Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter XIII

           

           “Itisnotworthcomplainingabout;buttobesurethepoorolddowagercouldnothavediedataworsetime;anditisimpossibletohelpwishingthatthenewscouldhavebeensuppressedforjustthethreedayswewanted.Itwasbutthreedays;andbeingonlyagrandmother,andallhappeningtwohundredmilesoff,Ithinktherewouldhavebeennogreatharm,anditwassuggested,Iknow;butLordRavenshaw,whoIsupposeisoneofthemostcorrectmeninEngland,wouldnothearofit.”

           “Anafterpieceinsteadofacomedy,”saidMr.Bertram.“Lovers’Vowswereatanend,andLordandLadyRavenshawlefttoactMyGrandmotherbythemselves.Well,thejointuremaycomforthim;andperhaps,betweenfriends,hebegantotrembleforhiscreditandhislungsintheBaron,andwasnotsorrytowithdraw;andtomakeyouamends,Yates,IthinkwemustraisealittletheatreatMansfield,andaskyoutobeourmanager.”

           This,thoughthethoughtofthemoment,didnotendwiththemoment;fortheinclinationtoactwasawakened,andinnoonemorestronglythaninhimwhowasnowmasterofthehouse;andwho,havingsomuchleisureastomakealmostanynoveltyacertaingood,hadlikewisesuchadegreeoflivelytalentsandcomictaste,aswereexactlyadaptedtothenoveltyofacting.Thethoughtreturnedagainandagain.“OhfortheEcclesfordtheatreandscenerytotrysomethingwith.”Eachsistercouldechothewish;andHenryCrawford,towhom,inalltheriotofhisgratificationsitwasyetanuntastedpleasure,wasquitealiveattheidea.

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