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  No sooner was her answer dispatched, than Mrs. Dashwood indulged herself
  in the pleasure of announcing to her son-in-law and his wife that she
  was provided with a house, and should incommode them no longer than till
  every thing were ready for her inhabiting it. They heard her with
  surprise. Mrs. John Dashwood said nothing; but her husband civilly hoped
  that she would not be settled far from Norland. She had great
  satisfaction in replying that she was going into Devonshire.--Edward
  turned hastily towards her, on hearing this, and, in a voice of surprise
  and concern, which required no explanation to her, repeated,
  "Devonshire! Are you, indeed, going there? So far from hence! And to
  what part of it?" She explained the situation. It was within four miles
  northward of Exeter.
  
  "It is but a cottage," she continued, "but I hope to see many of my
  friends in it.  A room or two can easily be added; and if my friends
  find no difficulty in travelling so far to see me, I am sure I will
  find none in accommodating them."
  
  She concluded with a very kind invitation to Mr. and Mrs. John Dashwood
  to visit her at Barton; and to Edward she gave one with still greater
  affection.  Though her late conversation with her daughter-in-law had
  made her resolve on remaining at Norland no longer than was
  unavoidable, it had not produced the smallest effect on her in that
  point to which it principally tended.  To separate Edward and Elinor
  was as far from being her object as ever; and she wished to show Mrs.
  John Dashwood, by this pointed invitation to her brother, how totally
  she disregarded her disapprobation of the match.
  
  Mr. John Dashwood told his mother again and again how exceedingly sorry
  he was that she had taken a house at such a distance from Norland as to
  prevent his being of any service to her in removing her furniture.  He
  really felt conscientiously vexed on the occasion; for the very
  exertion to which he had limited the performance of his promise to his
  father was by this arrangement rendered impracticable.-- The furniture
  was all sent around by water.  It chiefly consisted of household linen,
  plate, china, and books, with a handsome pianoforte of Marianne's.
  Mrs. John Dashwood saw the packages depart with a sigh: she could not
  help feeling it hard that as Mrs. Dashwood's income would be so
  trifling in comparison with their own, she should have any handsome
  article of furniture.
  
  Mrs. Dashwood took the house for a twelvemonth; it was ready furnished,
  and she might have immediate possession.  No difficulty arose on either
  side in the agreement; and she waited only for the disposal of her
  effects at Norland, and to determine her future household, before she
  set off for the west; and this, as she was exceedingly rapid in the
  performance of everything that interested her, was soon done.--The
  horses which were left her by her husband had been sold soon after his
  death, and an opportunity now offering of disposing of her carriage,
  she agreed to sell that likewise at the earnest advice of her eldest
  daughter.  For the comfort of her children, had she consulted only her
  own wishes, she would have kept it; but the discretion of Elinor
  prevailed.  HER wisdom too limited the number of their servants to
  three; two maids and a man, with whom they were speedily provided from
  amongst those who had formed their establishment at Norland.
  
  The man and one of the maids were sent off immediately into Devonshire,
  to prepare the house for their mistress's arrival; for as Lady
  Middleton was entirely unknown to Mrs. Dashwood, she preferred going
  directly to the cottage to being a visitor at Barton Park; and she
  relied so undoubtingly on Sir John's description of the house, as to
  feel no curiosity to examine it herself till she entered it as her own.
  Her eagerness to be gone from Norland was preserved from diminution by
  the evident satisfaction of her daughter-in-law in the prospect of her
  removal; a satisfaction which was but feebly attempted to be concealed
  under a cold invitation to her to defer her departure.  Now was the
  time when her son-in-law's promise to his father might with particular
  propriety be fulfilled.  Since he had neglected to do it on first
  coming to the estate, their quitting his house might be looked on as
  the most suitable period for its accomplishment.  But Mrs. Dashwood
  began shortly to give over every hope of the kind, and to be convinced,
  from the general drift of his discourse, that his assistance extended
  no farther than their maintenance for six months at Norland.  He so
  frequently talked of the increasing expenses of housekeeping, and of
  the perpetual demands upon his purse, which a man of any consequence in
  the world was beyond calculation exposed to, that he seemed rather to
  stand in need of more money himself than to have any design of giving
  money away.
  
  In a very few weeks from the day which brought Sir John Middleton's
  first letter to Norland, every thing was so far settled in their future
  abode as to enable Mrs. Dashwood and her daughters to begin their
  journey.
  
  Many were the tears shed by them in their last adieus to a place so
  much beloved.  "Dear, dear Norland!" said Marianne, as she wandered
  alone before the house, on the last evening of their being there; "when
  shall I cease to regret you!--when learn to feel a home elsewhere!--Oh!
  happy house, could you know what I suffer in now viewing you from this
  spot, from whence perhaps I may view you no more!--And you, ye
  well-known trees!--but you will continue the same.--No leaf will decay
  because we are removed, nor any branch become motionless although we
  can observe you no longer!--No; you will continue the same; unconscious
  of the pleasure or the regret you occasion, and insensible of any
  change in those who walk under your shade!--But who will remain to
  enjoy you?"
  
  
  
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target: Mrs. Dashwood immediately tells her pushy stepson and daughter-in-law that she has found a new house - far, far away from Norland in Devonshire. Fanny and John aren't too upset by the news, as you can imagine. Edward, on the other hand, is quite upset. Mrs. Dashwood, who wants to prove to Fanny once and for all that Elinor and Edward shouldn't be separated, invites him to visit them in the new house. John feels some pangs of conscience about his stepmom and sisters leaving Norland - after all, he did promise his dying father to take care of them. Fanny, however, is just sad to see the nice furniture Mrs. Dashwood inherited leaving with her. The Dashwood ladies go about the business of their departure, sending furniture and servants to the Devonshire house ahead of them. Mrs. Dashwood hopes in vain for a little financial help from John, but her stingy stepson does no such thing. The girls and their mother leave Norland, and the last view we get of it is through Marianne's misty eyes. Goodbye, childhood home - hello strange new life!