Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter III

           Fanny’srelief,andherconsciousnessofit,werequiteequaltohercousins’;butamoretendernaturesuggestedthatherfeelingswereungrateful,andshereallygrievedbecauseshecouldnotgrieve.“SirThomas,whohaddonesomuchforherandherbrothers,andwhowasgoneperhapsnevertoreturn!thatsheshouldseehimgowithoutatear!itwasashamefulinsensibility.”Hehadsaidtoher,moreover,ontheverylastmorning,thathehopedshemightseeWilliamagaininthecourseoftheensuingwinter,andhadchargedhertowriteandinvitehimtoMansfieldassoonasthesquadrontowhichhebelongedshouldbeknowntobeinEngland.“Thiswassothoughtfulandkind!”andwouldheonlyhavesmileduponher,andcalledher“mydearFanny,”whilehesaidit,everyformerfrownorcoldaddressmighthavebeenforgotten.Buthehadendedhisspeechinawaytosinkherinsadmortification,byadding,“IfWilliamdoescometoMansfield,Ihopeyoumaybeabletoconvincehimthatthemanyyearswhichhavepassedsinceyoupartedhavenotbeenspentonyoursideentirelywithoutimprovement;though,Ifear,hemustfindhissisteratsixteeninsomerespectstoomuchlikehissisteratten.”Shecriedbitterlyoverthisreflectionwhenherunclewasgone;andhercousins,onseeingherwithredeyes,setherdownasahypocrite.

           

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