Менсфілд Парк

Chapter IX

           

           “Oh!Iknownothingofyourfurlongs,butIamsureitisaverylongwood,andthatwehavebeenwindinginandouteversincewecameintoit;andtherefore,whenIsaythatwehavewalkedamileinit,Imustspeakwithincompass.”

           “Wehavebeenexactlyaquarterofanhourhere,”saidEdmund,takingouthiswatch.“Doyouthinkwearewalkingfourmilesanhour?”

           “Oh!donotattackmewithyourwatch.Awatchisalwaystoofastortooslow.Icannotbedictatedtobyawatch.”

           Afewstepsfartherbroughtthemoutatthebottomoftheverywalktheyhadbeentalkingof;andstandingback,wellshadedandsheltered,andlookingoveraha-haintothepark,wasacomfortable-sizedbench,onwhichtheyallsatdown.

           “Iamafraidyouareverytired,Fanny,”saidEdmund,observingher;“whywouldnotyouspeaksooner?Thiswillbeabadday’samusementforyouifyouaretobeknockedup.Everysortofexercisefatigueshersosoon,MissCrawford,exceptriding.”

           “Howabominableinyou,then,toletmeengrossherhorseasIdidalllastweek!Iamashamedofyouandofmyself,butitshallneverhappenagain.”

           “Yourattentivenessandconsiderationmakesmemoresensibleofmyownneglect.Fanny’sinterestseemsinsaferhandswithyouthanwithme.

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