Менсфілд Парк

Chapter IV

           Astohercousins’gaieties,shelovedtohearanaccountofthem,especiallyoftheballs,andwhomEdmundhaddancedwith;butthoughttoolowlyofherownsituationtoimaginesheshouldeverbeadmittedtothesame,andlistened,therefore,withoutanideaofanynearerconcerninthem.Uponthewhole,itwasacomfortablewintertoher;forthoughitbroughtnoWilliamtoEngland,thenever-failinghopeofhisarrivalwasworthmuch.

           Theensuingspringdeprivedherofhervaluedfriend,theoldgreypony;andforsometimeshewasindangeroffeelingthelossinherhealthaswellasinheraffections;forinspiteoftheacknowledgedimportanceofherridingonhorse-back,nomeasuresweretakenformountingheragain,“because,”asitwasobservedbyheraunts,“shemightrideoneofhercousin’shorsesatanytimewhentheydidnotwantthem,”andastheMissBertramsregularlywantedtheirhorseseveryfineday,andhadnoideaofcarryingtheirobligingmannerstothesacrificeofanyrealpleasure,thattime,ofcourse,nevercame.TheytooktheircheerfulridesinthefinemorningsofAprilandMay;andFannyeithersatathomethewholedaywithoneaunt,orwalkedbeyondherstrengthattheinstigationoftheother:LadyBertramholdingexercisetobeasunnecessaryforeverybodyasitwasunpleasanttoherself;andMrs.Norris,whowaswalkingallday,thinkingeverybodyoughttowalkasmuch.Edmundwasabsentatthistime,ortheevilwouldhavebeenearlierremedied.

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