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Sam，loudandoverbearingashewas，sheratherregrettedwhenhewent，forhewascleverandintelligent，andgladtobeemployedinanyerrandinthetown；andthoughspurningtheremonstrancesofSusan，givenastheywere，thoughveryreasonableinthemselves，withill-timedandpowerlesswarmth，wasbeginningtobeinfluencedbyFanny’sservicesandgentlepersuasions；andshefoundthatthebestofthethreeyoungeroneswasgoneinhim：

TomandCharlesbeingatleastasmanyyearsastheywerehisjuniorsdistantfromthatageoffeelingandreason，whichmightsuggesttheexpediencyofmakingfriends，andofendeavouringtobelessdisagreeable。Theirsistersoondespairedofmakingthesmallestimpressionon_them_；

theywerequiteuntameablebyanymeansofaddresswhichshehadspiritsortimetoattempt。Everyafternoonbroughtareturnoftheirriotousgamesalloverthehouse；andsheveryearlylearnedtosighattheapproachofSaturday’sconstanthalf-holiday。

Betsey，too，aspoiledchild，traineduptothinkthealphabethergreatestenemy，lefttobewiththeservantsatherpleasure，andthenencouragedtoreportanyevilofthem，shewasalmostasreadytodespairofbeingabletoloveorassist；andofSusan’stempershehadmanydoubts。Hercontinualdisagreementswithhermother，herrashsquabbleswithTomandCharles，andpetulancewithBetsey，wereatleastsodistressingtoFannythat，thoughadmittingtheywerebynomeanswithoutprovocation，shefearedthedispositionthatcouldpushthemtosuchlengthmustbefarfromamiable，andfromaffordinganyreposetoherself。

SuchwasthehomewhichwastoputMansfieldoutofherhead，andteachhertothinkofhercousinEdmundwithmoderatedfeelings。Onthecontrary，shecouldthinkofnothingbutMansfield，itsbelovedinmates，itshappyways。

Everythingwhereshenowwasinfullcontrasttoit。

Theelegance，propriety，regularity，harmony，andperhaps，aboveall，thepeaceandtranquillityofMansfield，werebroughttoherremembranceeveryhouroftheday，bytheprevalenceofeverythingoppositetothem_here_。

Thelivinginincessantnoisewas，toaframeandtemperdelicateandnervouslikeFanny’s，anevilwhichnosuperaddedeleganceorharmonycouldhaveentirelyatonedfor。Itwasthegreatestmiseryofall。

AtMansfield，nosoundsofcontention，noraisedvoice，noabruptbursts，notreadofviolence，waseverheard；

allproceededinaregularcourseofcheerfulorderliness；

everybodyhadtheirdueimportance；everybody’sfeelingswereconsulted。Iftendernesscouldbeeversupposedwanting，goodsenseandgoodbreedingsupplieditsplace；andastothelittleirritationssometimesintroducedbyauntNorris，theywereshort，theyweretrifling，theywereasadropofwatertotheocean，comparedwiththeceaselesstumultofherpresentabode。Hereeverybodywasnoisy，everyvoicewasloud(excepting，perhaps，hermother’s，whichresembledthesoftmonotonyofLadyBertram’s，onlywornintofretfulness)。Whateverwaswantedwashallooedfor，andtheservantshallooedouttheirexcusesfromthekitchen。Thedoorswereinconstantbanging，thestairswereneveratrest，nothingwasdonewithoutaclatter，nobodysatstill，andnobodycouldcommandattentionwhentheyspoke。

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