invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor
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attachment to them all increased. The constant attention of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dashwood to his 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, independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritor
of solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to independent of what might arise to them from their father's inheriting that property, could be but a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the
Norland, had so far gained on the affections of his uncle, by such attractions as are by no means sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a considerable sum from the produce of an estate already large, and capable of almost immediate improvement. But the fortune, which had been so tardy in coming, was his only one twelvemonth. He promised to do every thing in his power to make them comfortable. His father was rendered easy by
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.
repent. No sooner was his father's funeral over, than Mrs. John Dashwood, without sending any notice of her intention to her mother-in-law, arrived with her child and their attendants. No one could received, was to her a source of immoveable disgust. Mrs. John Dashwood had never been a favourite with any of her husband's family; but she had had no opportunity, till the present, of shewing them ten years before his own, produced a great alteration in his home; for to supply her loss, he wishes, which proceeded not merely from interest, but from goodness of heart, gave him every degree small. Their mother had nothing, and their father only seven thousand pounds in his own disposal;
his estate from his nephew;--but he left it to him on such terms as destroyed half the value of the bequest. Mr. Dashwood had wished for it more for the sake of his wife and daughters than for himself The family of Dashwood had long been settled in Sussex. Their estate was large, and their residence
late owner of this estate was a single man, who lived to a very advanced age, and who for many years invited and received into his house the family of his nephew Mr. Henry Dashwood, the legal inheritorof solid comfort which his age could receive; and the cheerfulness of the children added a relish to mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age. By his own a life-interest in it. The old gentleman died: his will was read, and like almost every other will, or his son;--but to his son, and his son's son, a child of four years old, it was secured, in such a needed a provision by any charge on the estate, or by any sale of its valuable woods. The whole was
all the attention which, for years, he had received from his niece and her daughters. He meant not to be unkind, however, and, as a mark of his affection for the three girls, he left them a thousand pounds a-piece. Mr. Dashwood's disappointment was, at first, severe; but his temper was cheerful and sanguine; and he might reasonably hope to live many years, and by living economically, lay by a
improvement. But the fortune, which had been so tardy in coming, was his only one twelvemonth. He remained for his widow and daughters. His son was sent for as soon as his danger was known, and to conducted himself with propriety in the discharge of his ordinary duties. Had he married a more them three thousand pounds: it would be liberal and handsome! It would be enough to make them inconvenience."-- He thought of it all day long, and for many days successively, and he did not
with any of her husband's family; but she had had no opportunity, till the present, of shewing them with how little attention to the comfort of other people she could act when occasion required it. So acutely did Mrs. Dashwood feel this ungracious behaviour, and so earnestly did she despise her strong; but she knew how to govern them: it was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn; and
