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the church, sink the clergyman, and see only the respectable, elegant, modernised, and occasional residence of a man of independent fortune,
as the destroyer of all this,
It was time to have done with cards, if sermons prevailed;
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;
A ball at such a time! His daughters absent and herself not consulted!
She must be the doer of everything: Lady Bertram would of course be spared all thought and exertion, and it would all fall upon her. She should have to do the honours of the evening;
His father had never conferred a favour or shewn a kindness more to his satisfaction.
as to the rooms he would think fittest to be used,
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.
William was required to be at Portsmouth on the 24th; the 22nd would therefore be the last day of his visit; but where the days were so few it would be unwise to fix on any earlier.
having been on the point of proposing the 22nd herself, as by far the best day for the purpose.
"how she should be dressed"
the almost solitary ornament in her possession, a very pretty amber cross which William had brought her from Sicily,
for she had nothing but a bit of ribbon to fasten it to; and though she had worn it in that manner once, would it be allowable at such a time in the midst of all the rich ornaments which she supposed all the other young ladies would appear in? And yet not to wear it! William had wanted to buy her a gold chain too, but the purchase had been beyond his means, and therefore not to wear the cross might be mortifying him.
Half his destiny would then be determined, but the other half might not be so very smoothly wooed. His duties would be established, but the wife who was to share, and animate, and reward those duties, might yet be unattainable.
There were points on which they did not quite agree; there were moments in which she did not seem propitious; and though trusting altogether to her affection, so far as to be resolved— almost resolved —on bringing it to a decision within a very short time, as soon as the variety of business before him were arranged, and he knew what he had to offer her,
her acknowledged disinclination for privacy and retirement, her decided preference of a London life,
what could he expect but a determined rejection?
unless it were an acceptance even more to be deprecated, demanding such sacrifices of situation and employment on his side as conscience must forbid.
The issue of all depended on one question. Did she love him well enough to forego what had used to be essential points? Did she love him well enough to make them no longer essential?
her eyes sparkle as
the dear friend's letter, which claimed a long visit from her in London,
the kindness of Henry, in engaging to remain where he was till January, that he might convey her thither;
But this had occurred on the first day of its being settled, within the first hour of the burst of such enjoyment, when nothing but the friends she was to visit was before her.
He had since heard her express herself differently, with other feelings, more chequered feelings:
she should leave her with regret;
she began to believe neither the friends nor the pleasures she was going to were worth those she left behind;
though she felt she must go, and knew she should enjoy herself when once away, she was already looking forward to being at Mansfield again.
Was there not a "yes" in all this?
if she would be so kind as to give her opinion, it might be all talked over as well without doors as within.
Fanny's returning with her in a much more cordial manner than before,
their going up into her room, where they might have a comfortable coze, without disturbing Dr. and Mrs. Grant, who were together in the drawing-room.
she did not know how either to wear the cross, or to refrain from wearing it.
to chuse from among several gold chains and necklaces.
Fanny's taking one for the cross and to keep for her sake,
The gift was too valuable.
she might not be accused of pride or indifference, or some other littleness;
to know which might be least valuable;
But this was an unworthy feeling.
Miss Crawford had anticipated her wants with a kindness which proved her a real friend.
To take what had been the gift of another person, of a brother too, impossible! it must not be!
He evidently tried to please her: he was gallant, he was attentive, he was something like what he had been to her cousins: he wanted, she supposed, to cheat her of her tranquillity as he had cheated them; and whether he might not have some concern in this necklace— she could not be convinced that he had not,
for Miss Crawford, complaisant as a sister, was careless as a woman and a friend.
Fanny could not but admit the superior power of one pleasure over his own mind, though it might have its drawback.
She was one of his two dearest— that must support her.
But the other: the first!
She had never heard him speak so openly before, and though it told her no more than what she had long perceived, it was a stab, for it told of his own convictions and views.
They were decided. He would marry Miss Crawford.