第71章

Youforgetyourself：thereisadecideddifferenceinyourtempers，Iallow。Heislively，youareserious；

butsomuchthebetter：hisspiritswillsupportyours。

Itisyourdispositiontobeeasilydejectedandtofancydifficultiesgreaterthantheyare。Hischeerfulnesswillcounteractthis。Heseesdifficultiesnowhere：

andhispleasantnessandgaietywillbeaconstantsupporttoyou。Yourbeingsofarunlike，Fanny，doesnotinthesmallestdegreemakeagainsttheprobabilityofyourhappinesstogether：donotimagineit。Iammyselfconvincedthatitisratherafavourablecircumstance。

Iamperfectlypersuadedthatthetempershadbetterbeunlike：

Imeanunlikeintheflowofthespirits，inthemanners，intheinclinationformuchorlittlecompany，inthepropensitytotalkortobesilent，tobegraveortobegay。

Someoppositionhereis，Iamthoroughlyconvinced，friendlytomatrimonialhappiness。Iexcludeextremes，ofcourse；andaverycloseresemblanceinallthosepointswouldbethelikeliestwaytoproduceanextreme。

Acounteraction，gentleandcontinual，isthebestsafeguardofmannersandconduct。“

FullwellcouldFannyguesswherehisthoughtswerenow：

MissCrawford’spowerwasallreturning。Hehadbeenspeakingofhercheerfullyfromthehourofhiscominghome。

Hisavoidingherwasquiteatanend。HehaddinedattheParsonageonlytheprecedingday。

Afterleavinghimtohishappierthoughtsforsomeminutes，Fanny，feelingitduetoherself，returnedtoMr。Crawford，andsaid，“Itisnotmerelyin_temper_thatIconsiderhimastotallyunsuitedtomyself；though，in_that_

respect，Ithinkthedifferencebetweenustoogreat，infinitelytoogreat：hisspiritsoftenoppressme；

butthereissomethinginhimwhichIobjecttostillmore。

Imustsay，cousin，thatIcannotapprovehischaracter。

Ihavenotthoughtwellofhimfromthetimeoftheplay。

Ithensawhimbehaving，asitappearedtome，soveryimproperlyandunfeelingly——Imayspeakofitnowbecauseitisallover——soimproperlybypoorMr。Rushworth，notseemingtocarehowheexposedorhurthim，andpayingattentionstomycousinMaria，which——inshort，atthetimeoftheplay，Ireceivedanimpressionwhichwillneverbegotover。“

“MydearFanny，“repliedEdmund，scarcelyhearinghertotheend，“letusnot，anyofus，bejudgedbywhatweappearedatthatperiodofgeneralfolly。ThetimeoftheplayisatimewhichIhatetorecollect。Mariawaswrong，Crawfordwaswrong，wewereallwrongtogether；butnonesowrongasmyself。Comparedwithme，alltherestwereblameless。Iwasplaying

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