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Chapter XLIX

           Ferrars,aswellasnotknowinghowtogettoPlymouth;forLucyitseemsborrowedallhermoneybeforeshewentofftobemarried,onpurposewesupposetomakeashowwith,andpoorNancyhadnotsevenshillingsintheworld;—soIwasverygladtogiveherfiveguineastotakeherdowntoExeter,whereshethinksofstayingthreeorfourweekswithMrs.Burgess,inhopes,asItellher,tofallinwiththeDoctoragain.AndImustsaythatLucy’scrossnessnottotakethemalongwiththeminthechaiseisworsethanall.PoorMr.Edward!Icannotgethimoutofmyhead,butyoumustsendforhimtoBarton,andMissMariannemusttrytocomforthim."

           Mr.Dashwood’sstrainsweremoresolemn.Mrs.Ferrarswasthemostunfortunateofwomen—poorFannyhadsufferedagoniesofsensibility—andheconsideredtheexistenceofeach,undersuchablow,withgratefulwonder.Robert’soffencewasunpardonable,butLucy’swasinfinitelyworse.NeitherofthemwereeveragaintobementionedtoMrs.Ferrars;andeven,ifshemighthereafterbeinducedtoforgiveherson,hiswifeshouldneverbeacknowledgedasherdaughter,norbepermittedtoappearinherpresence.Thesecrecywithwhicheverythinghadbeencarriedonbetweenthem,wasrationallytreatedasenormouslyheighteningthecrime,because,hadanysuspicionofitoccurredtotheothers,propermeasureswouldhavebeentakentopreventthemarriage;andhecalledonElinortojoinwithhiminregrettingthatLucy’sengagementwithEdwardhadnotratherbeenfulfilled,thanthatsheshouldthusbethemeansofspreadingmiseryfartherinthefamily.

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