Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XXXIV

           NotalookoranofferofhelphadFannygiven;notasyllablefororagainst.Allherattentionwasforherwork.Sheseemeddeterminedtobeinterestedbynothingelse.Buttastewastoostronginher.Shecouldnotabstracthermindfiveminutes:shewasforcedtolisten;hisreadingwascapital,andherpleasureingoodreadingextreme.Togoodreading,however,shehadbeenlongused:herunclereadwell,hercousinsall,Edmundverywell,butinMr.Crawford’sreadingtherewasavarietyofexcellencebeyondwhatshehadevermetwith.TheKing,theQueen,Buckingham,Wolsey,Cromwell,allweregiveninturn;forwiththehappiestknack,thehappiestpowerofjumpingandguessing,hecouldalwaysalightatwillonthebestscene,orthebestspeechesofeach;andwhetheritweredignity,orpride,ortenderness,orremorse,orwhateverweretobeexpressed,hecoulddoitwithequalbeauty.Itwastrulydramatic.HisactinghadfirsttaughtFannywhatpleasureaplaymightgive,andhisreadingbroughtallhisactingbeforeheragain;nay,perhapswithgreaterenjoyment,foritcameunexpectedly,andwithnosuchdrawbackasshehadbeenusedtosufferinseeinghimonthestagewithMissBertram.

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