Чувство и чувствительность

Chapter XIX

           Butasitwasherdeterminationtosubdueit,andtopreventherselffromappearingtosuffermorethanwhatallherfamilysufferedonhisgoingaway,shedidnotadoptthemethodsojudiciouslyemployedbyMarianne,onasimilaroccasion,toaugmentandfixhersorrow,byseekingsilence,solitudeandidleness.Theirmeanswereasdifferentastheirobjects,andequallysuitedtotheadvancementofeach.

           Elinorsatdowntoherdrawing-tableassoonashewasoutofthehouse,busilyemployedherselfthewholeday,neithersoughtnoravoidedthementionofhisname,appearedtointerestherselfalmostasmuchaseverinthegeneralconcernsofthefamily,andif,bythisconduct,shedidnotlessenherowngrief,itwasatleastpreventedfromunnecessaryincrease,andhermotherandsistersweresparedmuchsolicitudeonheraccount.

           Suchbehaviourasthis,soexactlythereverseofherown,appearednomoremeritorioustoMarianne,thanherownhadseemedfaultytoher.Thebusinessofself-commandshesettledveryeasily;—withstrongaffectionsitwasimpossible,withcalmonesitcouldhavenomerit.Thathersister’saffectionsWEREcalm,shedarednotdeny,thoughsheblushedtoacknowledgeit;andofthestrengthofherown,shegaveaverystrikingproof,bystilllovingandrespectingthatsister,inspiteofthismortifyingconviction.

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