Почуття та чутливість

Chapter XXXI

           Ihadallowedher,(imprudently,asithassinceturnedout,)atherearnestdesire,togotoBathwithoneofheryoungfriends,whowasattendingherfatherthereforhishealth.Iknewhimtobeaverygoodsortofman,andIthoughtwellofhisdaughter—betterthanshedeserved,for,withamostobstinateandill-judgedsecrecy,shewouldtellnothing,wouldgivenoclue,thoughshecertainlyknewall.He,herfather,awell-meaning,butnotaquick-sightedman,couldreally,Ibelieve,givenoinformation;forhehadbeengenerallyconfinedtothehouse,whilethegirlswererangingoverthetownandmakingwhatacquaintancetheychose;andhetriedtoconvinceme,asthoroughlyashewasconvincedhimself,ofhisdaughter’sbeingentirelyunconcernedinthebusiness.Inshort,Icouldlearnnothingbutthatshewasgone;alltherest,foreightlongmonths,waslefttoconjecture.WhatIthought,whatIfeared,maybeimagined;andwhatIsufferedtoo."

           "Goodheavens!"criedElinor,"coulditbe—couldWilloughby!"—

           "Thefirstnewsthatreachedmeofher,"hecontinued,"cameinaletterfromherself,lastOctober.ItwasforwardedtomefromDelaford,andIreceiveditontheverymorningofourintendedpartytoWhitwell;andthiswasthereasonofmyleavingBartonsosuddenly,whichIamsuremustatthetimehaveappearedstrangetoeverybody,andwhichIbelievegaveoffencetosome.LittledidMr.

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