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Chapter XXV

           

           “Irepeatagain,”addedSirThomas,“thatThorntonLaceyistheonlyhouseintheneighbourhoodinwhichIshouldnotbehappytowaitonMr.Crawfordasoccupier.”

           Mr.Crawfordbowedhisthanks.

           “SirThomas,”saidEdmund,“undoubtedlyunderstandsthedutyofaparishpriest.Wemusthopehissonmayprovethatheknowsittoo.”

           WhatevereffectSirThomas’slittleharanguemightreallyproduceonMr.Crawford,itraisedsomeawkwardsensationsintwooftheothers,twoofhismostattentivelisteners—MissCrawfordandFanny.Oneofwhom,havingneverbeforeunderstoodthatThorntonwassosoonandsocompletelytobehishome,wasponderingwithdowncasteyesonwhatitwouldbenottoseeEdmundeveryday;andtheother,startledfromtheagreeablefanciesshehadbeenpreviouslyindulgingonthestrengthofherbrother’sdescription,nolongerable,inthepictureshehadbeenformingofafutureThornton,toshutoutthechurch,sinktheclergyman,andseeonlytherespectable,elegant,modernised,andoccasionalresidenceofamanofindependentfortune,wasconsideringSirThomas,withdecidedill-will,asthedestroyerofallthis,andsufferingthemorefromthatinvoluntaryforbearancewhichhischaracterandmannercommanded,andfromnotdaringtorelieveherselfbyasingleattemptatthrowingridiculeonhiscause.

           Alltheagreeableofherspeculationwasoverforthathour.Itwastimetohavedonewithcards,ifsermonsprevailed;andshewasgladtofinditnecessarytocometoaconclusion,andbeabletorefreshherspiritsbyachangeofplaceandneighbour.

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