@@@@@I think too well of Miss Bertram to suppose
@@@@@I think too well of Miss
Bertram to suppose she would ever give her hand without her heart
“Mary, how shall we manage him?”
“We must leave him to himself, I believe
He will be taken in at last
“But I would not have him taken in; I would not have him duped;
I would have it all fair and honourable
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“Oh dear! let him stand his chance and be taken inIt will do just
as wellEverybody is taken in at some period or other
“Not always in marriage, dear Mary
“In marriage especiallyWith all due respect to such of the present
company as chance to be married, my dear MrsGrant, there is not
one in a hundred of either sex who is not taken in when they marry
Look where I will, I see that it is so; and I feel that it must be so,
when I consider that it is, of all transactions, the one in which people
expect most from others, and are least honest themselves
“Ah! You have been in a bad school for matrimony, in Hill Street
“My poor aunt had certainly little cause to love the state; but,
however, speaking from my own observation, it is a manoeuvring
businessI know so many who have married in the full expectation
and confidence of some one particular advantage in the connexion,
or accomplishment, or good quality in the person, who have found
themselves entirely deceived, and been obliged to put up with exactly
the reverseWhat is this but a take in?”
“My dear child, there must be a little imagination hereI beg your
pardon, but I cannot quite believe youDepend upon it, you see
but halfYou see the evil, but you do not see the consolationThere
will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all
apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails,
human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we
make a second better: we find comfort somewhere—and those evilminded
observers, dearest Mary, who make much of a little, are
more taken in and deceived than the parties themselves
“Well done, sister! I honour your esprit du corpsWhen I am a
wife, I mean to be just as staunch myself; and I wish my friends in
general would be so tooIt would save me many a heartache
“You are as bad as your brother, Mary; but we will cure you both
Mansfield shall cure you both, and without any taking