“I like your Miss Bertrams exceedingly, sister,”...
“I like your Miss Bertrams exceedingly, sister,” said he, as he returned
from attending them to their carriage after the said dinner
visit; “they are very elegant, agreeable girls
“So they are indeed, and I am delighted to hear you say itBut
you like Julia best
“Oh yes! I like Julia best
“But do you really? for Miss Bertram is in general thought the
handsomest
“So I should supposeShe has the advantage in every feature, and
I prefer her countenance; but I like Julia best; Miss Bertram is certainly
the handsomest, and I have found her the most agreeable,
but I shall always like Julia best, because you order me
“I shall not talk to you, Henry, but I know you will like her best at last
“Do not I tell you that I like her best at first?”
“And besides, Miss Bertram is engagedRemember that, my chanel replica bag dear
brother
“Yes, and I like her the better for itAn engaged woman is always
more agreeable than a disengagedShe is satisfied with herselfHer
cares are over, and she feels that she may exert all her powers of
pleasing without suspicionAll is safe with a lady engaged: no harm
can be done
“Why, as to that, MrRushworth is a very good sort of young
man, and it is a great match for her
“But Miss Bertram does not care three straws for him; that is your
opinion of your intimate friendI do not subscribe to itI am sure
Miss Bertram is very much attached to MrI could see
it in her eyes, when he was mentionedI think too well of Miss
Bertram to suppose she would ever give her hand without her heart
“Mary, how shall we manage him?”
“We must leave him to himself, I believe
He will be taken in at balenciaga handbags last
“But I would not have him taken in; I would not have him duped;
I would have it all fair and honourable
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“Oh dear! let him stand his chance and be taken inIt will do just
as wellEverybody is taken in at some period or other
“Not always in marriage, dear Mary
“In marriage especiallyWith all due respect to such of the present
company as chance to be married, my dear MrsGrant, there is not
one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry
Look where I will, I see that it is so; and I feel that it must be so,
when I consider that it is, of all transactions, the one in which people
expect most from others, and are least honest themselves
“Ah! You have been in a bad school for matrimony, in Hill Street
“My poor aunt had certainly little cause to love the bag gucci state; but,
however, speaking from my own observation, it is a manoeuvring
businessI know so many who have married in the full expectation
and confidence of some one particular advantage in the connexion,
or accomplishment, or good quality in the person, who have found
themselves entirely deceived, and been obliged to put up with exactly
the reverseWhat is this but a take in?”
“My dear child, there must be a little imagination hereI beg your
pardon, but I cannot quite believe youDepend upon it, you see
but halfYou see the evil, but you do not see the consolationThere
will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all
apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails,
human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we
make a second better: louis vuitton graffiti bag we find comfort somewhere—and those evilminded
observers, dearest Mary, who make much of a little, are
more taken in and deceived than the parties themselves
“Well done, sister! I honour your esprit du corpsWhen I am a
wife, I mean to be just as staunch myself; and I wish my friends in
general would be so tooIt would save me many a heartache
“You are as bad as your brother, Mary; but we will cure you both
Mansfield shall cure you both, and without any taking inStay with
us, and we will cure you
The Crawfords, without wanting to be cured, were very willing to
stayMary was satisfied with the Parsonage as a present home, and
Henry equally ready to lengthen his visitHe had come, intending
to spend only a few days with them; but Mansfield promised well,
and there was nothing to call him chanel flap bag lambskin elsewhere