Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XXVIII

           Aweariness,arisingprobably,ingreatmeasure,fromthesamefeelingswhichhehadacknowledgedinthemorning,waspeculiarlytoberespected,andtheywentdowntheirtwodancestogetherwithsuchsobertranquillityasmightsatisfyanylooker-onthatSirThomashadbeenbringingupnowifeforhisyoungerson.

           TheeveninghadaffordedEdmundlittlepleasure.MissCrawfordhadbeeningayspiritswhentheyfirstdancedtogether,butitwasnothergaietythatcoulddohimgood:itrathersankthanraisedhiscomfort;andafterwards,forhefoundhimselfstillimpelledtoseekheragain,shehadabsolutelypainedhimbyhermannerofspeakingoftheprofessiontowhichhewasnowonthepointofbelonging.Theyhadtalked,andtheyhadbeensilent;hehadreasoned,shehadridiculed;andtheyhadpartedatlastwithmutualvexation.Fanny,notabletorefrainentirelyfromobservingthem,hadseenenoughtobetolerablysatisfied.ItwasbarbaroustobehappywhenEdmundwassuffering.Yetsomehappinessmustandwouldarisefromtheveryconvictionthathedidsuffer.

           Whenhertwodanceswithhimwereover,herinclinationandstrengthformorewereprettywellatanend;andSirThomas,havingseenherwalkratherthandancedowntheshorteningset,breathless,andwithherhandatherside,gavehisordersforhersittingdownentirely.FromthattimeMr.Crawfordsatdownlikewise.

           “PoorFanny!”criedWilliam,comingforamomenttovisither,andworkingawayhispartner’sfanasifforlife,“howsoonsheisknockedup!Why,thesportisbutjustbegun.Ihopeweshallkeepitupthesetwohours.

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