Доводы рассудка
Chapter 2
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SirWalterwouldquitKellynchHall;andafteraveryfewdaysmoreofdoubtandindecision,thegreatquestionofwhitherheshouldgowassettled,andthefirstoutlineofthisimportantchangemadeout.
Therehadbeenthreealternatives,London,Bath,oranotherhouseinthecountry.AllAnne’swisheshadbeenforthelatter.Asmallhouseintheirownneighbourhood,wheretheymightstillhaveLadyRussell’ssociety,stillbenearMary,andstillhavethepleasureofsometimesseeingthelawnsandgrovesofKellynch,wastheobjectofherambition.ButtheusualfateofAnneattendedher,inhavingsomethingveryoppositefromherinclinationfixedon.ShedislikedBath,anddidnotthinkitagreedwithher;andBathwastobeherhome.
SirWalterhadatfirstthoughtmoreofLondon;butMrShepherdfeltthathecouldnotbetrustedinLondon,andhadbeenskilfulenoughtodissuadehimfromit,andmakeBathpreferred.Itwasamuchsaferplaceforagentlemaninhispredicament:hemighttherebeimportantatcomparativelylittleexpense.TwomaterialadvantagesofBathoverLondonhadofcoursebeengivenalltheirweight:itsmoreconvenientdistancefromKellynch,onlyfiftymiles,andLadyRussell’sspendingsomepartofeverywinterthere;andtotheverygreatsatisfactionofLadyRussell,whosefirstviewsontheprojectedchangehadbeenforBath,SirWalterandElizabethwereinducedtobelievethattheyshouldloseneitherconsequencenorenjoymentbysettlingthere.
LadyRussellfeltobligedtoopposeherdearAnne’sknownwishes.
