Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter XXIV

           Iusedtothinkshehadneithercomplexionnorcountenance;butinthatsoftskinofhers,sofrequentlytingedwithablushasitwasyesterday,thereisdecidedbeauty;andfromwhatIobservedofhereyesandmouth,Idonotdespairoftheirbeingcapableofexpressionenoughwhenshehasanythingtoexpress.Andthen,herair,hermanner,hertoutensemble,issoindescribablyimproved!Shemustbegrowntwoinches,atleast,sinceOctober.”

           “Phoo!phoo!Thisisonlybecausetherewerenotallwomentocompareherwith,andbecauseshehasgotanewgown,andyouneversawhersowelldressedbefore.SheisjustwhatshewasinOctober,believeme.Thetruthis,thatshewastheonlygirlincompanyforyoutonotice,andyoumusthaveasomebody.Ihavealwaysthoughtherpretty—notstrikinglypretty—but’prettyenough,’aspeoplesay;asortofbeautythatgrowsonone.Hereyesshouldbedarker,butshehasasweetsmile;butasforthiswonderfuldegreeofimprovement,Iamsureitmayallberesolvedintoabetterstyleofdress,andyourhavingnobodyelsetolookat;andtherefore,ifyoudosetaboutaflirtationwithher,youneverwillpersuademethatitisincomplimenttoherbeauty,orthatitproceedsfromanythingbutyourownidlenessandfolly.”

           Herbrothergaveonlyasmiletothisaccusation,andsoonafterwardssaid,“IdonotquiteknowwhattomakeofMissFanny.Idonotunderstandher.Icouldnottellwhatshewouldbeatyesterday.

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