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Chapter 12

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2020

John Wiltshire
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La Trobe University, Victoria
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IT was presumed that Mr. Crawford was travelling back to London, on the morrow, for nothing more was seen of him at Mr. Price’s; and two days afterwards, it was a fact ascertained to Fanny by the following letter from his sister, opened and read by her, on another account, with the most anxious curiosity:—

“I have to inform you, my dearest Fanny, that Henry has been down to Portsmouth to see you; that he had a delightful walk with you to the Dock-yard last Saturday, and one still more to be dwelt on the next day, on the ramparts; when the balmy air, the sparkling sea, and your sweet looks and conversation were altogether in the most delicious harmony, and afforded sensations which are to raise ecstacy even in retrospect. This, as well as I understand, is to be the substance of my information. He makes me write, but I do not know what else is to be communicated, except this said visit to Portsmouth, and these two said walks, and his introduction to your family, especially to a fair sister of your’s, a fine girl of fifteen, who was of the party on the ramparts, taking her first lesson, I presume, in love. I have not time for writing much, but it would be out of place if I had, for this is to be a mere letter of business, penned for the purpose of conveying necessary information, which could not be delayed without risk of evil. My dear, dear Fanny, if I had you here, how I would talk to you!—You should listen to me till you were tired, and advise me till you were still tired more; but it is impossible to put an hundredth part of my great mind2 on paper, so I will abstain altogether, and leave you to guess what you like. I have no news for you. You have politics of course; and it would be too bad to plague you with the names of people and parties, that fill up my time.

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Mansfield Park , pp. 481 - 486
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2005

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  • Edited by John Wiltshire, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: Mansfield Park
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108993470.047
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  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by John Wiltshire, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: Mansfield Park
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  • Chapter 12
  • Jane Austen
  • Edited by John Wiltshire, La Trobe University, Victoria
  • Book: Mansfield Park
  • Online publication: 18 December 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108993470.047
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