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1"It may seem impertinent in me to praise, but I must admire the taste Mrs. Grant has shewn in all this. There is such a
2quiet simplicity in the plan of the walk! Not too much attempted!" "Yes," replied Miss Crawford carelessly, "it does
3very well for a place of this sort. One does not think of extent here; and between ourselves, till I came to Mansfield,
4I had not imagined a country parson ever aspired to a shrubbery, or anything of the kind." "I am so glad to see the
5evergreens thrive!" said Fanny, in reply. "My uncle's gardener always says the soil here is better than his own, and so
6it appears from the growth of the laurels and evergreens in general. The evergreen! How beautiful, how welcome, how
7wonderful the evergreen! When one thinks of it, how astonishing a variety of nature! In some countries we know the tree
8that sheds its leaf is the variety, but that does not make it less amazing that the same soil and the same sun should
9nurture plants differing in the first rule and law of their existence. You will think me rhapsodising; but when I am out
10of doors, especially when I am sitting out of doors, I am very apt to get into this sort of wondering strain. One cannot
11fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy." "To say the truth,"
12replied Miss Crawford, "I am something like the famous Doge at the court of Lewis XIV.; and may declare that I see no
13wonder in this shrubbery equal to seeing myself in it. If anybody had told me a year ago that this place would be my
14home, that I should be spending month after month here, as I have done, I certainly should not have believed them. I
15have now been here nearly five months; and, moreover, the quietest five months I ever passed." "Too quiet for you, I
16believe." "I should have thought so theoretically myself, but," and her eyes brightened as she spoke, "take it all and
17all, I never spent so happy a summer. But then," with a more thoughtful air and lowered voice, "there is no saying what
18it may lead to." Fanny's heart beat quick, and she felt quite unequal to surmising or soliciting anything more. Miss
19Crawford, however, with renewed animation, soon went on-- "I am conscious of being far better reconciled to a country
20residence than I had ever expected to be. I can even suppose it pleasant to spend half the year in the country, under
21certain circumstances, very pleasant. An elegant, moderate-sized house in the centre of family connexions; continual
22engagements among them; commanding the first society in the neighbourhood; looked up to, perhaps, as leading it even
23more than those of larger fortune, and turning from the cheerful round of such amusements to nothing worse than a
24tête-à-tête with the person one feels most agreeable in the world. There is nothing frightful in such a picture, is
25there, Miss Price? One need not envy the new Mrs. Rushworth with such a home as that." "Envy Mrs. Rushworth!" was all
26that Fanny attempted to say. "Come, come, it would be very un-handsome in us to be severe on Mrs. Rushworth, for I look
27forward to our owing her a great many gay, brilliant, happy hours. I expect we shall be all very much at Sotherton
28another year. Such a match as Miss Bertram has made is a public blessing; for the first pleasures of Mr. Rushworth's
29wife must be to fill her house, and give the best balls in the country." Fanny was silent, and Miss Crawford relapsed
30into thoughtfulness, till suddenly looking up at the end of a few minutes, she exclaimed, "Ah! here he is." It was not
31Mr. Rushworth, however, but Edmund, who then appeared walking towards them with Mrs. Grant. "My sister and Mr. Bertram.
32I am so glad your eldest cousin is gone, that he may be Mr. Bertram again. There is something in the sound of Mr. Edmund
33Bertram so formal, so pitiful, so younger-brother-like, that I detest it." "How differently we feel!" cried Fanny. "To
34me, the sound of Mr. Bertram is so cold and nothing-meaning, so entirely without warmth or character! It just stands for
35a gentleman, and that's all. But there is nobleness in the name of Edmund. It is a name of heroism and renown; of kings,
36princes, and knights; and seems to breathe the spirit of chivalry and warm affections." "I grant you the name is good in
37itself, and Lord Edmund or Sir Edmund sound delightfully; but sink it under the chill, the annihilation of a Mr., and
38Mr. Edmund is no more than Mr. John or Mr. Thomas. Well, shall we join and disappoint them of half their lecture upon
39sitting down out of doors at this time of year, by being up before they can begin?" Edmund met them with particular
40pleasure. It was the first time of his seeing them together since the beginning of that better acquaintance which he had
41been hearing of with great satisfaction. A friendship between two so very dear to him was exactly what he could have
42wished: and to the credit of the lover's understanding, be it stated, that he did not by any means consider Fanny as the
43only, or even as the greater gainer by such a friendship. "Well," said Miss Crawford, "and do you not scold us for our
44imprudence? What do you think we have been sitting down for but to be talked to about it, and entreated and supplicated
45never to do so again?" "Perhaps I might have scolded," said Edmund, "if either of you had been sitting down alone; but
46while you do wrong together, I can overlook a great deal." "They cannot have been sitting long," cried Mrs. Grant, "for
47when I went up for my shawl I saw them from the staircase window, and then they were walking." "And really," added
48Edmund, "the day is so mild, that your sitting down for a few minutes can be hardly thought imprudent. Our weather must
49not always be judged by the calendar. We may sometimes take greater liberties in November than in May." "Upon my word,"
50cried Miss Crawford, "you are two of the most disappointing and unfeeling kind friends I ever met with! There is no
51giving you a moment's uneasiness. You do not know how much we have been suffering, nor what chills we have felt! But I
52have long thought Mr. Bertram one of the worst subjects to work on, in any little manoeuvre against common sense, that a
53woman could be plagued with. I had very little hope of him from the first; but you, Mrs. Grant, my sister, my own
54sister, I think I had a right to alarm you a little." "Do not flatter yourself, my dearest Mary. You have not the
55smallest chance of moving me. I have my alarms, but they are quite in a different quarter; and if I could have altered
56the weather, you would have had a good sharp east wind blowing on you the whole time--for here are some of my plants
57which Robert will leave out because the nights are so mild, and I know the end of it will be, that we shall have a
58sudden change of weather, a hard frost setting in all at once, taking everybody (at least Robert) by surprise, and I
59shall lose every one; and what is worse, cook has just been telling me that the turkey, which I particularly wished not
60to be dressed till Sunday, because I know how much more Dr. Grant would enjoy it on Sunday after the fatigues of the
61day, will not keep beyond to-morrow. These are something like grievances, and make me think the weather most
62unseasonably close." "The sweets of housekeeping in a country village!" said Miss Crawford archly. "Commend me to the
63nurseryman and the poulterer." "My dear child, commend Dr. Grant to the deanery of Westminster or St. Paul's, and I
64should be as glad of your nurseryman and poulterer as you could be. But we have no such people in Mansfield. What would
65you have me do?" "Oh! you can do nothing but what you do already: be plagued very often, and never lose your temper."
66"Thank you; but there is no escaping these little vexations, Mary, live where we may; and when you are settled in town
67and I come to see you, I dare say I shall find you with yours, in spite of the nurseryman and the poulterer, perhaps on
68their very account. Their remoteness and unpunctuality, or their exorbitant charges and frauds, will be drawing forth
69bitter lamentations."
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