Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XLVI

           Hisunsettledaffections,waveringwithhisvanity,Maria’sdecidedattachment,andnosufficientprincipleoneitherside,gaveitpossibility:MissCrawford’sletterstamptitafact.

           Whatwouldbetheconsequence?Whomwoulditnotinjure?Whoseviewsmightitnotaffect?Whosepeacewoulditnotcutupforever?MissCrawford,herself,Edmund;butitwasdangerous,perhaps,totreadsuchground.Sheconfinedherself,ortriedtoconfineherself,tothesimple,indubitablefamilymiserywhichmustenvelopall,ifitwereindeedamatterofcertifiedguiltandpublicexposure.Themother’ssufferings,thefather’s;thereshepaused.Julia’s,Tom’s,Edmund’s;thereayetlongerpause.Theywerethetwoonwhomitwouldfallmosthorribly.SirThomas’sparentalsolicitudeandhighsenseofhonouranddecorum,Edmund’suprightprinciples,unsuspicioustemper,andgenuinestrengthoffeeling,madeherthinkitscarcelypossibleforthemtosupportlifeandreasonundersuchdisgrace;anditappearedtoherthat,asfarasthisworldalonewasconcerned,thegreatestblessingtoeveryoneofkindredwithMrs.Rushworthwouldbeinstantannihilation.

           Nothinghappenedthenextday,orthenext,toweakenherterrors.Twopostscamein,andbroughtnorefutation,publicorprivate.TherewasnosecondlettertoexplainawaythefirstfromMissCrawford;therewasnointelligencefromMansfield,thoughitwasnowfulltimeforhertohearagainfromheraunt.Thiswasanevilomen.

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