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1、MansfieldParkbyJaneAustenCHAPTERIAboutthirtyyearsagoMissMariaWard,ofHuntingdon,withonlyseventhousandpounds,hadthegoodlucktocaptivateSirThomasBertram,ofMansfieldPark,inthecountyofNorthampton,andtobetherebyraisedtotherankofabaronet'slady,withallthecomf
2、ortsandconsequencesofanhandsomehouseandlargeincome.AllHuntingdonexclaimedonthegreatnessofthematch,andheruncle,thelawyer,himself,allowedhertobeatleastthreethousandpoundsshortofanyequitableclaimtoit.Shehadtwosisterstobebenefitedbyherelevation;andsuchof
3、theiracquaintanceasthoughtMissWardandMissFrancesquiteashandsomeasMissMaria,didnotscrupletopredicttheirmarryingwithalmostequaladvantage.Buttherecertainlyarenotsomanymenoflargefortuneintheworldasthereareprettywomentodeservethem.MissWard,attheendofhalfa
4、dozenyears,foundherselfobligedtobeattachedtotheRev.Mr.Norris,afriendofherbrother-in-law,withscarcelyanyprivatefortune,andMissFrancesfaredyetworse.MissWard'smatch,indeed,whenitcametothepoint,wasnotcontemptible:SirThomasbeinghappilyabletogivehisfrienda
5、nincomeinthelivingofMansfield;andMr.andMrs.Norrisbegantheircareerofconjugalfelicitywithverylittlelessthanathousandayear.ButMissFrancesmarried,inthecommonphrase,todisobligeherfamily,andbyfixingonalieutenantofmarines,withouteducation,fortune,orconnexio
6、ns,diditverythoroughly.Shecouldhardlyhavemadeamoreuntowardchoice.SirThomasBertramhadinterest,which,fromprincipleaswellaspride--fromageneralwishofdoingright,andadesireofseeingallthatwereconnectedwithhiminsituationsofrespectability,hewouldhavebeengladt
7、oexertfortheadvantageofLadyBertram'ssister;butherhusband'sprofessionwassuchasnointerestcouldreach;andbeforehehadtimetodeviseanyothermethodofassistingthem,anabsolutebreachbetweenthesistershadtakenplace.Itwasthenaturalresultoftheconductofeachparty,ands
8、uchasaveryimprudentmarriagealmostalwaysproduces.Tosaveherselffromuselessremonstrance,Mrs.Priceneverwrotetoherfamilyonthesubjecttillactuallymarried.LadyBertram,whowasawomanofverytranquilfeelings,andatemperremarkablyeasyandindolent,wouldhavecontentedhe
