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1、TneTextoiMANSFIELDPARKîntntiçtfi'ccnturnjMANSFIELDPARKANOVEL.INTHREEVOLUMES.BYTHEAUTHOROF"PRIDEANDPREJUDICE.'VOL.I.SECONDEDITION.PRINTEDTORJ.MURRAY,ALBEMARLE-STREET.1816.BypermissionoftheDepartmentofRareBooksandSpecialCollections,PrincetonUniversity.VolumeIChapterI.Aboutthirtyyearsago,M
2、issMariaWardofHuntingdon,withonlyseventhousandpounds,hadthegoodlucktocaptivateSirThomasBertram,ofMansfieldPark,inthecountyofNorthampton,andtobetherebyraisedtotherankofabaronet's1lady,withallthecomfortsandconsequencesofanhandsomehouseandlargeincome.AllHunting•donexclaimedonthegreatnessof
3、thematch,andheruncle,thelawyer,himself,allowedhertobeatleastthreethousandpoundsshortofanyequitableclaimtoit.Shehadtwosisterstobebenefitedbyherele•vation;andsuchoftheiracquaintanceasthoughtMissWardandMissFrancesquiteashandsomeasMissMaria,didnotscrupletopredicttheirmarryingwithalmostequal
4、advantage.Buttherecertainlyarenotsomanymenoflargefortuneintheworld,asthereareprettywomentodeservethem.MissWard,attheendofhalfadozenyears,foundherselfobligedtobeattachedtotheRev.Mr.Norris,afriendofherbrother-in-law,withscarcelyanyprivatefortune,andMissFrancesfaredyetworse.MissWard'smatch
5、,indeed,whenitcametothepoint,wasnotcontemptible,SirThomasbeinghappilyabletogivehisfriendanincomeintheliving2ofMansfield,andMr.andMrs.Norrisbegantheircareerofconjugalfelicitywithverylittlelessthanathousandayear.ButMissFrancesmarried,inthecommonphrase,todisobligeherfamily,andbyfixingonaLi
6、eutenantofMarines,withouteduca•tion,fortune,orconnections,diditverythoroughly.Shecouldhardlyhavemadeamoreuntowardchoice.SirThomasBertramhadinterest,3which,fromprincipleaswellaspride,fromageneralwishofdoingright,andadesireofseeingallthatwereconnectedwithhiminsitu•ationsofrespectability,h
7、ewouldhavebeengladtoexertforthead•vantageofLadyBertram'ssister;butherhusband'sprofessionwassuchasnointerestcouldreach;andbeforehehadtimetodeviseanyothermethodofassistingthem,anabsolutebreachbetweenthesistershad1.Abaronetisthedegreeofhereditaryhonorbelowabaronandaboveaknight;aco
