Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter VII

           Withoutstudyingthebusiness,however,orknowingwhathewasabout,Edmundwasbeginning,attheendofaweekofsuchintercourse,tobeagooddealinlove;andtothecreditoftheladyitmaybeaddedthat,withouthisbeingamanoftheworldoranelderbrother,withoutanyoftheartsofflatteryorthegaietiesofsmalltalk,hebegantobeagreeabletoher.Shefeltittobeso,thoughshehadnotforeseen,andcouldhardlyunderstandit;forhewasnotpleasantbyanycommonrule:hetalkednononsense;hepaidnocompliments;hisopinionswereunbending,hisattentionstranquilandsimple.Therewasacharm,perhaps,inhissincerity,hissteadiness,hisintegrity,whichMissCrawfordmightbeequaltofeel,thoughnotequaltodiscusswithherself.Shedidnotthinkverymuchaboutit,however:hepleasedherforthepresent;shelikedtohavehimnearher;itwasenough.

           FannycouldnotwonderthatEdmundwasattheParsonageeverymorning;shewouldgladlyhavebeentheretoo,mightshehavegoneinuninvitedandunnoticed,toheartheharp;neithercouldshewonderthat,whentheeveningstrollwasover,andthetwofamiliespartedagain,heshouldthinkitrighttoattendMrs.Grantandhersistertotheirhome,whileMr.CrawfordwasdevotedtotheladiesofthePark;butshethoughtitaverybadexchange;andifEdmundwerenottheretomixthewineandwaterforher,wouldrathergowithoutitthannot.

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