r the
interrogation to an exclamation mark; but it is by no means certain that
we ought not to read '_is_ their marriage' instead of '_in_ their
marriage,' placing the comma three words earlier: then we can keep the
interrogation. So the edition published by George Allen in 1894.

'MANSFIELD PARK'

1. Chapter VIII: Bentley's edition, following the first and second
editions, reads:--

Mrs. Rushworth proceeded next, under the
conviction that everybody must be wanting to see
Sotherton, to include Miss Crawford in the
invitation; and though Miss Grant, who had not
been at the trouble of visiting Mrs. Rushworth, on
her coming into the neighbourhood, civilly
declined it on her own account, she was glad to
secure any pleasure for her sister; and Mary,
properly pressed and persuaded, was not long in
accepting her share of the civility.

Inasmuch as there is no such character as 'Miss Grant' in the book, all
other editions read 'Mrs. Grant.' Dr. Verrall, in the pages of the
_Cambridge Review_, defended 'Miss Grant,' provided that 'Miss' were
placed between inverted commas, as well as the previous 'Miss Crawford';
he believed Mrs. Rushworth to have been a blundering kind of person, who
desired to invite Miss Crawford, but while naming 'Miss Crawford'
addressed herself to Mrs. Grant. Otherwise (if we read 'Mrs. Grant'),
Dr. Verrall argued, there was not the slightest occasion for Mrs. Grant
to decline the invitation on her own account, for she had not been in
any way invited; nor would there have been any need for Mary to be
'properly pressed and persuaded,' and then to accept 'her share' of the
civility. Dr. Verrall's suggestion is ingenious, but not quite
convincing.

2. Chapter VIII: Bentley's edition, following the first and second
editions, reads:--

When Edmund, therefore, told her in reply, as he
did when she would give him the hearing, that she
need not distress herself on Mrs. Rushworth's
account, because he had taken the opportunity, as
he walked with her through the hall, of mentioning
Miss Price as one who would probably be of the
party, and had directly received a very sufficient
invitation for her cousin, &c.

'_Her_ cousin' would certainly seem to be a mistake; and all other
editions accordingly alter 'her' to 'his.' Dr. Verr