father.
calm yourself, father. this is not good for you.
of course
i promise, father, i promise.
come! come quickly!
dearest, i mean to give them three thousand pounds.
the interest will provide them with a little extra income. such a gift will certainly discharge my promise to my father.
one had rather, on such occasions, do too much than too little.
of course, he did not stipulate a particular sum.
fifteen hundred then. what say you to fifteen hundred?
they can hardly expect more.
a hundred pounds a year to their mother while she lives. would that be more advisable? it is better than parting with the fifteen hundred all at once.
twenty pounds now and then will amply discharge my promise, you are quite right.
they will have five hundred a year amongst them as it is--
so we are agreed. no money but the occasional gift of game and fish in season will be very welcome.
if that is agreeable to you, of course.
sir john middleton? what is his situation? he must be a man of property.
mrs jennings, may i present my brother- in-law?
mr robert ferrars!
she cannot have expected him to go through with it. but i feel for marianne--she will lose her bloom and end a spinster like elinor. i think, my dear, we might consider having them to stay with us for a few days--we are, after all, family, and my father.
that is very thoughtful, fanny. we shall ask elinor and marianne next year, then.  certainly!