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1"I should like to see Sotherton before it is cut down, to see the place as it is now, in its old state; but I do not
2suppose I shall." "Have you never been there? No, you never can; and, unluckily, it is out of distance for a ride. I
3wish we could contrive it." "Oh! it does not signify. Whenever I do see it, you will tell me how it has been altered."
4"I collect," said Miss Crawford, "that Sotherton is an old place, and a place of some grandeur. In any particular style
5of building?" "The house was built in Elizabeth's time, and is a large, regular, brick building; heavy, but respectable
6looking, and has many good rooms. It is ill placed. It stands in one of the lowest spots of the park; in that respect,
7unfavourable for improvement. But the woods are fine, and there is a stream, which, I dare say, might be made a good
8deal of. Mr. Rushworth is quite right, I think, in meaning to give it a modern dress, and I have no doubt that it will
9be all done extremely well." Miss Crawford listened with submission, and said to herself, "He is a well-bred man; he
10makes the best of it." "I do not wish to influence Mr. Rushworth," he continued; "but, had I a place to new fashion, I
11should not put myself into the hands of an improver. I would rather have an inferior degree of beauty, of my own choice,
12and acquired progressively. I would rather abide by my own blunders than by his." "You would know what you were about,
13of course; but that would not suit me. I have no eye or ingenuity for such matters, but as they are before me; and had I
14a place of my own in the country, I should be most thankful to any Mr. Repton who would undertake it, and give me as
15much beauty as he could for my money; and I should never look at it till it was complete." "It would be delightful to me
16to see the progress of it all," said Fanny. "Ay, you have been brought up to it. It was no part of my education; and the
17only dose I ever had, being administered by not the first favourite in the world, has made me consider improvements in
18hand as the greatest of nuisances. Three years ago the Admiral, my honoured uncle, bought a cottage at Twickenham for us
19all to spend our summers in; and my aunt and I went down to it quite in raptures; but it being excessively pretty, it
20was soon found necessary to be improved, and for three months we were all dirt and confusion, without a gravel walk to
21step on, or a bench fit for use. I would have everything as complete as possible in the country, shrubberies and
22flower-gardens, and rustic seats innumerable: but it must all be done without my care. Henry is different; he loves to
23be doing." Edmund was sorry to hear Miss Crawford, whom he was much disposed to admire, speak so freely of her uncle. It
24did not suit his sense of propriety, and he was silenced, till induced by further smiles and liveliness to put the
25matter by for the present. "Mr. Bertram," said she, "I have tidings of my harp at last. I am assured that it is safe at
26Northampton; and there it has probably been these ten days, in spite of the solemn assurances we have so often received
27to the contrary." Edmund expressed his pleasure and surprise. "The truth is, that our inquiries were too direct; we sent
28a servant, we went ourselves: this will not do seventy miles from London; but this morning we heard of it in the right
29way. It was seen by some farmer, and he told the miller, and the miller told the butcher, and the butcher's son-in-law
30left word at the shop." "I am very glad that you have heard of it, by whatever means, and hope there will be no further
31delay." "I am to have it to-morrow; but how do you think it is to be conveyed? Not by a wagon or cart: oh no! nothing of
32that kind could be hired in the village. I might as well have asked for porters and a handbarrow." "You would find it
33difficult, I dare say, just now, in the middle of a very late hay harvest, to hire a horse and cart?" "I was astonished
34to find what a piece of work was made of it! To want a horse and cart in the country seemed impossible, so I told my
35maid to speak for one directly; and as I cannot look out of my dressing-closet without seeing one farmyard, nor walk in
36the shrubbery without passing another, I thought it would be only ask and have, and was rather grieved that I could not
37give the advantage to all. Guess my surprise, when I found that I had been asking the most unreasonable, most impossible
38thing in the world; had offended all the farmers, all the labourers, all the hay in the parish! As for Dr. Grant's
39bailiff, I believe I had better keep out of his way; and my brother-in-law himself, who is all kindness in general,
40looked rather black upon me when he found what I had been at." "You could not be expected to have thought on the subject
41before; but when you do think of it, you must see the importance of getting in the grass. The hire of a cart at any time
42might not be so easy as you suppose: our farmers are not in the habit of letting them out; but, in harvest, it must be
43quite out of their power to spare a horse." "I shall understand all your ways in time; but, coming down with the true
44London maxim, that everything is to be got with money, I was a little embarrassed at first by the sturdy independence of
45your country customs. However, I am to have my harp fetched to-morrow. Henry, who is good-nature itself, has offered to
46fetch it in his barouche. Will it not be honourably conveyed?" Edmund spoke of the harp as his favourite instrument, and
47hoped to be soon allowed to hear her. Fanny had never heard the harp at all, and wished for it very much. "I shall be
48most happy to play to you both," said Miss Crawford; "at least as long as you can like to listen: probably much longer,
49for I dearly love music myself, and where the natural taste is equal the player must always be best off, for she is
50gratified in more ways than one. Now, Mr. Bertram, if you write to your brother, I entreat you to tell him that my harp
51is come: he heard so much of my misery about it. And you may say, if you please, that I shall prepare my most plaintive
52airs against his return, in compassion to his feelings, as I know his horse will lose." "If I write, I will say whatever
53you wish me; but I do not, at present, foresee any occasion for writing." "No, I dare say, nor if he were to be gone a
54twelvemonth, would you ever write to him, nor he to you, if it could be helped. The occasion would never be foreseen.
55What strange creatures brothers are! You would not write to each other but upon the most urgent necessity in the world;
56and when obliged to take up the pen to say that such a horse is ill, or such a relation dead, it is done in the fewest
57possible words. You have but one style among you. I know it perfectly. Henry, who is in every other respect exactly what
58a brother should be, who loves me, consults me, confides in me, and will talk to me by the hour together, has never yet
59turned the page in a letter; and very often it is nothing more than--'Dear Mary, I am just arrived. Bath seems full, and
60everything as usual. Yours sincerely.' That is the true manly style; that is a complete brother's letter." "When they
61are at a distance from all their family," said Fanny, colouring for William's sake, "they can write long letters." "Miss
62Price has a brother at sea," said Edmund, "whose excellence as a correspondent makes her think you too severe upon us."
63"At sea, has she? In the king's service, of course?" Fanny would rather have had Edmund tell the story, but his
64determined silence obliged her to relate her brother's situation: her voice was animated in speaking of his profession,
65and the foreign stations he had been on; but she could not mention the number of years that he had been absent without
66tears in her eyes. Miss Crawford civilly wished him an early promotion.
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