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Chapter 6 Clerval then put the following letter into my hands . It was from my own Elizabeth : “ My dearest Cousin , “ You have been ill , very ill , and even the constant letters of dear kind Henry are not sufficient to reassure me on your account . You are forbidden to write — to hold a pen ; yet one word from you , dear Victor , is necessary to calm our apprehensions . For a long time I have thought that each post would bring this line , and my persuasions have restrained my uncle from undertaking a journey to Ingolstadt . I have prevented his encountering the inconveniences and perhaps dangers of so long a journey , yet how often have I regretted not being able to perform it myself ! I figure to myself that the task of attending on your sickbed has devolved on some mercenary old nurse , who could never guess your wishes nor minister to them with the care and affection of your poor cousin . Yet that is over now : Clerval writes that indeed you are getting better . I eagerly hope that you will confirm this intelligence soon in your own handwriting . “ Get well — and return to us . You will find a happy , cheerful home and friends who love you dearly . Your father’s health is vigorous , and he asks but to see you , but to be assured that you are well ; and not a care will ever cloud his benevolent countenance . How pleased you would be to remark the improvement of our Ernest ! He is now sixteen and full of activity and spirit . He is desirous to be a true Swiss and to enter into foreign service , but we cannot part with him , at least until his elder brother returns to us . My uncle is not pleased with the idea of a military career in a distant country , but Ernest never had your powers of application . He looks upon study as an odious fetter ; his time is spent in the open air , climbing the hills or rowing on the lake . I fear that he will become an idler unless we yield the point and permit him to enter on the profession which he has selected . “ Little alteration , except the growth of our dear children , has taken place since you left us . The blue lake and snow - clad mountains — they never change ; and I think our placid home and our contented hearts are regulated by the same immutable laws . My trifling occupations take up my time and amuse me , and I am rewarded for any exertions by seeing none but happy , kind faces around me . Since you left us , but one change has taken place in our little household . Do you remember on what occasion Justine Moritz entered our family ? Probably you do not ; I will relate her history , therefore in a few words .
Назад Сторінка 35 з 150 Сторінка 35 з 150 Вперед Читайте далі з перекладом Створіть безкоштовний акаунт: 7 днів Pro, далі 20 перекладів слів на день або платний тариф.
