Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XX

           

           “Itisaboutmyuncle’susualtime.”

           “Whendoyouthinkofgoing?”

           “Imay,perhaps,getasfarasBanburyto-day.”

           “WhosestablesdoyouuseatBath?”wasthenextquestion;andwhilethisbranchofthesubjectwasunderdiscussion,Maria,whowantedneitherpridenorresolution,waspreparingtoencounterhershareofitwithtolerablecalmness.

           Toherhesoonturned,repeatingmuchofwhathehadalreadysaid,withonlyasoftenedairandstrongerexpressionsofregret.Butwhatavailedhisexpressionsorhisair?Hewasgoing,and,ifnotvoluntarilygoing,voluntarilyintendingtostayaway;for,exceptingwhatmightbeduetohisuncle,hisengagementswereallself-imposed.Hemighttalkofnecessity,butsheknewhisindependence.Thehandwhichhadsopressedherstohisheart!thehandandtheheartwerealikemotionlessandpassivenow!Herspiritsupportedher,buttheagonyofhermindwassevere.Shehadnotlongtoendurewhatarosefromlisteningtolanguagewhichhisactionscontradicted,ortoburythetumultofherfeelingsundertherestraintofsociety;forgeneralcivilitiessooncalledhisnoticefromher,andthefarewellvisit,asitthenbecameopenlyacknowledged,wasaveryshortone.Hewasgone—hehadtouchedherhandforthelasttime,hehadmadehispartingbow,andshemightseekdirectlyallthatsolitudecoulddoforher.HenryCrawfordwasgone,gonefromthehouse,andwithintwohoursafterwardsfromtheparish;andsoendedallthehopeshisselfishvanityhadraisedinMariaandJuliaBertram.

           Juliacouldrejoicethathewasgone.

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