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1Edmund had determined that it belonged entirely to Fanny to chuse whether her situation with regard to Crawford should
2be mentioned between them or not; and that if she did not lead the way, it should never be touched on by him; but after
3a day or two of mutual reserve, he was induced by his father to change his mind, and try what his influence might do for
4his friend. A day, and a very early day, was actually fixed for the Crawfords' departure; and Sir Thomas thought it
5might be as well to make one more effort for the young man before he left Mansfield, that all his professions and vows
6of unshaken attachment might have as much hope to sustain them as possible. Sir Thomas was most cordially anxious for
7the perfection of Mr. Crawford's character in that point. He wished him to be a model of constancy; and fancied the best
8means of effecting it would be by not trying him too long. Edmund was not unwilling to be persuaded to engage in the
9business; he wanted to know Fanny's feelings. She had been used to consult him in every difficulty, and he loved her too
10well to bear to be denied her confidence now; he hoped to be of service to her, he thought he must be of service to her;
11whom else had she to open her heart to? If she did not need counsel, she must need the comfort of communication. Fanny
12estranged from him, silent and reserved, was an unnatural state of things; a state which he must break through, and
13which he could easily learn to think she was wanting him to break through. "I will speak to her, sir: I will take the
14first opportunity of speaking to her alone," was the result of such thoughts as these; and upon Sir Thomas's information
15of her being at that very time walking alone in the shrubbery, he instantly joined her. "I am come to walk with you,
16Fanny," said he. "Shall I?" Drawing her arm within his. "It is a long while since we have had a comfortable walk
17together." She assented to it all rather by look than word. Her spirits were low. "But, Fanny," he presently added, "in
18order to have a comfortable walk, something more is necessary than merely pacing this gravel together. You must talk to
19me. I know you have something on your mind. I know what you are thinking of. You cannot suppose me uninformed. Am I to
20hear of it from everybody but Fanny herself?" Fanny, at once agitated and dejected, replied, "If you hear of it from
21everybody, cousin, there can be nothing for me to tell." "Not of facts, perhaps; but of feelings, Fanny. No one but you
22can tell me them. I do not mean to press you, however. If it is not what you wish yourself, I have done. I had thought
23it might be a relief." "I am afraid we think too differently for me to find any relief in talking of what I feel." "Do
24you suppose that we think differently? I have no idea of it. I dare say that, on a comparison of our opinions, they
25would be found as much alike as they have been used to be: to the point--I consider Crawford's proposals as most
26advantageous and desirable, if you could return his affection. I consider it as most natural that all your family should
27wish you could return it; but that, as you cannot, you have done exactly as you ought in refusing him. Can there be any
28disagreement between us here?" "Oh no! But I thought you blamed me. I thought you were against me. This is such a
29comfort!" "This comfort you might have had sooner, Fanny, had you sought it. But how could you possibly suppose me
30against you? How could you imagine me an advocate for marriage without love? Were I even careless in general on such
31matters, how could you imagine me so where your happiness was at stake?" "My uncle thought me wrong, and I knew he had
32been talking to you." "As far as you have gone, Fanny, I think you perfectly right. I may be sorry, I may be
33surprised--though hardly that, for you had not had time to attach yourself--but I think you perfectly right. Can it
34admit of a question? It is disgraceful to us if it does. You did not love him; nothing could have justified your
35accepting him." Fanny had not felt so comfortable for days and days. "So far your conduct has been faultless, and they
36were quite mistaken who wished you to do otherwise. But the matter does not end here. Crawford's is no common
37attachment; he perseveres, with the hope of creating that regard which had not been created before. This, we know, must
38be a work of time. But" (with an affectionate smile) "let him succeed at last, Fanny, let him succeed at last. You have
39proved yourself upright and disinterested, prove yourself grateful and tender-hearted; and then you will be the perfect
40model of a woman which I have always believed you born for." "Oh! never, never, never! he never will succeed with me."
41And she spoke with a warmth which quite astonished Edmund, and which she blushed at the recollection of herself, when
42she saw his look, and heard him reply, "Never! Fanny!--so very determined and positive! This is not like yourself, your
43rational self." "I mean," she cried, sorrowfully correcting herself, "that I think I never shall, as far as the future
44can be answered for; I think I never shall return his regard." "I must hope better things. I am aware, more aware than
45Crawford can be, that the man who means to make you love him (you having due notice of his intentions) must have very
46uphill work, for there are all your early attachments and habits in battle array; and before he can get your heart for
47his own use he has to unfasten it from all the holds upon things animate and inanimate, which so many years' growth have
48confirmed, and which are considerably tightened for the moment by the very idea of separation. I know that the
49apprehension of being forced to quit Mansfield will for a time be arming you against him. I wish he had not been obliged
50to tell you what he was trying for. I wish he had known you as well as I do, Fanny. Between us, I think we should have
51won you. My theoretical and his practical knowledge together could not have failed. He should have worked upon my plans.
52I must hope, however, that time, proving him (as I firmly believe it will) to deserve you by his steady affection, will
53give him his reward. I cannot suppose that you have not the wish to love him--the natural wish of gratitude. You must
54have some feeling of that sort. You must be sorry for your own indifference." "We are so totally unlike," said Fanny,
55avoiding a direct answer, "we are so very, very different in all our inclinations and ways, that I consider it as quite
56impossible we should ever be tolerably happy together, even if I could like him. There never were two people more
57dissimilar. We have not one taste in common. We should be miserable." "You are mistaken, Fanny. The dissimilarity is not
58so strong. You are quite enough alike. You have tastes in common. You have moral and literary tastes in common. You have
59both warm hearts and benevolent feelings; and, Fanny, who that heard him read, and saw you listen to Shakespeare the
60other night, will think you unfitted as companions? You forget yourself: there is a decided difference in your tempers,
61I allow. He is lively, you are serious; but so much the better: his spirits will support yours. It is your disposition
62to be easily dejected and to fancy difficulties greater than they are. His cheerfulness will counteract this. He sees
63difficulties nowhere: and his pleasantness and gaiety will be a constant support to you. Your being so far unlike,
64Fanny, does not in the smallest degree make against the probability of your happiness together: do not imagine it. I am
65myself convinced that it is rather a favourable circumstance. I am perfectly persuaded that the tempers had better be
66unlike: I mean unlike in the flow of the spirits, in the manners, in the inclination for much or little company, in the
67propensity to talk or to be silent, to be grave or to be gay. Some opposition here is, I am thoroughly convinced,
68friendly to matrimonial happiness. I exclude extremes, of course; and a very close resemblance in all those points would
69be the likeliest way to produce an extreme. A counteraction, gentle and continual, is the best safeguard of manners and
70conduct."
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