Менсфілд Парк

Chapter XLVII

           Rushworth’smother,thattheworstconsequencesmightbeapprehended.

           Thisdreadfulcommunicationcouldnotbekeptfromtherestofthefamily.SirThomassetoff,Edmundwouldgowithhim,andtheothershadbeenleftinastateofwretchedness,inferioronlytowhatfollowedthereceiptofthenextlettersfromLondon.Everythingwasbythattimepublicbeyondahope.TheservantofMrs.Rushworth,themother,hadexposureinherpower,andsupportedbyhermistress,wasnottobesilenced.Thetwoladies,evenintheshorttimetheyhadbeentogether,haddisagreed;andthebitternessoftheelderagainstherdaughter-in-lawmightperhapsarisealmostasmuchfromthepersonaldisrespectwithwhichshehadherselfbeentreatedasfromsensibilityforherson.

           Howeverthatmightbe,shewasunmanageable.Buthadshebeenlessobstinate,oroflessweightwithherson,whowasalwaysguidedbythelastspeaker,bythepersonwhocouldgetholdofandshuthimup,thecasewouldstillhavebeenhopeless,forMrs.Rushworthdidnotappearagain,andtherewaseveryreasontoconcludehertobeconcealedsomewherewithMr.Crawford,whohadquittedhisuncle’shouse,asforajourney,ontheverydayofherabsentingherself.

           SirThomas,however,remainedyetalittlelongerintown,inthehopeofdiscoveringandsnatchingherfromfarthervice,thoughallwaslostonthesideofcharacter.

           HispresentstateFannycouldhardlybeartothinkof.Therewasbutoneofhischildrenwhowasnotatthistimeasourceofmiserytohim.

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