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It will be but the loss of the Esquire after his
nameWith real affection, Fanny, like mine, more might be overlooked
Write to me by return of post, judge of my anxiety, and do
not trifle with itTell me the real truth, as you have it from the
fountainheadAnd now, do not trouble yourself to be ashamed of
either my feelings or your ownBelieve me, they are not only natural,
they are philanthropic and virtuousI put it to your conscience,
whether ?Sir Edmund? would not do more good with all the Bertram
property than any other possible ?Sir Had the Grants been at home
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I would not have troubled you, but you are now the only one I can
apply to for the truth, his sisters not being within my reach
has been spending the Easter with the Aylmers at Twickenham (as
to be sure you know), and is not yet returned; and Julia is with the
cousins who live near Bedford Square, but I forget their name and
streetCould I immediately apply to either, however, I should still
prefer you, because it strikes me that they have all along been so
unwilling to have their own amusements cut up, as to shut their
eyes to the truths Easter holidays will not last
much longer; no doubt they are thorough holidays to herThe
Aylmers are pleasant people; and her husband away, she can chanel diamond watches have
nothing but enjoymentI give her credit for promoting his going
dutifully down to Bath, to fetch his mother; but how will she and
the dowager agree in one house? Henry is not at hand, so I have
nothing to say from himDo not you think Edmund would have
been in town again long ago, but for this illness??Yours ever, Mary
?I had actually begun folding my letter when Henry walked in,
but he brings no intelligence to prevent my sending it
knows a decline is apprehended; he saw her this morning: she returns
to Wimpole Street to-day; the old lady is comeNow do not
make yourself uneasy with any queer fancies because he has been
spending a few days at RichmondHe does it every springBe assured
he cares for nobody but youAt this very moment he is wild
to see you, and occupied only in contriving the means for doing so,
and for making his pleasure conduce to yoursIn proof, he repeats,
and more eagerly, what he said at Portsmouth about our conveying
you home, and I join him in it with all my soulDear Fanny, write
directly, and tell us to comeIt will do us all goodHe and I can go
to the Parsonage, you know, and be no trouble to our friends at
Mansfield ParkIt would really be gratifying to see them all again,
and a little addition of society might be of infinite use to them; and
as to chanel pearl necklace yourself, you must feel yourself to be so wanted there, that you
cannot in conscience?conscientious as you are?keep away, when
you have the means of returningI have not time or patience to give
half Henry?s messages; be satisfied that the spirit of each and every
one is unalterable affection
Fanny?s disgust at the greater part of this letter, with her extreme
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reluctance to bring the writer of it and her cousin Edmund together,
would have made her (as she felt) incapable of judging impartially
whether the concluding offer might be accepted or notTo herself,
individually, it was most temptingTo be finding herself, perhaps
within three days, transported to Mansfield, was an image of the
greatest felicity, but it would have been a material drawback to be
owing such felicity to persons in whose feelings and conduct, at the
present moment, she saw so much to condemn: the sister?s feelings,
the brother?s conduct, her cold-hearted ambition, his thoughtless
vanityTo have him still the acquaintance, the flirt perhaps, of Mrs
Rushworth! She was mortifiedShe had thought better of him
Happily, however, she was not left to weigh and decide between
opposite inclinations and doubtful notions of right; there was no
occasion to determine whether she ought to keep Edmund and black gucci bags Mary
asunder or notShe had a rule to apply to, which settled everything
Her awe of her uncle, and her dread of taking a liberty with him,
made it instantly plain to her what she had to doShe must absolutely
decline the proposalIf he wanted, he would send for her;
and even to offer an early return was a presumption which hardly
anything would have seemed to justifyShe thanked Miss Crawford,
but gave a decided negative?Her uncle, she understood, meant to
fetch her; and as her cousin?s illness had continued so many weeks
without her being thought at all necessary, she must suppose her
return would be unwelcome at present, and that she should be felt
an encumbrance
Her representation of her cousin?s state at this time was exactly
according to her own belief of it, and such as she supposed would
convey to the sanguine mind of her correspondent the hope of everything
she was wishing forEdmund would be forgiven for being
a clergyman, it seemed, under certain conditions of wealth; and
this, she suspected, was all the conquest of prejudice which he was
so ready to congratulate himself uponShe had only learnt to think
nothing of consequence but money
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CHAPTER XLVI
AS FANNY could not doubt that her answer was conveying a real disappointment,
she was rather in chanel bags for cheep expectation, from her knowledge of
Miss Crawford?s temper, of being urged again; and though no second
letter arrived for the space of a week, she had still the same feeling
when it did come
On receiving it, she could instantly decide on its containing little
writing, and was persuaded of its having the air of a letter of haste and
businessIts object was unquestionable; and two moments were enough
to start the probability of its being merely to give her notice that they
should be in Portsmouth that very day, and to throw her into all the
agitation of doubting what she ought to do in such a caseIf two
moments, however, can surround with difficulties, a third can disperse
them; and before she had opened the letter, the possibility of
Mrand Miss Crawford?s having applied to her uncle and obtained
his permission was giving her easeThis was the letter?
?A most scandalous, ill-natured rumour has just reached me, and
I write, dear Fanny, to warn you against giving the least credit to it,
should it spread into the countryDepend upon it, there is some
mistake, and that a day or two will clear it up; at any rate, that
Henry is blameless, and in spite of a moment?s etourderie, thinks of
nobody but youSay not a word of it; hear nothing, surmise nothing,
whisper nothing till I write fake prada ag
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