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1"I have been so little addicted to take my opinions from my uncle," said Miss Crawford, "that I can hardly suppose--and
2since you push me so hard, I must observe, that I am not entirely without the means of seeing what clergymen are, being
3at this present time the guest of my own brother, Dr. Grant. And though Dr. Grant is most kind and obliging to me, and
4though he is really a gentleman, and, I dare say, a good scholar and clever, and often preaches good sermons, and is
5very respectable, I see him to be an indolent, selfish bon vivant, who must have his palate consulted in everything; who
6will not stir a finger for the convenience of any one; and who, moreover, if the cook makes a blunder, is out of humour
7with his excellent wife. To own the truth, Henry and I were partly driven out this very evening by a disappointment
8about a green goose, which he could not get the better of. My poor sister was forced to stay and bear it." "I do not
9wonder at your disapprobation, upon my word. It is a great defect of temper, made worse by a very faulty habit of
10self-indulgence; and to see your sister suffering from it must be exceedingly painful to such feelings as yours. Fanny,
11it goes against us. We cannot attempt to defend Dr. Grant." "No," replied Fanny, "but we need not give up his profession
12for all that; because, whatever profession Dr. Grant had chosen, he would have taken a--not a good temper into it; and
13as he must, either in the navy or army, have had a great many more people under his command than he has now, I think
14more would have been made unhappy by him as a sailor or soldier than as a clergyman. Besides, I cannot but suppose that
15whatever there may be to wish otherwise in Dr. Grant would have been in a greater danger of becoming worse in a more
16active and worldly profession, where he would have had less time and obligation--where he might have escaped that
17knowledge of himself, the frequency, at least, of that knowledge which it is impossible he should escape as he is now. A
18man--a sensible man like Dr. Grant, cannot be in the habit of teaching others their duty every week, cannot go to church
19twice every Sunday, and preach such very good sermons in so good a manner as he does, without being the better for it
20himself. It must make him think; and I have no doubt that he oftener endeavours to restrain himself than he would if he
21had been anything but a clergyman." "We cannot prove to the contrary, to be sure; but I wish you a better fate, Miss
22Price, than to be the wife of a man whose amiableness depends upon his own sermons; for though he may preach himself
23into a good-humour every Sunday, it will be bad enough to have him quarrelling about green geese from Monday morning
24till Saturday night." "I think the man who could often quarrel with Fanny," said Edmund affectionately, "must be beyond
25the reach of any sermons." Fanny turned farther into the window; and Miss Crawford had only time to say, in a pleasant
26manner, "I fancy Miss Price has been more used to deserve praise than to hear it"; when, being earnestly invited by the
27Miss Bertrams to join in a glee, she tripped off to the instrument, leaving Edmund looking after her in an ecstasy of
28admiration of all her many virtues, from her obliging manners down to her light and graceful tread. "There goes
29good-humour, I am sure," said he presently. "There goes a temper which would never give pain! How well she walks! and
30how readily she falls in with the inclination of others! joining them the moment she is asked. What a pity," he added,
31after an instant's reflection, "that she should have been in such hands!" Fanny agreed to it, and had the pleasure of
32seeing him continue at the window with her, in spite of the expected glee; and of having his eyes soon turned, like
33hers, towards the scene without, where all that was solemn, and soothing, and lovely, appeared in the brilliancy of an
34unclouded night, and the contrast of the deep shade of the woods. Fanny spoke her feelings. "Here's harmony!" said she;
35"here's repose! Here's what may leave all painting and all music behind, and what poetry only can attempt to describe!
36Here's what may tranquillise every care, and lift the heart to rapture! When I look out on such a night as this, I feel
37as if there could be neither wickedness nor sorrow in the world; and there certainly would be less of both if the
38sublimity of Nature were more attended to, and people were carried more out of themselves by contemplating such a
39scene." "I like to hear your enthusiasm, Fanny. It is a lovely night, and they are much to be pitied who have not been
40taught to feel, in some degree, as you do; who have not, at least, been given a taste for Nature in early life. They
41lose a great deal." "You taught me to think and feel on the subject, cousin." "I had a very apt scholar. There's
42Arcturus looking very bright." "Yes, and the Bear. I wish I could see Cassiopeia." "We must go out on the lawn for that.
43Should you be afraid?" "Not in the least. It is a great while since we have had any star-gazing." "Yes; I do not know
44how it has happened." The glee began. "We will stay till this is finished, Fanny," said he, turning his back on the
45window; and as it advanced, she had the mortification of seeing him advance too, moving forward by gentle degrees
46towards the instrument, and when it ceased, he was close by the singers, among the most urgent in requesting to hear the
47glee again. Fanny sighed alone at the window till scolded away by Mrs. Norris's threats of catching cold.
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