Нортенгерське абатство

Chapter 22

           Andthelargersheet,whichhadenclosedtherest,seemedbyitsfirstcrampline,“Topoulticechestnutmare”—afarrier’sbill!Suchwasthecollectionofpapers(leftperhaps,asshecouldthensuppose,bythenegligenceofaservantintheplacewhenceshehadtakenthem)whichhadfilledherwithexpectationandalarm,androbbedherofhalfhernight’srest!Shefelthumbledtothedust.Couldnottheadventureofthechesthavetaughtherwisdom?Acornerofit,catchinghereyeasshelay,seemedtoriseupinjudgmentagainsther.Nothingcouldnowbeclearerthantheabsurdityofherrecentfancies.Tosupposethatamanuscriptofmanygenerationsbackcouldhaveremainedundiscoveredinaroomsuchasthat,somodern,sohabitable!—Orthatsheshouldbethefirsttopossesstheskillofunlockingacabinet,thekeyofwhichwasopentoall!

           Howcouldshehavesoimposedonherself?HeavenforbidthatHenryTilneyshouldeverknowherfolly!Anditwasinagreatmeasurehisowndoing,forhadnotthecabinetappearedsoexactlytoagreewithhisdescriptionofheradventures,sheshouldneverhavefeltthesmallestcuriosityaboutit.Thiswastheonlycomfortthatoccurred.Impatienttogetridofthosehatefulevidencesofherfolly,thosedetestablepapersthenscatteredoverthebed,sherosedirectly,andfoldingthemupasnearlyaspossibleinthesameshapeasbefore,returnedthemtothesamespotwithinthecabinet,withaveryheartywishthatnountowardaccidentmighteverbringthemforwardagain,todisgraceherevenwithherself.

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