“And what,” said Fanny (believing herself...
“And what,” said Fanny (believing herself required to
speak), “what could you say?”
“Nothing, nothing to be understoodI was like a man stunnedShe
went on, began to talk of you; yes, then she began to talk of you,
regretting, as well she might, the loss of such a—There she spoke
very rationallyBut she has always done justice to you‘He has thrown
away,’ said she, ‘such a woman as he will never see againShe would
have fixed him; she would have made him happy for ever My dearest
Fanny, I am giving you, I hope, more pleasure than pain by this retrospect
of what might have been—but what never can be nowYou do
not wish me to be silent? If you do, give me but a look, a word, and I
have done
No look or word was given
“Thank God,” said he“We were all disposed to wonder, but it
seems to have been the merciful appointment of Providence that
the heart which knew no guile should not sufferShe spoke of you
with high praise and warm balenciaga bag black affection; yet, even here, there was alloy,
a dash of evil; for in the midst of it she could exclaim, ‘Why would
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not she have him? It is all her faultSimple girl! I shall never forgive
herHad she accepted him as she ought, they might now have been
on the point of marriage, and Henry would have been too happy
and too busy to want any other objectHe would have taken no
pains to be on terms with MrsIt would have all
ended in a regular standing flirtation, in yearly meetings at Sotherton
and Everingham Could you have believed it possible? But the charm
is broken
“Cruel!” said Fanny, “quite cruelAt such a moment to give way
to gaiety, to speak with lightness, and to you! Absolute cruelty
“Cruelty, do you call it? We differ thereNo, hers is not a cruel
natureI do not consider her as meaning to wound my feelingsThe
evil lies yet deeper: in her total ignorance, unsuspiciousness of there
being such feelings; chanel top in a perversion of mind which made it natural
to her to treat the subject as she didShe was speaking only as she
had been used to hear others speak, as she imagined everybody else
would speakHers are not faults of temperShe would not voluntarily
give unnecessary pain to any one, and though I may deceive
myself, I cannot but think that for me, for my feelings, she would—
Hers are faults of principle, Fanny; of blunted delicacy and a corrupted,
vitiated mindPerhaps it is best for me, since it leaves me so
little to regretGladly would I submit to all the
increased pain of losing her, rather than have to think of her as I do
“Did you?”
“Yes; when I left her I told her so
“How long were you together?”
“Five-and-twenty minutesWell, she went on to say that what
remained now to be done was to bring about a marriage between
themShe spoke of it, Fanny, with a steadier voice than I can He
was obliged to pause more than once as he fendi spy zucca bag continued“‘We must
persuade Henry to marry her,’ said she; ‘and what with honour, and
the certainty of having shut himself out for ever from Fanny, I do
not despair of itFanny he must give upI do not think that even he
could now hope to succeed with one of her stamp, and therefore I
hope we may find no insuperable difficultyMy influence, which is
not small shall all go that way; and when once married, and prop400
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erly supported by her own family, people of respectability as they
are, she may recover her footing in society to a certain degreeIn
some circles, we know, she would never be admitted, but with good
dinners, and large parties, there will always be those who will be
glad of her acquaintance; and there is, undoubtedly, more liberality
and candour on those points than formerlyWhat I advise is, that
your father be quietDo not let him injure his own cause by interference
Persuade him to let things jumbo chanel flap bag take their courseIf by any officious
exertions of his, she is induced to leave Henry’s protection,
there will be much less chance of his marrying her than if she remain
with himI know how he is likely to be influencedLet Sir
Thomas trust to his honour and compassion, and it may all end
well; but if he get his daughter away, it will be destroying the chief
hold”
After repeating this, Edmund was so much affected that Fanny,
watching him with silent, but most tender concern, was almost sorry
that the subject had been entered on at allIt was long before he
could speak againAt last, “Now, Fanny,” said he, “I shall soon have
doneI have told you the substance of all that she saidAs soon as I
could speak, I replied that I had not supposed it possible, coming in
such a state of mind into that house as I had done, that anything
could occur to make me suffer more, but that she had been inflicting
deeper wounds in almost every chanel costume jewelry senten