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1It had been a miserable party, each of the three believing themselves most miserable. Mrs. Norris, however, as most
2attached to Maria, was really the greatest sufferer. Maria was her first favourite, the dearest of all; the match had
3been her own contriving, as she had been wont with such pride of heart to feel and say, and this conclusion of it almost
4overpowered her. She was an altered creature, quieted, stupefied, indifferent to everything that passed. The being left
5with her sister and nephew, and all the house under her care, had been an advantage entirely thrown away; she had been
6unable to direct or dictate, or even fancy herself useful. When really touched by affliction, her active powers had been
7all benumbed; and neither Lady Bertram nor Tom had received from her the smallest support or attempt at support. She had
8done no more for them than they had done for each other. They had been all solitary, helpless, and forlorn alike; and
9now the arrival of the others only established her superiority in wretchedness. Her companions were relieved, but there
10was no good for her. Edmund was almost as welcome to his brother as Fanny to her aunt; but Mrs. Norris, instead of
11having comfort from either, was but the more irritated by the sight of the person whom, in the blindness of her anger,
12she could have charged as the daemon of the piece. Had Fanny accepted Mr. Crawford this could not have happened. Susan
13too was a grievance. She had not spirits to notice her in more than a few repulsive looks, but she felt her as a spy,
14and an intruder, and an indigent niece, and everything most odious. By her other aunt, Susan was received with quiet
15kindness. Lady Bertram could not give her much time, or many words, but she felt her, as Fanny's sister, to have a claim
16at Mansfield, and was ready to kiss and like her; and Susan was more than satisfied, for she came perfectly aware that
17nothing but ill-humour was to be expected from aunt Norris; and was so provided with happiness, so strong in that best
18of blessings, an escape from many certain evils, that she could have stood against a great deal more indifference than
19she met with from the others. She was now left a good deal to herself, to get acquainted with the house and grounds as
20she could, and spent her days very happily in so doing, while those who might otherwise have attended to her were shut
21up, or wholly occupied each with the person quite dependent on them, at this time, for everything like comfort; Edmund
22trying to bury his own feelings in exertions for the relief of his brother's, and Fanny devoted to her aunt Bertram,
23returning to every former office with more than former zeal, and thinking she could never do enough for one who seemed
24so much to want her. To talk over the dreadful business with Fanny, talk and lament, was all Lady Bertram's consolation.
25To be listened to and borne with, and hear the voice of kindness and sympathy in return, was everything that could be
26done for her. To be otherwise comforted was out of the question. The case admitted of no comfort. Lady Bertram did not
27think deeply, but, guided by Sir Thomas, she thought justly on all important points; and she saw, therefore, in all its
28enormity, what had happened, and neither endeavoured herself, nor required Fanny to advise her, to think little of guilt
29and infamy. Her affections were not acute, nor was her mind tenacious. After a time, Fanny found it not impossible to
30direct her thoughts to other subjects, and revive some interest in the usual occupations; but whenever Lady Bertram was
31fixed on the event, she could see it only in one light, as comprehending the loss of a daughter, and a disgrace never to
32be wiped off. Fanny learnt from her all the particulars which had yet transpired. Her aunt was no very methodical
33narrator, but with the help of some letters to and from Sir Thomas, and what she already knew herself, and could
34reasonably combine, she was soon able to understand quite as much as she wished of the circumstances attending the
35story. Mrs. Rushworth had gone, for the Easter holidays, to Twickenham, with a family whom she had just grown intimate
36with: a family of lively, agreeable manners, and probably of morals and discretion to suit, for to their house Mr.
37Crawford had constant access at all times. His having been in the same neighbourhood Fanny already knew. Mr. Rushworth
38had been gone at this time to Bath, to pass a few days with his mother, and bring her back to town, and Maria was with
39these friends without any restraint, without even Julia; for Julia had removed from Wimpole Street two or three weeks
40before, on a visit to some relations of Sir Thomas; a removal which her father and mother were now disposed to attribute
41to some view of convenience on Mr. Yates's account. Very soon after the Rushworths' return to Wimpole Street, Sir Thomas
42had received a letter from an old and most particular friend in London, who hearing and witnessing a good deal to alarm
43him in that quarter, wrote to recommend Sir Thomas's coming to London himself, and using his influence with his daughter
44to put an end to the intimacy which was already exposing her to unpleasant remarks, and evidently making Mr. Rushworth
45uneasy. Sir Thomas was preparing to act upon this letter, without communicating its contents to any creature at
46Mansfield, when it was followed by another, sent express from the same friend, to break to him the almost desperate
47situation in which affairs then stood with the young people. Mrs. Rushworth had left her husband's house: Mr. Rushworth
48had been in great anger and distress to him (Mr. Harding) for his advice; Mr. Harding feared there had been at least
49very flagrant indiscretion. The maidservant of Mrs. Rushworth, senior, threatened alarmingly. He was doing all in his
50power to quiet everything, with the hope of Mrs. Rushworth's return, but was so much counteracted in Wimpole Street by
51the influence of Mr. Rushworth's mother, that the worst consequences might be apprehended. This dreadful communication
52could not be kept from the rest of the family. Sir Thomas set off, Edmund would go with him, and the others had been
53left in a state of wretchedness, inferior only to what followed the receipt of the next letters from London. Everything
54was by that time public beyond a hope. The servant of Mrs. Rushworth, the mother, had exposure in her power, and
55supported by her mistress, was not to be silenced. The two ladies, even in the short time they had been together, had
56disagreed; and the bitterness of the elder against her daughter-in-law might perhaps arise almost as much from the
57personal disrespect with which she had herself been treated as from sensibility for her son. However that might be, she
58was unmanageable. But had she been less obstinate, or of less weight with her son, who was always guided by the last
59speaker, by the person who could get hold of and shut him up, the case would still have been hopeless, for Mrs.
60Rushworth did not appear again, and there was every reason to conclude her to be concealed somewhere with Mr. Crawford,
61who had quitted his uncle's house, as for a journey, on the very day of her absenting herself. Sir Thomas, however,
62remained yet a little longer in town, in the hope of discovering and snatching her from farther vice, though all was
63lost on the side of character.
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