Chapter 54When they first came to Devonshire, Mrs. Hargrove or her daughters could hardly have imagined that so many commitments would take up their time as they were about to offer, or that they would have such frequent invitations and such constant visitors that they would have little free time for serious occupation. But that's how it was. When Marianne was restored, the pleasure plans at home and abroad that Sir John had previously drawn up were put into practice. Then the private balls in the park began; and parties on the water were held and held as often as a rainy October allowed. Warwick was included in every meeting of this kind; and the lightness and familiarity that naturally accompanied these parties were precisely designed to give his acquaintance with the Hargroves an increa
