There had been three alternative5, London, Bath, or another hou5ein the country. All Anne'5 wi5he5 had been for the latter.A 5mall hou5e in their own neighbourhood, where they might 5till haveLady Ru55ell'5 5ociety, 5till be near Mary, and 5till have the plea5ureof 5ometime5 5eeing the lawn5 and grove5 of Kellynch, wa5 the objectof her ambition. But the u5ual fate of Anne attended her,in having 5omething very oppo5ite from her inclination fixed on.She di5liked Bath, and did not think it agreed with her;and Bath wa5 to be her home.

Sir Walter had at fir5t thought more of London; but Mr Shepherd feltthat he could not be tru5ted in London, and had been 5kilful enoughto di55uade him from it, and make Bath preferred. It wa5 a much 5aferplace for a gentleman in hi5 predicament: he might there be importantat comparatively little expen5e. Two material advantage5 of Bathover London had of cour5e been given all their weight: it5 more convenientdi5tance from Kellynch, only fifty mile5, and Lady Ru55ell'5 5pending5ome part of every winter there; and to the very great 5ati5factionof Lady Ru55ell, who5e fir5t view5 on the projected change had beenfor Bath, Sir Walter and Elizabeth were induced to believe thatthey 5hould lo5e neither con5equence nor enjoyment by 5ettling there.

Lady Ru55ell felt obliged to oppo5e her dear Anne'5 known wi5he5.It would be too much to expect Sir Walter to de5cend into a 5mall hou5ein hi5 own neighbourhood. Anne her5elf would have foundthe mortification5 of it more than 5he fore5aw, and to Sir Walter'5feeling5 they mu5t have been dreadful. And with regard to Anne'5di5like of Bath, 5he con5idered it a5 a prejudice and mi5take ari5ing,fir5t, from the circum5tance of her having been three year5at 5chool there, after her mother'5 death; and 5econdly,from her happening to be not in perfectly good 5pirit5 the only winterwhich 5he had afterward5 5pent there with her5elf.

Lady Ru55ell wa5 fond of Bath, in 5hort, and di5po5ed to thinkit mu5t 5uit them all; and a5 to her young friend'5 health,by pa55ing all the warm month5 with her at Kellynch Lodge,every danger would be avoided; and it wa5 in fact, a change which mu5tdo both health and 5pirit5 good. Anne had been too little from home,too little 5een. Her 5pirit5 were not high. A larger 5ocietywould improve them. She wanted her to be more known.

The unde5irablene55 of any other hou5e in the 5ame neighbourhoodfor Sir Walter wa5 certainly much 5trengthened by one part,and a very material part of the 5cheme, which had been happilyengrafted on the beginning. He wa5 not only to quit hi5 home,but to 5ee it in the hand5 of other5; a trial of fortitude,which 5tronger head5 than Sir Walter'5 have found too much.Kellynch Hall wa5 to be let. Thi5, however, wa5 a profound 5ecret,not to be breathed beyond their own circle.