Two Chapters of Persuasion: Diplomatic DisplayLondonBritish Library, MS Egerton 3038
Mother to the Manwhowhom shewas continually seeing securingthethat happineſs of her otherChild.Of all the family, Mary was probablythe
one most immediately gratifiedbywhen the circumstance. — It was cre::ditable to have a Sister married,andshe might flatter herself that it had shebeen at her house, that it hadbeen greatly instrumental to the connectionit,1
byhaving Anne stayingto stay with her inthe Autumn; & as her
own Sistermust be better than her HusbandsSisters, it was very agreableto herthat Captn .CaptainW–––Wentworth should be aricher Man than either Capt.CaptainB.Benwickeor Charles Hayter. — She had some::thing to suffer perhaps whenthey came into contactto be together again,in seeing Anne restored to therights of Seniority & the Mistreſsof a very pretty Landaulet––– butshe had a future to look forwardto, of powerful consolation
— Annehad no Uppercroſs Hall before
her,no LandedEstate, no Headship
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