Нортенгерське абатство

Chapter 25

           ItisalloverwithFrederickindeed!Heisadeceasedman—defunctinunderstanding.Prepareforyoursister-in-law,Eleanor,andsuchasister-in-lawasyoumustdelightin!Open,candid,artless,guileless,withaffectionsstrongbutsimple,formingnopretensions,andknowingnodisguise.”

           “Suchasister-in-law,Henry,Ishoulddelightin,”saidEleanorwithasmile.

           “Butperhaps,”observedCatherine,“thoughshehasbehavedsoillbyourfamily,shemaybehavebetterbyyours.Nowshehasreallygotthemanshelikes,shemaybeconstant.”

           “IndeedIamafraidshewill,”repliedHenry;“Iamafraidshewillbeveryconstant,unlessabaronetshouldcomeinherway;thatisFrederick’sonlychance.IwillgettheBathpaper,andlookoverthearrivals.”

           “Youthinkitisallforambition,then?And,uponmyword,therearesomethingsthatseemverylikeit.Icannotforgetthat,whenshefirstknewwhatmyfatherwoulddoforthem,sheseemedquitedisappointedthatitwasnotmore.Ineverwassodeceivedinanyone’scharacterinmylifebefore.”

           “Amongallthegreatvarietythatyouhaveknownandstudied.”

           “Myowndisappointmentandlossinherisverygreat;but,asforpoorJames,Isupposehewillhardlyeverrecoverit.”

           “Yourbrotheriscertainlyverymuchtobepitiedatpresent;butwemustnot,inourconcernforhissufferings,undervalueyours.Youfeel,Isuppose,thatinlosingIsabella,youlosehalfyourself:youfeelavoidinyourheartwhichnothingelsecanoccupy

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