“It is as a dream, a pleasant dream!” he... “It is as a dream, a pleasant dream!” he exclaimed, breaking forth
again, after a few minutes’ musing“I shall always look back on our
theatricals with exquisite pleasureThere was such an interest, such
an animation, such a spirit diffusedThere was employment, hope, solicitude, bustle, for every hour
of the dayAlways some little objection, some little doubt, some
little anxiety to be got over
With silent indignation Fanny repeated to herself, “Never happier!—
never happier than when doing what you must know was
not justifiable!—never happier than when behaving so dishonourably
and unfeelingly! Oh! what a corrupted mind!”
“We were unlucky, Miss Price,” he continued, in a lower tone, to
avoid the possibility of being heard by Edmund, and not at all aware
of her feelings, “we certainly were very unluckyAnother week, only
one other week, would have been enough for usI think if we had
had the disposal of events—if Mansfield Park had had the government
of the winds just for a week or two, about the equinox, there
would have been a differenceNot that we would have endangered
his safety by any tremendous weather—but only by a steady
dolce and gabbana knock off contrary
wind, or a calmI think, Miss Price, we would have indulged
ourselves with a week’s calm in the Atlantic at that season
He seemed determined to be answered; and Fanny, averting her
face, said, with a firmer tone than usual, “As far as I am concerned,
sir, I would not have delayed his return for a dayMy uncle disapproved
it all so entirely when he did arrive, that in my opinion
everything had gone quite far enough
She had never spoken so much at once to him in her life before,
and never so angrily to any one; and when her speech was over, she
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trembled and blushed at her own daringHe was surprised; but after
a few moments’ silent consideration of her, replied in a calmer, graver
tone, and as if the candid result of conviction, “I believe you are right
It was more pleasant than prudentWe were getting too noisy And
then turning the conversation, he would have engaged her on some
other subject, but her answers were so shy and reluctant that he could
not advance in any
Miss Crawford, who had been repeatedly eyeing DrGrant and
Edmund, now observed, “Those gentlemen must have some very
interesting point to discuss
“The most
gucci faux interesting in the world,” replied her brother—”how
to make money; how to turn a good income into a betterGrant
is giving Bertram instructions about the living he is to step into so
soonI find he takes orders in a few weeksThey were at it in the
dining-parlourI am glad to hear Bertram will be so well offHe
will have a very pretty income to make ducks and drakes with, and
earned without much troubleI apprehend he will not have less
than seven hundred a yearSeven hundred a year is a fine thing for
a younger brother; and as of course he will still live at home, it will
be all for his menus plaisirs; and a sermon at Christmas and Easter, I
suppose, will be the sum total of sacrifice
His sister tried to laugh off her feelings by saying, “Nothing amuses
me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the
abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselvesYou
would look rather blank, Henry, if your menus plaisirs were to be
limited to seven hundred a year
“Perhaps I might; but all that you know is entirely comparative
Birthright and habit must settle the businessBertram is certainly
well off for a cadet of even a baronet’s
spy bag fendi familyBy the time he is four
or five and twenty he will have seven hundred a year, and nothing
to do for it
Miss Crawford could have said that there would be a something to
do and to suffer for it, which she could not think lightly of; but she
checked herself and let it pass; and tried to look calm and unconcerned
when the two gentlemen shortly afterwards joined them
“Bertram,” said Henry Crawford, “I shall make a point of coming
to Mansfield to hear you preach your first sermonI shall come on
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purpose to encourage a young beginnerWhen is it to be? Miss
Price, will not you join me in encouraging your cousin? Will not
you engage to attend with your eyes steadily fixed on him the whole
time—as I shall do—not to lose a word; or only looking off just to
note down any sentence preeminently beautiful? We will provide
ourselves with tablets and a pencilWhen will it be? You must preach
at Mansfield, you know, that Sir Thomas and Lady Bertram may
hear you
“I shall keep clear of you, Crawford, as long as I can,” said Edmund;
“for you would be more likely to disconcert me, and I should be
more sorry to see you trying at it than
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“Will he not feel this?” thought Fanny“No, he can feel nothing
as he ought
The party being now all united, and the chief talkers attracting
each other, she remained in tranquillity; and as a whist-table was
formed after tea—formed really for the amusement of DrGrant,
by his attentive wife, though it was not to be supposed so—and
Miss Crawford took her harp, she had nothing to do but to listen;
and her tranquillity remained undisturbed the rest of the evening,
except when MrCrawford now and then addressed to her a question
or observation, which she could not avoid answeringMiss
Crawford was too much vexed by what had passed to be in a humour
for anything but musicWith that she soothed herself and amused
her friend
The assurance of Edmund’s being so soon to take orders, coming
upon her like a blow that had been suspended, and still hoped uncertain
and at a distance, was felt with resentment and mortification
She was very angry with himShe had thought her influence
moreShe had begun to think of him; she felt that she had, with
great regard, with almost decided intentions; but she would now
meet him with his own cool
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