“ Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure. ”
Jane Austen, Mansfield Park (1814). copy citation
| Author | Jane Austen |
|---|---|
| Source | Mansfield Park |
| Topic | forgiveness selfishness cure |
| Date | 1814 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/141/141-h/141-h.htm |
Context
“«My dear Miss Price,» said Miss Crawford, as soon as she was at all within hearing, «I am come to make my own apologies for keeping you waiting; but I have nothing in the world to say for myself—I knew it was very late, and that I was behaving extremely ill; and therefore, if you please, you must forgive me. Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.»
Fanny's answer was extremely civil, and Edmund added his conviction that she could be in no hurry. «For there is more than time enough for my cousin to ride twice as far as she ever goes,» said he, «and you have been promoting her comfort by preventing her from setting off half an hour sooner: clouds are now coming up, and she will not suffer from the heat as she would have done then.” source
Fanny's answer was extremely civil, and Edmund added his conviction that she could be in no hurry. «For there is more than time enough for my cousin to ride twice as far as she ever goes,» said he, «and you have been promoting her comfort by preventing her from setting off half an hour sooner: clouds are now coming up, and she will not suffer from the heat as she would have done then.” source
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