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head full of happy cares as well as FannyTo her the cares were
sometimes almost beyond the happiness; for young and inexperienced,
with small means of choice and no confidence in her own
taste, the ?how she should be dressed? was a point of painful solicitude;
and the almost solitary ornament in her possession, a very
pretty amber cross which William had brought her from Sicily, was
the greatest distress of all, for she had nothing but a bit of ribbon to
fasten it to; and though she had worn it in that manner once, would
it be allowable at such a time in the midst of all the rich ornaments
which she supposed all the other young ladies would appear in?
And yet not to wear it! William had wanted to buy her a gold chain
too, but the purchase had been beyond his means, and therefore
not to wear the cross might be mortifying himThese were anxious
considerations; enough to sober her spirits even under the prospect
of a ball given principally for her gratification
The preparations meanwhile went on, and Lady
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to sit on her sofa without any inconvenience from themShe
had some extra visits from the housekeeper, and her maid was rather
hurried in making up a new dress for her: Sir Thomas gave orders,
and MrsNorris ran about; but all this gave her no trouble, and as
she had foreseen, ?there was, in fact, no trouble in the business
Edmund was at this time particularly full of cares: his mind being
deeply occupied in the consideration of two important events now
at hand, which were to fix his fate in life?ordination and matrimony?
events of such a serious character as to make the ball, which
would be very quickly followed by one of them, appear of less moment
in his eyes than in those of any other person in the houseOn
the 23rd he was going to a friend near Peterborough, in the same
situation as himself, and they were to receive ordination in the course
of the Christmas weekHalf his destiny would then be determined,
but the other half might not be so very smoothly wooedHis duties
would be established, but the wife who was to share, and animate,
and reward those duties, might yet be unattainableHe knew
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own mind, but he was not always perfectly assured of knowing Miss
Crawford?sThere were points on which they did not quite agree;
there were moments in which she did not seem propitious; and
though trusting altogether to her affection, so far as to be resolved?
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almost resolved?on bringing it to a decision within a very short
time, as soon as the variety of business before him were arranged,
and he knew what he had to offer her, he had many anxious feelings,
many doubting hours as to the resultHis conviction of her
regard for him was sometimes very strong; he could look back on a
long course of encouragement, and she was as perfect in disinterested
attachment as in everything elseBut at other times doubt and
alarm intermingled with his hopes; and when he thought of her
acknowledged disinclination for privacy and retirement, her decided
preference of a London life, what could he expect but a determined
rejection? unless it were an acceptance even more to be deprecated,
demanding such sacrifices of situation and employment on his side
as conscience must forbid
The issue of all depended on one
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enough to forego what had used to be essential points? Did she love
him well enough to make them no longer essential? And this question,
which he was continually repeating to himself, though oftenest
answered with a ?Yes,? had sometimes its ?No
Miss Crawford was soon to leave Mansfield, and on this circumstance
the ?no? and the ?yes? had been very recently in alternation
He had seen her eyes sparkle as she spoke of the dear friend?s letter,
which claimed a long visit from her in London, and of the kindness
of Henry, in engaging to remain where he was till January, that he
might convey her thither; he had heard her speak of the pleasure of
such a journey with an animation which had ?no? in every tone
But this had occurred on the first day of its being settled, within the
first hour of the burst of such enjoyment, when nothing but the
friends she was to visit was before herHe had since heard her express
herself differently, with other feelings, more chequered feelings:
he had heard her tell MrsGrant that she should leave her with
regret; that she began to believe neither the friends nor the
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she was going to were worth those she left behind; and that though
she felt she must go, and knew she should enjoy herself when once
away, she was already looking forward to being at Mansfield again
Was there not a ?yes? in all this?
With such matters to ponder over, and arrange, and re-arrange,
Edmund could not, on his own account, think very much of the
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evening which the rest of the family were looking forward to with a
more equal degree of strong interestIndependent of his two cousins?
enjoyment in it, the evening was to him of no higher value than
any other appointed meeting of the two families might beIn every
meeting there was a hope of receiving farther confirmation of Miss
Crawford?s attachment; but the whirl of a ballroom, perhaps, was
not particularly favourable to the excitement or expression of serious
feelingsTo engage her early for the two first dances was all the
command of individual happiness which he felt in his power, and
the only preparation for the ball which he could enter into, in spite
of all that was passing around him on the subject, from morning
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