Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XXV

           

           Thechiefofthepartywerenowcollectedirregularlyroundthefire,andwaitingthefinalbreak-up.WilliamandFannywerethemostdetached.Theyremainedtogetherattheotherwisedesertedcard-table,talkingverycomfortably,andnotthinkingoftherest,tillsomeoftherestbegantothinkofthem.HenryCrawford’schairwasthefirsttobegivenadirectiontowardsthem,andhesatsilentlyobservingthemforafewminutes;himself,inthemeanwhile,observedbySirThomas,whowasstandinginchatwithDr.Grant.

           “Thisistheassemblynight,”saidWilliam.“IfIwereatPortsmouthIshouldbeatit,perhaps.”

           “ButyoudonotwishyourselfatPortsmouth,William?”

           “No,Fanny,thatIdonot.IshallhaveenoughofPortsmouthandofdancingtoo,whenIcannothaveyou.AndIdonotknowthattherewouldbeanygoodingoingtotheassembly,forImightnotgetapartner.ThePortsmouthgirlsturnuptheirnosesatanybodywhohasnotacommission.Onemightaswellbenothingasamidshipman.Oneisnothing,indeed.YouremembertheGregorys;theyaregrownupamazingfinegirls,buttheywillhardlyspeaktome,becauseLucyiscourtedbyalieutenant.”

           “Oh!shame,shame!Butnevermindit,William”(herowncheeksinaglowofindignationasshespoke).“Itisnotworthminding.Itisnoreflectiononyou;itisnomorethanwhatthegreatestadmiralshaveallexperienced,moreorless,intheirtime.

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