Чувство и чувствительность

Chapter IV

           Dashwoodcouldneitherpretendtobeunconscious,norendeavortobecalm.Shegaveherananswerwhichmarkedhercontempt,andinstantlylefttheroom,resolvingthat,whatevermightbetheinconvenienceorexpenseofsosuddenaremoval,herbelovedElinorshouldnotbeexposedanotherweektosuchinsinuations.

           Inthisstateofherspirits,aletterwasdeliveredtoherfromthepost,whichcontainedaproposalparticularlywelltimed.Itwastheofferofasmallhouse,onveryeasyterms,belongingtoarelationofherown,agentlemanofconsequenceandpropertyinDevonshire.Theletterwasfromthisgentlemanhimself,andwritteninthetruespiritoffriendlyaccommodation.Heunderstoodthatshewasinneedofadwelling;andthoughthehousehenowofferedherwasmerelyacottage,heassuredherthateverythingshouldbedonetoitwhichshemightthinknecessary,ifthesituationpleasedher.Heearnestlypressedher,aftergivingtheparticularsofthehouseandgarden,tocomewithherdaughterstoBartonPark,theplaceofhisownresidence,fromwhenceshemightjudge,herself,whetherBartonCottage,forthehouseswereinthesameparish,could,byanyalteration,bemadecomfortabletoher.Heseemedreallyanxioustoaccommodatethemandthewholeofhisletterwaswritteninsofriendlyastyleascouldnotfailofgivingpleasuretohiscousin;moreespeciallyatamomentwhenshewassufferingunderthecoldandunfeelingbehaviourofhernearerconnections.Sheneedednotimefordeliberationorinquiry.Herresolutionwasformedassheread

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