Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XXXVIII

           ButbyG—,youlostafinesightbynotbeinghereinthemorningtoseetheThrushgooutofharbour!Iwouldnothavebeenoutofthewayforathousandpounds.OldScholeyraninatbreakfast-time,tosayshehadslippedhermooringsandwascomingout,Ijumpedup,andmadebuttwostepstotheplatform.Ifevertherewasaperfectbeautyafloat,sheisone;andthereshelaysatSpithead,andanybodyinEnglandwouldtakeherforaneight-and-twenty.Iwasupontheplatformtwohoursthisafternoonlookingather.ShelaysclosetotheEndymion,betweenherandtheCleopatra,justtotheeastwardofthesheerhulk.”

           “Ha!”criedWilliam,“that’sjustwhereIshouldhaveputhermyself.It’sthebestberthatSpithead.Buthereismysister,sir;hereisFanny,”turningandleadingherforward;“itissodarkyoudonotseeher.”

           Withanacknowledgmentthathehadquiteforgother,Mr.Pricenowreceivedhisdaughter;andhavinggivenheracordialhug,andobservedthatshewasgrownintoawoman,andhesupposedwouldbewantingahusbandsoon,seemedverymuchinclinedtoforgetheragain.Fannyshrunkbacktoherseat,withfeelingssadlypainedbyhislanguageandhissmellofspirits;andhetalkedononlytohisson,andonlyoftheThrush,thoughWilliam,warmlyinterestedashewasinthatsubject,morethanoncetriedtomakehisfatherthinkofFanny,andherlongabsenceandlongjourney.

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