Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XIII

           

           Fanny,whohadhearditall,andborneEdmundcompanyineveryfeelingthroughoutthewhole,nowventuredtosay,inheranxietytosuggestsomecomfort,“Perhapstheymaynotbeabletofindanyplaytosuitthem.Yourbrother’stasteandyoursisters’seemverydifferent.”

           “Ihavenohopethere,Fanny.Iftheypersistinthescheme,theywillfindsomething.Ishallspeaktomysistersandtrytodissuadethem,andthatisallIcando.”

           “IshouldthinkmyauntNorriswouldbeonyourside.”

           “Idaresayshewould,butshehasnoinfluencewitheitherTomormysistersthatcouldbeofanyuse;andifIcannotconvincethemmyself,Ishallletthingstaketheircourse,withoutattemptingitthroughher.Familysquabblingisthegreatestevilofall,andwehadbetterdoanythingthanbealtogetherbytheears.”

           Hissisters,towhomhehadanopportunityofspeakingthenextmorning,werequiteasimpatientofhisadvice,quiteasunyieldingtohisrepresentation,quiteasdeterminedinthecauseofpleasure,asTom.Theirmotherhadnoobjectiontotheplan,andtheywerenotintheleastafraidoftheirfather’sdisapprobation.Therecouldbenoharminwhathadbeendoneinsomanyrespectablefamilies,andbysomanywomenofthefirstconsideration;anditmustbescrupulousnessrunmadthatcouldseeanythingtocensureinaplanliketheirs,comprehendingonlybrothersandsistersandintimatefriends,andwhichwouldneverbeheardofbeyondthemselves.

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