Chapter IX

           

           TheDashwoodswerenowsettledatBartonwithtolerablecomforttothemselves.Thehouseandthegarden,withalltheobjectssurroundingthem,werenowbecomefamiliar,andtheordinarypursuitswhichhadgiventoNorlandhalfitscharmswereengagedinagainwithfargreaterenjoymentthanNorlandhadbeenabletoafford,sincethelossoftheirfather.SirJohnMiddleton,whocalledonthemeverydayforthefirstfortnight,andwhowasnotinthehabitofseeingmuchoccupationathome,couldnotconcealhisamazementonfindingthemalwaysemployed.

           Theirvisitors,exceptthosefromBartonPark,werenotmany;for,inspiteofSirJohn’surgententreatiesthattheywouldmixmoreintheneighbourhood,andrepeatedassurancesofhiscarriagebeingalwaysattheirservice,theindependenceofMrs.Dashwood’sspiritovercamethewishofsocietyforherchildren;andshewasresoluteindecliningtovisitanyfamilybeyondthedistanceofawalk.Therewerebutfewwhocouldbesoclassed;anditwasnotallofthemthatwereattainable.Aboutamileandahalffromthecottage,alongthenarrowwindingvalleyofAllenham,whichissuedfromthatofBarton,asformerlydescribed,thegirlshad,inoneoftheirearliestwalks,discoveredanancientrespectablelookingmansionwhich,byremindingthemalittleofNorland,interestedtheirimaginationandmadethemwishtobebetteracquaintedwithit.Buttheylearnt,onenquiry,thatitspossessor,anelderlyladyofverygoodcharacter,wasunfortunatelytooinfirmtomixwiththeworld,andneverstirredfromhome.

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