1 Yes; my aunt Bertram has just told me so.
2 Edmund, you have heard me mention Charles Anderson.
3 Nobody that wishes me well, I am sure, would propose it.
4 I never spoke a syllable about it to Sir Thomas, nor he to me.
5 My object, Lady Bertram, is to be of use to those that come after me.
6 It would be too ridiculous for me to attempt anything where I am now, with my little half acre.
7 A great many things were due from poor Mr. Norris, as clergyman of the parish, that cannot be expected from me.
8 If I could suppose my aunt really to care for me, it would be delightful to feel myself of consequence to anybody.
9 You are too kind," said Fanny, colouring at such praise; "how shall I ever thank you as I ought, for thinking so well of me.
10 When Anderson first introduced me to his family, about two years ago, his sister was not out, and I could not get her to speak to me.
11 As to your foolishness and awkwardness, my dear Fanny, believe me, you never have a shadow of either, but in using the words so improperly.
12 She came up to me, claimed me as an acquaintance, stared me out of countenance; and talked and laughed till I did not know which way to look.
13 I am not one of those that spare their own trouble; and Nanny shall fetch her, however it may put me to inconvenience to have my chief counsellor away for three days.
14 Fanny sighed, and said, "I cannot see things as you do; but I ought to believe you to be right rather than myself, and I am very much obliged to you for trying to reconcile me to what must be."
15 Cousin," said she, "something is going to happen which I do not like at all; and though you have often persuaded me into being reconciled to things that I disliked at first, you will not be able to do it now.
16 There is a great deal of truth in what you say," replied Sir Thomas, "and far be it from me to throw any fanciful impediment in the way of a plan which would be so consistent with the relative situations of each.
17 My dear sister," said Mary, "if you can persuade him into anything of the sort, it will be a fresh matter of delight to me to find myself allied to anybody so clever, and I shall only regret that you have not half a dozen daughters to dispose of.
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