Chapter XXII

           

           Fanny’sconsequenceincreasedonthedepartureofhercousins.Becoming,asshethendid,theonlyyoungwomaninthedrawing-room,theonlyoccupierofthatinterestingdivisionofafamilyinwhichshehadhithertoheldsohumbleathird,itwasimpossibleforhernottobemorelookedat,morethoughtofandattendedto,thanshehadeverbeenbefore;and“WhereisFanny?”becamenouncommonquestion,evenwithoutherbeingwantedforanyone’sconvenience.

           Notonlyathomedidhervalueincrease,butattheParsonagetoo.Inthathouse,whichshehadhardlyenteredtwiceayearsinceMr.Norris’sdeath,shebecameawelcome,aninvitedguest,andinthegloomanddirtofaNovemberday,mostacceptabletoMaryCrawford.Hervisitsthere,beginningbychance,werecontinuedbysolicitation.Mrs.Grant,reallyeagertogetanychangeforhersister,could,bytheeasiestself-deceit,persuadeherselfthatshewasdoingthekindestthingbyFanny,andgivingherthemostimportantopportunitiesofimprovementinpressingherfrequentcalls.

           Fanny,havingbeensentintothevillageonsomeerrandbyherauntNorris,wasovertakenbyaheavyshowerclosetotheParsonage;andbeingdescriedfromoneofthewindowsendeavouringtofindshelterunderthebranchesandlingeringleavesofanoakjustbeyondtheirpremises,wasforced,thoughnotwithoutsomemodestreluctanceonherpart,tocomein.Acivilservantshehadwithstood;butwhenDr.

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