Sanditon: Diplomatic Display Cambridge King's College Cambridge, No Accession Number
at Sanditon, she was said to have
madethis boast to a friend "that though shehad got nothing but her Title from the Family, still she had given nothingfor it." — For
the Title, it was to be supposedthat she
had married – & Mr . P.Parker acknowledged there being just such a degree of value
forit apparent now, as to give her conduct it that na::tural explanation. —"There is at timessaid he – a little
self-importance – but itis not offensive;
— & there are moments,there are
points, when her Love of Moneyis carried greatly much too far. But she is a good--natured
Woman, a very goodnatured Woman; – a very obliging, is nat friendly Neighbour;a chearful,
independant, valuablecharacter. to us —and her faults may are to be entirely cheifly imputedto her the want of Education. She has
goodnatural Sense, but quite
uncultivated. — She has a fine active mind,
as well asa fine healthy frame for a Woman of 70, & enters into the improvement of
Sanditonwith a spirit truly admirable – which one admires — thoughnow & then, a Littleneſs will appear. She cannot look
forward quite as I wouldhave her – &
takes alarm at a triflingpresent expence, without consideringwhat returns it will
make her . —in1a year
or two.
Footnotes
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