Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XV

           No;youmustexcuseme;Icannotretractmyconsent;itistoofarsettled,everybodywouldbesodisappointed,Tomwouldbequiteangry;andifwearesoverynice,weshallneveractanything.”

           “Iwasjustgoingtosaytheverysamething,”saidMrs.Norris.“Ifeveryplayistobeobjectedto,youwillactnothing,andthepreparationswillbeallsomuchmoneythrownaway,andIamsurethatwouldbeadiscredittousall.Idonotknowtheplay;but,asMariasays,ifthereisanythingalittletoowarm(anditissowithmostofthem)itcanbeeasilyleftout.Wemustnotbeover-precise,Edmund.AsMr.Rushworthistoacttoo,therecanbenoharm.IonlywishTomhadknownhisownmindwhenthecarpentersbegan,fortherewasthelossofhalfaday’sworkaboutthoseside-doors.Thecurtainwillbeagoodjob,however.Themaidsdotheirworkverywell,andIthinkweshallbeabletosendbacksomedozensoftherings.Thereisnooccasiontoputthemsoveryclosetogether.Iamofsomeuse,Ihope,inpreventingwasteandmakingthemostofthings.Thereshouldalwaysbeonesteadyheadtosuperintendsomanyyoungones.IforgottotellTomofsomethingthathappenedtomethisveryday.Ihadbeenlookingaboutmeinthepoultry-yard,andwasjustcomingout,whenwhoshouldIseebutDickJacksonmakinguptotheservants’hall-doorwithtwobitsofdealboardinhishand,bringingthemtofather,youmaybesure;motherhadchancedtosendhimofamessagetofather,andthenfatherhadbidhimbringupthemtwobitsofboard,forhecouldnotnohowdowithoutthem.

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