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He is still able to think and act; and I
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write, by his desire, to propose your returning homeHe is anxious
to get you there for my mother?s sakeI shall be at Portsmouth the
morning after you receive this, and hope to find you ready to set off
for MansfieldMy father wishes you to invite Susan to go with you
for a few monthsSettle it as you like; say what is proper; I am sure
you will feel such an instance of his kindness at such a moment! Do
justice to his meaning, however I may confuse itYou may imagine
something of my present stateThere is no end of the evil let loose
upon usYou will see me early by the mail
Never had Fanny more wanted a cordialNever had she felt such
a one as this letter containedTo-morrow! to leave Portsmouth tomorrow!
She was, she felt she was, in the greatest danger of being
exquisitely happy, while so many were miserableThe evil which
brought such good to her! She dreaded lest she should learn to be
insensible of itTo be going so soon, sent for so kindly, sent for as a
comfort, and with leave to take Susan, was altogether such a combination
of blessings as set her heart in a glow, and for a time seemed
to christian dior handbags distance every pain, and make her incapable of suitably sharing
the distress even of those whose distress she thought of mostJulia?s
elopement could affect her comparatively but little; she was amazed
and shocked; but it could not occupy her, could not dwell on her
mindShe was obliged to call herself to think of it, and acknowledge
it to be terrible and grievous, or it was escaping her, in the
midst of all the agitating pressing joyful cares attending this summons
to herself
There is nothing like employment, active indispensable employment,
for relieving sorrowEmployment, even melancholy, may dispel
melancholy, and her occupations were hopefulShe had so much
to do, that not even the horrible story of MrsRushworth?now
fixed to the last point of certainty could affect her as it had done
beforeShe had not time to be miserableWithin twenty-four hours
she was hoping to be gone; her father and mother must be spoken
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ness; the day was hardly long enoughThe happiness she was imparting,
too, happiness very little alloyed by the black communication
which must briefly tiffany replica precede it?the joyful consent of her father
and mother to Susan?s going with her?the general satisfaction with
which the going of both seemed regarded, and the ecstasy of Susan
herself, was all serving to support her spirits
The affliction of the Bertrams was little felt in the family
Price talked of her poor sister for a few minutes, but how to find
anything to hold Susan?s clothes, because Rebecca took away all the
boxes and spoilt them, was much more in her thoughts: and as for
Susan, now unexpectedly gratified in the first wish of her heart, and
knowing nothing personally of those who had sinned, or of those
who were sorrowing?if she could help rejoicing from beginning to
end, it was as much as ought to be expected from human virtue at
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As nothing was really left for the decision of MrsPrice, or the
good offices of Rebecca, everything was rationally and duly accomplished,
and the girls were ready for the morrowThe advantage of
much sleep to prepare them for their journey was impossibleThe
cousin who was travelling towards them could hardly have less than
visited their agitated spirits?one all happiness, the other all chanel watch black . varying
and indescribable perturbation
By eight in the morning Edmund was in the houseThe girls
heard his entrance from above, and Fanny went downThe idea of
immediately seeing him, with the knowledge of what he must be
suffering, brought back all her own first feelingsHe so near her,
and in miseryShe was ready to sink as she entered the parlourHe
was alone, and met her instantly; and she found herself pressed to
his heart with only these words, just articulate, ?My Fanny, my only
sister; my only comfort now!? She could say nothing; nor for some
minutes could he say more
He turned away to recover himself, and when he spoke again,
though his voice still faltered, his manner shewed the wish of selfcommand,
and the resolution of avoiding any farther allusion?Have
you breakfasted? When shall you be ready? Does Susan go?? were
questions following each other rapidlyHis great object was to be
off as soon as possibleWhen Mansfield was considered, time was
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precious; and the state of his own mind made him find relief only in
motionIt was settled that he should order the carriage to the door
in half an hourFanny answered for their 2.55 chanel having breakfasted and
being quite ready in half an hourHe had already ate, and declined
staying for their mealHe would walk round the ramparts, and join
them with the carriageHe was gone again; glad to get away even
from Fanny
He looked very ill; evidently suffering under violent emotions,
which he was determined to suppressShe knew it must be so, but it
was terrible to her
The carriage came; and he entered the house again at the same
moment, just in time to spend a few minutes with the family, and
be a witness?but that he saw nothing?of the tranquil manner in
which the daughters were parted with, and just in time to prevent
their sitting down to the breakfast-table, which, by dint of much
unusual activity, was quite and completely ready as the carriage drove
from the doorFanny?s last meal in her father?s house was in character
with her first: she was dismissed from it as hospitably as she had
been welcomed
How her heart swelled with joy and gratitude as she passed the
barriers of Portsmouth, and how Susan?s face wore its broadest smiles,
may be easily conceivedSitting forwards, however, and screened by
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