Jane Austen | Mansfield Park
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"Fanny, whether near or from her cousins, whether in the school–room, the drawing-room,
or the shruberry, was equally forlorn, finding something to fear in every person and place. […]
The grandeur of the house astonished but could not console her. The rooms were too large for her
to move in with ease; whatever she touched she expected to injure,
and she crept about in constant terror of something or other; …"
or the shruberry, was equally forlorn, finding something to fear in every person and place. […]
The grandeur of the house astonished but could not console her. The rooms were too large for her
to move in with ease; whatever she touched she expected to injure,
and she crept about in constant terror of something or other; …"
Chapter II
"They were just returned into the wilderness from the park, to which a sidegate,
not fastened, had tempted them very soon after their leaving her, and they had been across
a portion of the park into the very avenue which Fanny had been hoping the whole morning
to reach at last, and had been sitting down under one of the trees. This was their history. It was
evident that they had been spending their time pleasantly, and were not aware of the length of
their absence. Fanny's best consolation was in being assured that Edmund had wished for her
very much, and that he should certainly have come back for her, had she not been tired already;
but this was not quite sufficient to do away with the pain of having been left a whole hour,
when he had talked of only a few minutes, nor to banish the sort of curiosity she felt to know
what they had been conversing about all that time"
not fastened, had tempted them very soon after their leaving her, and they had been across
a portion of the park into the very avenue which Fanny had been hoping the whole morning
to reach at last, and had been sitting down under one of the trees. This was their history. It was
evident that they had been spending their time pleasantly, and were not aware of the length of
their absence. Fanny's best consolation was in being assured that Edmund had wished for her
very much, and that he should certainly have come back for her, had she not been tired already;
but this was not quite sufficient to do away with the pain of having been left a whole hour,
when he had talked of only a few minutes, nor to banish the sort of curiosity she felt to know
what they had been conversing about all that time"
Chapter X
"Fanny read to herself that "it was with infinite concern the newspaper had to announce
to the world a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr. R. of Wimpole Street; the beautiful
Mrs. R., whose name had not long been enrolled in the lists of Hymen, and who had promised
to become so brilliant a leader in the fashionable world, having quitted her husband's roof
in company with the well-known and captivating Mr. C., the intimate friend and associate of
Mr. R., and it was not known even to the editor of the newspaper whither they were gone."
to the world a matrimonial fracas in the family of Mr. R. of Wimpole Street; the beautiful
Mrs. R., whose name had not long been enrolled in the lists of Hymen, and who had promised
to become so brilliant a leader in the fashionable world, having quitted her husband's roof
in company with the well-known and captivating Mr. C., the intimate friend and associate of
Mr. R., and it was not known even to the editor of the newspaper whither they were gone."
Chapter XLVI
