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?Ha!? cried Mary; ?settle in Northamptonshire! That is pleasant!
Then we shall be all together
When she had spoken it, she recollected herself, and wished it
unsaid; but there was no need of confusion; for her brother saw her
only as the supposed inmate of Mansfield parsonage, and replied
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but to invite her in the kindest manner to his own house, and to
claim the best right in her
?You must give us more than half your time,? said heGrant to have an equal claim with Fanny and myself,
for we shall both have a right in youFanny will be so truly your
sister!?
Mary had only to be grateful and give general assurances; but she
was now very fully purposed to be the guest of neither brother nor
sister many months longer
?You will divide your year between London and
Northamptonshire??
?Yes
?That?s right; and in London, of course, a house of your own: no
longer with the AdmiralMy dearest Henry, the advantage to you of
getting away from the Admiral before your manners are hurt by the
contagion of his, before you have contracted any of his foolish opinions,
or learned to sit over your dinner as if it were the best blessing
of life! You are not sensible of the gain, for your regard for him has
blinded you; but, in my estimation, your marrying early may be the
saving of youTo have seen you grow like the Admiral in word or
deed, look or gesture, would have broken my heart
?Well, well, we do not think quite alike chanel j12 white watch hereThe Admiral has his
faults, but he is a very good man, and has been more than a father
to meFew fathers would have let me have my own way half so
muchYou must not prejudice Fanny against himI must have them
love one another
Mary refrained from saying what she felt, that there could not be
two persons in existence whose characters and manners were less
accordant: time would discover it to him; but she could not help
this reflection on the Admiral?Henry, I think so highly of Fanny
Price, that if I could suppose the next MrsCrawford would have
half the reason which my poor ill-used aunt had to abhor the very
name, I would prevent the marriage, if possible; but I know you: I
know that a wife you loved would be the happiest of women, and
that even when you ceased to love, she would yet find in you the
liberality and good-breeding of a gentleman
The impossibility of not doing everything in the world to make
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Fanny Price happy, or of ceasing to love Fanny Price, was of course
the groundwork of his eloquent answer
?Had you seen her this morning, Mary,? he continued, ?attending
with such ineffable sweetness and patience to all the demands of
her aunt?s stupidity, working with her, and for her, her colour beautifully
heightened as she leant over the work, then returning to her
seat to finish a note which she was previously engaged in writing for
that stupid woman?s service, and all this with such unpretending
gentleness, so much as if it were a matter of course that she was not
to have gucci backpacks a moment at her own command, her hair arranged as neatly
as it always is, and one little curl falling forward as she wrote, which
she now and then shook back, and in the midst of all this, still
speaking at intervals to me, or listening, and as if she liked to listen,
to what I saidHad you seen her so, Mary, you would not have
implied the possibility of her power over my heart ever ceasing
?My dearest Henry,? cried Mary, stopping short, and smiling in
his face, ?how glad I am to see you so much in love! It quite delights
meRushworth and Julia say??
?I care neither what they say nor what they feelThey will now see
what sort of woman it is that can attach me, that can attach a man
of senseI wish the discovery may do them any goodAnd they will
now see their cousin treated as she ought to be, and I wish they may
be heartily ashamed of their own abominable neglect and unkindness
They will be angry,? he added, after a moment?s silence, and in
a cooler tone; ?MrsRushworth will be very angryIt will be a bitter
pill to her; that is, like other bitter pills, it will have two moments?
ill flavour, and then be swallowed and forgotten; for I am not such
a coxcomb as to suppose her feelings more lasting than other
women?s, though I was the object of themYes, Mary, my Fanny
will feel a difference indeed: a daily, hourly difference, in the
behaviour of every being who approaches her; and it will be the
completion of my happiness to know that I am the doer of it, that I
am the person to give the consequence so prada logo justly her dueNow she is
dependent, helpless, friendless, neglected, forgotten
?Nay, Henry, not by all; not forgotten by all; not friendless or
forgottenHer cousin Edmund never forgets her
?Edmund! True, I believe he is, generally speaking, kind to her,
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and so is Sir Thomas in his way; but it is the way of a rich, superior,
long-worded, arbitrary uncleWhat can Sir Thomas and Edmund
together do, what do they do for her happiness, comfort, honour,
and dignity in the world, to what I shall do??
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CHAPTER XXXI
HENRY CRAWFORD was at Mansfield Park again the next morning,
and at an earlier hour than common visiting warrantsThe two
ladies were together in the breakfast-room, and, fortunately for him,
Lady Bertram was on the very point of quitting it as he enteredShe
was almost at the door, and not chusing by any means to take so
much trouble in vain, she still went on, after a civil reception, a
short sentence about being waited for, and a ?Let Sir Thomas know?
to the servant
Henry, overjoyed to have her go, bowed and watched her off, and
without losing another moment, turned instantly to Fanny, and,
taking out some letters, said, with a most animated look, ?I must
acknowledge myself infinitely obliged to any creature who gives me
such an opportunity of seeing you alone: I have been wishing it
more than you can have any ideaKnowing as I do what your feelings
as a sister are, I could hardly have borne that any one in the
house should share with you in the first authentic hermes knowledge of the news I
now bringYour brother is a lieutenantI have the
infinite satisfaction of congratulating you on your brother?s promotion
Here are the letters which announce it, this moment come to
handYou will, perhaps, like to see them
Fanny could not speak, but he did not want her to speakTo see
the expression of her eyes, the change of her complexion, the progress
of her feelings, their doubt, confusion, and felicity, was enough
She took the letters as he gave themThe first was from the Admiral
to inform his nephew, in a few words, of his having succeeded in
the object he had undertaken, the promotion of young Price, and
enclosing two more, one from the Secretary of the First Lord to a
friend, whom the Admiral had set to work in the business, the other
from that friend to himself, by which it appeared that his lordship
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had the very great happiness of attending to the recommendation
of Sir Charles; that Sir Charles was much delighted in having such
an opportunity of proving his regard for Admiral Crawford, and
that the circumstance of MrWilliam Price?s commission as Second
Lieutenant of HSloop Thrush being made out was spreading
general joy through a wide circle of great people
While her hand was trembling under these letters, her eye running
from one to the other, and her heart swelling with emotion,
Crawford thus continued, with unfeigned eagerness, to express his
interest in the event?
?I will not talk of my own happiness,? said he, ?great as it is, for I
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on the morrow, for nothing more was seen of him at MrPrice?s;
and two days afterwards, it was a fact ascertained to Fanny by the
following letter from his sister, opened and read by her, on another
account, with the most anxious curiosity:?
?I have to inform you, my dearest Fanny, that Henry has been
down to Portsmouth to see you; that he had a delightful walk with
you to the dockyard last Saturday, and one still more to be dwelt on
the next day, on the ramparts; when the balmy air, the sparkling sea,
and your sweet looks and conversation were altogether in the most
delicious harmony, and afforded sensations which are to raise ecstasy
even in retrospectThis, as well as I understand, is to be the
substance of my informationHe makes me write, but I do not
know what else is to be communicated, except this said visit to Portsmouth,
and these two said walks, and his introduction to your family,
especially to a fair sister of yours, a fine girl of fifteen, who was of
the party on the ramparts, taking her first lesson, I presume, in love
I have not time for writing much, but it would be out of place if I
had, for this is to be a mere letter of business, penned for the purpose
of conveying necessary information, which could not be delayed
without risk of evilMy dear, dear Fanny, if I had you twiggy balenciaga here,
how I would talk to you! You should listen to me till you were tired,
and advise me till you were still tired more; but it is impossible to
put a hundredth part of my great mind on paper, so I will abstain
altogether, and leave you to guess what you likeI have no news for
youYou have politics, of course; and it would be too bad to plague
you with the names of people and parties that fill up my timeI
ought to have sent you an account of your cousin?s first party, but I
was lazy, and now it is too long ago; suffice it, that everything was
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just as it ought to be, in a style that any of her connexions must
have been gratified to witness, and that her own dress and manners
did her the greatest creditFraser, is mad for such a
house, and it would not make me miserableI go to Lady Stornaway
after Easter; she seems in high spirits, and very happyis very good-humoured and pleasant in his own family, and I do
not think him so very ill-looking as I did?at least, one sees many
worseHe will not do by the side of your cousin EdmundOf the
last-mentioned hero, what shall I say? If I avoided his name entirely, it
would look suspiciousI will say, then, that we have seen him two or
three times, and that my friends here are very much struck with his
gentlemanlike appearanceFraser (no bad judge) declares she
knows but three men in town chanel white j12 watch who have so good a person, height, and
air; and I must confess, when he dined here the other day, there were
none to compare with him, and we were a party of sixteenLuckily
there is no distinction of dress nowadays to tell tales, but?but?but
Yours affectionately
I had almost forgot (it was Edmund?s fault: he gets into my head
more than does me good) one very material thing I had to say from
Henry and myself?I mean about our taking you back into
NorthamptonshireMy dear little creature, do not stay at Portsmouth
to lose your pretty looksThose vile sea-breezes are the ruin
of beauty and healthMy poor aunt always felt affected if within
ten miles of the sea, which the Admiral of course never believed,
but I know it was soI am at your service and Henry?s, at an hour?s
noticeI should like the scheme, and we would make a little circuit,
and shew you Everingham in our way, and perhaps you would not
mind passing through London, and seeing the inside of StGeorge?s,
Hanover SquareOnly keep your cousin Edmund from me at such
a time: I should not like to be temptedWhat a long letter! one
word moreHenry, I find, has some idea of going into Norfolk again
upon some business that you approve; but this cannot possibly be
permitted before the middle of next week; that is, he cannot anyhow
be spared till after the 14th, for we have a party that white chanel j12 watch eveningThe
value of a man like Henry, on such an occasion, is what you can have
no conception of; so you must take it upon my word to be inestimable
He will see the Rushworths, which own I am not sorry for?
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having a little curiosity, and so I think has he?though he will not
acknowledge it
This was a letter to be run through eagerly, to be read deliberately,
to supply matter for much reflection, and to leave everything in
greater suspense than everThe only certainty to be drawn from it
was, that nothing decisive had yet taken placeEdmund had not yet
spokenHow Miss Crawford really felt, how she meant to act, or
might act without or against her meaning; whether his importance
to her were quite what it had been before the last separation; whether,
if lessened, it were likely to lessen more, or to recover itself, were
subjects for endless conjecture, and to be thought of on that day
and many days to come, without producing any conclusionThe
idea that returned the oftenest was that Miss Crawford, after proving
herself cooled and staggered by a return to London habits, would
yet prove herself in the end too much attached to him to give him
upShe would try to be more ambitious than her heart would allow
She would hesitate, she would tease, she would condition, she would
require a great deal, but she would finally accept
This was tiffany diamond Fanny?s most frequent expectationA house in town?
that, she thought, must be impossibleYet there was no saying what
Miss Crawford might not askThe prospect for her cousin grew
worse and worseThe woman who could speak of him, and speak
only of his appearance! What an unworthy attachment! To be deriving
support from the commendations of MrsFraser! She who had
known him intimately half a year! Fanny was ashamed of herThose
parts of the letter which related only to MrCrawford and herself,
touched her, in comparison, slightlyCrawford went
into Norfolk before or after the 14th was certainly no concern of
hers, though, everything considered, she thought he would go without
delayThat Miss Crawford should endeavour to secure a meeting
between him and MrsRushworth, was all in her worst line of
conduct, and grossly unkind and ill-judged; but she hoped he would
not be actuated by any such degrading curiosityHe acknowledged
no such inducement, and his sister ought to have given him credit
for better feelings than her own
She was yet more impatient for another letter from town after
receiving this than she had been before; and for a few days was so
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| I'm the one who saved Tara from the Yankees and
the carpetbaggersIt is mine, no matter what the law says, and it'll
be Wade's some day, I'll see to that, no matter what it takes
Scarlett rested her head against the split leather covering on the old
sofa in the small room from which Ellen O 'Hara had quietly ruled the
plantationThere seemed to be a lingering trace of her mother's
lemon
verbena toilet water, even after all these years
This was the peacefulness she had come to findNever mind the
changes, the shabbinessTara was still Tara, still homeAnd the
heart of it was here, in Ellen's roomA slamming door shattered the
quietScarlett heard balenciaga bag Ella and Susie coming through the hall,
quarrelling about somethingShe had to get away, she couldn't face
noise and conflictShe wanted to see the fields
anyhowThey were all healed, rich and red the way they'd always
been
She walked quickly across the weedy lawn and past the cow shed
She'd
never get over her aversion to cows, not if she lived to be a
hundred
Nasty sharp-horned thingsAt the edge of the first field she leaned
on the fence and breathed in the rich ammonia odor of newly turned
earth and manureFunny how in the city manure was so smelly and
messy, while in the country it was a farmer's perfumeWill sure is a
good farmerHe's the best fendi spy bags thing that ever happened to TaraNo
matter what I might have done, we'd never have made it if he hadn't
stopped on his way home to Florida and decided to stayHe fell in
love
with this land the way other men fall in love with a womanAnd he's
not even Irish! Until Will came along I always thought only a
brogue-talking Irishman like Pa could get so worked up about the
land
On the far side of the field Scarlett saw Wade helping Will and Big Sam
mend a downed piece of fenceGood for him to be learning, she
thought
She watched the boy and the men working together for several
minutes
I'd better scoot back to the house, she thoughtI forgot to write
that cartier santos 100 bank draft for SuellenHer signature on the check was
characteristic of ScarlettClear and unembellished, with no blots, or
wavering lines, like tentative writersIt was businesslike and
straightforwardShe looked at it for a moment before she blotted it
dry, then she looked at it againScarlett O 'Hara ButlerWhen she
wrote personal notes or invitations, Scarlett followed the fashion of
the day, adding complicated loops to every capital letter and finishing
off with a parabola of swirls beneath her nameShe did it now, on a
scrap of brown wrapping paperThen she looked back at the check
she'd
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and she was shocked by the answer -October Il, 1873More than
three
weeks since Melly's deathShe'd been at Tara for twenty-two days,
taking care of MammyThe date had other meanings, tooIt was
more
than six months ago now that Bonnie diedScarlett could leave off the
unrelieved dull black of deep mourningShe could accept social
invitations, invite people to her houseShe could reenter the
world
I want to go back to Atlanta, she thought
There's been too much grieving, too much deathShe
folded the check for SuellenI miss the store, tooThe account
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| I'm the one who saved Tara from the Yankees and
the carpetbaggersIt is mine, no matter what the law says, and it'll
be Wade's some day, I'll see to that, no matter what it takes
Scarlett rested her head against the split leather covering on the old
sofa in the small room from which Ellen O 'Hara had quietly ruled the
plantationThere seemed to be a lingering trace of her mother's
lemon
verbena toilet water, even after all these years
This was the peacefulness she had come to findNever mind the
changes, the shabbinessTara was still Tara, still homeAnd the
heart of it was here, in Ellen's roomA slamming door shattered the
quietScarlett heard chloe paddington bags Ella and Susie coming through the hall,
quarrelling about somethingShe had to get away, she couldn't face
noise and conflictShe wanted to see the fields
anyhowThey were all healed, rich and red the way they'd always
been
She walked quickly across the weedy lawn and past the cow shed
She'd
never get over her aversion to cows, not if she lived to be a
hundred
Nasty sharp-horned thingsAt the edge of the first field she leaned
on the fence and breathed in the rich ammonia odor of newly turned
earth and manureFunny how in the city manure was so smelly and
messy, while in the country it was a farmer's perfumeWill sure is a
good farmerHe's the best gucci backpacks thing that ever happened to TaraNo
matter what I might have done, we'd never have made it if he hadn't
stopped on his way home to Florida and decided to stayHe fell in
love
with this land the way other men fall in love with a womanAnd he's
not even Irish! Until Will came along I always thought only a
brogue-talking Irishman like Pa could get so worked up about the
land
On the far side of the field Scarlett saw Wade helping Will and Big Sam
mend a downed piece of fenceGood for him to be learning, she
thought
She watched the boy and the men working together for several
minutes
I'd better scoot back to the house, she thoughtI forgot to write
that lady dior bag bank draft for SuellenHer signature on the check was
characteristic of ScarlettClear and unembellished, with no blots, or
wavering lines, like tentative writersIt was businesslike and
straightforwardShe looked at it for a moment before she blotted it
dry, then she looked at it againScarlett O 'Hara ButlerWhen she
wrote personal notes or invitations, Scarlett followed the fashion of
the day, adding complicated loops to every capital letter and finishing
off with a parabola of swirls beneath her nameShe did it now, on a
scrap of brown wrapping paperThen she looked back at the check
she'd
just writtenIt was dated-she'd had to ask Suellen what chanel ceramic watches day it was,
and she was shocked by the answer -October Il, 1873More than
three
weeks since Melly's deathShe'd been at Tara for twenty-two days,
taking care of MammyThe date had other meanings, tooIt was
more
than six months ago now that Bonnie diedScarlett could leave off the
unrelieved dull black of deep mourningShe could accept social
invitations, invite people to her houseShe could reenter the
world
I want to go back to Atlanta, she thought
There's been too much grieving, too much deathShe
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Rushworth had been in great anger and distress to him (MrHarding)
for his advice; MrHarding feared there had been at least very flagrant
indiscretionThe maidservant of MrsRushworth, senior, threatened
alarminglyHe was doing all in his power to quiet everything, with
the hope of MrsRushworth?s return, but was so much counteracted
in Wimpole Street by the influence of MrRushworth?s mother, that
the worst consequences might be apprehended
This dreadful communication could not be kept from the rest of
the familySir Thomas set off, Edmund would go with him, and
the others had been left in a state of wretchedness, inferior only to
what followed the receipt of the next letters from LondonEverything
was by that time public beyond a hope
Rushworth, the mother, had exposure in her power, and supported
by her mistress, was not to be silencedThe two ladies, even in the
short time they had been together, had disagreed; and the bitterness
of the elder against her daughter-in-law might perhaps arise almost
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as much from the personal disrespect with which she had herself
been treated as from sensibility for her son
However that might be, she was unmanageableBut had she been
less obstinate, or of less weight with her son, who was always guided
by the last speaker, by the person who could get hold of and shut him
up, the case chanel quilted replica would still have been hopeless, for MrsRushworth did
not appear again, and there was every reason to conclude her to be
concealed somewhere with MrCrawford, who had quitted his uncle?s
house, as for a journey, on the very day of her absenting herself
Sir Thomas, however, remained yet a little longer in town, in the
hope of discovering and snatching her from farther vice, though all
was lost on the side of character
His present state Fanny could hardly bear to think ofThere was
but one of his children who was not at this time a source of misery
to himTom?s complaints had been greatly heightened by the shock
of his sister?s conduct, and his recovery so much thrown back by it,
that even Lady Bertram had been struck by the difference, and all
her alarms were regularly sent off to her husband; and Julia?s elopement,
the additional blow which had met him on his arrival in London,
though its force had been deadened at the moment, must, she
knew, be sorely feltHis letters expressed how
much he deplored itUnder any circumstances it would have been
an unwelcome alliance; but to have it so clandestinely formed, and
such a period chosen for its completion, placed Julia?s feelings in a
most unfavourable light, and severely aggravated the folly of her
choiceHe called it a bad thing, done in the worst manner, and at
the worst time; and though chanel cambon fake Julia was yet as more pardonable than
Maria as folly than vice, he could not but regard the step she had
taken as opening the worst probabilities of a conclusion hereafter
like her sister?sSuch was his opinion of the set into which she had
thrown herself
Fanny felt for him most acutelyHe could have no comfort but in
EdmundEvery other child must be racking his heartHis displeasure
against herself she trusted, reasoning differently from Mrs
Norris, would now be done awayShe should be justified
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tion to Sir ThomasHer uncle?s displeasure was terrible to her; but
what could her justification or her gratitude and attachment do for
him? His stay must be on Edmund alone
She was mistaken, however, in supposing that Edmund gave his
father no present painIt was of a much less poignant nature than
what the others excited; but Sir Thomas was considering his happiness
as very deeply involved in the offence of his sister and friend;
cut off by it, as he must be, from the woman whom he had been
pursuing with undoubted attachment and strong probability of success;
and who, in everything but this despicable brother, would have
been so eligible a connexionHe was aware of what Edmund must
be suffering on his white chanel j12 watch own behalf, in addition to all the rest, when they
were in town: he had seen or conjectured his feelings; and, having
reason to think that one interview with Miss Crawford had taken
place, from which Edmund derived only increased distress, had been
as anxious on that account as on others to get him out of town, and
had engaged him in taking Fanny home to her aunt, with a view to
his relief and benefit, no less than theirsFanny was not in the secret
of her uncle?s feelings, Sir Thomas not in the secret of Miss Crawford?s
characterHad he been privy to her conversation with his son, he
would not have wished her to belong to him, though her twenty
thousand pounds had been forty
That Edmund must be for ever divided from Miss Crawford did
not admit of a doubt with Fanny; and yet, till she knew that he felt
the same, her own conviction was insufficientShe thought he did,
but she wanted to be assured of itIf he would now speak to her
with the unreserve which had sometimes been too much for her before,
it would be most consoling; but that she found was not to be
She seldom saw him: never aloneHe probably avoided being alone
with herWhat was to be inferred? That his judgment submitted to
all his own peculiar and bitter share of this family affliction, but that
it was too keenly felt to be a subject of the slightest communication
This must fairy bag prada be his stateHe yielded, but it was with agonies which did
not admit of speechLong, long would it be ere Miss Crawford?s
name passed his lips again, or she could hope for a renewal of such
confidential intercourse as had beenThey reached Mansfield on Thursday, and it was not
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till Sunday evening that Edmund began to talk to her on the subject
Sitting with her on Sunday evening?a wet Sunday evening?
the very time of all others when, if a friend is at hand, the heart
must be opened, and everything told; no one else in the room, except
his mother, who, after hearing an affecting sermon, had cried
herself to sleep, it was impossible not to speak; and so, with the
usual beginnings, hardly to be traced as to what came first, and the
usual declaration that if she would listen to him for a few minutes, he
should be very brief, and certainly never tax her kindness in the same
way again; she need not fear a repetition; it would be a subject prohibited
entirely: he entered upon the luxury of relating circumstances
and sensations of the first interest to himself, to one of whose affectionate
sympathy he was quite convinced
How Fanny listened, with what curiosity and concern, what pain
and what delight, how the agitation of his voice was watched, and
how carefully her own eyes were fixed on any object but himself,
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She had burst away from him, and at that moment Sir Thomas
was heard speaking to a servant in his way towards the room they
were inIt was no time for farther assurances or entreaty, though to
part with her at a moment when her modesty alone seemed, to his
sanguine and preassured mind, to stand in the way of the happiness
he sought, was a cruel necessityShe rushed out at an opposite door
from the one her uncle was approaching, and was walking up and
down the East room ill the utmost confusion of contrary feeling,
before Sir Thomas?s politeness or apologies were over, or he had
reached the beginning of the joyful intelligence which his visitor
came to communicate
She was feeling, thinking, trembling about everything; agitated,
happy, miserable, infinitely obliged, absolutely angryIt was all beyond
belief! He was inexcusable, incomprehensible! But such were
his habits that he could do nothing without a mixture of evilHe
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had previously made her the happiest of human beings, and now he
had insulted?she knew not what to say, how to class, or how to
regard itShe would not have him be serious, and yet what could
excuse the use of such words and offers, if they meant but to trifle?
But William was a lieutenantThat was a fact beyond a doubt,
and without an alloyShe would think of it for ever and forget all
the restCrawford would certainly never address her so again:
he must have seen how unwelcome it was to her; top chanel bags and in that case,
how gratefully she could esteem him for his friendship to William!
She would not stir farther from the East room than the head of
the great staircase, till she had satisfied herself of MrCrawford?s
having left the house; but when convinced of his being gone, she
was eager to go down and be with her uncle, and have all the happiness
of his joy as well as her own, and all the benefit of his information
or his conjectures as to what would now be William?s destination
Sir Thomas was as joyful as she could desire, and very kind
and communicative; and she had so comfortable a talk with him
about William as to make her feel as if nothing had occurred to vex
her, till she found, towards the close, that MrCrawford was engaged
to return and dine there that very dayThis was a most unwelcome
hearing, for though he might think nothing of what had
passed, it would be quite distressing to her to see him again so soon
She tried to get the better of it; tried very hard, as the dinner hour
approached, to feel and appear as usual; but it was quite impossible
for her not to look most shy and uncomfortable when their visitor
entered the roomShe could not have supposed it in the power of
any concurrence of circumstances to give her so many painful sensations
on the first day of hearing of William?s promotionCrawford was not only in the room?he was soon close to
herHe had a note to deliver from his sisterFanny could not look at
him, but there was no christian dior saddle consciousness of past folly in his voiceShe
opened her note immediately, glad to have anything to do, and happy,
as she read it, to feel that the fidgetings of her aunt Norris, who was
also to dine there, screened her a little from view
?My dear Fanny,?for so I may now always call you, to the infinite
relief of a tongue that has been stumbling at Miss Price for at least the
last six weeks?I cannot let my brother go without sending you a few
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lines of general congratulation, and giving my most joyful consent
and approvalGo on, my dear Fanny, and without fear; there can be
no difficulties worth namingI chuse to suppose that the assurance of
my consent will be something; so you may smile upon him with your
sweetest smiles this afternoon, and send him back to me even happier
than he goesYours affectionately, M
These were not expressions to do Fanny any good; for though she
read in too much haste and confusion to form the clearest judgment
of Miss Crawford?s meaning, it was evident that she meant to
compliment her on her brother?s attachment, and even to appear to
believe it seriousShe did not know what to do, or what to think
There was wretchedness in the idea of its being serious; there was
perplexity and agitation every wayShe was distressed whenever Mr
Crawford spoke to her, and he spoke to her much too often; and she
was afraid there was a something in his voice and manner in addressing
her very different from what they were when he ceramic chanel talked to
the othersHer comfort in that day?s dinner was quite destroyed:
she could hardly eat anything; and when Sir Thomas goodhumouredly
observed that joy had taken away her appetite, she was
ready to sink with shame, from the dread of MrCrawford?s interpretation;
for though nothing could have tempted her to turn her
eyes to the right hand, where he sat, she felt that his were immediately
directed towards her
She was more silent than everShe would hardly join even when
William was the subject, for his commission came all from the right
hand too, and there was pain in the connexion
She thought Lady Bertram sat longer than ever, and began to be
in despair of ever getting away; but at last they were in the drawingroom,
and she was able to think as she would, while her aunts finished
the subject of William?s appointment in their own styleNorris seemed as much delighted with the saving it would
be to Sir Thomas as with any part of it?Now William would be
able to keep himself, which would make a vast difference to his
uncle, for it was unknown how much he had cost his uncle; and,
indeed, it would make some difference in her presents tooShe was
very glad that she had given William what she did at parting, very
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venience, just at that time to give him something rather considerable;
that is, forher, with her limited means, for now it would all be
useful in helping to fit up replica tiffany jewelry his cabinShe knew he must be at some
expense, that he would have many things to buy, though to be sure
his father and mother would be able to put him in the way of getting
everything very cheap; but she was very glad she had contributed
her mite towards it
?I am glad you gave him something considerable,? said Lady
Bertram, with most unsuspicious calmness, ?for I gave him only
?10
?Indeed!? cried Mrs?Upon my word, he must
have gone off with his pockets 1 well lined, and at no expense for
his journey to London either!?
?Sir Thomas told me ?10 would be enoughNorris, being not at all inclined to question its sufficiency,
began to take the matter in another point
?It is amazing,? said she, ?how much young people cost their
friends, what with bringing them up and putting them out in the
world! They little think how much it comes to, or what their parents,
or their uncles and aunts, pay for them in the course of the
yearNow, here are my sister Price?s children; take them all together,
I dare say nobody would believe what a sum they cost Sir Thomas
every year, to say nothing of what I do for them
?Very true, sister, as you sayBut, poor things! they cannot help it;
and you know it makes very little difference to Sir ThomasFanny,
William must not forget my shawl if he goes to the East Indies; and
I shall give him a commission for anything else that is worth having
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and silence towards their niece; she not only promised, but
did observe itShe only looked her increased ill-willAngry she was:
bitterly angry; but she was more angry with Fanny for having received
such an offer than for refusing itIt was an injury and affront
to Julia, who ought to have been MrCrawford?s choice; and, independently
of that, she disliked Fanny, because she had neglected her;
and she would have grudged such an elevation to one whom she had
been always trying to depress
Sir Thomas gave her more credit for discretion on the occasion
than she deserved; and Fanny could have blessed her for allowing
her only to see her displeasure, and not to hear it
Lady Bertram took it differentlyShe had been a beauty, and a
prosperous beauty, all her life; and beauty and wealth were all that
excited her respectTo know Fanny to be sought in marriage by a
man of fortune, raised her, therefore, very much in her opinionBy
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ing about before, and that she would be advantageously married, it
made her feel a sort of credit in calling her niece
?Well, Fanny,? said she, as soon as they were alone together afterwards,
and she really had known something like impatience to be
alone with fendi spy bag replica her, and her countenance, as she spoke, had extraordinary
animation; ?Well, Fanny, I have had a very agreeable surprise
this morningI must just speak of it once, I told Sir Thomas I must
once, and then I shall have doneI give you joy, my dear niece And
looking at her complacently, she added, ?Humph, we certainly are a
handsome family!?
Fanny coloured, and doubted at first what to say; when, hoping
to assail her on her vulnerable side, she presently answered?
?My dear aunt, you cannot wish me to do differently from what I
have done, I am sureYou cannot wish me to marry; for you would
miss me, should not you? Yes, I am sure you would miss me too
much for that
?No, my dear, I should not think of missing you, when such an
offer as this comes in your wayI could do very well without you, if
you were married to a man of such good estate as Mr
And you must be aware, Fanny, that it is every young woman?s duty
to accept such a very unexceptionable offer as this
This was almost the only rule of conduct, the only piece of advice,
which Fanny had ever received from her aunt in the course
of eight years and a halfShe felt how unprofitable
contention would beIf her aunt?s feelings were against her, nothing
could be hoped from attacking her understandingLady
Bertram was quite talkative
?I will tell you what, omega watches for sale Fanny,? said she, ?I am sure he fell in love
with you at the ball; I am sure the mischief was done that evening
You did look remarkably wellAnd you know you had Chapman to help you to dressI am
very glad I sent Chapman to youI shall tell Sir Thomas that I am
sure it was done that evening And still pursuing the same cheerful
thoughts, she soon afterwards added, ?And will tell you what, Fanny,
which is more than I did for Maria: the next time Pug has a litter
you shall have a puppy
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CHAPTER XXXIV
EDMUND HAD GREAT THINGS to hear on his returnMany surprises
were awaiting himThe first that occurred was not least in interest:
the appearance of Henry Crawford and his sister walking together
through the village as he rode into itHe had concluded?he had
meant them to be far distantHis absence had been extended beyond
a fortnight purposely to avoid Miss CrawfordHe was returning
to Mansfield with spirits ready to feed on melancholy remembrances,
and tender associations, when her own fair self was before
him, leaning on her brother?s arm, and he found himself receiving a
welcome, unquestionably friendly, from the woman whom, two
moments before, he had been thinking of as seventy miles off, and
as farther, much farther, from him in inclination than any distance
could express
Her reception of him black chanel quilted bag was of a sort which he could not have hoped
for, had he expected to see herComing as he did from such a purport
fulfilled as had taken him away, he would have expected anything
rather than a look of satisfaction, and words of simple, pleasant
meaningIt was enough to set his heart in a glow, and to bring
him home in the properest state for feeling the full value of the
other joyful surprises at hand
William?s promotion, with all its particulars, he was soon master
of; and with such a secret provision of comfort within his own breast
to help the joy, he found in it a source of most gratifying sensation
and unvarying cheerfulness all dinner-time
After dinner, when he and his father were alone, he had Fanny?s
history; and then all the great events of the last fortnight, and the
present situation of matters at Mansfield were known to him
Fanny suspected what was going onThey sat so much longer
than usual in the dining-parlour, that she was sure they must be
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talking of her; and when tea at last brought them away, and she was
to be seen by Edmund again, she felt dreadfully guiltyHe came to
her, sat down by her, took her hand, and pressed it kindly; and at
that moment she thought that, but for the occupation and the scene
which the tea-things afforded, she must have betrayed her tiffany replica emotion
in some unpardonable excess
He was not intending, however, by such action, to be conveying
to her that unqualified approbation and encouragement which her
hopes drew from itIt was designed only to express his participation
in all that interested her, and to tell her that he had been hearing
what quickened every feeling of affectionHe was, in fact, entirely
on his father?s side of the questionHis surprise was not so great as
his father?s at her refusing Crawford, because, so far from supposing
her to consider him with anything like a preference, he had always
believed it to be rather the reverse, and could imagine her to be
taken perfectly unprepared, but Sir Thomas could not regard the
connexion as more desirable than he didIt had every recommendation
to him; and while honouring her for what she had done
under the influence of her present indifference, honouring her in
rather stronger terms than Sir Thomas could quite echo, he was
most earnest in hoping, and sanguine in believing, that it would be
a match at last, and that, united by mutual affection, it would appear
that their dispositions were as exactly fitted to make them blessed
in each other, as he was now beginning seriously to consider them
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?It can be but for a fortnight,? said Henry; ?and if a fortnight can
kill her, she must have a constitution which nothing could save
No, I will not do her any harm, dear little soul! only want her to
look kindly on me, to give me smiles as well as blushes, to keep a
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chair for me by herself wherever we are, and be all animation when
I take it and talk to her; to think as I think, be interested in all my
possessions and pleasures, try to keep me longer at Mansfield, and
feel when I go away that she shall be never happy again
?Moderation itself!? said Mary?I can have no scruples nowWell,
you will have opportunities enough of endeavouring to recommend
yourself, for we are a great deal together
And without attempting any farther remonstrance, she left Fanny
to her fate, a fate which, had not Fanny?s heart been guarded in a
way unsuspected by Miss Crawford, might have been a little harder
than she deserved; for although there doubtless are such unconquerable
young ladies of eighteen (or one should not read about
them) as are never to be persuaded into love against their judgment
by all that talent, manner, attention, and flattery can do, I have no
inclination to believe Fanny one of them, or to think that with so
much tenderness of disposition, and so much taste as belonged to
her, she could have escaped heart-whole from the courtship (though
the courtship only of a fortnight) of such a man as Crawford, in
spite of there being some previous ill opinion of him to be overcome,
had not her affection been engaged elsewhereWith all the
security which love of another and disesteem of him could give to
the peace of mind he was attacking, his continued attentions?continued,
but not obtrusive, and adapting themselves more and more
to the gentleness and delicacy of her character?obliged her very soon
to dislike him less than formerlyShe had by no means forgotten the
past, and she thought as ill of him as ever; but she felt his powers: he
was entertaining; and his manners were so improved, so polite, so
seriously and blamelessly polite, that it was impossible not to be civil
to him in return
A very few days were enough to effect this; and at the end of those
few days, circumstances arose which had a tendency rather to louis vuitton wien forward
his views of pleasing her, inasmuch as they gave her a degree of
happiness which must dispose her to be pleased with everybody
William, her brother, the so long absent and dearly loved brother,
was in England againShe had a letter from him herself, a few hurried
happy lines, written as the ship came up Channel, and sent
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into Portsmouth with the first boat that left the Antwerp at anchor
in Spithead; and when Crawford walked up with the newspaper in
his hand, which he had hoped would bring the first tidings, he found
her trembling with joy over this letter, and listening with a glowing,
grateful countenance to the kind invitation which her uncle was
most collectedly dictating in reply
It was but the day before that Crawford had made himself thoroughly
master of the subject, or had in fact become at all aware of
her having such a brother, or his being in such a ship, but the interest
then excited had been very properly lively, determining him on
his return to town to apply for information as to the probable period
of the Antwerp?s return from the Mediterranean, etc and the
good luck which attended his early examination of ship news the
next morning seemed the reward of his ingenuity in finding out
such a method of pleasing her, as well as of his dutiful attention to
the Admiral, in having for many years taken in the paper esteemed
to have the earliest naval intelligenceHe proved, however, to be too
lateAll those fine first feelings, of which he had hoped to be the
exciter, were already givenBut his intention, the kindness of his
intention, was thankfully acknowledged: quite thankfully and
warmly, for she was elevated beyond the common timidity of her
mind by the flow of her love for William
This dear William would soon be amongst themThere could be
no doubt of his obtaining leave of absence immediately, for he was
still only a midshipman; and as his parents, from living on the spot,
must already have seen him, and be seeing him perhaps daily, his
direct holidays might with justice be instantly given to the sister,
who had been his best correspondent through a period of seven
years, and the uncle who had done most for his support and advancement;
and accordingly the reply to her reply, fixing a very early
day for chanel shopping bags his arrival, came as soon as possible; and scarcely ten days
had passed since Fanny had been in the agitation of her first dinnervisit,
when she found herself in an agitation of a higher nature,
watching in the hall, in the lobby, on the stairs, for the first sound of
the carriage which was to bring her a brother
It came happily while she was thus waiting; and there being neither
ceremony nor fearfulness to delay the moment of meeting, she was
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with him as he entered the house, and the first minutes of exquisite
feeling had no interruption and no witnesses, unless the servants chiefly
intent upon opening the proper doors could be called suchThis was
exactly what Sir Thomas and Edmund had been separately conniving
at, as each proved to the other by the sympathetic alacrity with which
they both advised MrsNorris?s continuing where she was, instead of
rushing out into the hall as soon as the noises of the arrival reached
them
William and Fanny soon shewed themselves; and Sir Thomas had
the pleasure of receiving, in his protege, certainly a very different
person from the one he had equipped seven years ago, but a young
man of an open, pleasant countenance, and frank, unstudied, but
feeling and respectful manners, and such as confirmed him his friend
It was long before Fanny could recover from the agitating happiness
of such an hour as was formed by the last thirty minutes of
expectation, and the first of fruition; it was some time even before
her happiness could be said to make her happy, before the disappointment
inseparable from the alteration of person had vanished,
and she could see in him the same William as before, and talk to
him, as her heart had been yearning to do through many a past year
That time, however, did gradually come, forwarded by an affection
on his side as warm as her own, and much less encumbered by refinement
or self-distrustShe was the first object of his love, but it
was a love which his stronger spirits, and bolder temper, made it as
natural for him to express as to feelOn the morrow they were walking
about together with true enjoyment, and every succeeding morrow
renewed a tete-a-tete which Sir Thomas could not but observe
with complacency, even before Edmund had pointed it out to mulberry roxanne him
Excepting the moments of peculiar delight, which any marked or
unlooked-for instance of Edmund?s consideration of her in the last
few months had excited, Fanny had never known so much felicity
in her life, as in this unchecked, equal, fearless intercourse with the
brother and friend who was opening all his heart to her, telling her
all his hopes and fears, plans, and solicitudes respecting that long
thought of, dearly earned, and justly valued blessing of promotion;
who could give her direct and minute information of the father and
mother, brothers and sisters, of whom she very seldom heard; who
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was interested in all the comforts and all the little hardships of her
home at Mansfield; ready to think of every member of that home as
she directed, or differing only by a less scrupulous opinion, and
more noisy abuse of their aunt Norris, and with whom (perhaps the
dearest indulgence of the whole) all the evil and good of their earliest
years could be gone over again, and every former united pain
and pleasure retraced with the fondest recollectionAn advantage
this, a strengthener of love, in which even the conjugal tie is beneath
the fraternalChildren of the same family, the same blood,
with the same first associations and habits, have some means of
enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connexions can
supply; and it must be by a long and unnatural estrangement, by a
divorce which no subsequent connexion can justify, if such precious
remains of the earliest attachments are ever entirely outlivedToo
often, alas! it is soFraternal love, sometimes almost everything, is at
others worse than nothingBut with William and Fanny Price it
was still a sentiment in all its prime and freshness, wounded by no
opposition of interest, cooled by no separate attachment, and feeling
the influence of time and absence only in its increase
An affection so amiable was advancing each in the opinion of all
who had hearts to value anything goodHenry Crawford was as
much struck with it as anyHe honoured the warm-hearted, blunt
fondness of the young sailor, which led him to say, with his hands
stretched towards Fanny?s head, ?Do you know, I begin to like that
queer fashion already, though when I first heard of such things being
done in England, I tiffany canada could not believe it; and when MrsBrown,
and the other women at the Commissioner?s at Gibraltar, appeared
in the same trim, I thought they were mad; but Fanny can reconcile
me to anything?; and saw, with lively admiration, the glow of Fanny?s
cheek, the brightness of her eye, the deep interest, the absorbed
attention, while her brother was describing any of the imminent
hazards, or terrific scenes, which such a period at sea must supply
It was a picture which Henry Crawford had moral taste enough
to valueFanny?s attractions increased?increased twofold; for the
sensibility which beautified her complexion and illumined her countenance
was an attraction in itselfHe was no longer in doubt of the
capabilities of her heartShe had feeling, genuine feelingIt would
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be something to be loved by such a girl, to excite the first ardours of
her young unsophisticated mind! She interested him more than he
had foreseenA fortnight was not enoughHis stay became indefinite
William was often called on by his uncle to be the talkerHis
recitals were amusing in themselves to Sir Thomas, but the chief
object in seeking them was to understand the reciter, to know the
young man by his histories; and he listened to his clear, simple,
spirited details with full satisfaction, seeing in them the proof of
good principles, professional knowledge, energy, courage, and cheerfulness,
everything that could deserve or promise wellYoung as he
was, William had already seen a great dealHe had been in the
Mediterranean; in the West Indies; in the Mediterranean again; had
been often taken on shore by the favour of his captain, and in the
course of seven years had known every variety of danger which sea
and war together could offerWith such means in his power he had a
right to be listened to; and though MrsNorris could fidget about the
room, and disturb everybody in quest of two needlefuls of thread or a
second-hand shirt button, in the midst of her nephew?s account of a
shipwreck or an engagement, everybody else was attentive; and even
Lady Bertram could not hear of such horrors unmoved, or without
sometimes lifting her eyes from her work to say, ?Dear me! how disagreeable!
I wonder anybody can ever go to sea
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before either Fanny or the steady old coachman, who always attended
her when she rode without her cousins, were ready to set
forwardThe second day?s trial was not so guiltlessMiss Crawford?s
enjoyment of riding was such that she did not know how to leave
offActive and fearless, and though rather small, strongly made, she
seemed formed for a horsewoman; and to the pure genuine pleasure
of the exercise, something was probably added in Edmund?s attendance
and instructions, and something more in the conviction of
very much surpassing her sex in general by her early progress, to
make her unwilling to dismountFanny was ready and waiting, and
MrsNorris was beginning to scold her for not being gone, and still
no horse was announced, no Edmund appearedTo avoid her aunt,
and look for him, she went out
The houses, though scarcely half a mile apart, were not within
sight of each other; but, by walking fifty yards from the hall door,
she could look down the park, and command a view of the Parsonage
and all its demesnes, gently rising beyond the village road; and
in DrGrant?s meadow she immediately saw the group?Edmund
and Miss Crawford both on horse-back, riding side by side, DrCrawford, black chanel handbag with two or three grooms, standing
about and looking onA happy party it appeared to her, all interested
in one object: cheerful beyond a doubt, for the sound of merriment
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cheerful; she wondered that Edmund should forget her, and felt a
pangShe could not turn her eyes from the meadow; she could not
help watching all that passedAt first Miss Crawford and her companion
made the circuit of the field, which was not small, at a foot?s
pace; then, at her apparent suggestion, they rose into a canter; and
to Fanny?s timid nature it was most astonishing to see how well she
satAfter a few minutes they stopped entirelyEdmund was close to
her; he was speaking to her; he was evidently directing her management
of the bridle; he had hold of her hand; she saw it, or the
imagination supplied what the eye could not reachShe
must not wonder at all this; what could be more natural than that
Edmund should be making himself useful, and proving his goodnature
by any one? She could not but think, indeed, that Mr
Crawford might as well have saved him the trouble; that it would
have been particularly proper and becoming in a brother to have
done it himself; but MrCrawford, with all his boasted good-nature,
and all his chanel white watch coachmanship, probably knew nothing of the matter,
and had no active kindness in comparison of EdmundShe began
to think it rather hard upon the mare to have such double duty;
if she were forgotten, the poor mare should be remembered
Her feelings for one and the other were soon a little tranquillised
by seeing the party in the meadow disperse, and Miss Crawford still
on horseback, but attended by Edmund on foot, pass through a
gate into the lane, and so into the park, and make towards the spot
where she stoodShe began then to be afraid of appearing rude and
impatient; and walked to meet them with a great anxiety to avoid
the suspicion
?My dear Miss Price,? said Miss Crawford, as soon as she was at
all within hearing, ?I am come to make my own apologies for keeping
you waiting; but I have nothing in the world to say for myself?
I knew it was very late, and that I was behaving extremely ill; and
therefore, if you please, you must forgive meSelfishness must always
be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure
Fanny?s answer was extremely civil, and Edmund added his conviction
that she could be in no hurry?For there is more than time
enough for my cousin to ride twice as far as she ever goes,? said he,
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setting off half an hour sooner: clouds are now coming up, and she
will not suffer from the heat as she would have done thenI wish
you may not be fatigued by so much exerciseI wish you had saved
yourself this walk home
?No part of it fatigues me but getting off this horse, I assure you,?
said she, as she sprang down with his help; ?I am very strongNothing
ever fatigues me but doing what I do not likeMiss Price, I give
way to you with a very bad grace; but I sincerely hope you will have
a pleasant ride, and that I may have nothing but good to hear of this
dear, delightful, beautiful animal
The old coachman, who had been waiting about with his own
horse, now joining them, Fanny was lifted on hers, and they set off
across another part of the park; her feelings of discomfort not lightened
by seeing, as she looked back, that the others were walking
down the hill together to the village; nor did her attendant do her
much good by his comments on Miss Crawford?s great cleverness as
a horse-woman, which he had been watching with an interest almost
equal to her own
?It is a pleasure to see a lady with such a good heart for riding!?
said he?I never see one sit a horse betterShe did not seem to have
a thought of fearVery different from you, miss, when you first
began, six years kelly hermes bags ago come next EasterLord bless you! how you did
tremble when Sir Thomas first had you put on!?
In the drawing-room Miss Crawford was also celebratedHer merit
in being gifted by Nature with strength and courage was fully appreciated
by the Miss Bertrams; her delight in riding was like their
own; her early excellence in it was like their own, and they had great
pleasure in praising it
?I was sure she would ride well,? said Julia; ?she has the make for
itHer figure is as neat as her brother?s
?Yes,? added Maria, ?and her spirits are as good, and she has the
same energy of characterI cannot but think that good horsemanship
has a great deal to do with the mind
When they parted at night Edmund asked Fanny whether she
meant to ride the next day
?No, I do not know?not if you want the mare,? was her answer
?I do not want her at all for myself,? said he; ??but whenever you
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are next inclined to stay at home, I think Miss Crawford would be
glad to have her a longer time?for a whole morning, in shortShe
has a great desire to get as far as Mansfield Common: MrsGrant
has been telling her of its fine views, and I have no doubt of her
being perfectly equal to itBut any morning will do for thisShe
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interruption for the evening, and MrRushworth might imagine
it a blessing; but every other heart was sinking under some degree
of self-condemnation or undefined alarm, every other heart
was suggesting, ?What will become of us? what is to be done now??
It was a terrible pause; and terrible to every ear were the corroborating
sounds of opening doors and passing footsteps
Julia was the first to move and speak againJealousy and bitterness
had been suspended: selfishness was lost in the common cause;
but at the moment of her appearance, Frederick was listening with
looks of devotion to Agatha?s narrative, and pressing her hand to his
heart; and as soon as she could notice this, and see that, in spite of
the shock of her words, he still kept his station and retained her
sister?s hand, her wounded heart swelled again with injury, and looking
as red as she had been white before, she turned out of the room,
saying, ?I need not be afraid of appearing before him
Her going roused the rest; and at the same moment the two brothers
stepped forward, feeling the necessity of doing somethingA
very few words between them were sufficientThe case admitted no
difference of opinion: they must go to the drawing-room directly
Maria joined them with the same intent, just then the stoutest of
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the three; for the very circumstance which had driven Julia away
was to her the sweetest supportHenry Crawford?s retaining her
hand at such a moment, a moment of such peculiar proof and importance,
was worth ages of doubt and anxietyShe hailed it as an
earnest of the most serious determination, and was equal even to
encounter her fatherThey walked off, utterly heedless of Mr
Rushworth?s repeated question of, ?Shall I go too? Had not I better
go too? Will not it be right for me to go too?? but they were no
sooner through the door than Henry Crawford undertook to answer
the anxious inquiry, and, encouraging him by all means to pay
his respects to Sir gucci men bag Thomas without delay, sent him after the others
with delighted haste
Fanny was left with only the Crawfords and MrShe had
been quite overlooked by her cousins; and as her own opinion of
her claims on Sir Thomas?s affection was much too humble to give
her any idea of classing herself with his children, she was glad to
remain behind and gain a little breathing-timeHer agitation and
alarm exceeded all that was endured by the rest, by the right of a
disposition which not even innocence could keep from suffering
She was nearly fainting: all her former habitual dread of her uncle
was returning, and with it compassion for him and for almost every
one of the party on the development before him, with solicitude on
Edmund?s account indescribableShe had found a seat, where in
excessive trembling she was enduring all these fearful thoughts, while
the other three, no longer under any restraint, were giving vent to
their feelings of vexation, lamenting over such an unlooked-for premature
arrival as a most untoward event, and without mercy wishing
poor Sir Thomas had been twice as long on his passage, or were still in
Antigua
The Crawfords were more warm on the subject than MrYates,
from better understanding the family, and judging more clearly of
the mischief that must ensueThe ruin of the play was to them a
certainty: they felt the total destruction of the scheme to be inevitably
at hand; while MrYates considered it only as a temporary interruption,
a disaster for the evening, and could even suggest the possibility
of the rehearsal being renewed after tea, when the bustle of
receiving Sir Thomas were over, and he might be at leisure to be
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amused by itThe Crawfords laughed at the idea; and having soon
agreed on the propriety of their walking quietly home and leaving
the family to themselves, proposed MrYates?s accompanying them
and spending the evening at the ParsonageYates, having
never been with those who thought much of parental claims, or
family confidence, could chanel j12 white watch not perceive that anything of the kind was
necessary; and therefore, thanking them, said, ?he preferred remaining
where he was, that he might pay his respects to the old gentleman
handsomely since he was come; and besides, he did not think
it would be fair by the others to have everybody run away
Fanny was just beginning to collect herself, and to feel that if she
staid longer behind it might seem disrespectful, when this point
was settled, and being commissioned with the brother and sister?s
apology, saw them preparing to go as she quitted the room herself
to perform the dreadful duty of appearing before her uncle
Too soon did she find herself at the drawing-room door; and after
pausing a moment for what she knew would not come, for a courage
which the outside of no door had ever supplied to her, she turned the
lock in desperation, and the lights of the drawing-room, and all the
collected family, were before herAs she entered, her own name caught
her earSir Thomas was at that moment looking round him, and
saying, ?But where is Fanny? Why do not I see my little Fanny???
and on perceiving her, came forward with a kindness which astonished
and penetrated her, calling her his dear Fanny, kissing her affectionately,
and observing with decided pleasure how much she was
grown! Fanny knew not how to feel, nor where to lookShe was quite
oppressedHe had never been so kind, so very kind to her in his life
His manner seemed changed, his voice was quick from the agitation
of joy; and all that had been awful in his dignity seemed lost in tenderness
He led her nearer the light and looked at her again?inquired
particularly after her health, and then, correcting himself, observed
that he need not inquire, for her appearance spoke sufficiently
on that pointA fine blush having succeeded the previous paleness of
her face, he was justified in his belief of her equal improvement in
health and beautyHe inquired next after her family, especially William:
and his kindness altogether was such as chanel handbag 2.55 made her reproach herself
for loving him so little, and thinking his return a misfortune; and
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when, on having courage to lift her eyes to his face, she saw that he
was grown thinner, and had the burnt, fagged, worn look of fatigue
and a hot climate, every tender feeling was increased, and she was
miserable in considering how much unsuspected vexation was probably
ready to burst on him
Sir Thomas was indeed the life of the party, who at his suggestion
now seated themselves round the fireHe had the best right to be
the talker; and the delight of his sensations in being again in his
own house, in the centre of his family, after such a separation, made
him communicative and chatty in a very unusual degree; and he
was ready to give every information as to his voyage, and answer
every question of his two sons almost before it was putHis business
in Antigua had latterly been prosperously rapid, and he came directly
from Liverpool, having had an opportunity of making his
passage thither in a private vessel, instead of waiting for the packet;
and all the little particulars of his proceedings and events, his arrivals
and departures, were most promptly delivered, as he sat by Lady
Bertram and looked with heartfelt satisfaction on the faces around
him?interrupting himself more than once, however, to remark on
his good fortune in finding them all at home?coming unexpectedly
as he did?all collected together exactly as he could have wished,
but dared not depend onRushworth was not forgotten: a most
friendly reception and warmth of hand-shaking had already met
him, and with pointed attention he was now included in the objects
most intimately connected with MansfieldThere was nothing disagreeable
in MrRushworth?s appearance, and Sir Thomas was liking
him already
By not one of the circle was he listened to with such unbroken,
unalloyed enjoyment as by his wife, who was really extremely happy
to see him, and whose feelings were so warmed by his sudden arrival
as to place her black chanel tote nearer agitation than she had been for the last
twenty yearsShe had been almost fluttered for a few minutes, and
still remained so sensibly animated as to put away her work, move
Pug from her side, and give all her attention and all the rest of her
sofa to her husbandShe had no anxieties for anybody to cloud her
pleasure: her own time had been irreproachably spent during his
absence: she had done a great deal of carpet-work, and made many
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yards of fringe; and she would have answered as freely for the good
conduct and useful pursuits of all the young people as for her own
It was so agreeable to her to see him again, and hear him talk, to
have her ear amused and her whole comprehension filled by his
narratives, that she began particularly to feel how dreadfully she
must have missed him, and how impossible it would have been for
her to bear a lengthened absenceNorris was by no means to be compared in happiness to her
sisterNot that she was incommoded by many fears of Sir Thomas?s
disapprobation when the present state of his house should be known,
for her judgment had been so blinded that, except by the instinctive
caution with which she had whisked away MrRushworth?s pink
satin cloak as her brother-in-law entered, she could hardly be said
to shew any sign of alarm; but she was vexed by the manner of his
returnIt had left her nothing to doInstead of being sent for out of
the room, and seeing him first, and having to spread the happy
news through the house, Sir Thomas, with a very reasonable dependence,
perhaps, on the nerves of his wife and children, had sought
no confidant but the butler, and had been following him almost
instantaneously into the drawing-roomNorris felt herself defrauded
of an office on which she had always depended, whether
his arrival or his death were to be the thing unfolded; and was now
trying to be in a bustle without having anything to bustle about,
and labouring to be important where nothing was wanted but tranquillity
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