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Chapter 20

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2020

Edward Copeland
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Pomona College, California
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As the Miss Dashwoods entered the drawing-room of the park the next day, at one door, Mrs. Palmer came running in at the other, looking as good humoured and merry as before. She took them all most affectionately by the hand, and expressed great delight in seeing them again.

“I am so glad to see you!” said she, seating herself between Elinor and Marianne, “for it is so bad a day I was afraid you might not come, which would be a shocking thing, as we go away again to-morrow. We must go, for the Westons come to us next week you know. It was quite a sudden thing our coming at all, and I knew nothing of it till the carriage was coming to the door, and then Mr. Palmer asked me if I would go with him to Barton. He is so droll! He never tells me any thing! I am so sorry we cannot stay longer; however we shall meet again in town very soon, I hope.”

They were obliged to put an end to such an expectation.

“Not go to town!” cried Mrs. Palmer, with a laugh, “I shall be quite disappointed if you do not. I could get the nicest house in the world for you, next door to our’s, in Hanover-square. You must come, indeed. I am sure I shall be very happy to chaperon you at any time till I am confined, if Mrs. Dashwood should not like to go into public.”

They thanked her; but were obliged to resist all her entreaties.

“Oh! my love,” cried Mrs. Palmer to her husband, who just then entered the room—“You must help me to persuade the Miss Dashwoods to go to town this winter.”

Her love made no answer; and after slightly bowing to the ladies, began complaining of the weather.

“How horrid all this is!” said he. “Such weather makes every thing and every body disgusting. Dulness is as much produced within doors as without, by rain. It makes one detest all one's acquaintance.What the devil does Sir John mean by not having a billiard room3 in his house? How few people know what comfort is! Sir John is as stupid as the weather.”

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Sense and Sensibility , pp. 127 - 135
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2006

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  • Chapter 20
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by Edward Copeland, Pomona College, California
  • Book: Sense and Sensibility
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026772.024
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  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by Edward Copeland, Pomona College, California
  • Book: Sense and Sensibility
  • Online publication: 19 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026772.024
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  • Chapter 20
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by Edward Copeland, Pomona College, California
  • Book: Sense and Sensibility
  • Online publication: 19 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009026772.024
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