Нортенгерське абатство
Chapter 26
“Iamsureitisquiteunnecessaryuponyoursister’saccountandmine.Youmustknowittobeso;andthegeneralmadesuchapointofyourprovidingnothingextraordinary:besides,ifhehadnotsaidhalfsomuchashedid,hehasalwayssuchanexcellentdinnerathome,thatsittingdowntoamiddlingoneforonedaycouldnotsignify.”
“IwishIcouldreasonlikeyou,forhissakeandmyown.Good-bye.AstomorrowisSunday,Eleanor,Ishallnotreturn.”
Hewent;and,itbeingatanytimeamuchsimpleroperationtoCatherinetodoubtherownjudgmentthanHenry’s,shewasverysoonobligedtogivehimcreditforbeingright,howeverdisagreeabletoherhisgoing.Buttheinexplicabilityofthegeneral’sconductdweltmuchonherthoughts.Thathewasveryparticularinhiseating,shehad,byherownunassistedobservation,alreadydiscovered;butwhyheshouldsayonethingsopositively,andmeananotherallthewhile,wasmostunaccountable!Howwerepeople,atthatrate,tobeunderstood?WhobutHenrycouldhavebeenawareofwhathisfatherwasat?
FromSaturdaytoWednesday,however,theywerenowtobewithoutHenry.Thiswasthesadfinaleofeveryreflection:andCaptainTilney’sletterwouldcertainlycomeinhisabsence;andWednesdayshewasverysurewouldbewet.Thepast,present,andfuturewereallequallyingloom.
