Доводы рассудка
Chapter 22
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WhetherhewouldhaveproceededfartherwaslefttoAnne’simaginationtoponderoverinacalmerhour;forwhilestillhearingthesoundshehaduttered,shewasstartledtoothersubjectsbyHenrietta,eagertomakeuseofthepresentleisureforgettingout,andcallingonhercompanionstolosenotime,lestsomebodyelseshouldcomein.
Theywereobligedtomove.Annetalkedofbeingperfectlyready,andtriedtolookit;butshefeltthatcouldHenriettahaveknowntheregretandreluctanceofherheartinquittingthatchair,inpreparingtoquittheroom,shewouldhavefound,inallherownsensationsforhercousin,intheverysecurityofhisaffection,wherewithtopityher.
Theirpreparations,however,werestoppedshort.Alarmingsoundswereheard;othervisitorsapproached,andthedoorwasthrownopenforSirWalterandMissElliot,whoseentranceseemedtogiveageneralchill.Annefeltaninstantoppression,andwherevershelookedsawsymptomsofthesame.Thecomfort,thefreedom,thegaietyoftheroomwasover,hushedintocoldcomposure,determinedsilence,orinsipidtalk,tomeettheheartlesseleganceofherfatherandsister.Howmortifyingtofeelthatitwasso!
Herjealouseyewassatisfiedinoneparticular.CaptainWentworthwasacknowledgedagainbyeach,byElizabethmoregraciouslythanbefore.Sheevenaddressedhimonce,andlookedathimmorethanonce.Elizabethwas,infact,revolvingagreatmeasure.Thesequelexplainedit.
