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1Sir Walter had once been in company with the late viscount, but had never seen any of the rest of the family; and the
2difficulties of the case arose from there having been a suspension of all intercourse by letters of ceremony, ever since
3the death of that said late viscount, when, in consequence of a dangerous illness of Sir Walter's at the same time,
4there had been an unlucky omission at Kellynch. No letter of condolence had been sent to Ireland. The neglect had been
5visited on the head of the sinner; for when poor Lady Elliot died herself, no letter of condolence was received at
6Kellynch, and, consequently, there was but too much reason to apprehend that the Dalrymples considered the relationship
7as closed. How to have this anxious business set to rights, and be admitted as cousins again, was the question: and it
8was a question which, in a more rational manner, neither Lady Russell nor Mr Elliot thought unimportant. "Family
9connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking; Lady Dalrymple had taken a house, for three
10months, in Laura Place, and would be living in style. She had been at Bath the year before, and Lady Russell had heard
11her spoken of as a charming woman. It was very desirable that the connexion should be renewed, if it could be done,
12without any compromise of propriety on the side of the Elliots." Sir Walter, however, would choose his own means, and at
13last wrote a very fine letter of ample explanation, regret, and entreaty, to his right honourable cousin. Neither Lady
14Russell nor Mr Elliot could admire the letter; but it did all that was wanted, in bringing three lines of scrawl from
15the Dowager Viscountess. "She was very much honoured, and should be happy in their acquaintance." The toils of the
16business were over, the sweets began. They visited in Laura Place, they had the cards of Dowager Viscountess Dalrymple,
17and the Honourable Miss Carteret, to be arranged wherever they might be most visible: and "Our cousins in Laura
18Place,"--"Our cousin, Lady Dalrymple and Miss Carteret," were talked of to everybody. Anne was ashamed. Had Lady
19Dalrymple and her daughter even been very agreeable, she would still have been ashamed of the agitation they created,
20but they were nothing. There was no superiority of manner, accomplishment, or understanding. Lady Dalrymple had acquired
21the name of "a charming woman," because she had a smile and a civil answer for everybody. Miss Carteret, with still less
22to say, was so plain and so awkward, that she would never have been tolerated in Camden Place but for her birth. Lady
23Russell confessed she had expected something better; but yet "it was an acquaintance worth having;" and when Anne
24ventured to speak her opinion of them to Mr Elliot, he agreed to their being nothing in themselves, but still maintained
25that, as a family connexion, as good company, as those who would collect good company around them, they had their value.
26Anne smiled and said, "My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a
27great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company." "You are mistaken," said he gently, "that is not good
28company; that is the best. Good company requires only birth, education, and manners, and with regard to education is not
29very nice. Birth and good manners are essential; but a little learning is by no means a dangerous thing in good company;
30on the contrary, it will do very well. My cousin Anne shakes her head. She is not satisfied. She is fastidious. My dear
31cousin" (sitting down by her), "you have a better right to be fastidious than almost any other woman I know; but will it
32answer? Will it make you happy? Will it not be wiser to accept the society of those good ladies in Laura Place, and
33enjoy all the advantages of the connexion as far as possible? You may depend upon it, that they will move in the first
34set in Bath this winter, and as rank is rank, your being known to be related to them will have its use in fixing your
35family (our family let me say) in that degree of consideration which we must all wish for." "Yes," sighed Anne, "we
36shall, indeed, be known to be related to them!" then recollecting herself, and not wishing to be answered, she added, "I
37certainly do think there has been by far too much trouble taken to procure the acquaintance. I suppose" (smiling) "I
38have more pride than any of you; but I confess it does vex me, that we should be so solicitous to have the relationship
39acknowledged, which we may be very sure is a matter of perfect indifference to them." "Pardon me, dear cousin, you are
40unjust in your own claims. In London, perhaps, in your present quiet style of living, it might be as you say: but in
41Bath; Sir Walter Elliot and his family will always be worth knowing: always acceptable as acquaintance." "Well," said
42Anne, "I certainly am proud, too proud to enjoy a welcome which depends so entirely upon place." "I love your
43indignation," said he; "it is very natural. But here you are in Bath, and the object is to be established here with all
44the credit and dignity which ought to belong to Sir Walter Elliot. You talk of being proud; I am called proud, I know,
45and I shall not wish to believe myself otherwise; for our pride, if investigated, would have the same object, I have no
46doubt, though the kind may seem a little different. In one point, I am sure, my dear cousin," (he continued, speaking
47lower, though there was no one else in the room) "in one point, I am sure, we must feel alike. We must feel that every
48addition to your father's society, among his equals or superiors, may be of use in diverting his thoughts from those who
49are beneath him." He looked, as he spoke, to the seat which Mrs Clay had been lately occupying: a sufficient explanation
50of what he particularly meant; and though Anne could not believe in their having the same sort of pride, she was pleased
51with him for not liking Mrs Clay; and her conscience admitted that his wishing to promote her father's getting great
52acquaintance was more than excusable in the view of defeating her.
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