Почуття та чутливість

Chapter XXIII

           

           Oneortwomeetingsofthiskindhadtakenplace,withoutaffordingElinoranychanceofengagingLucyinprivate,whenSirJohncalledatthecottageonemorning,tobeg,inthenameofcharity,thattheywouldalldinewithLadyMiddletonthatday,ashewasobligedtoattendtheclubatExeter,andshewouldotherwisebequitealone,excepthermotherandthetwoMissSteeles.Elinor,whoforesawafaireropeningforthepointshehadinview,insuchapartyasthiswaslikelytobe,moreatlibertyamongthemselvesunderthetranquilandwell-breddirectionofLadyMiddletonthanwhenherhusbandunitedthemtogetherinonenoisypurpose,immediatelyacceptedtheinvitation;Margaret,withhermother’spermission,wasequallycompliant,andMarianne,thoughalwaysunwillingtojoinanyoftheirparties,waspersuadedbyhermother,whocouldnotbeartohavehersecludeherselffromanychanceofamusement,togolikewise.

           Theyoungladieswent,andLadyMiddletonwashappilypreservedfromthefrightfulsolitudewhichhadthreatenedher.TheinsipidityofthemeetingwasexactlysuchasElinorhadexpected;itproducednotonenoveltyofthoughtorexpression,andnothingcouldbelessinterestingthanthewholeoftheirdiscoursebothinthediningparlouranddrawingroom:tothelatter,thechildrenaccompaniedthem,andwhiletheyremainedthere,shewastoowellconvincedoftheimpossibilityofengagingLucy’sattentiontoattemptit.Theyquitteditonlywiththeremovalofthetea-things.

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