Oh! dear Fanny, Your mistake has been one that thousands of women fall into. He was the first young Man who attached himself to you. That was the charm, & most powerful it is.
In this passage from “On Making an Agreeable Marriage,” what is the reason Austen offers to explain why Fanny had mistakenly thought she was in love with the young man?
Because he was the first man to attach himself to her. His charm blinded her, and Fanny htought that there could be no more than the boy because he was the first.