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Chapter XXXVII

           Shemustsaythatshehadmorethanhalfamindtogowiththeyoungpeople;itwouldbesuchanindulgencetoher;shehadnotseenherpoordearsisterPriceformorethantwentyyears;anditwouldbeahelptotheyoungpeopleintheirjourneytohaveherolderheadtomanageforthem;andshecouldnothelpthinkingherpoordearsisterPricewouldfeelitveryunkindofhernottocomebysuchanopportunity.

           WilliamandFannywerehorror-struckattheidea.

           Allthecomfortoftheircomfortablejourneywouldbedestroyedatonce.Withwoefulcountenancestheylookedateachother.Theirsuspenselastedanhourortwo.Nooneinterferedtoencourageordissuade.Mrs.Norriswaslefttosettlethematterbyherself;anditended,totheinfinitejoyofhernephewandniece,intherecollectionthatshecouldnotpossiblybesparedfromMansfieldParkatpresent;thatshewasagreatdealtoonecessarytoSirThomasandLadyBertramforhertobeabletoanswerittoherselftoleavethemevenforaweek,andthereforemustcertainlysacrificeeveryotherpleasuretothatofbeingusefultothem.

           Ithad,infact,occurredtoher,thatthoughtakentoPortsmouthfornothing,itwouldbehardlypossibleforhertoavoidpayingherownexpensesbackagain.SoherpoordearsisterPricewaslefttoallthedisappointmentofhermissingsuchanopportunity,andanothertwentyyears’absence,perhaps,begun.

           Edmund’splanswereaffectedbythisPortsmouthjourney,thisabsenceofFanny’s.HetoohadasacrificetomaketoMansfieldParkaswellashisaunt.

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