Elinor has \u00a31000 (inherited from the Old Gentleman) which will bring in \u00a350 per annum invested at 5% (see Chapter 1). Edward has his own \u00a32000 which invested at 5% will bring in \u00a3100 per annum (Chapter 37), and Colonel Brandon says the living at Delaford will bring in \u00a3200 p.a., but is capable of improvement. That makes a total of \u00a3350 per annum income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However,I think this passage form Chapter 50 indicates that Edward on marriage gets,as did his sister, Fanny, \u00a310,000, from Mrs Ferrars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\nshe would engage to do towards augmenting their income, was next to be\nconsidered; and here it plainly appeared, that though Edward was now her only\nson, he was by no means her eldest; for while Robert was inevitably endowed\nwith a thousand pounds a year, not the smallest objection was made against\nEdward’s taking orders for the sake of two hundred and fifty at the utmost; nor\nwas anything promised either for the present or in future, beyond the ten\nthousand pounds, which had been given with Fanny.
\nChapter 50<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I am correct and this means that Mrs Ferrars gives them \u00a310,000 because that is what she gave Fanny when she married John Dashwood, then the income from that money when invested will provide them with an additional income of \u00a3500 per annum. Elinor’s income on marriage is very near that sum which she thought was perfection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chapter 17<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elinor\nlaughed. “Two thousand a year! One is my wealth! I guessed how it would\nend.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That makes a total of \u00a3850 per annum before improvements at Delaford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On that income\nSarah and Samuel Adams calculate that the Ferrars could employ the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Income\n\u00a3600-\u00a3750 per annum: A Gentleman and Lady with children may keep three females\nand two men. Viz- A Cook, House-maid and another female servant;a footman and a\ngroom who may assist in the garden and a gardener occasionally. If however if I amwrong in interpreting that passage,and the Ferrars didn’t have that extra \u00a3500 per annum, then on \u00a3350 per annum they could still, according to Sarah and Samuel Adams, expect to employ the following staff:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Income\nper annum \u00a3300. A Gentleman and Lady with one ,two or three children. Two maid\nservants. So, no need for Elinor to do any cooking: she had to keep a tight reign on expenditure and practice elegant economy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Elinor has \u00a31000 (inherited from the Old Gentleman) which will bring in \u00a350 per annum invested at 5% (see Chapter 1). Edward has his own \u00a32000 which invested at 5% will bring in \u00a3100 per annum (Chapter 37), and Colonel … Continue reading
\nThe Complete Servant<\/em>(1825), page 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nAs above page 16<\/p>\n\n\n\n