Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XXXI

           Crawfordwasintheroom;foronceortwicealookseemedforcedonherwhichshedidnotknowhowtoclassamongthecommonmeaning;inanyotherman,atleast,shewouldhavesaidthatitmeantsomethingveryearnest,verypointed.Butshestilltriedtobelieveitnomorethanwhathemightoftenhaveexpressedtowardshercousinsandfiftyotherwomen.

           Shethoughthewaswishingtospeaktoherunheardbytherest.Shefanciedhewastryingforitthewholeeveningatintervals,wheneverSirThomaswasoutoftheroom,oratallengagedwithMrs.Norris,andshecarefullyrefusedhimeveryopportunity.

           Atlast—itseemedanatlasttoFanny’snervousness,thoughnotremarkablylate—hebegantotalkofgoingaway;butthecomfortofthesoundwasimpairedbyhisturningtoherthenextmoment,andsaying,“HaveyounothingtosendtoMary?Noanswertohernote?Shewillbedisappointedifshereceivesnothingfromyou.Praywritetoher,ifitbeonlyaline.”

           “Ohyes!certainly,”criedFanny,risinginhaste,thehasteofembarrassmentandofwantingtogetaway—“Iwillwritedirectly.”

           Shewentaccordinglytothetable,whereshewasinthehabitofwritingforheraunt,andpreparedhermaterialswithoutknowingwhatintheworldtosay.ShehadreadMissCrawford’snoteonlyonce,andhowtoreplytoanythingsoimperfectlyunderstoodwasmostdistressing.

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