Нортенгерське абатство

Chapter 25

           

           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.

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