日期:2021-05-07 could sir thomas have seen all his nieces feelings, when she wrote her first letter to her aunt, he would not have despaired; for though a good nights rest, a pleasant morning, the hope of soon seeing william again, and the comparatively quiet state... 日期:2021-05-07 the novelty of travelling, and the happiness of being with william, soon produced their natural effect on fannys spirits, when mansfield park was fairly left behind; and by the time their first stage was ended, and they were to quit sir thomass carr... 日期:2021-05-07 mr. crawford gone, sir thomass next object was that he should be missed; and he entertained great hope that his niece would find a blank in the loss of those attentions which at the time she had felt, or fancied, an evil. she had tasted of consequen... 日期:2021-05-07 edmund now believed himself perfectly acquainted with all that fanny could tell, or could leave to be conjectured of her sentiments, and he was satisfied. it had been, as he before presumed, too hasty a measure on crawfords side, and time must be gi... 日期:2021-05-07 edmund had determined that it belonged entirely to fanny to chuse whether her situation with regard to crawford should be mentioned between them or not; and that if she did not lead the way, it should never be touched on by him; but after a day or t... 日期:2021-05-07 edmund had great things to hear on his return. many surprises were awaiting him. the first that occurred was not least in interest: the appearance of henry crawford and his sister walking together through the village as he rode into it. he had concl... 日期:2021-05-07 the conference was neither so short nor so conclusive as the lady had designed. the gentleman was not so easily satisfied. he had all the disposition to persevere that sir thomas could wish him. he had vanity, which strongly inclined him in the firs... 日期:2021-05-07 fanny had by no means forgotten mr. crawford when she awoke the next morning; but she remembered the purport of her note, and was not less sanguine as to its effect than she had been the night before. if mr. crawford would but go away! that was what... 日期:2021-05-07 henry crawford was at mansfield park again the next morning, and at an earlier hour than common visiting warrants. the two ladies were together in the breakfast-room, and, fortunately for him, lady bertram was on the very point of quitting it as he... 日期:2021-05-07 miss crawfords uneasiness was much lightened by this conversation, and she walked home again in spirits which might have defied almost another week of the same small party in the same bad weather, had they been put to the proof; but as that very eve... 日期:2021-05-07 the ball was over, and the breakfast was soon over too; the last kiss was given, and william was gone. mr. crawford had, as he foretold, been very punctual, and short and pleasant had been the meal. after seeing william to the last moment, fanny wal... 日期:2021-05-07 her uncle and both her aunts were in the drawing-room when fanny went down. to the former she was an interesting object, and he saw with pleasure the general elegance of her appearance, and her being in remarkably good looks. the neatness and propri... 日期:2021-05-07 on reaching home fanny went immediately upstairs to deposit this unexpected acquisition, this doubtful good of a necklace, in some favourite box in the east room, which held all her smaller treasures; but on opening the door, what was her surprise t... 日期:2021-05-07 williams desire of seeing fanny dance made more than a momentary impression on his uncle. the hope of an opportunity, which sir thomas had then given, was not given to be thought of no more. he remained steadily inclined to gratify so amiable a feel... 日期:2021-05-07 the intercourse of the two families was at this period more nearly restored to what it had been in the autumn, than any member of the old intimacy had thought ever likely to be again. the return of henry crawford, and the arrival of william price, h... 日期:2021-05-07 henry crawford had quite made up his mind by the next morning to give another fortnight to mansfield, and having sent for his hunters, and written a few lines of explanation to the admiral, he looked round at his sister as he sealed and threw the le... 日期:2021-05-07 but why should mrs. grant ask fanny? said lady bertram. how came she to think of asking fanny? fanny never dines there, you know, in this sort of way. i cannot spare her, and i am sure she does not want to go. fanny, you do not want to go, do you? i... 日期:2021-05-07 fannys consequence increased on the departure of her cousins. becoming, as she then did, the only young woman in the drawing-room, the only occupier of that interesting division of a family in which she had hitherto held so humble a third, it was im... 日期:2021-05-07 sir thomass return made a striking change in the ways of the family, independent of lovers vows. under his government, mansfield was an altered place. some members of their society sent away, and the spirits of many others saddened--it was all samen... 日期:2021-05-07 edmunds first object the next morning was to see his father alone, and give him a fair statement of the whole acting scheme, defending his own share in it as far only as he could then, in a soberer moment, feel his motives to deserve, and acknowledg... |
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