Нортенгерське абатство
Chapter 25
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Eleanor’sworkwassuspendedwhileshegazedwithincreasingastonishment;butHenrybegantosuspectthetruth,andsomething,inwhichMissThorpe’snamewasincluded,passedhislips.
“Howquickyouare!”criedCatherine:“youhaveguessedit,Ideclare!Andyet,whenwetalkedaboutitinBath,youlittlethoughtofitsendingso.Isabella—nowondernowIhavenotheardfromher—Isabellahasdesertedmybrother,andistomarryyours!Couldyouhavebelievedtherehadbeensuchinconstancyandfickleness,andeverythingthatisbadintheworld?”
“Ihope,sofarasconcernsmybrother,youaremisinformed.IhopehehasnothadanymaterialshareinbringingonMr.Morland’sdisappointment.HismarryingMissThorpeisnotprobable.Ithinkyoumustbedeceivedsofar.IamverysorryforMr.Morland—sorrythatanyoneyouloveshouldbeunhappy;butmysurprisewouldbegreateratFrederick’smarryingherthanatanyotherpartofthestory.”
“Itisverytrue,however;youshallreadJames’sletteryourself.Stay—Thereisonepart—”recollectingwithablushthelastline.
“Willyoutakethetroubleofreadingtousthepassageswhichconcernmybrother?”
“No,readityourself,”criedCatherine,whosesecondthoughtswereclearer.“IdonotknowwhatIwasthinkingof”(blushingagainthatshehadblushedbefore);“Jamesonlymeanstogivemegoodadvice.”
Hegladlyreceivedtheletter,and,havingreaditthrough,withcloseattention,returneditsaying,“Well,ifitistobeso,IcanonlysaythatIamsorryforit.
