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Chapter 7

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2020

John Wiltshire
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La Trobe University, Victoria
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THE novelty of travelling, and the happiness of being with William, soon produced their natural effect onFanny's spirits, when Mansfield Park was fairly left behind, and by the time their first stage was ended, and they were to quit Sir Thomas's carriage, she was able to take leave of the old coachman, and send back proper messages, with cheerful looks.

Of pleasant talk between the brother and sister, there was no end. Every thing supplied an amusement to the high glee of William's mind, and he was full of frolic and joke, in the intervals of their higher-toned subjects, all of which ended, if they did not begin, in praise of the Thrush, conjectures how she would be employed, schemes for an action with some superior force, which (supposing the first lieutenant out of the way—and William was not very merciful to the first lieutenant) was to give himself the next step as soon as possible, or speculations upon prize money, which was to be generously distributed at home, with only the reservation of enough to make the little cottage comfortable, in which he and Fanny were to pass all their middle and latter life together.

Fanny's immediate concerns, as far as they involved Mr. Crawford, made no part of their conversation. William knew what had passed, and from his heart lamented that his sister's feelings should be so cold towards a man whom he must consider as the first of human characters; but he was of an age to be all for love, and therefore unable to blame; and knowing her wish on the subject, he would not distress her by the slightest allusion.

She had reason to suppose herself not yet forgotten by Mr. Crawford.—She had heard repeatedly from his sister within the three weeks which had passed since their leaving Mansfield, and in each letter there had been a few lines from himself, warm and determined like his speeches. It was a correspondence which Fanny found quite as unpleasant as she had feared.

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Mansfield Park , pp. 433 - 448
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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  • Chapter 7
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by John Wiltshire, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: Mansfield Park
  • Online publication: 18 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108993470.042
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  • Chapter 7
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by John Wiltshire, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: Mansfield Park
  • Online publication: 18 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108993470.042
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  • Chapter 7
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by John Wiltshire, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: Mansfield Park
  • Online publication: 18 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108993470.042
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