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1Again, it was Mary's complaint, that Mrs Musgrove was very apt not to give her the precedence that was her due, when
2they dined at the Great House with other families; and she did not see any reason why she was to be considered so much
3at home as to lose her place. And one day when Anne was walking with only the Musgroves, one of them after talking of
4rank, people of rank, and jealousy of rank, said, "I have no scruple of observing to you, how nonsensical some persons
5are about their place, because all the world knows how easy and indifferent you are about it; but I wish anybody could
6give Mary a hint that it would be a great deal better if she were not so very tenacious, especially if she would not be
7always putting herself forward to take place of mamma. Nobody doubts her right to have precedence of mamma, but it would
8be more becoming in her not to be always insisting on it. It is not that mamma cares about it the least in the world,
9but I know it is taken notice of by many persons." How was Anne to set all these matters to rights? She could do little
10more than listen patiently, soften every grievance, and excuse each to the other; give them all hints of the forbearance
11necessary between such near neighbours, and make those hints broadest which were meant for her sister's benefit. In all
12other respects, her visit began and proceeded very well. Her own spirits improved by change of place and subject, by
13being removed three miles from Kellynch; Mary's ailments lessened by having a constant companion, and their daily
14intercourse with the other family, since there was neither superior affection, confidence, nor employment in the
15cottage, to be interrupted by it, was rather an advantage. It was certainly carried nearly as far as possible, for they
16met every morning, and hardly ever spent an evening asunder; but she believed they should not have done so well without
17the sight of Mr and Mrs Musgrove's respectable forms in the usual places, or without the talking, laughing, and singing
18of their daughters. She played a great deal better than either of the Miss Musgroves, but having no voice, no knowledge
19of the harp, and no fond parents, to sit by and fancy themselves delighted, her performance was little thought of, only
20out of civility, or to refresh the others, as she was well aware. She knew that when she played she was giving pleasure
21only to herself; but this was no new sensation. Excepting one short period of her life, she had never, since the age of
22fourteen, never since the loss of her dear mother, known the happiness of being listened to, or encouraged by any just
23appreciation or real taste. In music she had been always used to feel alone in the world; and Mr and Mrs Musgrove's fond
24partiality for their own daughters' performance, and total indifference to any other person's, gave her much more
25pleasure for their sakes, than mortification for her own. The party at the Great House was sometimes increased by other
26company. The neighbourhood was not large, but the Musgroves were visited by everybody, and had more dinner-parties, and
27more callers, more visitors by invitation and by chance, than any other family. They were more completely popular. The
28girls were wild for dancing; and the evenings ended, occasionally, in an unpremeditated little ball. There was a family
29of cousins within a walk of Uppercross, in less affluent circumstances, who depended on the Musgroves for all their
30pleasures: they would come at any time, and help play at anything, or dance anywhere; and Anne, very much preferring the
31office of musician to a more active post, played country dances to them by the hour together; a kindness which always
32recommended her musical powers to the notice of Mr and Mrs Musgrove more than anything else, and often drew this
33compliment;--"Well done, Miss Anne! very well done indeed! Lord bless me! how those little fingers of yours fly about!"
34So passed the first three weeks. Michaelmas came; and now Anne's heart must be in Kellynch again. A beloved home made
35over to others; all the precious rooms and furniture, groves, and prospects, beginning to own other eyes and other
36limbs! She could not think of much else on the 29th of September; and she had this sympathetic touch in the evening from
37Mary, who, on having occasion to note down the day of the month, exclaimed, "Dear me, is not this the day the Crofts
38were to come to Kellynch? I am glad I did not think of it before. How low it makes me!" The Crofts took possession with
39true naval alertness, and were to be visited. Mary deplored the necessity for herself. "Nobody knew how much she should
40suffer. She should put it off as long as she could;" but was not easy till she had talked Charles into driving her over
41on an early day, and was in a very animated, comfortable state of imaginary agitation, when she came back. Anne had very
42sincerely rejoiced in there being no means of her going. She wished, however, to see the Crofts, and was glad to be
43within when the visit was returned. They came: the master of the house was not at home, but the two sisters were
44together; and as it chanced that Mrs Croft fell to the share of Anne, while the Admiral sat by Mary, and made himself
45very agreeable by his good-humoured notice of her little boys, she was well able to watch for a likeness, and if it
46failed her in the features, to catch it in the voice, or in the turn of sentiment and expression. Mrs Croft, though
47neither tall nor fat, had a squareness, uprightness, and vigour of form, which gave importance to her person. She had
48bright dark eyes, good teeth, and altogether an agreeable face; though her reddened and weather-beaten complexion, the
49consequence of her having been almost as much at sea as her husband, made her seem to have lived some years longer in
50the world than her real eight-and-thirty. Her manners were open, easy, and decided, like one who had no distrust of
51herself, and no doubts of what to do; without any approach to coarseness, however, or any want of good humour. Anne gave
52her credit, indeed, for feelings of great consideration towards herself, in all that related to Kellynch, and it pleased
53her: especially, as she had satisfied herself in the very first half minute, in the instant even of introduction, that
54there was not the smallest symptom of any knowledge or suspicion on Mrs Croft's side, to give a bias of any sort. She
55was quite easy on that head, and consequently full of strength and courage, till for a moment electrified by Mrs Croft's
56suddenly saying,-- "It was you, and not your sister, I find, that my brother had the pleasure of being acquainted with,
57when he was in this country." Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had
58not. "Perhaps you may not have heard that he is married?" added Mrs Croft. She could now answer as she ought; and was
59happy to feel, when Mrs Croft's next words explained it to be Mr Wentworth of whom she spoke, that she had said nothing
60which might not do for either brother. She immediately felt how reasonable it was, that Mrs Croft should be thinking and
61speaking of Edward, and not of Frederick; and with shame at her own forgetfulness applied herself to the knowledge of
62their former neighbour's present state with proper interest. The rest was all tranquillity; till, just as they were
63moving, she heard the Admiral say to Mary-- "We are expecting a brother of Mrs Croft's here soon; I dare say you know
64him by name." He was cut short by the eager attacks of the little boys, clinging to him like an old friend, and
65declaring he should not go; and being too much engrossed by proposals of carrying them away in his coat pockets, &c., to
66have another moment for finishing or recollecting what he had begun, Anne was left to persuade herself, as well as she
67could, that the same brother must still be in question. She could not, however, reach such a degree of certainty, as not
68to be anxious to hear whether anything had been said on the subject at the other house, where the Crofts had previously
69been calling.
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