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1Her husband, but with great humility, did not see the force of her objection. "They had already spent a week in this
2manner in Conduit Street, and Lady Middleton could not be displeased at their giving the same number of days to such
3near relations." Fanny paused a moment, and then, with fresh vigor, said, "My love, I would ask them with all my heart,
4if it was in my power. But I had just settled within myself to ask the Miss Steeles to spend a few days with us. They
5are very well behaved, good kind of girls; and I think the attention is due to them, as their uncle did so very well by
6Edward. We can ask your sisters some other year, you know; but the Miss Steeles may not be in town any more. I am sure
7you will like them; indeed, you do like them, you know, very much already, and so does my mother; and they are such
8favourites with Harry!" Mr. Dashwood was convinced. He saw the necessity of inviting the Miss Steeles immediately, and
9his conscience was pacified by the resolution of inviting his sisters another year; at the same time, however, slyly
10suspecting that another year would make the invitation needless, by bringing Elinor to town as Colonel Brandon's wife,
11and Marianne as their visitor. Fanny, rejoicing in her escape, and proud of the ready wit that had procured it, wrote
12the next morning to Lucy, to request her company and her sister's, for some days, in Harley Street, as soon as Lady
13Middleton could spare them. This was enough to make Lucy really and reasonably happy. Mrs. Dashwood seemed actually
14working for her, herself; cherishing all her hopes, and promoting all her views! Such an opportunity of being with
15Edward and his family was, above all things, the most material to her interest, and such an invitation the most
16gratifying to her feelings! It was an advantage that could not be too gratefully acknowledged, nor too speedily made use
17of; and the visit to Lady Middleton, which had not before had any precise limits, was instantly discovered to have been
18always meant to end in two days' time. When the note was shown to Elinor, as it was within ten minutes after its
19arrival, it gave her, for the first time, some share in the expectations of Lucy; for such a mark of uncommon kindness,
20vouchsafed on so short an acquaintance, seemed to declare that the good-will towards her arose from something more than
21merely malice against herself; and might be brought, by time and address, to do every thing that Lucy wished. Her
22flattery had already subdued the pride of Lady Middleton, and made an entry into the close heart of Mrs. John Dashwood;
23and these were effects that laid open the probability of greater. The Miss Steeles removed to Harley Street, and all
24that reached Elinor of their influence there, strengthened her expectation of the event. Sir John, who called on them
25more than once, brought home such accounts of the favour they were in, as must be universally striking. Mrs. Dashwood
26had never been so much pleased with any young women in her life, as she was with them; had given each of them a needle
27book made by some emigrant; called Lucy by her Christian name; and did not know whether she should ever be able to part
28with them. END OF THE SECOND VOLUME CHAPTER XXXVII. Mrs. Palmer was so well at the end of a fortnight, that her mother
29felt it no longer necessary to give up the whole of her time to her; and, contenting herself with visiting her once or
30twice a day, returned from that period to her own home, and her own habits, in which she found the Miss Dashwoods very
31ready to resume their former share. About the third or fourth morning after their being thus resettled in Berkeley
32Street, Mrs. Jennings, on returning from her ordinary visit to Mrs. Palmer, entered the drawing-room, where Elinor was
33sitting by herself, with an air of such hurrying importance as prepared her to hear something wonderful; and giving her
34time only to form that idea, began directly to justify it, by saying, "Lord! my dear Miss Dashwood! have you heard the
35news?" "No, ma'am. What is it?" "Something so strange! But you shall hear it all. When I got to Mr. Palmer's, I found
36Charlotte quite in a fuss about the child. She was sure it was very ill--it cried, and fretted, and was all over
37pimples. So I looked at it directly, and, 'Lord! my dear,' says I, 'it is nothing in the world, but the red gum;' and
38nurse said just the same. But Charlotte, she would not be satisfied, so Mr. Donavan was sent for; and luckily he
39happened to just come in from Harley Street, so he stepped over directly, and as soon as ever he saw the child, he said
40just as we did, that it was nothing in the world but the red gum, and then Charlotte was easy. And so, just as he was
41going away again, it came into my head, I am sure I do not know how I happened to think of it, but it came into my head
42to ask him if there was any news. So upon that, he smirked, and simpered, and looked grave, and seemed to know something
43or other, and at last he said in a whisper, 'For fear any unpleasant report should reach the young ladies under your
44care as to their sister's indisposition, I think it advisable to say, that I believe there is no great reason for alarm;
45I hope Mrs. Dashwood will do very well.'" "What! is Fanny ill?"
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