Chapter 38
Portsmouth
The novelty of travelling, and the happiness of being with William, soon produced their natural effect on Fanny’s spirits, when Mansfield Park was fairly left behind; and by the time their first stage was ended, and they were to quit Sir Thomas’s carriage, she was able to take leave of the old coachman, and send back proper messages, with cheerful looks. Of pleasant talk between the brother and sister there was no end. Everything supplied an amusement to the high glee of William’s mind, and he was full of frolic and joke in the intervals of their higher-toned subjects, all…
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Critical Thinking Exercise
Practise Belonging When You Are Overlooked
Write six lines on Portsmouth: who asked, who paid, and what you would have said. Keep it to this chapter.
Consider:
- •The working skill is Belonging When You Are Overlooked.
- •Use only beats from this chapter.
- •Name a cost, not a slogan.
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