Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter XVI

           IfTomisup,Ishallgotohimdirectlyandgetitover,andwhenwemeetatbreakfastweshallbeallinhighgood-humourattheprospectofactingthefooltogetherwithsuchunanimity.You,inthemeanwhile,willbetakingatripintoChina,Isuppose.HowdoesLordMacartneygoon?”—openingavolumeonthetableandthentakingupsomeothers.“AndhereareCrabbe’sTales,andtheIdler,athandtorelieveyou,ifyoutireofyourgreatbook.Iadmireyourlittleestablishmentexceedingly;andassoonasIamgone,youwillemptyyourheadofallthisnonsenseofacting,andsitcomfortablydowntoyourtable.Butdonotstayheretobecold.”

           Hewent;buttherewasnoreading,noChina,nocomposureforFanny.Hehadtoldherthemostextraordinary,themostinconceivable,themostunwelcomenews;andshecouldthinkofnothingelse.Tobeacting!Afterallhisobjections—objectionssojustandsopublic!Afterallthatshehadheardhimsay,andseenhimlook,andknownhimtobefeeling.Coulditbepossible?Edmundsoinconsistent!Washenotdeceivinghimself?Washenotwrong?Alas!itwasallMissCrawford’sdoing.Shehadseenherinfluenceineveryspeech,andwasmiserable.Thedoubtsandalarmsastoherownconduct,whichhadpreviouslydistressedher,andwhichhadallsleptwhileshelistenedtohim,werebecomeoflittleconsequencenow.Thisdeeperanxietyswallowedthemup.Thingsshouldtaketheircourse;shecarednothowitended.Hercousinsmightattack,butcouldhardlyteaseher.Shewasbeyondtheirreach;andifatlastobligedtoyield—nomatter—itwasallmiserynow.

           

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