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1"You are mistaken, sir," cried Fanny, forced by the anxiety of the moment even to tell her uncle that he was wrong; "you
2are quite mistaken. How could Mr. Crawford say such a thing? I gave him no encouragement yesterday. On the contrary, I
3told him, I cannot recollect my exact words, but I am sure I told him that I would not listen to him, that it was very
4unpleasant to me in every respect, and that I begged him never to talk to me in that manner again. I am sure I said as
5much as that and more; and I should have said still more, if I had been quite certain of his meaning anything seriously;
6but I did not like to be, I could not bear to be, imputing more than might be intended. I thought it might all pass for
7nothing with him." She could say no more; her breath was almost gone. "Am I to understand," said Sir Thomas, after a few
8moments' silence, "that you mean to refuse Mr. Crawford?" "Yes, sir." "Refuse him?" "Yes, sir." "Refuse Mr. Crawford!
9Upon what plea? For what reason?" "I--I cannot like him, sir, well enough to marry him." "This is very strange!" said
10Sir Thomas, in a voice of calm displeasure. "There is something in this which my comprehension does not reach. Here is a
11young man wishing to pay his addresses to you, with everything to recommend him: not merely situation in life, fortune,
12and character, but with more than common agreeableness, with address and conversation pleasing to everybody. And he is
13not an acquaintance of to-day; you have now known him some time. His sister, moreover, is your intimate friend, and he
14has been doing that for your brother, which I should suppose would have been almost sufficient recommendation to you,
15had there been no other. It is very uncertain when my interest might have got William on. He has done it already."
16"Yes," said Fanny, in a faint voice, and looking down with fresh shame; and she did feel almost ashamed of herself,
17after such a picture as her uncle had drawn, for not liking Mr. Crawford. "You must have been aware," continued Sir
18Thomas presently, "you must have been some time aware of a particularity in Mr. Crawford's manners to you. This cannot
19have taken you by surprise. You must have observed his attentions; and though you always received them very properly (I
20have no accusation to make on that head), I never perceived them to be unpleasant to you. I am half inclined to think,
21Fanny, that you do not quite know your own feelings." "Oh yes, sir! indeed I do. His attentions were always--what I did
22not like." Sir Thomas looked at her with deeper surprise. "This is beyond me," said he. "This requires explanation.
23Young as you are, and having seen scarcely any one, it is hardly possible that your affections--" He paused and eyed her
24fixedly. He saw her lips formed into a no, though the sound was inarticulate, but her face was like scarlet. That,
25however, in so modest a girl, might be very compatible with innocence; and chusing at least to appear satisfied, he
26quickly added, "No, no, I know that is quite out of the question; quite impossible. Well, there is nothing more to be
27said." And for a few minutes he did say nothing. He was deep in thought. His niece was deep in thought likewise, trying
28to harden and prepare herself against farther questioning. She would rather die than own the truth; and she hoped, by a
29little reflection, to fortify herself beyond betraying it. "Independently of the interest which Mr. Crawford's choice
30seemed to justify" said Sir Thomas, beginning again, and very composedly, "his wishing to marry at all so early is
31recommendatory to me. I am an advocate for early marriages, where there are means in proportion, and would have every
32young man, with a sufficient income, settle as soon after four-and-twenty as he can. This is so much my opinion, that I
33am sorry to think how little likely my own eldest son, your cousin, Mr. Bertram, is to marry early; but at present, as
34far as I can judge, matrimony makes no part of his plans or thoughts. I wish he were more likely to fix." Here was a
35glance at Fanny. "Edmund, I consider, from his dispositions and habits, as much more likely to marry early than his
36brother. He, indeed, I have lately thought, has seen the woman he could love, which, I am convinced, my eldest son has
37not. Am I right? Do you agree with me, my dear?" "Yes, sir." It was gently, but it was calmly said, and Sir Thomas was
38easy on the score of the cousins. But the removal of his alarm did his niece no service: as her unaccountableness was
39confirmed his displeasure increased; and getting up and walking about the room with a frown, which Fanny could picture
40to herself, though she dared not lift up her eyes, he shortly afterwards, and in a voice of authority, said, "Have you
41any reason, child, to think ill of Mr. Crawford's temper?" "No, sir." She longed to add, "But of his principles I have";
42but her heart sunk under the appalling prospect of discussion, explanation, and probably non-conviction. Her ill opinion
43of him was founded chiefly on observations, which, for her cousins' sake, she could scarcely dare mention to their
44father. Maria and Julia, and especially Maria, were so closely implicated in Mr. Crawford's misconduct, that she could
45not give his character, such as she believed it, without betraying them. She had hoped that, to a man like her uncle, so
46discerning, so honourable, so good, the simple acknowledgment of settled dislike on her side would have been sufficient.
47To her infinite grief she found it was not.
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