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1"Not so large, I dare say, as many people suppose. I do not mean to complain, however; it is undoubtedly a comfortable
2one, and I hope will in time be better. The enclosure of Norland Common, now carrying on, is a most serious drain. And
3then I have made a little purchase within this half year; East Kingham Farm, you must remember the place, where old
4Gibson used to live. The land was so very desirable for me in every respect, so immediately adjoining my own property,
5that I felt it my duty to buy it. I could not have answered it to my conscience to let it fall into any other hands. A
6man must pay for his convenience; and it has cost me a vast deal of money." "More than you think it really and
7intrinsically worth." "Why, I hope not that. I might have sold it again, the next day, for more than I gave: but, with
8regard to the purchase-money, I might have been very unfortunate indeed; for the stocks were at that time so low, that
9if I had not happened to have the necessary sum in my banker's hands, I must have sold out to very great loss." Elinor
10could only smile. "Other great and inevitable expenses too we have had on first coming to Norland. Our respected father,
11as you well know, bequeathed all the Stanhill effects that remained at Norland (and very valuable they were) to your
12mother. Far be it from me to repine at his doing so; he had an undoubted right to dispose of his own property as he
13chose, but, in consequence of it, we have been obliged to make large purchases of linen, china, &c. to supply the place
14of what was taken away. You may guess, after all these expenses, how very far we must be from being rich, and how
15acceptable Mrs. Ferrars's kindness is." "Certainly," said Elinor; "and assisted by her liberality, I hope you may yet
16live to be in easy circumstances." "Another year or two may do much towards it," he gravely replied; "but however there
17is still a great deal to be done. There is not a stone laid of Fanny's green-house, and nothing but the plan of the
18flower-garden marked out." "Where is the green-house to be?" "Upon the knoll behind the house. The old walnut trees are
19all come down to make room for it. It will be a very fine object from many parts of the park, and the flower-garden will
20slope down just before it, and be exceedingly pretty. We have cleared away all the old thorns that grew in patches over
21the brow." Elinor kept her concern and her censure to herself; and was very thankful that Marianne was not present, to
22share the provocation. Having now said enough to make his poverty clear, and to do away the necessity of buying a pair
23of ear-rings for each of his sisters, in his next visit at Gray's, his thoughts took a cheerfuller turn, and he began to
24congratulate Elinor on having such a friend as Mrs. Jennings. "She seems a most valuable woman indeed. Her house, her
25style of living, all bespeak an exceeding good income; and it is an acquaintance that has not only been of great use to
26you hitherto, but in the end may prove materially advantageous. Her inviting you to town is certainly a vast thing in
27your favour; and indeed, it speaks altogether so great a regard for you, that in all probability when she dies you will
28not be forgotten. She must have a great deal to leave." "Nothing at all, I should rather suppose; for she has only her
29jointure, which will descend to her children." "But it is not to be imagined that she lives up to her income. Few people
30of common prudence will do that and whatever she saves, she will be able to dispose of." "And do you not think it more
31likely that she should leave it to her daughters, than to us?" "Her daughters are both exceedingly well married, and
32therefore I cannot perceive the necessity of her remembering them farther. Whereas, in my opinion, by her taking so much
33notice of you, and treating you in this kind of way, she has given you a sort of claim on her future consideration,
34which a conscientious woman would not disregard. Nothing can be kinder than her behaviour; and she can hardly do all
35this, without being aware of the expectation it raises." "But she raises none in those most concerned. Indeed, brother,
36your anxiety for our welfare and prosperity carries you too far." "Why, to be sure," said he, seeming to recollect
37himself, "people have little, have very little in their power. But, my dear Elinor, what is the matter with
38Marianne?--she looks very unwell, has lost her colour, and is grown quite thin. Is she ill?" "She is not well, she has
39had a nervous complaint on her for several weeks." "I am sorry for that. At her time of life, any thing of an illness
40destroys the bloom for ever! Hers has been a very short one! She was as handsome a girl last September, as I ever saw;
41and as likely to attract the man. There was something in her style of beauty, to please them particularly. I remember
42Fanny used to say that she would marry sooner and better than you did; not but what she is exceedingly fond of you, but
43so it happened to strike her. She will be mistaken, however. I question whether Marianne now, will marry a man worth
44more than five or six hundred a-year, at the utmost, and I am very much deceived if you do not do better. Dorsetshire! I
45know very little of Dorsetshire; but, my dear Elinor, I shall be exceedingly glad to know more of it; and I think I can
46answer for your having Fanny and myself among the earliest and best pleased of your visitors." Elinor tried very
47seriously to convince him that there was no likelihood of her marrying Colonel Brandon; but it was an expectation of too
48much pleasure to himself to be relinquished, and he was really resolved on seeking an intimacy with that gentleman, and
49promoting the marriage by every possible attention. He had just compunction enough for having done nothing for his
50sisters himself, to be exceedingly anxious that everybody else should do a great deal; and an offer from Colonel
51Brandon, or a legacy from Mrs. Jennings, was the easiest means of atoning for his own neglect. They were lucky enough to
52find Lady Middleton at home, and Sir John came in before their visit ended. Abundance of civilities passed on all sides.
53Sir John was ready to like anybody, and though Mr. Dashwood did not seem to know much about horses, he soon set him down
54as a very good-natured fellow: while Lady Middleton saw enough of fashion in his appearance to think his acquaintance
55worth having; and Mr. Dashwood went away delighted with both. "I shall have a charming account to carry to Fanny," said
56he, as he walked back with his sister. "Lady Middleton is really a most elegant woman! Such a woman as I am sure Fanny
57will be glad to know. And Mrs. Jennings too, an exceedingly well-behaved woman, though not so elegant as her daughter.
58Your sister need not have any scruple even of visiting her, which, to say the truth, has been a little the case, and
59very naturally; for we only knew that Mrs. Jennings was the widow of a man who had got all his money in a low way; and
60Fanny and Mrs. Ferrars were both strongly prepossessed, that neither she nor her daughters were such kind of women as
61Fanny would like to associate with. But now I can carry her a most satisfactory account of both." CHAPTER XXXIV. Mrs.
62John Dashwood had so much confidence in her husband's judgment, that she waited the very next day both on Mrs. Jennings
63and her daughter; and her confidence was rewarded by finding even the former, even the woman with whom her sisters were
64staying, by no means unworthy her notice; and as for Lady Middleton, she found her one of the most charming women in the
65world! Lady Middleton was equally pleased with Mrs. Dashwood. There was a kind of cold hearted selfishness on both
66sides, which mutually attracted them; and they sympathised with each other in an insipid propriety of demeanor, and a
67general want of understanding.
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