Chapter XL

           

           FannywasrightenoughinnotexpectingtohearfromMissCrawfordnowattherapidrateinwhichtheircorrespondencehadbegun;Mary’snextletterwasafteradecidedlylongerintervalthanthelast,butshewasnotrightinsupposingthatsuchanintervalwouldbefeltagreatrelieftoherself.Herewasanotherstrangerevolutionofmind!Shewasreallygladtoreceivetheletterwhenitdidcome.Inherpresentexilefromgoodsociety,anddistancefromeverythingthathadbeenwonttointeresther,aletterfromonebelongingtothesetwhereherheartlived,writtenwithaffection,andsomedegreeofelegance,wasthoroughlyacceptable.Theusualpleaofincreasingengagementswasmadeinexcusefornothavingwrittentoherearlier;“AndnowthatIhavebegun,”shecontinued,“myletterwillnotbeworthyourreading,fortherewillbenolittleofferingofloveattheend,nothreeorfourlinespassionneesfromthemostdevotedH.C.intheworld,forHenryisinNorfolk;businesscalledhimtoEveringhamtendaysago,orperhapsheonlypretendedtocall,forthesakeofbeingtravellingatthesametimethatyouwere.Butthereheis,and,bythebye,hisabsencemaysufficientlyaccountforanyremissnessofhissister’sinwriting,fortherehasbeenno’Well,Mary,whendoyouwritetoFanny?IsnotittimeforyoutowritetoFanny?’tospurmeon.Atlast,aftervariousattemptsatmeeting,Ihaveseenyourcousins,’dearJuliaanddearestMrs.Rushworth’;theyfoundmeathomeyesterday,andweweregladtoseeeachotheragain.

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