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Chapter I

           Hadhemarriedamoreamiablewoman,hemighthavebeenmadestillmorerespectablethanhewas:—hemightevenhavebeenmadeamiablehimself;forhewasveryyoungwhenhemarried,andveryfondofhiswife.ButMrs.JohnDashwoodwasastrongcaricatureofhimself;—morenarrow-mindedandselfish.

           Whenhegavehispromisetohisfather,hemeditatedwithinhimselftoincreasethefortunesofhissistersbythepresentofathousandpoundsa-piece.Hethenreallythoughthimselfequaltoit.Theprospectoffourthousanda-year,inadditiontohispresentincome,besidestheremaininghalfofhisownmother’sfortune,warmedhisheart,andmadehimfeelcapableofgenerosity.—"Yes,hewouldgivethemthreethousandpounds:itwouldbeliberalandhandsome!Itwouldbeenoughtomakethemcompletelyeasy.Threethousandpounds!hecouldsparesoconsiderableasumwithlittleinconvenience."—Hethoughtofitalldaylong,andformanydayssuccessively,andhedidnotrepent.

           Nosoonerwashisfather’sfuneralover,thanMrs.JohnDashwood,withoutsendinganynoticeofherintentiontohermother-in-law,arrivedwithherchildandtheirattendants.Noonecoulddisputeherrighttocome;thehousewasherhusband’sfromthemomentofhisfather’sdecease;buttheindelicacyofherconductwassomuchthegreater,andtoawomaninMrs.Dashwood’ssituation,withonlycommonfeelings,musthavebeenhighlyunpleasing;—butinHERmindtherewasasenseofhonorsokeen,agenerositysoromantic,thatanyoffenceofthekind,bywhomsoevergivenorreceived,wastoherasourceofimmovabledisgust.

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