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SHE COULD HARDLY DETERMINE WHAT HER OWN EXPECTATION OF ITS EVENT REALLY WAS; THOUGH SHE EARNESTLY TRIED TO DRIVE AWAY THE NOTION OF ITS BEING POSSIBLE TO END OTHERWISE AT LAST, THAN IN THE MARRIAGE OF EDWARD AND LUCY. HIS SON WAS SENT FOR AS SOON AS HIS DANGER WAS KNOWN, AND TO HIM MR. DASHWOOD RECOMMENDED, WITH ALL THE STRENGTH AND URGENCY WHICH ILLNESS COULD COMMAND, THE INTEREST OF HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW AND SISTERS. THEIR MOTHER HAD NOTHING, AND THEIR FATHER ONLY SEVEN THOUSAND POUNDS IN HIS OWN DISPOSAL; FOR THE REMAINING MOIETY OF HIS FIRST WIFE'S FORTUNE WAS ALSO SECURED TO HER CHILD, AND HE HAD ONLY A LIFE-INTEREST IN IT. TO HIM THEREFORE THE SUCCESSION TO THE NORLAND ESTATE WAS NOT SO REALLY IMPORTANT AS TO HIS SISTERS; FOR THEIR FORTUNE, INDEPENDENT OF WHAT MIGHT ARISE TO THEM FROM THEIR FATHER'S INHERITING THAT PROPERTY, COULD BE BUT SMALL.