Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter XV

           TomOliverisaverycleverfellow,andCharlesMaddoxisasgentlemanlikeamanasyouwillseeanywhere,soIwilltakemyhorseearlyto-morrowmorningandrideovertoStoke,andsettlewithoneofthem.”

           Whilehespoke,MariawaslookingapprehensivelyroundatEdmundinfullexpectationthathemustopposesuchanenlargementoftheplanasthis:socontrarytoalltheirfirstprotestations;butEdmundsaidnothing.Afteramoment’sthought,MissCrawfordcalmlyreplied,“AsfarasIamconcerned,Icanhavenoobjectiontoanythingthatyouallthinkeligible.HaveIeverseeneitherofthegentlemen?Yes,Mr.CharlesMaddoxdinedatmysister’soneday,didnothe,Henry?Aquiet-lookingyoungman.Irememberhim.Lethimbeappliedto,ifyouplease,foritwillbelessunpleasanttomethantohaveaperfectstranger.”

           CharlesMaddoxwastobetheman.Tomrepeatedhisresolutionofgoingtohimearlyonthemorrow;andthoughJulia,whohadscarcelyopenedherlipsbefore,observed,inasarcasticmanner,andwithaglancefirstatMariaandthenatEdmund,that“theMansfieldtheatricalswouldenliventhewholeneighbourhoodexceedingly,”Edmundstillheldhispeace,andshewedhisfeelingsonlybyadeterminedgravity.

           “Iamnotverysanguineastoourplay,”saidMissCrawford,inanundervoicetoFanny,aftersomeconsideration;“andIcantellMr.MaddoxthatIshallshortensomeofhisspeeches,andagreatmanyofmyown,beforewerehearsetogether.Itwillbeverydisagreeable,andbynomeanswhatIexpected.”

           

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