Доводы рассудка
Chapter 9
CharlesHayterwastheeldestofallthecousins,andaveryamiable,pleasingyoungman,betweenwhomandHenriettatherehadbeenaconsiderableappearanceofattachmentprevioustoCaptainWentworth’sintroduction.Hewasinorders;andhavingacuracyintheneighbourhood,whereresidencewasnotrequired,livedathisfather’shouse,onlytwomilesfromUppercross.Ashortabsencefromhomehadlefthisfaironeunguardedbyhisattentionsatthiscriticalperiod,andwhenhecamebackhehadthepainoffindingveryalteredmanners,andofseeingCaptainWentworth.
MrsMusgroveandMrsHayterweresisters.Theyhadeachhadmoney,buttheirmarriageshadmadeamaterialdifferenceintheirdegreeofconsequence.MrHayterhadsomepropertyofhisown,butitwasinsignificantcomparedwithMrMusgrove’s;andwhiletheMusgroveswereinthefirstclassofsocietyinthecountry,theyoungHayterswould,fromtheirparents’inferior,retired,andunpolishedwayofliving,andtheirowndefectiveeducation,havebeenhardlyinanyclassatall,butfortheirconnexionwithUppercross,thiseldestsonofcourseexcepted,whohadchosentobeascholarandagentleman,andwhowasverysuperiorincultivationandmannerstoalltherest.
Thetwofamilieshadalwaysbeenonexcellentterms,therebeingnoprideononeside,andnoenvyontheother,andonlysuchaconsciousnessofsuperiorityintheMissMusgroves,asmadethempleasedtoimprovetheircousins.
