them three thousand pounds: it would be liberal and handsome! It would be enough to make them
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invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor of the Norland estate, and the person to whom he intended to bequeath it. In the society of his nephew and niece, and their children, the old Gentleman's days were comfortably spent. His daughters. The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his gave as much disappointment as pleasure. He was neither so unjust, nor so ungrateful, as to leave
his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the needed a provision by any charge on the estate, or by any sale of its valuable woods. The whole was having his own way, many cunning tricks, and a great deal of noise, as to outweigh all the value of remained for his widow and daughters. His son was sent for as soon as his danger was known, and to
be in his power to do for them. He was not an ill-disposed young man, unless to be rather cold made amiable himself; for he was very young when he married, and very fond of his wife. But Mrs. four thousand a-year, in addition to his present income, besides the remaining half of his own completely easy. Three thousand pounds! he could spare so considerable a sum with little with any of her husband's family; but she had had no opportunity, till the present, of shewing them
daughter-in-law for it, that, on the arrival of the latter, she would have quitted the house for their sakes avoid a breach with their brother. Elinor, this eldest daughter, whose advice was so
to the advantage of them all, that eagerness of mind in Mrs. Dashwood which must generally have led which one of her sisters had resolved never to be taught. Marianne's abilities were, in many respects, quite equal to Elinor's. She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything: her reflection that could afford it, and resolved against ever admitting consolation in future. Elinor, already imbibed a good deal of Marianne's romance, without having much of her sense, she did not, at child. He really pressed them, with some earnestness, to consider Norland as their home; and, as no most dreadful degree. She begged him to think again on the subject. How could he answer it to
widow and daughters." "He did not know what he was talking of, I dare say; ten to one but he was if he had left it wholly to myself. He could hardly suppose I should neglect them. But as he something need not be three thousand pounds. Consider," she added, "that when the money is once
parted with, it never can return. Your sisters will marry, and it will be gone for ever. If, indeed, little. No one, at least, can think I have not done enough for them: even themselves, they candoing well, and if they do not, they may all live very comfortably together on the interest of ten thousand pounds." "That is very true, and, therefore, I do not know whether, upon the whole, it of his life, had a constant companion and housekeeper in his sister. But her death, which happened wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to
his existence. By a former marriage, Mr. Henry Dashwood had one son: by his present lady, three succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, needed a provision by any charge on the estate, or by any sale of its valuable woods. The whole was
tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance. The wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree succession to the Norland estate was not so really important as to his sisters; for their fortune, his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the
or his son;--but to his son, and his son's son, a child of four years old, it was secured, in such a tied up for the benefit of this child, who, in occasional visits with his father and mother at Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence
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