Salta il testo dell’articolo
And drawing him a little aside , she whispered her persuasion that Lucy could not stay much longer . But even this encouragement failed , for he would go ; and Lucy , who would have outstaid him , had his visit lasted two hours , soon afterwards went away . “ What can bring her here so often ? ” said Marianne , on her leaving them . “ Could not she see that we wanted her gone ! — how teazing to Edward ! ” “ Why so ? — we were all his friends , and Lucy has been the longest known to him of any . It is but natural that he should like to see her as well as ourselves . ” Marianne looked at her steadily , and said , “ You know , Elinor , that this is a kind of talking which I cannot bear . If you only hope to have your assertion contradicted , as I must suppose to be the case , you ought to recollect that I am the last person in the world to do it . I cannot descend to be tricked out of assurances , that are not really wanted . ” She then left the room ; and Elinor dared not follow her to say more , for bound as she was by her promise of secrecy to Lucy , she could give no information that would convince Marianne ; and painful as the consequences of her still continuing in an error might be , she was obliged to submit to it . All that she could hope , was that Edward would not often expose her or himself to the distress of hearing Marianne’s mistaken warmth , nor to the repetition of any other part of the pain that had attended their recent meeting — and this she had every reason to expect . CHAPTER XXXVI . Within a few days after this meeting , the newspapers announced to the world , that the lady of Thomas Palmer , Esq . was safely delivered of a son and heir ; a very interesting and satisfactory paragraph , at least to all those intimate connections who knew it before . This event , highly important to Mrs . Jennings’s happiness , produced a temporary alteration in the disposal of her time , and influenced , in a like degree , the engagements of her young friends ; for as she wished to be as much as possible with Charlotte , she went thither every morning as soon as she was dressed , and did not return till late in the evening ; and the Miss Dashwoods , at the particular request of the Middletons , spent the whole of every day in Conduit Street . For their own comfort they would much rather have remained , at least all the morning , in Mrs . Jennings’s house ; but it was not a thing to be urged against the wishes of everybody . Their hours were therefore made over to Lady Middleton and the two Miss Steeles , by whom their company , in fact was as little valued , as it was professedly sought . They had too much sense to be desirable companions to the former ; and by the latter they were considered with a jealous eye , as intruding on their ground , and sharing the kindness which they wanted to monopolize . Though nothing could be more polite than Lady Middleton’s behaviour to Elinor and Marianne , she did not really like them at all . Because they neither flattered herself nor her children , she could not believe them good - natured ; and because they were fond of reading , she fancied them satirical : perhaps without exactly knowing what it was to be satirical ; but that did not signify . It was censure in common use , and easily given .
Indietro Pagina 151 di 239 Pagina 151 di 239 Avanti Continua a leggere con le traduzioni Crea un account gratuito: 7 giorni di Pro, poi 20 traduzioni di parole al giorno oppure un piano a pagamento.
