Доводы рассудка
Chapter 7
Therehadbeenmusic,singing,talking,laughing,allthatwasmostagreeable;charmingmannersinCaptainWentworth,noshynessorreserve;theyseemedalltoknoweachotherperfectly,andhewascomingtheverynextmorningtoshootwithCharles.Hewastocometobreakfast,butnotattheCottage,thoughthathadbeenproposedatfirst;butthenhehadbeenpressedtocometotheGreatHouseinstead,andheseemedafraidofbeinginMrsCharlesMusgrove’sway,onaccountofthechild,andtherefore,somehow,theyhardlyknewhow,itendedinCharles’sbeingtomeethimtobreakfastathisfather’s.
Anneunderstoodit.Hewishedtoavoidseeingher.Hehadinquiredafterher,shefound,slightly,asmightsuitaformerslightacquaintance,seemingtoacknowledgesuchasshehadacknowledged,actuated,perhaps,bythesameviewofescapingintroductionwhentheyweretomeet.
ThemorninghoursoftheCottagewerealwayslaterthanthoseoftheotherhouse,andonthemorrowthedifferencewassogreatthatMaryandAnnewerenotmorethanbeginningbreakfastwhenCharlescameintosaythattheywerejustsettingoff,thathewascomeforhisdogs,thathissisterswerefollowingwithCaptainWentworth;hissistersmeaningtovisitMaryandthechild,andCaptainWentworthproposingalsotowaitonherforafewminutesifnotinconvenient;andthoughCharleshadansweredforthechild’sbeinginnosuchstateascouldmakeitinconvenient,CaptainWentworthwouldnotbesatisfiedwithouthisrunningontogivenotice.
