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1Surprise was the strongest emotion raised by their appearance; but Anne was really glad to see them; and the others were
2not so sorry but that they could put on a decent air of welcome; and as soon as it became clear that these, their
3nearest relations, were not arrived with any views of accommodation in that house, Sir Walter and Elizabeth were able to
4rise in cordiality, and do the honours of it very well. They were come to Bath for a few days with Mrs Musgrove, and
5were at the White Hart. So much was pretty soon understood; but till Sir Walter and Elizabeth were walking Mary into the
6other drawing-room, and regaling themselves with her admiration, Anne could not draw upon Charles's brain for a regular
7history of their coming, or an explanation of some smiling hints of particular business, which had been ostentatiously
8dropped by Mary, as well as of some apparent confusion as to whom their party consisted of. She then found that it
9consisted of Mrs Musgrove, Henrietta, and Captain Harville, beside their two selves. He gave her a very plain,
10intelligible account of the whole; a narration in which she saw a great deal of most characteristic proceeding. The
11scheme had received its first impulse by Captain Harville's wanting to come to Bath on business. He had begun to talk of
12it a week ago; and by way of doing something, as shooting was over, Charles had proposed coming with him, and Mrs
13Harville had seemed to like the idea of it very much, as an advantage to her husband; but Mary could not bear to be
14left, and had made herself so unhappy about it, that for a day or two everything seemed to be in suspense, or at an end.
15But then, it had been taken up by his father and mother. His mother had some old friends in Bath whom she wanted to see;
16it was thought a good opportunity for Henrietta to come and buy wedding-clothes for herself and her sister; and, in
17short, it ended in being his mother's party, that everything might be comfortable and easy to Captain Harville; and he
18and Mary were included in it by way of general convenience. They had arrived late the night before. Mrs Harville, her
19children, and Captain Benwick, remained with Mr Musgrove and Louisa at Uppercross. Anne's only surprise was, that
20affairs should be in forwardness enough for Henrietta's wedding-clothes to be talked of. She had imagined such
21difficulties of fortune to exist there as must prevent the marriage from being near at hand; but she learned from
22Charles that, very recently, (since Mary's last letter to herself), Charles Hayter had been applied to by a friend to
23hold a living for a youth who could not possibly claim it under many years; and that on the strength of his present
24income, with almost a certainty of something more permanent long before the term in question, the two families had
25consented to the young people's wishes, and that their marriage was likely to take place in a few months, quite as soon
26as Louisa's. "And a very good living it was," Charles added: "only five-and-twenty miles from Uppercross, and in a very
27fine country: fine part of Dorsetshire. In the centre of some of the best preserves in the kingdom, surrounded by three
28great proprietors, each more careful and jealous than the other; and to two of the three at least, Charles Hayter might
29get a special recommendation. Not that he will value it as he ought," he observed, "Charles is too cool about sporting.
30That's the worst of him." "I am extremely glad, indeed," cried Anne, "particularly glad that this should happen; and
31that of two sisters, who both deserve equally well, and who have always been such good friends, the pleasant prospect of
32one should not be dimming those of the other--that they should be so equal in their prosperity and comfort. I hope your
33father and mother are quite happy with regard to both." "Oh! yes. My father would be well pleased if the gentlemen were
34richer, but he has no other fault to find. Money, you know, coming down with money--two daughters at once--it cannot be
35a very agreeable operation, and it streightens him as to many things. However, I do not mean to say they have not a
36right to it. It is very fit they should have daughters' shares; and I am sure he has always been a very kind, liberal
37father to me. Mary does not above half like Henrietta's match. She never did, you know. But she does not do him justice,
38nor think enough about Winthrop. I cannot make her attend to the value of the property. It is a very fair match, as
39times go; and I have liked Charles Hayter all my life, and I shall not leave off now." "Such excellent parents as Mr and
40Mrs Musgrove," exclaimed Anne, "should be happy in their children's marriages. They do everything to confer happiness, I
41am sure. What a blessing to young people to be in such hands! Your father and mother seem so totally free from all those
42ambitious feelings which have led to so much misconduct and misery, both in young and old. I hope you think Louisa
43perfectly recovered now?" He answered rather hesitatingly, "Yes, I believe I do; very much recovered; but she is
44altered; there is no running or jumping about, no laughing or dancing; it is quite different. If one happens only to
45shut the door a little hard, she starts and wriggles like a young dab-chick in the water; and Benwick sits at her elbow,
46reading verses, or whispering to her, all day long." Anne could not help laughing. "That cannot be much to your taste, I
47know," said she; "but I do believe him to be an excellent young man." "To be sure he is. Nobody doubts it; and I hope
48you do not think I am so illiberal as to want every man to have the same objects and pleasures as myself. I have a great
49value for Benwick; and when one can but get him to talk, he has plenty to say. His reading has done him no harm, for he
50has fought as well as read. He is a brave fellow. I got more acquainted with him last Monday than ever I did before. We
51had a famous set-to at rat-hunting all the morning in my father's great barns; and he played his part so well that I
52have liked him the better ever since." Here they were interrupted by the absolute necessity of Charles's following the
53others to admire mirrors and china; but Anne had heard enough to understand the present state of Uppercross, and rejoice
54in its happiness; and though she sighed as she rejoiced, her sigh had none of the ill-will of envy in it. She would
55certainly have risen to their blessings if she could, but she did not want to lessen theirs. The visit passed off
56altogether in high good humour. Mary was in excellent spirits, enjoying the gaiety and the change, and so well satisfied
57with the journey in her mother-in-law's carriage with four horses, and with her own complete independence of Camden
58Place, that she was exactly in a temper to admire everything as she ought, and enter most readily into all the
59superiorities of the house, as they were detailed to her. She had no demands on her father or sister, and her
60consequence was just enough increased by their handsome drawing-rooms.
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