Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XXII

           Howwonderful,howverywonderfultheoperationsoftime,andthechangesofthehumanmind!”Andfollowingthelattertrainofthought,shesoonafterwardsadded:“Ifanyonefacultyofournaturemaybecalledmorewonderfulthantherest,Idothinkitismemory.Thereseemssomethingmorespeakinglyincomprehensibleinthepowers,thefailures,theinequalitiesofmemory,thaninanyotherofourintelligences.Thememoryissometimessoretentive,soserviceable,soobedient;atothers,sobewilderedandsoweak;andatothersagain,sotyrannic,sobeyondcontrol!Weare,tobesure,amiracleeveryway;butourpowersofrecollectingandofforgettingdoseempeculiarlypastfindingout.”

           MissCrawford,untouchedandinattentive,hadnothingtosay;andFanny,perceivingit,broughtbackherownmindtowhatshethoughtmustinterest.

           “Itmayseemimpertinentinmetopraise,butImustadmirethetasteMrs.Granthasshewninallthis.Thereissuchaquietsimplicityintheplanofthewalk!Nottoomuchattempted!”

           “Yes,”repliedMissCrawfordcarelessly,“itdoesverywellforaplaceofthissort.Onedoesnotthinkofextenthere;andbetweenourselves,tillIcametoMansfield,Ihadnotimaginedacountryparsoneveraspiredtoashrubbery,oranythingofthekind.”

           “Iamsogladtoseetheevergreensthrive!”saidFanny,inreply.“Myuncle’sgardeneralwayssaysthesoilhereisbetterthanhisown,andsoitappearsfromthegrowthofthelaurelsandevergreensingeneral.

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