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@@@@@I should have thought it a gross violation of duty and respectYou are not to be judged by the same ruleYou do not owe me the duty of a childBut, Fanny, if your heart can acquit you of ingratitude?? He ceasedFanny was by this time crying so bitterly that, angry as he was, he would not press that article fartherHer heart was almost broke by such a picture of what she appeared to him; by such accusations, so heavy, so multiplied, so rising in dreadful gradation! Selfwilled, obstinate, selfish, and ungratefulHe thought her all this She had deceived his expectations; she had lost his good opinion What was to become of her? ?I am very sorry,? said she inarticulately, through her tears, ?I am very sorry indeed ?Sorry! yes, I hope you are sorry; and you will probably have reason to be long sorry for this day?s transactions ?If it were possible for me to do otherwise? said she, with another strong effort; ?but I am so perfectly convinced that I could never make him happy, and that I should be miserable myself 277 Jane Austen Another burst of tears; but in spite of that burst, and in spite of that great black word miserable, which served to introduce it, Sir Thomas began to think a little relenting, a little change of inclination, might have something to do with it; and to augur favourably from the personal entreaty of the young man himselfHe knew her to be very timid, and exceedingly nervous; and thought it not improbable that her mind might be in such a state as a little time, a little pressing, a little patience, and a little impatience, a judicious mixture of all on the lover?s side, might work their usual effect onIf the gentleman would but persevere, if he had but love enough to persevere, Sir Thomas began to have hopes; and these reflections having passed across his mind and cheered it, ?Well,? said he, in a tone of becoming gravity, but of less anger, ?well, child, dry up your tearsThere is no use in these tears; they can do no goodYou must now come downstairs with meCrawford has been kept waiting too long alreadyYou must give him your own answer: we cannot expect him to be satisfied with less; and you only can explain to him the grounds of that misconception of your sentiments, which, unfortunately for himself, he certainly has imbibedI am totally unequal to it But Fanny shewed such reluctance, such misery, at the idea of going down to him, that Sir Thomas, after a little consideration, judged it better to indulge herHis hopes from both gentleman and lady suffered a small depression in consequence; but when he looked at his niece, and saw the state of feature and complexion which her crying had brought her into, he thought there might be as much lost as gained by an immediate interviewWith a few words, therefore, of no particular meaning, he walked off by himself, leaving his poor niece to sit and cry over what had passed, with very wretched feelings Her mind was all disorderThe past, present, future, everything was terribleBut her uncle?s anger gave her the severest pain of all Selfish and ungrateful! to have appeared so to him! She was miserable for eve