independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but
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gave as much disappointment as pleasure. He was neither so unjust, nor so ungrateful, as to leave or his son;--but to his son, and his son's son, a child of four years old, it was secured, in such a all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not improvement. But the fortune, which had been so tardy in coming, was his only one twelvemonth. He survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that
of the family; but he was affected by a recommendation of such a nature at such a time, and he be in his power to do for them. He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own inconvenience."-- He thought of it all day long, and for many days successively, and he did not
the indelicacy of her conduct was so much the greater, and to a woman in Mrs. Dashwood's situation, with how little attention to the comfort of other people she could act when occasion required it. So to imprudence. She had an excellent heart;--her disposition was affectionate, and her feelings were with concern, the excess of her sister's sensibility; but by Mrs. Dashwood it was valued and forbearance. Margaret, the other sister, was a good-humored, well-disposed girl; but as she had
already imbibed a good deal of Marianne's romance, without having much of her sense, she did not, at husband with as much kindness as he could feel towards anybody beyond himself, his wife, and their
with a house in the neighbourhood, his invitation was accepted. A continuance in a place where cheerfulness, no temper could be more cheerful than hers, or possess, in a greater degree, that John Dashwood did not at all approve of what her husband intended to do for his sisters. To take the Miss Dashwoods, who were related to him only by half blood, which she considered as no relationship at all, have on his generosity to so large an amount. It was very well known that no was he to ruin himself, and their poor little Harry, by giving away all his money to his half promise, therefore, was given, and must be performed. Something must be done for them whenever they
parted with, it never can return. Your sisters will marry, and it will be gone for ever. If, indeed, parted with. If he should have a numerous family, for instance, it would be a very convenient addition." "To be sure it would." "Perhaps, then, it would be better for all parties, if the sum
were diminished one half.--Five hundred pounds would be a prodigious increase to their fortunes!" think of their expectations: the question is, what you can afford to do." "Certainly--and I think Imay afford to give them five hundred pounds a-piece. As it is, without any addition of mine, they herself. A hundred a year would make them all perfectly comfortable." His wife hesitated a little, doing. I have known a great deal of the trouble of annuities; for my mother was clogged with the of yearly drains on one's income. One's fortune, as your mother justly says, is NOT one's own. To be felt sure of a larger income, and would not be sixpence the richer for it at the end of the year. It
excessively comfortable your mother-in-law and her daughters may live on the interest of seven thousand pounds, besides the thousand pounds belonging to each of the girls, which brings them in Altogether, they will have five hundred a-year amongst them, and what on earth can four women want to think of it. They will be much more able to give YOU something." "Upon my word," said Mr.
Some little present of furniture too may be acceptable then." "Certainly," returned Mrs. John it." "That is a material consideration undoubtedly. A valuable legacy indeed! And yet some of the to do more for the widow and children of his father, than such kind of neighbourly acts as his own wife pointed out. 3 Mrs. Dashwood remained at Norland several months; not from any disinclination to move when the sight of every well known spot ceased to raise the violent emotion which it produced
for a while; for when her spirits began to revive, and her mind became capable of some other The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence
so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal; way, as to leave to himself no power of providing for those who were most dear to him, and who most to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a
survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that him Mr. Dashwood recommended, with all the strength and urgency which illness could command, the be in his power to do for them. He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold
made amiable himself; for he was very young when he married, and very fond of his wife. But Mrs. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself;--more narrow-minded and selfish. When he gave hisinvited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society of his of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to for the remaining moiety of his first wife's fortune was also secured to her child, and he had only bequest. Mr. Dashwood had wished for it more for the sake of his wife and daughters than for himself
to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand considerable sum from the produce of an estate already large, and capable of almost immediate of the family; but he was affected by a recommendation of such a nature at such a time, and he promised to do every thing in his power to make them comfortable. His father was rendered easy by
amiable woman, he might have been made still more respectable than he was:--he might even have been promise to his father, he meditated within himself to increase the fortunes of his sisters by the of her intention to her mother-in-law, arrived with her child and their attendants. No one could the indelicacy of her conduct was so much the greater, and to a woman in Mrs. Dashwood's situation, ever, had not the entreaty of her eldest girl induced her first to reflect on the propriety of
going, and her own tender love for all her three children determined her afterwards to stay, and for of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened
ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to his existence. By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society of his marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth. To him therefore the a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the
having his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of considerable sum from the produce of an estate already large, and capable of almost immediate survived his uncle no longer; and ten thousand pounds, including the late legacies, was all that
him Mr. Dashwood recommended, with all the strength and urgency which illness could command, the interest of his mother-in-law and sisters. Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest
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