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This
very
awkward
history
of
Mr
Elliot
was
still
,
after
an
interval
of
several
years
,
felt
with
anger
by
Elizabeth
,
who
had
liked
the
man
for
himself
,
and
still
more
for
being
her
father
's
heir
,
and
whose
strong
family
pride
could
see
only
in
him
a
proper
match
for
Sir
Walter
Elliot
's
eldest
daughter
.
There
was
not
a
baronet
from
A
to
Z
whom
her
feelings
could
have
so
willingly
acknowledged
as
an
equal
.
Yet
so
miserably
had
he
conducted
himself
,
that
though
she
was
at
this
present
time
(
the
summer
of
1814
)
wearing
black
ribbons
for
his
wife
,
she
could
not
admit
him
to
be
worth
thinking
of
again
.
The
disgrace
of
his
first
marriage
might
,
perhaps
,
as
there
was
no
reason
to
suppose
it
perpetuated
by
offspring
,
have
been
got
over
,
had
he
not
done
worse
;
but
he
had
,
as
by
the
accustomary
intervention
of
kind
friends
,
they
had
been
informed
,
spoken
most
disrespectfully
of
them
all
,
most
slightingly
and
contemptuously
of
the
very
blood
he
belonged
to
,
and
the
honours
which
were
hereafter
to
be
his
own
.
This
could
not
be
pardoned
.
Such
were
Elizabeth
Elliot
's
sentiments
and
sensations
;
such
the
cares
to
alloy
,
the
agitations
to
vary
,
the
sameness
and
the
elegance
,
the
prosperity
and
the
nothingness
of
her
scene
of
life
;
such
the
feelings
to
give
interest
to
a
long
,
uneventful
residence
in
one
country
circle
,
to
fill
the
vacancies
which
there
were
no
habits
of
utility
abroad
,
no
talents
or
accomplishments
for
home
,
to
occupy
.
But
now
,
another
occupation
and
solicitude
of
mind
was
beginning
to
be
added
to
these
.
Her
father
was
growing
distressed
for
money
.
She
knew
,
that
when
he
now
took
up
the
Baronetage
,
it
was
to
drive
the
heavy
bills
of
his
tradespeople
,
and
the
unwelcome
hints
of
Mr
Shepherd
,
his
agent
,
from
his
thoughts
.
The
Kellynch
property
was
good
,
but
not
equal
to
Sir
Walter
's
apprehension
of
the
state
required
in
its
possessor
.
While
Lady
Elliot
lived
,
there
had
been
method
,
moderation
,
and
economy
,
which
had
just
kept
him
within
his
income
;
but
with
her
had
died
all
such
right-mindedness
,
and
from
that
period
he
had
been
constantly
exceeding
it
.
It
had
not
been
possible
for
him
to
spend
less
;
he
had
done
nothing
but
what
Sir
Walter
Elliot
was
imperiously
called
on
to
do
;
but
blameless
as
he
was
,
he
was
not
only
growing
dreadfully
in
debt
,
but
was
hearing
of
it
so
often
,
that
it
became
vain
to
attempt
concealing
it
longer
,
even
partially
,
from
his
daughter
.
He
had
given
her
some
hints
of
it
the
last
spring
in
town
;
he
had
gone
so
far
even
as
to
say
,
"
Can
we
retrench
?
Does
it
occur
to
you
that
there
is
any
one
article
in
which
we
can
retrench
?
"
and
Elizabeth
,
to
do
her
justice
,
had
,
in
the
first
ardour
of
female
alarm
,
set
seriously
to
think
what
could
be
done
,
and
had
finally
proposed
these
two
branches
of
economy
,
to
cut
off
some
unnecessary
charities
,
and
to
refrain
from
new
furnishing
the
drawing-room
;
to
which
expedients
she
afterwards
added
the
happy
thought
of
their
taking
no
present
down
to
Anne
,
as
had
been
the
usual
yearly
custom
.
But
these
measures
,
however
good
in
themselves
,
were
insufficient
for
the
real
extent
of
the
evil
,
the
whole
of
which
Sir
Walter
found
himself
obliged
to
confess
to
her
soon
afterwards
.
Elizabeth
had
nothing
to
propose
of
deeper
efficacy
.
She
felt
herself
ill-used
and
unfortunate
,
as
did
her
father
;
and
they
were
neither
of
them
able
to
devise
any
means
of
lessening
their
expenses
without
compromising
their
dignity
,
or
relinquishing
their
comforts
in
a
way
not
to
be
borne
.
There
was
only
a
small
part
of
his
estate
that
Sir
Walter
could
dispose
of
;
but
had
every
acre
been
alienable
,
it
would
have
made
no
difference
.
He
had
condescended
to
mortgage
as
far
as
he
had
the
power
,
but
he
would
never
condescend
to
sell
.
No
;
he
would
never
disgrace
his
name
so
far
.
The
Kellynch
estate
should
be
transmitted
whole
and
entire
,
as
he
had
received
it
Their
two
confidential
friends
,
Mr
Shepherd
,
who
lived
in
the
neighbouring
market
town
,
and
Lady
Russell
,
were
called
to
advise
them
;
and
both
father
and
daughter
seemed
to
expect
that
something
should
be
struck
out
by
one
or
the
other
to
remove
their
embarrassments
and
reduce
their
expenditure
,
without
involving
the
loss
of
any
indulgence
of
taste
or
pride
.
Mr
Shepherd
,
a
civil
,
cautious
lawyer
,
who
,
whatever
might
be
his
hold
or
his
views
on
Sir
Walter
,
would
rather
have
the
disagreeable
prompted
by
anybody
else
,
excused
himself
from
offering
the
slightest
hint
,
and
only
begged
leave
to
recommend
an
implicit
reference
to
the
excellent
judgement
of
Lady
Russell
,
from
whose
known
good
sense
he
fully
expected
to
have
just
such
resolute
measures
advised
as
he
meant
to
see
finally
adopted
.
Lady
Russell
was
most
anxiously
zealous
on
the
subject
,
and
gave
it
much
serious
consideration
.
She
was
a
woman
rather
of
sound
than
of
quick
abilities
,
whose
difficulties
in
coming
to
any
decision
in
this
instance
were
great
,
from
the
opposition
of
two
leading
principles
.
She
was
of
strict
integrity
herself
,
with
a
delicate
sense
of
honour
;
but
she
was
as
desirous
of
saving
Sir
Walter
's
feelings
,
as
solicitous
for
the
credit
of
the
family
,
as
aristocratic
in
her
ideas
of
what
was
due
to
them
,
as
anybody
of
sense
and
honesty
could
well
be
.
She
was
a
benevolent
,
charitable
,
good
woman
,
and
capable
of
strong
attachments
,
most
correct
in
her
conduct
,
strict
in
her
notions
of
decorum
,
and
with
manners
that
were
held
a
standard
of
good-breeding
.
She
had
a
cultivated
mind
,
and
was
,
generally
speaking
,
rational
and
consistent
;
but
she
had
prejudices
on
the
side
of
ancestry
;
she
had
a
value
for
rank
and
consequence
,
which
blinded
her
a
little
to
the
faults
of
those
who
possessed
them
.
Herself
the
widow
of
only
a
knight
,
she
gave
the
dignity
of
a
baronet
all
its
due
;
and
Sir
Walter
,
independent
of
his
claims
as
an
old
acquaintance
,
an
attentive
neighbour
,
an
obliging
landlord
,
the
husband
of
her
very
dear
friend
,
the
father
of
Anne
and
her
sisters
,
was
,
as
being
Sir
Walter
,
in
her
apprehension
,
entitled
to
a
great
deal
of
compassion
and
consideration
under
his
present
difficulties
.
They
must
retrench
;
that
did
not
admit
of
a
doubt
.
But
she
was
very
anxious
to
have
it
done
with
the
least
possible
pain
to
him
and
Elizabeth
.
She
drew
up
plans
of
economy
,
she
made
exact
calculations
,
and
she
did
what
nobody
else
thought
of
doing
:
she
consulted
Anne
,
who
never
seemed
considered
by
the
others
as
having
any
interest
in
the
question
.
She
consulted
,
and
in
a
degree
was
influenced
by
her
in
marking
out
the
scheme
of
retrenchment
which
was
at
last
submitted
to
Sir
Walter
.
Every
emendation
of
Anne
's
had
been
on
the
side
of
honesty
against
importance
.
She
wanted
more
vigorous
measures
,
a
more
complete
reformation
,
a
quicker
release
from
debt
,
a
much
higher
tone
of
indifference
for
everything
but
justice
and
equity
.
