Доводы рассудка
Chapter 17
Shehadhaddifficultiesofeverysorttocontendwith,andinadditiontothesedistresseshadbeenafflictedwithasevererheumaticfever,which,finallysettlinginherlegs,hadmadeherforthepresentacripple.ShehadcometoBathonthataccount,andwasnowinlodgingsnearthehotbaths,livinginaveryhumbleway,unableeventoaffordherselfthecomfortofaservant,andofcoursealmostexcludedfromsociety.
TheirmutualfriendansweredforthesatisfactionwhichavisitfromMissElliotwouldgiveMrsSmith,andAnnethereforelostnotimeingoing.Shementionednothingofwhatshehadheard,orwhatsheintended,athome.Itwouldexcitenoproperinterestthere.SheonlyconsultedLadyRussell,whoenteredthoroughlyintohersentiments,andwasmosthappytoconveyherasneartoMrsSmith’slodgingsinWestgateBuildings,asAnnechosetobetaken.
Thevisitwaspaid,theiracquaintancere-established,theirinterestineachothermorethanre-kindled.Thefirsttenminuteshaditsawkwardnessanditsemotion.Twelveyearsweregonesincetheyhadparted,andeachpresentedasomewhatdifferentpersonfromwhattheotherhadimagined.
