Чувство и чувствительность

Chapter IX

           

           Thewholecountryaboutthemaboundedinbeautifulwalks.Thehighdownswhichinvitedthemfromalmosteverywindowofthecottagetoseektheexquisiteenjoymentofairontheirsummits,wereahappyalternativewhenthedirtofthevalleysbeneathshutuptheirsuperiorbeauties;andtowardsoneofthesehillsdidMarianneandMargaretonememorablemorningdirecttheirsteps,attractedbythepartialsunshineofashowerysky,andunablelongertobeartheconfinementwhichthesettledrainofthetwoprecedingdayshadoccasioned.Theweatherwasnottemptingenoughtodrawthetwoothersfromtheirpencilandtheirbook,inspiteofMarianne’sdeclarationthatthedaywouldbelastinglyfair,andthateverythreateningcloudwouldbedrawnofffromtheirhills;andthetwogirlssetofftogether.

           Theygailyascendedthedowns,rejoicingintheirownpenetrationateveryglimpseofbluesky;andwhentheycaughtintheirfacestheanimatinggalesofahighsouth-westerlywind,theypitiedthefearswhichhadpreventedtheirmotherandElinorfromsharingsuchdelightfulsensations.

           "Isthereafelicityintheworld,"saidMarianne,"superiortothis?—Margaret,wewillwalkhereatleasttwohours."

           Margaretagreed,andtheypursuedtheirwayagainstthewind,resistingitwithlaughingdelightforabouttwentyminuteslonger,whensuddenlythecloudsunitedovertheirheads,andadrivingrainsetfullintheirface.—Chagrinedandsurprised,theywereobliged,thoughunwillingly,toturnback,fornoshelterwasnearerthantheirownhouse.

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