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Chapter 4

           ShecoulddojusticetothesuperiorityofLadyRussell’smotivesinthis,overthoseofherfatherandElizabeth;shecouldhonourallthebetterfeelingsofhercalmness;butthegeneralairofoblivionamongthemwashighlyimportantfromwhateveritsprung;andintheeventofAdmiralCroft’sreallytakingKellynchHall,sherejoicedanewovertheconvictionwhichhadalwaysbeenmostgratefultoher,ofthepastbeingknowntothosethreeonlyamongherconnexions,bywhomnosyllable,shebelieved,wouldeverbewhispered,andinthetrustthatamonghis,thebrotheronlywithwhomhehadbeenresiding,hadreceivedanyinformationoftheirshort-livedengagement.Thatbrotherhadbeenlongremovedfromthecountryandbeingasensibleman,and,moreover,asinglemanatthetime,shehadafonddependenceonnohumancreature’shavingheardofitfromhim.

           Thesister,MrsCroft,hadthenbeenoutofEngland,accompanyingherhusbandonaforeignstation,andherownsister,Mary,hadbeenatschoolwhileitalloccurred;andneveradmittedbytheprideofsome,andthedelicacyofothers,tothesmallestknowledgeofitafterwards.

           Withthesesupports,shehopedthattheacquaintancebetweenherselfandtheCrofts,which,withLadyRussell,stillresidentinKellynch,andMaryfixedonlythreemilesoff,mustbeanticipated,neednotinvolveanyparticularawkwardness.

           

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