Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XVIII

           Shedidnotlikehimasaman,butshemustadmithimtobethebestactor,andonthispointtherewerenotmanywhodifferedfromher.Mr.Yates,indeed,exclaimedagainsthistamenessandinsipidity;andthedaycameatlast,whenMr.Rushworthturnedtoherwithablacklook,andsaid,“Doyouthinkthereisanythingsoveryfineinallthis?Forthelifeandsoulofme,Icannotadmirehim;and,betweenourselves,toseesuchanundersized,little,mean-lookingman,setupforafineactor,isveryridiculousinmyopinion.”

           Fromthismomenttherewasareturnofhisformerjealousy,whichMaria,fromincreasinghopesofCrawford,wasatlittlepainstoremove;andthechancesofMr.Rushworth’severattainingtotheknowledgeofhistwo-and-fortyspeechesbecamemuchless.Astohisevermakinganythingtolerableofthem,nobodyhadthesmallestideaofthatexcepthismother;she,indeed,regrettedthathispartwasnotmoreconsiderable,anddeferredcomingovertoMansfieldtilltheywereforwardenoughintheirrehearsaltocomprehendallhisscenes;buttheothersaspiredatnothingbeyondhisrememberingthecatchword,andthefirstlineofhisspeech,andbeingabletofollowtheprompterthroughtherest.Fanny,inherpityandkindheartedness,wasatgreatpainstoteachhimhowtolearn,givinghimallthehelpsanddirectionsinherpower,tryingtomakeanartificialmemoryforhim,andlearningeverywordofhispartherself,butwithouthisbeingmuchtheforwarder.

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