Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter XLVIII

           Wouldhehavepersevered,anduprightly,Fannymusthavebeenhisreward,andarewardveryvoluntarilybestowed,withinareasonableperiodfromEdmund’smarryingMary.

           Hadhedoneasheintended,andasheknewheought,bygoingdowntoEveringhamafterhisreturnfromPortsmouth,hemighthavebeendecidinghisownhappydestiny.ButhewaspressedtostayforMrs.Fraser’sparty;hisstayingwasmadeofflatteringconsequence,andhewastomeetMrs.Rushworththere.Curiosityandvanitywerebothengaged,andthetemptationofimmediatepleasurewastoostrongforamindunusedtomakeanysacrificetoright:heresolvedtodeferhisNorfolkjourney,resolvedthatwritingshouldanswerthepurposeofit,orthatitspurposewasunimportant,andstaid.HesawMrs.Rushworth,wasreceivedbyherwithacoldnesswhichoughttohavebeenrepulsive,andhaveestablishedapparentindifferencebetweenthemforever;buthewasmortified,hecouldnotbeartobethrownoffbythewomanwhosesmileshadbeensowhollyathiscommand:hemustexerthimselftosubduesoproudadisplayofresentment;itwasangeronFanny’saccount;hemustgetthebetterofit,andmakeMrs.RushworthMariaBertramagaininhertreatmentofhimself.

           Inthisspirithebegantheattack,andbyanimatedperseverancehadsoonre-establishedthesortoffamiliarintercourse,ofgallantry,offlirtation,whichboundedhisviews;butintriumphingoverthediscretionwhich,thoughbeginninginanger,mighthavesavedthemboth,hehadputhimselfinthepoweroffeelingsonhersidemorestrongthanhehadsupposed.

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