Менсфілд Парк

Chapter IX

           

           Theyentered.Fanny’simaginationhadpreparedherforsomethinggranderthanamerespacious,oblongroom,fittedupforthepurposeofdevotion:withnothingmorestrikingormoresolemnthantheprofusionofmahogany,andthecrimsonvelvetcushionsappearingovertheledgeofthefamilygalleryabove.“Iamdisappointed,”saidshe,inalowvoice,toEdmund.“Thisisnotmyideaofachapel.Thereisnothingawfulhere,nothingmelancholy,nothinggrand.Herearenoaisles,noarches,noinscriptions,nobanners.Nobanners,cousin,tobe’blownbythenightwindofheaven.’Nosignsthata’Scottishmonarchsleepsbelow.’”

           “Youforget,Fanny,howlatelyallthishasbeenbuilt,andforhowconfinedapurpose,comparedwiththeoldchapelsofcastlesandmonasteries.Itwasonlyfortheprivateuseofthefamily.Theyhavebeenburied,Isuppose,intheparishchurch.Thereyoumustlookforthebannersandtheachievements.”

           “Itwasfoolishofmenottothinkofallthat;butIamdisappointed.”

           Mrs.Rushworthbeganherrelation.“Thischapelwasfittedupasyouseeit,inJamestheSecond’stime.Beforethatperiod,asIunderstand,thepewswereonlywainscot;andthereissomereasontothinkthattheliningsandcushionsofthepulpitandfamilyseatwereonlypurplecloth;butthisisnotquitecertain.Itisahandsomechapel,andwasformerlyinconstantusebothmorningandevening.Prayerswerealwaysreadinitbythedomesticchaplain,withinthememoryofmany;butthelateMr.Rushworthleftitoff.

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