Ярмарка тщеславия

In Which All the Principal Personages Think Fit to Leave Brighton

           ShouldthemachinationsofthehorribleMrs.Buteend,asshetoomuchfearedtheywould,inbanishingeverybodythatMissCrawleylovedfromherside,andleavingthatpoorladyavictimtothoseharpiesattheRectory,Rebeccabesoughther(MissBriggs)torememberthatherownhome,humbleasitwas,wasalwaysopentoreceiveBriggs.Dearfriend,"sheexclaimed,inatransportofenthusiasm,"someheartscanneverforgetbenefits;allwomenarenotButeCrawleys!ThoughwhyshouldIcomplainofher,"Rebeccaadded;"thoughIhavebeenhertoolandthevictimtoherarts,doInotowemydearestRawdontoher?"AndRebeccaunfoldedtoBriggsallMrs.Bute’sconductatQueen’sCrawley,which,thoughunintelligibletoherthen,wasclearlyenoughexplainedbytheeventsnownowthattheattachmenthadsprungupwhichMrs.Butehadencouragedbyathousandartificesnowthattwoinnocentpeoplehadfallenintothesnareswhichshehadlaidforthem,andlovedandmarriedandbeenruinedthroughherschemes.

           Itwasallverytrue.Briggssawthestratagemsasclearlyaspossible.Mrs.ButehadmadethematchbetweenRawdonandRebecca.Yet,thoughthelatterwasaperfectlyinnocentvictim,MissBriggscouldnotdisguisefromherfriendherfearthatMissCrawley’saffectionswerehopelesslyestrangedfromRebecca,andthattheoldladywouldneverforgivehernephewformakingsoimprudentamarriage.

           OnthispointRebeccahadherownopinion,andstillkeptupagoodheart.

Настройки
Фон страницы
Размер шрифта
Межстрочный интервал
Фразовые глаголы
Показать / Скрыть меню
Шрифт
Roboto Lora
Уведомления
Страница 429 из 1227