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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Chapter five. No sooner was her answer despatched than Missus
Dashwood indulged herself in the pleasure of announcing to her
son in law and his wife that she was provided
with a house and should incommode them no longer than
till everything were ready for her inhabiting it. They heard
(00:20):
her with surprise. Missus John Dashwood said nothing, but her
husband civilly hoped that she would not be settled far
from Norland. She had great satisfaction in replying that she
was going into Devonshire. Edward turned hastily towards her on
hearing this, and, in a voice of surprise and concern
(00:42):
which required no explanation to her, repeated, Devonshire, Are you
indeed going there? So far from Hence? And to what
part of it? She explained the situation. It was within
four miles northward of Exeter. It is what a cottage,
she continued, But I hope to see.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Many of my friends in it. A room or two
can easily be added, And if my friends find no
difficulty in traveling so far to see me, I'm sure
I will find none in accommodating them.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
She concluded with a very kind invitation to mister and
Missus John Dashwood to visit her at Barton, and to
Edward she gave one with still greater affection. Though her
late conversation with her daughter in law had made her
resolve on remaining at Norland no longer than was unavoidable,
it had not produced the smallest effect on her in
(01:38):
that point to which it principally tended to separate. Edward
and Eleanor was as far from being her object as ever,
and she wished to show Missus John Dashwood by this
pointed invitation to her brother how totally she disregarded her
disapprobation of the match. Mister John Dashwood told his mother
(02:00):
again and again how exceedingly sorry he was that she
had taken a house at such a distance from Norland
as to prevent his being of any service to her
in removing her furniture. He really felt conscientiously vexed on
the occasion for the very exertion to which he had limited.
The performance of his promise to his father was by
(02:23):
this arrangement rendered impracticable. The furniture was all sent around
by water. It chiefly consisted of household linen, plate, china,
and books, with a handsome pianoforte of mary Anne's missus
John Dashwood, saw the packages depart with a sigh. She
(02:44):
could not help feeling it hard that, as Missus Dashwood's
income would be so trifling in comparison with their own,
she should have any handsome article of furniture. Missus Dashwood
took the house for a twelvemonth. It was ready furnished,
and she might have immediate possession. No difficulty arose on
(03:05):
either side in the agreement, and she waited only for
the disposal of her effects at Norland and to determine
her future household before she set off for the west.
And this, as she was exceedingly rapid in the performance
of everything that interested her, was soon done. The horses
(03:27):
which were left her by her husband had been sold
soon after his death, and an opportunity now offering of
disposing of her carriage, she agreed to sell that. Likewise,
at the earnest advice of her eldest daughter, for the
comfort of her children. Had she consulted only her own wishes,
she would have kept it. But the discretion of Eleanor
(03:49):
prevailed her wisdom too limited the number of their servants
to three two maids and a man, with whom they
were speedily provided from amongst those who had formed their
establishment at Norland. The man and one of the maids
were sent off immediately into Devonshire to prepare the house
for their mistress's arrival. For as Lady Middleton was entirely
(04:14):
unknown to missus Dashwood, she preferred going directly to the
cottage to being a visitor at Barton Park, and she
relied so undoubtingly on Sir John's description of the house
as to feel no curiosity to examine it herself till
she entered it as her own. Her eagerness to be
gone from Norland was preserved from diminution by the evident
(04:37):
satisfaction of her daughter in law in the prospect of
her removal, a satisfaction which was but feebly attempted to
be concealed under a cold invitation to her to defer
her departure. Now was the time when her son in
law's promised to his father might, with particular propriety be fulfilled,
(04:58):
since he had neglected to do it on first coming
to the estate. There, quitting his house might be looked
on as the most suitable period for its accomplishment. But
Missus Dashwood began shortly to give over every hope of
the kind, and to be convinced from the general drift
of his discourse that his assistance extended no farther than
(05:21):
their maintenance for six months at Norland. He so frequently
talked of the increasing expenses of housekeeping, and of the
perpetual demands upon his purse, which a man of any
consequence in the world was beyond calculation exposed to that
he seemed rather to stand in need of more money
himself than to have any design of giving money away.
(05:46):
In a very few weeks from the day which brought
Sir John Middleton's first letter to Norland, everything was so
far settled in their future abode as to enable Missus
Dashwood and her daughters to begin their journey. Many were
the tears shed by them in their last adieus to
a place so much beloved, dear, dear Norland, said mary Anne,
(06:10):
as she wandered alone before the house on the last
evening of their being there.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
When shall I cease to regret you? When learn to
feel home elsewhere, Oh happy house? Could you know what
I suffer in now viewing you from this spot. From whence,
perhaps I may view you no more, and you ye
well known trees, but you will continue the same. No
(06:35):
leaf will decay because we are removed, nor any branch
become motionless, although we can observe you no longer. No
you will continue the same, unconscious of the pleasure of
the regret you occasion, and insensible of any change in
those who walk under your shade, but who will remain
to enjoy you.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
End of Chapter five
Chapter five. No sooner was her answer despatched than Missus
Dashwood indulged herself in the pleasure of announcing to her
son in law and his wife that she was provided
with a house and should incommode them no longer than
till everything were ready for her inhabiting it. They heard
(00:20):
her with surprise. Missus John Dashwood said nothing, but her
husband civilly hoped that she would not be settled far
from Norland. She had great satisfaction in replying that she
was going into Devonshire. Edward turned hastily towards her on
hearing this, and, in a voice of surprise and concern
(00:42):
which required no explanation to her, repeated, Devonshire, Are you
indeed going there? So far from Hence? And to what
part of it? She explained the situation. It was within
four miles northward of Exeter. It is what a cottage,
she continued, But I hope to see.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
Many of my friends in it. A room or two
can easily be added, And if my friends find no
difficulty in traveling so far to see me, I'm sure
I will find none in accommodating them.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
She concluded with a very kind invitation to mister and
Missus John Dashwood to visit her at Barton, and to
Edward she gave one with still greater affection. Though her
late conversation with her daughter in law had made her
resolve on remaining at Norland no longer than was unavoidable,
it had not produced the smallest effect on her in
(01:38):
that point to which it principally tended to separate. Edward
and Eleanor was as far from being her object as ever,
and she wished to show Missus John Dashwood by this
pointed invitation to her brother how totally she disregarded her
disapprobation of the match. Mister John Dashwood told his mother
(02:00):
again and again how exceedingly sorry he was that she
had taken a house at such a distance from Norland
as to prevent his being of any service to her
in removing her furniture. He really felt conscientiously vexed on
the occasion for the very exertion to which he had limited.
The performance of his promise to his father was by
(02:23):
this arrangement rendered impracticable. The furniture was all sent around
by water. It chiefly consisted of household linen, plate, china,
and books, with a handsome pianoforte of mary Anne's missus
John Dashwood, saw the packages depart with a sigh. She
(02:44):
could not help feeling it hard that, as Missus Dashwood's
income would be so trifling in comparison with their own,
she should have any handsome article of furniture. Missus Dashwood
took the house for a twelvemonth. It was ready furnished,
and she might have immediate possession. No difficulty arose on
(03:05):
either side in the agreement, and she waited only for
the disposal of her effects at Norland and to determine
her future household before she set off for the west.
And this, as she was exceedingly rapid in the performance
of everything that interested her, was soon done. The horses
(03:27):
which were left her by her husband had been sold
soon after his death, and an opportunity now offering of
disposing of her carriage, she agreed to sell that. Likewise,
at the earnest advice of her eldest daughter, for the
comfort of her children. Had she consulted only her own wishes,
she would have kept it. But the discretion of Eleanor
(03:49):
prevailed her wisdom too limited the number of their servants
to three two maids and a man, with whom they
were speedily provided from amongst those who had formed their
establishment at Norland. The man and one of the maids
were sent off immediately into Devonshire to prepare the house
for their mistress's arrival. For as Lady Middleton was entirely
(04:14):
unknown to missus Dashwood, she preferred going directly to the
cottage to being a visitor at Barton Park, and she
relied so undoubtingly on Sir John's description of the house
as to feel no curiosity to examine it herself till
she entered it as her own. Her eagerness to be
gone from Norland was preserved from diminution by the evident
(04:37):
satisfaction of her daughter in law in the prospect of
her removal, a satisfaction which was but feebly attempted to
be concealed under a cold invitation to her to defer
her departure. Now was the time when her son in
law's promised to his father might, with particular propriety be fulfilled,
(04:58):
since he had neglected to do it on first coming
to the estate. There, quitting his house might be looked
on as the most suitable period for its accomplishment. But
Missus Dashwood began shortly to give over every hope of
the kind, and to be convinced from the general drift
of his discourse that his assistance extended no farther than
(05:21):
their maintenance for six months at Norland. He so frequently
talked of the increasing expenses of housekeeping, and of the
perpetual demands upon his purse, which a man of any
consequence in the world was beyond calculation exposed to that
he seemed rather to stand in need of more money
himself than to have any design of giving money away.
(05:46):
In a very few weeks from the day which brought
Sir John Middleton's first letter to Norland, everything was so
far settled in their future abode as to enable Missus
Dashwood and her daughters to begin their journey. Many were
the tears shed by them in their last adieus to
a place so much beloved, dear, dear Norland, said mary Anne,
(06:10):
as she wandered alone before the house on the last
evening of their being there.
Speaker 3 (06:15):
When shall I cease to regret you? When learn to
feel home elsewhere, Oh happy house? Could you know what
I suffer in now viewing you from this spot. From whence,
perhaps I may view you no more, and you ye
well known trees, but you will continue the same. No
(06:35):
leaf will decay because we are removed, nor any branch
become motionless, although we can observe you no longer. No
you will continue the same, unconscious of the pleasure of
the regret you occasion, and insensible of any change in
those who walk under your shade, but who will remain
to enjoy you.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
End of Chapter five
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