Мэнсфилд Парк

Chapter IV

           Whenhereturned,tounderstandhowFannywassituated,andperceiveditsilleffects,thereseemedwithhimbutonethingtobedone;andthat“Fannymusthaveahorse”wastheresolutedeclarationwithwhichheopposedwhatevercouldbeurgedbythesupinenessofhismother,ortheeconomyofhisaunt,tomakeitappearunimportant.Mrs.NorriscouldnothelpthinkingthatsomesteadyoldthingmightbefoundamongthenumbersbelongingtotheParkthatwoulddovastlywell;orthatonemightbeborrowedofthesteward;orthatperhapsDr.Grantmightnowandthenlendthemtheponyhesenttothepost.Shecouldnotbutconsideritasabsolutelyunnecessary,andevenimproper,thatFannyshouldhavearegularlady’shorseofherown,inthestyleofhercousins.ShewassureSirThomashadneverintendedit:andshemustsaythat,tobemakingsuchapurchaseinhisabsence,andaddingtothegreatexpensesofhisstable,atatimewhenalargepartofhisincomewasunsettled,seemedtoherveryunjustifiable.“Fannymusthaveahorse,”wasEdmund’sonlyreply.Mrs.Norriscouldnotseeitinthesamelight.LadyBertramdid:sheentirelyagreedwithhersonastothenecessityofit,andastoitsbeingconsiderednecessarybyhisfather;sheonlypleadedagainsttherebeinganyhurry;sheonlywantedhimtowaittillSirThomas’sreturn,andthenSirThomasmightsettleitallhimself.

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