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Norris as one of those wellmeaning people who are always doing mistaken and very disagreeable thingsNorris, however, relieved himHe pressed for the strictest forbearance and silence towards their niece; she not only promised, but did observe itShe only looked her increased ill-willAngry she was: bitterly angry; but she was more angry with Fanny for having received such an offer than for refusing itIt was an injury and affront to Julia, who ought to have been MrCrawford?s choice; and, independently of that, she disliked Fanny, because she had neglected her; and she would have grudged such an elevation to one whom she had been always trying to depress Sir Thomas gave her more credit for discretion on the occasion than she deserved; and Fanny could have blessed her for allowing her only to see her displeasure, and not to hear it Lady Bertram took it differentlyShe had been a beauty, and a prosperous beauty, all her life; and beauty and wealth were all that excited her respectTo know Fanny to be sought in marriage by a man of fortune, raised her, therefore, very much in her opinionBy convincing her that Fanny was very pretty, which she had been doubt288 Mansfield Park ing about before, and that she would be advantageously married, it made her feel a sort of credit in calling her niece ?Well, Fanny,? said she, as rolex oyster perpetual explorer watch soon as they were alone together afterwards, and she really had known something like impatience to be alone with her, and her countenance, as she spoke, had extraordinary animation; ?Well, Fanny, I have had a very agreeable surprise this morningI must just speak of it once, I told Sir Thomas I must once, and then I shall have doneI give you joy, my dear niece And looking at her complacently, she added, ?Humph, we certainly are a handsome family!? Fanny coloured, and doubted at first what to say; when, hoping to assail her on her vulnerable side, she presently answered? ?My dear aunt, you cannot wish me to do differently from what I have done, I am sureYou cannot wish me to marry; for you would miss me, should not you? Yes, I am sure you would miss me too much for that ?No, my dear, I should not think of missing you, when such an offer as this comes in your wayI could do very well without you, if you were married to a man of such good estate as Mr And you must be aware, Fanny, that it is every young woman?s duty to accept such a very unexceptionable offer as this This was almost the only rule of conduct, the only piece of advice, which Fanny had ever received from her aunt in the course of eight years and a halfShe felt how unprofitable contention would beIf her aunt?s feelings were against her, cartier rodster swiss watches nothing could be hoped from attacking her understandingLady Bertram was quite talkative ?I will tell you what, Fanny,? said she, ?I am sure he fell in love with you at the ball; I am sure the mischief was done that evening You did look remarkably wellAnd you know you had Chapman to help you to dressI am very glad I sent Chapman to youI shall tell Sir Thomas that I am sure it was done that evening And still pursuing the same cheerful thoughts, she soon afterwards added, ?And will tell you what, Fanny, which is more than I did for Maria: the next time Pug has a litter you shall have a puppy 289 Jane Austen CHAPTER XXXIV EDMUND HAD GREAT THINGS to hear on his returnMany surprises were awaiting himThe first that occurred was not least in interest: the appearance of Henry Crawford and his sister walking together through the village as he rode into itHe had concluded?he had meant them to be far distantHis absence had been extended beyond a fortnight purposely to avoid Miss CrawfordHe was returning to Mansfield with spirits ready to feed on melancholy remembrances, and tender associations, when her own fair self was before him, leaning on her brother?s arm, and he found himself receiving a welcome, unquestionably friendly, from the woman whom, two moments before, he had been thinking of as seventy miles off, and as pink louis vuitton bag farther, much farther, from him in inclination than any distance could express Her reception of him was of a sort which he could not have hoped for, had he expected to see herComing as he did from such a purport fulfilled as had taken him away, he would have expected anything rather than a look of satisfaction, and words of simple, pleasant meaningIt was enough to set his heart in a glow, and to bring him home in the properest state for feeling the full value of the other joyful surprises at hand William?s promotion, with all its particulars, he was soon master of; and with such a secret provision of comfort within his own breast to help the joy, he found in it a source of most gratifying sensation and unvarying cheerfulness all dinner-time After dinner, when he and his father were alone, he had Fanny?s history; and then all the great events of the last fortnight, and the present situation of matters at Mansfield were known to him Fanny suspected what was going onThey sat so much longer than usual in the dining-parlour, that she was sure they must be 290 Mansfield Park talking of her; and when tea at last brought them away, and she was to be seen by Edmund again, she felt dreadfully guiltyHe came to her, sat down by her, took her hand, and pressed it kindly; and at that moment she thought that, but for the tiffany co jewellery occupation and the scene which the tea-things afforded, she must have betrayed her emotion in some unpardonable excess He was not intending, however, by such action, to be conveying to her that unqualified approbation and encouragement which her hopes drew from itIt was designed only to express his participation in all that interested her, and to tell her that he had been hearing what quickened every feeling of affectionHe was, in fact, entirely on his father?s side of the questionHis surprise was not so great as his father?s at her refusing Crawford, because, so far from supposing her to consider him with anything like a preference, he had always believed it to be rather the reverse, and could imagine her to be taken perfectly unprepared, but Sir Thomas could not regard the connexion as more desirable than he didIt had every recommendation to him; and while honouring her for what she had done under the influence of her present indifference, honouring her in rather stronger terms than Sir Thomas could quite echo, he was most earnest in hoping, and sanguine in believing, that it would be a match at last, and that, united by mutual affection, it would appear that their dispositions were as exactly fitted to make them blessed in each other, as he was now beginning seriously to consider them Crawford had been too louis vuitton beverly bag precipita