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to do every thing in his power to make them comfortable.
to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the present of a thousand pounds a-piece.
To take three thousand pounds from the fortune of their dear little boy would be impoverishing him to the most dreadful degree.
She begged him to think again on the subject.
How could he answer it to himself to rob his child, and his only child too, of so large a sum? And what possible claim could the Miss Dashwoods, who were related to him only by half blood, which she considered as no relationship at all, have on his generosity to so large an amount.
It was very well known that no affection was ever supposed to exist between the children of any man by different marriages;
why was he to ruin himself, and their
poor little Harry,
by giving away fall his money to his half sisters?
being unjust to his merit before, in believing him incapable of generosity.
to wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect. She tried to explain the real state of the case to her sister.
her beloved Elinor should not be exposed another week to such insinuations.
she was in need of a dwelling; and though the house he now offered her was merely a cottage,
everything should be done to it which she might think necessary, if the situation pleased her.
to come with her daughters to Barton Park, the place of his own residence, from whence she might judge, herself, whether Barton Cottage,
could, by any alteration, be made comfortable to her.
she would not be settled far from Norland.
she was going into Devonshire. —
It was within four miles northward of Exeter.
how exceedingly sorry he was that she had taken a house at such a distance from Norland as to prevent his being of any service to her in removing her furniture.
who wondered at his being so shy before company, as he could make noise enough at home.
at being unable to get any smart young men to meet them.
They would see,
only one gentleman there besides himself; a particular friend who was staying at the park, but who was neither very young nor very gay. He hoped they would all excuse the smallness of the party, and could assure them it should never happen so again. He had been to several families that morning in hopes of procuring some addition to their number, but it was moonlight and every body was full of engagements. Luckily Lady Middleton's mother had arrived at Barton within the last hour, and as she was a very cheerful agreeable woman, he hoped the young ladies would not find it so very dull as they might imagine.
hoped they had not left their hearts behind them in Sussex,
an absolute old bachelor,
  • Novel: Sense And Sensibility
  • Character: Narrator as Elinor Dashwoodand Marianne Dashwood
  • Link to text in chapter 7
  • Text ID: 00240
Colonel Brandon was very much in love with Marianne Dashwood.
She rather suspected it to be so, on the very first evening of their being together, from his listening so attentively while she sang to them;
It must be so. She was perfectly convinced of it.
It would be an excellent match, for HE was rich, and SHE was handsome.
the day would be lastingly fair, and that every threatening cloud would be drawn off from their hills;
to whom she was obliged.
His name,
was Willoughby, and his present home was at Allenham, from whence he hoped she would allow him the honour of calling tomorrow to enquire after Miss Dashwood.
whether he knew any gentleman of the name of Willoughby at Allenham.
Mr. Willoughby had no property of his own in the country;
he resided there only while he was visiting the old lady at Allenham Court, to whom he was related, and whose possessions he was to inherit;
Marianne's preserver,
of music and dancing he was passionately fond,
for what could a silent man of five and thirty hope, when opposed to a very lively one of five and twenty?
Willoughby had given her a horse, one that he had bred himself on his estate in Somersetshire, and which was exactly calculated to carry a woman.
As to an additional servant, the expense would be a trifle; Mama she was sure would never object to it; and any horse would do for HIM; he might always get one at the park; as to a stable, the merest shed would be sufficient.
to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her.
to tell Willoughby when she saw him next, that it must be declined.
on being obliged to forego the acceptance of his present.
Elinor's particular favourite,
as they were all got together, they must do something by way of being happy;
what could be the reason of it;
no alteration of the kind should be attempted.
if he came directly from London.