Нортенгерське абатство
Chapter 9
Doletusturnback,Mr.Thorpe;stopandspeaktomybrother,andtellhimhowveryunsafeitis.”
“Unsafe!Oh,lord!Whatisthereinthat?Theywillonlygetarollifitdoesbreakdown;andthereisplentyofdirt;itwillbeexcellentfalling.Oh,curseit!Thecarriageissafeenough,ifamanknowshowtodriveit;athingofthatsortingoodhandswilllastabovetwentyyearsafteritisfairlywornout.Lordblessyou!IwouldundertakeforfivepoundstodriveittoYorkandbackagain,withoutlosinganail.”
Catherinelistenedwithastonishment;sheknewnothowtoreconciletwosuchverydifferentaccountsofthesamething;forshehadnotbeenbroughtuptounderstandthepropensitiesofarattle,nortoknowtohowmanyidleassertionsandimpudentfalsehoodstheexcessofvanitywilllead.Herownfamilywereplain,matter-of-factpeoplewhoseldomaimedatwitofanykind;herfather,attheutmost,beingcontentedwithapun,andhermotherwithaproverb;theywerenotinthehabitthereforeoftellingliestoincreasetheirimportance,orofassertingatonemomentwhattheywouldcontradictthenext.Shereflectedontheaffairforsometimeinmuchperplexity,andwasmorethanonceonthepointofrequestingfromMr.
