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would be extremely sorry to interfere with youIt would be very
wrong if she didShe rides only for pleasure; you for health
?I shall not ride to-morrow, certainly,? said Fanny; ?I have been out
very often lately, and would rather stay at homeYou know I am strong
enough now to walk very well
Edmund looked pleased, which must be Fanny?s comfort, and the
ride to Mansfield Common took place the next morning: the party
included all the young people but herself, and was much enjoyed at
the time, and doubly enjoyed again in the evening discussionA
successful scheme of this sort generally brings on another; and the
having been to Mansfield Common disposed them all for going
somewhere else the day afterThere were many other views to be
shewn; and though the weather was hot, there were shady lanes
wherever they wanted to goA young party is always provided with
a shady laneFour fine mornings successively were spent in this
manner, in shewing the Crawfords the country, and doing the
honours of its finest spotsEverything answered; it was all gaiety
and good-humour, the heat only dolce |