Chapter XVI

           

           ItwasnotinMissCrawford’spowertotalkFannyintoanyrealforgetfulnessofwhathadpassed.Whentheeveningwasover,shewenttobedfullofit,hernervesstillagitatedbytheshockofsuchanattackfromhercousinTom,sopublicandsoperseveredin,andherspiritssinkingunderheraunt’sunkindreflectionandreproach.Tobecalledintonoticeinsuchamanner,tohearthatitwasbutthepreludetosomethingsoinfinitelyworse,tobetoldthatshemustdowhatwassoimpossibleastoact;andthentohavethechargeofobstinacyandingratitudefollowit,enforcedwithsuchahintatthedependenceofhersituation,hadbeentoodistressingatthetimetomaketheremembrancewhenshewasalonemuchlessso,especiallywiththesuperaddeddreadofwhatthemorrowmightproduceincontinuationofthesubject.MissCrawfordhadprotectedheronlyforthetime;andifshewereappliedtoagainamongthemselveswithalltheauthoritativeurgencythatTomandMariawerecapableof,andEdmundperhapsaway,whatshouldshedo?Shefellasleepbeforeshecouldanswerthequestion,andfounditquiteaspuzzlingwhensheawokethenextmorning.Thelittlewhiteattic,whichhadcontinuedhersleeping-roomeversinceherfirstenteringthefamily,provingincompetenttosuggestanyreply,shehadrecourse,assoonasshewasdressed,toanotherapartmentmorespaciousandmoremeetforwalkingaboutinandthinking,andofwhichshehadnowforsometimebeenalmostequallymistress.

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