Доводы рассудка

           CaptainWentworthtalkedofgoingthereagainhimself,itwasonlyseventeenmilesfromUppercross;thoughNovember,theweatherwasbynomeansbad;and,inshort,Louisa,whowasthemosteageroftheeager,havingformedtheresolutiontogo,andbesidesthepleasureofdoingassheliked,beingnowarmedwiththeideaofmeritinmaintainingherownway,boredownallthewishesofherfatherandmotherforputtingitofftillsummer;andtoLymetheyweretogo—Charles,Mary,Anne,Henrietta,Louisa,andCaptainWentworth.

           Thefirstheedlessschemehadbeentogointhemorningandreturnatnight;buttothisMrMusgrove,forthesakeofhishorses,wouldnotconsent;andwhenitcametoberationallyconsidered,adayinthemiddleofNovemberwouldnotleavemuchtimeforseeinganewplace,afterdeductingsevenhours,asthenatureofthecountryrequired,forgoingandreturning.Theywere,consequently,tostaythenightthere,andnottobeexpectedbacktillthenextday’sdinner.Thiswasfelttobeaconsiderableamendment;andthoughtheyallmetattheGreatHouseatratheranearlybreakfasthour,andsetoffverypunctually,itwassomuchpastnoonbeforethetwocarriages,MrMusgrove’scoachcontainingthefourladies,andCharles’scurricle,inwhichhedroveCaptainWentworth,weredescendingthelonghillintoLyme,andenteringuponthestillsteeperstreetofthetownitself,thatitwasveryevidenttheywouldnothavemorethantimeforlookingaboutthem,beforethelightandwarmthofthedayweregone.