Chapter XXXVIII

           

           Thenoveltyoftravelling,andthehappinessofbeingwithWilliam,soonproducedtheirnaturaleffectonFanny’sspirits,whenMansfieldParkwasfairlyleftbehind;andbythetimetheirfirststagewasended,andtheyweretoquitSirThomas’scarriage,shewasabletotakeleaveoftheoldcoachman,andsendbackpropermessages,withcheerfullooks.

           Ofpleasanttalkbetweenthebrotherandsistertherewasnoend.EverythingsuppliedanamusementtothehighgleeofWilliam’smind,andhewasfulloffrolicandjokeintheintervalsoftheirhigher-tonedsubjects,allofwhichended,iftheydidnotbegin,inpraiseoftheThrush,conjectureshowshewouldbeemployed,schemesforanactionwithsomesuperiorforce,which(supposingthefirstlieutenantoutoftheway,andWilliamwasnotverymercifultothefirstlieutenant)wastogivehimselfthenextstepassoonaspossible,orspeculationsuponprize-money,whichwastobegenerouslydistributedathome,withonlythereservationofenoughtomakethelittlecottagecomfortable,inwhichheandFannyweretopassalltheirmiddleandlaterlifetogether.

           Fanny’simmediateconcerns,asfarastheyinvolvedMr.Crawford,madenopartoftheirconversation.Williamknewwhathadpassed,andfromhisheartlamentedthathissister’sfeelingsshouldbesocoldtowardsamanwhomhemustconsiderasthefirstofhumancharacters;buthewasofanagetobeallforlove,andthereforeunabletoblame;andknowingherwishonthesubject,hewouldnotdistressherbytheslightestallusion.

           ShehadreasontosupposeherselfnotyetforgottenbyMr.Crawford.

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