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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 amused by it.
his dear Fanny,
how much she was grown!
he need not inquire, for her appearance spoke sufficiently on that point.
His 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;
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 on.
he would rather wait for tea.
he found that he could not be any longer in the house without just looking into his own dear room,
Some one was talking there in a very loud accent; he did not know the voice —more than talking— almost hallooing.
It would be the last— in all probability —the last scene on that stage;
there could not be a finer. The house would close with the greatest eclat.
making part of a ridiculous exhibition in the midst of theatrical nonsense,
The young people had been very inconsiderate in forming the plan; they ought to have been capable of a better decision themselves; but they were young; and, excepting Edmund, he believed, of unsteady characters; and with greater surprise, therefore, he must regard her acquiescence in their wrong measures, her countenance of their unsafe amusements, than that such measures and such amusements should have been suggested.
where the present pleasure of those she loved was at stake, her kindness did sometimes overpower her judgment.
of his being then at least as far off as Northampton.
another day or two would suffice to wipe away every outward memento of what had been, even to the destruction of every unbound copy of Lovers' Vows in the house,
To be a second time disappointed in the same way was an instance of very severe ill-luck;
he should certainly attack the baronet on the absurdity of his proceedings, and argue him into a little more rationality.
He had known many disagreeable fathers before, and often been struck with the inconveniences they occasioned, but never, in the whole course of his life, had he seen one of that class so unintelligibly moral, so infamously tyrannical as Sir Thomas. He was not a man to be endured but for his children's sake, and he might be thankful to his fair daughter Julia that Mr. Yates did yet mean to stay a few days longer under his roof.
whether there were any plans for resuming the play after the present happy interruption
because, in that case, he should make a point of returning to Mansfield at any time required by the party: he was going away immediately, being to meet his uncle at Bath without delay; but if there were any prospect of a renewal of Lovers' Vows, he should hold himself positively engaged, he should break through every other claim, he should absolutely condition with his uncle for attending them whenever he might be wanted. The play should not be lost by his absence.
She could not, did not like him.
Advantageous as would be the alliance, and long standing and public as was the engagement, her happiness must not be sacrificed to it. Mr. Rushworth had, perhaps, been accepted on too short an acquaintance, and, on knowing him better, she was repenting.
to be open and sincere,
assured her that every inconvenience should be braved, and the connexion entirely given up, if she felt herself unhappy in the prospect of it. He would act for her and release her.
Mr. Rushworth was young enough to improve. Mr. Rushworth must and would improve in good society; and if Maria could now speak so securely of her happiness with him, speaking certainly without the prejudice, the blindness of love, she ought to be believed. Her feelings, probably, were not acute; he had never supposed them to be so; but her comforts might not be less on that account; and if she could dispense with seeing her husband a leading, shining character, there would certainly be everything else in her favour. A well-disposed young woman, who did not marry for love, was in general but the more attached to her own family; and the nearness of Sotherton to Mansfield must naturally hold out the greatest temptation, and would, in all probability, be a continual supply of the most amiable and innocent enjoyments.
the soil here is better than his own,
his mother had been inquiring for her,
he had walked down to the Parsonage on purpose to bring her back.
to eat his mutton with him the next day;
the invitation should be accepted;
so particularly desirable for her in the intimacy which he saw with so much pleasure established,
to apply for information as to the probable period of the Antwerp's return from the Mediterranean, etc.;
She had feeling, genuine feeling.It would 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 foreseen. A fortnight was not enough.
he wished he had been a William Price, distinguishing himself and working his way to fortune and consequence with so much self-respect and happy ardour, instead of what he was!
as to his plans for the next day's hunting;
Mr. Crawford was somewhat distinguishing his niece—
any one in the habit of such idle observations would have thought that Mr. Crawford was the admirer of Fanny Price.
speculation.
to be allowed to sit between her ladyship and Miss Price, and teach them both,
They had been hunting together, and were in the midst of a good run, and at some distance from Mansfield, when his horse being found to have flung a shoe, Henry Crawford had been obliged to give up, and make the best of his way back.
to rent the house himself the following winter, that he might have a home of his own in that neighbourhood; and it was not merely for the use of it in the hunting-season
though that consideration had certainly some weight, feeling as he did that, in spite of all Dr. Grant's very great kindness, it was impossible for him and his horses to be accommodated where they now were without material inconvenience;
but his attachment to that neighbourhood did not depend upon one amusement or one season of the year: he had set his heart upon having a something there that he could come to at any time, a little homestall at his command, where all the holidays of his year might be spent, and he might find himself continuing, improving, and perfecting that friendship and intimacy with the Mansfield Park family which was increasing in value to him every day.
he could not for the life of him recall what her dancing had been,
to gratify anybody else who might wish to see Fanny dance, and to give pleasure to the young people in general;
His father had never conferred a favour or shewn a kindness more to his satisfaction.
with all necessary allowance for the shortness of the notice, to collect young people enough to form twelve or fourteen couple:
to fix on the 22nd as the most eligible day.