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Heiresses   are   monstrous   scarce�   �I   do   not   think   we   have   had   an 

Heiress   here�察  �or   even   a   Co!   since   Sanditon   has   been   a   public 

place。 Families come after Families�察�but as far as I can learn�察�it is 

not    one   in  an   hundred      of  them    that   have    any   real   Property�察�

Landed       or   Funded。!An          Income     perhaps�察     �but   no    Property。 

Clergymen may be�察�or Lawyers from Town�察�or Half pay officers�察�or 

Widows with only a jointure。   And   what  good   can such  people do 

anybody�拭�except            just  as   they    take   our    empty     Houses!and 

��between ourselves�� I think they are great fools for not staying at 

home。 Now�察�if we could get a young Heiress to be sent here for her 

health!��and if she was ordered to drink asses milk I could supply 

her��!and   as   soon   as   she   got   well�察  �have   her   fall   in   love   with   Sir 

Edward� �!`That          would     be   very    fortunate     indeed。¨    `And    Miss 

Esther must marry somebody of fortune too!She must get a rich 



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Husband。 Ah� �young Ladies that have no Money are very much to 

be   pitied� �But¨!after   a   short   pause!`if   Miss   Esther   thinks            to 

talk   me   into   inviting   them   to   come   and   stay   at   Sanditon   House�察�

she will find herself mistaken。!Matters are altered with me since 

last   Summer   you   know。   I   have   Miss   Clara   with   me   now�察  �which 

makes      a   great   difference。¨     She    spoke     this  so   seriously     that 

Charlotte instantly saw in it the evidence of real penetration and 

prepared for some fuller remarks!but it was followed only by!`I 

have no fancy for having my House as full as an Hotel。 I should not 

chuse to have my two Housemaids Time taken up all the morning�察�

in dusting out Bed rooms。!They have Miss Clara¨s room to put to 

rights as well as my own every day。!If they had hard Places�察�they 

would want Higher Wages。 For objections of this Nature�察�Charlotte 

was   not   prepared�察  �and   she   found   it   so   impossible   even   to   affect 

sympathy�察�that she could say nothing。!Lady D。 soon added�察�with 

great   glee!`And   besides   all   this   my   Dear�察  �am   I   to   be   filling   my 

House to the prejudice of Sanditon�拭�If People want to be by the 

Sea�察�why dont they take Lodgings�拭�Here are a great many empty 

Houses!three on this very Terrace�察�no fewer than three Lodging 

Papers   staring  us in  the   face at  this   very  moment�察�Numbers   3�察  �4 

and 8。 8�察�the Corner House may be too large for them�察�but either of 

the   two   others   are   nice   little   snug   Houses�察  �very   fit   for   a   young 

Gentleman   and   his   sister!And   so�察  �my   dear�察  �the   next   time   Miss 

Esther  begins  talking  about  the   dampness   of   Denham   Park�察  �and 

the Good Bathing always does her�察�I shall advise them to come and 

take   one   of  these   Lodgings   for   a   fortnight!Don¨t   you   think   that 

will be very fair�拭�Charity begins at home you know。¨!Charlotte¨s 

feelings   were   divided   between   amusement   and   indignation!but 

indignation   had   the   larger   and   the   increasing   share。!She   kept 



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her Countenance and she kept a civil Silence。 She could not carry 

her   forbearance   farther�察  �but   without   attempting   to   listen   longer�察�

and  only  conscious   that  Lady  D。   was still   talking  on in   the   same 

way�察    �allowed     her   Thoughts      to   form    themselves      into   such    a 

Meditation as this。!`She is thoroughly mean。 I had not expected 

any thing so bad。!Mr。 P。 spoke too mildly of her。!His Judgement 

is evidently not to be trusted。!His own Goodnature misleads him。 

He   is   too   kind   hearted   to   see   clearly。   I   must   judge   for   myself。! 

And their very connection prejudices him。!He has persuaded her 

to   engage   in   the   same   Speculation!and   because   their   object   in 

that Line is the same�察�he fancies she feels like him in others。!But 

she   is   very�察  �very   mean。!I   can   see   no   Good   in   her。!Poor   Miss 

Brereton� �And          she   makes     every    body    mean    about    her。!This 

poor Sir Edward and his   Sister�察�how  far  Nature  meant  them   to 

be   respectable   I cannot  tell�察�but  they  are obliged  to   be   Mean   in 

their    Servility   to  her。!And       I  am   Mean     too�察 �in   giving   her   my 

attention�察�with the appearance of coinciding with her。!Thus it is�察�

when Rich People are Sordid。¨ 



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                           CHAPTER VIII 



         he two Ladies continued walking together till rejoined by 

         the    others�察 �who    as  they  issued   from   the  Library    were 

T 

         followed by a young Whitby running off with five volumes 

under his arm to Sir Edward¨s Gig!and Sir Edward approaching 

Charlotte�察�said `You may perceive what has been our Occupation。 

My Sister wanted my Counsel in the selection of some books。!We 

have    many     leisure   hours�察  �and   read   a   great  deal。!I    am    no 

indiscriminate      Novel´Reader。     The   mere    Trash    of  the  common 

Circulating Library�察�I hold in the highest contempt。 You will never 

hear    me    advocating     those   puerile    Emanations      which    detail 

nothing but discordant  Principles   incapable   of  Amalgamation�察 �or 

those vapid tissues of ordinary Occurrences from which no useful 

Deductions      can   be  drawn。!In      vain   may   we   put   them   into   a 

literary  Alembic�察�we distil nothing   which   can   add   to   Science。! 

You understand me I am sure�拭� `I am not quite certain that I do。! 

But if you will describe the sort of Novels which you do approve�察�I 

dare    say  it  will  give  me   a  clearer   idea。¨  `Most   willingly�察 �Fair 

Questioner。!The         Novels   which    I  approve   are  such    as  display 

Human       Nature     with   Grandeur!such         as   shew    her   in   the 

Sublimities   of   intense   Feeling!such   as      exhibit   the  progress   of 

strong   Passion   from   the   first   Germ   of   incipient   Susceptibility   to 

the utmost Energies of Reason half´dethroned�察�where we see the 

strong spark of Woman¨s Captivations elicit such Fire in the Soul 

of Man as leads him!��though at the risk of some Aberration from 

the    strict  line  of  Primitive   Obligations��!hazard        all�察 �dare  all�察�



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achieve   all�察  �to   obtain   her。!Such   are   the   Works   which   I   peruse 

with delight�察�and I hope I may say�察�with Amelioration。 They hold 

forth     the   most     splendid      Portraitures      of   high    Conceptions�察�

Unbounded Views�察�illimitable Ardour�察�indomptible Decision!and 

even when the Event is mainly anti´prosperous to the high´toned 

Machinations of the prime Character�察�the potent�察�pervading Hero 

of the Story�察�it leaves us full of Generous Emotions for him�察�our 

Hearts are paralized。 T¨were Pseudo´Philosophy to assert that we 

do not feel more enwraped by the brilliancy of his Career�察�than by 

the   tranquil   and morbid   Virtues   of   any   opposing   Character。  

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