Менсфілд Парк

Chapter III

           Itmayhereafterbeinmypower,orinyours(Ihopeitwill),toprocurehimbetterpreferment;butitmustnotbeforgottenthatnobenefitofthatsortwouldhavebeenbeyondhisnaturalclaimsonus,andthatnothingcan,infact,beanequivalentforthecertainadvantagewhichheisnowobligedtoforegothroughtheurgencyofyourdebts.”

           Tomlistenedwithsomeshameandsomesorrow;butescapingasquicklyaspossible,couldsoonwithcheerfulselfishnessreflect,firstly,thathehadnotbeenhalfsomuchindebtassomeofhisfriends;secondly,thathisfatherhadmadeamosttiresomepieceofworkofit;and,thirdly,thatthefutureincumbent,whoeverhemightbe,would,inallprobability,dieverysoon.

           OnMr.Norris’sdeaththepresentationbecametherightofaDr.Grant,whocameconsequentlytoresideatMansfield;andonprovingtobeaheartymanofforty-five,seemedlikelytodisappointMr.Bertram’scalculations.But“no,hewasashort-necked,apoplecticsortoffellow,and,pliedwellwithgoodthings,wouldsoonpopoff.”

           Hehadawifeaboutfifteenyearshisjunior,butnochildren;andtheyenteredtheneighbourhoodwiththeusualfairreportofbeingveryrespectable,agreeablepeople.

           ThetimewasnowcomewhenSirThomasexpectedhissister-in-lawtoclaimhershareintheirniece,thechangeinMrs.

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