Chapter I

           

           AboutthirtyyearsagoMissMariaWard,ofHuntingdon,withonlyseventhousandpounds,hadthegoodlucktocaptivateSirThomasBertram,ofMansfieldPark,inthecountyofNorthampton,andtobetherebyraisedtotherankofabaronet’slady,withallthecomfortsandconsequencesofanhandsomehouseandlargeincome.AllHuntingdonexclaimedonthegreatnessofthematch,andheruncle,thelawyer,himself,allowedhertobeatleastthreethousandpoundsshortofanyequitableclaimtoit.Shehadtwosisterstobebenefitedbyherelevation;andsuchoftheiracquaintanceasthoughtMissWardandMissFrancesquiteashandsomeasMissMaria,didnotscrupletopredicttheirmarryingwithalmostequaladvantage.Buttherecertainlyarenotsomanymenoflargefortuneintheworldasthereareprettywomentodeservethem.MissWard,attheendofhalfadozenyears,foundherselfobligedtobeattachedtotheRev.Mr.Norris,afriendofherbrother-in-law,withscarcelyanyprivatefortune,andMissFrancesfaredyetworse.MissWard’smatch,indeed,whenitcametothepoint,wasnotcontemptible:SirThomasbeinghappilyabletogivehisfriendanincomeinthelivingofMansfield;andMr.andMrs.Norrisbegantheircareerofconjugalfelicitywithverylittlelessthanathousandayear.ButMissFrancesmarried,inthecommonphrase,todisobligeherfamily,andbyfixingonalieutenantofmarines,withouteducation,fortune,orconnexions,diditverythoroughly.Shecouldhardlyhavemadeamoreuntowardchoice.

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