Нортенгерське абатство
Chapter 20
Hertranquillitywasnotimprovedbythegeneral’simpatiencefortheappearanceofhiseldestson,norbythedispleasureheexpressedathislazinesswhenCaptainTilneyatlastcamedown.Shewasquitepainedbytheseverityofhisfather’sreproof,whichseemeddisproportionatetotheoffence;andmuchwasherconcernincreasedwhenshefoundherselftheprincipalcauseofthelecture,andthathistardinesswaschieflyresentedfrombeingdisrespectfultoher.Thiswasplacingherinaveryuncomfortablesituation,andshefeltgreatcompassionforCaptainTilney,withoutbeingabletohopeforhisgoodwill.
Helistenedtohisfatherinsilence,andattemptednotanydefence,whichconfirmedherinfearingthattheinquietudeofhismind,onIsabella’saccount,might,bykeepinghimlongsleepless,havebeentherealcauseofhisrisinglate.Itwasthefirsttimeofherbeingdecidedlyinhiscompany,andshehadhopedtobenowabletoformheropinionofhim;butshescarcelyheardhisvoicewhilehisfatherremainedintheroom;andevenafterwards,somuchwerehisspiritsaffected,shecoulddistinguishnothingbutthesewords,inawhispertoEleanor,“HowgladIshallbewhenyouarealloff.”
Thebustleofgoingwasnotpleasant.Theclockstrucktenwhilethetrunkswerecarryingdown,andthegeneralhadfixedtobeoutofMilsomStreetbythathour.Hisgreatcoat,insteadofbeingbroughtforhimtoputondirectly,wasspreadoutinthecurricleinwhichhewastoaccompanyhisson.
