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1The young people were pleased with each other from the first. On each side there was much to attract, and their
2acquaintance soon promised as early an intimacy as good manners would warrant. Miss Crawford's beauty did her no
3disservice with the Miss Bertrams. They were too handsome themselves to dislike any woman for being so too, and were
4almost as much charmed as their brothers with her lively dark eye, clear brown complexion, and general prettiness. Had
5she been tall, full formed, and fair, it might have been more of a trial: but as it was, there could be no comparison;
6and she was most allowably a sweet, pretty girl, while they were the finest young women in the country. Her brother was
7not handsome: no, when they first saw him he was absolutely plain, black and plain; but still he was the gentleman, with
8a pleasing address. The second meeting proved him not so very plain: he was plain, to be sure, but then he had so much
9countenance, and his teeth were so good, and he was so well made, that one soon forgot he was plain; and after a third
10interview, after dining in company with him at the Parsonage, he was no longer allowed to be called so by anybody. He
11was, in fact, the most agreeable young man the sisters had ever known, and they were equally delighted with him. Miss
12Bertram's engagement made him in equity the property of Julia, of which Julia was fully aware; and before he had been at
13Mansfield a week, she was quite ready to be fallen in love with. Maria's notions on the subject were more confused and
14indistinct. She did not want to see or understand. "There could be no harm in her liking an agreeable man--everybody
15knew her situation--Mr. Crawford must take care of himself." Mr. Crawford did not mean to be in any danger! the Miss
16Bertrams were worth pleasing, and were ready to be pleased; and he began with no object but of making them like him. He
17did not want them to die of love; but with sense and temper which ought to have made him judge and feel better, he
18allowed himself great latitude on such points. "I like your Miss Bertrams exceedingly, sister," said he, as he returned
19from attending them to their carriage after the said dinner visit; "they are very elegant, agreeable girls." "So they
20are indeed, and I am delighted to hear you say it. But you like Julia best." "Oh yes! I like Julia best." "But do you
21really? for Miss Bertram is in general thought the handsomest." "So I should suppose. She has the advantage in every
22feature, and I prefer her countenance; but I like Julia best; Miss Bertram is certainly the handsomest, and I have found
23her the most agreeable, but I shall always like Julia best, because you order me." "I shall not talk to you, Henry, but
24I know you will like her best at last." "Do not I tell you that I like her best at first?" "And besides, Miss Bertram is
25engaged. Remember that, my dear brother. Her choice is made." "Yes, and I like her the better for it. An engaged woman
26is always more agreeable than a disengaged. She is satisfied with herself. Her cares are over, and she feels that she
27may exert all her powers of pleasing without suspicion. All is safe with a lady engaged: no harm can be done." "Why, as
28to that, Mr. Rushworth is a very good sort of young man, and it is a great match for her." "But Miss Bertram does not
29care three straws for him; that is your opinion of your intimate friend. I do not subscribe to it. I am sure Miss
30Bertram is very much attached to Mr. Rushworth. I could see it in her eyes, when he was mentioned. I think too well of
31Miss Bertram to suppose she would ever give her hand without her heart." "Mary, how shall we manage him?" "We must leave
32him to himself, I believe. Talking does no good. He will be taken in at last." "But I would not have him taken in; I
33would not have him duped; I would have it all fair and honourable." "Oh dear! let him stand his chance and be taken in.
34It will do just as well. Everybody is taken in at some period or other." "Not always in marriage, dear Mary." "In
35marriage especially. With all due respect to such of the present company as chance to be married, my dear Mrs. Grant,
36there is not one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry. Look where I will, I see that it is so;
37and I feel that it must be so, when I consider that it is, of all transactions, the one in which people expect most from
38others, and are least honest themselves." "Ah! You have been in a bad school for matrimony, in Hill Street." "My poor
39aunt had certainly little cause to love the state; but, however, speaking from my own observation, it is a manoeuvring
40business. I know so many who have married in the full expectation and confidence of some one particular advantage in the
41connexion, or accomplishment, or good quality in the person, who have found themselves entirely deceived, and been
42obliged to put up with exactly the reverse. What is this but a take in?" "My dear child, there must be a little
43imagination here. I beg your pardon, but I cannot quite believe you. Depend upon it, you see but half. You see the evil,
44but you do not see the consolation. There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to
45expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is
46wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere--and those evil-minded observers, dearest Mary, who make much
47of a little, are more taken in and deceived than the parties themselves." "Well done, sister! I honour your esprit du
48corps. When I am a wife, I mean to be just as staunch myself; and I wish my friends in general would be so too. It would
49save me many a heartache." "You are as bad as your brother, Mary; but we will cure you both. Mansfield shall cure you
50both, and without any taking in. Stay with us, and we will cure you." The Crawfords, without wanting to be cured, were
51very willing to stay. Mary was satisfied with the Parsonage as a present home, and Henry equally ready to lengthen his
52visit. He had come, intending to spend only a few days with them; but Mansfield promised well, and there was nothing to
53call him elsewhere. It delighted Mrs. Grant to keep them both with her, and Dr. Grant was exceedingly well contented to
54have it so: a talking pretty young woman like Miss Crawford is always pleasant society to an indolent, stay-at-home man;
55and Mr. Crawford's being his guest was an excuse for drinking claret every day. The Miss Bertrams' admiration of Mr.
56Crawford was more rapturous than anything which Miss Crawford's habits made her likely to feel. She acknowledged,
57however, that the Mr. Bertrams were very fine young men, that two such young men were not often seen together even in
58London, and that their manners, particularly those of the eldest, were very good. He had been much in London, and had
59more liveliness and gallantry than Edmund, and must, therefore, be preferred; and, indeed, his being the eldest was
60another strong claim. She had felt an early presentiment that she should like the eldest best. She knew it was her way.
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