Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter IV

           Hecouldallowhissistertobethebestjudgeofherownhappiness,buthewasnotpleasedthatherhappinessshouldcentreinalargeincome;norcouldherefrainfromoftensayingtohimself,inMr.Rushworth’scompany—“Ifthismanhadnottwelvethousandayear,hewouldbeaverystupidfellow.”

           SirThomas,however,wastrulyhappyintheprospectofanalliancesounquestionablyadvantageous,andofwhichheheardnothingbuttheperfectlygoodandagreeable.Itwasaconnexionexactlyoftherightsort—inthesamecounty,andthesameinterest—andhismostheartyconcurrencewasconveyedassoonaspossible.Heonlyconditionedthatthemarriageshouldnottakeplacebeforehisreturn,whichhewasagainlookingeagerlyforwardto.HewroteinApril,andhadstronghopesofsettlingeverythingtohisentiresatisfaction,andleavingAntiguabeforetheendofthesummer.

           SuchwasthestateofaffairsinthemonthofJuly;andFannyhadjustreachedhereighteenthyear,whenthesocietyofthevillagereceivedanadditioninthebrotherandsisterofMrs.Grant,aMr.andMissCrawford,thechildrenofhermotherbyasecondmarriage.Theywereyoungpeopleoffortune.ThesonhadagoodestateinNorfolk,thedaughtertwentythousandpounds.Aschildren,theirsisterhadbeenalwaysveryfondofthem;but,asherownmarriagehadbeensoonfollowedbythedeathoftheircommonparent,whichleftthemtothecareofabrotheroftheirfather,ofwhomMrs.Grantknewnothing,shehadscarcelyseenthemsince.Intheiruncle’shousetheyhadfoundakindhome.AdmiralandMrs.

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