by the time he had given all this information , fanny was able to bear his gaze , and hear that he had spent half an hour with his sister the evening before his leaving london ; that she had sent her best love , but had had no time for writing ; that he thought himself lucky in seeing mary for even half an hour , having spent scarcely twenty-four hours in london ; that her cousin edmund had been in town , he understood , a few days ; that he had not seen him , but that edmund was well , had left them all well at mansfield , and was to dine , as yesterday , with mary and the frasers .