Доводы рассудка
Chapter 10
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“Ah!Youmakethemostofit,Iknow,”criedLouisa,“butifitwerereallyso,Ishoulddojustthesameinherplace.IfIlovedaman,asshelovestheAdmiral,Iwouldalwaysbewithhim,nothingshouldeverseparateus,andIwouldratherbeoverturnedbyhim,thandrivensafelybyanybodyelse.”
Itwasspokenwithenthusiasm.
“Hadyou?”criedhe,catchingthesametone;“Ihonouryou!”Andtherewassilencebetweenthemforalittlewhile.
Annecouldnotimmediatelyfallintoaquotationagain.Thesweetscenesofautumnwereforawhileputby,unlesssometendersonnet,fraughtwiththeaptanalogyofthedecliningyear,withdeclininghappiness,andtheimagesofyouthandhope,andspring,allgonetogether,blessedhermemory.Sherousedherselftosay,astheystruckbyorderintoanotherpath,“IsnotthisoneofthewaystoWinthrop?”Butnobodyheard,or,atleast,nobodyansweredher.
Winthrop,however,oritsenvirons—foryoungmenare,sometimestobemetwith,strollingaboutnearhome—wastheirdestination;andafteranotherhalfmileofgradualascentthroughlargeenclosures,wheretheploughsatwork,andthefreshmadepathspokethefarmercounteractingthesweetsofpoeticaldespondence,andmeaningtohavespringagain,theygainedthesummitofthemostconsiderablehill,whichpartedUppercrossandWinthrop,andsooncommandedafullviewofthelatter,atthefootofthehillontheotherside.
