Austen Said:

"but whenever you 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 short. She has a great desire to get as far as Mansfield Common: Mrs. Grant has been telling her of its fine views, and I have no doubt of her being perfectly equal to it. But any morning will do for this. She would be extremely sorry to interfere with you. It would be very wrong if she did. She rides only for pleasure; you for health."

"I shall not ride to-morrow, certainly,"

"I have been out very often lately, and would rather stay at home. You know I am strong enough now to walk very well."

Edmund and Julia were invited to dine at the Parsonage, and she was excluded.

"But where is Fanny? Is she gone to bed?"

she was on the sofa.

"I must say, ma'am, that Fanny is as little upon the sofa as anybody in the house."

"Fanny,"

"I am sure you have the headache."

it was not very bad.

"I can hardly believe you,"

"I know your looks too well. How long have you had it?"

"Since a little before dinner. It is nothing but the heat."

"Did you go out in the heat?"

"Fanny has been cutting roses, has she?"

"What!"

"has she been walking as well as cutting roses; walking across the hot park to your house, and doing it twice, ma'am? No wonder her head aches."

"But were there roses enough to oblige her to go twice?"

"And could nobody be employed on such an errand but Fanny? Upon my word, ma'am, it has been a very ill-managed business."

"I wish Fanny had half your strength, ma'am."

His own forgetfulness of her was worse than anything which they had done. Nothing of this would have happened had she been properly considered; but she had been left four days together without any choice of companions or exercise, and without any excuse for avoiding whatever her unreasonable aunts might require.

for four days together she had not had the power of riding,

however unwilling he must be to check a pleasure of Miss Crawford's, that it should never happen again.

her losses, both of health and pleasure, would be soon made good.

the properest thing to be done was for him to walk down to the Parsonage directly, and call on Mr. Crawford, and inquire whether Wednesday would suit him or not.

the barouche would hold four perfectly well, independent of the box, on which one might go with him.

"But why is it necessary,"

"that Crawford's carriage, or his only, should be employed? Why is no use to be made of my mother's chaise? I could not, when the scheme was first mentioned the other day, understand why a visit from the family were not to be made in the carriage of the family."

"What!"

"go boxed up three in a postchaise in this weather, when we may have seats in a barouche! No, my dear Edmund, that will not quite do."

"There is no hardship, I suppose, nothing unpleasant,"

"in going on the barouche box."

"There can be no objection, then, to Fanny's going with you; there can be no doubt of your having room for her."

"You can have no reason, I imagine, madam,"

"for wishing Fanny not to be of the party, but as it relates to yourself, to your own comfort. If you could do without her, you would not wish to keep her at home?"

"You can, if I stay at home with you, as I mean to do."

"Yes,"

"there is no necessity for my going, and I mean to stay at home. Fanny has a great desire to see Sotherton. I know she wishes it very much. She has not often a gratification of the kind, and I am sure, ma'am, you would be glad to give her the pleasure now?"

she need not distress herself on Mrs. Rushworth's account, because he had taken the opportunity, as he walked with her through the hall, of mentioning Miss Price as one who would probably be of the party, and had directly received a very sufficient invitation for his cousin,

"I am sure she ought to be very much obliged to you,"

she ought to offer to stay at home herself.

"Fanny will feel quite as grateful as the occasion requires,"

you wished you could drive,

"her view of the country was charming, she wished they could all see it,"

"Here is a fine burst of country. I wish you had my seat, but I dare say you will not take it, let me press you ever so much;"

"it was a sort of building which she could not look at but with respect,"

"Now, where is the avenue? The house fronts the east, I perceive. The avenue, therefore, must be at the back of it. Mr. Rushworth talked of the west front."

the greater desirableness of some carriage which might convey more than two.

"To be depriving themselves of the advantage of other eyes and other judgments, might be an evil even beyond the loss of present pleasure."

"I am disappointed,"