Chapter VIII

           

           Fanny’sridesrecommencedtheverynextday;andasitwasapleasantfresh-feelingmorning,lesshotthantheweatherhadlatelybeen,Edmundtrustedthatherlosses,bothofhealthandpleasure,wouldbesoonmadegood.WhileshewasgoneMr.Rushwortharrived,escortinghismother,whocametobecivilandtoshewhercivilityespecially,inurgingtheexecutionoftheplanforvisitingSotherton,whichhadbeenstartedafortnightbefore,andwhich,inconsequenceofhersubsequentabsencefromhome,hadsincelaindormant.Mrs.Norrisandhernieceswereallwellpleasedwithitsrevival,andanearlydaywasnamedandagreedto,providedMr.Crawfordshouldbedisengaged:theyoungladiesdidnotforgetthatstipulation,andthoughMrs.Norriswouldwillinglyhaveansweredforhisbeingso,theywouldneitherauthorisethelibertynorruntherisk;andatlast,onahintfromMissBertram,Mr.RushworthdiscoveredthattheproperestthingtobedonewasforhimtowalkdowntotheParsonagedirectly,andcallonMr.Crawford,andinquirewhetherWednesdaywouldsuithimornot.

           BeforehisreturnMrs.GrantandMissCrawfordcamein.Havingbeenoutsometime,andtakenadifferentroutetothehouse,theyhadnotmethim.Comfortablehopes,however,weregiventhathewouldfindMr.Crawfordathome.TheSothertonschemewasmentionedofcourse.Itwashardlypossible,indeed,thatanythingelseshouldbetalkedof,forMrs.Norriswasinhighspiritsaboutit;andMrs.

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