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1"I am sure she ought to be very much obliged to you," added Julia, hastily leaving the room as she spoke, from a
2consciousness that she ought to offer to stay at home herself. "Fanny will feel quite as grateful as the occasion
3requires," was Edmund's only reply, and the subject dropt. Fanny's gratitude, when she heard the plan, was, in fact,
4much greater than her pleasure. She felt Edmund's kindness with all, and more than all, the sensibility which he,
5unsuspicious of her fond attachment, could be aware of; but that he should forego any enjoyment on her account gave her
6pain, and her own satisfaction in seeing Sotherton would be nothing without him. The next meeting of the two Mansfield
7families produced another alteration in the plan, and one that was admitted with general approbation. Mrs. Grant offered
8herself as companion for the day to Lady Bertram in lieu of her son, and Dr. Grant was to join them at dinner. Lady
9Bertram was very well pleased to have it so, and the young ladies were in spirits again. Even Edmund was very thankful
10for an arrangement which restored him to his share of the party; and Mrs. Norris thought it an excellent plan, and had
11it at her tongue's end, and was on the point of proposing it, when Mrs. Grant spoke. Wednesday was fine, and soon after
12breakfast the barouche arrived, Mr. Crawford driving his sisters; and as everybody was ready, there was nothing to be
13done but for Mrs. Grant to alight and the others to take their places. The place of all places, the envied seat, the
14post of honour, was unappropriated. To whose happy lot was it to fall? While each of the Miss Bertrams were meditating
15how best, and with the most appearance of obliging the others, to secure it, the matter was settled by Mrs. Grant's
16saying, as she stepped from the carriage, "As there are five of you, it will be better that one should sit with Henry;
17and as you were saying lately that you wished you could drive, Julia, I think this will be a good opportunity for you to
18take a lesson." Happy Julia! Unhappy Maria! The former was on the barouche-box in a moment, the latter took her seat
19within, in gloom and mortification; and the carriage drove off amid the good wishes of the two remaining ladies, and the
20barking of Pug in his mistress's arms. Their road was through a pleasant country; and Fanny, whose rides had never been
21extensive, was soon beyond her knowledge, and was very happy in observing all that was new, and admiring all that was
22pretty. She was not often invited to join in the conversation of the others, nor did she desire it. Her own thoughts and
23reflections were habitually her best companions; and, in observing the appearance of the country, the bearings of the
24roads, the difference of soil, the state of the harvest, the cottages, the cattle, the children, she found entertainment
25that could only have been heightened by having Edmund to speak to of what she felt. That was the only point of
26resemblance between her and the lady who sat by her: in everything but a value for Edmund, Miss Crawford was very unlike
27her. She had none of Fanny's delicacy of taste, of mind, of feeling; she saw Nature, inanimate Nature, with little
28observation; her attention was all for men and women, her talents for the light and lively. In looking back after
29Edmund, however, when there was any stretch of road behind them, or when he gained on them in ascending a considerable
30hill, they were united, and a "there he is" broke at the same moment from them both, more than once. For the first seven
31miles Miss Bertram had very little real comfort: her prospect always ended in Mr. Crawford and her sister sitting side
32by side, full of conversation and merriment; and to see only his expressive profile as he turned with a smile to Julia,
33or to catch the laugh of the other, was a perpetual source of irritation, which her own sense of propriety could but
34just smooth over. When Julia looked back, it was with a countenance of delight, and whenever she spoke to them, it was
35in the highest spirits: "her view of the country was charming, she wished they could all see it," etc.; but her only
36offer of exchange was addressed to Miss Crawford, as they gained the summit of a long hill, and was not more inviting
37than this: "Here is a fine burst of country. I wish you had my seat, but I dare say you will not take it, let me press
38you ever so much;" and Miss Crawford could hardly answer before they were moving again at a good pace. When they came
39within the influence of Sotherton associations, it was better for Miss Bertram, who might be said to have two strings to
40her bow. She had Rushworth feelings, and Crawford feelings, and in the vicinity of Sotherton the former had considerable
41effect. Mr. Rushworth's consequence was hers. She could not tell Miss Crawford that "those woods belonged to Sotherton,"
42she could not carelessly observe that "she believed that it was now all Mr. Rushworth's property on each side of the
43road," without elation of heart; and it was a pleasure to increase with their approach to the capital freehold mansion,
44and ancient manorial residence of the family, with all its rights of court-leet and court-baron. "Now we shall have no
45more rough road, Miss Crawford; our difficulties are over. The rest of the way is such as it ought to be. Mr. Rushworth
46has made it since he succeeded to the estate. Here begins the village. Those cottages are really a disgrace. The church
47spire is reckoned remarkably handsome. I am glad the church is not so close to the great house as often happens in old
48places. The annoyance of the bells must be terrible. There is the parsonage: a tidy-looking house, and I understand the
49clergyman and his wife are very decent people. Those are almshouses, built by some of the family. To the right is the
50steward's house; he is a very respectable man. Now we are coming to the lodge-gates; but we have nearly a mile through
51the park still. It is not ugly, you see, at this end; there is some fine timber, but the situation of the house is
52dreadful. We go down hill to it for half a mile, and it is a pity, for it would not be an ill-looking place if it had a
53better approach." Miss Crawford was not slow to admire; she pretty well guessed Miss Bertram's feelings, and made it a
54point of honour to promote her enjoyment to the utmost. Mrs. Norris was all delight and volubility; and even Fanny had
55something to say in admiration, and might be heard with complacency. Her eye was eagerly taking in everything within her
56reach; and after being at some pains to get a view of the house, and observing that "it was a sort of building which she
57could not look at but with respect," she added, "Now, where is the avenue? The house fronts the east, I perceive. The
58avenue, therefore, must be at the back of it. Mr. Rushworth talked of the west front." "Yes, it is exactly behind the
59house; begins at a little distance, and ascends for half a mile to the extremity of the grounds. You may see something
60of it here--something of the more distant trees. It is oak entirely." Miss Bertram could now speak with decided
61information of what she had known nothing about when Mr. Rushworth had asked her opinion; and her spirits were in as
62happy a flutter as vanity and pride could furnish, when they drove up to the spacious stone steps before the principal
63entrance.
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