Chapter 23
The Dinner at the Parsonage
“But why should Mrs. Grant ask Fanny?” said Lady Bertram. “How came she to think of asking Fanny? Fanny never dines there, you know, in this sort of way. I cannot spare her, and I am sure she does not want to go. Fanny, you do not want to go, do you?” “If you put such a question to her,” cried Edmund, preventing his cousin’s speaking, “Fanny will immediately say No; but I am sure, my dear mother, she would like to go; and I can see no reason why she should not.” “I cannot imagine why Mrs. Grant should…
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Critical Thinking Exercise
Practise Reading Charm Against Character
Write six lines on The Dinner at the Parsonage: who asked, who paid, and what you would have said. Keep it to this chapter.
Consider:
- •The working skill is Reading Charm Against Character.
- •Use only beats from this chapter.
- •Name a cost, not a slogan.
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