“Mydaughters，“repliedSirThomas，gravelyinterposing，“havetheirpleasuresatBrighton，andIhopeareveryhappy；
butthedancewhichIthinkofgivingatMansfieldwillbefortheircousins。Couldwebeallassembled，oursatisfactionwouldundoubtedlybemorecomplete，buttheabsenceofsomeisnottodebartheothersofamusement。“
Mrs。Norrishadnotanotherwordtosay。Shesawdecisioninhislooks，andhersurpriseandvexationrequiredsomeminutes’silencetobesettledintocomposure。
Aballatsuchatime!Hisdaughtersabsentandherselfnotconsulted!Therewascomfort，however，soonathand。
_She_mustbethedoerofeverything：LadyBertramwouldofcoursebesparedallthoughtandexertion，anditwouldallfallupon_her_。Sheshouldhavetodothehonoursoftheevening；andthisreflectionquicklyrestoredsomuchofhergood-humourasenabledhertojoininwiththeothers，beforetheirhappinessandthankswereallexpressed。