2$\
304:349,22A  !| respect$0$, I think the difference between us too$5#1$ great,
304:349,23A  !| infinitely too$5#1$ great; his spirits often oppress me ~ but
304:349,24A  !| there is something in him which$6#1$ I object$1$ to$4$ still$5$ more.
304:349,25A  !| I must say, cousin, that$3$ I cannot approve his character.
304:349,26A  !| I have not thought$1$ well$9$ of him from the time of the play$0$.
304:349,27A  !| I then saw him behaving, as it appeared to$4$ me, so$5#1$ very
304:349,28A  !| improperly and unfeelingly, I may$1$ speak of it now because
304:349,29A  !| it is all over ~ so$5#1$ improperly by$4$ poor $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, not
304:349,30A  !| seeming to$9$ care$1$ how he exposed or hurt him, and paying
304:349,31A  !| attentions to$4$ my cousin $MP#H$Maria, which$6#1$ ~ in short$0$, at the
304:349,32A  !| time of the play$0$, I received an impression which$6#1$ will$1$ never
304:349,33A  !| be got over."
304:349,34B  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny,"
304:349,34'  !| replied $MP#B$Edmund, scarcely hearing
304:349,35'  !| her to$4$ the end$0$,
304:349,35B  !| "let us not, any of us, be judged by$4$ what$6#1$
304:349,36B  !| we appeared at that$6#2$ period of general$2$ folly. The time
304:349,37B  !| of the play$0$, is a time which$6#1$ I hate to$9$ recollect. $MP#H$Maria
304:349,38B  !| was wrong$9$, $MP#D$Crawford was wrong$9$, we were all wrong$9$
304:350, 1B  !| together; but none so$5#1$ wrong$9$ as myself. Compared with
304:350, 2B  !| me, all the rest$0#1$ were blameless. I was playing the fool
304:350, 3B  !| with my eyes open$2$."
304:350, 4A  !| "As a by-stander,"
304:350, 4'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny,
304:350, 4A  !| "perhaps I saw more
304:350, 5A  !| than you did; and I do think that$3$ $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth was
304:350, 6A  !| sometimes very jealous."
304:350, 7B  !| "Very possibly. No$2$ wonder$0$. Nothing could be more
304:350, 8B  !| improper than the whole$2$ business. I am shocked whenever
304:350, 9B  !| I think that$3$ $MP#H$Maria could be capable of it; but if she
304:350,10B  !| could undertake the part$0$, we must not be surprised at the
304:350,11B  !| rest$0#1$."
304:350,12A  !| "Before$4$ the play$0$, I am much mistaken, if \$MP#I$Julia\ did
304:350,13A  !| not think he was paying her attentions."
304:350,14B  !| "$MP#I$Julia| ~ I have heard before$5$ from some*one of his
304:350,15B  !| being$1$ in love$0$ with $MP#I$Julia, but I could never see anything
304:350,16B  !| of it. And $MP#A$Fanny, though I hope$1$ I do justice to$4$ my
304:350,17B  !| sisters' good qualities, I think it very possible that$3$ they
304:350,18B  !| might, one or both, be more desirous of being$1$ admired
304:350,19B  !| by$4$ $MP#D$Crawford, and might shew$1$ that$6#2$ desire$0$ rather more
304:350,20B  !| unguardedly than was perfectly prudent. I can remember
304:350,21B  !| that$3$ they were evidently fond of his society; and
304:350,22B  !| with such encouragement, a man like$9$ $MP#D$Crawford, lively,
304:350,23B  !| and it may$1$ be a little unthinking, might be led on$5$ to$9$ ~
304:350,24B  !| There could be nothing very striking, because it is clear$2$
304:350,25B  !| that$3$ he had no$2$ pretensions; his heart was reserved for$4$
304:350,26B  !| you. And I must say, that$3$ its being$1$ for$4$ you, has raised
304:350,27B  !| him inconceivably in my opinion. It does him the highest
304:350,28B  !| honour$0$; it shews his proper estimation of the blessing of
304:350,29B  !| domestic$2$ happiness, and pure attachment. It proves him
304:350,30B  !| unspoilt by$4$ his uncle. It proves him, in short$0$, every*thing
304:350,31B  !| that$6#1$ I had been used$1#2$ to$9$ wish$1$ to$9$ believe him, and
304:350,32B  !| feared he was not."
304:350,33A  !| "I am persuaded that$3$ he does not think as he ought,
304:350,34A  !| on$4$ serious$2$ subjects."
304:350,35B  !| "Say rather, that$3$ he has not thought$1$ at all upon serious$2$
304:350,36B  !| subjects, which$6#1$ I believe to$9$ be a good deal$0#2$ the case. How
304:350,37B  !| could it be otherwise, with such an education and adviser?
304:350,38B  !| Under the disadvantages, indeed, which$6#1$ both have had,
304:351, 1B  !| is it not wonderful that$3$ they should be what$6#1$ they are?
304:351, 2B  !| $MP#D$Crawford's \feelings\, I am ready to$9$ acknowledge, have
304:351, 3B  !| hitherto been too$5#1$ much his guides. Happily, those feelings
304:351, 4B  !| have generally been good. You will$1$ supply$1$ the rest$0#1$; and
304:351, 5B  !| a most fortunate man he is to$9$ attach himself to$4$ such a
304:351, 6B  !| creature ~ to$4$ a woman, who$6#1$ firm as a rock in her own$2$ principles,
304:351, 7B  !| has a gentleness of character so$5#1$ well$9$ adapted to$9$
304:351, 8B  !| recommend them. He has chosen his partner, indeed,
304:351, 9B  !| with rare felicity. He will$1$ make$1$ you happy, $MP#A$Fanny, I
304:351,10B  !| know he will$1$ make$1$ you happy; but you will$1$ make$1$ him
304:351,11B  !| every*thing."
304:351,12A  !| "I would not engage in such a charge$0$,"
304:351,12'  !| cried $MP#A$Fanny
304:351,13'  !| in a shrinking accent ~
304:351,13A  !| "in such an office of high responsibility|"
304:351,14     |
304:351,15B  !| "As usual, believing yourself unequal to$4$ anything| ~
304:351,16B  !| fancying every*thing too$5#1$ much for$4$ you| Well$7$, though
304:351,17B  !| I may$1$ not be able to$9$ persuade you into different feelings,
304:351,18B  !| you will$1$ be persuaded into them I trust$1$. I confess myself
304:351,19B  !| sincerely anxious that$3$ you may$1$. I have no$2$ common$2$
304:351,20B  !| interest$0$ in $MP#D$Crawford's well$9$ doing. Next to$4$ your happiness,
304:351,21B  !| $MP#A$Fanny, his has the first claim$0$ on$4$ me. You are aware
304:351,22B  !| of my having no$2$ common$2$ interest$0$ in $MP#D$Crawford."
304:351,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was too$5#1$ well$9$ aware of it, to$9$ have anything to$9$
304:351,24'  !| say; and they walked on$5$ together some fifty yards in
304:351,25'  !| mutual silence$0$ and abstraction. $MP#B$Edmund first began
304:351,26'  !| again: ~
304:351,27B  !| "I was very much pleased by$4$ her manner of speaking
304:351,28B  !| of it yesterday, particularly pleased, because I had not
304:351,29B  !| depended upon her seeing every*thing in so$5#1$ just$2$ a light$0$.
304:351,30B  !| I knew she was very fond of you, but yet I was afraid of
304:351,31B  !| her not estimating your worth to$4$ her brother, quite as it
304:351,32B  !| deserved, and of her regretting that$3$ he had not rather
304:351,33B  !| fixed on$4$ some woman of distinction, or fortune. I was
304:351,34B  !| afraid of the bias$0$ of those worldly maxims, which$6#1$ she has
304:351,35B  !| been too$5#1$ much used$1#2$ to$9$ hear. But it was very different.
304:351,36B  !| She spoke of you, $MP#A$Fanny, just$9$ as she ought. She desires
304:351,37B  !| the connection as warmly as your uncle or myself. We
304:351,38B  !| had a long$9$ talk$0$ about$4$ it. I should not have mentioned
304:352, 1B  !| the subject$0$, though very anxious to$9$ know her sentiments
304:352, 2B  !| ~ but I had not been in the room five minutes, before$3$ she
304:352, 3B  !| began, introducing it with all that$6#2$ openness of heart, and
304:352, 4B  !| sweet peculiarity of manner, that$6#2$ spirit and ingenuousness,
304:352, 5B  !| which$6#1$ are so$5#1$ much a part$0$ of herself. $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
304:352, 6B  !| laughed at her for$4$ her rapidity."
304:352, 7A  !| "Was $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant in the room, then?"
304:352, 8B  !| "Yes, when I reached the house I found the two sisters
304:352, 9B  !| together by$4$ themselves; and when once we had begun,
304:352,10B  !| we had not done with you, $MP#A$Fanny, till $MP#D$Crawford and
304:352,11B  !| $MP#M$Dr%*Grant came in."
304:352,12A  !| "It is above$4$ a week since I saw $MP#C$Miss*Crawford."
304:352,13B  !| "Yes, she laments it; yet owns it may$1$ have been best.
304:352,14B  !| You will$1$ see her, however, before$3$ she goes. She is very
304:352,15B  !| angry with you, $MP#A$Fanny; you must be prepared for$4$ that$6#2$.
304:352,16B  !| She calls$1$ herself very angry, but you can imagine her
304:352,17B  !| anger$0$. It is the regret$0$ and disappointment of a sister,
304:352,18B  !| who$6#1$ thinks her brother has a right$0$ to$4$ every*thing he may$1$
304:352,19B  !| wish$1$ for$4$, at the first moment. She is hurt, as you would
304:352,20B  !| be for$4$ $MP#Q$William; but she loves and esteems you with all
304:352,21B  !| her heart."
304:352,22A  !| "I knew she would be very angry with me."
304:352,23B  !| "My dearest $MP#A$Fanny,"
304:352,23'  !| cried $MP#B$Edmund, pressing her arm$0$
304:352,24'  !| closer to$4$ him,
304:352,24B  !| "do not let the idea of her anger$0$ distress$1$
304:352,25B  !| you. It is anger$0$ to$9$ be talked of, rather than felt. Her
304:352,26B  !| heart is made for$4$ love$0$ and kindness, not for$4$ resentment.
304:352,27B  !| I wish$1$ you could have overheard her tribute of praise$0$;
304:352,28B  !| I wish$1$ you could have seen her countenance, when she
304:352,29B  !| said that$3$ you \should\ be $MP#D$Henry's wife. And I observed,
304:352,30B  !| that$3$ she always spoke of you as ""$MP#A$Fanny,"" which$6#1$ she was
304:352,31B  !| never used$1#2$ to$9$ do; and it had a sound$0$ of most sisterly
304:352,32B  !| cordiality."
304:352,33A  !| "And $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, did she say ~ did she speak ~ was
304:352,34A  !| she there all the time?"
304:352,35B  !| "Yes, she was agreeing exactly with her sister. The
304:352,36B  !| surprise$0$ of your refusal, $MP#A$Fanny, seems to$9$ have been
304:352,37B  !| unbounded. That$3$ you could refuse such a man as $MP#D$Henry*Crawford,
304:352,38B  !| seems more than they can understand. I said
304:353, 1B  !| what$6#1$ I could for$4$ you; but in good truth, as they stated the
304:353, 2B  !| case ~ you must prove yourself to$9$ be in your senses as soon
304:353, 3B  !| as you can, by$4$ a different conduct$0$; nothing else will$1$
304:353, 4B  !| satisfy them. But this is teazing you. I have done. Do
304:353, 5B  !| not turn$1$ away from me."
304:353, 6A  !| "I \should\ have thought$1$,"
304:353, 6'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, after$4$ a pause$0$ of
304:353, 7'  !| recollection and exertion,
304:353, 7A  !| "that$3$ every woman must have
304:353, 8A  !| felt the possibility of a man's not being$1$ approved, not
304:353, 9A  !| being$1$ loved by$4$ some one of her sex, at least, let him be ever
304:353,10A  !| so$5#1$ generally agreeable. Let him have all the perfections
304:353,11A  !| in the world, I think it ought not to$9$ be set$1$ down$5$ as certain,
304:353,12A  !| that$3$ a man must be acceptable to$4$ every woman he may$1$
304:353,13A  !| happen to$9$ like$1$ himself. But even$5$ supposing it is so$5#2$,
304:353,14A  !| allowing $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford to$9$ have all the claims which$6#1$ his
304:353,15A  !| sisters think he has, how was I to$9$ be prepared to$9$ meet$1$ him
304:353,16A  !| with any feeling$0$ answerable to$4$ his own$2$? He took me
304:353,17A  !| wholly by$4$ surprise$0$. I had not an idea that$3$ his behaviour
304:353,18A  !| to$4$ me before$5$ had any meaning$0$; and surely I was not to$9$
304:353,19A  !| be teaching myself to$9$ like$1$ him only because he was taking,
304:353,20A  !| what$6#1$ seemed, very idle notice$0$ of me. In my situation, it
304:353,21A  !| would have been the extreme$0$ of vanity to$9$ be forming
304:353,22A  !| expectations on$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford. I am sure his sisters,
304:353,23A  !| rating him as they do, must have thought$1$ it so$5#2$, supposing
304:353,24A  !| he had meant nothing. How then was I to$9$ be ~ to$9$ be in
304:353,25A  !| love$0$ with him the moment he said he was with me? How
304:353,26A  !| was I to$9$ have an attachment at his service, as soon as it
304:353,27A  !| was asked for$5$? His sisters should consider me as well$9$
304:353,28A  !| as him. The higher his deserts, the more improper for$4$
304:353,29A  !| me ever to$9$ have thought$1$ of him. And, and ~ we think
304:353,30A  !| very differently of the nature of women, if they can
304:353,31A  !| imagine a woman so$5#1$ very soon capable of returning an
304:353,32A  !| affection as this seems to$9$ imply."
304:353,33B  !| "My dear$2#1$, dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, now I have the truth. I know
304:353,34B  !| this to$9$ be the truth; and most worthy of you are such
304:353,35B  !| feelings. I had attributed them to$4$ you before$5$. I thought$1$
304:353,36B  !| I could understand you. You have now given exactly
304:353,37B  !| the explanation which$6#1$ I ventured to$9$ make$1$ for$4$ you to$4$ your
304:353,38B  !| friend and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, and they were both better$9$ satisfied$1$,
304:354, 1B  !| though your warm-hearted friend was still$5$ run$1$ away with
304:354, 2B  !| a little, by$4$ the enthusiasm of her fondness for$4$ $MP#D$Henry. I
304:354, 3B  !| told them, that$3$ you were of all human creatures the one,
304:354, 4B  !| over whom$6#1$ habit had most power, and novelty least:
304:354, 5B  !| and that$3$ the very circumstance of the novelty of $MP#D$Crawford's
304:354, 6B  !| addresses was against him. Their being$1$ so$5#1$ new
304:354, 7B  !| and so$5#1$ recent was all in their disfavour; that$3$ you could
304:354, 8B  !| tolerate nothing that$6#1$ you were not used$1#2$ to$4$; and a great
304:354, 9B  !| deal$0#2$ more to$4$ the same purpose, to$9$ give them a knowledge
304:354,10B  !| of your character. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford made us laugh$1$ by$4$ her
304:354,11B  !| plans of encouragement for$4$ her brother. She meant to$9$
304:354,12B  !| urge him to$9$ persevere in the hope$0$ of being$1$ loved in time,
304:354,13B  !| and of having his addresses most kindly received at the
304:354,14B  !| end$0$ of about$4$ ten years' happy marriage."
304:354,15'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could with difficulty give the smile$0$ that$6#1$ was here
304:354,16'  !| asked for$5$. Her feelings were all in revolt.
304:354,16@a   | She feared
304:354,17@a   | she had been doing wrong$9$, saying too$5#1$ much, overacting
304:354,18@a   | the caution$0$ which$6#1$ she had been fancying necessary, in
304:354,19@a   | guarding against one evil, laying herself open$2$ to$4$ another,
304:354,20@a   | and to$9$ have $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's liveliness repeated to$4$ her at
304:354,21@a   | such a moment, and on$4$ such a subject$0$, was a bitter aggravation.
304:354,22     |
304:354,23'  !| $MP#B$Edmund saw weariness and distress$0$ in her face$0$, and
304:354,24'  !| immediately resolved
304:354,24@b   | to$9$ forbear all farther discussion;
304:354,25@b   | and not even$5$ to$9$ mention$1$ the name$0$ of $MP#D$Crawford again,
304:354,26@b   | except as it might be connected with what$6#1$ \must\ be agreeable
304:354,27@b   | to$4$ her.
304:354,27'  !| On$4$ this principle, he soon afterwards observed,
304:354,28B  !| "They go on$4$ Monday. You are sure therefore
304:354,29B  !| of seeing your friend either to-morrow or Sunday. They
304:354,30B  !| really go on$4$ Monday| and I was within a trifle$0$ of being$1$
304:354,31B  !| persuaded to$9$ stay$1$ at Lessingby till that$6#2$ very day| I had
304:354,32B  !| almost promised it. What$7$ a difference it might have
304:354,33B  !| made. Those five or six days more at Lessingby might
304:354,34B  !| have been felt all my life."
304:354,35A  !| "You were near$9$ staying there?"
304:354,36B  !| "Very. I was most kindly pressed, and had nearly
304:354,37B  !| consented. Had I received any letter from Mansfield,
304:354,38B  !| to$9$ tell me how you were all going on$5$, I believe I should
304:355, 1B  !| certainly have stayed; but I knew nothing that$6#1$ had
304:355, 2B  !| happened here for$4$ a fortnight, and felt that$3$ I had been
304:355, 3B  !| away long$9$ enough."
304:355, 4A  !| "You spent your time pleasantly there."
304:355, 5B  !| "Yes; that$6#2$ is, it was the fault of my own$2$ mind$0$ if I did
304:355, 6B  !| not. They were all very pleasant. I doubt$1$ their finding
304:355, 7B  !| me so$5#2$. I took uneasiness with me, and there was no$2$ getting
304:355, 8B  !| rid of it till I was in Mansfield again."
304:355, 9A  !| "The $MP#ZZA$Miss*Owens ~ you liked them, did not you?"
304:355,10B  !| "Yes, very well$9$. Pleasant, good-humoured, unaffected
304:355,11B  !| girls. But I am spoilt, $MP#A$Fanny, for$4$ common$2$ female$2$ society.
304:355,12B  !| Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will$1$ not do for$4$ a man
304:355,13B  !| who$6#1$ has been used$1#2$ to$4$ sensible$2#2$ women. They are two distinct
304:355,14B  !| orders$0#1$ of being$1$. You and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford have made
304:355,15B  !| me too$5#1$ nice."
304:355,16'  !| Still$5$, however, $MP#A$Fanny was oppressed and wearied; he
304:355,17'  !| saw it in her looks$0$, it could not be talked away, and
304:355,18'  !| attempting it no$2$ more, he led her directly with the kind$2$
304:355,19'  !| authority of a privileged guardian into the house.
305:356, 1'  !| $MP#B$Edmund now believed himself perfectly acquainted
305:356, 2'  !| with all that$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny could tell, or could leave$1$ to$9$ be
305:356, 2'  !| conjectured
305:356, 3'  !| of her sentiments, and he was satisfied$1$. ~
305:356, 3@b   | It had
305:356, 4@b   | been, as he before$5$ presumed, too$5#1$ hasty a measure$0$ on$4$
305:356, 5@b   | $MP#D$Crawford's side$0$, and time must be given to$9$ make$1$ the idea
305:356, 6@b   | first familiar, and then agreeable to$4$ her. She must be
305:356, 7@b   | used$1#2$ to$4$ the consideration of his being$1$ in love$0$ with her,
305:356, 8@b   | and then a return$0$ of affection might not be very distant.
305:356, 9'  !| He gave this opinion as the result$0$ of the conversation,
305:356,10'  !| to$4$ his father; and recommended
305:356,10@b   | there being$1$ nothing more
305:356,11@b   | said to$4$ her, no$2$ farther attempts to$9$ influence$1$ or persuade;
305:356,12@b   | but that$3$ every*thing should be left$1$ to$4$ $MP#D$Crawford's assiduities,
305:356,13@b   | and the natural$2$ workings of her own$2$ mind$0$.
305:356,14'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas promised that$3$ it should be so$5#2$.
305:356,14@e   | $MP#B$Edmund's
305:356,15@e   | account$0$ of $MP#A$Fanny's disposition he could believe to$9$ be just$2$,
305:356,16@e   | he supposed she had all those feelings, but he must consider
305:356,17@e   | it as very unfortunate that$3$ she \had\; for$3$, less willing
305:356,18@e   | than his son to$9$ trust$1$ to$4$ the future, he could not help$1$ fearing
305:356,19@e   | that$3$ if such very long$9$ allowances of time and habit
305:356,20@e   | were necessary for$4$ her, she might not have persuaded herself
305:356,21@e   | into receiving his addresses properly, before$3$ the young
305:356,22@e   | man's inclination for$4$ paying them were over. There was
305:356,23@e   | nothing to$9$ be done, however, but to$9$ submit quietly, and
305:356,24@e   | hope$1$ the best.
305:356,25'  !| The promised visit$0$ from her "friend," as $MP#B$Edmund called
305:356,26'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, was a formidable threat to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and she
305:356,27'  !| lived in continual terror of it.
305:356,27@a   | As a sister, so$5#1$ partial and
305:356,28@a   | so$5#1$ angry, and so$5#1$ little scrupulous of what$6#1$ she said; and
305:356,29@a   | in another light$0$, so$5#1$ triumphant and secure$2$, she was in
305:356,30@a   | every way an object$0$ of painful alarm$0$. Her displeasure,
305:356,31@a   | her penetration, and her happiness were all fearful to$9$
305:356,32@a   | encounter;
305:356,32'  !| and the dependence of having others present$9$
305:357, 1'  !| when they met, was $MP#A$Fanny's only support$0$ in looking forward$8$
305:357, 2'  !| to$4$ it. She absented herself as little as possible from
305:357, 3'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, kept away from the east*room, and took
305:357, 4'  !| no$2$ solitary walk$0$ in the shrubbery, in her caution$0$ to$9$ avoid
305:357, 5'  !| any sudden$2$ attack$0$.
305:357, 6'  !| She succeeded. She was safe in the breakfast-room,
305:357, 7'  !| with her aunt, when $MP#C$Miss*Crawford did come;
305:357, 7@a   | and the
305:357, 8@a   | first misery over, and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford looking and speaking
305:357, 9@a   | with much less particularity of expression than she had
305:357,10@a   | anticipated,
305:357,10'  !| $MP#A$Fanny began to$9$ hope$1$
305:357,10@a   | there would be nothing
305:357,11@a   | worse to$9$ be endured than an half-hour of moderate agitation.
305:357,12'  !| But here she hoped too$5#1$ much, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
305:357,13'  !| was not the slave of opportunity. She was determined$2$
305:357,14'  !| to$9$ see $MP#A$Fanny alone, and therefore said to$4$ her tolerably
305:357,15'  !| soon, in a low voice,
305:357,15C  !| "I must speak to$4$ you for$4$ a few minutes
305:357,16C  !| somewhere;"
305:357,16'  !| words that$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny felt all over her, in all
305:357,17'  !| her pulses, and all her nerves.
305:357,17@a   | Denial was impossible.
305:357,18'  !| Her habits of ready submission, on$4$ the contrary$0$, made her
305:357,19'  !| almost instantly rise$1$ and lead$1$ the way out$8$ of the room.
305:357,20'  !| She did it with wretched feelings, but it was inevitable.
305:357,21'  !| They were no$2$ sooner in the hall than all restraint of
305:357,22'  !| countenance was over on$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's side$0$. She
305:357,23'  !| immediately shook her head$0$ at $MP#A$Fanny with arch$2$, yet
305:357,24'  !| affectionate reproach$0$, and taking her hand$0$, seemed hardly
305:357,25'  !| able to$9$ help$1$ beginning$1$ directly. She said nothing, however,
305:357,26'  !| but,
305:357,26C  !| "Sad, sad girl| I do not know when I shall
305:357,27C  !| have done scolding you,"
305:357,27'  !| and had discretion enough to$9$
305:357,28'  !| reserve$1$ the rest$0#1$ till they might be secure$2$ of having four
305:357,29'  !| walls to$4$ themselves. $MP#A$Fanny naturally turned up*stairs,
305:357,30'  !| and took her guest to$4$ the apartment which$6#1$ was now always
305:357,31'  !| fit$9$ for$4$ comfortable use$0$; opening the door, however, with
305:357,32'  !| a most aching heart,
305:357,32@a   | and feeling$1$ that$3$ she had a more distressing
305:357,33@a   | scene before$4$ her than ever that$6#2$ spot had yet witnessed.
305:357,34'  !| But the evil ready to$9$ burst$1$ on$4$ her, was at least
305:357,35'  !| delayed by$4$ the sudden$2$ change$0$ in $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's ideas;
305:357,36'  !| by$4$ the strong effect$0$ on$4$ her mind$0$ which$6#1$ the finding herself
305:357,37'  !| in the east*room again produced.
305:357,38C  !| "Ha|"
305:357,38'  !| she cried, with instant$2$ animation,
305:357,38C  !| "am I here
305:358, 1C  !| again? The east*room. Once only was I in this room
305:358, 2C  !| before$5$|" ~
305:358, 2'  !| and after$4$ stopping to$9$ look$1$ about$4$ her, and
305:358, 3'  !| seemingly to$9$ retrace all that$6#1$ had then passed, she added,
305:358, 4C  !| "Once only before$5$. Do you remember it? I came to$9$
305:358, 5C  !| rehearse. Your cousin came too$5#2$; and we had a rehearsal.
305:358, 6C  !| You were our audience and prompter. A delightful
305:358, 7C  !| rehearsal. I shall never forget it. Here we were, just$9$
305:358, 8C  !| in this part$0$ of the room; here was your cousin, here was
305:358, 9C  !| I, here were the chairs. ~ Oh| why will$1$ such things ever
305:358,10C  !| pass$1$ away?"
305:358,11'  !| Happily for$4$ her companion, she wanted no$2$ answer$0$.
305:358,12'  !| Her mind$0$ was entirely self-engrossed. She was in a reverie
305:358,13'  !| of sweet remembrances.
305:358,14C  !| "The scene we were rehearsing was so$5#1$ very remarkable|
305:358,15C  !| The subject$0$ of it so$5#1$ very ~ very ~ what$6#2$ shall I say? He
305:358,16C  !| was to$9$ be describing and recommending matrimony to$4$ me.
305:358,17C  !| I think I see him now, trying$1$ to$9$ be as demure and composed
305:358,18C  !| as $MP#ZZO$Anhalt ought, through$4$ the two long$9$ speeches.
305:358,19C  !| ""When two sympathetic hearts meet$1$ in the marriage state$0$,
305:358,20C  !| matrimony may$1$ be called a happy life."" I suppose no$2$
305:358,21C  !| time can ever wear out$5$ the impression I have of his looks$0$
305:358,22C  !| and voice, as he said those words. It was curious, very
305:358,23C  !| curious, that$3$ we should have such a scene to$9$ play$1$| If I
305:358,24C  !| had the power of recalling any one week of my existence,
305:358,25C  !| it should be that$6#2$ week, that$6#2$ acting week. Say what$6#1$ you
305:358,26C  !| would, $MP#A$Fanny, it should be \that$6#2$\; for$3$ I never knew such
305:358,27C  !| exquisite happiness in any other. His sturdy spirit to$9$
305:358,28C  !| bend$1$ as it did| Oh| it was sweet beyond$4$ expression.
305:358,29C  !| But alas| that$6#2$ very evening destroyed it all. That$6#2$ very
305:358,30C  !| evening brought your most unwelcome uncle. Poor $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
305:358,31C  !| who$6#2$ was glad to$9$ see you? Yet, $MP#A$Fanny, do not
305:358,32C  !| imagine I would now speak disrespectfully of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
305:358,33C  !| though I certainly did hate him for$4$ many a week. No$7$,
305:358,34C  !| I do him justice now. He is just$9$ what$6#1$ the head$0$ of such
305:358,35C  !| a family should be. Nay, in sober sadness, I believe I
305:358,36C  !| now love$1$ you all."
305:358,36'  !| And having said so$5#2$, with a degree of
305:358,37'  !| tenderness and consciousness which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny had never seen
305:358,38'  !| in her before$5$, and now thought$1$ only too$5#1$ becoming$2$, she
305:359, 1'  !| turned away for$4$ a moment to$9$ recover herself.
305:359, 1C  !| "I have
305:359, 2C  !| had a little fit$0$ since I came into this room, as you may$1$
305:359, 3C  !| perceive,"
305:359, 3'  !| said she presently, with a playful smile$0$,
305:359, 3C  !| "but
305:359, 4C  !| it is over now; so$3$ let us sit down$5$ and be comfortable;
305:359, 5C  !| for$3$ as to$4$ scolding you, $MP#A$Fanny, which$6#1$ I came fully intending
305:359, 6C  !| to$9$ do, I have not the heart for$4$ it when it comes to$4$ the
305:359, 7C  !| point$0$."
305:359, 7'  !| And embracing her very affectionately, ~
305:359, 7C  !| "Good,
305:359, 8C  !| gentle $MP#A$Fanny| when I think of this being$1$ the last$2$ time of
305:359, 9C  !| seeing you; for$3$ I do not know how long$9$ ~ I feel it quite
305:359,10C  !| impossible to$9$ do any*thing but love$1$ you."
305:359,11'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was affected. She had not foreseen anything
305:359,12'  !| of this, and her feelings could seldom withstand the melancholy$2$
305:359,13'  !| influence$0$ of the word "last$0$." She cried as if she
305:359,14'  !| had loved $MP#C$Miss*Crawford more than she possibly could;
305:359,15'  !| and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, yet farther softened by$4$ the sight of
305:359,16'  !| such emotion, hung about$4$ her with fondness, and said,
305:359,17C  !| "I hate to$9$ leave$1$ you. I shall see no*one half so$5#1$ amiable
305:359,18C  !| where I am going. Who$6#2$ says we shall not be sisters?
305:359,19C  !| I know we shall. I feel that$3$ we are born$1#1$ to$9$ be connected;
305:359,20C  !| and those tears convince me that$3$ you feel it too$5#2$, dear$2#1$
305:359,21C  !| $MP#A$Fanny."
305:359,22'  !| $MP#A$Fanny roused herself, and replying only in part$0$, said,
305:359,23A  !| "But you are only going from one set$0$ of friends to$4$ another.
305:359,24A  !| You are going to$4$ a very particular friend."
305:359,25C  !| "Yes, very true. $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser has been my intimate$2$
305:359,26C  !| friend for$4$ years. But I have not the least inclination to$9$
305:359,27C  !| go near$4$ her. I can think only of the friends I am leaving;
305:359,28C  !| my excellent sister, yourself, and the $MP#E1$Bertrams in general$0$.
305:359,29C  !| You have all so$5#1$ much more \heart\ among you, than one
305:359,30C  !| finds in the world at large. You all give me a feeling$0$ of
305:359,31C  !| being$1$ able to$9$ trust$1$ and confide in you; which$6#1$, in common$2$
305:359,32C  !| intercourse, one knows nothing of. I wish$1$ I had settled$1$
305:359,33C  !| with $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser not to$9$ go to$4$ her till after$4$ Easter, a much
305:359,34C  !| better$9$ time for$4$ the visit$0$ ~ but now I cannot put her off.
305:359,35C  !| And when I have done with her, I must go to$4$ her sister,
305:359,36C  !| $MP#ZZI$Lady*Stornaway, because \she\ was rather my most particular
305:359,37C  !| friend of the two; but I have not cared much for$4$
305:359,38C  !| \her\ these three years."
305:360, 1'  !| After$4$ this speech, the two girls sat many minutes silent,
305:360, 2'  !| each thoughtful; $MP#A$Fanny meditating on$4$ the different sorts
305:360, 3'  !| of friendship in the world, $MP#C$Mary on$4$ something of less
305:360, 4'  !| philosophic tendency. \She\ first spoke again.
305:360, 5C  !| "How perfectly I remember my resolving to$9$ look$1$ for$4$
305:360, 6C  !| you up*stairs; and setting off to$9$ find my way to$4$ the east*room,
305:360, 7C  !| without having an idea whereabouts it was| How
305:360, 8C  !| well$9$ I remember what$6#1$ I was thinking of as I came along$5$;
305:360, 9C  !| and my looking in and seeing you here, sitting$1$ at this table
305:360,10C  !| at work$0$; and then your cousin's astonishment when he
305:360,11C  !| opened the door at seeing me here| To$9$ be sure, your
305:360,12C  !| uncle's returning that$6#2$ very evening| There never was
305:360,13C  !| anything quite like$9$ it."
305:360,14'  !| Another short$2$ fit$0$ of abstraction followed ~ when, shaking
305:360,15'  !| it off, she thus attacked her companion.
305:360,16C  !| "Why, $MP#A$Fanny, you are absolutely in a reverie|
305:360,17C  !| Thinking, I hope$1$, of one who$6#1$ is always thinking of you.
305:360,18C  !| Oh| that$3$ I could transport you for$4$ a short$2$ time into our
305:360,19C  !| circle in town, that$3$ you might understand how your power
305:360,20C  !| over $MP#D$Henry is thought$1$ of there| Oh| the envyings and
305:360,21C  !| heart-burnings of dozens and dozens| the wonder$0$, the
305:360,22C  !| incredulity that$6#1$ will$1$ be felt at hearing what$6#1$ you have
305:360,23C  !| done| For$3$ as to$4$ secrecy, $MP#D$Henry is quite the hero of an
305:360,24C  !| old romance, and glories in his chains. You should come
305:360,25C  !| to$4$ London, to$9$ know how to$9$ estimate$1$ your conquest. If
305:360,26C  !| you were to$9$ see how he is courted, and how I am courted
305:360,27C  !| for$4$ his sake| Now I am well$9$ aware, that$3$ I shall not be
305:360,28C  !| half so$5#1$ welcome$2$ to$4$ $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser in consequence of his
305:360,28C  !| situation
305:360,29C  !| with you. When she comes to$9$ know the truth, she
305:360,30C  !| will$1$ very likely wish$1$ me in Northamptonshire again; for$3$
305:360,31C  !| there is a daughter of $MP#ZH$Mr%*Fraser by$4$ a first wife, whom$6#1$ she
305:360,32C  !| is wild to$9$ get married, and wants$1$ $MP#D$Henry to$9$ take. Oh|
305:360,33C  !| she has been trying$1$ for$4$ him to$4$ such a degree| Innocent
305:360,34C  !| and quiet$2$ as you sit here, you cannot have an idea of the
305:360,35C  !| \sensation$0#1$\ that$6#1$ you will$1$ be occasioning, of the curiosity
305:360,36C  !| there will$1$ be to$9$ see you, of the endless questions I shall
305:360,37C  !| have to$9$ answer$1$| Poor $MP#ZH$Margaret*Fraser will$1$ be at me for*ever
305:360,38C  !| about$4$ your eyes and your teeth, and how you do
305:361, 1C  !| your hair, and who$6#1$ makes your shoes. I wish$1$ $MP#ZH$Margaret
305:361, 2C  !| were married, for$4$ my poor friend's sake, for$3$ I look$1$ upon
305:361, 3C  !| the $MP#ZH$Frasers to$9$ be about$4$ as unhappy as most other married
305:361, 4C  !| people. And yet it was a most desirable match$0$ for$4$ $MP#ZH$Janet
305:361, 5C  !| at the time. We were all delighted. She could not do
305:361, 6C  !| otherwise than accept him, for$3$ he was rich, and she had
305:361, 7C  !| nothing; but he turns$1$ out$5$ ill-tempered, and \exigeant\;
305:361, 8C  !| and wants$1$ a young woman, a beautiful young woman of
305:361, 9C  !| five-and-twenty, to$9$ be as steady as himself. And my
305:361,10C  !| friend does not manage him well$9$; she does not seem to$9$
305:361,11C  !| know how to$9$ make$1$ the best of it. There is a spirit of
305:361,12C  !| irritation, which$6#1$, to$9$ say nothing worse, is certainly very
305:361,13C  !| ill-bred. In their house I shall call$1$ to$4$ mind$0$ the conjugal
305:361,14C  !| manners of Mansfield*Parsonage with respect$0$. Even$5$
305:361,15C  !| $MP#M$Dr%*Grant does shew$1$ a thorough confidence in my sister,
305:361,16C  !| and a certain consideration for$4$ her judgment, which$6#1$ makes
305:361,17C  !| one feel there \is\ attachment; but of that$6#2$, I shall see
305:361,18C  !| nothing with the $MP#ZH$Frasers. I shall be at Mansfield for*ever,
305:361,19C  !| $MP#A$Fanny. My own$2$ sister as a wife, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas*Bertram as
305:361,20C  !| a husband, are my standards of perfection. Poor $MP#ZH$Janet
305:361,21C  !| has been sadly taken in; and yet there was nothing
305:361,22C  !| improper on$4$ her side$0$; she did not run$1$ into the match$0$
305:361,23C  !| inconsiderately, there was no$2$ want$0$ of foresight. She
305:361,24C  !| took three days to$9$ consider of his proposals; and during
305:361,25C  !| those three days asked the advice of every*body connected
305:361,26C  !| with her, whose$6#1$ opinion was worth having; and especially
305:361,27C  !| applied to$4$ my late dear$2#1$ aunt, whose$6#1$ knowledge of the
305:361,28C  !| world made her judgment very generally and deservedly
305:361,29C  !| looked up to$4$ by$4$ all the young people of her acquaintance;
305:361,30C  !| and she was decidedly in favour$0$ of $MP#ZH$Mr%*Fraser. This
305:361,31C  !| seems as if nothing were a security for$4$ matrimonial comfort$0$|
305:361,32C  !| I have not so$5#1$ much to$9$ say for$4$ my friend $MP#ZZI$Flora,
305:361,33C  !| who$6#1$ jilted a very nice young man in the Blues, for$4$ the
305:361,34C  !| sake of that$6#2$ horrid $MP#ZZI$Lord*Stornaway, who$6#1$ has about$4$ as
305:361,35C  !| much sense, $MP#A$Fanny, as $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth, but much worse
305:361,36C  !| looking, and with a blackguard character. I \had\ my
305:361,37C  !| doubts$0$ at the time about$4$ her being$1$ right$2#1$, for$3$ he has not
305:361,38C  !| even$5$ the air of a gentleman, and now, I am sure, she was
305:362, 1C  !| wrong$9$. By*the*bye, $MP#ZI$Flora*Ross was dying for$4$ $MP#D$Henry the
305:362, 2C  !| first winter she came out$5$. But were I to$9$ attempt$1$ to$9$ tell
305:362, 3C  !| you of all the women whom$6#1$ I have known to$9$ be in love$0$
305:362, 4C  !| with him, I should never have done. It is you only, you,
305:362, 5C  !| insensible $MP#A$Fanny, who$6#1$ can think of him with any*thing
305:362, 6C  !| like$9$ indifference. But are you so$5#1$ insensible as you profess
305:362, 7C  !| yourself? No$7$, no$7$, I see you are not."
305:362, 8'  !| There was indeed so$5#1$ deep a blush$0$ over $MP#A$Fanny's face$0$ at
305:362, 9'  !| that$6#2$ moment, as might warrant strong suspicion in a predisposed
305:362,10'  !| mind$0$.
305:362,11C  !| "Excellent creature| I will$1$ not teaze you. Every*thing
305:362,12C  !| shall take its course$0$. But dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, you must
305:362,13C  !| allow that$3$ you were not so$5#1$ absolutely unprepared to$9$ have
305:362,14C  !| the question$0$ asked as your cousin fancies$1$. It is not possible,
305:362,15C  !| but that$3$ you must have had some thoughts on$4$ the
305:362,16C  !| subject$0$, some surmises as to$4$ what$6#1$ might be. You must
305:362,17C  !| have seen that$3$ he was trying$1$ to$9$ please you, by$4$ every attention
305:362,18C  !| in his power. Was not he devoted to$4$ you at the ball$0#2$?
305:362,19C  !| And then before$4$ the ball$0#2$, the necklace| Oh| you received
305:362,20C  !| it just$9$ as it was meant. You were as conscious as heart
305:362,21C  !| could desire$1$. I remember it perfectly."
305:362,22A  !| "Do you mean$1$ then that$3$ your brother knew of the
305:362,23A  !| necklace beforehand? Oh| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, \that$6#2$\ was not
305:362,24A  !| fair."
305:362,25C  !| "Knew of it| it was his own$2$ doing entirely, his own$2$
305:362,26C  !| thought$0$. I am ashamed to$9$ say, that$3$ it had never entered
305:362,27C  !| my head$0$; but I was delighted to$9$ act$1$ on$4$ his proposal, for$4$
305:362,28C  !| both your sakes."
305:362,29A  !| "I will$1$ not say,"
305:362,29'  !| replied $MP#A$Fanny,
305:362,29A  !| "that$3$ I was not half
305:362,30A  !| afraid at the time, of its being$1$ so$5#2$; for$3$ there was something
305:362,31A  !| in your look$0$ that$6#1$ frightened me ~ but not at first ~
305:362,32A  !| I was as unsuspicious of it at first| ~ indeed, indeed I was.
305:362,33A  !| It is as true as that$3$ I sit here. And had I had an idea of
305:362,34A  !| it, nothing should have induced me to$9$ accept the necklace.
305:362,35A  !| As to$4$ your brother's behaviour, certainly I was sensible$2#1$
305:362,36A  !| of a particularity, I had been sensible$2#1$ of it some little
305:362,37A  !| time, perhaps two or three weeks; but then I considered
305:362,38A  !| it as meaning$1$ nothing, I put it down$5$ as simply being$1$ his
305:363, 1A  !| way, and was as far from supposing as from wishing him
305:363, 2A  !| to$9$ have any serious$2$ thoughts of me. I had not, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
305:363, 3A  !| been an inattentive observer of what$6#1$ was passing$1$
305:363, 4A  !| between him and some part$0$ of this family in the
305:363, 5A  !| summer and autumn. I was quiet$2$, but I was not blind$2$.
305:363, 6A  !| I could not but see that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford allowed himself in
305:363, 7A  !| gallantries which$6#1$ did mean$1$ nothing."
305:363, 8C  !| "Ah| I cannot deny it. He has now and then been
305:363, 9C  !| a sad flirt, and cared very little for$4$ the havock he might
305:363,10C  !| be making in young ladies' affections. I have often
305:363,11C  !| scolded him for$4$ it, but it is his only fault; and there is
305:363,12C  !| this to$9$ be said, that$3$ very few young ladies have any affections
305:363,13C  !| worth caring for$4$. And then, $MP#A$Fanny, the glory$0$ of
305:363,14C  !| fixing one who$6#1$ has been shot at by$4$ so$5#1$ many; of having
305:363,15C  !| it in one's power to$9$ pay$1$ off the debts of one's sex| Oh,
305:363,16C  !| I am sure it is not in woman's nature to$9$ refuse such a
305:363,17C  !| triumph$0$."
305:363,18'  !| $MP#A$Fanny shook her head$0$.
305:363,18A  !| "I cannot think well$9$ of a man
305:363,19A  !| who$6#1$ sports$1$ with any woman's feelings; and there may$1$
305:363,20A  !| often be a great deal$0#2$ more suffered than a stander-by can
305:363,21A  !| judge$1$ of."
305:363,22C  !| "I do not defend him. I leave$1$ him entirely to$4$ your
305:363,23C  !| mercy; and when he has got you at Everingham, I do
305:363,24C  !| not care$1$ how much you lecture him. But this I will$1$ say,
305:363,25C  !| that$3$ his fault, the liking to$9$ make$1$ girls a little in love$0$ with
305:363,26C  !| him, is not half so$5#1$ dangerous to$4$ a wife's happiness, as a
305:363,27C  !| tendency to$9$ fall$1$ in love$0$ himself, which$6#1$ he has never been
305:363,28C  !| addicted to$4$. And I do seriously and truly believe that$3$
305:363,29C  !| he is attached to$4$ you in a way that$6#1$ he never was to$4$ any
305:363,30C  !| woman before$5$; that$3$ he loves you with all his heart, and
305:363,31C  !| will$1$ love$1$ you as nearly for*ever as possible. If any man
305:363,32C  !| ever loved a woman for*ever, I think $MP#D$Henry will$1$ do as
305:363,33C  !| much for$4$ you."
305:363,34'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could not avoid a faint$2$ smile$0$, but had nothing
305:363,35'  !| to$9$ say.
305:363,36C  !| "I cannot imagine $MP#D$Henry ever to$9$ have been happier,"
305:363,37'  !| continued $MP#C$Mary, presently,
305:363,37C  !| "than when he had succeeded
305:363,38C  !| in getting your brother's commission."
305:364, 1'  !| She had made a sure push$0$ at $MP#A$Fanny's feelings here.
305:364, 2A  !| "Oh| yes. How very, very kind$2$ of him|"
305:364, 3C  !| "I know he must have exerted himself very much, for$3$
305:364, 4C  !| I know the parties he had to$9$ move$1$. The $MP#ZF$Admiral hates
305:364, 5C  !| trouble$0$, and scorns asking favours; and there are so$5#1$ many
305:364, 6C  !| young men's claims to$9$ be attended to$4$ in the same way,
305:364, 7C  !| that$3$ a friendship and energy, not very determined$2$, is
305:364, 8C  !| easily put by$5$. What$7$ a happy creature $MP#Q$William must be|
305:364, 9C  !| I wish$1$ we could see him."
305:364,10'  !| Poor $MP#A$Fanny's mind$0$ was thrown into the most distressing
305:364,11'  !| of all its varieties. The recollection of what$6#1$ had been done
305:364,12'  !| for$4$ $MP#Q$William was always the most powerful disturber of
305:364,13'  !| every decision against $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford; and she sat thinking
305:364,14'  !| deeply of it till $MP#C$Mary, who$6#1$ had been first watching her
305:364,15'  !| complacently, and then musing on$4$ something else, suddenly
305:364,16'  !| called her attention, by$4$ saying,
305:364,16C  !| "I should like$1$ to$9$
305:364,17C  !| sit talking with you here all day, but we must not forget
305:364,18C  !| the ladies below, and so$3$ good*bye, my dear$2#1$, my amiable,
305:364,19C  !| my excellent $MP#A$Fanny, for$3$ though we shall nominally part$0$
305:364,20C  !| in the breakfast*parlour, I must take leave$0$ of you here.
305:364,21C  !| And I do take leave$0$, longing$1$ for$4$ a happy re-union, and
305:364,22C  !| trusting, that$3$ when we meet$1$ again, it will$1$ be under circumstances
305:364,23C  !| which$6#1$ may$1$ open$2$ our hearts to$4$ each other
305:364,24C  !| without any remnant or shadow of reserve$0$."
305:364,25'  !| A very, very kind$2$ embrace$0$, and some agitation of
305:364,26'  !| manner, accompanied these words.
305:364,27C  !| "I shall see your cousin in town soon; he talks of being$1$
305:364,28C  !| there tolerably soon; and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, I dare$1#2$ say, in the
305:364,29C  !| course$0$ of the spring$0$; and your eldest cousin and the
305:364,30C  !| $MP#U1$Rushworths and $MP#I$Julia I am sure of meeting$9$ again and
305:364,31C  !| again, and all but you. I have two favours to$9$ ask,
305:364,32C  !| $MP#A$Fanny; one is your correspondence. You must write to$4$
305:364,33C  !| me. And the other, that$3$ you will$1$ often call$1$ on$4$ $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant
305:364,34C  !| and make$1$ her amends for$4$ my being$1$ gone."
305:364,35'  !| The first, at least, of these favours $MP#A$Fanny would rather
305:364,36'  !| not have been asked; but it was impossible for$4$ her to$9$
305:364,37'  !| refuse the correspondence; it was impossible for$4$ her even$5$
305:364,38'  !| not to$9$ accede to$4$ it more readily than her own$2$ judgment
305:365, 1'  !| authorised. There was no$2$ resisting so$5#1$ much apparent
305:365, 2'  !| affection. Her disposition was peculiarly calculated to$9$
305:365, 3'  !| value$1$ a fond treatment, and from having hitherto known
305:365, 4'  !| so$5#1$ little of it, she was the more overcome by$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's.
305:365, 5'  !| Besides, there was gratitude towards her, for$4$
305:365, 6'  !| having made their te~te*a`*te~te so$5#1$ much less painful than
305:365, 7'  !| her fears had predicted.
305:365, 8@a   | It was over, and she had escaped without reproaches
305:365, 9@a   | and without detection. Her secret$0$ was still$5$ her own$2$;
305:365,10@a   | and while$9$ that$6#2$ was the case, she thought$1$ she could resign
305:365,11@a   | herself to$4$ almost every*thing.
305:365,12'  !| In the evening there was another parting.
305:365,12@a   | $MP#D$Henry*Crawford
305:365,13@a   | came and sat some time with them; and her
305:365,14@a   | spirits not being$1$ previously in the strongest state$0$, her
305:365,15@a   | heart was softened for$4$ a while$0$ towards him ~ because he
305:365,16@a   | really seemed to$9$ feel. ~ Quite unlike his usual self, he
305:365,17@a   | scarcely said any*thing. He was evidently oppressed,
305:365,17'  !| and
305:365,18'  !| $MP#A$Fanny must grieve for$4$ him, though hoping she might
305:365,19'  !| never see him again till he were the husband of some
305:365,20'  !| other woman.
305:365,21'  !| When it came to$4$ the moment of parting, he would take
305:365,22'  !| her hand$0$, he would not be denied it; he said nothing,
305:365,23'  !| however, or nothing that$6#1$ she heard, and when he had left$1$
305:365,24'  !| the room, she was better$9$ pleased that$3$ such a token of
305:365,25'  !| friendship had passed.
305:365,26'  !| On$4$ the morrow the $MP#D1$Crawfords were gone.
306:366, 1'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford gone, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's next object$0$ was,
306:366, 2@e   | that$3$ he should be missed, and he entertained great hope$0$
306:366, 3@e   | that$3$ his niece would find a blank$0$ in the loss of those attentions
306:366, 4@e   | which$6#1$ at the time she had felt, or fancied an evil.
306:366, 5@e   | She had tasted of consequence in its most flattering form$0$;
306:366, 6@e   | and he did hope$1$ that$3$ the loss of it, the sinking again
306:366, 7@e   | into nothing, would awaken very wholesome regrets in
306:366, 8@e   | her mind$0$. ~ He watched her with this idea ~ but he could
306:366, 9@e   | hardly tell with what$6#1$ success. He hardly knew whether
306:366,10@e   | there were any difference in her spirits or not. She was
306:366,11@e   | always so$5#1$ gentle and retiring, that$3$ her emotions were
306:366,12@e   | beyond$4$ his discrimination. He did not understand her;
306:366,13@e   | he felt that$3$ he did not; and therefore applied to$4$ $MP#B$Edmund
306:366,14@e   | to$9$ tell him how she stood affected on$4$ the present$9$ occasion$0$,
306:366,15@e   | and whether she were more or less happy than she had
306:366,16@e   | been.
306:366,17'  !| $MP#B$Edmund did not discern any symptoms of regret$0$,
306:366,17@b   | and
306:366,18@b   | thought$1$ his father a little unreasonable in supposing the
306:366,19@b   | first three or four days could produce any.
306:366,20@b   | What$6#1$ chiefly surprised $MP#B$Edmund was, that$3$ $MP#D$Crawford's
306:366,21@b   | sister, the friend and companion, who$6#1$ had been so$5#1$ much
306:366,22@b   | to$4$ her, should not be more visibly regretted. He wondered
306:366,23@b   | that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny spoke so$5#1$ seldom of \her\, and had so$5#1$ little
306:366,24@b   | voluntarily to$9$ say of her concern$0$ at this separation.
306:366,25'  !| Alas| it was this sister, this friend and companion, who$6#1$
306:366,26'  !| was now the chief bane of $MP#A$Fanny's comfort$0$. ~
306:366,26@a   | If she could
306:366,27@a   | have believed $MP#C$Mary's future fate as unconnected with
306:366,28@a   | Mansfield, as she was determined$2$ the brother's should be,
306:366,29@a   | if she could have hoped her return$0$ thither, to$9$ be as distant
306:366,30@a   | as she was much inclined to$9$ think his, she would have
306:366,31@a   | been light$9$ of heart indeed; but the more she recollected
306:366,32@a   | and observed, the more deeply was she convinced that$3$
306:366,33@a   | every*thing was now in a fairer train for$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
306:367, 1@a   | marrying $MP#B$Edmund than it had ever been before$5$. ~ On$4$ his
306:367, 2@a   | side$0$, the inclination was stronger, on$4$ hers less equivocal.
306:367, 3@a   | His objections, the scruples of his integrity, seemed all
306:367, 4@a   | done away ~ nobody could tell how; and the doubts$0$
306:367, 5@a   | and hesitations of her ambition were equally got over ~
306:367, 6@a   | and equally without apparent reason$0$. It could only be
306:367, 7@a   | imputed to$4$ increasing attachment. His good and her
306:367, 8@a   | bad feelings yielded to$4$ love$0$, and such love$0$ must unite
306:367, 9@a   | them. He was to$9$ go to$4$ town, as soon as some business
306:367,10@a   | relative to$4$ Thornton*Lacey were completed ~ perhaps,
306:367,11@a   | within a fortnight, he talked of going, he loved to$9$ talk$1$
306:367,12@a   | of it; and when once with her again, $MP#A$Fanny could not
306:367,13@a   | doubt$1$ the rest$0#1$. ~ Her acceptance must be as certain as
306:367,14@a   | his offer$0$; and yet, there were bad feelings still$5$ remaining
306:367,15@a   | which$6#1$ made the prospect of it most sorrowful to$4$ her,
306:367,16@a   | independently ~ she believed independently of self.
306:367,17@a   | In their very last$2$ conversation, $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, in spite$8$
306:367,18@a   | of some amiable sensations, and much personal kindness,
306:367,19@a   | had still$5$ been $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, still$5$ shewn a mind$0$ led astray
306:367,20@a   | and bewildered, and without any suspicion of being$1$ so$5#2$;
306:367,21@a   | darkened, yet fancying itself light$9$. She might love$1$, but
306:367,22@a   | she did not deserve $MP#B$Edmund by$4$ any other sentiment.
306:367,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny believed there was scarcely a second$2$ feeling$0$ in
306:367,24'  !| common$0$ between them; and she may$1$ be forgiven by$4$
306:367,25'  !| older sages, for$4$ looking on$4$ the chance$0$ of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
306:367,26'  !| future improvement as nearly desperate, for$4$ thinking that$3$
306:367,27'  !| if $MP#B$Edmund's influence$0$ in this season of love$0$, had already
306:367,28'  !| done so$5#1$ little in clearing her judgment, and regulating her
306:367,29'  !| notions, his worth would be finally wasted on$4$ her even$5$ in
306:367,30'  !| years of matrimony.
306:367,31'  !| Experience$0$ might have hoped more for$4$ any young
306:367,32'  !| people, so$5#1$ circumstanced, and impartiality would not have
306:367,33'  !| denied to$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's nature, that$6#2$ participation of
306:367,34'  !| the general$2$ nature of women, which$6#1$ would lead$1$ her to$9$
306:367,35'  !| adopt the opinions of the man she loved and respected,
306:367,36'  !| as her own$2$. ~ But as such were $MP#A$Fanny's persuasions, she
306:367,37'  !| suffered very much from them, and could never speak
306:367,38'  !| of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford without pain$0$.
306:368, 1'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, meanwhile, went on$5$ with his own$2$ hopes$0$,
306:368, 2'  !| and his own$2$ observations, still$5$ feeling$1$ a right$0$, by$4$ all his
306:368, 3'  !| knowledge of human nature, to$9$ expect to$9$ see the effect$0$
306:368, 4'  !| of the loss of power and consequence, on$4$ his niece's spirits,
306:368, 5'  !| and the past$9$ attentions of the lover producing a craving
306:368, 6'  !| for$4$ their return$0$; and he was soon afterwards able to$9$
306:368, 7'  !| account$1$ for$4$ his not yet completely and indubitably seeing
306:368, 8'  !| all this, by$4$ the prospect of another visitor, whose$6#1$ approach$0$
306:368, 9'  !| he could allow to$9$ be quite enough to$9$ support$1$ the spirits
306:368,10'  !| he was watching. ~ $MP#Q$William had obtained a ten days'
306:368,11'  !| leave$0$ of absence to$9$ be given to$4$ Northamptonshire, and
306:368,12'  !| was coming, the happiest of lieutenants, because the latest
306:368,13'  !| made, to$9$ shew$1$ his happiness and describe his uniform.
306:368,14'  !| He came; and he would have been delighted to$9$ shew$1$
306:368,15'  !| his uniform there too$5#2$, had not cruel custom prohibited its
306:368,16'  !| appearance except on$4$ duty. So$3$ the uniform remained
306:368,17'  !| at Portsmouth, and $MP#B$Edmund conjectured that$3$
306:368,17@b   | before$3$
306:368,18@b   | $MP#A$Fanny had any chance$0$ of seeing it, all its own$2$ freshness,
306:368,19@b   | and all the freshness of its wearer's feelings, must be worn
306:368,20@b   | away. It would be sunk into a badge of disgrace$0$; for$3$
306:368,21@b   | what$6#2$ can be more unbecoming, or more worthless, than
306:368,22@b   | the uniform of a lieutenant, who$6#1$ has been a lieutenant
306:368,23@b   | a year or two, and sees others made commanders before$4$
306:368,24@b   | him?
306:368,24'  !| So$5#2$ reasoned $MP#B$Edmund, till his father made him
306:368,25'  !| the confident of a scheme$0$ which$6#1$ placed $MP#A$Fanny's chance$0$
306:368,26'  !| of seeing the 2d lieutenant of H%*M%*S%*Thrush, in all his
306:368,27'  !| glory$0$, in another light$0$.
306:368,28'  !| This scheme$0$ was that$3$ she should accompany her brother
306:368,29'  !| back$5$ to$4$ Portsmouth, and spend a little time with her own$2$
306:368,30'  !| family. It had occurred to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, in one of his
306:368,31'  !| dignified musings, as a right$2#1$ and desirable measure$0$; but
306:368,32'  !| before$3$ he absolutely made up his mind$0$, he consulted his
306:368,33'  !| son. $MP#B$Edmund considered it every way, and saw nothing
306:368,34'  !| but what$6#1$ was right$2#1$.
306:368,34@b   | The thing was good in itself, and
306:368,35@b   | could not be done at a better$9$ time; and he had no$2$ doubt$0$
306:368,36@b   | of it being$1$ highly agreeable to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny.
306:368,36'  !| This was enough
306:368,37'  !| to$9$ determine $MP#E$Sir*Thomas; and a decisive
306:368,37E  !| "then so$5#2$ it shall
306:368,38E  !| be,"
306:368,38'  !| closed that$6#2$ stage$0#1$ of the business; $MP#E$Sir*Thomas retiring
306:369, 1'  !| from it with some feelings of satisfaction, and views of
306:369, 2'  !| good over and above$4$ what$6#1$ he had communicated to$4$ his
306:369, 3'  !| son, for$3$ his prime motive in sending her away, had very
306:369, 4'  !| little to$9$ do with the propriety of her seeing her parents
306:369, 5'  !| again, and nothing at all with any idea of making her
306:369, 6'  !| happy.
306:369, 6@e   | He certainly wished her to$9$ go willingly, but he
306:369, 7@e   | as certainly wished her to$9$ be heartily sick of home before$3$
306:369, 8@e   | her visit$0$ ended; and that$3$ a little abstinence from the elegancies
306:369, 9@e   | and luxuries of Mansfield*Park, would bring her
306:369,10@e   | mind$0$ into a sober state$0$, and incline her to$4$ a juster estimate$0$
306:369,11@e   | of the value$0$ of that$6#2$ home of greater permanence, and equal$2$
306:369,12@e   | comfort$0$, of which$6#1$ she had the offer$0$.
306:369,13@e   | It was a medicinal project upon his niece's understanding$0$,
306:369,14@e   | which$6#1$ he must consider as at present$0#1$ diseased. A
306:369,15@e   | residence of eight or nine years in the abode of wealth and
306:369,16@e   | plenty had a little disordered her powers of comparing
306:369,17@e   | and judging. Her Father's house would, in all probability,
306:369,18@e   | teach her the value$0$ of a good income; and he
306:369,19@e   | trusted that$3$ she would be the wiser and happier woman
306:369,20@e   | all her life, for$4$ the experiment he had devised.
306:369,21'  !| Had $MP#A$Fanny been at all addicted to$4$ raptures, she must
306:369,22'  !| have had a strong attack$0$ of them, when she first understood
306:369,23'  !| what$6#1$ was intended, when her uncle first made her
306:369,24'  !| the offer$0$ of visiting the parents and brothers, and sisters,
306:369,25'  !| from whom$6#1$ she had been divided, almost half her life, of
306:369,26'  !| returning for$4$ a couple of months to$4$ the scenes of her
306:369,27'  !| infancy, with $MP#Q$William for$4$ the protector and companion
306:369,28'  !| of her journey; and the certainty of continuing to$9$ see
306:369,29'  !| $MP#Q$William to$4$ the last$2$ hour of his remaining on$4$ land. Had
306:369,30'  !| she ever given way to$4$ bursts of delight$0$, it must have been
306:369,31'  !| then, for$3$ she was delighted, but her happiness was of a
306:369,32'  !| quiet$2$, deep, heart-swelling sort; and though never a great
306:369,33'  !| talker, she was always more inclined to$4$ silence$0$ when feeling$1$
306:369,34'  !| most strongly. At the moment she could only thank and
306:369,35'  !| accept. Afterwards, when familiarized with the visions
306:369,36'  !| of enjoyment so$5#1$ suddenly opened, she could speak more
306:369,37'  !| largely to$4$ $MP#Q$William and $MP#B$Edmund of what$6#1$ she felt; but
306:369,38'  !| still$5$ there were emotions of tenderness that$6#1$ could not be
306:370, 1'  !| clothed in words ~
306:370, 1@a   | The remembrance of all her earliest
306:370, 2@a   | pleasures, and of what$6#1$ she had suffered in being$1$ torn from
306:370, 3@a   | them, came over her with renewed strength, and it seemed
306:370, 4@a   | as if to$9$ be at home again, would heal every pain$0$ that$6#1$ had
306:370, 5@a   | since grown out$8$ of the separation. To$9$ be in the centre$0$
306:370, 6@a   | of such a circle, loved by$4$ so$5#1$ many, and more loved by$4$ all
306:370, 7@a   | than she had ever been before$5$, to$9$ feel affection without
306:370, 8@a   | fear$0$ or restraint, to$9$ feel herself the equal$0$ of those who$6#1$
306:370, 9@a   | surrounded her, to$9$ be at peace from all mention$0$ of the
306:370,10@a   | $MP#D1$Crawfords, safe from every look$0$ which$6#1$ could be fancied
306:370,11@a   | a reproach$0$ on$4$ their account$0$| ~ This was a prospect to$9$ be
306:370,12@a   | dwelt on$5$ with a fondness that$6#1$ could be but half acknowledged.
306:370,13@a   | $MP#B$Edmund too$5#2$ ~ to$9$ be two months from \him\, (and perhaps,
306:370,14@a   | she might be allowed to$9$ make$1$ her absence three) must do
306:370,15@a   | her good. At a distance$0$ unassailed by$4$ his looks$0$ or his
306:370,16@a   | kindness, and safe from the perpetual irritation of knowing
306:370,17@a   | his heart, and striving to$9$ avoid his confidence, she should
306:370,18@a   | be able to$9$ reason$1$ herself into a properer state$0$; she should
306:370,19@a   | be able to$9$ think of him as in London, and arranging every*thing
306:370,20@a   | there, without wretchedness. ~ What$6#1$ might have
306:370,21@a   | been hard to$9$ bear$1$ at Mansfield, was to$9$ become a slight$2$ evil
306:370,22@a   | at Portsmouth.
306:370,23@a   | The only drawback was the doubt$0$ of her Aunt $MP#F$Bertram's
306:370,24@a   | being$1$ comfortable without her. She was of use$0$ to$4$ no*one
306:370,25@a   | else; but \there\ she might be missed to$4$ a degree that$6#1$ she
306:370,26@a   | did not like$1$ to$9$ think of;
306:370,27'  !| and that$6#2$ part$0$ of the arrangement
306:370,28'  !| was, indeed, the hardest for$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas to$9$ accomplish,
306:370,29'  !| and what$6#1$ only \he\ could have accomplished at all.
306:370,30'  !| But he was master at Mansfield*Park. When he had
306:370,31'  !| really resolved on$4$ any measure$0$, he could always carry it
306:370,32'  !| through$5$; and now by$4$ dint of long$9$ talking on$4$ the subject$0$,
306:370,33'  !| explaining and dwelling on$4$ the duty of $MP#A$Fanny's sometimes
306:370,34'  !| seeing her family, he did induce his wife to$9$ let her go;
306:370,35'  !| obtaining it rather from submission, however, than conviction,
306:370,36'  !| for$3$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram was convinced of very little
306:370,37'  !| more than that$3$
306:370,37@f   | $MP#E$Sir*Thomas thought$1$ $MP#A$Fanny ought to$9$ go,
306:370,38@f   | and therefore that$3$ she must.
306:370,38'  !| In the calmness of her own$2$
306:371, 1'  !| dressing*room, in the impartial flow$0$ of her own$2$ meditations,
306:371, 2'  !| unbiassed by$4$ his bewildering statements, she could
306:371, 3'  !| not acknowledge any necessity for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's ever going
306:371, 4'  !| near$4$ a Father and Mother who$6#1$ had done without her so$5#1$
306:371, 5'  !| long$9$, while$9$ she was so$5#1$ useful to$4$ herself. ~ And as to$4$ the
306:371, 6'  !| not missing her, which$6#1$ under $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's discussion was
306:371, 7'  !| the point$0$ attempted to$9$ be proved, she set$1$ herself very
306:371, 8'  !| steadily against admitting any such thing.
306:371, 9'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had appealed to$4$ her reason$0$, conscience, and
306:371,10'  !| dignity. He called it a sacrifice$0$, and demanded it of her
306:371,11'  !| goodness and self-command as such. But $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
306:371,12'  !| wanted to$9$ persuade her that$3$
306:371,12@j   | $MP#A$Fanny could be very well$9$
306:371,13@j   | spared ~ \She\ being$1$ ready to$9$ give up all her own$2$ time to$4$
306:371,14@j   | her as requested) and in short$0$ could not really be wanted
306:371,15@j   | or missed.
306:371,16F  !| "That$6#2$ may$1$ be, sister," ~
306:371,16'  !| was all $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's reply$0$ ~
306:371,17F  !| "I dare$1#2$ say you are very right$2#1$, but I am sure I shall miss
306:371,18F  !| her very much."
306:371,19'  !| The next step$0$ was to$9$ communicate with Portsmouth.
306:371,20'  !| $MP#A$Fanny wrote to$9$ offer$1$ herself; and her mother's answer$0$,
306:371,21'  !| though short$2$, was so$5#1$ kind$2$, a few simple$2$ lines expressed
306:371,22'  !| so$5#1$ natural$2$ and motherly a joy in the prospect of seeing
306:371,23'  !| her child again, as to$9$ confirm all the daughter's views of
306:371,24'  !| happiness in being$1$ with her ~ convincing her that$3$ she
306:371,25'  !| should now find a warm$2$ and affectionate friend in the
306:371,26'  !| "Mamma" who$6#1$ had certainly shewn no$2$ remarkable fondness
306:371,27'  !| for$4$ her formerly; but this she could easily suppose
306:371,28'  !| to$9$ have been her own$2$ fault, or her own$2$ fancy$0$.
306:371,28@a   | She had
306:371,29@a   | probably alienated Love$0$ by$4$ the helplessness and fretfulness
306:371,30@a   | of a fearful temper, or been unreasonable in wanting
306:371,31@a   | a larger share$0$ than any one among so$5#1$ many could deserve.
306:371,32@a   | Now, when she knew better$9$ how to$9$ be useful and how to$9$
306:371,33@a   | forbear, and when her mother could be no$2$ longer occupied
306:371,34@a   | by$4$ the incessant demands$0$ of a house full of little children,
306:371,35@a   | there would be leisure and inclination for$4$ every comfort$0$,
306:371,36@a   | and they should soon be what$6#1$ mother and daughter ought
306:371,37@a   | to$9$ be to$4$ each other.
306:371,38'  !| $MP#Q$William was almost as happy in the plan as his sister.
306:372, 1@q   | It would be the greatest pleasure to$4$ him to$9$ have her there
306:372, 2@q   | to$4$ the last$2$ moment before$3$ he sailed, and perhaps find her
306:372, 3@q   | there still$5$ when he came in, from his first cruise| And
306:372, 4@q   | besides, he wanted her so$5#1$ very much to$9$ see the Thrush
306:372, 5@q   | before$3$ she went out$8$ of harbour$0$ (the Thrush was certainly
306:372, 6@q   | the finest sloop in the service). And there were several
306:372, 7@q   | improvements in the dock-yard, too$5#2$, which$6#1$ he quite longed
306:372, 8@q   | to$9$ shew$1$ her.
306:372, 9'  !| He did not scruple$1$ to$9$ add, that$3$
306:372, 9@q   | her being$1$ at home for$4$
306:372,10@q   | a while$0$ would be a great advantage to$4$ every*body.
306:372,11Q  !| "I do not know how it is,"
306:372,11'  !| said he,
306:372,11Q  !| "but we seem
306:372,12Q  !| to$9$ want$1$ some of your nice ways and orderliness at my
306:372,13Q  !| father's. The house is always in confusion. You will$1$ set$1$
306:372,14Q  !| things going in a better$9$ way, I am sure. You will$1$ tell my
306:372,15Q  !| mother how it all ought to$9$ be, and you will$1$ be so$5#1$ useful to$4$
306:372,16Q  !| $MP#R$Susan, and you will$1$ teach $MP#ZZC$Betsey, and make$1$ the boys love$1$
306:372,17Q  !| and mind$1$ you. How right$2#1$ and comfortable it will$1$ all be|"
306:372,18'  !| By$4$ the time $MP#P$Mrs%*Price's answer$0$ arrived, there remained
306:372,19'  !| but a very few days more to$9$ be spent at Mansfield; and
306:372,20'  !| for$4$ part$0$ of one of those days the young travellers were in
306:372,21'  !| a good deal$0#2$ of alarm$0$ on$4$ the subject$0$ of their journey, for$3$
306:372,22'  !| when the mode of it came to$9$ be talked of, and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris
306:372,23'  !| found that$3$
306:372,23@j   | all her anxiety to$9$ save$1$ her Brother-in-law's
306:372,24@j   | money was vain, and that$3$ in spite$8$ of her wishes$0$ and hints
306:372,25@j   | for$4$ a less expensive conveyance of $MP#A$Fanny, they were to$9$
306:372,26@j   | travel post, when she saw $MP#E$Sir*Thomas actually give $MP#Q$William
306:372,27@j   | notes for$4$ the purpose, she was struck with the idea of there
306:372,28@j   | being$1$ room for$4$ a third in the carriage, and suddenly seized
306:372,29@j   | with a strong inclination to$9$ go with them ~ to$9$ go and see
306:372,30@j   | her poor dear$2#1$ sister $MP#P$Price.
306:372,30'  !| She proclaimed her thoughts.
306:372,31@j   | She must say that$3$ she had more than half a mind$0$ to$9$ go
306:372,32@j   | with the young people; it would be such an indulgence
306:372,33@j   | to$4$ her; she had not seen her poor dear$2#1$ sister $MP#P$Price for$4$
306:372,34@j   | more than twenty years; and it would be a help$0$ to$4$ the
306:372,35@j   | young people in their journey to$9$ have her older head$0$ to$9$
306:372,36@j   | manage for$4$ them; and she could not help$1$ thinking her
306:372,37@j   | poor dear$2#1$ sister $MP#P$Price would feel it very unkind of her not
306:372,38@j   | to$9$ come by$4$ such an opportunity.
306:373, 1'  !| $MP#Q$William and $MP#A$Fanny were horror-struck at the idea.
306:373, 2'  !| All the comfort$0$ of their comfortable journey would be
306:373, 3'  !| destroyed at once. With woeful countenances they looked
306:373, 4'  !| at each other. Their suspense lasted an hour or two. No*one
306:373, 5'  !| interfered to$9$ encourage or dissuade. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris was
306:373, 6'  !| left$1$ to$9$ settle the matter by$4$ herself; and it ended to$4$ the
306:373, 7'  !| infinite joy of her nephew and niece, in the recollection
306:373, 8@j   | that$3$ she could not possibly be spared from Mansfield*Park
306:373, 9@j   | at present$0#1$; that$3$ she was a great deal$0#2$ too$5#1$ necessary to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
306:373,10@j   | and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram for$4$ her to$9$ be able to$9$ answer$1$
306:373,11@j   | it to$4$ herself to$9$ leave$1$ them even$5$ for$4$ a week, and therefore
306:373,12@j   | must certainly sacrifice$1$ every other pleasure to$4$ that$6#2$ of
306:373,13@j   | being$1$ useful to$4$ them.
306:373,14'  !| It had, in fact, occurred to$4$ her, that$3$, though taken to$4$
306:373,15'  !| Portsmouth for$4$ nothing, it would be hardly possible for$4$ her
306:373,16'  !| to$9$ avoid paying her own$2$ expenses back$5$ again. So$3$, her
306:373,17'  !| poor dear$2#1$ sister $MP#P$Price was left$1$ to$4$ all the disappointment
306:373,18'  !| of her missing such an opportunity; and another twenty
306:373,19'  !| years' absence, perhaps, begun.
306:373,20'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's plans were affected by$4$ this Portsmouth
306:373,21'  !| journey, this absence of $MP#A$Fanny's. He too$5#2$ had a sacrifice$0$
306:373,22'  !| to$9$ make$1$ to$4$ Mansfield*Park, as well$9$ as his aunt. He had
306:373,23'  !| intended, about$4$ this time, to$9$ be going to$4$ London, but he
306:373,24'  !| could not leave$1$ his father and mother just$9$ when every*body
306:373,25'  !| else of most importance to$4$ their comfort$0$, was leaving
306:373,26'  !| them; and with an effort, felt but not boasted$1$ of, he
306:373,27'  !| delayed for$4$ a week or two longer a journey which$6#1$ he was
306:373,28'  !| looking forward$8$ to$4$, with the hope$0$ of its fixing his happiness
306:373,29'  !| for*ever.
306:373,30'  !| He told $MP#A$Fanny of it. She knew so$5#1$ much already, that$3$
306:373,31'  !| she must know every*thing. It made the substance of
306:373,32'  !| one other confidential discourse about$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford;
306:373,33'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny was the more affected from feeling$1$ it to$9$ be the
306:373,34'  !| last$2$ time in which$6#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's name$0$ would ever be
306:373,35'  !| mentioned between them with any remains$0$ of liberty.
306:373,36'  !| Once afterwards, she was alluded to$4$ by$4$ him. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
306:373,37'  !| had been telling her niece in the evening to$9$ write to$4$
306:373,38'  !| her soon and often, and promising to$9$ be a good correspondent
306:374, 1'  !| herself; and $MP#B$Edmund, at a convenient moment,
306:374, 2'  !| then added, in a whisper$0$,
306:374, 2B  !| "And \I\ shall write to$4$ you,
306:374, 3B  !| $MP#A$Fanny, when I have any*thing worth writing$1$ about$4$; any*thing
306:374, 4B  !| to$9$ say, that$6#1$ I think you will$1$ like$1$ to$9$ hear, and that$6#1$
306:374, 5B  !| you will$1$ not hear so$5#1$ soon from any other quarter$0#2$."
306:374, 5'  !| Had
306:374, 6'  !| she doubted his meaning$0$ while$9$ she listened, the glow in
306:374, 7'  !| his face$0$, when she looked up at him, would have been
306:374, 8'  !| decisive.
306:374, 9@a   | For$4$ this letter she must try to$9$ arm$1$ herself. That$3$ a
306:374,10@a   | letter from $MP#B$Edmund should be a subject$0$ of terror| She
306:374,11@a   | began to$9$ feel that$3$ she had not yet gone through$4$ all the
306:374,12@a   | changes$0$ of opinion and sentiment, which$6#1$ the progress of
306:374,13@a   | time and variation of circumstances occasion$0$ in this world
306:374,14@a   | of changes$0$.
306:374,14'  !| The vicissitudes of the human mind$0$ had not
306:374,15'  !| yet been exhausted by$4$ her.
306:374,16'  !| Poor $MP#A$Fanny| though going, as she did, willingly and
306:374,17'  !| eagerly, the last$2$ evening at Mansfield*Park must still$5$ be
306:374,18'  !| wretchedness. Her heart was completely sad at parting.
306:374,19'  !| She had tears for$4$ every room in the house, much more for$4$
306:374,20'  !| every beloved inhabitant. She clung to$4$ her aunt, because
306:374,21'  !| she would miss her; she kissed the hand$0$ of her uncle with
306:374,22'  !| struggling sobs, because she had displeased him; and as
306:374,23'  !| for$4$ $MP#B$Edmund, she could neither speak, nor look$1$, nor think,
306:374,24'  !| when the last$2$ moment came with \him\, and it was not till
306:374,25'  !| it was over that$3$ she knew he was giving her the affectionate
306:374,26'  !| farewell of a brother.
306:374,27'  !| All this passed over night, for$3$ the journey was to$9$ begin
306:374,28'  !| very early in the morning; and when the small, diminished
306:374,29'  !| party met at breakfast$0$, $MP#Q$William and $MP#A$Fanny were talked
306:374,30'  !| of as already advanced one stage$0#1$.
307:375, 1'  !| The novelty of travelling, and the happiness of being$1$
307:375, 2'  !| with $MP#Q$William, soon produced their natural$2$ effect$0$ on$4$
307:375, 3'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's spirits, when Mansfield*Park was fairly left$1$
307:375, 4'  !| behind, and by$4$ the time their first stage$0#1$ was ended, and
307:375, 5'  !| they were to$9$ quit $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's carriage, she was able to$9$
307:375, 6'  !| take leave$0$ of the old coachman, and send back$5$ proper
307:375, 7'  !| messages, with cheerful looks$0$.
307:375, 8'  !| Of pleasant talk$0$ between the brother and sister, there was
307:375, 9'  !| no$2$ end$0$. Every*thing supplied an amusement to$4$ the high
307:375,10'  !| glee of $MP#Q$William's mind$0$, and he was full of frolic and joke,
307:375,11'  !| in the intervals of their higher-toned subjects, all of which$6#1$
307:375,12'  !| ended, if they did not begin, in praise$0$ of the Thrush, conjectures$1$
307:375,13'  !| how she would be employed, schemes for$4$ an
307:375,14'  !| action with some superior$2$ force$0$, which$6#1$ (supposing the
307:375,15'  !| first lieutenant out$8$ of the way ~ and $MP#Q$William was not very
307:375,16'  !| merciful to$4$ the first lieutenant) was to$9$ give himself the
307:375,17'  !| next step$0$ as soon as possible, or speculations upon prize$0$
307:375,18'  !| money, which$6#1$ was to$9$ be generously distributed at home,
307:375,19'  !| with only the reservation of enough to$9$ make$1$ the little
307:375,20'  !| cottage comfortable, in which$6#1$ he and $MP#A$Fanny were to$9$ pass$1$
307:375,21'  !| all their middle and latter life together.
307:375,22'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's immediate concerns$0$, as far as they involved
307:375,23'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, made no$2$ part$0$ of their conversation. $MP#Q$William
307:375,24'  !| knew what$6#1$ had passed,
307:375,24@q   | and from his heart lamented
307:375,25@q   | that$3$ his sister's feelings should be so$5#1$ cold$2$ towards a man
307:375,26@q   | whom$6#1$ he must consider as the first of human characters;
307:375,27'  !| but he was of an age to$9$ be all for$4$ love$0$, and therefore
307:375,28'  !| unable to$9$ blame$1$; and knowing her wish$0$ on$4$ the subject$0$,
307:375,29'  !| he would not distress$1$ her by$4$ the slightest allusion.
307:375,30'  !| She had reason$0$ to$9$ suppose herself not yet forgotten by$4$
307:375,31'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford. ~ She had heard repeatedly from his sister
307:375,32'  !| within the three weeks which$6#1$ had passed since their leaving
307:375,33'  !| Mansfield, and in each letter there had been a few lines
307:376, 1'  !| from himself, warm$2$ and determined$2$ like$9$ his speeches. It
307:376, 2'  !| was a correspondence which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny found quite as unpleasant
307:376, 3'  !| as she had feared.
307:376, 3@a   | $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's style of
307:376, 4@a   | writing$0$, lively and affectionate, was itself an evil, independent
307:376, 5@a   | of what$6#1$ she was thus forced into reading from
307:376, 6@a   | the brother's pen, for$3$ $MP#B$Edmund would never rest$1$ till she
307:376, 7@a   | had read the chief of the letter to$4$ him, and then she had
307:376, 8@a   | to$9$ listen to$4$ his admiration of her language, and the warmth
307:376, 9@a   | of her attachments. ~ There had, in fact, been so$5#1$ much
307:376,10@a   | of message, of allusion, of recollection, so$5#1$ much of Mansfield
307:376,11@a   | in every letter, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny could not but suppose it
307:376,12@a   | meant for$4$ him to$9$ hear; and to$9$ find herself forced into
307:376,13@a   | a purpose of that$6#2$ kind$0$, compelled into a correspondence
307:376,14@a   | which$6#1$ was bringing her the addresses of the man she did
307:376,15@a   | not love$1$, and obliging her to$9$ administer to$4$ the adverse
307:376,16@a   | passion of the man she did, was cruelly mortifying. Here,
307:376,17@a   | too$5#2$, her present$9$ removal promised advantage. When no$2$
307:376,18@a   | longer under the same roof with $MP#B$Edmund, she trusted that$3$
307:376,19@a   | $MP#C$Miss*Crawford would have no$2$ motive for$4$ writing$1$, strong
307:376,20@a   | enough to$9$ overcome the trouble$0$, and that$3$ at Portsmouth
307:376,21@a   | their correspondence would dwindle into nothing.
307:376,22'  !| With such thoughts as these among ten hundred others,
307:376,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny proceeded in her journey, safely and cheerfully,
307:376,24'  !| and as expeditiously as could rationally be hoped in the
307:376,25'  !| dirty month of February. They entered Oxford, but she
307:376,26'  !| could take only a hasty glimpse of $MP#B$Edmund's College as
307:376,27'  !| they passed along$5$, and made no$2$ stop$0$ any*where, till they
307:376,28'  !| reached Newbury, where a comfortable meal, uniting
307:376,29'  !| dinner and supper, wound$1#1$ up the enjoyments and fatigues$0$
307:376,30'  !| of the day.
307:376,31'  !| The next morning saw them off again at an early hour;
307:376,32'  !| and with no$2$ events and no$2$ delays they regularly advanced,
307:376,33'  !| and were in the environs of Portsmouth while$9$ there was
307:376,34'  !| yet daylight for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny to$9$ look$1$ around$4$ her, and wonder$1$ at
307:376,35'  !| the new buildings. ~ They passed the Drawbridge, and
307:376,36'  !| entered the town; and the light$0$ was only beginning$1$ to$9$
307:376,37'  !| fail, as, guided by$4$ $MP#Q$William's powerful voice, they were
307:376,38'  !| rattled into a narrow street, leading from the high street,
307:377, 1'  !| and drawn up before$4$ the door of a small house now
307:377, 2'  !| inhabited by$4$ $MP#O$Mr%*Price.
307:377, 3'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was all agitation and flutter ~ all hope$0$ and apprehension.
307:377, 4'  !| The moment they stopt, a trollopy-looking
307:377, 5'  !| maid-servant, seemingly in waiting for$4$ them at the door,
307:377, 6'  !| stept forward$8$, and more intent on$4$ telling the news, than
307:377, 7'  !| giving them any help$0$, immediately began with,
307:377, 7T  !| "the
307:377, 8T  !| Thrush is gone out$8$ of harbour$0$, please Sir, and one of the
307:377, 9T  !| officers has been here to$9$" ~~
307:377, 9'  !| She was interrupted by$4$
307:377,10'  !| a fine tall boy of eleven years old, who$6#1$ rushing out$8$ of the
307:377,11'  !| house, pushed the maid aside, and while$9$ $MP#Q$William was
307:377,12'  !| opening the chaise door himself, called out$5$,
307:377,12S  !| "you are just$9$
307:377,13S  !| in time. We have been looking for$4$ you this half hour.
307:377,14S  !| The Thrush went out$8$ of harbour$0$ this morning. I saw
307:377,15S  !| her. It was a beautiful sight. And they think she will$1$
307:377,16S  !| have her orders$0#1$ in a day or two. And $MP#ZD$Mr%*Campbell was
307:377,17S  !| here at four o'clock, to$9$ ask for$4$ you; he has got one of the
307:377,18S  !| Thrush's boats, and is going off to$4$ her at six, and hoped
307:377,19S  !| you would be here in time to$9$ go with him."
307:377,20'  !| A stare or two at $MP#A$Fanny, as $MP#Q$William helped her out$8$
307:377,21'  !| of the carriage, was all the voluntary notice$0$ which$6#1$ this
307:377,22'  !| brother bestowed; ~ but he made no$2$ objection to$4$ her
307:377,23'  !| kissing him, though still$5$ entirely engaged in detailing
307:377,24'  !| farther particulars of the Thrush's going out$8$ of harbour$0$,
307:377,25'  !| in which$6#1$ he had a strong right$0$ of interest$0$, being$1$ to$9$ commence
307:377,26'  !| his career of seamanship in her at this very time.
307:377,27'  !| Another moment, and $MP#A$Fanny was in the narrow entrance-passage
307:377,28'  !| of the house, and in her mother's arms, who$6#1$ met
307:377,29'  !| her there with looks$0$ of true kindness, and with features
307:377,30'  !| which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny loved the more, because they brought her
307:377,31'  !| aunt $MP#F$Bertram's before$4$ her; and there were her two sisters,
307:377,32'  !| $MP#R$Susan, a well-grown fine girl of fourteen, and $MP#ZZC$Betsey, the
307:377,33'  !| youngest of the family, about$4$ five ~ both glad to$9$ see her
307:377,34'  !| in their way, though with no$2$ advantage of manner in
307:377,35'  !| receiving her. But manner $MP#A$Fanny did not want$1$. Would
307:377,36'  !| they but love$1$ her, she should be satisfied$1$.
307:377,37'  !| She was then taken into a parlour, so$5#1$ small that$3$
307:377,38'  !| her first conviction was of its being$1$ only a passage-room to$4$
307:378, 1'  !| something better$9$, and she stood for$4$ a moment expecting
307:378, 2'  !| to$9$ be invited on$5$; but when she saw there was no$2$ other
307:378, 3'  !| door, and that$3$ there were signs of habitation before$4$ her,
307:378, 4'  !| she called back$5$ her thoughts, reproved herself, and grieved
307:378, 5'  !| lest they should have been suspected. Her mother,
307:378, 6'  !| however, could not stay$1$ long$9$ enough to$9$ suspect any*thing.
307:378, 7'  !| She was gone again to$4$ the street door, to$9$ welcome$1$ $MP#Q$William.
307:378, 8P  !| "Oh| my dear$2#1$ $MP#Q$William, how glad I am to$9$ see you. But
307:378, 9P  !| have you heard about$4$ the Thrush? She is gone out$8$ of
307:378,10P  !| harbour$0$ already, three days before$3$ we had any thought$1$ of
307:378,11P  !| it; and I do not know what$6#1$ I am to$9$ do about$4$ $MP#S$Sam's things,
307:378,12P  !| they will$1$ never be ready in time; for$3$ she may$1$ have her
307:378,13P  !| orders$0#1$ to-morrow, perhaps. It takes me quite unawares.
307:378,14P  !| And now you must be off for$4$ Spithead too$5#2$. $MP#ZD$Campbell has
307:378,15P  !| been here, quite in a worry about$4$ you; and now, what$6#2$
307:378,16P  !| shall we do? I thought$1$ to$9$ have had such a comfortable
307:378,17P  !| evening with you, and here every*thing comes upon me at
307:378,18P  !| once."
307:378,19'  !| Her son answered cheerfully, telling her that$3$ every*thing
307:378,20'  !| was always for$4$ the best; and making light$9$ of his own$2$
307:378,21'  !| inconvenience, in being$1$ obliged to$9$ hurry$1$ away so$5#1$ soon.
307:378,22Q  !| "To$9$ be sure, I had much rather she had stayed in
307:378,23Q  !| harbour$0$, that$3$ I might have sat a few hours with you in
307:378,24Q  !| comfort$0$; but as there is a boat ashore, I had better$9$ go off
307:378,25Q  !| at once, and there is no$2$ help$0$ for$4$ it. Whereabouts does the
307:378,26Q  !| Thrush lay$1#3$ at Spithead| Near$4$ the Canopus? But no$2$
307:378,27Q  !| matter ~ here's $MP#A$Fanny in the parlour, and why should we
307:378,28Q  !| stay$1$ in the passage? ~ Come, mother, you have hardly
307:378,29Q  !| looked at your dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny yet."
307:378,30'  !| In they both came, and $MP#P$Mrs%*Price having kindly kissed
307:378,31'  !| her daughter again, and commented a little on$4$ her growth,
307:378,32'  !| began with very natural$2$ solicitude to$9$ feel for$4$ their fatigues$0$
307:378,33'  !| and wants$0$ as travellers.
307:378,34P  !| "Poor dears| how tired you must both be| ~ and now
307:378,35P  !| what$6#2$ will$1$ you have? I began to$9$ think you would never
307:378,36P  !| come. $MP#ZZC$Betsey and I have been watching for$4$ you this half
307:378,37P  !| hour. And when did you get anything to$9$ eat? And what$6#2$
307:378,38P  !| would you like$1$ to$9$ have now? I could not tell whether you
307:379, 1P  !| would be for$4$ some meat, or only a dish of tea after$4$ your
307:379, 2P  !| journey, or else I would have got something ready. And
307:379, 3P  !| now I am afraid $MP#ZD$Campbell will$1$ be here, before$3$ there is time
307:379, 4P  !| to$9$ dress$1$ a steak, and we have no$2$ butcher at hand$0$. It is
307:379, 5P  !| very inconvenient to$9$ have no$2$ butcher in the street. We
307:379, 6P  !| were better$9$ off in our last$2$ house. Perhaps you would like$1$
307:379, 7P  !| some tea, as soon as it can be got."
307:379, 8'  !| They both declared they should prefer it to$4$ anything.
307:379, 9P  !| "Then, $MP#ZZC$Betsey, my dear$2#1$, run$1$ into the kitchen, and see if
307:379,10P  !| $MP#T$Rebecca has put the water on$5$; and tell her to$9$ bring in the
307:379,11P  !| tea-things as soon as she can. I wish$1$ we could get the bell
307:379,12P  !| mended ~ but $MP#ZZC$Betsey is a very handy little messenger."
307:379,13'  !| $MP#ZZC$Betsey went with alacrity; proud to$9$ shew$1$ her abilities
307:379,14'  !| before$4$ her fine new sister.
307:379,15P  !| "Dear$7$ me|"
307:379,15'  !| continued the anxious mother,
307:379,15P  !| "what$7$
307:379,16P  !| a sad fire$0$ we have got, and I dare$1#2$ say you are both starved
307:379,17P  !| with cold$0$. Draw your chair nearer, my dear$2#1$. I cannot
307:379,18P  !| think what$6#1$ $MP#T$Rebecca has been about$4$. I am sure I told her
307:379,19P  !| to$9$ bring some coals half an hour ago. $MP#R$Susan, \you\ should
307:379,20P  !| have taken care$0$ of the fire$0$."
307:379,21R  !| "I was up*stairs, mamma, moving my things;"
307:379,21'  !| said
307:379,22'  !| $MP#R$Susan, in a fearless, self-defending tone, which$6#1$ startled
307:379,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny.
307:379,23R  !| "You know you had but just$9$ settled$1$ that$3$ my
307:379,24R  !| sister $MP#A$Fanny and I should have the other room; and
307:379,25R  !| I could not get $MP#T$Rebecca to$9$ give me any help$0$."
307:379,26'  !| Farther discussion was prevented by$4$ various bustles;
307:379,27'  !| first, the driver came to$9$ be paid ~ then there was a squabble
307:379,28'  !| between $MP#S$Sam and $MP#T$Rebecca, about$4$ the manner of carrying
307:379,29'  !| up his sister's trunk, which$6#1$ he would manage all his own$2$
307:379,30'  !| way; and lastly in walked $MP#O$Mr%*Price himself, his own$2$ loud
307:379,31'  !| voice preceding him, as with something of the oath kind$0$ he
307:379,32'  !| kicked away his son's portmanteau, and his daughter's
307:379,33'  !| band-box in the passage, and called out$5$ for$4$ a candle; no$2$
307:379,34'  !| candle was brought, however, and he walked into the
307:379,35'  !| room.
307:379,36'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, with doubting feelings, had risen to$9$ meet$1$ him,
307:379,37'  !| but sank down$5$ again on$4$ finding herself undistinguished in
307:379,38'  !| the dusk, and unthought of. With a friendly shake$0$ of his
307:380, 1'  !| son's hand$0$, and an eager voice, he instantly began ~
307:380, 1O  !| "Ha|
307:380, 2O  !| welcome$1$ back$5$, my boy. Glad to$9$ see you. Have you heard
307:380, 3O  !| the news? The Thrush went out$8$ of harbour$0$ this morning.
307:380, 4O  !| Sharp is the word, you see. By$4$ G@@@, you are just$9$ in time.
307:380, 5O  !| The doctor has been here enquiring for$4$ you; he has got
307:380, 6O  !| one of the boats, and is to$9$ be off for$4$ Spithead by$4$ six, so$3$ you
307:380, 7O  !| had better$9$ go with him. I have been to$4$ $MP#Z1$Turner's about$4$
307:380, 8O  !| your mess; it is all in a way to$9$ be done. I should not
307:380, 9O  !| wonder$1$ if you had your orders$0#1$ to-morrow; but you cannot
307:380,10O  !| sail with this wind, if you are to$9$ cruize to$4$ the westward;
307:380,11O  !| and $MP#ZZK$Captain*Walsh thinks you will$1$ certainly have a cruize
307:380,12O  !| to$4$ the westward, with the Elephant. By$4$ G@@@, I wish$1$ you
307:380,13O  !| may$1$. But old $MP#ZZG$Scholey was saying just$9$ now, that$3$ he
307:380,14O  !| thought$1$ you would be sent first to$4$ the Texel. Well$7$, well$7$,
307:380,15O  !| we are ready, whatever happens. But by$4$ G@@@, you lost
307:380,16O  !| a fine sight by$4$ not being$1$ here in the morning to$9$ see the
307:380,17O  !| Thrush go out$8$ of harbour$0$. I would not have been out$8$ of
307:380,18O  !| the way for$4$ a thousand pounds. Old $MP#ZZG$Scholey ran in at
307:380,19O  !| breakfast*time, to$9$ say she had slipped her moorings and
307:380,20O  !| was coming out$5$. I jumped up, and made but two steps to$4$
307:380,21O  !| the platform. If ever there was a perfect$2$ beauty afloat, she
307:380,22O  !| is one; and there she lays at Spithead, and anybody in
307:380,23O  !| England would take her for$4$ an eight-and-twenty. I was
307:380,24O  !| upon the platform two hours this afternoon, looking at her.
307:380,25O  !| She lays close$9$ to$4$ the Endymion, between her and the
307:380,26O  !| Cleopatra, just$9$ to$4$ the eastward of the sheer hulk."
307:380,27Q  !| "Ha|"
307:380,27'  !| cried $MP#Q$William,
307:380,27Q  !| "\that's\ just$9$ where I should have
307:380,28Q  !| put her myself. It's the best birth$0#2$ at Spithead. But here
307:380,29Q  !| is my sister, Sir, here is $MP#A$Fanny;"
307:380,29'  !| turning$1$ and leading her
307:380,30'  !| forward$8$; ~
307:380,30Q  !| "it is so$5#1$ dark$2$ you do not see her."
307:380,31'  !| With an acknowledgement that$3$ he had quite forgot her,
307:380,32'  !| $MP#O$Mr%*Price now received his daughter; and, having given
307:380,33'  !| her a cordial$2$ hug, and observed that$3$
307:380,33@o   | she was grown into
307:380,34@o   | a woman, and he supposed would be wanting a husband
307:380,35@o   | soon,
307:380,35'  !| seemed very much inclined to$9$ forget her again.
307:380,36'  !| $MP#A$Fanny shrunk back$5$ to$4$ her seat, with feelings sadly
307:380,37'  !| pained by$4$ his language and his smell of spirits; and he
307:380,38'  !| talked on$5$ only to$4$ his son, and only of the Thrush, though
307:381, 1'  !| $MP#Q$William, warmly interested, as he was, in that$6#2$ subject$0$,
307:381, 2'  !| more than once tried to$9$ make$1$ his father think of $MP#A$Fanny,
307:381, 3'  !| and her long$9$ absence and long$9$ journey.
307:381, 4'  !| After$4$ sitting$1$ some time longer, a candle was obtained;
307:381, 5'  !| but, as there was still$5$ no$2$ appearance of tea, nor, from
307:381, 6'  !| $MP#ZZC$Betsey's reports from the kitchen, much hope$0$ of any under
307:381, 7'  !| a considerable period, $MP#Q$William determined$1$ to$9$ go and
307:381, 8'  !| change$1$ his dress$0$, and make$1$ the necessary preparations for$4$
307:381, 9'  !| his removal on$4$ board directly, that$3$ he might have his tea
307:381,10'  !| in comfort$0$ afterwards.
307:381,11'  !| As he left$1$ the room, two rosy-faced boys, ragged and
307:381,12'  !| dirty, about$4$ eight and nine years old, rushed into it just$9$
307:381,13'  !| released from school, and coming eagerly to$9$ see their sister,
307:381,14'  !| and tell that$3$ the Thrush was gone out$8$ of the harbour$0$; $MP#ZZC$Tom
307:381,15'  !| and $MP#ZZC$Charles: $MP#ZZC$Charles had been born$1#1$ since $MP#A$Fanny's going
307:381,16'  !| away, but $MP#ZZC$Tom she often helped to$9$ nurse$1$, and now felt
307:381,17'  !| a particular pleasure in seeing again. Both were kissed
307:381,18'  !| very tenderly, but $MP#ZZC$Tom she wanted to$9$ keep by$4$ her, to$9$ try
307:381,19'  !| to$9$ trace the features of the baby she had loved, and talk$1$ to$4$
307:381,20'  !| him of his infant preference of herself. $MP#ZZC$Tom, however, had
307:381,21'  !| no$2$ mind$0$ for$4$ such treatment: he came home, not to$9$ stand$1$
307:381,22'  !| and be talked to$4$, but to$9$ run$1$ about$5$ and make$1$ a noise; and
307:381,23'  !| both boys had soon burst$1$ away from her, and slammed the
307:381,24'  !| parlour door till her temples ached.
307:381,25'  !| She had now seen all that$6#1$ were at home; there remained
307:381,26'  !| only two brothers between herself and $MP#R$Susan, one of whom$6#1$
307:381,27'  !| was clerk in a public$2$ office in London, and the other
307:381,28'  !| midshipman on$4$ board an Indiaman. But though she had
307:381,29'  !| \seen\ all the members of the family, she had not yet \heard\ all
307:381,30'  !| the noise they could make$1$. Another quarter$0#1$ of an hour
307:381,31'  !| brought her a great deal$0#2$ more. $MP#Q$William was soon calling
307:381,32'  !| out$5$ from the landing-place of the second$2$ story, for$4$ his
307:381,33'  !| mother and for$4$ $MP#T$Rebecca. He was in distress$0$ for$4$ something
307:381,34'  !| that$6#1$ he had left$1$ there, and did not find again. A key was
307:381,35'  !| mislaid, $MP#ZZC$Betsey accused of having got at his new hat, and
307:381,36'  !| some slight$2$, but essential alteration of his uniform waistcoat,
307:381,37'  !| which$6#1$ he had been promised to$9$ have done for$4$ him,
307:381,38'  !| entirely neglected.
307:382, 1'  !| $MP#P$Mrs%*Price, $MP#T$Rebecca, and $MP#ZZC$Betsey, all went up to$9$ defend
307:382, 2'  !| themselves, all talking together, but $MP#T$Rebecca loudest, and
307:382, 3'  !| the job was to$9$ be done, as well$9$ as it could, in a great hurry$0$;
307:382, 4'  !| $MP#Q$William trying$1$ in vain to$9$ send $MP#ZZC$Betsey down$5$ again, or keep
307:382, 5'  !| her from being$1$ troublesome where she was; the whole$0$ of
307:382, 6'  !| which$6#1$, as almost every door in the house was open$2$, could
307:382, 7'  !| be plainly distinguished in the parlour, except when
307:382, 8'  !| drowned at intervals by$4$ the superior$2$ noise of $MP#S$Sam, $MP#ZZC$Tom,
307:382, 9'  !| and $MP#ZZC$Charles chasing each other up and down*stairs, and
307:382,10'  !| tumbling about$5$ and hallooing.
307:382,11'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was almost stunned. The smallness of the house,
307:382,12'  !| and thinness of the walls, brought every*thing so$5#1$ close$9$
307:382,13'  !| to$4$ her, that$3$, added to$4$ the fatigue$0$ of her journey, and all
307:382,14'  !| her recent agitation, she hardly knew how to$9$ bear$1$ it.
307:382,15'  !| \Within\ the room all was tranquil enough, for$3$ $MP#R$Susan having
307:382,16'  !| disappeared with the others, there were soon only her
307:382,17'  !| father and herself remaining; and he taking out$5$ a newspaper
307:382,18'  !| ~ the accustomary loan of a neighbour, applied
307:382,19'  !| himself to$4$ studying it, without seeming to$9$ recollect her
307:382,20'  !| existence. The solitary candle was held between himself
307:382,21'  !| and the paper, without any reference to$4$ her possible
307:382,22'  !| convenience; but she had nothing to$9$ do, and was glad to$9$
307:382,23'  !| have the light$0$ screened from her aching head$0$, as she sat in
307:382,24'  !| bewildered, broken, sorrowful contemplation.
307:382,25'  !| She was at home.
307:382,25@a   | But alas| it was not such a home, she
307:382,26@a   | had not such a welcome$0$, as ~~
307:382,26'  !| she checked herself;
307:382,26@a   | she
307:382,27@a   | was unreasonable. What$6#2$ right$0$ had she to$9$ be of importance
307:382,28@a   | to$4$ her family? She could have none, so$5#1$ long$9$ lost sight of|
307:382,29@a   | $MP#Q$William's concerns$0$ must be dearest ~ they always had
307:382,30@a   | been ~ and he had every right$0$. Yet to$9$ have so$5#1$ little said or
307:382,31@a   | asked about$4$ herself ~ to$9$ have scarcely an enquiry made
307:382,32@a   | after$4$ Mansfield| It did pain$1$ her to$9$ have Mansfield
307:382,33@a   | forgotten; the friends who$6#1$ had done so$5#1$ much ~ the dear$2#1$,
307:382,34@a   | dear$2#1$ friends| But here, one subject$0$ swallowed up all the
307:382,35@a   | rest$0#1$. Perhaps it must be so$5#2$. The destination of the
307:382,36@a   | Thrush must be now pre-eminently interesting. A day or
307:382,37@a   | two might shew$1$ the difference. \She\ only was to$4$ blame$1$.
307:382,38@a   | Yet she thought$1$ it would not have been so$5#2$ at Mansfield.
307:383, 1@a   | No$7$, in her uncle's house there would have been a consideration
307:383, 2@a   | of times and seasons, a regulation of subject$0$, a propriety,
307:383, 3@a   | an attention towards every*body which$6#1$ there was
307:383, 4@a   | not here.
307:383, 5'  !| The only interruption which$6#1$ thoughts like$9$ these received
307:383, 6'  !| for$4$ nearly half an hour, was from a sudden$2$ burst$0$ of her
307:383, 7'  !| father's, not at all calculated to$9$ compose them. At a more
307:383, 8'  !| than ordinary pitch of thumping and hallooing in the
307:383, 9'  !| passage, he exclaimed,
307:383, 9O  !| "Devil take those young dogs|
307:383,10O  !| How they are singing out$5$| Ay, $MP#S$Sam's voice louder than all
307:383,11O  !| the rest$0#1$| That$6#2$ boy is fit$9$ for$4$ a boatswain. Holla ~ you
307:383,12O  !| there ~ $MP#S$Sam ~ stop$1$ your confounded pipe, or I shall be after$4$
307:383,13O  !| you."
307:383,14'  !| This threat was so$5#1$ palpably disregarded, that$3$ though
307:383,15'  !| within five minutes afterwards the three boys all burst$1$ into
307:383,16'  !| the room together and sat down$5$, $MP#A$Fanny could not consider
307:383,17'  !| it as a proof of any*thing more than their being$1$ for$4$ the time
307:383,18'  !| thoroughly fagged, which$6#1$ their hot faces and panting
307:383,19'  !| breaths seemed to$9$ prove ~ especially as they were still$5$
307:383,20'  !| kicking each other's shins, and hallooing out$5$ at sudden$2$
307:383,21'  !| starts immediately under their father's eye.
307:383,22'  !| The next opening of the door brought something more
307:383,23'  !| welcome$2$; it was for$4$ the tea-things, which$6#1$ she had begun
307:383,24'  !| almost to$9$ despair$1$ of seeing that$6#2$ evening. $MP#R$Susan and an
307:383,25'  !| attendant girl, whose$6#1$ inferior appearance informed $MP#A$Fanny,
307:383,26'  !| to$4$ her great surprise$0$, that$3$ she had previously seen the
307:383,27'  !| upper servant, brought in every*thing necessary for$4$ the
307:383,28'  !| meal; $MP#R$Susan looking as she put the kettle on$4$ the fire$0$ and
307:383,29'  !| glanced at her sister, as if divided between the agreeable
307:383,30'  !| triumph$0$ of shewing her activity and usefulness, and the
307:383,31'  !| dread$0$ of being$1$ thought$1$ to$9$ demean herself by$4$ such an office.
307:383,32R  !| "She had been into the kitchen,"
307:383,32'  !| she said,
307:383,32R  !| "to$9$ hurry$1$
307:383,33R  !| $MP#ZZF$Sally and help$1$ make$1$ the toast, and spread the bread and
307:383,34R  !| butter ~ or she did not know when they should have got
307:383,35R  !| tea ~ and she was sure her sister must want$1$ something after$4$
307:383,36R  !| her journey."
307:383,37'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was very thankful. She could not but own$2$ that$3$
307:383,38'  !| she should be very glad of a little tea, and $MP#R$Susan immediately
307:384, 1'  !| set$1$ about$5$ making it, as if pleased to$9$ have the
307:384, 2'  !| employment all to$4$ herself; and with only a little unnecessary
307:384, 3'  !| bustle$0$, and some few injudicious attempts at keeping$1$
307:384, 4'  !| her brothers in better$9$ order$0$ than she could, acquitted
307:384, 5'  !| herself very well$9$. $MP#A$Fanny's spirit was as much refreshed
307:384, 6'  !| as her body; her head$0$ and heart were soon the better$9$ for$4$
307:384, 7'  !| such well-timed kindness. $MP#R$Susan had an open$2$, sensible$2#2$
307:384, 8'  !| countenance; she was like$9$ $MP#Q$William ~ and $MP#A$Fanny hoped to$9$
307:384, 9'  !| find her like$9$ him in disposition and good*will towards
307:384,10'  !| herself.
307:384,11'  !| In this more placid state$0$ of things $MP#Q$William re-entered,
307:384,12'  !| followed not far behind by$4$ his mother and $MP#ZZC$Betsey. He,
307:384,13'  !| complete$2$ in his Lieutenant's uniform, looking and moving
307:384,14'  !| all the taller, firmer, and more graceful for$4$ it, and with the
307:384,15'  !| happiest smile$0$ over his face$0$, walked up directly to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny
307:384,16'  !| ~ who$6#1$, rising from her seat, looked at him for$4$ a moment in
307:384,17'  !| speechless admiration, and then threw her arms round$4$ his
307:384,18'  !| neck to$9$ sob out$5$ her various emotions of pain$0$ and pleasure.
307:384,19'  !| Anxious not to$9$ appear unhappy, she soon recovered
307:384,20'  !| herself: and wiping away her tears, was able to$9$ notice$1$ and
307:384,21'  !| admire all the striking parts of his dress$0$ ~ listening with
307:384,22'  !| reviving spirits to$4$ his cheerful hopes$0$ of being$1$ on$4$ shore some
307:384,23'  !| part$0$ of every day before$3$ they sailed, and even$5$ of getting
307:384,24'  !| her to$4$ Spithead to$9$ see the sloop.
307:384,25'  !| The next bustle$0$ brought in $MP#ZD$Mr%*Campbell, the Surgeon of
307:384,26'  !| the Thrush, a very well$9$ behaved young man, who$6#1$ came to$9$
307:384,27'  !| call$1$ for$4$ his friend, and for$4$ whom$6#1$ there was with some
307:384,28'  !| contrivance found a chair, and with some hasty washing
307:384,29'  !| of the young tea-maker's, a cup and saucer; and after$4$
307:384,30'  !| another quarter$0#1$ of an hour of earnest talk$1$ between the
307:384,31'  !| gentlemen, noise rising upon noise, and bustle$0$ upon bustle$0$,
307:384,32'  !| men and boys at last$0$ all in motion together, the moment
307:384,33'  !| came for$4$ setting off; every*thing was ready, $MP#Q$William took
307:384,34'  !| leave$0$, and all of them were gone ~ for$4$ the three boys, in
307:384,35'  !| spite$8$ of their mother's intreaty, determined$1$ to$9$ see their
307:384,36'  !| brother and $MP#ZD$Mr%*Campbell to$4$ the sally-port; and $MP#O$Mr%*Price
307:384,37'  !| walked off at the same time to$9$ carry back$5$ his neighbour's
307:384,38'  !| newspaper.
307:385, 1'  !| Something like$9$ tranquillity might now be hoped for$5$, and
307:385, 2'  !| accordingly, when $MP#T$Rebecca had been prevailed on$5$ to$9$ carry
307:385, 3'  !| away the tea-things, and $MP#P$Mrs%*Price had walked about$4$ the
307:385, 4'  !| room some time looking for$4$ a shirt sleeve, which$6#1$ $MP#ZZC$Betsey at
307:385, 5'  !| last$0$ hunted out$5$ from a drawer in the kitchen, the small
307:385, 6'  !| party of females were pretty$5$ well$9$ composed, and the
307:385, 7'  !| mother having lamented again over the impossibility of
307:385, 8'  !| getting $MP#S$Sam ready in time, was at leisure to$9$ think of her
307:385, 9'  !| eldest daughter and the friends she had come from.
307:385,10'  !| A few enquiries began; but one of the earliest ~
307:385,10P  !| "How
307:385,11P  !| did her sister $MP#F$Bertram manage about$4$ her servants? Was
307:385,12P  !| she as much plagued as herself to$9$ get tolerable servants?"
307:385,13'  !| ~ soon led her mind$0$ away from Northamptonshire, and
307:385,14'  !| fixed it on$4$ her own$2$ domestic$2$ grievances; and the shocking
307:385,15'  !| character of all the Portsmouth servants, of whom$6#1$ she
307:385,16'  !| believed her own$2$ two were the very worst, engrossed her
307:385,17'  !| completely. The $MP#E1$Bertrams were all forgotten in detailing
307:385,18'  !| the faults of $MP#T$Rebecca, against whom$6#1$ $MP#R$Susan had also much
307:385,19'  !| to$9$ depose, and little $MP#ZZC$Betsey a great deal$0#2$ more, and who$6#1$ did
307:385,20'  !| seem so$5#1$ thoroughly without a single recommendation, that$3$
307:385,21'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could not help$1$ modestly presuming that$3$
307:385,21@a   | her mother
307:385,22@a   | meant to$9$ part$1$ with her when her year was up.
307:385,23P  !| "Her year|"
307:385,23'  !| cried $MP#P$Mrs%*Price;
307:385,23P  !| "I am sure I hope$1$
307:385,24P  !| I shall be rid of her before$3$ she has staid a year, for$3$ that$6#2$
307:385,24P  !| will$1$
307:385,25P  !| not be up till November. Servants are come to$4$ such a pass$0$,
307:385,26P  !| my dear$2#1$, in Portsmouth, that$3$ it is quite a miracle if one
307:385,27P  !| keeps them more than half-a-year. I have no$2$ hope$0$ of ever
307:385,28P  !| being$1$ settled$1$; and if I was to$9$ part$1$ with $MP#T$Rebecca, I should
307:385,29P  !| only get something worse. And yet, I do not think I am
307:385,30P  !| a very difficult mistress to$9$ please ~ and I am sure the place$0$
307:385,31P  !| is easy enough, for$3$ there is always a girl under her, and
307:385,32P  !| I often do half the work$0$ myself."
307:385,33'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was silent; but not from being$1$ convinced that$3$
307:385,34'  !| there might not be a remedy found for$4$ some of these evils.
307:385,35'  !| As she now sat looking at $MP#ZZC$Betsey,
307:385,35@a   | she could not but think
307:385,36@a   | particularly of another sister, a very pretty$2$ little girl,
307:385,37@a   | whom$6#1$ she had left$1$ there not much younger when she went
307:385,38@a   | into Northamptonshire, who$6#1$ had died a few years afterwards.
307:386, 1@a   | There had been something remarkably amiable
307:386, 2@a   | about$4$ her.
307:386, 2'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, in those early days, had preferred her
307:386, 3'  !| to$4$ $MP#R$Susan; and when the news of her death had at last$0$
307:386, 4'  !| reached Mansfield, had for$4$ a short$2$ time been quite
307:386, 5'  !| afflicted. ~ The sight of $MP#ZZC$Betsey brought the image of little
307:386, 6'  !| $MP#ZZC$Mary back$5$ again, but she would not have pained her
307:386, 7'  !| mother by$4$ alluding to$4$ her, for$4$ the world. ~ While$9$ considering
307:386, 8'  !| her with these ideas, $MP#ZZC$Betsey, at a small distance$0$, was
307:386, 9'  !| holding out$5$ something to$9$ catch$1$ her eyes, meaning$1$ to$9$
307:386,10'  !| screen it at the same time from $MP#R$Susan's.
307:386,11A  !| "What$6#2$ have you got there, my love$0$?"
307:386,11'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny,
307:386,12A  !| "come and shew$1$ it to$4$ me."
307:386,13'  !| It was a silver knife. Up jumped $MP#R$Susan, claiming it as
307:386,14'  !| her own$2$, and trying$1$ to$9$ get it away; but the child ran to$4$
307:386,15'  !| her mother's protection, and $MP#R$Susan could only reproach$1$,
307:386,16'  !| which$6#1$ she did very warmly, and evidently hoping to$9$
307:386,17'  !| interest$1$ $MP#A$Fanny on$4$ her side$0$.
307:386,17R  !| "It was very hard that$3$ she
307:386,18R  !| was not to$9$ have her \own$2$\ knife; it was her own$2$ knife; little
307:386,19R  !| sister $MP#ZZC$Mary had left$1$ it to$4$ her upon her death-bed, and she
307:386,20R  !| ought to$9$ have had it to$9$ keep herself long$9$ ago. But mamma
307:386,21R  !| kept it from her, and was always letting $MP#ZZC$Betsey get hold$0$ of
307:386,22R  !| it; and the end$0$ of it would be that$3$ $MP#ZZC$Betsey would spoil it,
307:386,23R  !| and get it for$4$ her own$2$, though mamma had \promised\ her
307:386,24R  !| that$3$ $MP#ZZC$Betsey should not have it in her own$2$ hands."
307:386,25'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was quite shocked. Every feeling$0$ of duty,
307:386,26'  !| honour$0$, and tenderness was wounded by$4$ her sister's speech
307:386,27'  !| and her mother's reply$0$.
307:386,28P  !| "Now, $MP#R$Susan,"
307:386,28'  !| cried $MP#P$Mrs%*Price in a complaining voice,
307:386,29P  !| "now, how can you be so$5#1$ cross$2$? You are always
307:386,30P  !| quarrelling about$4$ that$6#2$ knife. I wish$1$ you would not be so$5#1$
307:386,31P  !| quarrelsome. Poor little $MP#ZZC$Betsey; how cross$2$ $MP#R$Susan is to$4$
307:386,32P  !| you| But you should not have taken it out$5$, my dear$2#1$,
307:386,33P  !| when I sent you to$4$ the drawer. You know I told you not
307:386,34P  !| to$9$ touch$1$ it, because $MP#R$Susan is so$5#1$ cross$2$ about$4$ it. I must hide
307:386,35P  !| it another time, $MP#ZZC$Betsey. Poor $MP#ZZC$Mary little thought$1$ it would
307:386,36P  !| be such a bone of contention when she gave it me to$9$
307:386,37P  !| keep, only two hours before$3$ she died. Poor little soul| she
307:386,38P  !| could but just$9$ speak to$9$ be heard, and she said so$5#2$ prettily,
307:387, 1P  !| Let sister $MP#R$Susan have my knife, mamma, when I am dead
307:387, 2P  !| and buried." ~ Poor little dear$2#1$| she was so$5#1$ fond of it,
307:387, 3P  !| $MP#A$Fanny, that$3$ she would have it lay$1#3$ by$4$ her in bed, all
307:387, 4P  !| through$4$ her illness. It was the gift her good godmother,
307:387, 5P  !| old $MP#ZW$Mrs%*Admiral*Maxwell, only six weeks before$3$
307:387, 6P  !| she was taken for$4$ death. Poor little sweet creature|
307:387, 7P  !| Well$7$, she was taken away from evil to$9$ come. My own$2$
307:387, 8P  !| $MP#ZZC$Betsey,
307:387, 8'  !| (fondling her),
307:387, 8P  !| \you\ have not the luck of such a good
307:387, 9P  !| godmother. Aunt $MP#J$Norris lives$1$ too$5#1$ far off, to$9$ think of such
307:387,10P  !| little people as you."
307:387,11'  !| $MP#A$Fanny had indeed nothing to$9$ convey from aunt $MP#J$Norris,
307:387,12'  !| but a message to$9$ say
307:387,12@j   | she hoped her god-daughter was
307:387,13@j   | a good girl, and learnt her book.
307:387,13'  !| There had been at one
307:387,14'  !| moment a slight$2$ murmur in the drawing-room at Mansfield*Park,
307:387,15'  !| about$4$ sending her a Prayer-book; but no$2$ second$2$
307:387,16'  !| sound$0$ had been heard of such a purpose. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
307:387,17'  !| however, had gone home and taken down$5$ two old Prayer-books
307:387,18'  !| of her husband, with that$6#2$ idea, but upon examination,
307:387,19'  !| the ardour of generosity went off. One was found to$9$
307:387,20'  !| have too$5#1$ small a print for$4$ a child's eyes, and the other to$9$
307:387,21'  !| be too$5#1$ cumbersome for$4$ her to$9$ carry about$5$.
307:387,22'  !| $MP#A$Fanny fatigued and fatigued again, was thankful to$9$
307:387,23'  !| accept the first invitation of going to$4$ bed; and before$3$
307:387,24'  !| $MP#ZZC$Betsey had finished her cry$0$ at being$1$ allowed to$9$ sit up only
307:387,25'  !| one hour extraordinary in honour$0$ of sister, she was off,
307:387,26'  !| leaving all below in confusion and noise again, the boys
307:387,27'  !| begging for$4$ toasted cheese, her father calling out$5$ for$4$ his rum
307:387,28'  !| and water, and $MP#T$Rebecca never where she ought to$9$ be.
307:387,29'  !| There was nothing to$9$ raise her spirits in the confined and
307:387,30'  !| scantily-furnished chamber that$6#1$ she was to$9$ share$1$ with
307:387,31'  !| $MP#R$Susan. The smallness of the rooms above$5$ and below
307:387,32'  !| indeed, and the narrowness of the passage and staircase,
307:387,33'  !| struck her beyond$4$ her imagination. She soon learnt to$9$
307:387,34'  !| think with respect$0$ of her own$2$ little attic at Mansfield*Park,
307:387,35'  !| in \that$6#2$\ house reckoned too$5#1$ small for$4$ anybody's comfort$0$.
308:388, 1'  !| Could $MP#E$Sir*Thomas have seen all his niece's feelings,
308:388, 2'  !| when she wrote her first letter to$4$ her aunt, he would not
308:388, 3'  !| have despaired; for$3$ though a good night's rest$0#2$, a pleasant
308:388, 4'  !| morning, the hope$0$ of soon seeing $MP#Q$William again, and the
308:388, 5'  !| comparatively quiet$2$ state$0$ of the house, from $MP#ZZC$Tom and
308:388, 6'  !| $MP#ZZC$Charles being$1$ gone to$4$ school, $MP#S$Sam on$4$ some project of his
308:388, 7'  !| own$2$, and her father on$4$ his usual lounges, enabled her to$9$
308:388, 8'  !| express$1$ herself cheerfully on$4$ the subject$0$ of home, there
308:388, 9'  !| were still$5$ to$4$ her own$2$ perfect$2$ consciousness, many drawbacks
308:388,10'  !| suppressed. Could he have seen only half that$6#1$ she
308:388,11'  !| felt before$4$ the end$0$ of a week, he would have thought$1$
308:388,12'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford sure of her, and been delighted with his own$2$
308:388,13'  !| sagacity.
308:388,14'  !| Before$3$ the week ended, it was all disappointment. In
308:388,15'  !| the first place$0$, $MP#Q$William was gone. The Thrush had had her
308:388,16'  !| orders$0#1$, the wind had changed, and he was sailed within
308:388,17'  !| four days from their reaching Portsmouth; and during
308:388,18'  !| those days, she had seen him only twice, in a short$2$ and
308:388,19'  !| hurried way, when he had come ashore on$4$ duty. There had
308:388,20'  !| been no$2$ free conversation, no$2$ walk$0$ on$4$ the ramparts, no$2$ visit$0$
308:388,21'  !| to$4$ the dock-yard, no$2$ acquaintance with the Thrush ~
308:388,22'  !| nothing of all that$6#1$ they had planned and depended on$4$.
308:388,23'  !| Every*thing in that$6#2$ quarter$0#2$ failed her, except $MP#Q$William's
308:388,24'  !| affection. His last$2$ thought$1$ on$4$ leaving home was for$4$ her.
308:388,25'  !| He stepped back$5$ again to$4$ the door to$9$ say,
308:388,25Q  !| "Take care$0$ of
308:388,26Q  !| $MP#A$Fanny, mother. She is tender$2$, and not used$1#2$ to$9$ rough it
308:388,27Q  !| like$9$ the rest$0#1$ of us. I charge$1$ you, take care$0$ of $MP#A$Fanny."
308:388,28@a   | $MP#Q$William was gone; ~ and the home he had left$1$ her in
308:388,29@a   | was ~
308:388,29'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could not conceal it from herself ~
308:388,29@a   | in almost
308:388,30@a   | every respect$0$, the very reverse of what$6#1$ she could have
308:388,31@a   | wished. It was the abode of noise, disorder, and impropriety.
308:388,32@a   | Nobody was in their right$2#1$ place$0$, nothing was done
308:389, 1@a   | as it ought to$9$ be. She could not respect$1$ her parents, as she
308:389, 2@a   | had hoped. On$4$ her father, her confidence had not been
308:389, 3@a   | sanguine, but he was more negligent of his family, his habits
308:389, 4@a   | were worse, and his manners coarser, than she had been
308:389, 5@a   | prepared for$5$. He did not want$1$ abilities; but he had no$2$
308:389, 6@a   | curiosity, and no$2$ information beyond$4$ his profession$0#2$; he
308:389, 7@a   | read only the newspaper and the navy-list; he talked only
308:389, 8@a   | of the dock-yard, the harbour$0$, Spithead, and the Motherbank;
308:389, 9@a   | he swore and he drank, he was dirty and gross.
308:389,10@a   | She had never been able to$9$ recal$1$ anything approaching to$4$
308:389,11@a   | tenderness in his former treatment of herself. There had
308:389,12@a   | remained only a general$2$ impression of roughness and
308:389,13@a   | loudness; and now he scarcely ever noticed her, but to$9$
308:389,14@a   | make$1$ her the object$0$ of a coarse joke.
308:389,15@a   | Her disappointment in her mother was greater; \there\
308:389,16@a   | she had hoped much, and found almost nothing. Every
308:389,17@a   | flattering scheme$0$ of being$1$ of consequence to$4$ her soon fell to$4$
308:389,18@a   | the ground.
308:389,18'  !| $MP#P$Mrs%*Price was not unkind ~ but, instead of
308:389,19'  !| gaining on$4$ her affection and confidence, and becoming$1$
308:389,20'  !| more and more dear$2#1$, her daughter never met with greater
308:389,21'  !| kindness from her, than on$4$ the first day of her arrival.
308:389,22'  !| The instinct of nature was soon satisfied$1$, and $MP#P$Mrs%*Price's
308:389,23'  !| attachment had no$2$ other source. Her heart and her time
308:389,24'  !| were already quite full; she had neither leisure nor
308:389,25'  !| affection to$9$ bestow on$4$ $MP#A$Fanny. Her daughters never had
308:389,26'  !| been much to$4$ her. She was fond of her sons, especially of
308:389,27'  !| $MP#Q$William, but $MP#ZZC$Betsey was the first of her girls whom$6#1$ she had
308:389,28'  !| ever much regarded. To$4$ her she was most injudiciously
308:389,29'  !| indulgent. $MP#Q$William was her pride; $MP#ZZC$Betsey, her darling;
308:389,30'  !| and $MP#ZZC$John, $MP#ZZC$Richard, $MP#S$Sam, $MP#ZZC$Tom, and $MP#ZZC$Charles,
308:389,30'  !| occupied all
308:389,31'  !| the rest$0#1$ of her maternal solicitude, alternately her worries
308:389,32'  !| and her comforts. These shared her heart; her time was
308:389,33'  !| given chiefly to$4$ her house and her servants. Her days
308:389,34'  !| were spent in a kind$0$ of slow bustle$0$; always busy without
308:389,35'  !| getting on$5$, always behindhand and lamenting it, without
308:389,36'  !| altering her ways; wishing to$9$ be an economist, without
308:389,37'  !| contrivance or regularity; dissatisfied with her servants,
308:389,38'  !| without skill to$9$ make$1$ them better$9$, and whether helping,
308:390, 1'  !| or reprimanding, or indulging them, without any power
308:390, 2'  !| of engaging their respect$0$.
308:390, 3'  !| Of her two sisters, $MP#P$Mrs%*Price very much more resembled
308:390, 4'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram than $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris. She was a manager by$4$
308:390, 5'  !| necessity, without any of $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's inclination for$4$ it, or
308:390, 6'  !| any of her activity. Her disposition was naturally easy
308:390, 7'  !| and indolent, like$9$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's; and a situation of
308:390, 8'  !| similar affluence and do-nothing-ness would have been
308:390, 9'  !| much more suited to$4$ her capacity, than the exertions and
308:390,10'  !| self-denials of the one, which$6#1$ her imprudent marriage had
308:390,11'  !| placed her in. She might have made just$9$ as good a woman
308:390,12'  !| of consequence as $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, but $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris would
308:390,13'  !| have been a more respectable mother of nine children, on$4$
308:390,14'  !| a small income.
308:390,15'  !| Much of all this, $MP#A$Fanny could not but be sensible$2#1$ of.
308:390,16'  !| She might scruple$1$ to$9$ make$1$ use$0$ of the words, but she must
308:390,17'  !| and did feel that$3$
308:390,17@a   | her mother was a partial, ill-judging
308:390,18@a   | parent, a dawdle, a slattern, who$6#1$ neither taught nor
308:390,19@a   | restrained her children, whose$6#1$ house was the scene of
308:390,20@a   | mismanagement and discomfort from beginning$0$ to$4$ end$0$,
308:390,21@a   | and who$6#1$ had no$2$ talent, no$2$ conversation, no$2$ affection
308:390,22@a   | towards herself; no$2$ curiosity to$9$ know her better$9$, no$2$ desire$0$
308:390,23@a   | of her friendship, and no$2$ inclination for$4$ her company that$6#1$
308:390,24@a   | could lessen her sense of such feelings.
308:390,25'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was very anxious to$9$ be useful, and not to$9$ appear
308:390,26'  !| above$4$ her home, or in any way disqualified or disinclined,
308:390,27'  !| by$4$ her foreign education, from contributing her help$0$ to$4$ its
308:390,28'  !| comforts, and therefore set$1$ about$5$ working for$4$ $MP#S$Sam
308:390,29'  !| immediately, and by$4$ working early and late, with perseverance
308:390,30'  !| and great dispatch, did so$5#1$ much, that$3$ the boy
308:390,31'  !| was shipped off at last$0$, with more than half his linen ready.
308:390,32'  !| She had great pleasure in feeling$1$ her usefulness, but could
308:390,33'  !| not conceive how they would have managed without her.
308:390,34'  !| $MP#S$Sam, loud and overbearing as he was, she rather
308:390,35'  !| regretted when he went, for$3$ he was clever and intelligent,
308:390,36'  !| and glad to$9$ be employed in any errand in the town; and
308:390,37'  !| though spurning the remonstrances of $MP#R$Susan, given as they
308:390,38'  !| were ~ though very reasonable in themselves, with ill-timed
308:391, 1'  !| and powerless warmth, was beginning$1$ to$9$ be influenced by$4$
308:391, 2'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's services, and gentle persuasions; and she found
308:391, 3'  !| that$3$ the best of the three younger ones was gone in him;
308:391, 4'  !| $MP#ZZC$Tom and $MP#ZZC$Charles being$1$ at least as many years as they were
308:391, 5'  !| his juniors distant from that$6#2$ age of feeling$0$ and reason$0$,
308:391, 6'  !| which$6#1$ might suggest the expediency of making friends, and
308:391, 7'  !| of endeavouring to$9$ be less disagreeable. Their sister soon
308:391, 8'  !| despaired of making the smallest impression on$4$ \them\; they
308:391, 9'  !| were quite untameable by$4$ any means$0$ of address$0$ which$6#1$ she
308:391,10'  !| had spirits or time to$9$ attempt$1$. Every afternoon brought
308:391,11'  !| a return$0$ of their riotous games all over the house; and she
308:391,12'  !| very early learnt to$9$ sigh$1$ at the approach$0$ of Saturday's
308:391,13'  !| constant half holiday.
308:391,14'  !| $MP#ZZC$Betsey too$5#2$, a spoilt child, trained up to$9$ think the
308:391,15'  !| alphabet her greatest enemy, left$1$ to$9$ be with the servants
308:391,16'  !| at her pleasure, and then encouraged to$9$ report$1$ any evil of
308:391,17'  !| them, she was almost as ready to$9$ despair$1$ of being$1$ able to$9$
308:391,18'  !| love$1$ or assist; and of $MP#R$Susan's temper, she had many
308:391,19'  !| doubts$0$. Her continual disagreements with her mother, her
308:391,20'  !| rash squabbles with $MP#ZZC$Tom and $MP#ZZC$Charles, and petulance with
308:391,21'  !| $MP#ZZC$Betsey, were at least so$5#1$ distressing to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, that$3$ though
308:391,22'  !| admitting they were by$4$ no$2$ means$0$ without provocation, she
308:391,23'  !| feared the disposition that$6#1$ could push$1$ them to$4$ such length
308:391,24'  !| must be far from amiable, and from affording any repose to$4$
308:391,25'  !| herself.
308:391,26'  !| Such was the home which$6#1$ was to$9$ put Mansfield out$8$ of
308:391,27'  !| her head$0$, and teach her to$9$ think of her cousin $MP#B$Edmund
308:391,28'  !| with moderated feelings. On$4$ the contrary$0$, she could think
308:391,29'  !| of nothing but Mansfield, its beloved inmates, its happy
308:391,30'  !| ways. Every*thing where she now was was in full contrast
308:391,31'  !| to$4$ it.
308:391,31@a   | The elegance, propriety, regularity, harmony ~ and
308:391,32@a   | perhaps, above$4$ all, the peace and tranquillity of Mansfield,
308:391,33@a   | were brought to$4$ her remembrance every hour of the day,
308:391,34@a   | by$4$ the prevalence of every*thing opposite to$4$ them \here\.
308:391,35'  !| The living$9$ in incessant noise was to$4$ a frame and temper,
308:391,36'  !| delicate and nervous like$9$ $MP#A$Fanny's, an evil which$6#1$ no$2$ super-added
308:391,37'  !| elegance or harmony could have entirely atoned for$4$.
308:391,38@a   | It was the greatest misery of all. At Mansfield, no$2$ sounds$0$
308:392, 1@a   | of contention, no$2$ raised voice, no$2$ abrupt bursts, no$2$ tread
308:392, 2@a   | of violence was ever heard; all proceeded in a regular
308:392, 3@a   | course$0$ of cheerful orderliness; every*body had their due$2$
308:392, 4@a   | importance; every*body's feelings were consulted. If
308:392, 5@a   | tenderness could be ever supposed wanting, good sense and
308:392, 6@a   | good*breeding supplied its place$0$; and as to$4$ the little
308:392, 7@a   | irritations, sometimes introduced by$4$ aunt $MP#J$Norris, they
308:392, 8@a   | were short$2$, they were trifling, they were as a drop$0$ of water
308:392, 9@a   | to$4$ the ocean, compared with the ceaseless tumult of her
308:392,10@a   | present$9$ abode. Here, every*body was noisy, every voice
308:392,11@a   | was loud, (excepting, perhaps, her mother's, which$6#1$
308:392,12@a   | resembled the soft monotony of $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's, only
308:392,13@a   | worn into fretfulness.) ~ Whatever was wanted, was
308:392,14@a   | halloo'd for$5$, and the servants halloo'd out$5$ their excuses
308:392,15@a   | from the kitchen. The doors were in constant banging,
308:392,16@a   | the stairs were never at rest$0#2$, nothing was done without
308:392,17@a   | a clatter, nobody sat still$2$, and nobody could command$1$
308:392,18@a   | attention when they spoke.
308:392,19'  !| In a review of the two houses, as they appeared to$4$ her
308:392,20'  !| before$4$ the end$0$ of a week, $MP#A$Fanny was tempted to$9$ apply to$4$
308:392,21'  !| them $MP#Z1$Dr%*Johnson's celebrated judgment as to$4$ matrimony
308:392,22'  !| and celibacy, and say, that$3$ though Mansfield*Park might
308:392,23'  !| have some pains, Portsmouth could have no$2$ pleasures.
309:393, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was right$2#1$ enough in not expecting to$9$ hear from
309:393, 2'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford now, at the rapid rate$0$ in which$6#1$ their
309:393, 3'  !| correspondence had begun; $MP#C$Mary's next letter was after$4$
309:393, 4'  !| a decidedly longer interval than the last$0$, but she was not
309:393, 5'  !| right$2#1$ in supposing that$3$ such an interval would be felt
309:393, 6'  !| a great relief to$4$ herself. ~ Here was another strange
309:393, 7'  !| revolution of mind$0$| ~ She was really glad to$9$ receive the
309:393, 8'  !| letter when it did come. In her present$9$ exile from good
309:393, 9'  !| society, and distance$0$ from every*thing that$6#1$ had been wont
309:393,10'  !| to$9$ interest$1$ her, a letter from one belonging to$4$ the set$0$ where
309:393,11'  !| her heart lived, written with affection, and some degree of
309:393,12'  !| elegance, was thoroughly acceptable. ~ The usual plea of
309:393,13'  !| increasing engagements was made in excuse$0$ for$4$ not having
309:393,14'  !| written to$4$ her earlier,
309:393,14C  !| "and now that$3$ I have begun,"
309:393,14'  !| she
309:393,15'  !| continued,
309:393,15C  !| "my letter will$1$ not be worth your reading, for$3$
309:393,16C  !| there will$1$ be no$2$ little offering of love$0$ at the end$0$, no$2$ three or
309:393,17C  !| four lines passione=es from the most devoted $MP#D$H%*C% in the
309:393,18C  !| world, for$4$ $MP#D$Henry is in Norfolk; business called him to$4$
309:393,19C  !| Everingham ten days ago, or perhaps he only pretended
309:393,20C  !| the call$0$, for$3$ the sake of being$1$ travelling at the same time
309:393,21C  !| that$6#1$ you were. But there he is, and, by$4$ the by$2$, his absence
309:393,22C  !| may$1$ sufficiently account$1$ for$4$ any remissness of his sister's
309:393,23C  !| in writing$1$, for$3$ there has been no$2$ ""well$7$, $MP#C$Mary, when do
309:393,24C  !| you write to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny? ~ is not it time for$4$ you to$9$ write to$4$
309:393,25C  !| $MP#A$Fanny?"" to$9$ spur me on$5$. At last$0$, after$4$ various attempts at
309:393,26C  !| meeting$9$, I have seen your cousins, ""dear$2#1$ $MP#I$Julia and dearest
309:393,27C  !| $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth;"" they found me at home yesterday, and
309:393,28C  !| we were glad to$9$ see each other again. We \seemed\ \very\ glad
309:393,29C  !| to$9$ see each other, and I do really think we were a little. ~
309:393,30C  !| We had a vast deal$0#2$ to$9$ say. ~ Shall I tell you how $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth
309:393,31C  !| looked when your name$0$ was mentioned? I did not
309:393,32C  !| use$1$ to$9$ think her wanting in self possession, but she had not
309:394, 1C  !| quite enough for$4$ the demands$0$ of yesterday. Upon the
309:394, 2C  !| whole$0$ $MP#I$Julia was in the best looks$0$ of the two, at least after$3$
309:394, 3C  !| you were spoken of. There was no$2$ recovering the complexion
309:394, 4C  !| from the moment that$6#1$ I spoke of ""$MP#A$Fanny"", and
309:394, 5C  !| spoke of her as a sister should. ~ But $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth's day
309:394, 6C  !| of good looks$0$ will$1$ come; we have cards for$4$ her first party
309:394, 7C  !| on$4$ the 28th. ~ Then she will$1$ be in beauty, for$3$ she will$1$ open$1$
309:394, 8C  !| one of the best houses in Wimpole*Street. I was in it two
309:394, 9C  !| years ago, when it was $MP#ZR$Lady*Lascelles's, and prefer it to$4$
309:394,10C  !| almost any I know in London, and certainly she will$1$ then
309:394,11C  !| feel ~ to$9$ use$1$ a vulgar phrase ~ that$3$ she has got her penny-worth
309:394,12C  !| for$4$ her penny. $MP#D$Henry could not have afforded her
309:394,13C  !| such a house. I hope$1$ she will$1$ recollect it, and be satisfied$1$,
309:394,14C  !| as well$9$ she may$1$, with moving the queen of a palace, though
309:394,15C  !| the king may$1$ appear best in the back*ground, and as
309:394,16C  !| I have no$2$ desire$0$ to$9$ tease her, I shall never \force$1$\ your name$0$
309:394,17C  !| upon her again. She will$1$ grow sober by$4$ degrees. ~ From
309:394,18C  !| all that$6#1$ I hear and guess$1$, $MP#ZZM$Baron*Wildenhaim's attentions
309:394,18C  !| to$4$
309:394,19C  !| $MP#I$Julia continue, but I do not know that$3$ he has any serious$2$
309:394,20C  !| encouragement. She ought to$9$ do better$9$. A poor honourable
309:394,21C  !| is no$2$ catch$0$, and I cannot imagine any liking in the
309:394,22C  !| case, for$3$, take away his rants, and the poor $MP#ZZM$Baron has
309:394,23C  !| nothing. What$7$ a difference a vowel makes| ~ if his rents
309:394,24C  !| were but equal$2$ to$4$ his rants| ~ Your cousin $MP#B$Edmund moves
309:394,25C  !| slowly; detained, perchance, by$4$ parish duties. There
309:394,26C  !| may$1$ be some old woman at Thornton*Lacey to$9$ be converted.
309:394,27C  !| I am unwilling to$9$ fancy$1$ myself neglected for$4$ a
309:394,28C  !| \young\ one. Adieu, my dear$2#1$ sweet $MP#A$Fanny, this is a long$9$
309:394,29C  !| letter from London; write me a pretty$2$ one in reply$0$ to$9$
309:394,30C  !| gladden $MP#D$Henry's eyes, when he comes back$5$ ~ and send me
309:394,31C  !| an account$0$ of all the dashing young captains whom$6#1$ you
309:394,32C  !| disdain$1$ for$4$ his sake."
309:394,33'  !| There was great food for$4$ meditation in this letter, and
309:394,34'  !| chiefly for$4$ unpleasant meditation;
309:394,34@a   | and yet, with all the
309:394,35@a   | uneasiness it supplied, it connected her with the absent, it
309:394,36@a   | told her of people and things about$4$ whom$6#1$ she had never
309:394,37@a   | felt so$5#1$ much curiosity as now, and she would have been
309:394,38@a   | glad to$9$ have been sure of such a letter every week. Her
309:395, 1@a   | correspondence with her aunt $MP#F$Bertram was her only
309:395, 2@a   | concern$0$ of higher interest$0$.
309:395, 3@a   | As for$4$ any society in Portsmouth, that$6#1$ could at all make$1$
309:395, 4@a   | amends for$4$ deficiencies at home, there were none within
309:395, 5@a   | the circle of her father's and mother's acquaintance to$9$
309:395, 6@a   | afford her the smallest satisfaction; she saw nobody in
309:395, 7@a   | whose$6#1$ favour$0$ she could wish$1$ to$9$ overcome her own$2$ shyness
309:395, 8@a   | and reserve$0$. The men appeared to$4$ her all coarse, the
309:395, 9@a   | women all pert, every*body under-bred; and she gave
309:395,10@a   | as little contentment as she received from introductions
309:395,11@a   | either to$4$ old or new acquaintance.
309:395,11'  !| The young ladies who$6#1$
309:395,12'  !| approached her at first with some respect$0$ in consideration
309:395,13'  !| of her coming from a Baronet's family, were soon offended
309:395,14'  !| by$4$ what$6#1$ they termed "airs" ~ for$3$ as she neither played on$4$
309:395,15'  !| the pianoforte nor wore fine pelisses, they could, on$4$ farther
309:395,16'  !| observation, admit no$2$ right$0$ of superiority.
309:395,17'  !| The first solid consolation which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny received for$4$ the
309:395,18'  !| evils of home, the first which$6#1$ her judgment could entirely
309:395,19'  !| approve, and which$6#1$ gave any promise$0$ of durability, was in
309:395,20'  !| a better$9$ knowledge of $MP#R$Susan, and a hope$0$ of being$1$ of service
309:395,21'  !| to$4$ her. $MP#R$Susan had always behaved pleasantly to$4$ herself,
309:395,22'  !| but the determined$2$ character of her general$2$ manners had
309:395,23'  !| astonished and alarmed her, and it was at least a fortnight
309:395,24'  !| before$3$ she began to$9$ understand a disposition so$5#1$ totally
309:395,25'  !| different from her own$2$. $MP#R$Susan saw that$3$ much was wrong$9$
309:395,26'  !| at home, and wanted to$9$ set$1$ it right$2#1$. That$3$ a girl of fourteen,
309:395,27'  !| acting only on$4$ her own$2$ unassisted reason$0$, should err in the
309:395,28'  !| method of reform$0$ was not wonderful; and $MP#A$Fanny soon
309:395,29'  !| became
309:395,29@a   | more disposed to$9$ admire the natural$2$ light$0$ of the
309:395,30@a   | mind$0$ which$6#1$ could so$5#1$ early distinguish justly, than to$9$
309:395,31@a   | censure$1$ severely the faults of conduct$0$ to$4$ which$6#1$ it led.
309:395,32@a   | $MP#R$Susan was only acting on$4$ the same truths, and pursuing
309:395,33@a   | the same system, which$6#1$ her own$2$ judgment acknowledged,
309:395,34@a   | but which$6#1$ her more supine and yielding temper would have
309:395,35@a   | shrunk from asserting. $MP#R$Susan tried to$9$ be useful, where \she\
309:395,36@a   | could only have gone away and cried; and that$3$ $MP#R$Susan was
309:395,37@a   | useful she could perceive; that$3$ things, bad as they were,
309:395,38@a   | would have been worse but for$4$ such interposition, and that$3$
309:396, 1@a   | both her mother and $MP#ZZC$Betsey were restrained from some
309:396, 2@a   | excesses of very offensive indulgence and vulgarity.
309:396, 3'  !| In every argument with her mother, $MP#R$Susan had in point$0$
309:396, 4'  !| of reason$0$ the advantage, and never was there any maternal
309:396, 5'  !| tenderness to$9$ buy her off. The blind$2$ fondness which$6#1$ was
309:396, 6'  !| for*ever producing evil around$4$ her, \she\ had never known.
309:396, 7'  !| There was no$2$ gratitude for$4$ affection past$9$ or present$9$, to$9$
309:396, 8'  !| make$1$ her better$9$ bear$1$ with its excesses to$4$ the others.
309:396, 9'  !| All this became gradually evident, and gradually placed
309:396,10'  !| $MP#R$Susan before$4$ her sister as an object$0$ of mingled compassion
309:396,11'  !| and respect$0$. That$3$ her manner was wrong$9$, however, at
309:396,12'  !| times very wrong$9$ ~ her measures often ill-chosen and
309:396,13'  !| ill-timed, and her looks$0$ and language very often indefensible,
309:396,14'  !| $MP#A$Fanny could not cease to$9$ feel; but she began to$9$ hope$1$
309:396,15'  !| they might be rectified. $MP#R$Susan, she found, looked up to$4$
309:396,16'  !| her and wished for$4$ her good opinion; and new as any*thing
309:396,17'  !| like$9$ an office of authority was to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, new as it was
309:396,18'  !| to$9$ imagine herself capable of guiding or informing any*one,
309:396,19'  !| she did resolve$1$ to$9$ give occasional hints to$4$ $MP#R$Susan, and
309:396,20'  !| endeavour$1$ to$9$ exercise$1$ for$4$ her advantage the juster notions
309:396,21'  !| of what$6#1$ was due$2$ to$4$ every*body, and what$6#1$ would be wisest
309:396,22'  !| for$4$ herself, which$6#1$ her own$2$ more favoured education had
309:396,23'  !| fixed in her.
309:396,24'  !| Her influence$0$, or at least the consciousness and use$0$ of it,
309:396,25'  !| originated in an act$0$ of kindness by$4$ $MP#R$Susan, which$6#1$ after$4$
309:396,26'  !| many hesitations of delicacy, she at last$0$ worked herself up
309:396,27'  !| to$4$. It had very early occurred to$4$ her, that$3$ a small sum
309:396,28'  !| of money might, perhaps, restore peace for*ever on$4$ the sore
309:396,29'  !| subject$0$ of the silver knife, canvassed as it now was continually,
309:396,30'  !| and the riches which$6#1$ she was in possession of herself,
309:396,31'  !| her uncle having given her 10L% at parting, made her as
309:396,32'  !| able as she was willing to$9$ be generous. But she was so$5#1$
309:396,33'  !| wholly unused to$9$ confer favours, except on$4$ the very poor,
309:396,34'  !| so$5#1$ unpractised in removing evils, or bestowing kindnesses
309:396,35'  !| among her equals, and so$5#1$ fearful of appearing to$9$ elevate
309:396,36'  !| herself as a great lady at home, that$3$ it took some time to$9$
309:396,37'  !| determine that$3$ it would not be unbecoming in her to$9$ make$1$
309:396,38'  !| such a present$0#2$. It was made, however, at last$0$; a silver
309:397, 1'  !| knife was bought for$4$ $MP#ZZC$Betsey, and accepted with great
309:397, 2'  !| delight$0$, its newness giving it every advantage over the
309:397, 3'  !| other that$6#1$ could be desired; $MP#R$Susan was established in the
309:397, 4'  !| full possession of her own$2$, $MP#ZZC$Betsey handsomely declaring
309:397, 5'  !| that$3$ now she had got one so$5#1$ much prettier herself, she
309:397, 6'  !| should never want$1$ \that$6#2$\ again ~ and no$2$ reproach$0$ seemed
309:397, 7'  !| conveyed to$4$ the equally satisfied$1$ mother, which$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny had
309:397, 8'  !| almost feared to$9$ be impossible. The deed thoroughly
309:397, 9'  !| answered; a source of domestic$2$ altercation was entirely
309:397,10'  !| done away, and it was the means$0$ of opening $MP#R$Susan's heart
309:397,11'  !| to$4$ her, and giving her something more to$9$ love$1$ and be
309:397,12'  !| interested in. $MP#R$Susan shewed that$3$ she had delicacy;
309:397,13'  !| pleased as she was to$9$ be mistress of property which$6#1$ she
309:397,14'  !| had been struggling for$4$ at least two years, she yet feared
309:397,15'  !| that$3$ her sister's judgment had been against her, and that$3$ a
309:397,16'  !| reproof was designed her for$4$ having so$5#2$ struggled as to$9$ make$1$
309:397,17'  !| the purchase$0$ necessary for$4$ the tranquillity of the house.
309:397,18'  !| Her temper was open$1$. She acknowledged her fears,
309:397,19'  !| blamed herself for$4$ having contended so$5#1$ warmly, and from
309:397,20'  !| that$6#2$ hour $MP#A$Fanny understanding$1$ the worth of her disposition,
309:397,21'  !| and perceiving how fully she was inclined to$9$ seek her
309:397,22'  !| good opinion and refer to$4$ her judgment, began to$9$ feel again
309:397,23'  !| the blessing of affection, and to$9$ entertain the hope$0$ of being$1$
309:397,24'  !| useful to$4$ a mind$0$ so$5#1$ much in need$0$ of help$0$, and so$5#1$ much
309:397,25'  !| deserving it. She gave advice; advice too$5#1$ sound$9$ to$9$ be
309:397,26'  !| resisted by$4$ a good understanding$0$, and given so$5#1$ mildly and
309:397,27'  !| considerately as not to$9$ irritate an imperfect temper; and
309:397,28'  !| she had the happiness of observing its good effects not
309:397,29'  !| unfrequently; more was not expected$1$ by$4$ one, who$6#1$, while$9$
309:397,30'  !| seeing all the obligation and expediency of submission and
309:397,31'  !| forbearance, saw also with sympathetic acuteness of feeling$0$,
309:397,32'  !| all that$6#1$ must be hourly grating to$4$ a girl like$9$ $MP#R$Susan. Her
309:397,33'  !| greatest wonder$0$ on$4$ the subject$0$ soon became ~
309:397,33@a   | not that$3$
309:397,34@a   | $MP#R$Susan should have been provoked into disrespect and
309:397,35@a   | impatience against her better$9$ knowledge ~ but that$3$ so$5#1$
309:397,36@a   | much better$9$ knowledge, so$5#1$ many good notions, should have
309:397,37@a   | been hers at all; and that$3$, brought up in the midst of
309:397,38@a   | negligence and error, she should have formed such proper
309:398, 1@a   | opinions of what$6#1$ ought to$9$ be ~ she, who$6#1$ had no$2$ cousin
309:398, 2@a   | $MP#B$Edmund to$9$ direct$1$ her thoughts or fix her principles.
309:398, 3'  !| The intimacy thus begun between them was a material$2$
309:398, 4'  !| advantage to$4$ each. By$4$ sitting$1$ together up*stairs, they
309:398, 5'  !| avoided a great deal$0#2$ of the disturbance of the house;
309:398, 6'  !| $MP#A$Fanny had peace, and $MP#R$Susan learnt to$9$ think it no$2$ misfortune
309:398, 7'  !| to$9$ be quietly employed. They sat without a fire$0$; but
309:398, 8'  !| \that$6#2$\ was a privation familiar even$5$ to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and she
309:398, 9'  !| suffered the less because reminded by$4$ it of the east-room.
309:398,10'  !| It was the only point$0$ of resemblance. In space, light$0$,
309:398,11'  !| furniture, and prospect, there was nothing alike in the two
309:398,12'  !| apartments; and she often heaved a sigh$0$ at the remembrance
309:398,13'  !| of all her books and boxes, and various comforts
309:398,14'  !| there. By$4$ degrees the girls came to$9$ spend the chief of the
309:398,15'  !| morning up*stairs, at first only in working and talking;
309:398,16'  !| but after$4$ a few days, the remembrance of the said books
309:398,17'  !| grew so$5#1$ potent and stimulative, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny found it
309:398,18'  !| impossible not to$9$ try for$4$ books again. There were none in
309:398,19'  !| her father's house; but wealth is luxurious and daring ~
309:398,20'  !| and some of hers found its way to$4$ a circulating library.
309:398,21'  !| She became a subscriber ~
309:398,21@a   | amazed at being$1$ any*thing \in*propria*persona\,
309:398,22@a   | amazed at her own$2$ doings in every way;
309:398,23@a   | to$9$ be a renter, a chuser of books| And to$9$ be having any*one's
309:398,24@a   | improvement in view$0$ in her choice$0$|
309:398,24'  !| But so$5#2$ it was.
309:398,25'  !| $MP#R$Susan had read nothing, and $MP#A$Fanny longed to$9$ give her
309:398,26'  !| a share$0$ in her own$2$ first pleasures, and inspire a taste for$4$
309:398,27'  !| the biography and poetry which$6#1$ she delighted in herself.
309:398,28'  !| In this occupation she hoped, moreover, to$9$ bury some of
309:398,29'  !| the recollections of Mansfield which$6#1$ were too$5#1$ apt to$9$ seize
309:398,30'  !| her mind$0$ if her fingers only were busy; and especially at
309:398,31'  !| this time, hoped it might be useful in diverting her thoughts
309:398,32'  !| from pursuing $MP#B$Edmund to$4$ London, whither, on$4$ the
309:398,33'  !| authority of her aunt's last$2$ letter, she knew he was gone.
309:398,34'  !| She had no$2$ doubt$0$ of what$6#1$ would ensue. The promised
309:398,35'  !| notification was hanging$1$ over her head$0$. The postman's
309:398,36'  !| knock$0$ within the neighbourhood was beginning$1$ to$9$ bring its
309:398,37'  !| daily terrors ~ and if reading could banish the idea for$4$ even$5$
309:398,38'  !| half an hour, it was something gained.
310:399, 1'  !| A week was gone since $MP#B$Edmund might be supposed in
310:399, 2'  !| town, and $MP#A$Fanny had heard nothing of him. There were
310:399, 3'  !| three different conclusions to$9$ be drawn from his silence$0$,
310:399, 4'  !| between which$6#1$ her mind$0$ was in fluctuation; each of them
310:399, 5'  !| at times being$1$ held the most probable.
310:399, 5@a   | Either his going
310:399, 6@a   | had been again delayed, or he had yet procured no$2$ opportunity
310:399, 7@a   | of seeing $MP#C$Miss*Crawford alone ~ or, he was too$5#1$ happy
310:399, 8@a   | for$4$ letter writing$0$|
310:399, 9'  !| One morning about$4$ this time, $MP#A$Fanny having now been
310:399,10'  !| nearly four weeks from Mansfield ~ a point$0$ which$6#1$ she never
310:399,11'  !| failed to$9$ think over and calculate every day ~ as she and
310:399,12'  !| $MP#R$Susan were preparing to$9$ remove$1$ as usual up*stairs, they
310:399,13'  !| were stopt by$4$ the knock$0$ of a visitor, whom$6#1$ they felt they
310:399,14'  !| could not avoid, from $MP#T$Rebecca's alertness in going to$4$ the
310:399,15'  !| door, a duty which$6#1$ always interested her beyond$4$ any other.
310:399,16'  !| It was a gentleman's voice; it was a voice that$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny
310:399,17'  !| was just$9$ turning$1$ pale about$4$, when $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford walked
310:399,18'  !| into the room.
310:399,19'  !| Good sense, like$9$ hers, will$1$ always act$1$ when really called
310:399,20'  !| upon; and she found that$3$ she had been able to$9$ name$1$ him
310:399,21'  !| to$4$ her mother, and recal$1$ her remembrance of the name$0$,
310:399,22'  !| as that$6#2$ of
310:399,22A  !| "$MP#Q$William's friend"
310:399,22'  !| though she could not previously
310:399,23'  !| have believed herself capable of uttering a syllable
310:399,24'  !| at such a moment. The consciousness of his being$1$ known
310:399,25'  !| there only as $MP#Q$William's friend, was some support$0$. Having
310:399,26'  !| introduced him, however, and being$1$ all re-seated, the
310:399,27'  !| terrors that$6#1$ occurred of what$6#1$ this visit$0$ might lead$1$ to$4$,
310:399,28'  !| were overpowering, and she fancied herself on$4$ the point$0$
310:399,29'  !| of fainting away.
310:399,30'  !| While$9$ trying$1$ to$9$ keep herself alive, their visitor, who$6#1$
310:399,31'  !| had at first approached her with as animated a countenance
310:399,32'  !| as ever, was wisely and kindly keeping$1$ his eyes away,
310:399,33'  !| and giving her time to$9$ recover, while$9$ he devoted himself
310:400, 1'  !| entirely to$4$ her mother, addressing her, and attending to$4$
310:400, 2'  !| her with the utmost politeness and propriety, at the same
310:400, 3'  !| time with a degree of friendliness ~ of interest$0$ at least ~
310:400, 4'  !| which$6#1$ was making his manner perfect$2$.
310:400, 5'  !| $MP#P$Mrs%*Price's manners were also at their best. Warmed
310:400, 6'  !| by$4$ the sight of such a friend to$4$ her son, and regulated by$4$
310:400, 7'  !| the wish$0$ of appearing to$4$ advantage before$4$ him, she was
310:400, 8'  !| overflowing with gratitude, artless, maternal gratitude,
310:400, 9'  !| which$6#1$ could not be unpleasing. $MP#O$Mr%*Price was out$5$, which$6#1$
310:400,10'  !| she regretted very much. $MP#A$Fanny was just$9$ recovered
310:400,11'  !| enough to$9$ feel that$3$
310:400,11@a   | \she\ could not regret$1$ it; for$3$ to$4$ her many
310:400,12@a   | other sources of uneasiness was added the severe one of
310:400,13@a   | shame$0$ for$4$ the home in which$6#1$ he found her. She might
310:400,14@a   | scold herself for$4$ the weakness, but there was no$2$ scolding
310:400,15@a   | it away. She was ashamed, and she would have been yet
310:400,16@a   | more ashamed of her father, than of all the rest$0#1$.
310:400,17'  !| They talked of $MP#Q$William, a subject$0$ on$4$ which$6#1$ $MP#P$Mrs%*Price
310:400,18'  !| could never tire; and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was as warm$2$ in his
310:400,19'  !| commendation, as even$5$ her heart could wish$1$. She felt
310:400,20@p   | that$3$ she had never seen so$5#1$ agreeable a man in her life;
310:400,21@p   | and was only astonished to$9$ find, that$3$ so$5#1$ great and so$5#1$ agreeable
310:400,22@p   | as he was, he should be come down$5$ to$4$ Portsmouth
310:400,23@p   | neither on$4$ a visit$0$ to$4$ the port-admiral, nor the commissioner,
310:400,24@p   | nor yet with the intention of going over to$4$ the
310:400,25@p   | island, nor of seeing the Dock-yard. Nothing of all that$6#1$
310:400,26@p   | she had been used$1#2$ to$9$ think of as the proof of importance,
310:400,27@p   | or the employment of wealth, had brought him to$4$ Portsmouth.
310:400,28@d   | He had reached it late the night before$5$, was come
310:400,29@d   | for$4$ a day or two, was staying at the Crown$0#1$, had accidentally
310:400,30@d   | met with a navy officer or two of his acquaintance,
310:400,31@d   | since his arrival, but had no$2$ object$0$ of that$6#2$ kind$0$ in coming.
310:400,32'  !| By$4$ the time he had given all this information, it was
310:400,33'  !| not unreasonable to$9$ suppose, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny might be looked
310:400,34'  !| at and spoken to$4$; and she was tolerably able to$9$ bear$1$ his
310:400,35'  !| eye, and hear
310:400,35@d   | that$3$ he had spent half an hour with his sister,
310:400,36@d   | the evening before$4$ his leaving London; that$3$ she had sent
310:400,37@d   | her best and kindest love$0$, but had had no$2$ time for$4$ writing$1$;
310:400,38@d   | that$3$ he thought$1$ himself lucky in seeing $MP#C$Mary for$4$ even$5$
310:401, 1@d   | half an hour, having spent scarcely twenty-four hours in
310:401, 2@d   | London after$4$ his return$0$ from Norfolk, before$3$ he set$1$ off
310:401, 3@d   | again; that$3$ her cousin $MP#B$Edmund was in town, had been
310:401, 4@d   | in town he understood, a few days; that$3$ he had not seen
310:401, 5@d   | him, himself, but that$3$ he was well$9$, had left$1$ them all well$9$
310:401, 6@d   | at Mansfield, and was to$9$ dine, as yesterday, with the
310:401, 7@d   | $MP#ZH$Frasers.
310:401, 8'  !| $MP#A$Fanny listened collectedly even$5$ to$4$ the last-mentioned
310:401, 9'  !| circumstance; nay, it seemed a relief to$4$ her worn mind$0$
310:401,10'  !| to$9$ be at any certainty; and the words,
310:401,10D  !| "then by$4$ this time
310:401,11D  !| it is all settled$1$,"
310:401,11'  !| passed internally, without more evidence
310:401,12'  !| of emotion than a faint$2$ blush$0$.
310:401,13'  !| After$4$ talking a little more about$4$ Mansfield, a subject$0$ in
310:401,14'  !| which$6#1$ her interest$0$ was most apparent, $MP#D$Crawford began to$9$
310:401,15'  !| hint$1$ at the expediency of an early walk$0$; ~
310:401,15D  !| "It was a
310:401,16D  !| lovely morning, and at that$6#2$ season of the year a fine morning
310:401,17D  !| so$5#1$ often turned off, that$3$ it was wisest for$4$ everybody
310:401,18D  !| not to$9$ delay$1$ their exercise$0$;"
310:401,18'  !| and such hints producing
310:401,19'  !| nothing, he soon proceeded to$4$ a positive recommendation
310:401,20'  !| to$4$ $MP#P$Mrs%*Price and her daughters, to$9$ take their walk$0$ without
310:401,21'  !| loss of time. Now they came to$4$ an understanding$0$. $MP#P$Mrs%*Price,
310:401,22'  !| it appeared, scarcely ever stirred out$8$ of doors, except
310:401,23'  !| of a Sunday; she owned she could seldom, with her large
310:401,24'  !| family, find time for$4$ a walk$0$. ~
310:401,24D  !| "Would she not then persuade
310:401,25D  !| her daughters to$9$ take advantage of such weather,
310:401,26D  !| and allow him the pleasure of attending them?" ~
310:401,26'  !| $MP#P$Mrs%*Price
310:401,27'  !| was greatly obliged, and very complying. ~
310:401,27P  !| "Her
310:401,28P  !| daughters were very much confined ~ Portsmouth was
310:401,29P  !| a sad place$0$ ~ they did not often get out$5$ ~ and she knew
310:401,30P  !| they had some errands in the town, which$6#1$ they would be
310:401,31P  !| very glad to$9$ do." ~
310:401,31'  !| And the consequence was, that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny,
310:401,32@a   | strange as it was ~ strange, awkward, and distressing ~
310:401,33@a   | found herself and $MP#R$Susan, within ten minutes, walking
310:401,34@a   | towards the High*Street, with $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford.
310:401,35@a   | It was soon pain$0$ upon pain$0$, confusion upon confusion;
310:401,36@a   | for$3$ they were hardly in the High*Street, before$3$ they met
310:401,37@a   | her father, whose$6#1$ appearance was not the better$9$ from its
310:401,38@a   | being$1$ Saturday.
310:401,38'  !| He stopt; and, ungentlemanlike as he
310:402, 1'  !| looked, $MP#A$Fanny was obliged to$9$ introduce him to$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford.
310:402, 2@a   | She could not have a doubt$0$ of the manner in which$6#1$
310:402, 3@a   | $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford must be struck. He must be ashamed and
310:402, 4@a   | disgusted altogether. He must soon give her up, and
310:402, 5@a   | cease to$9$ have the smallest inclination for$4$ the match$0$;
310:402, 5'  !| and
310:402, 6'  !| yet, though she had been so$5#1$ much wanting his affection
310:402, 7'  !| to$9$ be cured, this was a sort of cure$0$ that$6#1$ would be almost
310:402, 8'  !| as bad as the complaint; and I believe, there is scarcely
310:402, 9'  !| a young lady in the united kingdoms, who$6#1$ would not
310:402,10'  !| rather put up with the misfortune of being$1$ sought by$4$ a
310:402,11'  !| clever, agreeable man, than have him driven away by$4$ the
310:402,12'  !| vulgarity of her nearest relations.
310:402,13'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford probably could not regard$1$ his future
310:402,14'  !| father-in-law with any idea of taking him for$4$ a model in
310:402,15'  !| dress$0$; but (as $MP#A$Fanny instantly, and to$4$ her great relief
310:402,16'  !| discerned),
310:402,16@a   | her father was a very different man, a very
310:402,17@a   | different $MP#O$Mr%*Price in his behaviour to$4$ this most
310:402,17@a   | highly-respected
310:402,18@a   | stranger$0$, from what$6#1$ he was in his own$2$ family
310:402,19@a   | at home. His manners now, though not polished, were
310:402,20@a   | more than passable; they were grateful, animated, manly;
310:402,21@a   | his expressions were those of an attached father, and a
310:402,22@a   | sensible$2#2$ man; ~ his loud tones did very well$9$ in the open$2$
310:402,23@a   | air, and there was not a single oath to$9$ be heard.
310:402,23'  !| Such
310:402,24'  !| was his instinctive compliment$0$ to$4$ the good manners of
310:402,25'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford; and be the consequence what$6#1$ it might,
310:402,26'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's immediate feelings were infinitely soothed.
310:402,27'  !| The conclusion of the two gentlemen's civilities was an
310:402,28'  !| offer$0$ of $MP#O$Mr%*Price's to$9$ take $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford into the dock-yard,
310:402,29'  !| which$6#1$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, desirous of accepting as a
310:402,30'  !| favour$0$, what$6#1$ was intended as such, though he had seen
310:402,31'  !| the dock-yard again and again; and hoping to$9$ be so$5#1$ much
310:402,32'  !| the longer with $MP#A$Fanny,
310:402,32@d   | was very gratefully disposed to$9$
310:402,33@d   | avail himself of, if the $MP#A1$Miss*Prices were not afraid of the
310:402,34@d   | fatigue$0$;
310:402,34'  !| and as it was somehow or other ascertained, or
310:402,35'  !| inferred, or at least acted upon, that$3$ they were not at
310:402,36'  !| all afraid, to$4$ the dock-yard they were all to$9$ go; and,
310:402,37'  !| but for$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, $MP#O$Mr%*Price would have turned
310:402,38'  !| thither directly, without the smallest consideration for$4$ his
310:403, 1'  !| daughters' errands in the High*Street. He took care$0$,
310:403, 2'  !| however, that$3$ they should be allowed to$9$ go to$4$ the shops
310:403, 3'  !| they came out$5$ expressly to$9$ visit$1$; and it did not delay$1$
310:403, 4'  !| them long$9$, for$3$ $MP#A$Fanny could so$5#1$ little bear$1$ to$9$ excite
310:403, 4'  !| impatience,
310:403, 5'  !| or be waited for$5$, that$3$ before$4$ the gentlemen, as
310:403, 6'  !| they stood at the door, could do more than begin upon
310:403, 7'  !| the last$2$ naval regulations, or settle the number of three*deckers
310:403, 8'  !| now in commission, their companions were ready
310:403, 9'  !| to$9$ proceed.
310:403,10'  !| They were then to$9$ set$1$ forward$8$ for$4$ the dock-yard at once,
310:403,11'  !| and the walk$0$ would have been conducted (according to$4$
310:403,12'  !| $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's opinion)
310:403,12@d   | in a singular manner, had $MP#O$Mr%*Price
310:403,13@d   | been allowed the entire regulation of it, as the two
310:403,14@d   | girls, he found, would have been left$1$ to$9$ follow, and keep
310:403,15@d   | up with them, or not, as they could, while$9$ they walked on$5$
310:403,16@d   | together at their own$2$ hasty pace$0$.
310:403,16'  !| He was able to$9$ introduce
310:403,17'  !| some improvement occasionally, though by$4$ no$2$ means$0$
310:403,18'  !| to$4$ the extent he wished; he absolutely would not walk$1$
310:403,19'  !| away from them; and, at any crossing, or any crowd,
310:403,20'  !| when $MP#O$Mr%*Price was only calling out$5$,
310:403,20O  !| "Come girls ~ come,
310:403,21O  !| $MP#A$Fan ~ come, $MP#R$Sue ~ take care$0$ of yourselves ~ keep a sharp
310:403,22O  !| look$0$ out$5$,"
310:403,22'  !| he would give them his particular attendance.
310:403,23     |
310:403,24'  !| Once fairly in the dock-yard, he began to$9$ reckon upon
310:403,25'  !| some happy intercourse with $MP#A$Fanny, as they were very
310:403,26'  !| soon joined by$4$ a brother lounger of $MP#O$Mr%*Price's, who$6#1$ was
310:403,27'  !| come to$9$ take his daily survey of how things went on$5$, and
310:403,28'  !| who$6#1$ must prove a far more worthy companion than himself;
310:403,29'  !| and after$4$ a time the two officers seemed very well$9$
310:403,30'  !| satisfied$1$ in going about$5$ together and discussing matters
310:403,31'  !| of equal$2$ and never-failing interest$0$, while$9$ the young people
310:403,32'  !| sat down$5$ upon some timbers in the yard, or found a seat
310:403,33'  !| on$4$ board a vessel in the stocks which$6#1$ they all went to$9$ look$1$
310:403,34'  !| at. $MP#A$Fanny was most conveniently in want$0$ of rest$0#2$. $MP#D$Crawford
310:403,35@d   | could not have wished her more fatigued or more
310:403,36@d   | ready to$9$ sit down$5$; but he could have wished her sister
310:403,37@d   | away. A quick$2$ looking girl of $MP#R$Susan's age was the very
310:403,38@d   | worst third in the world ~ totally different from $MP#F$Lady*Bertram ~
310:404, 1@d   | all eyes and ears; and there was no$2$ introducing
310:404, 2@d   | the main$2$ point$0$ before$4$ her. He must content himself with
310:404, 3@d   | being$1$ only generally agreeable, and letting $MP#R$Susan have
310:404, 4@d   | her share$0$ of entertainment, with the indulgence, now and
310:404, 5@d   | then, of a look$0$ or hint$0$ for$4$ the better$9$ informed and conscious
310:404, 6@d   | $MP#A$Fanny.
310:404, 6'  !| Norfolk was what$6#1$ he had mostly to$9$ talk$1$
310:404, 7'  !| of; there he had been some time, and every*thing there
310:404, 8'  !| was rising in importance from his present$9$ schemes. Such
310:404, 9'  !| a man could come from no$2$ place$0$, no$2$ society, without
310:404,10'  !| importing something to$9$ amuse; his journeys and his
310:404,11'  !| acquaintance were all of use$0$, and $MP#R$Susan was entertained
310:404,12'  !| in a way quite new to$4$ her. For$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, somewhat more
310:404,13'  !| was related than the accidental agreeableness of the
310:404,14'  !| parties he had been in. For$4$ her approbation,
310:404,14@d   | the particular
310:404,15@d   | reason$0$ of his going into Norfolk at all, at this
310:404,16@d   | unusual time of year, was given. It had been real business,
310:404,17@d   | relative to$4$ the renewal of a lease in which$6#1$ the welfare
310:404,18@d   | of a large and
310:404,18'  !| (he believed)
310:404,18@d   | industrious family was at stake$0$.
310:404,19@d   | He had suspected his agent of some underhand dealing ~
310:404,20@d   | of meaning$1$ to$9$ bias$1$ him against the deserving ~ and he had
310:404,21@d   | determined$1$ to$9$ go himself, and thoroughly investigate the
310:404,22@d   | merits of the case. He had gone, had done even$5$ more
310:404,23@d   | good than he had foreseen, had been useful to$4$ more than
310:404,24@d   | his first plan had comprehended, and was now able to$9$
310:404,25@d   | congratulate himself upon it, and to$9$ feel, that$3$ in performing
310:404,26@d   | a duty, he had secured agreeable recollections for$4$ his
310:404,27@d   | own$2$ mind$0$. He had introduced himself to$4$ some tenants,
310:404,28@d   | whom$6#1$ he had never seen before$5$; he had begun making
310:404,29@d   | acquaintance with cottages whose$6#1$ very existence, though
310:404,30@d   | on$4$ his own$2$ estate, had been hitherto unknown to$4$ him.
310:404,31'  !| This was aimed, and well$9$ aimed, at $MP#A$Fanny.
310:404,31@a   | It was pleasing
310:404,32@a   | to$9$ hear him speak so$5#1$ properly; here, he had been acting
310:404,33@a   | as he ought to$9$ do. To$9$ be the friend of the poor and
310:404,34@a   | oppressed|
310:404,34'  !| Nothing could be more grateful to$4$ her, and
310:404,35'  !| she was on$4$ the point$0$ of giving him an approving look$0$ when
310:404,36'  !| it was all frightened off, by$4$ his adding a something too$5#1$
310:404,37'  !| pointed$2$
310:404,37@d   | of his hoping soon to$9$ have an assistant, a friend,
310:404,38@d   | a guide$0$ in every plan of utility or charity for$4$ Everingham,
310:405, 1@d   | a somebody that$6#1$ would make$1$ Everingham and all about$4$
310:405, 2@d   | it, a dearer object$0$ than it had ever been yet.
310:405, 3'  !| She turned away, and wished he would not say such
310:405, 4'  !| things.
310:405, 4@a   | She was willing to$9$ allow he might have more
310:405, 5@a   | good qualities than she had been wont to$9$ suppose. She
310:405, 6@a   | began to$9$ feel the possibility of his turning$1$ out$5$ well$9$ at last$0$;
310:405, 7@a   | but he was and must ever be completely unsuited to$9$ her,
310:405, 8@a   | and ought not to$9$ think of her.
310:405, 9'  !| He perceived that$3$ enough had been said of Everingham,
310:405,10'  !| and that$3$ it would be as well$9$ to$9$ talk$1$ of something else, and
310:405,11'  !| turned to$4$ Mansfield. He could not have chosen better$9$;
310:405,12'  !| that$6#2$ was a topic to$4$ bring back$5$ her attention and her looks$0$
310:405,13'  !| almost instantly. It was a real indulgence to$9$ her to$9$ hear
310:405,14'  !| or to$9$ speak of Mansfield. Now so$5#1$ long$9$ divided from every*body
310:405,15'  !| who$6#1$ knew the place$0$, she felt it quite the voice of
310:405,16'  !| a friend when he mentioned it, and led the way to$4$ her fond
310:405,17'  !| exclamations in praise$0$ of its beauties and comforts, and
310:405,18'  !| by$4$ his honourable tribute to$4$ its inhabitants allowed her
310:405,19'  !| to$9$ gratify her own$2$ heart in the warmest eulogium, in
310:405,20'  !| speaking of her uncle as all that$6#1$ was clever and good, and
310:405,21'  !| her aunt as having the sweetest of all sweet tempers.
310:405,22'  !| He had a great attachment to$4$ Mansfield himself; he
310:405,23'  !| said so$5#2$;
310:405,23@d   | he looked forward$8$ with the hope$0$ of spending
310:405,24@d   | much, very much of his time there ~ always there, or in
310:405,25@d   | the neighbourhood. He particularly built upon a very
310:405,26@d   | happy summer and autumn there this year; he felt that$3$
310:405,27@d   | it would be so$5#2$; he depended upon it; a summer and
310:405,28@d   | autumn infinitely superior$2$ to$4$ the last$0$. As animated, as
310:405,29@d   | diversified, as social ~ but with circumstances of superiority
310:405,30@d   | undescribable.
310:405,31D  !| "Mansfield, Sotherton, Thornton*Lacey,"
310:405,31'  !| he continued,
310:405,32D  !| "what$7$ a society will$1$ be comprised in those houses| And
310:405,33D  !| at Michaelmas, perhaps, a fourth may$1$ be added, some
310:405,34D  !| small hunting-box in the vicinity of every*thing so$5#1$ dear$2#1$
310:405,35D  !| ~ for$3$ as to$4$ any partnership in Thornton*Lacey, as
310:405,35D  !| $MP#B$Edmund*Bertram
310:405,36D  !| once good-humouredly proposed, I hope$1$ I foresee
310:405,37D  !| two objections, two fair, excellent, irresistible objections
310:405,38D  !| to$4$ that$6#2$ plan."
310:406, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was doubly silenced here; though when the
310:406, 2'  !| moment was passed,
310:406, 2@a   | could regret$1$ that$3$ she had not forced
310:406, 3@a   | herself into the acknowledged comprehension of one half
310:406, 4@a   | of his meaning$0$, and encouraged him to$9$ say something
310:406, 5@a   | more of his sister and $MP#B$Edmund. It was a subject$0$ which$6#1$
310:406, 6@a   | she must learn to$9$ speak of, and the weakness that$6#1$ shrunk
310:406, 7@a   | from it would soon be quite unpardonable.
310:406, 8'  !| When $MP#O$Mr%*Price and his friend had seen all that$6#1$ they
310:406, 9'  !| wished, or had time for$4$, the others were ready to$9$ return$1$;
310:406,10'  !| and in the course$0$ of their walk$0$ back$5$, $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford contrived
310:406,11'  !| a minute's privacy for$4$ telling $MP#A$Fanny
310:406,11@d   | that$3$ his only
310:406,12@d   | business in Portsmouth was to$9$ see her, that$3$ he was come
310:406,13@d   | down$5$ for$4$ a couple of days on$4$ her account$0$ and hers only,
310:406,14@d   | and because he could not endure a longer total separation.
310:406,15@a   | She was sorry, really sorry; and yet, in spite$8$ of this and
310:406,16@a   | the two or three other things which$6#1$ she wished he had not
310:406,17@a   | said, she thought$1$ him altogether improved since she had
310:406,18@a   | seen him; he was much more gentle, obliging, and attentive
310:406,19@a   | to$4$ other people's feelings than he had ever been at
310:406,20@a   | Mansfield; she had never seen him so$5#1$ agreeable ~ so$5#1$ \near$9$\
310:406,21@a   | being$1$ agreeable; his behaviour to$4$ her father could not
310:406,22@a   | offend, and there was something particularly kind$2$ and
310:406,23@a   | proper in the notice$0$ he took of $MP#R$Susan. He was decidedly
310:406,24@a   | improved. She wished the next day over, she wished
310:406,25@a   | he had come only for$4$ one day ~ but it was not so$5#1$ very bad
310:406,26@a   | as she would have expected$1$; the pleasure of talking of
310:406,27@a   | Mansfield was so$5#1$ very great|
310:406,28'  !| Before$3$ they parted, she had to$9$ thank him for$4$ another
310:406,29'  !| pleasure, and one of no$2$ trivial kind$0$. Her father asked
310:406,30'  !| him to$9$ do them the honour$0$ of taking his mutton with
310:406,31'  !| them, and $MP#A$Fanny had time for$4$ only one thrill of horror,
310:406,32'  !| before$3$ he declared himself prevented by$4$ a prior engagement.
310:406,33@d   | He was engaged to$4$ dinner already both for$4$ that$6#2$
310:406,34@d   | day and the next; he had met with some acquaintance
310:406,35@d   | at the Crown$0#1$ who$6#1$ would not be denied; he should have
310:406,36@d   | the honour$0$, however, of waiting on$4$ them again on$4$ the
310:406,37@d   | morrow,
310:406,37'  !| &c% and so$5#2$ they parted ~ $MP#A$Fanny in a state$0$ of
310:406,38'  !| actual felicity from escaping so$5#1$ horrible an evil|
310:407, 1@a   | To$9$ have had him join their family dinner-party and see
310:407, 2@a   | all their deficiencies would have been dreadful| $MP#T$Rebecca's
310:407, 3@a   | cookery and $MP#T$Rebecca's waiting, and $MP#ZZC$Betsey's eating at
310:407, 4@a   | table without restraint, and pulling every*thing about$5$ as
310:407, 5@a   | she chose,
310:407, 5'  !| were what$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny herself was not yet enough
310:407, 6'  !| inured to$4$, for$4$ her often to$9$ make$1$ a tolerable meal. \She\
310:407, 7'  !| was nice only from natural$2$ delicacy, but \he\ had been
310:407, 8'  !| brought up in a school of luxury and epicurism.
311:408, 1'  !| The $MP#O$Prices were just$9$ setting off for$4$ church the next day
311:408, 2'  !| when $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford appeared again. He came ~ not to$9$
311:408, 3'  !| stop$1$ ~ but to$9$ join them; he was asked to$9$ go with them
311:408, 4'  !| to$4$ the Garrison*chapel, which$6#1$ was exactly what$6#1$ he had
311:408, 5'  !| intended, and they all walked thither together.
311:408, 6'  !| The family were now seen to$4$ advantage. Nature had
311:408, 7'  !| given them no$2$ inconsiderable share$0$ of beauty, and every
311:408, 8'  !| Sunday dressed them in their cleanest skins and best attire.
311:408, 9'  !| Sunday always brought this comfort$0$ to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, and on$4$ this
311:408,10'  !| Sunday she felt it more than ever.
311:408,10@a   | Her poor mother now
311:408,11@a   | did not look$1$ so$5#1$ very unworthy of being$1$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's
311:408,12@a   | sister as she was but too$5#1$ apt to$9$ look$1$. It often grieved
311:408,13@a   | her to$4$ the heart ~ to$9$ think of the contrast between them
311:408,14@a   | ~ to$9$ think that$3$ where nature had made so$5#1$ little difference,
311:408,15@a   | circumstances should have made so$5#1$ much, and that$3$ her
311:408,16@a   | mother, as handsome as $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, and some years
311:408,17@a   | her junior, should have an appearance so$5#1$ much more worn
311:408,18@a   | and faded, so$5#1$ comfortless, so$5#1$ slatternly, so$5#1$ shabby.
311:408,18'  !| But
311:408,19'  !| Sunday made her a very creditable and tolerably cheerful
311:408,20'  !| looking $MP#P$Mrs%*Price, coming abroad with a fine family of
311:408,21'  !| children, feeling$1$ a little respite of her weekly cares$0$, and
311:408,22'  !| only discomposed if she saw her boys run$1$ into danger, or
311:408,23'  !| $MP#T$Rebecca pass$1$ by$5$ with a flower in her hat.
311:408,24'  !| In chapel they were obliged to$9$ divide, but $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
311:408,25'  !| took care$0$ not to$9$ be divided from the female$2$ branch; and
311:408,26'  !| after$4$ chapel he still$5$ continued with them, and made one
311:408,27'  !| in the family party on$4$ the ramparts.
311:408,28'  !| $MP#P$Mrs%*Price took her weekly walk$0$ on$4$ the ramparts every
311:408,29'  !| fine Sunday throughout the year, always going directly
311:408,30'  !| after$4$ morning service and staying till dinner-time. It
311:408,31'  !| was her public$2$ place$0$; there she met her acquaintance,
311:408,32'  !| heard a little news, talked over the badness of the Portsmouth
311:408,33'  !| servants, and wound$1#1$ up her spirits for$4$ the six days
311:408,34'  !| ensuing.
311:409, 1'  !| Thither they now went; $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford most happy to$9$
311:409, 2'  !| consider the $MP#A1$Miss*Prices as his peculiar charge$0$; and
311:409, 3'  !| before$3$ they had been there long$9$ ~ somehow or other ~
311:409, 4'  !| there was no$2$ saying how ~ $MP#A$Fanny could not have believed
311:409, 5'  !| it ~ but he was walking between them with an arm$0$ of each
311:409, 6'  !| under his, and she did not know how to$9$ prevent or put an
311:409, 7'  !| end$0$ to$4$ it. It made her uncomfortable for$4$ a time ~ but
311:409, 8'  !| yet there were enjoyments in the day and in the view$0$
311:409, 9'  !| which$6#1$ would be felt.
311:409,10'  !| The day was uncommonly lovely. It was really March;
311:409,11'  !| but it was April in its mild air, brisk soft wind, and bright
311:409,12'  !| sun, occasionally clouded for$4$ a minute$0$; and every*thing
311:409,13'  !| looked so$5#1$ beautiful under the influence$0$ of such a sky, the
311:409,14'  !| effects of the shadows pursuing each other, on$4$ the ships
311:409,15'  !| at Spithead and the island beyond$5$, with the ever-varying
311:409,16'  !| hues of the sea now at high water, dancing$1$ in its glee and
311:409,17'  !| dashing against the ramparts with so$5#1$ fine a sound$0$, produced
311:409,18'  !| altogether such a combination of charms for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny,
311:409,19'  !| as made her gradually almost careless of the circumstances
311:409,20'  !| under which$6#1$ she felt them. Nay, had she been without
311:409,21'  !| his arm$0$, she would soon have known that$3$ she needed it,
311:409,22'  !| for$3$ she wanted strength for$4$ a two hours' saunter of this
311:409,23'  !| kind$0$, coming as it generally did upon a week's previous
311:409,24'  !| inactivity. $MP#A$Fanny was beginning$1$ to$9$ feel the effect$0$ of
311:409,25'  !| being$1$ debarred from her usual, regular exercise$0$; she had
311:409,26'  !| lost ground as to$4$ health since her being$1$ in Portsmouth,
311:409,27'  !| and but for$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford and the beauty of the weather,
311:409,28'  !| would soon have been knocked up now.
311:409,29'  !| The loveliness of the day, and of the view$0$, he felt like$9$
311:409,30'  !| herself. They often stopt with the same sentiment and
311:409,31'  !| taste, leaning against the wall, some minutes, to$9$ look$1$ and
311:409,32'  !| admire; and considering he was not $MP#B$Edmund, $MP#A$Fanny
311:409,33'  !| could not but allow that$3$ he was sufficiently open$2$ to$4$ the
311:409,34'  !| charms of nature, and very well$9$ able to$9$ express$1$ his admiration.
311:409,35'  !| She had a few tender$2$ reveries now and then, which$6#1$
311:409,36'  !| he could sometimes take advantage of, to$9$ look$1$ in her
311:409,37'  !| face$0$ without detection; and the result$0$ of these looks$0$ was,
311:409,38@d   | that$3$ though as bewitching as ever, her face$0$ was less blooming
311:410, 1@d   | than it ought to$9$ be. ~ She \said\ she was very well$9$, and
311:410, 2@d   | did not like$1$ to$9$ be supposed otherwise; but take it all in
311:410, 3@d   | all, he was convinced that$3$ her present$9$ residence could not
311:410, 4@d   | be comfortable, and, therefore, could not be salutary for$4$
311:410, 5@d   | her, and he was growing anxious for$4$ her being$1$ again at
311:410, 6@d   | Mansfield, where her own$2$ happiness, and his in seeing her,
311:410, 7@d   | must be so$5#1$ much greater.
311:410, 8D  !| "You have been here a month, I think?"
311:410, 8'  !| said he.
311:410, 9A  !| "No$7$. Not quite a month. ~ It is only four weeks tomorrow
311:410,10A  !| since I left$1$ Mansfield."
311:410,11D  !| "You are a most accurate and honest reckoner. I
311:410,12D  !| should call$1$ that$6#2$ a month."
311:410,13A  !| "I did not arrive here till Tuesday evening."
311:410,14D  !| "And it is to$9$ be a two months' visit$0$, is not it?"
311:410,15A  !| "Yes. ~ My uncle talked of two months. I suppose it
311:410,16A  !| will$1$ not be less."
311:410,17D  !| "And how are you to$9$ be conveyed back$5$ again? Who$6#2$
311:410,18D  !| comes for$4$ you?"
311:410,19A  !| "I do not know. I have heard nothing about$4$ it yet
311:410,20A  !| from my aunt. Perhaps I may$1$ be to$9$ stay$1$ longer. It may$1$
311:410,21A  !| not be convenient for$4$ me to$9$ be fetched exactly at the two
311:410,22A  !| months' end$0$."
311:410,23'  !| After$4$ a moment's reflection, $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford replied,
311:410,23D  !| "I
311:410,24D  !| know Mansfield, I know its way, I know its faults towards
311:410,25D  !| \you\. I know the danger of your being$1$ so$5#1$ far forgotten,
311:410,26D  !| as to$9$ have your comforts give way to$4$ the imaginary convenience
311:410,27D  !| of any single being$0$ in the family. I am aware
311:410,28D  !| that$3$ you may$1$ be left$1$ here week after$4$ week, if $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
311:410,29D  !| cannot settle every*thing for$4$ coming himself, or sending
311:410,30D  !| your aunt's maid for$4$ you, without involving the slightest
311:410,31D  !| alteration of the arrangements which$6#1$ he may$1$ have laid
311:410,32D  !| down$5$ for$4$ the next quarter$0#1$ of a year. This will$1$ not do.
311:410,33D  !| Two months is an ample allowance, I should think six
311:410,34D  !| weeks quite enough. ~ I am considering your sister's
311:410,35D  !| health,"
311:410,35'  !| said he, addressing himself to$4$ $MP#R$Susan,
311:410,35D  !| "which$6#1$
311:410,36D  !| I think the confinement of Portsmouth unfavourable to$4$.
311:410,37D  !| She requires constant air and exercise$0$. When you know
311:410,38D  !| her as well$9$ as I do, I am sure you will$1$ agree that$3$ she does,
311:411, 1D  !| and that$3$ she ought never to$9$ be long$9$ banished from the free
311:411, 2D  !| air, and liberty of the country. ~ If, therefore,
311:411, 2'  !| (turning$1$
311:411, 3'  !| again to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny)
311:411, 3D  !| you find yourself growing unwell, and
311:411, 4D  !| any difficulties arise about$4$ your returning to$4$ Mansfield ~
311:411, 5D  !| without waiting for$4$ the two months to$9$ be ended ~ \that$6#2$\
311:411, 6D  !| must not be regarded as of any consequence, if you feel
311:411, 7D  !| yourself at all less strong, or comfortable than usual, and
311:411, 8D  !| will$1$ only let my sister know it, give her only the slightest
311:411, 9D  !| hint$0$, she and I will$1$ immediately come down$5$, and take
311:411,10D  !| you back$5$ to$4$ Mansfield. You know the ease$0$, and the
311:411,11D  !| pleasure with which$6#1$ this would be done. You know all
311:411,12D  !| that$6#1$ would be felt on$4$ the occasion$0$."
311:411,13'  !| $MP#A$Fanny thanked him, but tried to$9$ laugh$1$ it off.
311:411,14D  !| "I am perfectly serious$2$," ~
311:411,14'  !| he replied, ~
311:411,14D  !| "as you perfectly
311:411,15D  !| know. ~ And I hope$1$ you will$1$ not be cruelly concealing
311:411,16D  !| any tendency to$4$ indisposition. ~ Indeed, you shall
311:411,17D  !| \not\, it shall not be in your power, for$4$ so$5#1$ long$9$ only as you
311:411,18D  !| positively say, in every letter to$4$ $MP#C$Mary, ""I am well$9$."" ~ and
311:411,19D  !| I know you cannot speak or write a falsehood, ~ so$5#1$ long$9$
311:411,20D  !| only shall you be considered as well$9$."
311:411,21'  !| $MP#A$Fanny thanked him again, but was affected and distressed
311:411,22'  !| to$4$ a degree that$6#1$ made it impossible for$4$ her to$9$ say
311:411,23'  !| much, or even$5$ to$9$ be certain of what$6#1$ she ought to$9$ say. ~
311:411,24'  !| This was towards the close$0$ of their walk$0$. He attended
311:411,25'  !| them to$4$ the last$0$, and left$1$ them only at the door of their
311:411,26'  !| own$2$ house, when he knew them to$9$ be going to$4$ dinner,
311:411,27'  !| and therefore pretended to$9$ be waited for$5$ elsewhere.
311:411,28D  !| "I wish$1$ you were not so$5#1$ tired," ~
311:411,28'  !| said he, still$5$ detaining
311:411,29'  !| $MP#A$Fanny after$3$ all the others were in the house;
311:411,29D  !| "I wish$1$ I
311:411,30D  !| left$1$ you in stronger health. ~ Is there anything I can do
311:411,31D  !| for$4$ you in town? I have half an idea of going into Norfolk
311:411,32D  !| again soon. I am not satisfied$1$ about$4$ $MP#ZT$Maddison. ~
311:411,33D  !| I am sure he still$5$ means$1$ to$9$ impose on$4$ me if possible, and
311:411,34D  !| get a cousin of his own$2$ into a certain mill, which$6#1$ I design$1$
311:411,35D  !| for$4$ somebody else. ~ I must come to$4$ an understanding$0$
311:411,36D  !| with him. I must make$1$ him know that$3$ I will$1$ not be
311:411,37D  !| tricked on$4$ the south side$0$ of Everingham, any more than
311:411,38D  !| on$4$ the north, that$3$ I will$1$ be master of my own$2$ property.
311:412, 1D  !| I was not explicit enough with him before$5$. ~ The mischief
311:412, 2D  !| such a man does on$4$ an estate, both as to$4$ the credit$0$ of his
311:412, 3D  !| employer, and the welfare of the poor, is inconceivable.
311:412, 4D  !| I have a great mind$0$ to$9$ go back$5$ into Norfolk directly, and
311:412, 5D  !| put every*thing at once on$4$ such a footing as cannot be
311:412, 6D  !| afterwards swerved from. ~ $MP#ZT$Maddison is a clever fellow;
311:412, 7D  !| I do not wish$1$ to$9$ displace him ~ provided$3$ he does not try
311:412, 8D  !| to$9$ displace \me\; ~ but it would be simple$2$ to$9$ be duped by$4$
311:412, 9D  !| a man who$6#1$ has no$2$ right$0$ of creditor to$9$ dupe$1$ me ~ and
311:412,10D  !| worse than simple$2$ to$9$ let him give me a hard-hearted,
311:412,11D  !| griping fellow for$4$ a tenant, instead of an honest man,
311:412,12D  !| to$4$ whom$6#1$ I have given half a promise$0$ already. ~ Would
311:412,13D  !| not it be worse than simple$2$? Shall I go? ~ Do you
311:412,14D  !| advise it?"
311:412,15A  !| "I advise| ~ you know very well$9$ what$6#1$ is right$2#1$."
311:412,16D  !| "Yes. When you give me your opinion, I always know
311:412,17D  !| what$6#1$ is right$2#1$. Your judgment is my rule of right$0$."
311:412,18A  !| "Oh, no$7$| ~ do not say so$5#2$. We have all a better$9$ guide$0$
311:412,19A  !| in ourselves, if we would attend to$4$ it, than any other
311:412,20A  !| person can be. Good*bye; I wish$1$ you a pleasant journey
311:412,21A  !| to-morrow."
311:412,22D  !| "Is there nothing I can do for$4$ you in town?"
311:412,23A  !| "Nothing, I am much obliged to$4$ you."
311:412,24D  !| "Have you no$2$ message for$4$ anybody?"
311:412,25A  !| "My love$0$ to$4$ your sister, if you please; and when you
311:412,26A  !| see my cousin ~ my cousin $MP#B$Edmund, I wish$1$ you would be
311:412,27A  !| so$5#1$ good as to$9$ say that$3$ ~ I suppose I shall soon hear from
311:412,28A  !| him."
311:412,29D  !| "Certainly; and if he is lazy or negligent, I will$1$ write
311:412,30D  !| his excuses myself ~"
311:412,31'  !| He could say no$2$ more, for$3$ $MP#A$Fanny would be no$2$ longer
311:412,32'  !| detained. He pressed her hand$0$, looked at her, and was
311:412,33'  !| gone. \He\ went to$9$ while$1$ away the next three hours
311:412,34'  !| as he could, with his other acquaintance, till the best
311:412,35'  !| dinner that$6#1$ a capital inn afforded, was ready for$4$ their
311:412,36'  !| enjoyment, and \she\ turned in to$4$ her more simple$2$ one
311:412,37'  !| immediately.
311:412,38'  !| Their general$2$ fare$0$ bore$1#1$ a very different character; and
311:413, 1'  !| could he have suspected how many privations, besides
311:413, 2'  !| that$6#2$ of exercise$0$, she endured in her father's house, he
311:413, 3'  !| would have wondered that$3$ her looks$0$ were not much more
311:413, 4'  !| affected than he found them. She was so$5#1$ little equal$2$ to$4$
311:413, 5'  !| $MP#T$Rebecca's puddings, and $MP#T$Rebecca's hashes, brought to$4$
311:413, 6'  !| table as they all were, with such accompaniments of half-cleaned
311:413, 7'  !| plates, and not half-cleaned knives and forks,
311:413, 8'  !| that$3$ she was very often constrained to$9$ defer her heartiest
311:413, 9'  !| meal, till she could send her brothers in the evening for$4$
311:413,10'  !| biscuits and buns. After$4$ being$1$ nursed up at Mansfield,
311:413,11'  !| it was too$5#1$ late in the day to$9$ be hardened at Portsmouth;
311:413,12'  !| and though $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, had he known all, might have
311:413,13'  !| thought$1$ his niece in the most promising way of being$1$
311:413,14'  !| starved, both mind$0$ and body, into a much juster value$0$
311:413,15'  !| for$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's good company and good fortune, he
311:413,16'  !| would probably have feared to$9$ push$1$ his experiment
311:413,17'  !| farther, lest she might die$1$ under the cure$0$.
311:413,18'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was out$8$ of spirits all the rest$0#1$ of the day. Though
311:413,19'  !| tolerably secure$2$ of not seeing $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford again, she
311:413,20'  !| could not help$1$ being$1$ low.
311:413,20@a   | It was parting with somebody
311:413,21@a   | of the nature of a friend; and though in one light$0$ glad
311:413,22@a   | to$9$ have him gone, it seemed as if she was now deserted
311:413,23@a   | by$4$ everybody; it was a sort of renewed separation from
311:413,24@a   | Mansfield; and she could not think of his returning to$4$
311:413,25@a   | town, and being$1$ frequently with $MP#C$Mary and $MP#B$Edmund, without
311:413,26@a   | feelings so$5#1$ near$9$ akin to$9$ envy$0$, as made her hate herself
311:413,27@a   | for$4$ having them.
311:413,28'  !| Her dejection had no$2$ abatement from anything passing$1$
311:413,29'  !| around$4$ her; a friend or two of her father's, as always
311:413,30'  !| happened if he was not with them, spent the long$9$, long$9$
311:413,31'  !| evening there; and from six o'clock to$4$ half past$9$ nine,
311:413,32'  !| there was little intermission of noise or grog. She was
311:413,33'  !| very low. The wonderful improvement which$6#1$ she still$5$
311:413,34'  !| fancied in $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, was the nearest to$4$ administering
311:413,35'  !| comfort$0$ of anything within the current of her thoughts.
311:413,36'  !| Not considering in how different a circle she had been just$9$
311:413,37'  !| seeing him, nor how much might be owing to$4$ contrast,
311:413,38'  !| she was quite persuaded of his being$1$ astonishingly more
311:414, 1'  !| gentle, and regardful of others, than formerly. And if
311:414, 2'  !| in little things, must it not be so$5#2$ in great?
311:414, 2@a   | So$5#1$ anxious
311:414, 3@a   | for$4$ her health and comfort$0$, so$5#1$ very feeling$2$ as he now
311:414, 4@a   | expressed himself, and really seemed, might not it be
311:414, 5@a   | fairly supposed, that$3$ he would not much longer persevere
311:414, 6@a   | in a suit$0$ so$5#1$ distressing to$4$ her?
312:415, 1'  !| It was presumed that$3$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford was travelling back$5$
312:415, 2'  !| to$4$ London, on$4$ the morrow, for$4$ nothing more was seen of
312:415, 3'  !| him at $MP#O$Mr%*Price's; and two days afterwards, it was a fact
312:415, 4'  !| ascertained to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny by$4$ the following letter from his
312:415, 5'  !| sister, opened and read by$4$ her, on$4$ another account$0$, with
312:415, 6'  !| the most anxious curiosity: ~
312:415, 7C  !| "I have to$9$ inform you, my dearest $MP#A$Fanny, that$3$ $MP#D$Henry
312:415, 8C  !| has been down$5$ to$4$ Portsmouth to$9$ see you; that$3$ he had
312:415, 9C  !| a delightful walk$0$ with you to$4$ the Dock-yard last$2$ Saturday,
312:415,10C  !| and one still$5$ more to$9$ be dwelt on$4$ the next day, on$4$ the
312:415,11C  !| ramparts; when the balmy air, the sparkling sea, and
312:415,12C  !| your sweet looks$0$ and conversation were altogether in the
312:415,13C  !| most delicious harmony, and afforded sensations which$6#1$
312:415,14C  !| are to$9$ raise ecstacy even$5$ in retrospect. This, as well$9$ as
312:415,15C  !| I understand, is to$9$ be the substance of my information.
312:415,16C  !| He makes me write, but I do not know what$6#1$ else is to$9$ be
312:415,17C  !| communicated, except this said visit$0$ to$4$ Portsmouth, and
312:415,18C  !| these two said walks$0$, and his introduction to$4$ your family,
312:415,19C  !| especially to$4$ a fair sister of your's, a fine girl of fifteen,
312:415,20C  !| who$6#1$ was of the party on$4$ the ramparts, taking her first
312:415,21C  !| lesson, I presume, in love$0$. I have not time for$4$ writing$1$
312:415,22C  !| much, but it would be out$8$ of place$0$ if I had, for$3$ this is to$9$
312:415,23C  !| be a mere letter of business, penned for$4$ the purpose of
312:415,24C  !| conveying necessary information, which$6#1$ could not be
312:415,25C  !| delayed without risk$0$ of evil. My dear$2#1$, dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, if I
312:415,26C  !| had you here, how I would talk$1$ to$4$ you| ~ You should
312:415,27C  !| listen to$4$ me till you were tired, and advise me till you were
312:415,28C  !| tired still$5$ more; but it is impossible to$9$ put an hundredth
312:415,29C  !| part$0$ of my great mind$0$ on$4$ paper, so$3$ I will$1$ abstain altogether,
312:415,30C  !| and leave$1$ you to$9$ guess$1$ what$6#1$ you like$1$. I have no$2$ news
312:415,31C  !| for$4$ you. You have politics of course$8$; and it would be
312:415,32C  !| too$5#1$ bad to$9$ plague you with the names of people and
312:415,33C  !| parties, that$6#1$ fill up my time. I ought to$9$ have sent you
312:416, 1C  !| an account$0$ of your cousin's first party, but I was lazy,
312:416, 2C  !| and now it is too$5#1$ long$9$ ago; suffice it, that$3$ every*thing
312:416, 3C  !| was just$9$ as it ought to$9$ be, in a style that$6#1$ any of her
312:416, 3C  !| connections
312:416, 4C  !| must have been gratified to$9$ witness$1$, and that$3$ her
312:416, 5C  !| own$2$ dress$0$ and manners did her the greatest credit$0$. My
312:416, 6C  !| friend $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser is mad for$4$ such a house, and it would
312:416, 7C  !| not make$1$ \me\ miserable. I go to$4$ $MP#ZZI$Lady*Stornaway after$4$
312:416, 8C  !| Easter. She seems in high spirits, and very happy. I
312:416, 9C  !| fancy$0$ $MP#ZZI$Lord*S% is very good-humoured and pleasant in his
312:416,10C  !| own$2$ family, and I do not think him so$5#1$ very ill-looking as
312:416,11C  !| I did, at least one sees many worse. He will$1$ not do by$4$
312:416,12C  !| the side$0$ of your cousin $MP#B$Edmund. Of the last-mentioned
312:416,13C  !| hero, what$6#2$ shall I say? If I avoided his name$0$ entirely,
312:416,14C  !| it would look$1$ suspicious. I will$1$ say, then, that$3$ we have
312:416,15C  !| seen him two or three times, and that$3$ my friends here
312:416,16C  !| are very much struck with his gentleman-like appearance.
312:416,17C  !| $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser (no$2$ bad judge$0$), declares she knows but three
312:416,18C  !| men in town who$6#1$ have so$5#1$ good a person, height, and air;
312:416,19C  !| and I must confess, when he dined here the other day,
312:416,20C  !| there were none to$9$ compare with him, and we were a party
312:416,21C  !| of sixteen. Luckily there is no$2$ distinction of dress$1$ now-a-days
312:416,22C  !| to$9$ tell tales, but ~ but ~ but.
312:416,23C  !| Your's, affectionately."
312:416,24C  !| "I had almost forgot (it was $MP#B$Edmund's fault, he gets
312:416,25C  !| into my head$0$ more than does me good), one very material$2$
312:416,26C  !| thing I had to$9$ say from $MP#D$Henry and myself, I mean$1$ about$4$
312:416,27C  !| our taking you back$5$ into Northamptonshire. My dear$2#1$
312:416,28C  !| little creature, do not stay$1$ at Portsmouth to$9$ lose your
312:416,29C  !| pretty$2$ looks$0$. Those vile sea-breezes are the ruin$0$ of beauty
312:416,30C  !| and health. My poor aunt always felt affected, if within
312:416,31C  !| ten miles of the sea, which$6#1$ the $MP#ZF$Admiral of course$8$ never
312:416,32C  !| believed, but I know it was so$5#2$. I am at your service and
312:416,33C  !| $MP#D$Henry's, at an hour's notice$0$. I should like$1$ the scheme$0$,
312:416,34C  !| and we would make$1$ a little circuit, and shew$1$ you
312:416,35C  !| Everingham in our way, and perhaps you would not
312:416,36C  !| mind$1$ passing$1$ through$4$ London, and seeing the inside$0$ of
312:416,37C  !| St%*George's, Hanover-Square. Only keep your cousin
312:416,38C  !| $MP#B$Edmund from me at such a time, I should not like$1$ to$9$ be
312:417, 1C  !| tempted. What$7$ a long$9$ letter| ~ one word more. $MP#D$Henry
312:417, 2C  !| I find has some idea of going into Norfolk again upon some
312:417, 3C  !| business that$6#1$ \you\ approve, but this cannot possibly be
312:417, 4C  !| permitted before$4$ the middle of next week, that$6#2$ is, he cannot
312:417, 5C  !| any*how be spared till after$4$ the 14th, for$3$ \we\ have a
312:417, 6C  !| party that$6#2$ evening. The value$0$ of a man like$9$ $MP#D$Henry on$4$
312:417, 7C  !| such an occasion$0$, is what$6#1$ you can have no$2$ conception of;
312:417, 8C  !| so$3$ you must take it upon my word, to$9$ be inestimable.
312:417, 9C  !| He will$1$ see the $MP#U1$Rushworths, which$6#1$ I own$1$ I am not sorry
312:417,10C  !| for$4$ ~ having a little curiosity ~ and so$5#2$ I think has he,
312:417,11C  !| though he will$1$ not acknowledge it."
312:417,12'  !| This was a letter to$9$ be run$1$ through$5$ eagerly, to$9$ be read
312:417,13'  !| deliberately, to$9$ supply$1$ matter for$4$ much reflection, and to$9$
312:417,14'  !| leave$1$ every*thing in greater suspense than ever.
312:417,14@a   | The
312:417,15@a   | only certainty to$9$ be drawn from it was, that$3$ nothing
312:417,16@a   | decisive had yet taken place$0$. $MP#B$Edmund had not yet
312:417,17@a   | spoken. How $MP#C$Miss*Crawford really felt ~ how she meant
312:417,18@a   | to$9$ act$1$, or might act$1$ without or against her meaning$0$ ~
312:417,19@a   | whether his importance to$4$ her were quite what$6#1$ it had been
312:417,20@a   | before$4$ the last$2$ separation ~ whether if lessened it were
312:417,21@a   | likely to$9$ lessen more, or to$9$ recover itself, were subjects
312:417,22@a   | for$4$ endless conjecture$0$, and to$9$ be thought$1$ of on$4$ that$6#2$ day
312:417,23@a   | and many days to$9$ come, without producing any conclusion.
312:417,24@a   | The idea that$6#1$ returned the oftenest, was that$3$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
312:417,25@a   | after$4$ proving herself cooled and staggered by$4$
312:417,26@a   | a return$0$ to$4$ London habits, would yet prove herself in the
312:417,27@a   | end$0$ too$5#1$ much attached to$4$ him, to$9$ give him up. She
312:417,28@a   | would try to$9$ be more ambitious than her heart would allow.
312:417,29@a   | She would hesitate, she would teaze, she would condition$1$,
312:417,30@a   | she would require a great deal$0#2$, but she would finally accept.
312:417,31'  !| This was $MP#A$Fanny's most frequent expectation.
312:417,31@a   | A house
312:417,32@a   | in town| ~ \that$6#2$\ she thought$1$ must be impossible. Yet
312:417,33@a   | there was no$2$ saying what$6#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford might not ask.
312:417,34@a   | The prospect for$4$ her cousin grew worse and worse. The
312:417,35@a   | woman who$6#1$ could speak of him, and speak only of his
312:417,36@a   | appearance| ~ What$7$ an unworthy attachment| To$9$ be
312:417,37@a   | deriving support$0$ from the commendations of $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser|
312:417,38@a   | \She\ who$6#1$ had known him intimately half a year|
312:417,38'  !| $MP#A$Fanny
312:418, 1'  !| was ashamed of her.
312:418, 1@a   | Those parts of the letter which$6#1$
312:418, 2@a   | related only to$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford and herself, touched her in
312:418, 3@a   | comparison, slightly. Whether $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford went into
312:418, 4@a   | Norfolk before$4$ or after$4$ the 14th, was certainly no$2$ concern$0$
312:418, 5@a   | of her's, though, every*thing considered, she thought$1$ he
312:418, 6@a   | \would\ go without delay$0$. That$3$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford should
312:418, 7@a   | endeavour$1$ to$9$ secure$1$ a meeting$0$ between him and $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth,
312:418, 8@a   | was all in her worst line of conduct$0$, and
312:418, 9@a   | grossly unkind and ill-judged; but she hoped \he\ would
312:418,10@a   | not be actuated by$4$ any such degrading curiosity. He
312:418,11@a   | acknowledged no$2$ such inducement, and his sister ought
312:418,12@a   | to$9$ have given him credit$0$ for$4$ better$9$ feelings than her own$2$.
312:418,13'  !| She was yet more impatient for$4$ another letter from
312:418,14'  !| town after$4$ receiving this, than she had been before$5$; and
312:418,15'  !| for$4$ a few days, was so$5#1$ unsettled by$4$ it altogether, by$4$ what$6#1$
312:418,16'  !| had come, and what$6#1$ might come, that$3$ her usual readings
312:418,17'  !| and conversation with $MP#R$Susan were much suspended. She
312:418,18'  !| could not command$1$ her attention as she wished.
312:418,18@a   | If $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford
312:418,19@a   | remembered her message to$4$ her cousin, she
312:418,20@a   | thought$1$ it very likely, \most\ likely, that$3$ he would write to$4$
312:418,21@a   | her at all events; it would be most consistent with his
312:418,22@a   | usual kindness,
312:418,22'  !| and till she got rid of this idea, till it
312:418,23'  !| gradually wore off, by$4$ no$2$ letters appearing in the course$0$
312:418,24'  !| of three or four days more, she was in a most restless,
312:418,25'  !| anxious state$0$.
312:418,26'  !| At length, a something like$9$ composure succeeded. Suspense
312:418,27'  !| must be submitted to$4$, and must not be allowed to$9$
312:418,28'  !| wear her out$5$, and make$1$ her useless. Time did something,
312:418,29'  !| her own$2$ exertions something more, and she resumed her
312:418,30'  !| attentions to$4$ $MP#R$Susan, and again awakened the same interest$0$
312:418,31'  !| in them.
312:418,32'  !| $MP#R$Susan was growing very fond of her, and though without
312:418,33'  !| any of the early delight$0$ in books, which$6#1$ had been so$5#1$ strong
312:418,34'  !| in $MP#A$Fanny, with a disposition much less inclined to$4$ sedentary
312:418,35'  !| pursuits, or to$4$ information for$4$ information's sake,
312:418,36'  !| she had so$5#1$ strong a desire$0$ of not \appearing\ ignorant, as
312:418,37'  !| with a good clear$2$ understanding$0$, made her a most attentive,
312:418,38'  !| profitable, thankful pupil. $MP#A$Fanny was her oracle.
312:419, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's explanations and remarks were a most important
312:419, 2'  !| addition to$4$ every essay, or every chapter of history.
312:419, 3'  !| What$6#1$ $MP#A$Fanny told her of former times, dwelt more on$4$ her
312:419, 4'  !| mind$0$ than the pages of $MP#Z1$Goldsmith; and she paid her
312:419, 5'  !| sister the compliment$0$ of preferring her style to$4$ that$6#2$ of
312:419, 6'  !| any printed author. The early habit of reading was
312:419, 7'  !| wanting.
312:419, 8'  !| Their conversations, however, were not always on$4$ subjects
312:419, 9'  !| so$5#1$ high as history or morals. Others had their hour;
312:419,10'  !| and of lesser matters, none returned so$5#1$ often, or remained
312:419,11'  !| so$5#1$ long$9$ between them, as Mansfield*Park, a description
312:419,12'  !| of the people, the manners, the amusements, the ways of
312:419,13'  !| Mansfield*Park. $MP#R$Susan, who$6#1$ had an innate taste for$4$ the
312:419,14'  !| genteel and well-appointed, was eager to$9$ hear, and $MP#A$Fanny
312:419,15'  !| could not but indulge herself in dwelling on$4$ so$5#1$ beloved
312:419,16'  !| a theme.
312:419,16@a   | She hoped it was not wrong$9$; though after$4$
312:419,17@a   | a time, $MP#R$Susan's very great admiration of every*thing said
312:419,18@a   | or done in her uncle's house, and earnest longing$0$ to$9$ go
312:419,19@a   | into Northamptonshire, seemed almost to$9$ blame$1$ her for$4$
312:419,20@a   | exciting feelings which$6#1$ could not be gratified.
312:419,21'  !| Poor $MP#R$Susan was very little better$9$ fitted for$4$ home than
312:419,22'  !| her elder sister; and as $MP#A$Fanny grew thoroughly to$9$ understand
312:419,23'  !| this,
312:419,23@a   | she began to$9$ feel that$3$ when her own$2$ release$0$
312:419,24@a   | from Portsmouth came, her happiness would have a
312:419,25@a   | material$2$ drawback in leaving $MP#R$Susan behind. That$3$ a girl
312:419,26@a   | so$5#1$ capable of being$1$ made, every*thing good, should be left$1$
312:419,27@a   | in such hands, distressed her more and more. Were \she\
312:419,28@a   | likely to$9$ have a home to$9$ invite her to$4$, what$7$ a blessing it
312:419,29@a   | would be| ~ And had it been possible for$4$ her to$9$ return$1$
312:419,30@a   | $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford's regard$0$, the probability of his being$1$ very
312:419,31@a   | far from objecting to$4$ such a measure$0$, would have been
312:419,32@a   | the greatest increase$0$ of all her own$2$ comforts. She thought$1$
312:419,33@a   | he was really good-tempered, and could fancy$1$ his entering
312:419,34@a   | into a plan of that$6#2$ sort, most pleasantly.
313:420, 1'  !| Seven weeks of the two months were very nearly gone,
313:420, 2'  !| when the one letter, the letter from $MP#B$Edmund so$5#1$ long$9$
313:420, 3'  !| expected$1$, was put into $MP#A$Fanny's hands. As she opened
313:420, 4'  !| and saw its length she prepared herself for$4$ a minute$2$ detail$0$
313:420, 5'  !| of happiness and a profusion of love$0$ and praise$0$ towards
313:420, 6'  !| the fortunate creature, who$6#1$ was now mistress of his fate.
313:420, 7'  !| These were the contents.
313:420, 8B  !| "\Mansfield*Park\.
313:420, 9B  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny,
313:420,10B  !| "Excuse$1$ me that$3$ I have not written before$5$. $MP#D$Crawford
313:420,11B  !| told me that$3$ you were wishing to$9$ hear from me, but I
313:420,12B  !| found it impossible to$9$ write from London, and persuaded
313:420,13B  !| myself that$3$ you would understand my silence$0$. ~ Could I
313:420,14B  !| have sent a few happy lines, they should not have been
313:420,15B  !| wanting, but nothing of that$6#2$ nature was ever in my power.
313:420,16B  !| ~ I am returned to$4$ Mansfield in a less assured state$0$ than
313:420,17B  !| when I left$1$ it. My hopes$0$ are much weaker. ~ You are
313:420,18B  !| probably aware of this already. ~ So$5#1$ very fond of you as
313:420,19B  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford is, it is most natural$2$ that$3$ she should tell
313:420,20B  !| you enough of her own$2$ feelings, to$9$ furnish a tolerable guess$0$
313:420,21B  !| at mine$6$. ~ I will$1$ not be prevented, however, from making
313:420,22B  !| my own$2$ communication. Our confidences in you need$1$ not
313:420,23B  !| clash. ~ I ask no$2$ questions. ~ There is something soothing
313:420,24B  !| in the idea, that$3$ we have the same friend, and that$3$
313:420,25B  !| whatever unhappy differences of opinion may$1$ exist
313:420,26B  !| between us, we are united in our love$0$ of you. ~ It will$1$ be
313:420,27B  !| a comfort$0$ to$4$ me to$9$ tell you how things now are, and what$6#1$
313:420,28B  !| are my present$9$ plans, if plans I can be said to$9$ have. ~ I
313:420,29B  !| have been returned since Saturday. I was three weeks
313:420,30B  !| in London, and saw her (for$4$ London) very often. I had
313:420,31B  !| every attention from the $MP#ZH$Frasers that$6#1$ could be reasonably
313:420,32B  !| expected$1$. I dare$1#2$ say I was \not\ reasonable in carrying
313:420,33B  !| with me hopes$0$ of an intercourse at all like$9$ that$6#2$ of Mansfield.
313:421, 1B  !| It was her manner, however, rather than any unfrequency
313:421, 2B  !| of meeting$9$. Had she been different when I did
313:421, 3B  !| see her, I should have made no$2$ complaint, but from the
313:421, 4B  !| very first she was altered; my first reception was so$5#1$ unlike
313:421, 5B  !| what$6#1$ I had hoped, that$3$ I had almost resolved on$4$ leaving
313:421, 6B  !| London again directly. ~ I need$1$ not particularize. You
313:421, 7B  !| know the weak side$0$ of her character, and may$1$ imagine
313:421, 8B  !| the sentiments and expressions which$6#1$ were torturing me.
313:421, 9B  !| She was in high spirits, and surrounded by$4$ those who$6#1$ were
313:421,10B  !| giving all the support$0$ of their own$2$ bad sense to$4$ her too$5#1$
313:421,11B  !| lively mind$0$. I do not like$1$ $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser. She is a cold-hearted,
313:421,12B  !| vain woman, who$6#1$ has married entirely from convenience,
313:421,13B  !| and though evidently unhappy in her marriage,
313:421,14B  !| places$1$ her disappointment, not to$4$ faults of judgment or
313:421,15B  !| temper, or disproportion of age, but to$4$ her being$1$ after$4$ all,
313:421,16B  !| less affluent than many of her acquaintance, especially
313:421,17B  !| than her sister, $MP#ZZI$Lady*Stornaway, and is the determined$2$
313:421,18B  !| supporter of every*thing mercenary and ambitious, provided$3$
313:421,19B  !| it be only mercenary and ambitious enough. I look$1$
313:421,20B  !| upon her intimacy with those two sisters, as the greatest
313:421,21B  !| misfortune of her life and mine$6$. They have been leading
313:421,22B  !| her astray for$4$ years. Could she be detached from them|
313:421,23B  !| ~ and sometimes I do not despair$1$ of it, for$3$ the affection
313:421,24B  !| appears to$4$ me principally on$4$ their side$0$. They are very
313:421,25B  !| fond of her; but I am sure she does not love$1$ them as she
313:421,26B  !| loves you. When I think of her great attachment to$4$ you,
313:421,27B  !| indeed, and the whole$0$ of her judicious, upright conduct$0$
313:421,28B  !| as a sister, she appears a very different creature, capable
313:421,29B  !| of every*thing noble, and I am ready to$9$ blame$1$ myself for$4$
313:421,30B  !| a too$5#1$ harsh construction of a playful manner. I cannot
313:421,31B  !| give her up, $MP#A$Fanny. She is the only woman in the world
313:421,32B  !| whom$6#1$ I could ever think of as a wife. If I did not believe
313:421,33B  !| that$3$ she had some regard$0$ for$4$ me, of course$8$ I should not
313:421,34B  !| say this, but I do believe it. I am convinced, that$3$ she is
313:421,35B  !| not without a decided$2$ preference. I have no$2$ jealousy of
313:421,36B  !| any individual. It is the influence$0$ of the fashionable
313:421,37B  !| world altogether that$6#1$ I am jealous of. It is the habits
313:421,38B  !| of wealth that$6#1$ I fear$1$. Her ideas are not higher than her
313:422, 1B  !| own$2$ fortune may$1$ warrant, but they are beyond$4$ what$6#1$ our
313:422, 2B  !| incomes united could authorise. There is comfort$0$, however,
313:422, 3B  !| even$5$ here. I could better$9$ bear$1$ to$9$ lose her, because
313:422, 4B  !| not rich enough, than because of my profession$0#2$. That$6#2$
313:422, 5B  !| would only prove her affection not equal$2$ to$4$ sacrifices,
313:422, 6B  !| which$6#1$, in fact, I am scarcely justified in asking; and if I
313:422, 7B  !| am refused, \that$6#2$\, I think, will$1$ be the honest motive. Her
313:422, 8B  !| prejudices, I trust$1$, are not so$5#1$ strong as they were. You
313:422, 9B  !| have my thoughts exactly as they arise, my dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny;
313:422,10B  !| perhaps they are some*times contradictory, but it will$1$ not
313:422,11B  !| be a less faithful picture$0$ of my mind$0$. Having once begun,
313:422,12B  !| it is a pleasure to$4$ me to$9$ tell you all I feel. I cannot give
313:422,13B  !| her up. Connected, as we already are, and, I hope$1$, are
313:422,14B  !| to$9$ be, to$9$ give up $MP#C$Mary*Crawford, would be to$9$ give up the
313:422,15B  !| society of some of those most dear$2#1$ to$4$ me, to$9$ banish myself
313:422,16B  !| from the very houses and friends whom$6#1$, under any other
313:422,17B  !| distress$0$, I should turn$1$ to$4$ for$4$ consolation. The loss of
313:422,18B  !| $MP#C$Mary I must consider as comprehending the loss of $MP#D$Crawford
313:422,19B  !| and of $MP#A$Fanny. Were it a decided$2$ thing, an actual
313:422,20B  !| refusal, I hope$1$ I should know how to$9$ bear$1$ it, and how to$9$
313:422,21B  !| endeavour$1$ to$9$ weaken her hold$0$ on$4$ my heart ~ and in the
313:422,22B  !| course$0$ of a few years ~ but I am writing$1$ nonsense ~ were
313:422,23B  !| I refused, I must bear$1$ it; and till I am, I can never cease
313:422,24B  !| to$9$ try for$4$ her. This is the truth. The only question$0$ is
313:422,25B  !| \how\? What$6#2$ may$1$ be the likeliest means$0$? I have sometimes
313:422,26B  !| thought$1$ of going to$4$ London again after$4$ Easter, and
313:422,27B  !| sometimes resolved on$4$ doing nothing till she returns$1$ to$4$
313:422,28B  !| Mansfield. Even$5$ now, she speaks with pleasure of being$1$
313:422,29B  !| in Mansfield in June; but June is at a great distance$0$, and
313:422,30B  !| I believe I shall write to$4$ her. I have nearly determined$1$
313:422,31B  !| on$4$ explaining myself by$4$ letter. To$9$ be at an early certainty
313:422,32B  !| is a material$2$ object$0$. My present$9$ state$0$ is miserably
313:422,33B  !| irksome. Considering every*thing, I think a letter will$1$
313:422,34B  !| be decidedly the best method of explanation. I shall be
313:422,35B  !| able to$9$ write much that$6#1$ I could not say, and shall be giving
313:422,36B  !| her time for$4$ reflection before$3$ she resolves on$4$ her answer$0$,
313:422,37B  !| and I am less afraid of the result$0$ of reflection than of an
313:422,38B  !| immediate hasty impulse; I think I am. My greatest
313:423, 1B  !| danger would lie$1$ in her consulting $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser, and I at
313:423, 2B  !| a distance$0$, unable to$9$ help$1$ my own$2$ cause. A letter exposes
313:423, 3B  !| to$4$ all the evil of consultation, and where the mind$0$ is any*thing
313:423, 4B  !| short$2$ of perfect$2$ decision, an adviser may$1$, in an
313:423, 5B  !| unlucky moment, lead$1$ it to$9$ do what$6#1$ it may$1$ afterwards
313:423, 6B  !| regret$1$. I must think this matter over a little. This long$9$
313:423, 7B  !| letter, full of my own$2$ concerns$0$ alone, will$1$ be enough to$9$
313:423, 8B  !| tire even$5$ the friendship of a $MP#A$Fanny. The last$2$ time I saw
313:423, 9B  !| $MP#D$Crawford was at $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser's party. I am more and
313:423,10B  !| more satisfied$1$ with all that$6#1$ I see and hear of him. There
313:423,11B  !| is not a shadow of wavering. He thoroughly knows his
313:423,12B  !| own$2$ mind$0$, and acts$1$ up to$4$ his resolutions ~ an inestimable
313:423,13B  !| quality. I could not see him, and my eldest sister in the
313:423,14B  !| same room, without recollecting what$6#1$ you once told me,
313:423,15B  !| and I acknowledge that$3$ they did not meet$1$ as friends.
313:423,16B  !| There was marked coolness on$4$ her side$0$. They scarcely
313:423,17B  !| spoke. I saw him draw back$5$ surprised, and I was sorry
313:423,18B  !| that$3$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth should resent any former supposed
313:423,19B  !| slight$0$ to$4$ $MP#H$Miss*Bertram. You will$1$ wish$1$ to$9$ hear my opinion
313:423,20B  !| of $MP#H$Maria's degree of comfort$0$ as a wife. There is no$2$ appearance
313:423,21B  !| of unhappiness. I hope$1$ they get on$5$ pretty$5$ well$9$
313:423,22B  !| together. I dined twice in Wimpole*Street, and might
313:423,23B  !| have been there oftener, but it is mortifying to$9$ be with
313:423,24B  !| $MP#U$Rushworth as a brother. $MP#I$Julia seems to$9$ enjoy London
313:423,25B  !| exceedingly. I had little enjoyment there ~ but have less
313:423,26B  !| here. We are not a lively party. You are very much
313:423,27B  !| wanted. I miss you more than I can express$1$. My
313:423,28B  !| mother desires her best love$0$, and hopes$1$ to$9$ hear from you
313:423,29B  !| soon. She talks of you almost every hour, and I am sorry
313:423,30B  !| to$9$ find how many weeks more she is likely to$9$ be without
313:423,31B  !| you. My Father means$1$ to$9$ fetch you himself, but it will$1$
313:423,32B  !| not be till after$4$ Easter, when he has business in town.
313:423,33B  !| You are happy at Portsmouth, I hope$1$, but this must not
313:423,34B  !| be a yearly visit$0$. I want$1$ you at home, that$3$ I may$1$ have
313:423,35B  !| your opinion about$4$ Thornton*Lacey. I have little heart
313:423,36B  !| for$4$ extensive improvements till I know that$3$ it will$1$ ever
313:423,37B  !| have a mistress. I think I shall certainly write. It is
313:423,38B  !| quite settled$1$ that$3$ the $MP#M1$Grants go to$4$ Bath$0#1$; they leave$1$
313:424, 1B  !| Mansfield on$4$ Monday. I am glad of it. I am not comfortable
313:424, 2B  !| enough to$9$ be fit$9$ for$4$ any*body; but your aunt
313:424, 3B  !| seems to$9$ feel out$8$ of luck that$3$ such an article of Mansfield
313:424, 4B  !| news should fall$1$ to$4$ my pen instead of her's. Your's ever,
313:424, 5B  !| my dearest $MP#A$Fanny."
313:424, 6A  !| "I never will$1$ ~ no$7$, I certainly never will$1$ wish$1$ for$4$ a
313:424, 6A  !| letter
313:424, 7A  !| again,"
313:424, 7'  !| was $MP#A$Fanny's secret$2$ declaration, as she finished
313:424, 8'  !| this.
313:424, 8A  !| "What$6#2$ do they bring but disappointment and
313:424, 9A  !| sorrow? ~ Not till after$4$ Easter| ~ How shall I bear$1$ it?
313:424,10A  !| ~ And my poor aunt talking of me every hour|"
313:424,11'  !| $MP#A$Fanny checked the tendency of these thoughts as well$9$
313:424,12'  !| as she could, but she was within half a minute$0$ of starting
313:424,13'  !| the idea, that$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was quite unkind, both to$4$ her
313:424,14'  !| aunt and to$4$ herself. ~ As for$4$ the main$2$ subject$0$ of the letter
313:424,15'  !| ~ there was nothing in that$6#2$ to$9$ soothe irritation. She was
313:424,16'  !| almost vexed into displeasure, and anger$0$, against $MP#B$Edmund.
313:424,17A  !| "There is no$2$ good in this delay$0$,"
313:424,17'  !| said she.
313:424,17A  !| "Why is not
313:424,18A  !| it settled$1$? ~ He is blinded, and nothing will$1$ open$1$ his eyes,
313:424,19A  !| nothing can, after$4$ having had truths before$4$ him so$5#1$ long$9$
313:424,20A  !| in vain. ~ He will$1$ marry her, and be poor and miserable.
313:424,21A  !| God grant that$3$ her influence$0$ do not make$1$ him cease to$9$
313:424,22A  !| be respectable|" ~
313:424,22'  !| She looked over the letter again.
313:424,23A  !| """So$5#1$ very fond of me|"" 'tis nonsense all. She loves
313:424,24A  !| nobody but herself and her brother. Her friends leading
313:424,25A  !| her astray for$4$ years| She is quite as likely to$9$ have led
313:424,26A  !| \them\ astray. They have all, perhaps, been corrupting
313:424,27A  !| one another; but if they are so$5#1$ much fonder of her than
313:424,28A  !| she is of them, she is the less likely to$9$ have been hurt,
313:424,29A  !| except by$4$ their flattery. ""The only woman in the world,
313:424,30A  !| whom$6#1$ he could ever think of as a wife."" I firmly believe
313:424,31A  !| it. It is an attachment to$9$ govern his whole$2$ life. Accepted
313:424,32A  !| or refused, his heart is wedded to$4$ her for*ever. ~ ""The loss
313:424,33A  !| of $MP#C$Mary, I must consider as comprehending the loss of
313:424,34A  !| $MP#D$Crawford and $MP#A$Fanny."" $MP#B$Edmund, you do not know \me\. The
313:424,35A  !| families would never be connected, if you did not connect
313:424,36A  !| them. Oh| write, write. Finish$1$ it at once. Let there be an
313:424,37A  !| end$0$ of this suspense. Fix, commit, condemn yourself."
313:424,38'  !| Such sensations, however, were too$5#1$ near$9$ a kin to$4$ resentment
313:425, 1'  !| to$9$ be long$9$ guiding $MP#A$Fanny's soliloquies. She was
313:425, 2'  !| soon more softened and sorrowful. ~
313:425, 2@a   | His warm$2$ regard$0$, his
313:425, 3@a   | kind$2$ expressions, his confidential treatment touched her
313:425, 4@a   | strongly. He was only too$5#1$ good to$4$ every*body. ~ It was
313:425, 5@a   | a letter, in short$0$, which$6#1$ she would not but have had for$4$ the
313:425, 6@a   | world, and which$6#1$ could never be valued enough.
313:425, 6'  !| This
313:425, 7'  !| was the end$0$ of it.
313:425, 8'  !| Every*body at all addicted to$4$ letter writing$0$, without
313:425, 9'  !| having much to$9$ say, which$6#1$ will$1$ include a large proportion
313:425,10'  !| of the female$2$ world at least, must feel with $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,
313:425,11'  !| that$3$ she was out$8$ of luck in having such a capital piece
313:425,12'  !| of Mansfield news, as the certainty of the $MP#M1$Grants going
313:425,13'  !| to$4$ Bath$0#1$, occur at a time when she could make$1$ no$2$ advantage
313:425,14'  !| of it, and will$1$ admit that$3$ it must have been very
313:425,15'  !| mortifying to$4$ her to$9$ see it fall$1$ to$4$ the share$0$ of her thankless
313:425,16'  !| son, and treated as concisely as possible at the end$0$ of
313:425,17'  !| a long$9$ letter, instead of having it to$9$ spread over the largest
313:425,18'  !| part$0$ of a page of her own$2$. ~ For$3$ though $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
313:425,19'  !| rather shone in the epistolary line, having early in her
313:425,20'  !| marriage, from the want$0$ of other employment, and the
313:425,21'  !| circumstance of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's being$1$ in Parliament, got
313:425,22'  !| into the way of making and keeping$1$ correspondents, and
313:425,23'  !| formed for$4$ herself a very creditable, common-place, amplifying
313:425,24'  !| style, so$3$ that$3$ a very little matter was enough for$4$ her;
313:425,25'  !| she could not do entirely without any; she must have
313:425,26'  !| something to$9$ write about$4$, even$5$ to$4$ her niece, and being$1$
313:425,27'  !| so$5#1$ soon to$9$ lose all the benefit of $MP#M$Dr%*Grant's gouty
313:425,28'  !| symptoms and $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant's morning calls$0$, it was very
313:425,29'  !| hard upon her to$9$ be deprived of one of the last$2$ epistolary
313:425,30'  !| uses she could put them to$4$.
313:425,31'  !| There was a rich amends, however, preparing for$4$ her.
313:425,32'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's hour of good luck came. Within a few
313:425,33'  !| days from the receipt of $MP#B$Edmund's letter, $MP#A$Fanny had
313:425,34'  !| one from her aunt, beginning$1$ thus: ~
313:425,35F  !| "My dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny,
313:425,36F  !| "I take up my pen to$9$ communicate some very
313:425,37F  !| alarming intelligence, which$6#1$ I make$1$ no$2$ doubt$0$ will$1$ give
313:425,38F  !| you much concern$0$."
313:426, 1'  !| This was a great deal$0#2$ better$9$ than to$9$ have to$9$ take up
313:426, 2'  !| the pen to$9$ acquaint her with all the particulars of the
313:426, 3'  !| $MP#M1$Grants' intended journey, for$4$ the present$9$ intelligence was
313:426, 4'  !| of a nature to$9$ promise$1$ occupation for$4$ the pen for$4$ many
313:426, 5'  !| days to$9$ come, being$1$ no$2$ less than the dangerous illness
313:426, 6'  !| of her eldest son, of which$6#1$ they had received notice$0$ by$4$
313:426, 7'  !| express$0$, a few hours before$5$.
313:426, 8'  !| $MP#G$Tom had gone from London with a party of young men
313:426, 9'  !| to$4$ Newmarket, where a neglected fall$0$, and a good deal$0#2$ of
313:426,10'  !| drinking, had brought on$5$ a fever; and when the party
313:426,11'  !| broke up, being$1$ unable to$9$ move$1$, had been left$1$ by$4$ himself
313:426,12'  !| at the house of one of these young men, to$4$ the comforts
313:426,13'  !| of sickness and solitude, and the attendance only of servants.
313:426,14'  !| Instead of being$1$ soon well$9$ enough to$9$ follow his
313:426,15'  !| friends, as he had then hoped, his disorder increased considerably,
313:426,16'  !| and it was not long$9$ before$3$ he thought$1$ so$5#1$ ill of
313:426,17'  !| himself, as to$9$ be as ready as his physician to$9$ have a letter
313:426,18'  !| dispatched to$4$ Mansfield.
313:426,19F  !| "This distressing intelligence, as you may$1$ suppose,"
313:426,20'  !| observed her Ladyship, after$4$ giving the substance of it,
313:426,21F  !| "has agitated us exceedingly, and we cannot prevent
313:426,22F  !| ourselves from being$1$ greatly alarmed, and apprehensive
313:426,23F  !| for$4$ the poor invalid, whose$6#1$ state$0$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas fears may$1$ be
313:426,24F  !| very critical; and $MP#B$Edmund kindly proposes attending
313:426,25F  !| his brother immediately, but I am happy to$9$ add, that$3$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
313:426,26F  !| will$1$ not leave$1$ me on$4$ this distressing occasion$0$, as
313:426,27F  !| it would be too$5#1$ trying$2$ for$4$ me. We shall greatly miss
313:426,28F  !| $MP#B$Edmund in our small circle, but I trust$1$ and hope$1$ he will$1$
313:426,29F  !| find the poor invalid in a less alarming state$0$ than might
313:426,30F  !| be apprehended, and that$3$ he will$1$ be able to$9$ bring him to$4$
313:426,31F  !| Mansfield shortly, which$6#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas proposes should be
313:426,32F  !| done, and thinks best on$4$ every account$0$, and I flatter myself,
313:426,33F  !| the poor sufferer will$1$ soon be able to$9$ bear$1$ the removal
313:426,34F  !| without material$2$ inconvenience or injury. As I have
313:426,35F  !| little doubt$0$ of your feeling$0$ for$4$ us, my dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, under
313:426,36F  !| these distressing circumstances, I will$1$ write again very
313:426,37F  !| soon."
313:426,38'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's feelings on$4$ the occasion$0$ were indeed considerably
313:427, 1'  !| more warm$2$ and genuine than her aunt's style of
313:427, 2'  !| writing$0$. She felt truly for$4$ them all. $MP#G$Tom dangerously
313:427, 3'  !| ill, $MP#B$Edmund gone to$9$ attend him, and the sadly small party
313:427, 4'  !| remaining at Mansfield, were cares$0$ to$9$ shut out$5$ every other
313:427, 5'  !| care$0$, or almost every other. She could just$9$ find selfishness
313:427, 6'  !| enough to$9$ wonder$1$ whether $MP#B$Edmund \had\ written to$4$
313:427, 7'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford before$3$ this summons came, but no$2$ sentiment
313:427, 8'  !| dwelt long$9$ with her, that$6#1$ was not purely affectionate
313:427, 9'  !| and disinterestedly anxious. Her aunt did not neglect$1$
313:427,10'  !| her; she wrote again and again; they were receiving
313:427,11'  !| frequent accounts from $MP#B$Edmund, and these accounts were
313:427,12'  !| as regularly transmitted to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, in the same diffuse
313:427,13'  !| style, and the same medley of trusts, hopes$0$, and fears, all
313:427,14'  !| following and producing each other at hap-hazard. It
313:427,15'  !| was a sort of playing at being$1$ frightened. The sufferings
313:427,16'  !| which$6#1$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram did not see, had little power over
313:427,17'  !| her fancy$0$; and she wrote very comfortably about$4$ agitation
313:427,18'  !| and anxiety, and poor invalids, till $MP#G$Tom was actually
313:427,19'  !| conveyed to$4$ Mansfield, and her own$2$ eyes had beheld his
313:427,20'  !| altered appearance. Then, a letter which$6#1$ she had been
313:427,21'  !| previously preparing for$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, was finished in a different
313:427,22'  !| style, in the language of real feeling$0$ and alarm$0$; then, she
313:427,23'  !| wrote as she might have spoken.
313:427,23F  !| "He is just$9$ come, my
313:427,24F  !| dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, and is taken up*stairs; and I am so$5#1$ shocked
313:427,25F  !| to$9$ see him, that$3$ I do not know what$6#1$ to$9$ do. I am sure he
313:427,26F  !| has been very ill. Poor $MP#G$Tom, I am quite grieved for$4$ him,
313:427,27F  !| and very much frightened, and so$5#2$ is $MP#E$Sir*Thomas; and
313:427,28F  !| how glad I should be, if you were here to$9$ comfort$0$ me.
313:427,29F  !| But $MP#E$Sir*Thomas hopes$1$ he will$1$ be better$9$ to-morrow, and
313:427,30F  !| says we must consider his journey."
313:427,31'  !| The real solicitude now awakened in the maternal
313:427,32'  !| bosom was not soon over. $MP#G$Tom's extreme$2$ impatience
313:427,33'  !| to$9$ be removed to$4$ Mansfield, and experience$1$ those comforts
313:427,34'  !| of home and family which$6#1$ had been little thought$1$
313:427,35'  !| of in uninterrupted health, had probably induced his being$1$
313:427,36'  !| conveyed thither too$5#1$ early, as a return$0$ of fever came on$5$,
313:427,37'  !| and for$4$ a week he was in a more alarming state$0$ than ever.
313:427,38'  !| They were all very seriously frightened. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
313:428, 1'  !| wrote her daily terrors to$4$ her niece, who$6#1$ might now be
313:428, 2'  !| said to$9$ live upon letters, and pass$1$ all her time between
313:428, 3'  !| suffering from that$6#2$ of to-day, and looking forward$8$ to$4$
313:428, 3'  !| tomorrow's.
313:428, 4'  !| Without any particular affection for$4$ her eldest
313:428, 5'  !| cousin, her tenderness of heart made her feel that$3$ she could
313:428, 6'  !| not spare$1$ him; and the purity of her principles added yet
313:428, 7'  !| a keener solicitude, when she considered how little useful,
313:428, 8'  !| how little self-denying his life had (apparently) been.
313:428, 9'  !| $MP#R$Susan was her only companion and listener on$4$ this, as
313:428,10'  !| on$4$ more common$2$ occasions. $MP#R$Susan was always ready to$9$
313:428,11'  !| hear and to$9$ sympathize. Nobody else could be interested
313:428,12'  !| in so$5#1$ remote an evil as illness, in a family above$4$ an hundred
313:428,13'  !| miles off ~ not even$5$ $MP#P$Mrs%*Price, beyond$4$ a brief question$0$
313:428,14'  !| or two if she saw her daughter with a letter in her hand$0$,
313:428,15'  !| and now and then the quiet$2$ observation of
313:428,15P  !| "My poor
313:428,16P  !| sister $MP#F$Bertram must be in a great deal$0#2$ of trouble$0$."
313:428,17'  !| So$5#1$ long$9$ divided, and so$5#1$ differently situated, the ties of
313:428,18'  !| blood were little more than nothing. An attachment,
313:428,19'  !| originally as tranquil as their tempers, was now become
313:428,20'  !| a mere name$0$. $MP#P$Mrs%*Price did quite as much for$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram,
313:428,21'  !| as $MP#F$Lady*Bertram would have done for$4$ $MP#P$Mrs%*Price.
313:428,22'  !| Three or four $MP#O$Prices might have been swept away,
313:428,23'  !| any or all, except $MP#A$Fanny and $MP#Q$William, and $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
313:428,24'  !| would have thought$1$ little about$4$ it; or perhaps might have
313:428,25'  !| caught from $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's lips the cant of its being$1$ a very
313:428,26'  !| happy thing, and a great blessing to$4$ their poor dear$2#1$ sister
313:428,27'  !| $MP#P$Price to$9$ have them so$5#1$ well$9$ provided$1$ for$5$.
314:429, 1'  !| At about$4$ the week's end$0$ from his return$0$ to$4$ Mansfield,
314:429, 2'  !| $MP#G$Tom's immediate danger was over, and he was so$5#1$ far pronounced
314:429, 3'  !| safe, as to$9$ make$1$ his mother perfectly easy; for$3$
314:429, 4'  !| being$1$ now used$1#2$ to$4$ the sight of him in his suffering, helpless
314:429, 5'  !| state$0$, and hearing only the best, and never thinking beyond$4$
314:429, 6'  !| what$6#1$ she heard, with no$2$ disposition for$4$ alarm$0$, and no$2$
314:429, 7'  !| aptitude at a hint$0$, $MP#F$Lady*Bertram was the happiest subject$0$
314:429, 8'  !| in the world for$4$ a little medical imposition.
314:429, 8@f   | The fever
314:429, 9@f   | was subdued; the fever had been his complaint, of course$8$
314:429,10@f   | he would soon be well$9$ again;
314:429,10'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram could think
314:429,11'  !| nothing less, and $MP#A$Fanny shared her aunt's security, till
314:429,12'  !| she received a few lines from $MP#B$Edmund,
314:429,12@b   | written purposely
314:429,13@b   | to$9$ give her a clearer idea of his brother's situation, and
314:429,14@b   | acquaint her with the apprehensions which$6#1$ he and his
314:429,15@b   | father had imbibed from the physician, with respect$0$ to$4$
314:429,16@b   | some strong hectic symptoms, which$6#1$ seemed to$9$ seize the
314:429,17@b   | frame on$4$ the departure of the fever. They judged it best
314:429,18@b   | that$3$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram should not be harassed by$4$ alarms
314:429,19@b   | which$6#1$, it was to$9$ be hoped, would prove unfounded; but
314:429,20@b   | there was no$2$ reason$0$ why $MP#A$Fanny should not know the
314:429,21@b   | truth. They were apprehensive for$4$ his lungs.
314:429,22'  !| A very few lines from $MP#B$Edmund shewed her the patient
314:429,23'  !| and the sick room in a juster and stronger light$0$ than all
314:429,24'  !| $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's sheets of paper could do. There was
314:429,25'  !| hardly any*one in the house who$6#1$ might have not described,
314:429,26'  !| from personal observation, better$9$ than herself; not one
314:429,27'  !| who$6#1$ was not more useful at times to$4$ her son. She could
314:429,28'  !| do nothing but glide in quietly and look$1$ at him; but,
314:429,29'  !| when able to$9$ talk$1$ or be talked to$4$, or read to$4$, $MP#B$Edmund was
314:429,30'  !| the companion he preferred. His aunt worried him by$4$
314:429,31'  !| her cares$0$, and $MP#E$Sir*Thomas knew not how to$9$ bring down$5$
314:429,32'  !| his conversation or his voice to$4$ the level$0$ of irritation and
314:429,33'  !| feebleness. $MP#B$Edmund was all in all. $MP#A$Fanny would certainly
314:430, 1'  !| believe him so$5#2$ at least, and must find that$3$ her estimation
314:430, 2'  !| of him was higher than ever when he appeared as
314:430, 3'  !| the attendant, supporter, cheerer of a suffering brother.
314:430, 4'  !| There was not only the debility of recent illness to$9$ assist;
314:430, 5'  !| there was also, as she now learnt, nerves much affected,
314:430, 6'  !| spirits much depressed to$9$ calm$1$ and raise; and her own$2$
314:430, 7'  !| imagination added that$3$ there must be a mind$0$ to$9$ be
314:430, 8'  !| properly guided.
314:430, 9'  !| The family were not consumptive, and she was more
314:430,10'  !| inclined to$9$ hope$1$ than fear$1$ for$4$ her cousin ~ except when
314:430,11'  !| she thought$1$ of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford ~ but $MP#C$Miss*Crawford gave
314:430,12'  !| her the idea of being$1$ the child of good luck, and to$4$ her
314:430,13'  !| selfishness and vanity it would be good luck to$9$ have
314:430,14'  !| $MP#B$Edmund the only son.
314:430,15'  !| Even$5$ in the sick chamber, the fortunate $MP#C$Mary was not
314:430,16'  !| forgotten. $MP#B$Edmund's letter had this postscript.
314:430,16B  !| "On$4$
314:430,17B  !| the subject$0$ of my last$0$, I had actually begun a letter when
314:430,18B  !| called away by$4$ $MP#G$Tom's illness, but I have now changed my
314:430,19B  !| mind$0$, and fear$1$ to$9$ trust$1$ the influence$0$ of friends. When
314:430,20B  !| $MP#G$Tom is better$9$, I shall go."
314:430,21'  !| Such was the state$0$ of Mansfield, and so$5#2$ it continued,
314:430,22'  !| with scarcely any change$0$ till Easter. A line occasionally
314:430,23'  !| added by$4$ $MP#B$Edmund to$4$ his mother's letter was enough for$4$
314:430,24'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's information. $MP#G$Tom's amendment was alarmingly
314:430,25'  !| slow.
314:430,26'  !| Easter came ~ particularly late this year, as $MP#A$Fanny had
314:430,27'  !| most sorrowfully considered, on$4$ first learning that$3$ she
314:430,28'  !| had no$2$ chance$0$ of leaving Portsmouth till after$4$ it.
314:430,28@a   | It
314:430,29@a   | came, and she had yet heard nothing of her return$0$ ~
314:430,30@a   | nothing even$5$ of the going to$4$ London, which$6#1$ was to$9$ precede
314:430,31@a   | her return$0$. Her aunt often expressed a wish$0$ for$4$ her,
314:430,32@a   | but there was no$2$ notice$0$, no$2$ message from the uncle on$4$
314:430,33@a   | whom$6#1$ all depended. She supposed he could not yet leave$1$
314:430,34@a   | his son, but it was a cruel, a terrible delay$0$ to$4$ her. The
314:430,35@a   | end$0$ of April was coming on$5$; it would soon be almost
314:430,36@a   | three months instead of two that$3$ she had been absent from
314:430,37@a   | them all, and that$3$ her days had been passing$1$ in a state$0$
314:430,38@a   | of penance, which$6#1$ she loved them too$5#1$ well$9$ to$9$ hope$1$ they
314:431, 1@a   | would thoroughly understand; ~ and who$6#2$ could yet say
314:431, 2@a   | when there might be leisure to$9$ think of, or fetch her?
314:431, 3@a   | Her eagerness, her impatience, her longings to$9$ be with
314:431, 4@a   | them, were such as to$9$ bring a line or two of $MP#Z1$Cowper's
314:431, 5@a   | Tirocinium for*ever before$4$ her. "With what$6#1$ intense desire$0$
314:431, 6@a   | she wants$1$ her home," was continually on$4$ her tongue, as
314:431, 7@a   | the truest description of a yearning which$6#1$ she could not
314:431, 8@a   | suppose any school-boy's bosom to$9$ feel more keenly.
314:431, 9@a   | When she had been coming to$4$ Portsmouth, she had
314:431,10@a   | loved to$9$ call$1$ it her home, had been fond of saying that$3$ she
314:431,11@a   | was going home; the word had been very dear$2#1$ to$4$ her;
314:431,12@a   | and so$5#2$ it still$5$ was, but it must be applied to$4$ Mansfield.
314:431,13@a   | \That$6#2$\ was now the home. Portsmouth was Portsmouth;
314:431,14@a   | Mansfield was home. They had been long$9$ so$5#2$ arranged
314:431,15@a   | in the indulgence of her secret$2$ meditations; and nothing
314:431,16@a   | was more consolatory to$4$ her than to$9$ find her aunt using
314:431,17@a   | the same language. ~
314:431,17F  !| "I cannot but say, I much regret$1$
314:431,18F  !| your being$1$ from home at this distressing time, so$5#1$ very
314:431,19F  !| trying$2$ to$4$ my spirits. ~ I trust$1$ and hope$1$, and sincerely
314:431,19F  !| wish$1$
314:431,20F  !| you may$1$ never be absent from home so$5#1$ long$9$ again" ~
314:431,21@a   | were most delightful sentences to$4$ her.
314:431,21'  !| Still$5$, however,
314:431,22'  !| it was her private$2$ regale. ~ Delicacy to$4$ her parents made
314:431,23'  !| her careful not to$9$ betray such a preference of her uncle's
314:431,24'  !| house: it was always,
314:431,24A  !| "when I go back$5$ into Northamptonshire,
314:431,25A  !| or when I return$1$ to$4$ Mansfield, I shall do so$5#2$ and
314:431,26A  !| so$5#2$." ~
314:431,26'  !| For$4$ a great while$0$ it was so$5#2$; but at last$0$ the longing$0$
314:431,27'  !| grew stronger, it overthrew caution$0$,
314:431,27@a   | and she found herself
314:431,28@a   | talking of what$6#1$ she should do when she went home, before$3$
314:431,29@a   | she was aware. ~ She reproached herself, coloured and
314:431,30@a   | looked fearfully towards her Father and Mother.
314:431,30'  !| She
314:431,31'  !| need$1$ not have been uneasy. There was no$2$ sign of displeasure,
314:431,32'  !| or even$5$ of hearing her. They were perfectly free
314:431,33'  !| from any jealousy of Mansfield. She was as welcome$2$ to$9$
314:431,34'  !| wish$1$ herself there, as to$9$ be there.
314:431,35'  !| It was sad to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny to$9$ lose all the pleasures of spring$0$.
314:431,36@a   | She had not known before$5$ what$6#1$ pleasures she \had\ to$9$ lose
314:431,37@a   | in passing$1$ March and April in a town. She had not known
314:431,38@a   | before$5$, how much the beginnings and progress of vegetation
314:432, 1@a   | had delighted her. ~ What$7$ animation both of body
314:432, 2@a   | and mind$0$, she had derived from watching the advance$0$ of
314:432, 3@a   | that$6#2$ season which$6#1$ cannot, in spite$8$ of its capriciousness,
314:432, 4@a   | be unlovely, and seeing its increasing beauties, from the
314:432, 5@a   | earliest flowers, in the warmest divisions of her aunt's
314:432, 6@a   | garden, to$4$ the opening of leaves$0$ of her uncle's plantations,
314:432, 7@a   | and the glory$0$ of his woods. ~
314:432, 7'  !| To$9$ be losing such pleasures
314:432, 8'  !| was no$2$ trifle$0$; to$9$ be losing them, because she was in the
314:432, 9'  !| midst of closeness and noise, to$9$ have confinement, bad
314:432,10'  !| air, bad smells, substituted for$4$ liberty, freshness, fragrance,
314:432,11'  !| and verdure, was infinitely worse; ~ but even$5$ these
314:432,12'  !| incitements to$4$ regret$1$, were feeble, compared with what$6#1$
314:432,13'  !| arose from the conviction of being$1$ missed, by$4$ her best
314:432,14'  !| friends, and the longing$0$ to$9$ be useful to$4$ those who$6#1$ were
314:432,15'  !| wanting her|
314:432,16@a   | Could she have been at home, she might have been of
314:432,17@a   | service to$4$ every creature in the house. She felt that$3$ she
314:432,18@a   | must have been of use$0$ to$4$ all. To$4$ all, she must have saved
314:432,19@a   | some trouble$0$ of head$0$ or hand$0$; and were it only in supporting
314:432,20@a   | the spirits of her aunt $MP#F$Bertram, keeping$1$ her from
314:432,21@a   | the evil of solitude, or the still$5$ greater evil of a restless,
314:432,22@a   | officious companion, too$5#1$ apt to$9$ be heightening danger in
314:432,23@a   | order$8$ to$9$ enhance her own$2$ importance, her being$1$ there
314:432,24@a   | would have been a general$2$ good. She loved to$9$ fancy$1$ how
314:432,25@a   | she could have read to$4$ her aunt, how she could have talked
314:432,26@a   | to$4$ her, and tried at once to$9$ make$1$ her feel the blessing of
314:432,27@a   | what$6#1$ was, and prepare her mind$0$ for$4$ what$6#1$ might be; and
314:432,28@a   | how many walks$0$ up and down*stairs she might have saved
314:432,29@a   | her, and how many messages she might have carried.
314:432,30@a   | It astonished her that$3$ $MP#G$Tom's sisters could be satisfied$1$
314:432,31@a   | with remaining in London at such a time ~ through$4$ an
314:432,32@a   | illness, which$6#1$ had now, under different degrees of danger,
314:432,33@a   | lasted several weeks. \They\ might return$1$ to$4$ Mansfield
314:432,34@a   | when they chose; travelling could be no$2$ difficulty to$4$
314:432,35@a   | \them\, and she could not comprehend how both could still$5$
314:432,36@a   | keep away. If $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth could imagine any interfering
314:432,37@a   | obligations, $MP#I$Julia was certainly able to$9$ quit London
314:432,38@a   | whenever she chose. ~ It appeared from one of her aunt's
314:433, 1@a   | letters, that$3$ $MP#I$Julia had offered to$9$ return$1$ if wanted ~ but
314:433, 2@a   | this was all. ~ It was evident that$3$ she would rather remain
314:433, 3@a   | where she was.
314:433, 4'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was disposed to$9$ think the influence$0$ of London
314:433, 5'  !| very much at war with all respectable attachments. She
314:433, 6'  !| saw the proof of if in $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, as well$9$ as in her
314:433, 7'  !| cousins;
314:433, 7@a   | \her\ attachment to$4$ $MP#B$Edmund had been respectable,
314:433, 8@a   | the most respectable part$0$ of her character, her friendship
314:433, 9@a   | for$4$ herself, had at least been blameless. Where was either
314:433,10@a   | sentiment now?
314:433,10'  !| It was so$5#1$ long$9$ since $MP#A$Fanny had had any
314:433,11'  !| letter from her, that$3$ she had some reason$0$ to$9$ think lightly
314:433,12'  !| of the friendship which$6#1$ had been so$5#1$ dwelt on$4$. ~
314:433,12@a   | It was
314:433,13@a   | weeks since she had heard any*thing of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford or
314:433,14@a   | of her other connections in town, except through$4$ Mansfield,
314:433,15@a   | and she was beginning$1$ to$9$ suppose that$3$ she might never
314:433,16@a   | know whether $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford had gone into Norfolk again
314:433,17@a   | or not, till they met, and might never hear from his sister
314:433,18@a   | any more this spring$0$,
314:433,18'  !| when the following letter was received
314:433,19'  !| to$9$ revive old, and create some new sensations.
314:433,20C  !| "Forgive me, my dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, as soon as you can, for$4$
314:433,21C  !| my long$9$ silence$0$, and behave as if you could forgive me
314:433,22C  !| directly. This is my modest request$0$ and expectation,
314:433,23C  !| for$3$ you are so$5#1$ good, that$3$ I depend upon being$1$ treated
314:433,24C  !| better$9$ than I deserve ~ and I write now to$9$ beg an immediate
314:433,25C  !| answer$0$. I want$1$ to$9$ know the state$0$ of things at
314:433,26C  !| Mansfield*Park, and you, no$2$ doubt$0$, are perfectly able to$9$
314:433,27C  !| give it. One should be a brute not to$9$ feel for$4$ the distress$0$
314:433,28C  !| they are in ~ and from what$6#1$ I hear, poor $MP#G$Mr%*Bertram has
314:433,29C  !| a bad chance$0$ of ultimate recovery. I thought$1$ little of
314:433,30C  !| his illness at first. I looked upon him as the sort of person
314:433,31C  !| to$9$ be made a fuss with, and to$9$ make$1$ a fuss himself in any
314:433,32C  !| trifling disorder, and was chiefly concerned for$4$ those who$6#1$
314:433,33C  !| had to$9$ nurse$1$ him; but now it is confidently asserted that$3$
314:433,34C  !| he is really in a decline, that$3$ the symptoms are most
314:433,35C  !| alarming, and that$3$ part$0$ of the family, at least, are aware
314:433,36C  !| of it. If it be so$5#2$, I am sure you must be included in that$6#2$
314:433,37C  !| part$0$, that$6#2$ discerning part$0$, and therefore intreat you to$9$
314:433,38C  !| let me know how far I have been rightly informed. I need$1$
314:434, 1C  !| not say how rejoiced I shall be to$9$ hear there has been
314:434, 2C  !| any mistake$0$, but the report$0$ is so$5#1$ prevalent, that$3$ I confess
314:434, 3C  !| I cannot help$1$ trembling. To$9$ have such a fine young
314:434, 4C  !| man cut$9$ off in the flower of his days, is most melancholy$2$.
314:434, 5C  !| Poor $MP#E$Sir*Thomas will$1$ feel it dreadfully. I really am quite
314:434, 6C  !| agitated on$4$ the subject$0$. $MP#A$Fanny, $MP#A$Fanny, I see you smile$1$,
314:434, 7C  !| and look$1$ cunning, but upon my honour$0$, I never bribed
314:434, 8C  !| a physician in my life. Poor young man| ~ If he is to$9$
314:434, 9C  !| die$1$, there will$1$ be \two\ poor young men less in the world;
314:434,10C  !| and with a fearless face$0$ and bold voice would I say to$4$ any*one,
314:434,11C  !| that$3$ wealth and consequence could fall$1$ into no$2$ hands
314:434,12C  !| more deserving of them. It was a foolish precipitation
314:434,13C  !| last$2$ Christmas, but the evil of a few days may$1$ be blotted
314:434,14C  !| out$5$ in part$0$. Varnish and gilding hide many stains. It
314:434,15C  !| will$1$ be but the loss of the Esquire after$4$ his name$0$. With
314:434,16C  !| real affection, $MP#A$Fanny, like$9$ mine$6$, more might be overlooked.
314:434,17C  !| Write to$4$ me by$4$ return$0$ of post, judge$1$ of my
314:434,18C  !| anxiety, and do not trifle$1$ with it. Tell me the real truth,
314:434,19C  !| as you have it from the fountain*head. And now, do not
314:434,20C  !| trouble$1$ yourself to$9$ be ashamed of either my feelings or
314:434,21C  !| your own$2$. Believe me, they are not only natural$2$, they
314:434,22C  !| are philanthropic and virtuous. I put it to$4$ your conscience,
314:434,23C  !| whether ""$MP#B$Sir*Edmund"" would not do more good
314:434,24C  !| with all the $MP#E$Bertram property, than any other possible
314:434,25C  !| ""Sir."" Had the $MP#M1$Grants been at home, I would not have
314:434,26C  !| troubled you, but you are now the only one I can apply
314:434,27C  !| to$4$ for$4$ the truth, his sisters not being$1$ within my reach$0$.
314:434,28C  !| $MP#H$Mrs%*R% has been spending the Easter with the $MP#ZB$Aylmers
314:434,29C  !| at Twickenham (as to$9$ be sure you know), and is not yet
314:434,30C  !| returned; and $MP#I$Julia is with the cousins, who$6#1$ live near$4$
314:434,31C  !| Bedford*Square; but I forgot their name$0$ and street.
314:434,32C  !| Could I immediately apply to$4$ either, however, I should
314:434,33C  !| still$5$ prefer you, because it strikes me, that$3$ they have all
314:434,34C  !| along$5$ been so$5#1$ unwilling to$9$ have their own$2$ amusements
314:434,35C  !| cut$9$ up, as to$9$ shut their eyes to$4$ the truth. I suppose,
314:434,36C  !| $MP#H$Mrs%*R%'s Easter holidays will$1$ not last$1$ much longer; no$2$
314:434,37C  !| doubt$0$ they are thorough holidays to$4$ her. The $MP#ZB$Aylmers
314:434,38C  !| are pleasant people; and her husband away, she can have
314:435, 1C  !| nothing but enjoyment. I give her credit$0$ for$4$ promoting
314:435, 2C  !| his going dutifully down$5$ to$4$ Bath$0#1$, to$9$ fetch his mother;
314:435, 3C  !| but how will$1$ she and the dowager agree in one house?
314:435, 4C  !| $MP#D$Henry is not at hand$0$, so$3$ I have nothing to$9$ say from him.
314:435, 5C  !| Do not you think $MP#B$Edmund would have been in town again
314:435, 6C  !| long$9$ ago, but for$4$ this illness? ~ Yours ever, $MP#C$Mary."
314:435, 7C  !| "I had actually began folding my letter, when $MP#D$Henry
314:435, 8C  !| walked in; but he brings no$2$ intelligence to$9$ prevent my
314:435, 9C  !| sending it. $MP#H$Mrs%*R% knows a decline is apprehended; he
314:435,10C  !| saw her this morning, she returns$1$ to$4$ Wimpole-Street today,
314:435,11C  !| the old lady is come. Now do not make$1$ yourself
314:435,12C  !| uneasy with any queer fancies$0$, because he has been spending
314:435,13C  !| a few days at Richmond. He does it every spring$0$.
314:435,14C  !| Be assured, he cares$1$ for$4$ nobody but you. At this very
314:435,15C  !| moment, he is wild to$9$ see you, and occupied only in contriving
314:435,16C  !| the means$0$ for$4$ doing so$5#2$, and for$4$ making his pleasure
314:435,17C  !| conduce to$4$ yours. In proof, he repeats, and more eagerly,
314:435,18C  !| what$6#1$ he said at Portsmouth, about$4$ our conveying you
314:435,19C  !| home, and I join him in it with all my soul. Dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny,
314:435,20C  !| write directly, and tell us to$9$ come. It will$1$ do us all good.
314:435,21C  !| He and I can go to$4$ the Parsonage, you know, and be no$2$
314:435,22C  !| trouble$0$ to$4$ our friends at Mansfield*Park. It would really
314:435,23C  !| be gratifying to$9$ see them all again, and a little addition
314:435,24C  !| of society might be of infinite use$0$ to$4$ them; and, as to$4$
314:435,25C  !| yourself, you must feel yourself to$9$ be so$5#1$ wanted there,
314:435,26C  !| that$3$ you cannot in conscience (conscientious as you are,)
314:435,27C  !| keep away, when you have the means$0$ of returning. I have
314:435,28C  !| not time or patience to$9$ give half $MP#D$Henry's messages; be
314:435,29C  !| satisfied$1$, that$3$ the spirit of each and every one is unalterable
314:435,30C  !| affection."
314:435,31'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's disgust$0$ at the greater part$0$ of this letter, with
314:435,32'  !| her extreme$2$ reluctance to$9$ bring the writer of it and her
314:435,33'  !| cousin $MP#B$Edmund together, would have made her (as she
314:435,34'  !| felt),
314:435,34@a   | incapable of judging impartially whether the concluding
314:435,35@a   | offer$0$ might be accepted or not. To$4$ herself, individually,
314:435,36@a   | it was most tempting. To$9$ be finding herself,
314:435,37@a   | perhaps, within three days, transported to$4$ Mansfield, was
314:435,38@a   | an image of the greatest felicity ~ but it would have been a
314:436, 1@a   | material$2$ drawback, to$9$ be owing such felicity to$4$ persons
314:436, 2@a   | in whose$6#1$ feelings and conduct$0$, at the present$9$ moment,
314:436, 3@a   | she saw so$5#1$ much to$9$ condemn; the sister's feelings ~
314:436, 4@a   | the brother's conduct$0$ ~ \her\ cold-hearted ambition ~ \his\
314:436, 5@a   | thoughtless vanity. To$9$ have him still$5$ the acquaintance,
314:436, 6@a   | the flirt, perhaps, of $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth| ~ She was mortified.
314:436, 7@a   | She had thought$1$ better$9$ of him. Happily, however, she
314:436, 8@a   | was not left$1$ to$9$ weigh and decide between opposite inclinations
314:436, 9@a   | and doubtful notions of right$0$; there was no$2$ occasion$0$
314:436,10@a   | to$9$ determine, whether she ought to$9$ keep $MP#B$Edmund and
314:436,11@a   | $MP#C$Mary asunder or not. She had a rule to$9$ apply to$4$, which$6#1$
314:436,12@a   | settled$1$ every*thing. Her awe of her uncle, and her dread$0$
314:436,13@a   | of taking a liberty with him, made it instantly plain to$4$ her,
314:436,14@a   | what$6#1$ she had to$9$ do. She must absolutely decline the
314:436,15@a   | proposal. If he wanted, he would send for$4$ her; and even$5$
314:436,16@a   | to$9$ offer$1$ an early return$0$, was a presumption which$6#1$ hardly
314:436,17@a   | any*thing would have seemed to$9$ justify.
314:436,17'  !| She thanked
314:436,18'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, but gave a decided$2$ negative. ~
314:436,18A  !| "Her uncle,
314:436,19A  !| she understood, meant to$9$ fetch her; and as her cousin's
314:436,20A  !| illness had continued so$5#1$ many weeks without her being$1$
314:436,21A  !| thought$1$ at all necessary, she must suppose her return$0$
314:436,22A  !| would be unwelcome at present$0#1$, and that$3$ she should be
314:436,23A  !| felt an incumbrance."
314:436,24'  !| Her representation of her cousin's state$0$ at this time,
314:436,25'  !| was exactly according to$4$ her own$2$ belief of it,
314:436,25@a   | and such
314:436,26@a   | as she supposed would convey to$4$ the sanguine mind$0$ of
314:436,27@a   | her correspondent, the hope$0$ of every*thing she was
314:436,28@a   | wishing for$4$. $MP#B$Edmund would be forgiven for$4$ being$1$ a
314:436,29@a   | clergyman, it seemed, under certain conditions of wealth;
314:436,30@a   | and this, she suspected, was all the conquest of prejudice,
314:436,31@a   | which$6#1$ he was so$5#1$ ready to$9$ congratulate himself upon.
314:436,32@a   | She had only learnt to$9$ think nothing of consequence but
314:436,33@a   | money.
315:437, 1'  !| As $MP#A$Fanny could not doubt$0$ that$3$ her answer$0$ was conveying
315:437, 2'  !| a real disappointment, she was rather in expectation,
315:437, 3'  !| from her knowledge of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's temper,
315:437, 4'  !| of being$1$ urged again; and though no$2$ second$2$ letter arrived
315:437, 5'  !| for$4$ the space of a week, she had still$5$ the same feeling$0$ when
315:437, 6'  !| it did come.
315:437, 7'  !| On$4$ receiving it, she could instantly decide on$4$ its containing
315:437, 8'  !| little writing$0$, and was persuaded of its having the
315:437, 9'  !| air of a letter of haste and business. Its object$0$ was unquestionable;
315:437,10'  !| and two moments were enough to$9$ start$1$
315:437,11'  !| the probability of its being$1$ merely to$9$ give her notice$0$ that$3$
315:437,12'  !| they should be in Portsmouth that$6#2$ very day, and to$9$ throw$1$
315:437,13'  !| her into all the agitation of doubting what$6#1$ she ought to$9$
315:437,14'  !| do in such a case. If two moments, however, can surround
315:437,15'  !| with difficulties, a third can disperse them; and
315:437,16'  !| before$3$ she had opened the letter, the possibility of
315:437,16'  !| $MP#D$Mr%
315:437,17'  !| and $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's having applied to$4$ her uncle and
315:437,18'  !| obtained his permission, was giving her ease$0$. This was
315:437,19'  !| the letter.
315:437,20C  !| "A most scandalous, ill-natured rumour has just$9$ reached
315:437,21C  !| me, and I write, dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny, to$9$ warn you against giving
315:437,22C  !| the least credit$0$ to$4$ it, should it spread into the country.
315:437,23C  !| Depend upon it there is some mistake$0$, and that$3$ a day or
315:437,24C  !| two will$1$ clear$1$ it up ~ at any rate$0$, that$3$ $MP#D$Henry is blameless,
315:437,25C  !| and in spite$8$ of a moment's \etourderie\ thinks of nobody but
315:437,26C  !| you. Say not a word of it ~ hear nothing, surmise$1$ nothing,
315:437,27C  !| whisper$1$ nothing, till I write again. I am sure it will$1$ be
315:437,28C  !| all hushed up, and nothing proved but $MP#U$Rushworth's folly.
315:437,29C  !| If they are gone, I would lay$1#1$ my life they are only gone
315:437,30C  !| to$4$ Mansfield*Park, and $MP#I$Julia with them. But why would
315:437,31C  !| not you let us come for$4$ you? I wish$1$ you may$1$ not repent
315:437,32C  !| it.
315:437,33C  !| "Yours, &c%"
315:438, 1'  !| $MP#A$Fanny stood aghast.
315:438, 1@a   | As no$2$ scandalous, ill-natured
315:438, 2@a   | rumour had reached her, it was impossible for$4$ her to$9$
315:438, 3@a   | understand much of this strange letter. She could only
315:438, 4@a   | perceive that$3$ it must relate to$4$ Wimpole*Street and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,
315:438, 5@a   | and only conjecture$1$ that$3$ something very imprudent
315:438, 6@a   | had just$9$ occurred in that$6#2$ quarter$0#2$ to$9$ draw the
315:438, 7@a   | notice$0$ of the world, and to$9$ excite her jealousy, in $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's
315:438, 8@a   | apprehension, if she heard it. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford
315:438, 9@a   | need$1$ not be alarmed for$4$ her. She was only sorry for$4$ the
315:438,10@a   | parties concerned and for$4$ Mansfield, if the report$0$ should
315:438,11@a   | spread so$5#1$ far; but she hoped it might not. If the $MP#U1$Rushworths
315:438,12@a   | were gone themselves to$4$ Mansfield, as was to$9$ be
315:438,13@a   | inferred from what$6#1$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford said, it was not likely
315:438,14@a   | that$3$ any*thing unpleasant should have preceded them,
315:438,15@a   | or at least should make$1$ any impression.
315:438,16@a   | As to$4$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, she hoped it might give him a
315:438,17@a   | knowledge of his own$2$ disposition, convince him that$3$ he
315:438,18@a   | was not capable of being$1$ steadily attached to$4$ any one
315:438,19@a   | woman in the world, and shame$1$ him from persisting any
315:438,20@a   | longer in addressing herself.
315:438,21@a   | It was very strange| She had begun to$9$ think he really
315:438,22@a   | loved her, and to$9$ fancy$1$ his affection for$4$ her something
315:438,23@a   | more than common$2$ ~ and his sister still$5$ said that$3$ he cared
315:438,24@a   | for$4$ nobody else. Yet there must have been some marked
315:438,25@a   | display$0$ of attentions to$4$ her cousin, there must have been
315:438,26@a   | some strong indiscretion, since her correspondent was not
315:438,27@a   | of a sort to$9$ regard$1$ a slight$2$ one.
315:438,28'  !| Very uncomfortable she was and must continue till she
315:438,29'  !| heard from $MP#C$Miss*Crawford again. It was impossible to$9$
315:438,30'  !| banish the letter from her thoughts, and she could not
315:438,31'  !| relieve herself by$4$ speaking of it to$4$ any human being$0$.
315:438,32@a   | $MP#C$Miss*Crawford need$1$ not have urged secrecy with so$5#1$ much
315:438,33@a   | warmth, she might have trusted to$4$ her sense of what$6#1$ was
315:438,34@a   | due$2$ to$4$ her cousin.
315:438,35'  !| The next day came and brought no$2$ second$2$ letter.
315:438,36'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was disappointed. She could still$5$ think of little
315:438,37'  !| else all the morning; but when her father came back$5$ in
315:438,38'  !| the afternoon with the daily newspaper as usual, she was
315:439, 1'  !| so$5#1$ far from expecting any elucidation through$4$ such a
315:439, 2'  !| channel, that$3$ the subject$0$ was for$4$ a moment out$8$ of her
315:439, 3'  !| head$0$.
315:439, 4'  !| She was deep in other musing.
315:439, 4@a   | The remembrance of
315:439, 5@a   | her first evening in that$6#2$ room, of her father and his newspaper
315:439, 6@a   | came across$4$ her. No$2$ candle was \now\ wanted. The
315:439, 7@a   | sun was yet an hour and half above$4$ the horizon. She
315:439, 8@a   | felt that$3$ she had, indeed, been three months there; and
315:439, 9@a   | the sun's rays falling strongly into the parlour, instead
315:439,10@a   | of cheering, made her still$5$ more melancholy$2$; for$3$ sun-shine
315:439,11@a   | appeared to$4$ her a totally different thing in a town and
315:439,12@a   | in the country. Here, its power was only a glare, a stifling,
315:439,13@a   | sickly glare, serving but to$9$ bring forward$8$ stains and
315:439,14@a   | dirt that$6#1$ might otherwise have slept. There was neither
315:439,15@a   | health nor gaiety in sun-shine in a town. She sat in a
315:439,16@a   | blaze of oppressive heat$0$, in a cloud$0$ of moving dust; and
315:439,17@a   | her eyes could only wander from the walls marked by$4$ her
315:439,18@a   | father's head$0$, to$4$ the table cut$9$ and knotched by$4$ her
315:439,19@a   | brothers, where stood the tea-board never thoroughly
315:439,20@a   | cleaned, the cups and saucers wiped in streaks, the milk
315:439,21@a   | a mixture of motes floating in thin blue, and the bread
315:439,22@a   | and butter growing every minute$0$ more greasy than even$5$
315:439,23@a   | $MP#T$Rebecca's hands had first produced it. Her father read
315:439,24@a   | his newspaper, and her mother lamented over the ragged
315:439,25@a   | carpet as usual, while$9$ the tea was in preparation ~ and
315:439,26@a   | wished $MP#T$Rebecca would mend it;
315:439,26'  !| and $MP#A$Fanny was first
315:439,27'  !| roused by$4$ his calling out$5$ to$4$ her, after$4$ humphing and considering
315:439,28'  !| over a particular paragraph ~
315:439,28O  !| "What's the name$0$
315:439,29O  !| of your great cousins in town, $MP#A$Fan?"
315:439,30'  !| A moment's recollection enabled her to$9$ say,
315:439,30A  !| "$MP#U$Rushworth,
315:439,31A  !| Sir."
315:439,32O  !| "And don't they live in Wimpole*Street?"
315:439,33A  !| "Yes, Sir."
315:439,34O  !| "Then, there's the devil to$9$ pay$1$ among them, that's all.
315:439,35O  !| There,
315:439,35'  !| (holding out$5$ the paper to$4$ her) ~
315:439,35O  !| much good may$1$
315:439,36O  !| such fine relations do you. I don't know what$6#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
315:439,37O  !| may$1$ think of such matters; he may$1$ be too$5#1$ much of the
315:439,38O  !| courtier and fine gentleman to$9$ like$1$ his daughter the less.
315:440, 1O  !| But by$4$ G@@@ if she belonged to$4$ me, I'd give her the rope's
315:440, 2O  !| end$0$ as long$9$ as I could stand$1$ over her. A little flogging
315:440, 3O  !| for$4$ man and woman too$5#2$, would be the best way of preventing
315:440, 4O  !| such things."
315:440, 5'  !| $MP#A$Fanny read to$4$ herself that$3$ "it was with infinite concern$0$
315:440, 6'  !| the newspaper had to$9$ announce to$4$ the world, a matrimonial
315:440, 7'  !| \fracas\ in the family of $MP#U$Mr%*R% of Wimpole*Street;
315:440, 8'  !| the beautiful $MP#H$Mrs%*R% whose$6#1$ name$0$ had not long$9$ been
315:440, 9'  !| enrolled in the lists of hymen, and who$6#1$ had promised to$9$
315:440,10'  !| become so$5#1$ brilliant a leader in the fashionable world,
315:440,11'  !| having quitted her husband's roof in company with the
315:440,12'  !| well$9$ known and captivating $MP#D$Mr%*C% the intimate$2$ friend
315:440,13'  !| and associate$0$ of $MP#U$Mr%*R% and it was not known, even$5$ to$4$ the
315:440,14'  !| editor of the newspaper, whither they were gone."
315:440,15A  !| "It is a mistake$0$, Sir,"
315:440,15'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny instantly;
315:440,15A  !| "it must
315:440,16A  !| be a mistake$0$ ~ it cannot be true ~ it must mean$1$ some other
315:440,17A  !| people."
315:440,18'  !| She spoke from the instinctive wish$0$ of delaying shame$0$,
315:440,19'  !| she spoke with a resolution which$6#1$ sprung from despair$0$,
315:440,20'  !| for$3$ she spoke what$6#1$ she did not, could not believe herself.
315:440,21@a   | It had been the shock$0$ of conviction as she read. The
315:440,22@a   | truth rushed on$4$ her; and how she could have spoken at
315:440,23@a   | all, how she could even$5$ have breathed ~ was afterwards
315:440,24@a   | matter of wonder$0$ to$4$ herself.
315:440,24'  !| $MP#O$Mr%*Price cared too$5#1$ little about$4$ the report$0$, to$9$ make$1$ her
315:440,25'  !| much answer$0$.
315:440,26O  !| "It might be all a lie$0$,"
315:440,26'  !| he acknowledged;
315:440,27O  !| "but so$5#1$ many fine ladies were going to$4$ the devil now-a-days
315:440,28O  !| that$6#2$ way, that$3$ there was no$2$ answering for$4$ anybody."
315:440,29P  !| "Indeed, I hope$1$ it is not true,"
315:440,29'  !| said $MP#P$Mrs%*Price plaintively,
315:440,30P  !| "it would be so$5#1$ very shocking| ~ If I have spoke
315:440,31P  !| once to$4$ $MP#T$Rebecca about$4$ that$6#2$ carpet, I am sure I have
315:440,32P  !| spoke at least a dozen times; have not I, $MP#ZZC$Betsey?
315:440,33P  !| ~ And it would not be ten minutes work$0$."
315:440,34'  !| The horror of a mind$0$ like$9$ $MP#A$Fanny's, as it received the
315:440,35'  !| conviction of such guilt, and began to$9$ take in some part$0$
315:440,36'  !| of the misery that$6#1$ must ensue, can hardly be described.
315:440,37@a   | At first, it was a sort of stupefaction; but every moment
315:440,38@a   | was quickening her perception of the horrible evil. She
315:441, 1@a   | could not doubt$0$; she dared not indulge a hope$0$ of the
315:441, 2@a   | paragraph being$1$ false. $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's letter, which$6#1$ she
315:441, 3@a   | had read so$5#1$ often as to$9$ make$1$ every line her own$2$, was in
315:441, 4@a   | frightful conformity with it. Her eager defence of her
315:441, 5@a   | brother, her hope$0$ of its being$1$ \hushed*up\, her evident agitation,
315:441, 6@a   | were all of a piece with something very bad; and
315:441, 7@a   | if there was a woman of character in existence, who$6#1$ could
315:441, 8@a   | treat$1$ as a trifle$0$ this sin of the first magnitude, who$6#1$ could
315:441, 9@a   | try to$9$ gloss it over, and desire$1$ to$9$ have it unpunished, she
315:441,10@a   | could believe $MP#C$Miss*Crawford to$9$ be the woman| Now she
315:441,11@a   | could see her own$2$ mistake$0$ as to$4$ \who$6#2$\ were gone ~ or \said\
315:441,12@a   | to$9$ be gone. It was not $MP#U$Mr% and $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth, it was
315:441,13@a   | $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth and $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford.
315:441,14@a   | $MP#A$Fanny seemed to$4$ herself never to$9$ have been shocked
315:441,15@a   | before$5$. There was no$2$ possibility of rest$0#2$. The evening
315:441,16@a   | passed, without a pause$0$ of misery, the night was totally
315:441,17@a   | sleepless.
315:441,17'  !| She passed only from feelings of sickness to$4$
315:441,18'  !| shudderings of horror; and from hot fits of fever to$4$ cold$0$.
315:441,19'  !| The event was so$5#1$ shocking, that$3$ there were moments even$5$
315:441,20'  !| when her heart revolted from it as impossible ~ when she
315:441,21'  !| thought$1$ it could not be.
315:441,21@a   | A woman married only six
315:441,22@a   | months ago, a man professing himself devoted, even$5$
315:441,23@a   | \engaged\, to$4$ another ~ that$6#2$ other her near$9$ relation ~ the
315:441,24@a   | whole$2$ family, both families connected as they were by$4$
315:441,25@a   | tie$0$ upon tie$0$, all friends, all intimate$2$ together| ~ it was too$5#1$
315:441,26@a   | horrible a confusion of guilt, too$5#1$ gross a complication of
315:441,27@a   | evil, for$4$ human nature, not in a state$0$ of utter$2$ barbarism,
315:441,28@a   | to$9$ be capable of| ~ yet her judgment told her it was so$5#2$.
315:441,29@a   | \His\ unsettled affections, wavering with his vanity,
315:441,30@a   | $MP#H$Maria's decided$2$ attachment, and no$2$ sufficient principle
315:441,31@a   | on$4$ either side$0$, gave it possibility ~ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's letter
315:441,32@a   | stampt it a fact.
315:441,33@a   | What$6#2$ would be the consequence? Whom$6#2$ would it not
315:441,34@a   | injure? Whose$6#2$ views might it not affect? Whose$6#2$ peace
315:441,35@a   | would it not cut$9$ up for*ever? $MP#C$Miss*Crawford herself ~
315:441,36@a   | $MP#B$Edmund; but it was dangerous, perhaps, to$9$ tread such
315:441,37@a   | ground.
315:441,37'  !| She confined herself, or tried to$9$ confine herself
315:441,38'  !| to$4$ the simple$2$, indubitable family-misery which$6#1$ must
315:442, 1'  !| envelope all, if it were indeed a matter of certified guilt
315:442, 2'  !| and public$2$ exposure.
315:442, 2@a   | The mother's sufferings, the father's
315:442, 3@a   | ~
315:442, 3'  !| there, she paused.
315:442, 3@a   | $MP#I$Julia's, $MP#G$Tom's, $MP#B$Edmund's ~
315:442, 3'  !| there,
315:442, 4'  !| a yet longer pause$0$.
315:442, 4@a   | They were the two on$4$ whom$6#1$ it would
315:442, 5@a   | fall$1$ most horribly. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's parental solicitude, and
315:442, 6@a   | high sense of honour$0$ and decorum, $MP#B$Edmund's upright
315:442, 7@a   | principles, unsuspicious temper, and genuine strength of
315:442, 8@a   | feeling$0$, made her think it scarcely possible for$4$ them to$9$
315:442, 9@a   | support$1$ life and reason$0$ under such disgrace$0$; and it appeared
315:442,10@a   | to$4$ her, that$3$ as far as this world alone was concerned,
315:442,11@a   | the greatest blessing to$4$ every*one of kindred with $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth
315:442,12@a   | would be instant$2$ annihilation.
315:442,13'  !| Nothing happened the next day, or the next, to$9$ weaken
315:442,14'  !| her terrors. Two posts came in, and brought no$2$ refutation,
315:442,15'  !| public$2$ or private$2$. There was no$2$ second$2$ letter to$9$
315:442,16'  !| explain away the first, from $MP#C$Miss*Crawford; there was
315:442,17'  !| no$2$ intelligence from Mansfield, though it was now full
315:442,18'  !| time for$4$ her to$9$ hear again from her aunt. This was an
315:442,19'  !| evil omen. She had, indeed, scarcely the shadow of a hope$0$
315:442,20'  !| to$9$ soothe her mind$0$, and was reduced to$4$ so$5#1$ low and wan
315:442,21'  !| and trembling a condition$0$ as no$2$ mother ~ not unkind,
315:442,22'  !| except $MP#P$Mrs%*Price, could have overlooked, when the third
315:442,23'  !| day did bring the sickening knock$0$, and a letter was again
315:442,24'  !| put into her hands. It bore$1#1$ the London postmark, and
315:442,25'  !| came from $MP#B$Edmund.
315:442,26B  !| "Dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny,
315:442,27B  !| You know our present$9$ wretchedness. May$1$ God support$1$
315:442,28B  !| you under \your\ share$0$. We have been here two days,
315:442,29B  !| but there is nothing to$9$ be done. They cannot be traced.
315:442,30B  !| You may$1$ not have heard of the last$2$ blow ~ $MP#I$Julia's elopement;
315:442,31B  !| she is gone to$4$ Scotland with $MP#W$Yates. She left$1$
315:442,32B  !| London a few hours before$3$ we entered it. At any other
315:442,33B  !| time, this would have been felt dreadfully. Now it seems
315:442,34B  !| nothing, yet it is an heavy aggravation. My father is
315:442,35B  !| not overpowered. More cannot be hoped. He is still$5$
315:442,36B  !| able to$9$ think and act$1$; and I write, by$4$ his desire$0$, to$9$ propose
315:442,37B  !| your returning home. He is anxious to$9$ get you there
315:442,38B  !| for$4$ my mother's sake. I shall be at Portsmouth the
315:443, 1B  !| morning after$3$ you receive this, and hope$1$ to$9$ find you ready
315:443, 2B  !| to$9$ set$1$ off for$4$ Mansfield. My Father wishes$1$ you to$9$ invite
315:443, 3B  !| $MP#R$Susan to$9$ go with you, for$4$ a few months. Settle it as you
315:443, 4B  !| like$1$; say what$6#1$ is proper; I am sure you will$1$ feel such
315:443, 5B  !| an instance$0$ of his kindness at such a moment| Do justice
315:443, 6B  !| to$4$ his meaning$0$, however I may$1$ confuse it. You may$1$
315:443, 7B  !| imagine something of my present$9$ state$0$. There is no$2$ end$0$
315:443, 8B  !| of the evil let loose upon us. You will$1$ see me early, by$4$
315:443, 9B  !| the mail. Your's, &c%"
315:443,10'  !| Never had $MP#A$Fanny more wanted a cordial$0$. Never had
315:443,11'  !| she felt such a one as this letter contained.
315:443,11@a   | To-morrow|
315:443,12@a   | to$9$ leave$1$ Portsmouth to-morrow| She was, she felt she
315:443,13@a   | was, in the greatest danger of being$1$ exquisitely happy,
315:443,14@a   | while$9$ so$5#1$ many were miserable. The evil which$6#1$ brought
315:443,15@a   | such good to$4$ her| She dreaded lest she should learn to$9$
315:443,16@a   | be insensible of it. To$9$ be going so$5#1$ soon, sent for$5$ so$5#1$ kindly,
315:443,17@a   | sent for$5$ as a comfort$0$, and with leave$0$ to$9$ take $MP#R$Susan, was
315:443,18@a   | altogether such a combination of blessings as set$1$ her heart
315:443,19@a   | in a glow, and for$4$ a time, seemed to$9$ distance$1$ every pain$0$,
315:443,20@a   | and make$1$ her incapable of suitably sharing the distress$0$
315:443,21@a   | even$5$ of those whose$6#1$ distress$0$ she thought$1$ of most. $MP#I$Julia's
315:443,22@a   | elopement could affect her comparatively but little; she
315:443,23@a   | was amazed and shocked; but it could not occupy her,
315:443,24@a   | could not dwell on$4$ her mind$0$. She was obliged to$9$ call$1$
315:443,25@a   | herself to$9$ think of it, and acknowledge it to$9$ be terrible
315:443,26@a   | and grievous, or it was escaping her, in the midst of all
315:443,27@a   | the agitating, pressing joyful cares$0$ attending this summons
315:443,28@a   | to$4$ herself.
315:443,29'  !| There is nothing like$9$ employment, active, indispensable
315:443,30'  !| employment, for$4$ relieving sorrow. Employment, even$5$
315:443,31'  !| melancholy$0$, may$1$ dispel melancholy$0$, and her occupations
315:443,32'  !| were hopeful.
315:443,32@a   | She had so$5#1$ much to$9$ do, that$3$ not even$5$ the
315:443,33@a   | horrible story of $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth (now fixed to$4$ the last$2$
315:443,34@a   | point$0$ of certainty), could affect her as it had done before$5$.
315:443,35@a   | She had not time to$9$ be miserable. Within twenty-four
315:443,36@a   | hours she was hoping to$9$ be gone; her father and mother
315:443,37@a   | must be spoken to$4$, $MP#R$Susan prepared, every*thing got ready.
315:443,38'  !| Business followed business; the day was hardly long$9$
315:444, 1'  !| enough. The happiness she was imparting too$5#2$, happiness
315:444, 2'  !| very little alloyed by$4$ the black communication which$6#1$ must
315:444, 3'  !| briefly precede it ~ the joyful consent$0$ of her father and
315:444, 4'  !| mother to$4$ $MP#R$Susan's going with her ~ the general$2$ satisfaction
315:444, 5'  !| with which$6#1$ the going of both seemed regarded ~ and the
315:444, 6'  !| ecstacy of $MP#R$Susan herself, was all serving to$9$ support$1$ her
315:444, 7'  !| spirits.
315:444, 8'  !| The affliction of the $MP#E1$Bertrams was little felt in the
315:444, 9'  !| family. $MP#P$Mrs%*Price talked of her poor sister for$4$ a few
315:444,10'  !| minutes ~ but how to$9$ find any*thing to$9$ hold$1$ $MP#R$Susan's
315:444,11'  !| clothes, because $MP#T$Rebecca took away all the boxes and
315:444,12'  !| spoilt them, was much more in her thoughts, and as for$4$
315:444,13'  !| $MP#R$Susan, now unexpectedly gratified in the first wish$0$ of her
315:444,14'  !| heart, and knowing nothing personally of those who$6#1$ had
315:444,15'  !| sinned, or of those who$6#1$ were sorrowing ~ if she could help$1$
315:444,16'  !| rejoicing from beginning$0$ to$4$ end$0$, it was as much as ought to$9$
315:444,17'  !| be expected$1$ from human virtue at fourteen.
315:444,18'  !| As nothing was really left$1$ for$4$ the decision of $MP#P$Mrs%*Price,
315:444,19'  !| or the good offices of $MP#T$Rebecca, every*thing was rationally
315:444,20'  !| and duly accomplished, and the girls were ready for$4$ the
315:444,21'  !| morrow. The advantage of much sleep$0$ to$9$ prepare them
315:444,22'  !| for$4$ their journey, was impossible. The cousin who$6#1$ was
315:444,23'  !| travelling towards them, could hardly have less than
315:444,24'  !| visited their agitated spirits, one all happiness, the other all
315:444,25'  !| varying and indescribable perturbation.
315:444,26'  !| By$4$ eight in the morning, $MP#B$Edmund was in the house.
315:444,27'  !| The girls heard his entrance from above$5$, and $MP#A$Fanny went
315:444,28'  !| down$5$.
315:444,28@a   | The idea of immediately seeing him, with the
315:444,29@a   | knowledge of what$6#1$ he must be suffering, brought back$5$ all
315:444,30@a   | her own$2$ first feelings. He so$5#1$ near$4$ her, and in misery.
315:444,30'  !| She
315:444,31'  !| was ready to$9$ sink, as she entered the parlour. He was
315:444,32'  !| alone, and met her instantly; and she found herself pressed
315:444,33'  !| to$4$ his heart with only these words, just$9$ articulate$2$,
315:444,33B  !| "My
315:444,34B  !| $MP#A$Fanny ~ my only sister ~ my only comfort$0$ now."
315:444,34'  !| She
315:444,35'  !| could say nothing; nor for$4$ some minutes could he say
315:444,36'  !| more.
315:444,37'  !| He turned away to$9$ recover himself, and when he spoke
315:444,38'  !| again, though his voice still$5$ faltered, his manner showed
315:445, 1'  !| the wish$0$ of self-command, and the resolution of avoiding
315:445, 2'  !| any farther allusion.
315:445, 2B  !| "Have you breakfasted? ~ When
315:445, 3B  !| shall you be ready? ~ Does $MP#R$Susan go?"
315:445, 3'  !| were questions
315:445, 4'  !| following each other rapidly. His great object$0$ was to$9$ be off
315:445, 5'  !| as soon as possible. When Mansfield was considered, time
315:445, 6'  !| was precious; and the state$0$ of his own$2$ mind$0$ made him
315:445, 7'  !| find relief only in motion. It was settled$1$ that$3$ he should
315:445, 8'  !| order$1$ the carriage to$4$ the door in half an hour; $MP#A$Fanny
315:445, 9'  !| answered for$4$ their having breakfasted, and being$1$ quite
315:445,10'  !| ready in half an hour.
315:445,10@b   | He had already ate, and declined
315:445,11@b   | staying for$4$ their meal. He would walk$1$ round$4$ the ramparts,
315:445,12@b   | and join them with the carriage. He was gone again, glad
315:445,13@b   | to$9$ get away even$5$ from $MP#A$Fanny.
315:445,14@a   | He looked very ill; evidently suffering under violent
315:445,15@a   | emotions, which$6#1$ he was determined$2$ to$9$ suppress. She knew
315:445,16@a   | it must be so$5#2$, but it was terrible to$4$ her.
315:445,17'  !| The carriage came; and he entered the house again at
315:445,18'  !| the same moment, just$9$ in time to$9$ spend a few minutes with
315:445,19'  !| the family, and be a witness$0$ ~ but that$3$ he saw nothing ~ of
315:445,20'  !| the tranquil manner in which$6#1$ the daughters were parted
315:445,21'  !| with, and just$9$ in time to$9$ prevent their sitting$1$ down$5$ to$4$ the
315:445,22'  !| breakfast*table, which$6#1$ by$4$ dint of much unusual activity,
315:445,23'  !| was quite and completely ready as the carriage drove from
315:445,24'  !| the door. $MP#A$Fanny's last$2$ meal in her father's house was in
315:445,25'  !| character with her first; she was dismissed from it as
315:445,26'  !| hospitably as she had been welcomed.
315:445,27'  !| How her heart swelled with joy and gratitude, as she
315:445,28'  !| passed the barriers of Portsmouth, and how $MP#R$Susan's face$0$
315:445,29'  !| wore its broadest smiles, may$1$ be easily conceived. Sitting$1$
315:445,30'  !| forwards, however, and screened by$4$ her bonnet, those
315:445,31'  !| smiles were unseen.
315:445,32'  !| The journey was likely to$9$ be a silent one. $MP#B$Edmund's
315:445,33'  !| deep sighs often reached $MP#A$Fanny. Had he been alone with
315:445,34'  !| her, his heart must have opened in spite$8$ of every resolution;
315:445,35'  !| but $MP#R$Susan's presence drove him quite into himself, and his
315:445,36'  !| attempts to$9$ talk$1$ on$4$ indifferent subjects could never be long$9$
315:445,37'  !| supported.
315:445,38'  !| $MP#A$Fanny watched him with never-failing solicitude, and
315:446, 1'  !| sometimes catching his eye, received an affectionate smile$0$,
315:446, 2'  !| which$6#1$ comforted her; but the first day's journey passed
315:446, 3'  !| without her hearing a word from him on$4$ the subjects that$6#1$
315:446, 4'  !| were weighing him down$5$. The next morning produced
315:446, 5'  !| a little more. Just$9$ before$4$ their setting out$5$ from Oxford,
315:446, 6'  !| while$9$ $MP#R$Susan was stationed at a window, in eager observation
315:446, 7'  !| of the departure of a large family from the inn, the
315:446, 8'  !| other two were standing$1$ by$4$ the fire$0$; and $MP#B$Edmund,
315:446, 9'  !| particularly struck by$4$ the alteration in $MP#A$Fanny's looks$0$, and
315:446,10'  !| from his ignorance of the daily evils of her father's house,
315:446,11'  !| attributing an undue share$0$ of the change$0$, attributing \all\ to$4$
315:446,12'  !| the recent event, took her hand$0$, and said in a low, but very
315:446,13'  !| expressive tone,
315:446,13B  !| "No$2$ wonder$0$ ~ you must feel it ~ you must
315:446,14B  !| suffer. How a man who$6#1$ had once loved, could desert$1$ you|
315:446,15B  !| But \your's\ ~ your regard$0$ was new compared with ~
315:446,16B  !| $MP#A$Fanny, think of \me\|"
315:446,17'  !| The first division of their journey occupied a long$9$ day,
315:446,18'  !| and brought them almost knocked up, to$4$ Oxford; but the
315:446,19'  !| second$2$ was over at a much earlier hour. They were in the
315:446,20'  !| environs of Mansfield long$9$ before$4$ the usual dinner-time,
315:446,21'  !| and as they approached the beloved place$0$, the hearts of
315:446,22'  !| both sisters sank a little. $MP#A$Fanny began to$9$ dread$1$ the
315:446,23'  !| meeting$0$ with her aunts and $MP#G$Tom, under so$5#1$ dreadful
315:446,24'  !| a humiliation; and $MP#R$Susan to$9$ feel with some anxiety, that$3$
315:446,25'  !| all her best manners, all her lately acquired knowledge of
315:446,26'  !| what$6#1$ was practised here, was on$4$ the point$0$ of being$1$ called
315:446,27'  !| into action. Visions of good and ill*breeding, of old
315:446,28'  !| vulgarisms and new gentilities were before$4$ her; and she
315:446,29'  !| was meditating much upon silver forks, napkins, and
315:446,30'  !| finger*glasses. $MP#A$Fanny had been every*where awake$2$ to$4$ the
315:446,31'  !| difference of the country since February; but, when they
315:446,32'  !| entered the Park, her perceptions and her pleasures were of
315:446,33'  !| the keenest sort. It was three months, full three months,
315:446,34'  !| since her quitting it; and the change$0$ was from winter to$4$
315:446,35'  !| summer. Her eye fell every*where on$4$ lawns and plantations
315:446,36'  !| of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully
315:446,37'  !| clothed, were in that$6#2$ delightful state$0$, when farther beauty
315:446,38'  !| is known to$9$ be at hand$0$, and when, while$9$ much is actually
315:447, 1'  !| given to$4$ the sight, more yet remains$1$ for$4$ the imagination.
315:447, 2'  !| Her enjoyment, however, was for$4$ herself alone. $MP#B$Edmund
315:447, 3'  !| could not share$1$ it. She looked at him, but he was leaning
315:447, 4'  !| back$5$, sunk in a deeper gloom than ever, and with eyes
315:447, 5'  !| closed as if the view$0$ of cheerfulness oppressed him, and the
315:447, 6'  !| lovely scenes of home must be shut out$5$.
315:447, 7'  !| It made her melancholy$2$ again; and the knowledge of
315:447, 8'  !| what$6#1$ must be enduring there, invested even$5$ the house,
315:447, 9'  !| modern, airy, and well$9$ situated as it was, with a melancholy$2$
315:447,10'  !| aspect.
315:447,11'  !| By$4$ one of the suffering party within, they were expected$1$
315:447,12'  !| with such impatience as she had never known before$5$.
315:447,13'  !| $MP#A$Fanny had scarcely passed the solemn-looking servants,
315:447,14'  !| when $MP#F$Lady*Bertram came from the drawing-room to$9$ meet$1$
315:447,15'  !| her; came with no$2$ indolent step$0$; and, falling on$4$ her neck,
315:447,16'  !| said,
315:447,16F  !| "Dear$2#1$ $MP#A$Fanny| now I shall be comfortable."
316:448, 1'  !| It had been a miserable party, each of the three
316:448, 2'  !| believing themselves most miserable. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
316:448, 3'  !| however, as most attached to$4$ $MP#H$Maria, was really the
316:448, 4'  !| greatest sufferer. $MP#H$Maria was her first favourite$0$, the
316:448, 5'  !| dearest of all; the match$0$ had been her own$2$ contriving,
316:448, 6'  !| as she had been wont with such pride of heart to$9$ feel and
316:448, 7'  !| say, and this conclusion of it almost overpowered her.
316:448, 8'  !| She was an altered creature, quieted, stupified, indifferent
316:448, 9'  !| to$4$ every*thing that$6#1$ passed. The being$1$ left$1$ with her
316:448,10'  !| sister and nephew, and all the house under her care$0$, had
316:448,11'  !| been an advantage entirely thrown away; she had been
316:448,12'  !| unable to$9$ direct$1$ or dictate$1$, or even$5$ fancy$1$ herself useful.
316:448,13'  !| When really touched by$4$ affliction, her active powers had
316:448,14'  !| been all benumbed; and neither $MP#F$Lady*Bertram nor $MP#G$Tom
316:448,15'  !| had received from her the smallest support$0$ or attempt$0$ at
316:448,16'  !| support$0$. She had done no$2$ more for$4$ them, than they had
316:448,17'  !| done for$4$ each other. They had been all solitary, helpless,
316:448,18'  !| and forlorn alike; and now the arrival of the others only
316:448,19'  !| established her superiority in wretchedness. Her companions
316:448,20'  !| were relieved, but there was no$2$ good for$4$ \her\.
316:448,21'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was almost as welcome$2$ to$4$ his brother, as $MP#A$Fanny
316:448,22'  !| to$4$ her aunt; but $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, instead of having comfort$0$
316:448,23'  !| from either, was but the more irritated by$4$ the sight of the
316:448,24'  !| person whom$6#1$, in the blindness of her anger$0$, she could have
316:448,25'  !| charged as the da*emon of the piece.
316:448,25@j   | Had $MP#A$Fanny accepted
316:448,26@j   | $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, this could not have happened.
316:448,27'  !| $MP#R$Susan, too$5#2$, was a grievance. She had not spirits to$9$
316:448,28'  !| notice$1$ her in more than a few repulsive looks$0$, but she felt
316:448,29'  !| her as a spy, and an intruder, and an indigent niece, and
316:448,30'  !| every*thing most odious. By$4$ her other aunt, $MP#R$Susan was
316:448,31'  !| received with quiet$2$ kindness. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram could not
316:448,32'  !| give her much time, or many words, but she felt her, as
316:448,33'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's sister, to$9$ have a claim$0$ at Mansfield, and was ready
316:448,34'  !| to$9$ kiss$1$ and like$1$ her; and $MP#R$Susan was more than satisfied$1$,
316:448,34'  !| for$3$
316:449, 1'  !| she came perfectly aware, that$3$ nothing but ill*humour was
316:449, 2'  !| to$9$ be expected$1$ from Aunt $MP#J$Norris; and was so$5#1$ provided$1$
316:449, 3'  !| with happiness, so$5#1$ strong in that$6#2$ best of blessings, an
316:449, 4'  !| escape$0$ from many certain evils, that$3$ she could have stood
316:449, 5'  !| against a great deal$0#2$ more indifference than she met with
316:449, 6'  !| from the others.
316:449, 7'  !| She was now left$1$ a good deal$0#2$ to$4$ herself, to$9$ get acquainted
316:449, 8'  !| with the house and grounds as she could, and spent her
316:449, 9'  !| days very happily in so$5#2$ doing, while$9$ those who$6#1$ might
316:449,10'  !| otherwise have attended to$4$ her, were shut up, or wholly
316:449,11'  !| occupied each with the person quite dependant on$4$ them, at
316:449,12'  !| this time, for$4$ every*thing like$9$ comfort$0$; $MP#B$Edmund trying$1$
316:449,13'  !| to$9$ bury his own$2$ feelings in exertions for$4$ the relief of his
316:449,14'  !| brother's, and $MP#A$Fanny devoted to$4$ her aunt $MP#F$Bertram,
316:449,15'  !| returning to$4$ every former office, with more than former
316:449,16'  !| zeal, and thinking she could never do enough for$4$ one who$6#1$
316:449,17'  !| seemed so$5#1$ much to$9$ want$1$ her.
316:449,18'  !| To$9$ talk$1$ over the dreadful business with $MP#A$Fanny, talk$1$
316:449,19'  !| and lament, was all $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's consolation. To$9$ be
316:449,20'  !| listened to$4$ and borne with, and hear the voice of kindness
316:449,21'  !| and sympathy in return$0$, was every*thing that$6#1$ could be
316:449,22'  !| done for$4$ her. To$9$ be otherwise comforted was out$8$ of the
316:449,23'  !| question$0$. The case admitted of no$2$ comfort$0$. $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
316:449,24'  !| did not think deeply, but, guided by$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
316:449,25'  !| she thought$1$ justly on$4$ all important points; and she saw,
316:449,26'  !| therefore, in all its enormity, what$6#1$ had happened, and
316:449,27'  !| neither endeavoured herself, nor required $MP#A$Fanny to$9$ advise
316:449,28'  !| her, to$9$ think little of guilt and infamy.
316:449,29'  !| Her affections were not acute, nor was her mind$0$
316:449,30'  !| tenacious. After$4$ a time, $MP#A$Fanny found it not impossible to$9$
316:449,31'  !| direct$1$ her thoughts to$4$ other subjects, and revive some
316:449,32'  !| interest$0$ in the usual occupations; but whenever $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
316:449,33'  !| \was\ fixed on$4$ the event, she could see it only in
316:449,34'  !| one light$0$, as comprehending the loss of a daughter, and
316:449,35'  !| a disgrace$0$ never to$9$ be wiped off.
316:449,36'  !| $MP#A$Fanny learnt from her, all the particulars which$6#1$ had yet
316:449,37'  !| transpired. Her aunt was no$2$ very methodical narrator;
316:449,38'  !| but with the help$0$ of some letters to$4$ and from $MP#E$Sir*Thomas,
316:450, 1'  !| and what$6#1$ she already knew herself, and could reasonably
316:450, 2'  !| combine, she was soon able to$9$ understand quite as much as
316:450, 3'  !| she wished of the circumstances attending the story.
316:450, 4'  !| $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth had gone, for$4$ the Easter holidays, to$4$
316:450, 5'  !| Twickenham, with a family whom$6#1$ she had just$9$ grown
316:450, 6'  !| intimate$2$ with ~ a family of lively, agreeable manners, and
316:450, 7'  !| probably of morals and discretion to$9$ suit$1$ ~ for$3$ to$4$ \their\
316:450, 8'  !| house $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford had constant access at all times. His
316:450, 9'  !| having been in the same neighbourhood, $MP#A$Fanny already
316:450,10'  !| knew. $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth had been gone, at this time, to$4$
316:450,11'  !| Bath$0#1$, to$9$ pass$1$ a few days with his mother, and bring her
316:450,12'  !| back$5$ to$4$ town, and $MP#H$Maria was with these friends without
316:450,13'  !| any restraint, without even$5$ $MP#I$Julia; for$3$ $MP#I$Julia had removed
316:450,14'  !| from Wimpole*Street two or three weeks before$5$, on$4$ a visit$0$
316:450,15'  !| to$4$ some relations of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas; a removal which$6#1$ her
316:450,16'  !| father and mother were now disposed to$9$ attribute to$4$
316:450,17'  !| some view$0$ of convenience on$4$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates's account$0$. Very
316:450,18'  !| soon after$4$ the $MP#U1$Rushworths' return$0$ to$4$ Wimpole*Street,
316:450,19'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas had received a letter from an old and most
316:450,20'  !| particular friend in London, who$6#1$ hearing and witnessing
316:450,21'  !| a good deal$0#2$ to$9$ alarm$1$ him in that$6#2$ quarter$0#2$, wrote to$9$ recommend
316:450,22'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's coming to$4$ London himself, and using
316:450,23'  !| his influence$0$ with his daughter, to$9$ put an end$0$ to$4$ an
316:450,24'  !| intimacy which$6#1$ was already exposing her to$4$ unpleasant
316:450,25'  !| remarks, and evidently making $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth uneasy.
316:450,26'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas was preparing to$9$ act$1$ upon this letter,
316:450,27'  !| without communicating its contents to$4$ any creature at
316:450,28'  !| Mansfield, when it was followed by$4$ another, sent express$0$
316:450,29'  !| from the same friend, to$9$ break to$4$ him the almost desperate
316:450,30'  !| situation in which$6#1$ affairs then stood with the young people.
316:450,31'  !| $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth had left$1$ her husband's house; $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth
316:450,32'  !| had been in great anger$0$ and distress$0$ to$4$ \him\
316:450,33'  !| ($MP#ZK$Mr%*Harding), for$4$ his advice; $MP#ZK$Mr%*Harding feared
316:450,34'  !| there had been \at\ \least\, very flagrant indiscretion. The
316:450,35'  !| maid-servant of $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth, senior, threatened
316:450,36'  !| alarmingly. He was doing all in his power to$9$ quiet$1$ every*thing,
316:450,37'  !| with the hope$0$ of $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth's return$0$, but was
316:450,38'  !| so$5#1$ much counteracted in Wimpole*Street by$4$ the influence$0$
316:451, 1'  !| of $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's mother, that$3$ the worst consequences
316:451, 2'  !| might be apprehended.
316:451, 3'  !| This dreadful communication could not be kept from the
316:451, 4'  !| rest$0#1$ of the family. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas set$1$ off; $MP#B$Edmund would go
316:451, 5'  !| with him; and the others had been left$1$ in a state$0$ of
316:451, 6'  !| wretchedness, inferior only to$4$ what$6#1$ followed the receipt of
316:451, 7'  !| the next letters from London. Every*thing was by$4$ that$6#2$
316:451, 8'  !| time public$2$ beyond$4$ a hope$0$. The servant of $MP#V$Mrs%*Rushworth,
316:451, 9'  !| the mother, had exposure in her power, and,
316:451,10'  !| supported by$4$ her mistress, was not to$9$ be silenced. The
316:451,11'  !| two ladies, even$5$ in the short$2$ time they had been together,
316:451,12'  !| had disagreed; and the bitterness of the elder against her
316:451,13'  !| daughter-in-law might, perhaps, arise almost as much from
316:451,14'  !| the personal disrespect with which$6#1$ she had herself been
316:451,15'  !| treated, as from sensibility for$4$ her son.
316:451,16'  !| However that$6#2$ might be, she was unmanageable. But
316:451,17'  !| had she been less obstinate, or of less weight with her son,
316:451,18'  !| who$6#1$ was always guided by$4$ the last$2$ speaker, by$4$ the person
316:451,19'  !| who$6#1$ could get hold$0$ of and shut him up, the case would still$5$
316:451,20'  !| have been hopeless, for$3$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth did not appear
316:451,21'  !| again, and there was every reason$0$ to$9$ conclude her to$9$ be
316:451,22'  !| concealed somewhere with $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford, who$6#1$ had quitted
316:451,23'  !| his uncle's house, as for$4$ a journey, on$4$ the very day of her
316:451,24'  !| absenting herself.
316:451,25'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, however, remained yet a little longer in
316:451,26'  !| town, in the hope$0$ of discovering, and snatching her from
316:451,27'  !| farther vice, though all was lost on$4$ the side$0$ of character.
316:451,28'  !| \His\ present$9$ state$0$, $MP#A$Fanny could hardly bear$1$ to$9$ think of.
316:451,29'  !| There was but one of his children who$6#1$ was not at this time
316:451,30'  !| a source of misery to$4$ him. $MP#G$Tom's complaints had been
316:451,31'  !| greatly heightened by$4$ the shock$0$ of his sister's conduct$0$, and
316:451,32'  !| his recovery so$5#1$ much thrown back$5$ by$4$ it, that$3$ even$5$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram
316:451,33'  !| had been struck by$4$ the difference, and all her
316:451,34'  !| alarms were regularly sent off to$4$ her husband; and $MP#I$Julia's
316:451,35'  !| elopement, the additional blow which$6#1$ had met him on$4$ his
316:451,36'  !| arrival in London, though its force$0$ had been deadened at
316:451,37'  !| the moment, must, she knew, be sorely felt. She saw that$3$
316:451,38'  !| it was. His letters expressed
316:451,38@e   | how much he deplored it.
316:452, 1@e   | Under any circumstances it would have been an unwelcome
316:452, 2@e   | alliance, but to$9$ have it so$5#1$ clandestinely formed, and such
316:452, 3@e   | a period chosen for$4$ its completion, placed $MP#I$Julia's feelings
316:452, 4@e   | in a most unfavourable light$0$, and severely aggravated the
316:452, 5@e   | folly of her choice$0$. He called it a bad thing, done in the
316:452, 6@e   | worst manner, and at the worst time; and though $MP#I$Julia
316:452, 7@e   | was yet as more pardonable than $MP#H$Maria as folly than vice,
316:452, 8@e   | he could not but regard$1$ the step$0$ she had taken, as opening
316:452, 9@e   | the worst probabilities of a conclusion hereafter, like$9$ her
316:452,10@e   | sister's. Such was his opinion of the set$0$ into which$6#1$ she had
316:452,11@e   | thrown herself.
316:452,12'  !| $MP#A$Fanny felt for$4$ him most acutely.
316:452,12@a   | He could have no$2$
316:452,13@a   | comfort$0$ but in $MP#B$Edmund. Every other child must be racking
316:452,14@a   | his heart. His displeasure against herself she trusted,
316:452,15@a   | reasoning differently from $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris, would now be
316:452,16@a   | done away. \She\ should be justified. $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford would
316:452,17@a   | have fully acquitted her conduct$0$ in refusing him, but this,
316:452,18@a   | though most material$2$ to$4$ herself, would be poor consolation
316:452,19@a   | to$9$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas. Her uncle's displeasure was terrible to$4$ her;
316:452,20@a   | but what$6#2$ could her justification, or her gratitude and
316:452,21@a   | attachment do for$4$ him? His stay$0$ must be on$4$ $MP#B$Edmund
316:452,22@a   | alone.
316:452,23'  !| She was mistaken, however, in supposing that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund
316:452,24'  !| gave his father no$2$ present$9$ pain$0$. It was of a much less
316:452,25'  !| poignant nature than what$6#1$ the others excited; but $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
316:452,26'  !| was
316:452,26@e   | considering his happiness as very deeply
316:452,27@e   | involved in the offence of his sister and friend, cut$9$ off by$4$
316:452,28@e   | it as he must be from the woman, whom$6#1$ he had been
316:452,29@e   | pursuing with undoubted attachment, and strong probability
316:452,30@e   | of success; and who$6#1$ in every*thing but this
316:452,31@e   | despicable brother, would have been so$5#1$ eligible a connection.
316:452,32@e   | He was aware of what$6#1$ $MP#B$Edmund must be suffering on$4$
316:452,33@e   | his own$2$ behalf in addition to$4$ all the rest$0#1$, when they were in
316:452,34@e   | town; he had seen or conjectured his feelings, and having
316:452,35@e   | reason$0$ to$9$ think that$3$ \one\ interview with $MP#C$Miss*Crawford had
316:452,36@e   | taken place$0$, from which$6#1$ $MP#B$Edmund derived only increased
316:452,37@e   | distress$0$, had been as anxious on$4$ that$6#2$ account$0$ as on$4$ others,
316:452,38@e   | to$9$ get him out$8$ of town, and had engaged him in taking
316:453, 1@e   | $MP#A$Fanny home to$4$ her aunt, with a view$0$ to$4$ his relief and
316:453, 2@e   | benefit, no$2$ less than theirs.
316:453, 2'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was not in the secret$0$
316:453, 3'  !| of her uncle's feelings, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas not in the secret$0$ of
316:453, 4'  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's character. Had he been privy to$4$ her
316:453, 5'  !| conversation with his son, he would not have wished her to$9$
316:453, 6'  !| belong to$4$ him, though her twenty thousand pounds had
316:453, 7'  !| been forty.
316:453, 8'  !| That$3$ $MP#B$Edmund must be for*ever divided from $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
316:453, 9'  !| did not admit of a doubt$0$ with $MP#A$Fanny; and yet, till
316:453,10'  !| she knew that$3$ he felt the same, her own$2$ conviction was
316:453,11'  !| insufficient.
316:453,11@a   | She thought$1$ he did, but she wanted to$9$ be
316:453,12@a   | assured of it. If he would now speak to$4$ her with the
316:453,13@a   | unreserve which$6#1$ had sometimes been too$5#1$ much for$4$ her
316:453,14@a   | before$5$, it would be most consoling; but \that$6#2$\ she found was
316:453,15@a   | not to$9$ be. She seldom saw him ~ never alone ~ he probably
316:453,16@a   | avoided being$1$ alone with her. What$6#2$ was to$9$ be inferred?
316:453,17@a   | That$3$ his judgment submitted to$4$ all his own$2$ peculiar and
316:453,18@a   | bitter share$0$ of this family affliction, but that$3$ it was too$5#1$
316:453,19@a   | keenly felt to$9$ be a subject$0$ of the slightest communication.
316:453,20@a   | This must be his state$0$. He yielded, but it was with
316:453,21@a   | agonies, which$6#1$ did not admit of speech. Long$9$, long$9$ would
316:453,22@a   | it be ere $MP#C$Miss*Crawford's name$0$ passed his lips again, or she
316:453,23@a   | could hope$1$ for$4$ a renewal of such confidential intercourse as
316:453,24@a   | had been.
316:453,25'  !| It \was\ long$9$. They reached Mansfield on$4$ Thursday, and
316:453,26'  !| it was not till Sunday evening that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund began to$9$ talk$1$
316:453,27'  !| to$4$ her on$4$ the subject$0$. Sitting$1$ with her on$4$ Sunday evening
316:453,28'  !| ~ a wet$2$ Sunday evening ~ the very time of all others when
316:453,29'  !| if a friend is at hand$0$ the heart must be opened, and every*thing
316:453,30'  !| told ~ no*one else in the room, except his mother,
316:453,31'  !| who$6#1$, after$4$ hearing an affecting sermon, had cried herself to$4$
316:453,32'  !| sleep$1$ ~ it was impossible not to$9$ speak; and so$5#2$, with the
316:453,33'  !| usual beginnings, hardly to$9$ be traced as to$4$ what$6#1$ came first,
316:453,34'  !| and the usual declaration that$3$
316:453,34@b   | if she would listen to$4$ him for$4$
316:453,35@b   | a few minutes, he should be very brief, and certainly never
316:453,36@b   | tax$1$ her kindness in the same way again ~ she need$1$ not fear$1$
316:453,37@b   | a repetition ~ it would be a subject$0$ prohibited entirely ~
316:453,37'  !| he
316:453,38'  !| entered upon the luxury of relating circumstances and
316:454, 1'  !| sensations of the first interest$0$ to$4$ himself, to$4$ one of whose$6#1$
316:454, 2'  !| affectionate sympathy he was quite convinced.
316:454, 3'  !| How $MP#A$Fanny listened, with what$6#1$ curiosity and concern$0$,
316:454, 4'  !| what$6#1$ pain$0$ and what$6#1$ delight$0$, how the agitation of his voice
316:454, 5'  !| was watched, and how carefully her own$2$ eyes were fixed on$4$
316:454, 6'  !| any object$0$ but himself, may$1$ be imagined.
316:454, 6@a   | The opening
316:454, 7@a   | was alarming.
316:454, 7@b   | He had seen $MP#C$Miss*Crawford. He had been
316:454, 8@b   | invited to$9$ see her. He had received a note$0$ from $MP#ZZI$Lady*Stornaway
316:454, 9@b   | to$9$ beg him to$9$ call$1$; and regarding it as what$6#1$
316:454,10@b   | was meant to$9$ be the last$0$, last$2$ interview of friendship, and
316:454,11@b   | investing her with all the feelings of shame$0$ and wretchedness
316:454,12@b   | which$6#1$ $MP#D$Crawford's sister ought to$9$ have known, he had
316:454,13@b   | gone to$4$ her in such a state$0$ of mind$0$, so$5#1$ softened, so$5#1$ devoted,
316:454,14'  !| as made it for$4$ a few moments impossible to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's fears,
316:454,15'  !| that$3$ it should be the last$0$. But as he proceeded in his story,
316:454,16'  !| these fears were over.
316:454,16@b   | She had met him,
316:454,16'  !| he said,
316:454,16@b   | with
316:454,17@b   | a serious$2$ ~ certainly a serious$2$ ~ even$5$ an agitated air; but
316:454,18@b   | before$3$ he had been able to$9$ speak one intelligible sentence,
316:454,19@b   | she had introduced the subject$0$ in a manner which$6#1$ he
316:454,20@b   | owned had shocked him.
316:454,20C  !| "I heard you were in town,"
316:454,21B  !| said she ~
316:454,21C  !| "I wanted to$9$ see you. Let us talk$1$ over this sad
316:454,22C  !| business. What$6#2$ can equal$1$ the folly of our two relations?"
316:454,23C  !| ~
316:454,23B  !| "I could not answer$1$, but I believe my looks$0$ spoke.
316:454,24B  !| She felt reproved. Sometimes how quick$2$ to$9$ feel| With
316:454,25B  !| a graver look$0$ and voice she then added ~
316:454,25C  !| "I do not mean$1$
316:454,26C  !| to$9$ defend $MP#D$Henry at your sister's expense."
316:454,26B  !| So$3$ she began ~
316:454,27B  !| but how she went on$5$, $MP#A$Fanny, is not fit$9$ ~ is hardly fit$9$ to$9$
316:454,27B  !| be
316:454,28B  !| repeated to$4$ you. I cannot recall$1$ all her words. I would
316:454,29B  !| not dwell upon them if I could. Their substance was
316:454,30B  !| great anger$0$ at the \folly\ of each. She reprobated her
316:454,31B  !| brother's folly in being$1$ drawn on$5$ by$4$ a woman whom$6#1$ he
316:454,32B  !| had never cared for$4$, to$9$ do what$6#1$ must lose him the woman
316:454,33B  !| he adored; but still$5$ more the folly of ~ poor $MP#H$Maria, in
316:454,34B  !| sacrificing such a situation, plunging into such difficulties,
316:454,35B  !| under the idea of being$1$ really loved by$4$ a man who$6#1$ had long$9$
316:454,36B  !| ago made his indifference clear$2$. Guess$1$ what$6#1$ I must have
316:454,37B  !| felt. To$9$ hear the woman whom$6#1$ ~ no$2$ harsher name$0$ than
316:454,38B  !| folly given| ~ So$5#1$ voluntarily, so$5#1$ freely, so$5#1$ coolly to$9$ canvass
316:455, 1B  !| it| ~ No$2$ reluctance, no$2$ horror, no$2$ feminine ~ shall I say?
316:455, 2B  !| no$2$ modest loathings| ~ This is what$6#1$ the world does. For$3$
316:455, 3B  !| where, $MP#A$Fanny, shall we find a woman whom$6#1$ nature had so$5#1$
316:455, 4B  !| richly endowed? ~ Spoilt, spoilt| ~"
316:455, 5'  !| After$4$ a little reflection, he went on$5$ with a sort of desperate
316:455, 6'  !| calmness ~
316:455, 6B  !| "I will$1$ tell you every*thing, and then
316:455, 7B  !| have done for*ever. She saw it only as folly, and that$6#2$
316:455, 8B  !| folly stamped only by$4$ exposure. The want$0$ of common$2$
316:455, 9B  !| discretion, of caution$0$ ~ his going down$5$ to$4$ Richmond for$4$
316:455,10B  !| the whole$2$ time of her being$1$ at Twickenham ~ her putting
316:455,11B  !| herself in the power of a servant; ~ it was the detection
316:455,12B  !| in short$0$ ~ Oh| $MP#A$Fanny, it was the detection, not the
316:455,13B  !| offence which$6#1$ she reprobated. It was the imprudence
316:455,14B  !| which$6#1$ had brought things to$4$ extremity, and obliged her
316:455,15B  !| brother to$9$ give up every dearer plan, in order$8$ to$9$ fly$1$ with
316:455,16B  !| her."
316:455,17'  !| He stopt. ~
316:455,17A  !| "And what$6#2$,"
316:455,17'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny, (believing herself
316:455,18'  !| required to$9$ speak),
316:455,18A  !| "what$6#2$ could you say?"
316:455,19B  !| "Nothing, nothing to$9$ be understood. I was like$9$ a man
316:455,20B  !| stunned. She went on$5$, began to$9$ talk$1$ of you; ~ yes, then
316:455,21B  !| she began to$9$ talk$1$ of you, regretting, as well$9$ she might,
316:455,22B  !| the loss of such a ~. There she spoke very rationally.
316:455,23B  !| But she always has done justice to$4$ you.
316:455,23C  !| ""He has thrown
316:455,24C  !| away,""
316:455,24B  !| said she,
316:455,24C  !| ""such a woman as he will$1$ never see again.
316:455,25C  !| She would have fixed him, she would have made him happy
316:455,26C  !| for*ever."" ~
316:455,26B  !| My dearest $MP#A$Fanny, I am giving you I hope$1$
316:455,27B  !| more pleasure than pain$0$ by$4$ this retrospect of what$6#1$ might
316:455,28B  !| have been ~ but what$6#1$ never can be now. You do not
316:455,29B  !| wish$1$ me to$9$ be silent? ~ if you do, give me but a look$0$,
316:455,30B  !| a word, and I have done."
316:455,31'  !| No$2$ look$0$ or word was given.
316:455,32B  !| "Thank God|"
316:455,32'  !| said he.
316:455,32B  !| "We were all disposed to$9$
316:455,33B  !| wonder$1$ ~ but it seems to$9$ have been the merciful appointment
316:455,34B  !| of Providence that$3$ the heart which$6#1$ knew no$2$ guile,
316:455,35B  !| should not suffer. She spoke of you with high praise$0$ and
316:455,36B  !| warm$2$ affection; yet, even$5$ here, there was alloy, a dash
316:455,37B  !| of evil ~ for$3$ in the midst of it she could exclaim
316:455,37C  !| ""Why,
316:455,38C  !| would not she have him? It is all her fault. Simple$2$
316:456, 1C  !| girl| ~ I shall never forgive her. Had she accepted him
316:456, 2C  !| as she ought, they might now have been on$4$ the point$0$ of
316:456, 3C  !| marriage, and $MP#D$Henry would have been too$5#1$ happy and too$5#1$
316:456, 4C  !| busy to$9$ want$1$ any other object$0$. He would have taken
316:456, 5C  !| no$2$ pains to$9$ be on$4$ terms with $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth again. It
316:456, 6C  !| would have all ended in a regular standing$2$ flirtation, in
316:456, 7C  !| yearly meetings at Sotherton and Everingham.""
316:456, 8B  !| Could
316:456, 9B  !| you have believed it possible? ~ But the charm$0$ is broken.
316:456,10B  !| My eyes are opened."
316:456,10A  !| "Cruel|"
316:456,10'  !| said $MP#A$Fanny ~
316:456,10A  !| "quite cruel| At such a
316:456,11A  !| moment to$9$ give way to$4$ gaiety and to$9$ speak with lightness,
316:456,12A  !| and to$4$ you| ~ Absolute cruelty."
316:456,13B  !| "Cruelty, do you call$1$ it? ~ We differ there. No$7$, her's
316:456,14B  !| is not a cruel nature. I do not consider her as meaning$1$
316:456,15B  !| to$9$ wound$1#2$ my feelings. The evil lies$1$ yet deeper; in her
316:456,16B  !| total ignorance, unsuspiciousness of there being$1$ such feelings,
316:456,17B  !| in a perversion of mind$0$ which$6#1$ made it natural$2$ to$4$ her
316:456,18B  !| to$9$ treat$1$ the subject$0$ as she did. She was speaking only, as
316:456,19B  !| she had been used$1#2$ to$9$ hear others speak, as she imagined
316:456,20B  !| every*body else would speak. Her's are not faults of
316:456,21B  !| temper. She would not voluntarily give unnecessary pain$0$
316:456,22B  !| to$4$ any*one, and though I may$1$ deceive myself, I cannot but
316:456,23B  !| think that$3$ for$4$ me, for$4$ my feelings, she would ~ Her's are
316:456,24B  !| faults of principle, $MP#A$Fanny, of blunted delicacy and a corrupted,
316:456,25B  !| vitiated mind$0$. Perhaps it is best for$4$ me ~ since
316:456,26B  !| it leaves$1$ me so$5#1$ little to$4$ regret$1$. Not so$5#2$, however. Gladly
316:456,27B  !| would I submit to$4$ all the increased pain$0$ of losing her,
316:456,28B  !| rather than have to$9$ think of her as I do. I told her so$5#2$."
316:456,29A  !| "Did you?"
316:456,30B  !| "Yes, when I left$1$ her I told her so$5#2$."
316:456,31A  !| "How long$9$ were you together?"
316:456,32B  !| "Five and twenty minutes. Well$7$, she went on$5$ to$9$ say,
316:456,33B  !| that$3$ what$6#1$ remained now to$9$ be done, was to$9$ bring about$5$
316:456,34B  !| a marriage between them. She spoke of it, $MP#A$Fanny, with
316:456,35B  !| a steadier voice than I can."
316:456,35'  !| He was obliged to$9$ pause$1$
316:456,36'  !| more than once as he continued.
316:456,36C  !| "We must persuade
316:456,37C  !| $MP#D$Henry to$9$ marry her,"
316:456,37B  !| said she,
316:456,37C  !| "and what$6#1$ with honour$0$,
316:456,38C  !| and the certainty of having shut himself out$5$ for*ever from
316:457, 1C  !| $MP#A$Fanny, I do not despair$1$ of it. $MP#A$Fanny he must give up.
316:457, 2C  !| I do not think that$3$ even$5$ \he\ could now hope$1$ to$9$ succeed
316:457, 3C  !| with one of her stamp, and therefore I hope$1$ we may$1$ find
316:457, 4C  !| no$2$ insuperable difficulty. My influence$0$, which$6#1$ is not
316:457, 5C  !| small, shall all go that$6#2$ way; and, when once married,
316:457, 6C  !| and properly supported by$4$ her own$2$ family, people of
316:457, 7C  !| respectability as they are, she may$1$ recover her footing in
316:457, 8C  !| society to$4$ a certain degree. In some circles, we know, she
316:457, 9C  !| would never be admitted, but with good dinners, and large
316:457,10C  !| parties, there will$1$ always be those who$6#1$ will$1$ be glad of her
316:457,11C  !| acquaintance; and there is, undoubtedly, more liberality
316:457,12C  !| and candour on$4$ those points than formerly. What$6#1$ I
316:457,13C  !| advise is, that$3$ your father be quiet$2$. Do not let him
316:457,14C  !| injure his own$2$ cause by$4$ interference. Persuade him to$9$
316:457,15C  !| let things take their course$0$. If by$4$ any officious exertions
316:457,16C  !| of his, she is induced to$9$ leave$1$ $MP#D$Henry's protection, there
316:457,17C  !| will$1$ be much less chance$0$ of his marrying her, than if she
316:457,18C  !| remain with him. I know how he is likely to$9$ be influenced.
316:457,19C  !| Let $MP#E$Sir*Thomas trust$1$ to$4$ his honour$0$ and compassion, and
316:457,20C  !| it may$1$ all end$1$ well$9$; but if he get his daughter away, it will$1$
316:457,21C  !| be destroying the chief hold$0$."
316:457,22'  !| After$4$ repeating this, $MP#B$Edmund was so$5#1$ much affected,
316:457,23'  !| that$3$ $MP#A$Fanny, watching him with silent, but most tender$2$
316:457,24'  !| concern$0$, was almost sorry that$3$ the subject$0$ had been
316:457,25'  !| entered on$5$ at all. It was long$9$ before$3$ he could speak again.
316:457,26'  !| At last$0$,
316:457,26B  !| "Now, $MP#A$Fanny,"
316:457,26'  !| said he,
316:457,26B  !| "I shall soon have done.
316:457,27B  !| I have told you the substance of all that$6#1$ she said. As
316:457,28B  !| soon as I could speak, I replied that$3$ I had not supposed
316:457,29B  !| it possible, coming in such a state$0$ of mind$0$ into that$6#2$ house,
316:457,30B  !| as I had done, that$3$ any*thing could occur to$9$ make$1$ me
316:457,31B  !| suffer more, but that$3$ she had been inflicting deeper wounds
316:457,32B  !| in almost every sentence. That$3$, though I had, in the
316:457,33B  !| course$0$ of our acquaintance, been often sensible$2#1$ of some
316:457,34B  !| difference in our opinions, on$4$ points too$5#2$, of some moment,
316:457,35B  !| it had not entered my imagination to$9$ conceive the difference
316:457,36B  !| could be such as she had now proved it. That$3$ the
316:457,37B  !| manner in which$6#1$ she treated the dreadful crime committed
316:457,38B  !| by$4$ her brother and my sister ~ (with whom$6#1$ lay$1#2$ the greater
316:458, 1B  !| seduction I pretended not to$9$ say) ~ but the manner in
316:458, 2B  !| which$6#1$ she spoke of the crime itself, giving it every reproach$0$
316:458, 3B  !| but the right$2#1$, considering its ill consequences only as they
316:458, 4B  !| were to$9$ be braved or overborne by$4$ a defiance of decency
316:458, 5B  !| and impudence in wrong$0$; and, last$2$ of all, and above$4$ all,
316:458, 6B  !| recommending to$4$ us a compliance, a compromise, an
316:458, 7B  !| acquiescence, in the continuance of the sin, on$4$ the chance$0$
316:458, 8B  !| of a marriage which$6#1$, thinking as I now thought$1$ of her
316:458, 9B  !| brother, should rather be prevented than sought ~ all this
316:458,10B  !| together most grievously convinced me that$3$ I had never
316:458,11B  !| understood her before$5$, and that$3$, as far as related to$4$ mind$0$,
316:458,12B  !| it had been the creature of my own$2$ imagination, not
316:458,12B  !| $MP#C$Miss*Crawford,
316:458,13B  !| that$6#1$ I had been too$5#1$ apt to$9$ dwell on$5$ for$4$ many
316:458,14B  !| months past$9$. That$3$, perhaps it was best for$4$ me; I had
316:458,15B  !| less to$9$ regret$1$ in sacrificing a friendship ~ feelings ~ hopes$0$
316:458,16B  !| which$6#1$ must, at any rate$0$, have been torn from me now.
316:458,17B  !| And yet, that$3$ I must and would confess, that$3$, could I have
316:458,18B  !| restored$0$ her to$4$ what$6#1$ she had appeared to$4$ me before$5$, I
316:458,19B  !| would infinitely prefer any increase$0$ of the pain$0$ of parting,
316:458,20B  !| for$4$ the sake of carrying with me the right$0$ of tenderness
316:458,21B  !| and esteem$0$. This is what$6#1$ I said ~ the purport of it ~ but,
316:458,22B  !| as you may$1$ imagine, not spoken so$5#1$ collectedly or methodically
316:458,23B  !| as I have repeated it to$4$ you. She was astonished,
316:458,24B  !| exceedingly astonished ~ more than astonished. I saw
316:458,25B  !| her change$0$ countenance. She turned extremely red. I
316:458,26B  !| imagined I saw a mixture of many feelings ~ a great,
316:458,27B  !| though short$2$ struggle$0$ ~ half a wish$0$ of yielding to$4$ truths,
316:458,28B  !| half a sense of shame$0$ ~ but habit, habit carried it. She
316:458,29B  !| would have laughed if she could. It was a sort of laugh$0$,
316:458,30B  !| as she answered,
316:458,30C  !| ""A pretty$5$ good lecture upon my word.
316:458,31C  !| Was it part$0$ of your last$2$ sermon? At this rate$0$, you will$1$
316:458,32C  !| soon reform$1$ every*body at Mansfield and Thornton*Lacey;
316:458,33C  !| and when I hear of you next, it may$1$ be as a celebrated
316:458,34C  !| preacher in some great society of Methodists, or as a missionary
316:458,35C  !| into foreign parts.""
316:458,35B  !| She tried to$9$ speak carelessly;
316:458,36B  !| but she was not so$5#1$ careless as she wanted to$9$ appear. I
316:458,37B  !| only said in reply$0$, that$3$ from my heart I wished her well$9$,
316:458,38B  !| and earnestly hoped that$3$ she might soon learn to$9$ think
316:459, 1B  !| more justly, and not owe the most valuable knowledge
316:459, 2B  !| we could any of us acquire ~ the knowledge of ourselves
316:459, 3B  !| and of our duty, to$4$ the lessons of affliction ~ and immediately
316:459, 4B  !| left$1$ the room. I had gone a few steps, $MP#A$Fanny,
316:459, 5B  !| when I heard the door open$1$ behind me.
316:459, 5C  !| ""$MP#B$Mr%*Bertram,""
316:459, 6B  !| said she. I looked back$5$.
316:459, 6C  !| ""$MP#B$Mr%*Bertram,""
316:459, 6B  !| said she, with
316:459, 7B  !| a smile$0$ ~ but it was a smile$0$ ill-suited to$4$ the conversation
316:459, 8B  !| that$6#1$ had passed, a saucy playful smile$0$, seeming to$9$ invite,
316:459, 9B  !| in order$8$ to$9$ subdue me; at least, it appeared so$5#2$ to$4$ me.
316:459,10B  !| I resisted; it was the impulse of the moment to$9$ resist,
316:459,11B  !| and still$5$ walked on$5$. I have since ~ sometimes ~ for$4$ a
316:459,12B  !| moment ~ regretted that$3$ I did not go back$5$; but I know
316:459,13B  !| I was right$2#1$; and such has been the end$0$ of our acquaintance|
316:459,14B  !| And what$7$ an acquaintance has it been| How
316:459,15B  !| have I been deceived| Equally in brother and sister
316:459,16B  !| deceived| I thank you for$4$ your patience, $MP#A$Fanny. This
316:459,17B  !| has been the greatest relief, and now we will$1$ have done."
316:459,18'  !| And such was $MP#A$Fanny's dependance on$4$ his words, that$3$
316:459,19'  !| for$4$ five minutes she thought$1$ they \had\ done. Then, however,
316:459,20'  !| it all came on$5$ again, or something very like$9$ it, and
316:459,21'  !| nothing less than $MP#F$Lady*Bertram's rousing thoroughly up,
316:459,22'  !| could really close$1$ such a conversation. Till that$6#2$ happened,
316:459,23'  !| they continued to$9$ talk$1$ of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford alone, and how
316:459,24'  !| she had attached him, and how delightful nature had
316:459,25'  !| made her, and how excellent she would have been, had
316:459,26'  !| she fallen into good hands earlier. $MP#A$Fanny, now at liberty
316:459,27'  !| to$9$ speak openly,
316:459,27@a   | felt more than justified in adding to$4$ his
316:459,28@a   | knowledge of her real character, by$4$ some hint$0$ of what$6#1$
316:459,29@a   | share$0$ his brother's state$0$ of health might be supposed to$9$
316:459,30@a   | have in her wish$0$ for$4$ a complete$2$ reconciliation.
316:459,30'  !| This was
316:459,31'  !| not an agreeable intimation. Nature resisted it for$4$ a
316:459,32'  !| while$0$.
316:459,32@b   | It would have been a vast deal$0#2$ pleasanter to$9$ have
316:459,33@b   | had her more disinterested in her attachment;
316:459,33'  !| but his
316:459,34'  !| vanity was not of a strength to$9$ fight long$9$ against reason$0$.
316:459,35'  !| He submitted to$9$ believe, that$3$ $MP#G$Tom's illness had influenced
316:459,36'  !| her; only reserving for$4$ himself this consoling thought$1$,
316:459,37@b   | that$3$ considering the many counteractions of opposing
316:459,38@b   | habits, she had certainly been \more\ attached to$4$ him than
316:460, 1@b   | could have been expected$1$, and for$4$ his sake been more
316:460, 2@b   | near$4$ doing right$2#1$.
316:460, 2'  !| $MP#A$Fanny thought$1$ exactly the same; and
316:460, 3'  !| they were also quite agreed in their opinion of the lasting
316:460, 4'  !| effect$0$, the indelible impression, which$6#1$ such a disappointment
316:460, 5'  !| must make$1$ on$4$ his mind$0$. Time would undoubtedly
316:460, 6'  !| abate somewhat of his sufferings, but still$5$ it was a sort
316:460, 7'  !| of thing which$6#1$ he never could get entirely the better$9$ of;
316:460, 8'  !| and as to$4$ his ever meeting$9$ with any other woman who$6#1$
316:460, 9'  !| could ~ it was too$5#1$ impossible to$9$ be named but with indignation.
316:460,10'  !| $MP#A$Fanny's friendship was all that$6#1$ he had to$9$ cling to$4$.
317:461, 1'  !| Let other pens dwell on$4$ guilt and misery. I quit such
317:461, 2'  !| odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to$9$ restore every*body,
317:461, 3'  !| not greatly in fault themselves, to$4$ tolerable comfort$0$,
317:461, 4'  !| and to$9$ have done with all the rest$0#1$.
317:461, 5'  !| My $MP#A$Fanny indeed at this very time, I have the satisfaction
317:461, 6'  !| of knowing, must have been happy in spite$8$ of
317:461, 7'  !| every*thing. She must have been a happy creature in
317:461, 8'  !| spite$8$ of all that$6#1$ she felt or thought$1$ she felt, for$4$ the
317:461, 8'  !| distress$0$
317:461, 9'  !| of those around$4$ her. She had sources of delight$0$ that$6#1$ must
317:461,10'  !| force$1$ their way.
317:461,10@a   | She was returned to$4$ Mansfield*Park,
317:461,11@a   | she was useful, she was beloved; she was safe from $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford,
317:461,12@a   | and when $MP#E$Sir*Thomas came back$5$ she had every
317:461,13@a   | proof that$6#1$ could be given in his then melancholy$2$ state$0$
317:461,14@a   | of spirits, of his perfect$2$ approbation and increased regard$0$;
317:461,15@a   | and happy as all this must make$1$ her, she would still$5$ have
317:461,16@a   | been happy without any of it, for$3$ $MP#B$Edmund was no$2$ longer
317:461,17@a   | the dupe$0$ of $MP#C$Miss*Crawford.
317:461,18'  !| It is true, that$3$ $MP#B$Edmund was very far from happy himself.
317:461,19'  !| He was suffering from disappointment and regret$0$,
317:461,20'  !| grieving over what$6#1$ was, and wishing for$4$ what$6#1$ could never
317:461,21'  !| be. She knew it was so$5#2$, and was sorry; but it was with
317:461,22'  !| a sorrow so$5#1$ founded on$4$ satisfaction, so$5#1$ tending to$4$ ease$0$,
317:461,23'  !| and so$5#1$ much in harmony with every dearest sensation$0#1$,
317:461,24'  !| that$3$ there are few who$6#1$ might not have been glad to$9$
317:461,25'  !| exchange$1$ their greatest gaiety for$4$ it.
317:461,26'  !| $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, poor $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, a parent, and conscious
317:461,27'  !| of errors in his own$2$ conduct$0$ as a parent, was the longest
317:461,28'  !| to$9$ suffer.
317:461,28@e   | He felt that$3$ he ought not to$9$ have allowed the
317:461,29@e   | marriage, that$3$ his daughter's sentiments had been sufficiently
317:461,30@e   | known to$4$ him to$9$ render him culpable in authorising
317:461,31@e   | it, that$3$ in so$5#2$ doing he had sacrificed the right$0$ to$4$ the
317:461,32@e   | expedient$0$, and been governed by$4$ motives of selfishness
317:461,33@e   | and worldly wisdom.
317:461,33'  !| These were reflections that$6#1$ required
317:462, 1'  !| some time to$9$ soften; but time will$1$ do almost every*thing,
317:462, 2'  !| and though little comfort$0$ arose on$4$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth's side$0$
317:462, 3'  !| for$4$ the misery she had occasioned, comfort$0$ was to$9$ be
317:462, 4'  !| found greater than he had supposed, in his other children.
317:462, 5'  !| $MP#I$Julia's match$0$ became a less desperate business than he
317:462, 6'  !| had considered it at first.
317:462, 6@e   | She was humble$2$ and wishing
317:462, 7@e   | to$9$ be forgiven, and $MP#W$Mr%*Yates, desirous of being$1$ really
317:462, 8@e   | received into the family, was disposed to$9$ look$1$ up to$4$ him
317:462, 9@e   | and be guided. He was not very solid; but there was
317:462,10@e   | a hope$0$ of his becoming$1$ less trifling ~ of his being$1$ at least
317:462,11@e   | tolerably domestic$2$ and quiet$2$; and, at any rate$0$, there was
317:462,12@e   | comfort$0$ in finding his estate rather more, and his debts
317:462,13@e   | much less, than he had feared, and in being$1$ consulted and
317:462,14@e   | treated as the friend best worth attending to$4$.
317:462,14'  !| There was
317:462,15'  !| comfort$0$ also in $MP#G$Tom, who$6#1$ gradually regained his health,
317:462,16'  !| without regaining the thoughtlessness and selfishness of his
317:462,17'  !| previous habits. He was the better$9$ for*ever for$4$ his illness.
317:462,18'  !| He had suffered, and he had learnt to$9$ think, two advantages
317:462,19'  !| that$6#1$ he had never known before$5$; and the self-reproach
317:462,20'  !| arising from the deplorable event in Wimpole*Street,
317:462,21'  !| to$4$ which$6#1$ he felt himself accessary by$4$ all the dangerous
317:462,22'  !| intimacy of his unjustifiable theatre, made an
317:462,23'  !| impression on$4$ his mind$0$ which$6#1$, at the age of six-and-twenty,
317:462,24'  !| with no$2$ want$0$ of sense, or good companions, was durable
317:462,25'  !| in its happy effects. He became what$6#1$ he ought to$9$ be,
317:462,26'  !| useful to$4$ his father, steady and quiet$2$, and not living$9$ merely
317:462,27'  !| for$4$ himself.
317:462,28'  !| Here was comfort$0$ indeed| and quite as soon as $MP#E$Sir*Thomas
317:462,29'  !| could place$1$ dependence on$4$ such sources of good,
317:462,30'  !| $MP#B$Edmund was contributing to$4$ his father's ease$0$ by$4$ improvement
317:462,31'  !| in the only point$0$ in which$6#1$ \he\ had given him pain$0$
317:462,32'  !| before$5$ ~ improvement in his spirits. After$4$ wandering
317:462,33'  !| about$5$ and sitting$1$ under trees with $MP#A$Fanny all the summer
317:462,34'  !| evenings, he had so$5#1$ well$9$ talked his mind$0$ into submission,
317:462,35'  !| as to$9$ be very tolerably cheerful again.
317:462,36'  !| These were the circumstances and the hopes$0$ which$6#1$
317:462,37'  !| gradually brought their alleviation to$4$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas, deadening
317:462,38'  !| his sense of what$6#1$ was lost, and in part$0$ reconciling him
317:463, 1'  !| to$4$ himself; though the anguish arising from the conviction
317:463, 2'  !| of his own$2$ errors in the education of his daughters,
317:463, 3'  !| was never to$9$ be entirely done away.
317:463, 4@e   | Too$5#1$ late he became aware how unfavourable to$4$ the
317:463, 5@e   | character of any young people, must be the totally opposite
317:463, 6@e   | treatment which$6#1$ $MP#H$Maria and $MP#I$Julia had been always
317:463, 7@e   | experiencing at home, where the excessive indulgence
317:463, 8@e   | and flattery of their aunt had been continually contrasted
317:463, 9@e   | with his own$2$ severity. He saw how ill he had judged, in
317:463,10@e   | expecting to$9$ counteract what$6#1$ was wrong$9$ in $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
317:463,11@e   | by$4$ its reverse in himself, clearly saw that$3$ he had but
317:463,12@e   | increased the evil, by$4$ teaching them to$9$ repress their spirits
317:463,13@e   | in his presence, as to$9$ make$1$ their real disposition unknown
317:463,14@e   | to$4$ him, and sending them for$4$ all their indulgences to$4$ a
317:463,15@e   | person who$6#1$ had been able to$9$ attach them only by$4$ the
317:463,16@e   | blindness of her affection, and the excess of her praise$0$.
317:463,17@e   | Here had been grievous mismanagement; but, bad as
317:463,18@e   | it was, he gradually grew to$9$ feel that$3$ it had not been the
317:463,19@e   | most direful mistake$0$ in his plan of education. Something
317:463,20@e   | must have been wanting \within\, or time would have worn
317:463,21@e   | away much of its ill effect$0$. He feared that$3$ principle,
317:463,22@e   | active principle, had been wanting, that$3$ they had never
317:463,23@e   | been properly taught to$9$ govern their inclinations and
317:463,24@e   | tempers, by$4$ that$6#2$ sense of duty which$6#1$ can alone suffice.
317:463,25@e   | They had been instructed theoretically in their religion,
317:463,26@e   | but never required to$9$ bring it into daily practice$0$. To$9$ be
317:463,27@e   | distinguished for$4$ elegance and accomplishments ~ the
317:463,28@e   | authorised object$0$ of their youth ~ could have had no$2$ useful
317:463,29@e   | influence$0$ that$6#2$ way, no$2$ moral effect$0$ on$4$ the mind$0$. He had
317:463,30@e   | meant them to$9$ be good, but his cares$0$ had been directed
317:463,31@e   | to$4$ the understanding$0$ and manners, not the disposition;
317:463,32@e   | and of the necessity of self-denial and humility, he feared
317:463,33@e   | they had never heard from any lips that$6#1$ could profit
317:463,34@e   | them.
317:463,35@e   | Bitterly did he deplore a deficiency which$6#1$ now he could
317:463,36@e   | scarcely comprehend to$9$ have been possible. Wretchedly
317:463,37@e   | did he feel, that$3$ with all the cost$0$ and care$0$ of an anxious
317:463,38@e   | and expensive education, he had brought up his daughters,
317:464, 1@e   | without their understanding$1$ their first duties, or his being$1$
317:464, 2@e   | acquainted with their character and temper.
317:464, 3'  !| The high spirit and strong passions of $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth
317:464, 4'  !| especially, were made known to$4$ him only in their sad
317:464, 5'  !| result$0$. She was not to$9$ be prevailed on$5$ to$9$ leave$1$ $MP#D$Mr%*Crawford.
317:464, 6'  !| She hoped to$9$ marry him, and they continued
317:464, 7'  !| together till she was obliged to$9$ be convinced that$3$ such
317:464, 8'  !| hope$0$ was vain, and till the disappointment and wretchedness
317:464, 9'  !| arising from the conviction, rendered her temper so$5#1$
317:464,10'  !| bad, and her feelings for$4$ him so$5#1$ like$9$ hatred, as to$9$ make$1$
317:464,11'  !| them for$4$ a while$0$ each other's punishment, and then induce
317:464,12'  !| a voluntary separation.
317:464,13'  !| She had lived with him to$9$ be reproached as the ruin$0$ of
317:464,14'  !| all his happiness in $MP#A$Fanny, and carried away no$2$ better$9$
317:464,15'  !| consolation in leaving him, than that$3$ she \had\ divided
317:464,16'  !| them. What$6#2$ can exceed the misery of such a mind$0$ in
317:464,17'  !| such a situation?
317:464,18'  !| $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth had no$2$ difficulty in procuring a divorce;
317:464,19'  !| and so$5#2$ ended a marriage contracted under such circumstances
317:464,20'  !| as to$9$ make$1$ any better$9$ end$0$, the effect$0$ of good luck,
317:464,21'  !| not to$9$ be reckoned on$5$. She had despised him, and loved
317:464,22'  !| another ~ and he had been very much aware that$3$ it was
317:464,23'  !| so$5#2$. The indignities of stupidity, and the disappointments
317:464,24'  !| of selfish passion, can excite little pity$0$. His punishment
317:464,25'  !| followed his conduct$0$, as did a deeper punishment, the
317:464,26'  !| deeper guilt of his wife. \He\ was released from the engagement
317:464,27'  !| to$9$ be mortified and unhappy, till some other pretty$2$
317:464,28'  !| girl could attract him into matrimony again, and he might
317:464,29'  !| set$1$ forward$8$ on$4$ a second$2$, and it is to$9$ be hoped, more
317:464,29'  !| prosperous
317:464,30'  !| trial of the state$0$ ~ if duped, to$9$ be duped at least
317:464,31'  !| with good*humour and good luck; while$9$ \she\ must withdraw
317:464,32'  !| with infinitely stronger feelings to$4$ a retirement and
317:464,33'  !| reproach$0$, which$6#1$ could allow no$2$ second$2$ spring$0$ of hope$0$ or
317:464,34'  !| character.
317:464,35'  !| Where she could be placed, became a subject$0$ of most
317:464,36'  !| melancholy$2$ and momentous consultation. $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris,
317:464,37'  !| whose$6#1$ attachment seemed to$9$ augment with the demerits
317:464,38'  !| of her niece, would have had her received at home, and
317:465, 1'  !| countenanced by$4$ them all. $MP#E$Sir*Thomas would not hear
317:465, 2'  !| of it, and $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's anger$0$ against $MP#A$Fanny was so$5#1$ much
317:465, 3'  !| the greater, from considering \her\ residence there as the
317:465, 4'  !| motive. She persisted in placing his scruples to$4$ \her\
317:465, 5'  !| account$0$, though $MP#E$Sir*Thomas very solemnly assured her,
317:465, 6@e   | that$3$ had there been no$2$ young woman in question$0$, had
317:465, 7@e   | there been no$2$ young person of either sex belonging to$4$ him,
317:465, 8@e   | to$9$ be endangered by$4$ the society, or hurt by$4$ the character
317:465, 9@e   | of $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth, he would never have offered so$5#1$ great
317:465,10@e   | an insult to$4$ the neighbourhood, as to$9$ expect it to$9$ notice$1$
317:465,11@e   | her. As a daughter ~ he hoped a penitent one ~ she should
317:465,12@e   | be protected by$4$ him, and secured in every comfort$0$, and
317:465,13@e   | supported by$4$ every encouragement to$9$ do right$0$, which$6#1$
317:465,14@e   | their relative situations admitted; but farther than \that$6#2$\,
317:465,15@e   | he would not go. $MP#H$Maria had destroyed her own$2$ character,
317:465,16@e   | and he would not by$4$ a vain attempt$0$ to$9$ restore what$6#1$ never
317:465,17@e   | could be restored$0$, be affording his sanction to$4$ vice, or in
317:465,18@e   | seeking to$9$ lessen its disgrace$0$, be anywise accessary to$9$
317:465,19@e   | introducing such misery in another man's family, as he
317:465,20@e   | had known himself.
317:465,21'  !| It ended in $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's resolving to$9$ quit Mansfield,
317:465,22'  !| and devote herself to$4$ her unfortunate $MP#H$Maria, and in an
317:465,23'  !| establishment being$1$ formed for$4$ them in another country ~
317:465,24'  !| remote and private$2$, where, shut up together with little
317:465,25'  !| society, on$4$ one side$0$ no$2$ affection, on$4$ the other, no$2$ judgment,
317:465,26'  !| it may$1$ be reasonably supposed that$3$ their tempers became
317:465,27'  !| their mutual punishment.
317:465,28'  !| $MP#J$Mrs%*Norris's removal from Mansfield was the great
317:465,29'  !| supplementary comfort$0$ of $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's life.
317:465,29@e   | His opinion
317:465,30@e   | of her had been sinking from the day of his return$0$ from
317:465,31@e   | Antigua; in every transaction together from that$6#2$ period,
317:465,32@e   | in their daily intercourse, in business, or in chat$0$, she had
317:465,33@e   | been regularly losing ground in his esteem$0$, and convincing
317:465,34@e   | him that$3$ either time had done her much disservice, or that$3$
317:465,35@e   | he had considerably over-rated her sense, and wonderfully
317:465,36@e   | borne with her manners before$5$. He had felt her as an
317:465,37@e   | hourly evil, which$6#1$ was so$5#1$ much the worse, as there seemed
317:465,38@e   | no$2$ chance$0$ of its ceasing but with life; she seemed a part$0$ of
317:466, 1@e   | himself, that$6#1$ must be borne for*ever.
317:466, 1'  !| To$9$ be relieved from
317:466, 2'  !| her, therefore, was so$5#1$ great a felicity, that$3$ had she not left$1$
317:466, 3'  !| bitter remembrances behind her, there might have been
317:466, 4'  !| danger of his learning almost to$9$ approve the evil which$6#1$
317:466, 5'  !| produced such a good.
317:466, 6'  !| She was regretted by$4$ no*one at Mansfield. She had
317:466, 7'  !| never been able to$9$ attach even$5$ those she loved best, and
317:466, 8'  !| since $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth's elopement, her temper had been in
317:466, 9'  !| a state$0$ of such irritation, as to$9$ make$1$ her every*where
317:466,10'  !| tormenting. Not even$5$ $MP#A$Fanny had tears for$4$ aunt $MP#J$Norris ~
317:466,11'  !| not even$5$ when she was gone for*ever.
317:466,12'  !| That$3$ $MP#I$Julia escaped better$9$ than $MP#H$Maria was owing, in some
317:466,13'  !| measure$0$, to$4$ a favourable difference of disposition and
317:466,14'  !| circumstance, but in a greater to$4$ her having been less the
317:466,15'  !| darling of that$6#2$ very aunt, less flattered, and less spoilt.
317:466,16'  !| Her beauty and acquirements had held but a second$2$ place$0$.
317:466,17'  !| She had been always used$1#2$ to$9$ think herself a little inferior to$4$
317:466,18'  !| $MP#H$Maria. Her temper was naturally the easiest of the two,
317:466,19'  !| her feelings, though quick$2$, were more controulable; and
317:466,20'  !| education had not given her so$5#1$ very hurtful a degree of
317:466,21'  !| self-consequence.
317:466,22'  !| She had submitted the best to$4$ the disappointment in
317:466,23'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford. After$4$ the first bitterness of the conviction
317:466,24'  !| of being$1$ slighted was over, she had been tolerably soon
317:466,25'  !| in a fair way of not thinking of him again; and when the
317:466,26'  !| acquaintance was renewed in town, and $MP#U$Mr%*Rushworth's
317:466,27'  !| house became $MP#D$Crawford's object$0$, she had had the merit$0$ of
317:466,28'  !| withdrawing herself from it, and of chusing that$6#2$ time to$9$
317:466,29'  !| pay$1$ a visit$0$ to$4$ her other friends, in order$8$ to$9$ secure$1$ herself
317:466,30'  !| from being$1$ again too$5#1$ much attracted. This had been her
317:466,31'  !| motive in going to$4$ her cousins. $MP#W$Mr%*Yates's convenience
317:466,32'  !| had had nothing to$9$ do with it. She had been allowing his
317:466,33'  !| attentions some time, but with very little idea of ever
317:466,34'  !| accepting him; and, had not her sister's conduct$0$ burst$1$
317:466,35'  !| forth as it did, and her increased dread$0$ of her father and of
317:466,36'  !| home, on$4$ that$6#2$ event ~ imagining its certain consequence
317:466,37'  !| to$4$ herself would be greater severity and restraint ~ made
317:466,38'  !| her hastily resolve$1$ on$4$ avoiding such immediate horrors at
317:467, 1'  !| all risks, it is probable that$3$ $MP#W$Mr%*Yates would never have
317:467, 2'  !| succeeded. She had not eloped with any worse feelings
317:467, 3'  !| than those of selfish alarm$0$. It had appeared to$4$ her the
317:467, 4'  !| only thing to$9$ be done. $MP#H$Maria's guilt had induced $MP#I$Julia's
317:467, 5'  !| folly.
317:467, 6'  !| $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, ruined by$4$ early independence and bad
317:467, 7'  !| domestic$2$ example, indulged in the freaks of a cold-blooded
317:467, 8'  !| vanity a little too$5#1$ long$9$. Once it had, by$4$ an opening
317:467, 9'  !| undesigned and unmerited, led him into the way of
317:467,10'  !| happiness. Could he have been satisfied$1$ with the conquest
317:467,11'  !| of one amiable woman's affections, could he have found
317:467,12'  !| sufficient exultation in overcoming the reluctance, in
317:467,13'  !| working himself into the esteem$0$ and tenderness of $MP#A$Fanny*Price,
317:467,14'  !| there would have been every probability of success
317:467,15'  !| and felicity for$4$ him. His affection had already done
317:467,16'  !| something. Her influence$0$ over him had already given him
317:467,17'  !| some influence$0$ over her. Would he have deserved more,
317:467,18'  !| there can be no$2$ doubt$0$ that$3$ more would have been obtained;
317:467,19'  !| especially when that$6#2$ marriage had taken place$0$, which$6#1$
317:467,20'  !| would have given him the assistance of her conscience in
317:467,21'  !| subduing her first inclination, and brought them very
317:467,22'  !| often together. Would he have persevered, and uprightly,
317:467,23'  !| $MP#A$Fanny must have been his reward$0$ ~ and a reward$0$ very
317:467,24'  !| voluntarily bestowed ~ within a reasonable period from
317:467,25'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's marrying $MP#C$Mary.
317:467,26'  !| Had he done as he intended, and as he knew he ought, by$4$
317:467,27'  !| going down$5$ to$4$ Everingham after$4$ his return$0$ from Portsmouth,
317:467,28'  !| he might have been deciding his own$2$ happy destiny.
317:467,29'  !| But he was pressed to$9$ stay$1$ for$4$ $MP#ZH$Mrs%*Fraser's party; his
317:467,30'  !| staying was made of flattering consequence, and he was to$9$
317:467,31'  !| meet$1$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth there. Curiosity and vanity were
317:467,32'  !| both engaged, and the temptation of immediate pleasure
317:467,33'  !| was too$5#1$ strong for$4$ a mind$0$ unused to$9$ make$1$ any sacrifice$0$ to$4$
317:467,34'  !| right$0$; he resolved to$9$ defer his Norfolk journey, resolved
317:467,35'  !| that$3$ writing$0$ should answer$1$ the purpose of it, or that$3$ its
317:467,36'  !| purpose was unimportant ~ and staid. He saw $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth,
317:467,37'  !| was received by$4$ her with a coldness which$6#1$ ought
317:467,38'  !| to$9$ have been repulsive, and have established apparent
317:468, 1'  !| indifference between them for*ever; but he was mortified,
317:468, 2'  !| he could not bear$1$ to$9$ be thrown off by$4$ the woman whose$6#1$
317:468, 3'  !| smiles had been so$5#1$ wholly at his command$0$;
317:468, 3@d   | he must exert
317:468, 4@d   | himself to$9$ subdue so$5#1$ proud a display$0$ of resentment; it was
317:468, 5@d   | anger$0$ on$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's account$0$; he must get the better$9$ of it,
317:468, 6@d   | and make$1$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth $MP#H$Maria*Bertram again in her
317:468, 7@d   | treatment of himself.
317:468, 8'  !| In this spirit he began the attack$0$; and by$4$ animated
317:468, 9'  !| perseverance had soon re-established the sort of familiar
317:468,10'  !| intercourse ~ of gallantry ~ of flirtation which$6#1$ bounded his
317:468,11'  !| views, but in triumphing over the discretion, which$6#1$,
317:468,12'  !| though beginning$1$ in anger$0$, might have saved them both,
317:468,13'  !| he had put himself in the power of feelings on$4$ her side$0$,
317:468,14'  !| more strong than he had supposed. ~
317:468,14@d   | She loved him; there
317:468,15@d   | was no$2$ withdrawing attentions, avowedly dear$2#1$ to$4$ her.
317:468,15'  !| He
317:468,16'  !| was entangled by$4$ his own$2$ vanity, with as little excuse$0$
317:468,17'  !| of love$0$ as possible, and without the smallest inconstancy
317:468,18'  !| of mind$0$ towards her cousin. ~ To$9$ keep $MP#A$Fanny and the
317:468,19'  !| $MP#E1$Bertrams from a knowledge of what$6#1$ was passing$1$ became
317:468,20'  !| his first object$0$. Secrecy could not have been more
317:468,21'  !| desirable for$4$ $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth's credit$0$ than he felt it for$4$ his
317:468,22'  !| own$2$. ~ When he returned from Richmond, he would have
317:468,23'  !| been glad to$9$ see $MP#H$Mrs%*Rushworth no$2$ more. ~ All that$6#1$
317:468,24'  !| followed was the result$0$ of her imprudence; and he went
317:468,25'  !| off with her at last$0$, because he could not help$1$ it, regretting
317:468,26'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, even$5$ at the moment, but regretting her infinitely
317:468,27'  !| more, when all the bustle$0$ of the intrigue was over, and
317:468,28'  !| a very few months had taught him, by$4$ the force$0$ of contrast,
317:468,29'  !| to$9$ place$1$ a yet higher value$0$ on$4$ the sweetness of her temper,
317:468,30'  !| the purity of her mind$0$, and the excellence of her principles.
317:468,31'  !| That$3$ punishment, the public$2$ punishment of disgrace$0$,
317:468,32'  !| should in a just$2$ measure$0$ attend \his\ share$0$ of the offence, is,
317:468,33'  !| we know, not one of the barriers, which$6#1$ society gives to$4$
317:468,34'  !| virtue. In this world, the penalty is less equal$2$ than could
317:468,35'  !| be wished; but without presuming to$9$ look$1$ forward$8$ to$4$
317:468,36'  !| a juster appointment hereafter, we may$1$ fairly consider
317:468,37'  !| a man of sense like$9$ $MP#D$Henry*Crawford, to$9$ be providing for$4$
317:468,38'  !| himself no$2$ small portion of vexation and regret$0$ ~ vexation
317:469, 1'  !| that$6#1$ must rise$1$ sometimes to$4$ self-reproach, and regret$0$ to$4$
317:469, 2'  !| wretchedness ~ in having so$5#2$ requited hospitality, so$5#2$ injured
317:469, 3'  !| family peace, so$5#2$ forfeited his best, most estimable and
317:469, 4'  !| endeared acquaintance, and so$5#2$ lost the woman whom$6#1$ he
317:469, 5'  !| had rationally, as well$9$ as passionately loved.
317:469, 6'  !| After$4$ what$6#1$ had passed to$9$ wound$1#2$ and alienate the two
317:469, 7'  !| families, the continuance of the $MP#E1$Bertrams and $MP#M1$Grants in
317:469, 8'  !| such close$9$ neighbourhood would have been most distressing;
317:469, 9'  !| but the absence of the latter, for$4$ some months purposely
317:469,10'  !| lengthened, ended very fortunately in the necessity, or at
317:469,11'  !| least the practicability of a permanent removal. $MP#M$Dr%*Grant,
317:469,12'  !| through$4$ an interest$0$ on$4$ which$6#1$ he had almost ceased to$9$ form$1$
317:469,13'  !| hopes$0$, succeeded to$4$ a stall in Westminster, which$6#1$, as
317:469,14'  !| affording an occasion$0$ for$4$ leaving Mansfield, an excuse$0$ for$4$
317:469,15'  !| residence in London, and an increase$0$ of income to$9$ answer$1$
317:469,16'  !| the expenses of the change$0$, was highly acceptable to$4$ those
317:469,17'  !| who$6#1$ went, and those who$6#1$ staid.
317:469,18'  !| $MP#N$Mrs%*Grant, with a temper to$9$ love$1$ and be loved, must
317:469,19'  !| have gone with some regret$0$, from the scenes and people she
317:469,20'  !| had been used$1#2$ to$4$; but the same happiness of disposition
317:469,21'  !| must in any place$0$ and any society, secure$1$ her a great deal$0#2$
317:469,22'  !| to$9$ enjoy, and she had again a home to$9$ offer$1$ $MP#C$Mary; and
317:469,23'  !| $MP#C$Mary had had enough of her own$2$ friends, enough of vanity,
317:469,24'  !| ambition, love$0$, and disappointment in the course$0$ of the last$0$
317:469,25'  !| half year, to$9$ be in need$0$ of the true kindness of her sister's
317:469,26'  !| heart, and the rational tranquillity of her ways. ~ They
317:469,27'  !| lived together; and when $MP#M$Dr%*Grant had brought on$5$
317:469,28'  !| apoplexy and death, by$4$ three great institutionary dinners
317:469,29'  !| in one week, they still$5$ lived together; for$3$ $MP#C$Mary, though
317:469,30'  !| perfectly resolved against ever attaching herself to$4$
317:469,31'  !| a younger brother again, was long$9$ in finding among the
317:469,32'  !| dashing representatives, or idle heir*apparents, who$6#1$ were
317:469,33'  !| at the command$0$ of her beauty, and her 20_000L% any*one
317:469,34'  !| who$6#1$ could satisfy the better$9$ taste she had acquired at
317:469,35'  !| Mansfield, whose$6#1$ character and manners could authorise
317:469,36'  !| a hope$0$ of the domestic$2$ happiness she had there learnt to$9$
317:469,37'  !| estimate$1$, or put $MP#B$Edmund*Bertram sufficiently out$8$ of her
317:469,38'  !| head$0$.
317:470, 1'  !| $MP#B$Edmund had greatly the advantage of her in this
317:470, 2'  !| respect$0$. He had not to$9$ wait and wish$1$ with vacant
317:470, 3'  !| affections for$4$ an object$0$ worthy to$9$ succeed her in them.
317:470, 4'  !| Scarcely had he done regretting $MP#C$Mary*Crawford, and
317:470, 5'  !| observing to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny how impossible it was that$3$ he should
317:470, 6'  !| ever meet$1$ with such another woman, before$3$ it began to$9$
317:470, 7'  !| strike him
317:470, 7@b   | whether a very different kind$0$ of woman might
317:470, 8@b   | not do just$9$ as well$9$ ~ or a great deal$0#2$ better$9$; whether $MP#A$Fanny
317:470, 9@b   | herself were not growing as dear$2#1$, as important to$4$ him in all
317:470,10@b   | her smiles, and all her ways, as $MP#C$Mary*Crawford had ever
317:470,11@b   | been; and whether it might not be a possible, an hopeful
317:470,12@b   | undertaking$0$ to$9$ persuade her that$3$ her warm$2$ and sisterly regard$0$
317:470,13@b   | for$4$ him would be foundation enough for$4$ wedded love$0$.
317:470,14'  !| I purposely abstain from dates on$4$ this occasion$0$, that$3$
317:470,15'  !| every*one may$1$ be at liberty to$9$ fix their own$2$, aware that$3$
317:470,16'  !| the cure$0$ of unconquerable passions, and the transfer$0$ of
317:470,17'  !| unchanging attachments, must vary much as to$4$ time in
317:470,18'  !| different people. ~ I only intreat every*body to$9$ believe that$3$
317:470,19'  !| exactly at the time when it was quite natural$2$ that$3$ it should
317:470,20'  !| be so$5#2$, and not a week earlier, $MP#B$Edmund did cease to$9$ care$1$
317:470,21'  !| about$4$ $MP#C$Miss*Crawford, and became as anxious to$9$ marry
317:470,22'  !| $MP#A$Fanny, as $MP#A$Fanny herself could desire$1$.
317:470,23'  !| With such a regard$0$ for$4$ her, indeed, as his had long$9$ been,
317:470,24'  !| a regard$0$ founded on$4$ the most endearing claims of innocence
317:470,25'  !| and helplessness, and completed by$4$ every recommendation
317:470,26'  !| of growing worth, what$6#2$ could be more natural$2$ than the
317:470,27'  !| change$0$? Loving, guiding, protecting her, as he had been
317:470,28'  !| doing ever since her being$1$ ten years old, her mind$0$ in so$5#1$
317:470,29'  !| great a degree formed by$4$ his care$0$, and her comfort$0$
317:470,30'  !| depending on$4$ his kindness, an object$0$ to$4$ him of such close$9$
317:470,31'  !| and peculiar interest$0$, dearer by$4$ all his own$2$ importance
317:470,32'  !| with her than any*one else at Mansfield, what$6#2$ was there
317:470,33'  !| now to$9$ add, but that$3$ he should learn to$9$ prefer soft light$9$
317:470,34'  !| eyes to$4$ sparkling dark$2$ ones. ~ And being$1$ always with her,
317:470,35'  !| and always talking confidentially, and his feelings exactly
317:470,36'  !| in that$6#2$ favourable state$0$ which$6#1$ a recent disappointment
317:470,37'  !| gives, those soft light$9$ eyes could not be very long$9$ in
317:470,38'  !| obtaining the pre-eminence.
317:471, 1'  !| Having once set$1$ out$5$, and felt that$3$ he had done so$5#2$, on$4$
317:471, 2'  !| this road to$4$ happiness, there was nothing on$4$ the side$0$ of
317:471, 3'  !| prudence to$9$ stop$1$ him or make$1$ his progress slow; no$2$ doubts$0$
317:471, 4'  !| of her deserving, no$2$ fears from opposition of taste, no$2$ need$1$
317:471, 5'  !| of drawing new hopes$0$ of happiness from dissimilarity of
317:471, 6'  !| temper. Her mind$0$, disposition, opinions, and habits
317:471, 7'  !| wanted no$2$ half concealment, no$2$ self deception on$4$ the
317:471, 8'  !| present$0#1$, no$2$ reliance on$4$ future improvement. Even$5$ in the
317:471, 9'  !| midst of his late infatuation, he had acknowledged $MP#A$Fanny's
317:471,10'  !| mental superiority. What$6#2$ must be his sense of it now,
317:471,11'  !| therefore? She was of course$8$ only too$5#1$ good for$4$ him; but
317:471,12'  !| as nobody minds having what$6#1$ is too$5#1$ good for$4$ them, he was
317:471,13'  !| very steadily earnest in the pursuit of the blessing, and it
317:471,14'  !| was not possible that$3$ encouragement from her should be
317:471,15'  !| long$9$ wanting. Timid, anxious, doubting as she was, it was
317:471,16'  !| still$5$ impossible that$3$ such tenderness as hers should not, at
317:471,17'  !| times, hold$1$ out$5$ the strongest hope$0$ of success, though it
317:471,18'  !| remained for$4$ a later period to$9$ tell him the whole$2$ delightful
317:471,19'  !| and astonishing truth. His happiness in knowing himself
317:471,20'  !| to$9$ have been so$5#1$ long$9$ the beloved of such a heart, must have
317:471,21'  !| been great enough to$9$ warrant any strength of language in
317:471,22'  !| which$6#1$ he could cloathe it to$4$ her or to$4$ himself; it must
317:471,23'  !| have been a delightful happiness| But there was happiness
317:471,24'  !| elsewhere which$6#1$ no$2$ description can reach$1$. Let no*one
317:471,25'  !| presume to$9$ give the feelings of a young woman on$4$
317:471,26'  !| receiving the assurance of that$6#2$ affection of which$6#1$ she has
317:471,27'  !| scarcely allowed herself to$9$ entertain a hope$0$.
317:471,28'  !| Their own$2$ inclinations ascertained, there were no$2$
317:471,29'  !| difficulties behind, no$2$ drawback of poverty or parent. It
317:471,30'  !| was a match$0$ which$6#1$ $MP#E$Sir*Thomas's wishes$0$ had even$5$ forestalled.
317:471,31'  !| Sick of ambitious and mercenary connections,
317:471,32'  !| prizing more and more the sterling good of principle and
317:471,33'  !| temper, and chiefly anxious to$9$ bind by$4$ the strongest
317:471,34'  !| securities all that$6#1$ remained to$4$ him of domestic$2$ felicity, he
317:471,35'  !| had pondered with genuine satisfaction on$4$ the more than
317:471,36'  !| possibility of the two young friends finding their mutual
317:471,37'  !| consolation in each other for$4$ all that$6#1$ had occurred of
317:471,37'  !| disappointment
317:471,38'  !| to$4$ either; and the joyful consent$0$ which$6#1$ met
317:472, 1'  !| $MP#B$Edmund's application, the high sense of having realised a
317:472, 2'  !| great acquisition in the promise$0$ of $MP#A$Fanny for$4$ a daughter,
317:472, 3'  !| formed just$9$ such a contrast with his early opinion on$4$ the
317:472, 4'  !| subject$0$ when the poor little girl's coming had been first
317:472, 5'  !| agitated, as time is for*ever producing between the plans
317:472, 6'  !| and decisions of mortals, for$4$ their own$2$ instruction, and
317:472, 7'  !| their neighbours' entertainment.
317:472, 8'  !| $MP#A$Fanny was indeed the daughter that$6#1$ he wanted. His
317:472, 9'  !| charitable kindness had been rearing a prime comfort$0$ for$4$
317:472,10'  !| himself. His liberality had a rich repayment, and the
317:472,11'  !| general$2$ goodness of his intentions by$4$ her, deserved it. He
317:472,12'  !| might have made her childhood happier; but it had
317:472,13'  !| been an error of judgment only which$6#1$ had given him the
317:472,14'  !| appearance of harshness, and deprived him of her early
317:472,15'  !| love$0$; and now, on$4$ really knowing each other, their mutual
317:472,16'  !| attachment became very strong. After$4$ settling her at
317:472,17'  !| Thornton*Lacey with every kind$2$ attention to$4$ her comfort$0$,
317:472,18'  !| the object$0$ of almost every day was to$9$ see her there, or to$9$
317:472,19'  !| get her away from it.
317:472,20'  !| Selfishly dear$2#1$ as she had long$9$ been to$4$ $MP#F$Lady*Bertram, she
317:472,21'  !| could not be parted with willingly by$4$ \her\. No$2$ happiness
317:472,22'  !| of son or niece could make$1$ her wish$1$ the marriage. But it
317:472,23'  !| was possible to$9$ part$1$ with her, because $MP#R$Susan remained to$9$
317:472,24'  !| supply$1$ her place$0$. ~ $MP#R$Susan became the stationary niece ~
317:472,25'  !| delighted to$9$ be so$5#2$| ~ and equally well$9$ adapted for$4$ it by$4$
317:472,26'  !| a readiness of mind$0$, and an inclination for$4$ usefulness,
317:472,27'  !| as $MP#A$Fanny had been by$4$ sweetness of temper, and strong
317:472,28'  !| feelings of gratitude. $MP#R$Susan could never be spared. First
317:472,29'  !| as a comfort$0$ to$4$ $MP#A$Fanny, then as an auxiliary, and last$2$ as her
317:472,30'  !| substitute, she was established at Mansfield, with every
317:472,31'  !| appearance of equal$2$ permanency. Her more fearless
317:472,32'  !| disposition and happier nerves made every*thing easy to$4$
317:472,33'  !| her there. ~ With quickness in understanding$1$ the tempers
317:472,34'  !| of those she had to$9$ deal$1$ with, and no$2$ natural$2$ timidity to$9$
317:472,35'  !| restrain any consequent wishes$0$, she was soon welcome$2$,
317:472,36'  !| and useful to$4$ all; and after$4$ $MP#A$Fanny's removal, succeeded so$5#1$
317:472,37'  !| naturally to$4$ her influence$0$ over the hourly comfort$0$ of her
317:472,38'  !| aunt, as gradually to$9$ become, perhaps, the most beloved
317:473, 1'  !| of the two. ~ In \her\ usefulness, in $MP#A$Fanny's excellence, in
317:473, 2'  !| $MP#Q$William's continued good conduct$0$, and rising fame, and in
317:473, 3'  !| the general$2$ well-doing and success of the other members
317:473, 4'  !| of the family, all assisting to$9$ advance$1$ each other, and
317:473, 5'  !| doing credit$0$ to$4$ his countenance and aid, $MP#E$Sir*Thomas saw
317:473, 6'  !| repeated, and for*ever repeated reason$0$ to$9$ rejoice in what$6#1$ he
317:473, 7'  !| had done for$4$ them all, and acknowledge the advantages
317:473, 8'  !| of early hardship and discipline, and the consciousness of
317:473, 9'  !| being$1$ born$1#1$ to$9$ struggle$1$ and endure.
317:473,10'  !| With so$5#1$ much true merit$0$ and true love$0$, and no$2$ want$0$ of
317:473,11'  !| fortune or friends, the happiness of the married cousins
317:473,12'  !| must appear as secure$2$ as earthly happiness can be. ~
317:473,13'  !| Equally formed for$4$ domestic$2$ life, and attached to$4$ country
317:473,14'  !| pleasures, their home was the home of affection and
317:473,15'  !| comfort$0$; and to$9$ complete$1$ the picture$0$ of good, the
317:473,16'  !| acquisition of Mansfield living$0$ by$4$ the death of $MP#M$Dr%*Grant,
317:473,17'  !| occurred just$9$ after$3$ they had been married long$9$ enough to$9$
317:473,18'  !| begin to$9$ want$1$ an increase$0$ of income, and feel their distance$0$
317:473,19'  !| from the paternal abode an inconvenience.
317:473,20'  !| On$4$ that$6#2$ event they removed to$4$ Mansfield, and the
317:473,21'  !| parsonage there, which$6#1$ under each of its two former
317:473,22'  !| owners, $MP#A$Fanny had never been able to$9$ approach$1$ but with
317:473,23'  !| some painful sensation$0#1$ of restraint or alarm$0$, soon grew as
317:473,24'  !| dear$2#1$ to$4$ her heart, and as thoroughly perfect$2$ in her eyes,
317:473,25'  !| as every*thing else, within the view$0$ and patronage of
317:473,26'  !| Mansfield*Park, had long$9$ been.