Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter XXXI

           Fanny,WilliammustnotforgetmyshawlifhegoestotheEastIndies;andIshallgivehimacommissionforanythingelsethatisworthhaving.IwishhemaygototheEastIndies,thatImayhavemyshawl.IthinkIwillhavetwoshawls,Fanny.”

           Fanny,meanwhile,speakingonlywhenshecouldnothelpit,wasveryearnestlytryingtounderstandwhatMr.andMissCrawfordwereat.Therewaseverythingintheworldagainsttheirbeingseriousbuthiswordsandmanner.Everythingnatural,probable,reasonable,wasagainstit;alltheirhabitsandwaysofthinking,andallherowndemerits.Howcouldshehaveexcitedseriousattachmentinamanwhohadseensomany,andbeenadmiredbysomany,andflirtedwithsomany,infinitelyhersuperiors;whoseemedsolittleopentoseriousimpressions,evenwherepainshadbeentakentopleasehim;whothoughtsoslightly,socarelessly,sounfeelinglyonallsuchpoints;whowaseverythingtoeverybody,andseemedtofindnooneessentialtohim?Andfarther,howcoulditbesupposedthathissister,withallherhighandworldlynotionsofmatrimony,wouldbeforwardinganythingofaseriousnatureinsuchaquarter?Nothingcouldbemoreunnaturalineither.Fannywasashamedofherowndoubts.Everythingmightbepossibleratherthanseriousattachment,orseriousapprobationofittowardher.ShehadquiteconvincedherselfofthisbeforeSirThomasandMr.Crawfordjoinedthem.ThedifficultywasinmaintainingtheconvictionquitesoabsolutelyafterMr.

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