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Northanger Abbey-Part24_Jane Austen(1775-1817)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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or make her quit them in apprehension. James was in

excellent spirits, and Isabella most engagingly placid.



Her tenderness for her friend seemed rather the first feeling

of her heart; but that at such a moment was allowable;



and once she gave her lover a flat contradiction, and once

she drew back her hand; but Catherine remembered Henry's



instructions, and placed it all to judiciousaffection.

The embraces, tears, and promises of the parting fair



ones may be fancied.

CHAPTER 20



Mr. and Mrs. Allen were sorry to lose their young friend,

whose good humour and cheerfulness had made her a



valuable companion, and in the promotion of whose enjoyment

their own had been gently increased. Her happiness in



going with Miss Tilney, however, prevented their wishing

it otherwise; and, as they were to remain only one more



week in Bath themselves, her quitting them now would not

long be felt. Mr. Allen attended her to Milsom Street,



where she was to breakfast, and saw her seated with the

kindest welcome among her new friends; but so great was



her agitation in finding herself as one of the family,

and so fearful was she of not doing exactly what was right,



and of not being able to preserve their good opinion,

that, in the embarrassment of the first five minutes,



she could almost have wished to return with him to

Pulteney Street.



Miss Tilney's manners and Henry's smile soon did

away some of her unpleasant feelings; but still she



was far from being at ease; nor could the incessant

attentions of the general himself entirely reassure her.



Nay, perverse as it seemed, she doubted whether she

might not have felt less, had she been less attended to.



His anxiety for her comfort--his continual solicitations

that she would eat, and his often-expressed fears of her



seeing nothing to her taste--though never in her life before

had she beheld half such variety on a breakfast-table--made



it impossible for her to forget for a moment that she

was a visitor. She felt utterly unworthy of such respect,



and knew not how to reply to it. Her tranquillity was not

improved by the general's impatience for the appearance



of his eldest son, nor by the displeasure he expressed

at his laziness when Captain Tilney at last came down.



She was quite pained by the severity of his father's reproof,

which seemed disproportionate to the offence; and much



was her concern increased when she found herself the

principal cause of the lecture, and that his tardiness



was chiefly resented from being disrespectful to her.

This was placing her in a very uncomfortable situation,



and she felt great compassion for Captain Tilney,

without being able to hope for his goodwill.



He listened to his father in silence, and attempted

not any defence, which confirmed her in fearing that the



inquietude of his mind, on Isabella's account, might,

by keeping him long sleepless, have been the real cause



of his rising late. It was the first time of her being

decidedly in his company, and she had hoped to be now



able to form her opinion of him; but she scarcely

heard his voice while his father remained in the room;



and even afterwards, so much were his spirits affected,

she could distinguish nothing but these words, in a whisper



to Eleanor, "How glad I shall be when you are all off."

The bustle of going was not pleasant. The clock



struck ten while the trunks were carrying down, and the

general had fixed to be out of Milsom Street by that hour.



His greatcoat, instead of being brought for him to put

on directly, was spread out in the curricle in which he



was to accompany his son. The middle seat of the chaise was

not drawn out, though there were three people to go in it,



and his daughter's maid had so crowded it with parcels

that Miss Morland would not have room to sit; and, so much



was he influenced by this apprehension when he handed

her in, that she had some difficulty in saving her own



new writing-desk from being thrown out into the street.




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