Chapter 04
A Marriage for Advantage
Tom Bertram had of late spent so little of his time at home that he could be only nominally missed; and Lady Bertram was soon astonished to find how very well they did even without his father, how well Edmund could supply his place in carving, talking to the steward, writing to the attorney, settling with the servants, and equally saving her from all possible fatigue or exertion in every particular but that of directing her letters. The earliest intelligence of the travellers’ safe arrival at Antigua, after a favourable voyage, was received; though not before Mrs. Norris had been…
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Critical Thinking Exercise
Practise Marrying for Advantage or for Esteem
Write six lines on A Marriage for Advantage: who asked, who paid, and what you would have said. Keep it to this chapter.
Consider:
- •The working skill is Marrying for Advantage or for Esteem.
- •Use only beats from this chapter.
- •Name a cost, not a slogan.
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