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persuasion(劝导)-第57章

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attachment        on   his  side;   of  the   desirableness       of  the   alliance; 

supposing  such attachment  to  be   real   and   returned。   Anne   heard 

her; and made no violent exclamations。 She only smiled; blushed; 

and gently shook her head。 

    “I   am  no match…maker;   as   you  well know;” said   Lady   Russell; 

“being much too well aware of the uncertainty of all human events 

and calculations。 I only mean that if  Mr。   Elliot  should   some   time 

hence pay his addresses to you; and if you should be disposed to 

accept him; I think there would be every possibility of your being 

happy      together。    A   most     suitable    connection      everybody      must 

consider it—but I think it might be a very happy one。” 

    “Mr。    Elliot   is  an   exceedingly      agreeable     man;    and   in   many 

respects   I   think   highly   of   him;”   said   Anne;   “but   we   should   not 



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suit。” 

    Lady   Russell   let   this   pass;   and   only   said   in   rejoinder;   “I   own 

that to be able to regard you as the future mistress of Kellynch; the 

future   Lady   Elliot—to   look   forward   and   see   you   occupying   your 

dear     mother’s     place;    succeeding      to  all  her   rights;   and    all  her 

popularity;      as   well   as  to  all  her   virtues;   would     be  the   highest 

possible      gratification     to   me。—You        are   your    mother’s      self  in 

countenance   and   disposition;   and   if   I   might   be   allowed   to   fancy 

you such as she was; in situation and name; and home; presiding 

and  blessing in   the   same spot;   and   only  superior  to  her  in   being 

more      highly   valued!   My   dearest   Anne;        it  would    give  me    more 

delight than is often felt at my time of life!” 

    Anne   was   obliged   to   turn   away;   to   rise;   to   walk   to   a   distant 

table; and; leaning there in pretended employment; try to subdue 

the     feelings    this    picture    excited。     For    a   few    moments        her 

imagination and her heart were bewitched。 The idea of becoming 

what her mother had been; of having the precious name of “Lady 

Elliot”     first  revived    in  herself;    of  being    restored     to  Kellynch; 

calling it her home again; her home for ever; was a charm which 

she   could   not   immediately   resist。   Lady   Russell   said   not   another 

word;      willing   to   leave    the   matter    to   its  own    operation;      and 

believing that; could Mr。 Elliot at that moment with propriety have 

spoken   for   himself!—She   believed;   in   short;   what   Anne   did   not 

believe。 The same image of Mr。 Elliot speaking for himself brought 

Anne   to   composure   again。   The   charm   of   Kellynch   and   of   “Lady 

Elliot” all faded away。 She never could accept him。 And it was not 

only that her feelings were still adverse to any man save one; her 

judgment; on a serious consideration of the possibilities of such a 

case; was against Mr。 Elliot。 



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    Though they had now been acquainted a month; she could not 

be   satisfied   that   she   really   knew   his   character。    That   he   was   a 

sensible   man;   an   agreeable   man;—that   he   talked   well;   professed 

good     opinions;     seemed     to   judge    properly     and    as  a   man     of 

principle;—this was all clear enough。 He certainly knew what was 

right; nor could she fix on any one article of moral duty evidently 

transgressed; but yet she would have been afraid to answer for his 

conduct。   She   distrusted   the   past;   if   not   the   present。   The   names 

which     occasionally     dropt    of  former    associates;    the   allusions   to 

former practices and pursuits; suggested suspicions not favourable 

of what he had been。 She saw that there had been bad habits; that 

Sunday…travelling had been a common thing; that there had been 

a   period   of   his   life   (and   probably   not   a   short   one)   when   he   had 

been; at least; careless in all serious matters; and; though he might 

now     think    very    differently;    who    could     answer     for   the   true 

sentiments       of  a   clever;   cautious     man;    grown     old   enough     to 

appreciate a fair character? How could it ever be ascertained that 

his mind was truly cleansed? 

    Mr。    Elliot  was    rational;   discreet;   polished;—but       he   was    not 

open。     There    was    never    any   burst    of  feeling;   any    warmth      of 

indignation or delight; at the evil or good of others。 This; to Anne; 

was a decided imperfection。 Her early impressions were incurable。 

She     prized    the   frank;   the   open…hearted;       the   eager    character 

beyond all others。 Warmth and enthusiasm did captivate her still。 

She felt that she could so much more depend upon the sincerity of 

those   who   sometimes   looked   or   said   a   careless   or   a   hasty   thing; 

than of those whose presence of mind never varied; whose tongue 

never slipped。 

    Mr。   Elliot   was   too   generally    agreeable。     Various    as  were    the 



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tempers in her father’s house; he pleased them all。 He endured too 

well;—stood too well with every body。 He had spoken to her with 

some degree of openness of Mrs。 Clay; had appeared completely to 

see what Mrs。   Clay  was about;   and   to  hold   her  in  contempt;   and 

yet Mrs。 Clay found him as agreeable as any body。 

    Lady Russell saw either less or more than her young friend; for 

she   saw nothing  to  excite   distrust。   She   could not  imagine a   man 

more exactly what he ought to be than Mr。 Elliot; nor did she ever 

enjoy   a   sweeter   feeling   than   the   hope   of   seeing   him   receive   the 

hand of her beloved Anne in Kellynch church; in the course of the 

following autumn。 



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                             CHAPTER VI 



      t   was   the   beginning   of   February;   and   Anne;   having   been   a 

      month     in  Bath;   was    growing    very   eager   for  news    from 

I 

      Uppercross and Lyme。 She wanted to hear much more than 

Mary had communicat
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