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HowherheartswelledwithjoyandgratitudeasshepassedthebarriersofPortsmouth，andhowSusan’sfaceworeitsbroadestsmiles，maybeeasilyconceived。

Sittingforwards，however，andscreenedbyherbonnet，thosesmileswereunseen。

Thejourneywaslikelytobeasilentone。Edmund’sdeepsighsoftenreachedFanny。Hadhebeenalonewithher，hisheartmusthaveopenedinspiteofeveryresolution；

butSusan’spresencedrovehimquiteintohimself，andhisattemptstotalkonindifferentsubjectscouldneverbelongsupported。

Fannywatchedhimwithnever-failingsolicitude，andsometimescatchinghiseye，revivedanaffectionatesmile，whichcomfortedher；butthefirstday’sjourneypassedwithoutherhearingawordfromhimonthesubjectsthatwereweighinghimdown。Thenextmorningproducedalittlemore。JustbeforetheirsettingoutfromOxford，whileSusanwasstationedatawindow，ineagerobservationofthedepartureofalargefamilyfromtheinn，theothertwowerestandingbythefire；andEdmund，particularlystruckbythealterationinFanny’slooks，andfromhisignoranceofthedailyevilsofherfather’shouse，attributinganundueshareofthechange，attributing_all_totherecentevent，tookherhand，andsaidinalow，butveryexpressivetone，“Nowonder——

youmustfeelit——youmustsuffer。Howamanwhohadonceloved，coulddesertyou!But_yours_——yourregardwasnewcomparedwith——Fanny，thinkof_me_!“

Thefirstdivisionoftheirjourneyoccupiedalongday，andbroughtthem，almostknockedup，toOxford；

butthesecondwasoveratamuchearlierhour。

TheywereintheenvironsofMansfieldlongbeforetheusualdinner-time，andastheyapproachedthebelovedplace，theheartsofbothsisterssankalittle。

FannybegantodreadthemeetingwithherauntsandTom，undersodreadfulahumiliation；andSusantofeelwithsomeanxiety，thatallherbestmanners，allherlatelyacquiredknowledgeofwhatwaspractisedhere，wasonthepointofbeingcalledintoaction。Visionsofgoodandillbreeding，ofoldvulgarismsandnewgentilities，werebeforeher；andshewasmeditatingmuchuponsilverforks，napkins，andfinger-glasses。FannyhadbeeneverywhereawaketothedifferenceofthecountrysinceFebruary；butwhentheyenteredtheParkherperceptionsandherpleasureswereofthekeenestsort。

Itwasthreemonths，fullthreemonths，sinceherquittingit，andthechangewasfromwintertosummer。

Hereyefelleverywhereonlawnsandplantationsofthefreshestgreen；andthetrees，thoughnotfullyclothed，wereinthatdelightfulstatewhenfartherbeautyisknowntobeathand，andwhen，whilemuchisactuallygiventothesight，moreyetremainsfortheimagination。

Herenjoyment，however，wasforherselfalone。Edmundcouldnotshareit。Shelookedathim，buthewasleaningback，sunkinadeepergloomthanever，andwitheyesclosed，asiftheviewofcheerfulnessoppressedhim，andthelovelyscenesofhomemustbeshutout。

Itmadehermelancholyagain；andtheknowledgeofwhatmustbeenduringthere，investedeventhehouse，modern，airy，andwellsituatedasitwas，witham

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