Anne and Henrietta, finding themselves the earliest of the party the next morning, agreed to stroll down to the sea before breakfast. They went to the sands, to watch the flowing of the tide, which a fine south-easterly breeze was bringing in with all the grandeur1 which so flat a shore admitted. They praised the morning; gloried in the sea; sympathized in the delight of the fresh-feeling breeze--and were silent; till Henrietta suddenly began again with--
"Oh! yes, --I am quite convinced that, with very few exceptions, the sea-air always does good. There can be no doubt of its having been of the greatest service to Dr Shirley, after his illness, last spring twelve-month. He declares himself, that coming to Lyme for a month, did him more good than all the medicine he took; and, that being by the sea, always makes him feel young again. Now, I cannot help thinking it a pity that he does not live entirely2 by the sea. I do think he had better leave Uppercross entirely, and fix at Lyme. Do not you, Anne? Do not you agree with me, that it is the best thing he could do, both for himself and Mrs Shirley? She has cousins here, you know, and many acquaintance, which would make it cheerful for her, and I am sure she would be glad to get to a place where she could have medical attendance at hand, in case of his having another seizure3. Indeed I think it quite melancholy4 to have such excellent people as Dr and Mrs Shirley, who have been doing good all their lives, wearing out their last days in a place like Uppercross, where, excepting our family, they seem shut out from all the world. I wish his friends would propose it to him. I really think they ought. And, as to procuring5 a dispensation, there could be no difficulty at his time of life, and with his character. My only doubt is, whether anything could persuade him to leave his parish. He is so very strict and scrupulous6 in his notions; over-scrupulous I must say. Do not you think, Anne, it is being over-scrupulous? Do not you think it is quite a mistaken point of conscience, when a clergyman sacrifices his health for the sake of duties, which may be just as well performed by another person? And at Lyme too, only seventeen miles off, he would be near enough to hear, if people thought there was anything to complain of. "
Anne smiled more than once to herself during this speech, and entered into the subject, as ready to do good by entering into the feelings of a young lady as of a young man, though here it was good of a lower standard, for what could be offered but general acquiescence7? She said all that was reasonable and proper on the business; felt the claims of Dr Shirley to repose8 as she ought; saw how very desirable it was that he should have some active, respectable young man, as a resident curate, and was even courteous9 enough to hint at the advantage of such resident curate's being married.
"I wish, " said Henrietta, very well pleased with her companion, "I wish Lady Russell lived at Uppercross, and were intimate with Dr Shirley. I have always heard of Lady Russell as a woman of the greatest influence with everybody! I always look upon her as able to persuade a person to anything! I am afraid of her, as I have told you before, quite afraid of her, because she is so very clever; but I respect her amazingly, and wish we had such a neighbour at Uppercross. "
Anne was amused by Henrietta's manner of being grateful, and amused also that the course of events and the new interests of Henrietta's views should have placed her friend at all in favour with any of the Musgrove family; she had only time, however, for a general answer, and a wish that such another woman were at Uppercross, before all subjects suddenly ceased, on seeing Louisa and Captain Wentworth coming towards them. They came also for a stroll till breakfast was likely to be ready; but Louisa recollecting10, immediately afterwards that she had something to procure11 at a shop, invited them all to go back with her into the town. They were all at her disposal.
When they came to the steps, leading upwards12 from the beach, a gentleman, at the same moment preparing to come down, politely drew back, and stopped to give them way. They ascended13 and passed him; and as they passed, Anne's face caught his eye, and he looked at her with a degree of earnest admiration14, which she could not be insensible of. She was looking remarkably15 well; her very regular, very pretty features, having the bloom and freshness of youth restored by the fine wind which had been blowing on her complexion16, and by the animation17 of eye which it had also produced. It was evident that the gentleman, (completely a gentleman in manner) admired her exceedingly. Captain Wentworth looked round at her instantly in a way which shewed his noticing of it. He gave her a momentary18 glance, a glance of brightness, which seemed to say, "That man is struck with you, and even I, at this moment, see something like Anne Elliot again. "
After attending Louisa through her business, and loitering about a little longer, they returned to the inn; and Anne, in passing afterwards quickly from her own chamber19 to their dining-room, had nearly run against the very same gentleman, as he came out of an adjoining apartment. She had before conjectured20 him to be a stranger like themselves, and determined21 that a well-looking groom22, who was strolling about near the two inns as they came back, should be his servant. Both master and man being in mourning assisted the idea. It was now proved that he belonged to the same inn as themselves; and this second meeting, short as it was, also proved again by the gentleman's looks, that he thought hers very lovely, and by the readiness and propriety23 of his apologies, that he was a man of exceedingly good manners. He seemed about thirty, and though not handsome, had an agreeable person. Anne felt that she should like to know who he was.
They had nearly done breakfast, when the sound of a carriage, (almost the first they had heard since entering Lyme) drew half the party to the window. It was a gentleman's carriage, a curricle, but only coming round from the stable-yard to the front door; somebody must be going away. It was driven by a servant in mourning.
The word curricle made Charles Musgrove jump up that he might compare it with his own; the servant in mourning roused Anne's curiosity, and the whole six were collected to look, by the time the owner of the curricle was to be seen issuing from the door amidst the bows and civilities of the household, and taking his seat, to drive off.
"Ah!" cried Captain Wentworth, instantly, and with half a glance at Anne, "it is the very man we passed. "
The Miss Musgroves agreed to it; and having all kindly24 watched him as far up the hill as they could, they returned to the breakfast table. The waiter came into the room soon afterwards.
"Pray, " said Captain Wentworth, immediately, "can you tell us the name of the gentleman who is just gone away?"
"Yes, Sir, a Mr Elliot, a gentleman of large fortune, came in last night from Sidmouth. Dare say you heard the carriage, sir, while you were at dinner; and going on now for Crewkherne, in his way to Bath and London. "
"Elliot!" Many had looked on each other, and many had repeated the name, before all this had been got through, even by the smart rapidity of a waiter.
"Bless me!" cried Mary; "it must be our cousin; it must be our Mr Elliot, it must, indeed! Charles, Anne, must not it? In mourning, you see, just as our Mr Elliot must be. How very extraordinary! In the very same inn with us! Anne, must not it be our Mr Elliot? my father's next heir? Pray sir, " turning to the waiter, "did not you hear, did not his servant say whether he belonged to the Kellynch family?"
"No, ma'am, he did not mention no particular family; but he said his master was a very rich gentleman, and would be a baronight some day. "
"There! you see!" cried Mary in an ecstasy25, "just as I said! Heir to Sir Walter Elliot! I was sure that would come out, if it was so. Depend upon it, that is a circumstance which his servants take care to publish, wherever he goes. But, Anne, only conceive how extraordinary! I wish I had looked at him more. I wish we had been aware in time, who it was, that he might have been introduced to us. What a pity that we should not have been introduced to each other! Do you think he had the Elliot countenance26? I hardly looked at him, I was looking at the horses; but I think he had something of the Elliot countenance, I wonder the arms did not strike me! Oh! the great-coat was hanging over the panel, and hid the arms, so it did; otherwise, I am sure, I should have observed them, and the livery too; if the servant had not been in mourning, one should have known him by the livery. "
"Putting all these very extraordinary circumstances together, " said Captain Wentworth, "we must consider it to be the arrangement of Providence27, that you should not be introduced to your cousin. "
When she could command Mary's attention, Anne quietly tried to convince her that their father and Mr Elliot had not, for many years, been on such terms as to make the power of attempting an introduction at all desirable.
At the same time, however, it was a secret gratification to herself to have seen her cousin, and to know that the future owner of Kellynch was undoubtedly28 a gentleman, and had an air of good sense. She would not, upon any account, mention her having met with him the second time; luckily Mary did not much attend to their having passed close by him in their earlier walk, but she would have felt quite ill-used by Anne's having actually run against him in the passage, and received his very polite excuses, while she had never been near him at all; no, that cousinly little interview must remain a perfect secret.
"Of course, " said Mary, "you will mention our seeing Mr Elliot, the next time you write to Bath. I think my father certainly ought to hear of it; do mention all about him. "
Anne avoided a direct reply, but it was just the circumstance which she considered as not merely unnecessary to be communicated, but as what ought to be suppressed. The offence which had been given her father, many years back, she knew; Elizabeth's particular share in it she suspected; and that Mr Elliot's idea always produced irritation29 in both was beyond a doubt. Mary never wrote to Bath herself; all the toil30 of keeping up a slow and unsatisfactory correspondence with Elizabeth fell on Anne.
Breakfast had not been long over, when they were joined by Captain and Mrs Harville and Captain Benwick; with whom they had appointed to take their last walk about Lyme. They ought to be setting off for Uppercross by one, and in the mean while were to be all together, and out of doors as long as they could.
Anne found Captain Benwick getting near her, as soon as they were all fairly in the street. Their conversation the preceding evening did not disincline him to seek her again; and they walked together some time, talking as before of Mr Scott and Lord Byron, and still as unable as before, and as unable as any other two readers, to think exactly alike of the merits of either, till something occasioned an almost general change amongst their party, and instead of Captain Benwick, she had Captain Harville by her side.
"Miss Elliot, " said he, speaking rather low, "you have done a good deed in making that poor fellow talk so much. I wish he could have such company oftener. It is bad for him, I know, to be shut up as he is; but what can we do? We cannot part. "
"No, " said Anne, "that I can easily believe to be impossible; but in time, perhaps--we know what time does in every case of affliction, and you must remember, Captain Harville, that your friend may yet be called a young mourner--only last summer, I understand. "
"Ay, true enough, " (with a deep sigh) "only June. "
"And not known to him, perhaps, so soon. "
"Not till the first week of August, when he came home from the Cape31, just made into the Grappler. I was at Plymouth dreading33 to hear of him; he sent in letters, but the Grappler was under orders for Portsmouth. There the news must follow him, but who was to tell it? not I. I would as soon have been run up to the yard-arm. Nobody could do it, but that good fellow" (pointing to Captain Wentworth. ) "The Laconia had come into Plymouth the week before; no danger of her being sent to sea again. He stood his chance for the rest; wrote up for leave of absence, but without waiting the return, travelled night and day till he got to Portsmouth, rowed off to the Grappler that instant, and never left the poor fellow for a week. That's what he did, and nobody else could have saved poor James. You may think, Miss Elliot, whether he is dear to us!"
Anne did think on the question with perfect decision, and said as much in reply as her own feeling could accomplish, or as his seemed able to bear, for he was too much affected34 to renew the subject, and when he spoke35 again, it was of something totally different.
Mrs Harville's giving it as her opinion that her husband would have quite walking enough by the time he reached home, determined the direction of all the party in what was to be their last walk; they would accompany them to their door, and then return and set off themselves. By all their calculations there was just time for this; but as they drew near the Cobb, there was such a general wish to walk along it once more, all were so inclined, and Louisa soon grew so determined, that the difference of a quarter of an hour, it was found, would be no difference at all; so with all the kind leave-taking, and all the kind interchange of invitations and promises which may be imagined, they parted from Captain and Mrs Harville at their own door, and still accompanied by Captain Benwick, who seemed to cling to them to the last, proceeded to make the proper adieus to the Cobb.
Anne found Captain Benwick again drawing near her. Lord Byron's "dark blue seas" could not fail of being brought forward by their present view, and she gladly gave him all her attention as long as attention was possible. It was soon drawn36, perforce another way.
There was too much wind to make the high part of the new Cobb pleasant for the ladies, and they agreed to get down the steps to the lower, and all were contented37 to pass quietly and carefully down the steep flight, excepting Louisa; she must be jumped down them by Captain Wentworth. In all their walks, he had had to jump her from the stiles; the sensation was delightful38 to her. The hardness of the pavement for her feet, made him less willing upon the present occasion; he did it, however. She was safely down, and instantly, to show her enjoyment39, ran up the steps to be jumped down again. He advised her against it, thought the jar too great; but no, he reasoned and talked in vain, she smiled and said, "I am determined I will:" he put out his hands; she was too precipitate40 by half a second, she fell on the pavement on the Lower Cobb, and was taken up lifeless! There was no wound, no blood, no visible bruise41; but her eyes were closed, she breathed not, her face was like death. The horror of the moment to all who stood around!
Captain Wentworth, who had caught her up, knelt with her in his arms, looking on her with a face as pallid42 as her own, in an agony of silence. "She is dead! she is dead!" screamed Mary, catching43 hold of her husband, and contributing with his own horror to make him immoveable; and in another moment, Henrietta, sinking under the conviction, lost her senses too, and would have fallen on the steps, but for Captain Benwick and Anne, who caught and supported her between them.
"Is there no one to help me?" were the first words which burst from Captain Wentworth, in a tone of despair, and as if all his own strength were gone.
"Go to him, go to him, " cried Anne, "for heaven's sake go to him. I can support her myself. Leave me, and go to him. Rub her hands, rub her temples; here are salts; take them, take them. "
Captain Benwick obeyed, and Charles at the same moment, disengaging himself from his wife, they were both with him; and Louisa was raised up and supported more firmly between them, and everything was done that Anne had prompted, but in vain; while Captain Wentworth, staggering against the wall for his support, exclaimed in the bitterest agony--
"Oh God! her father and mother!"
"A surgeon!" said Anne.
He caught the word; it seemed to rouse him at once, and saying only-- "True, true, a surgeon this instant, " was darting44 away, when Anne eagerly suggested--
"Captain Benwick, would not it be better for Captain Benwick? He knows where a surgeon is to be found. "
Every one capable of thinking felt the advantage of the idea, and in a moment (it was all done in rapid moments) Captain Benwick had resigned the poor corpse-like figure entirely to the brother's care, and was off for the town with the utmost rapidity.
As to the wretched party left behind, it could scarcely be said which of the three, who were completely rational, was suffering most: Captain Wentworth, Anne, or Charles, who, really a very affectionate brother, hung over Louisa with sobs45 of grief, and could only turn his eyes from one sister, to see the other in a state as insensible, or to witness the hysterical46 agitations47 of his wife, calling on him for help which he could not give.
Anne, attending with all the strength and zeal49, and thought, which instinct supplied, to Henrietta, still tried, at intervals50, to suggest comfort to the others, tried to quiet Mary, to animate51 Charles, to assuage52 the feelings of Captain Wentworth. Both seemed to look to her for directions.
"Anne, Anne, " cried Charles, "What is to be done next? What, in heaven's name, is to be done next?"
Captain Wentworth's eyes were also turned towards her.
"Had not she better be carried to the inn? Yes, I am sure: carry her gently to the inn. "
"Yes, yes, to the inn, " repeated Captain Wentworth, comparatively collected, and eager to be doing something. "I will carry her myself. Musgrove, take care of the others. "
By this time the report of the accident had spread among the workmen and boatmen about the Cobb, and many were collected near them, to be useful if wanted, at any rate, to enjoy the sight of a dead young lady, nay53, two dead young ladies, for it proved twice as fine as the first report. To some of the best-looking of these good people Henrietta was consigned54, for, though partially55 revived, she was quite helpless; and in this manner, Anne walking by her side, and Charles attending to his wife, they set forward, treading back with feelings unutterable, the ground, which so lately, so very lately, and so light of heart, they had passed along.
They were not off the Cobb, before the Harvilles met them. Captain Benwick had been seen flying by their house, with a countenance which showed something to be wrong; and they had set off immediately, informed and directed as they passed, towards the spot. Shocked as Captain Harville was, he brought senses and nerves that could be instantly useful; and a look between him and his wife decided56 what was to be done. She must be taken to their house; all must go to their house; and await the surgeon's arrival there. They would not listen to scruples57: he was obeyed; they were all beneath his roof; and while Louisa, under Mrs Harville's direction, was conveyed up stairs, and given possession of her own bed, assistance, cordials, restoratives were supplied by her husband to all who needed them.
Louisa had once opened her eyes, but soon closed them again, without apparent consciousness. This had been a proof of life, however, of service to her sister; and Henrietta, though perfectly58 incapable59 of being in the same room with Louisa, was kept, by the agitation48 of hope and fear, from a return of her own insensibility. Mary, too, was growing calmer.
The surgeon was with them almost before it had seemed possible. They were sick with horror, while he examined; but he was not hopeless. The head had received a severe contusion, but he had seen greater injuries recovered from: he was by no means hopeless; he spoke cheerfully.
That he did not regard it as a desperate case, that he did not say a few hours must end it, was at first felt, beyond the hope of most; and the ecstasy of such a reprieve60, the rejoicing, deep and silent, after a few fervent61 ejaculations of gratitude62 to Heaven had been offered, may be conceived.
The tone, the look, with which "Thank God!" was uttered by Captain Wentworth, Anne was sure could never be forgotten by her; nor the sight of him afterwards, as he sat near a table, leaning over it with folded arms and face concealed63, as if overpowered by the various feelings of his soul, and trying by prayer and reflection to calm them.
Louisa's limbs had escaped. There was no injury but to the head.
It now became necessary for the party to consider what was best to be done, as to their general situation. They were now able to speak to each other and consult. That Louisa must remain where she was, however distressing64 to her friends to be involving the Harvilles in such trouble, did not admit a doubt. Her removal was impossible. The Harvilles silenced all scruples; and, as much as they could, all gratitude. They had looked forward and arranged everything before the others began to reflect. Captain Benwick must give up his room to them, and get another bed elsewhere; and the whole was settled. They were only concerned that the house could accommodate no more; and yet perhaps, by "putting the children away in the maid's room, or swinging a cot somewhere, " they could hardly bear to think of not finding room for two or three besides, supposing they might wish to stay; though, with regard to any attendance on Miss Musgrove, there need not be the least uneasiness in leaving her to Mrs Harville's care entirely. Mrs Harville was a very experienced nurse, and her nursery-maid, who had lived with her long, and gone about with her everywhere, was just such another. Between these two, she could want no possible attendance by day or night. And all this was said with a truth and sincerity66 of feeling irresistible67.
Charles, Henrietta, and Captain Wentworth were the three in consultation68, and for a little while it was only an interchange of perplexity and terror. "Uppercross, the necessity of some one's going to Uppercross; the news to be conveyed; how it could be broken to Mr and Mrs Musgrove; the lateness of the morning; an hour already gone since they ought to have been off; the impossibility of being in tolerable time. " At first, they were capable of nothing more to the purpose than such exclamations69; but, after a while, Captain Wentworth, exerting himself, said--
"We must be decided, and without the loss of another minute. Every minute is valuable. Some one must resolve on being off for Uppercross instantly. Musgrove, either you or I must go. "
Charles agreed, but declared his resolution of not going away. He would be as little incumbrance as possible to Captain and Mrs Harville; but as to leaving his sister in such a state, he neither ought, nor would. So far it was decided; and Henrietta at first declared the same. She, however, was soon persuaded to think differently. The usefulness of her staying! She who had not been able to remain in Louisa's room, or to look at her, without sufferings which made her worse than helpless! She was forced to acknowledge that she could do no good, yet was still unwilling70 to be away, till, touched by the thought of her father and mother, she gave it up; she consented, she was anxious to be at home.
The plan had reached this point, when Anne, coming quietly down from Louisa's room, could not but hear what followed, for the parlour door was open.
"Then it is settled, Musgrove, " cried Captain Wentworth, "that you stay, and that I take care of your sister home. But as to the rest, as to the others, if one stays to assist Mrs Harville, I think it need be only one. Mrs Charles Musgrove will, of course, wish to get back to her children; but if Anne will stay, no one so proper, so capable as Anne. "
She paused a moment to recover from the emotion of hearing herself so spoken of. The other two warmly agreed with what he said, and she then appeared.
"You will stay, I am sure; you will stay and nurse her;" cried he, turning to her and speaking with a glow, and yet a gentleness, which seemed almost restoring the past. She coloured deeply, and he recollected71 himself and moved away. She expressed herself most willing, ready, happy to remain. "It was what she had been thinking of, and wishing to be allowed to do. A bed on the floor in Louisa's room would be sufficient for her, if Mrs Harville would but think so. "
One thing more, and all seemed arranged. Though it was rather desirable that Mr and Mrs Musgrove should be previously72 alarmed by some share of delay; yet the time required by the Uppercross horses to take them back, would be a dreadful extension of suspense73; and Captain Wentworth proposed, and Charles Musgrove agreed, that it would be much better for him to take a chaise from the inn, and leave Mr Musgrove's carriage and horses to be sent home the next morning early, when there would be the farther advantage of sending an account of Louisa's night.
Captain Wentworth now hurried off to get everything ready on his part, and to be soon followed by the two ladies. When the plan was made known to Mary, however, there was an end of all peace in it. She was so wretched and so vehement74, complained so much of injustice75 in being expected to go away instead of Anne; Anne, who was nothing to Louisa, while she was her sister, and had the best right to stay in Henrietta's stead! Why was not she to be as useful as Anne? And to go home without Charles, too, without her husband! No, it was too unkind. And in short, she said more than her husband could long withstand, and as none of the others could oppose when he gave way, there was no help for it; the change of Mary for Anne was inevitable76.
Anne had never submitted more reluctantly to the jealous and ill-judging claims of Mary; but so it must be, and they set off for the town, Charles taking care of his sister, and Captain Benwick attending to her. She gave a moment's recollection, as they hurried along, to the little circumstances which the same spots had witnessed earlier in the morning. There she had listened to Henrietta's schemes for Dr Shirley's leaving Uppercross; farther on, she had first seen Mr Elliot; a moment seemed all that could now be given to any one but Louisa, or those who were wrapt up in her welfare.
Captain Benwick was most considerately attentive77 to her; and, united as they all seemed by the distress65 of the day, she felt an increasing degree of good-will towards him, and a pleasure even in thinking that it might, perhaps, be the occasion of continuing their acquaintance.
Captain Wentworth was on the watch for them, and a chaise and four in waiting, stationed for their convenience in the lowest part of the street; but his evident surprise and vexation at the substitution of one sister for the other, the change in his countenance, the astonishment78, the expressions begun and suppressed, with which Charles was listened to, made but a mortifying79 reception of Anne; or must at least convince her that she was valued only as she could be useful to Louisa.
She endeavoured to be composed, and to be just. Without emulating80 the feelings of an Emma towards her Henry, she would have attended on Louisa with a zeal above the common claims of regard, for his sake; and she hoped he would not long be so unjust as to suppose she would shrink unnecessarily from the office of a friend.
In the mean while she was in the carriage. He had handed them both in, and placed himself between them; and in this manner, under these circumstances, full of astonishment and emotion to Anne, she quitted Lyme. How the long stage would pass; how it was to affect their manners; what was to be their sort of intercourse81, she could not foresee. It was all quite natural, however. He was devoted82 to Henrietta; always turning towards her; and when he spoke at all, always with the view of supporting her hopes and raising her spirits. In general, his voice and manner were studiously calm. To spare Henrietta from agitation seemed the governing principle. Once only, when she had been grieving over the last ill-judged, ill-fated walk to the Cobb, bitterly lamenting83 that it ever had been thought of, he burst forth84, as if wholly overcome--
"Don't talk of it, don't talk of it, " he cried. "Oh God! that I had not given way to her at the fatal moment! Had I done as I ought! But so eager and so resolute85! Dear, sweet Louisa!"
Anne wondered whether it ever occurred to him now, to question the justness of his own previous opinion as to the universal felicity and advantage of firmness of character; and whether it might not strike him that, like all other qualities of the mind, it should have its proportions and limits. She thought it could scarcely escape him to feel that a persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.
They got on fast. Anne was astonished to recognise the same hills and the same objects so soon. Their actual speed, heightened by some dread32 of the conclusion, made the road appear but half as long as on the day before. It was growing quite dusk, however, before they were in the neighbourhood of Uppercross, and there had been total silence among them for some time, Henrietta leaning back in the corner, with a shawl over her face, giving the hope of her having cried herself to sleep; when, as they were going up their last hill, Anne found herself all at once addressed by Captain Wentworth. In a low, cautious voice, he said: --
"I have been considering what we had best do. She must not appear at first. She could not stand it. I have been thinking whether you had not better remain in the carriage with her, while I go in and break it to Mr and Mrs Musgrove. Do you think this is a good plan?"
She did: he was satisfied, and said no more. But the remembrance of the appeal remained a pleasure to her, as a proof of friendship, and of deference86 for her judgement, a great pleasure; and when it became a sort of parting proof, its value did not lessen87.
When the distressing communication at Uppercross was over, and he had seen the father and mother quite as composed as could be hoped, and the daughter all the better for being with them, he announced his intention of returning in the same carriage to Lyme; and when the horses were baited, he was off.
(End of volume one. )
第二天早晨，安妮和亨丽埃塔起得最早，两人商定，趁早饭前到海边走走。她们来到沙滩上，观看潮水上涨，只见海水在习习东南风的吹拂下直往平展展的海岸上阵阵涌来，显得十分壮观。她俩赞叹这早晨，夸耀这大海，称赏这凉爽宜人的和风，接着便缄默不语了。过了一会儿，亨丽埃塔突然嚷道：
“啊，是呀！我完全相信，除了极个别情况以外，海边的空气总是给人带来益处。去年春天，谢利博士害了一场病，毫无疑问，这海边的空气帮了他的大忙。他曾亲口说，到莱姆呆了一个月比他吃那么多药都更管用；还说来到海边使他感觉又年轻了。使我不能不感到遗憾的是，他没有干脆住到海边。我的确认为他不如干脆离开厄泼克劳斯，在莱姆定居下来。你看呢，安妮？你难道不同意我的意见，不认为这是他所能采取的最好办法，不管对他自己还是对谢利夫人，都是最好的办法？你知道，谢利夫人在这里有几位远亲，还有许多朋友，这会使她感到十分愉快。我想她一定很乐意来这里，一旦她丈夫再发病，也可以就近求医。像谢利博士夫妇这样的大好人，行了一辈子好，如今却在厄泼克劳斯这样一个地方消磨晚年，除了我们家以外，他们就像完全与世隔绝似的，想起来真叫人寒心。我希望他的朋友们能向他提提这个建议。我的确认为他们应该提一提。至于说要得到外住的特许，凭着他那年纪，他那人格，这不会有什么困难的。我唯一的疑虑是，能不能有什么办法劝说他离开自己的教区。他这个人的思想非常正统，非常谨慎，我应该说谨小慎微。安妮，难道你不认为这有些谨小慎微吗？一个牧师本来是可以把自己的职务交给别人的，却偏要豁着老命自己干，难道你不认为这是个极其错误的念头？他要是住在莱姆，离厄泼克劳斯近得很，只有十七英里，人们心里有没有什么不满的地方，他完全听得到。”
安妮听着这席话，不止一次地暗自笑了。她像理解小伙子的心情那样理解一位小姐的心情，于是便想行行好，跟着介人了这个话题，不过这是一种低标准的行好，因为除了一般的默许之外，她还能做出什么表示呢？她在这件事上尽量说了些恰当得体的话；觉得谢利博士应该休息，认为他确实需要找一个有活力、又体面的年轻人做留守牧师，她甚至体贴入微地暗示说，这样的留守牧师最好是成了家的。
“我希望，”亨丽埃塔说，她对自己的伙伴大为满意，“我希望拉塞尔夫人就住在厄泼克劳斯，而且与谢利博士很密切。我一向听人说，拉塞尔夫人是个对谁都有极大影响的女人！我一向认为她能够劝说一个人无所不为！我以前跟你说过，我怕她，相当怕她！因为她太机灵了。不过我极为尊敬她，希望我们在厄泼克劳斯也能有这么个邻居。”
安妮看见亨丽埃塔那副感激的神态，觉得很有趣。而同样使她感到有趣的是，由于事态的发展和亨丽埃塔头脑中产生了新的兴趣，她的朋友居然会受到默斯格罗夫府上某个成员的赏识。可是，她只不过笼统地回答了一声，祝愿厄泼克劳斯的确能有这么个女人，不料这些话头突然煞住了，只见路易莎和温待沃思上校冲着她们走来，他们也想趁着早饭准备好之前，出来溜达溜达。谁想路易莎立即想起她要在一家店里买点什么东西，便邀请他们几个同她一起回到城里。他们也都欣然从命了。
当他们来到由海滩向上通往街里的台阶跟前时，正赶上有位绅士准备往下走，只见他彬彬有礼地退了回去，停下来给他们让路。他们登上去，从他旁边走了过去。就在他们走过的当儿，他瞧见了安妮的面孔，他非常仔细地打量着她，目光里流露出爱慕的神色，安妮不可能不觉察。她看上去极其动人，她那端庄秀气的面庞让清风一吹拂，又焕发出青春的娇润与艳丽，一双眼睛也变得炯炯有神。显然，那位绅士(他在举止上是个十足的绅士)对她极为倾慕。温特沃思上校当即掉头朝她望去，表明他注意到了这一情形。他瞥了她一眼，和颜悦色地瞥了她一眼，仿佛是说：“那人对你着迷了，眼下就连我也觉得你又有些像安妮·埃利奥特了。”
大伙陪着路易莎买好东西，在街上稍微逛了一会，便回到旅馆。后来，安妮由自己房间朝餐室匆匆走去时，恰好刚才那位绅士从隔壁房间走出来，两人险些撞了个满怀。安妮起先猜测他同他们一样是个生客，后来回旅馆时见到一位漂亮的马夫，在两家旅馆附近踱来踱去，便断定那是他的仆人。主仆两个都戴着孝，这就更使她觉得是这么回事。现在证实，他同他们住在同一家旅馆里。他们这第二次相会，虽说非常短促，但是从那位绅士的神情里同样可以看出，他觉得她十分可爱，而从他那爽快得体的道歉中可以看出，他是个举止极其文雅的男子。他约莫三十来岁，虽说长得不算漂亮，却也挺讨人喜欢。安妮心想，她倒要了解一下他是谁。
大伙快吃完早饭的时候，蓦然听到了马车的声音，这几乎是他们进人莱姆以来头一次听到马车声，于是有半数人给吸引到窗口。这是一位绅士的马车，一辆双轮轻便马车，不过只是从马车场驶到了正门口，准是什么人要走了。驾车的是个戴孝的仆人。
一听说是辆双轮轻便马车，查尔斯·默斯格罗夫忽地跳了起来，想同他自己的马车比比看。戴孝的仆人激起了安妮的好奇心，当马车的主人就要走出正门，老板一家毕恭毕敬以礼相送时，安妮一伙六个人全都聚到窗前，望着他坐上马车离去了。
“哦！”温特沃思上校立刻嚷了起来，一面扫视了一下安妮，“这就是我们打他旁边走过的那个人！”
两位默斯格罗夫小姐赞同他的看法。大家深情地目送着那人朝山上走去，直到看不见为止，然后又回到餐桌旁边。不一会，侍者走进了餐室。
“请问，”温特沃思上校马上说道，“你能告诉我们刚才离开的那位先生姓什么吗？”
“好的，先生。那是埃利奥特先生，一位十分有钱的绅士，昨晚从希德茅斯来到这里。先生，我想您用晚餐的时候一定听到马车的声音，他现在正要去克鲁克恩，然后再去巴思和伦敦。”
“埃利奥特！”不等那伶牙俐齿的侍者说完，众人便一个个面面相觑，不约而同地重复了一声这个名字。
“我的天啊！”玛丽嚷道，“这一定是我们的堂兄。一定是我们的埃利奥特先生，一定是，一定！查尔斯，安妮，难道不是吗？你们瞧，还带孝，就像我们的埃利奥特先生一定在戴孝那样。多么离奇啊！就和我们住在同一座旅馆里！安妮，这难道不是我们的埃利奥特先生？不是我们父亲的继承人？请问，先生，”她掉脸对侍者说，“你有没有听说，他的仆人有没有说过，他是凯林奇家族的人？”
“没有，夫人，他没有提起哪个家族。不过他倒说过，他的主人是个很有钱的绅士，将来有朝一日要作准男爵。”
“啊，你们瞧！”玛丽大喜若狂地嚷道。“同我说的一点不差！沃尔特·埃利奥特爵士的继承人！我早就知道，如果事情真是如此的话，那就一定会泄露出来的。你们相信我好啦，这个情况他的仆人走到哪里都要费心加以宣扬的。安妮，你想想这事儿多么离奇啊！真可惜，我没好好看看他。我们要是及早知道他是谁就好啦，那样我们就可以结识他了。多么遗憾啊，我们竟然没有互相介绍一下。你觉得他的模样儿像埃利奥特家的人吗？我简直没看他，光顾得看他的马了。不过我觉得他的模样儿有几分像埃利奥特家的人。真奇怪，我没注意到他的族徽！哦！他的大衣搭在马车的镶板上，这样一来就把族徽给遮住了。不然的话，我肯定会看见他的族徽，还有那号衣。假如他的仆人不在戴孝，别人一看他的号衣就能认出他来。”
“将这些异乎寻常的情况汇到一起，”温特沃思上校说，“我们必须把你没有结识你的堂兄这件事，看作上帝的安排。”
安妮等到玛丽能够听她说话的时候，便平心静气地奉告她说，她们的父亲与埃利奥特先生多年来关系一直不好，再去设法同他结识，那是很不恰当的。
不过，使她暗暗窃喜的是，她见到了自己的堂兄，知道凯林奇未来的主人无疑是个有教养的人，神态显得十分聪慧。她无论如何也不想提起她第二次碰见他。幸运的是，玛丽并不很注意他们早先散步时打他近前走过，但是她要是听说安妮在走廊里居然撞见了他，受到了他十分客气的道歉，而她自己却压根儿没有接近过他，她会觉得吃了大亏。不，他们堂兄妹之间的这次会见必须绝对保守秘密。
“当然，”玛丽说，“你下次往巴思写信的时候，是会提到我们看见了埃利奥特先生的。我想父亲当然应该知道这件事。务必统统告诉他。”
安妮避而不作正面回答，不过她认为这个情况不仅没有必要告诉他们，而且应当隐瞒。她了解她父亲多年前所遇到的无礼行为。她怀疑伊丽莎白与此事有很大牵扯。他们两个一想起埃利奥特先生总要感到十分懊恼，这是毋庸置疑的。玛丽自己从来不往巴思写信，同伊丽莎白枯燥乏味地通信的苦差事，完全落在安妮的肩上。
吃过早饭不久，哈维尔上校夫妇和本威克中校找他们来了。他们大家约定要最后游逛一次莱姆。温特沃思上校一伙一点钟要动身返回厄泼克劳斯，这当儿还想聚到一起，尽情地出去走走。
他们一走上大街，本威克中校便凑到了安妮身边。他们头天晚上的谈话并没使他不愿意再接近她。他们在一起走了一会，像以前那样谈论着司各特先生和拜伦勋爵，不过仍然一如既往地像任何两位别的读者一样，对两人作品的价值无法取得完全一致的意见，直到最后不晓得为什么，大家走路的位置几乎都换了个个儿，现在走在安妮旁边的不是本威克中校，而是哈维尔上校。
“埃利奥特小姐，”哈维尔上校低声说道，“你做了件好事，让那可怜人讲了这么多话。但愿他能常有你这样的伙伴就好了。我知道，他像现在这样关在家里对他没有好处。不过我们有什么办法？我们分不开啊。”
“是的，”安妮说，“我完全相信那是不可能的。不过也许总有一天……我们晓得时间对每个烦恼所起的作用，你必须记住，哈维尔上校，你朋友的痛苦还只能说是刚开始不久——我想只是今年夏天才开始的吧。”
“啊，一点不错，”上校深深叹了口气。“只是从六月才开始的。”
“兴许他知道得还没有这么早。”
“他直到八月份的第一个星期才知道。当时，他刚刚奉命去指挥‘格斗者号’，从好望角回到了英国。我在普利茅斯，生怕听到他的消息。他寄来了几封信，但是‘格斗者号’奉命开往朴次茅斯。这消息一定传到了他那里，但是谁会告诉他？我才不呢。我宁愿给吊死在帆桁上。谁也不肯告诉他，除了那位好心人。”他指了指温特沃思上校。“就在那一周之前，‘拉科尼亚号，开进了普利茅斯，不可能再奉命出海了。于是他有机会干别的事情——打了个请假报告，也不等待答复，便日夜兼程地来到了朴次茅斯，接着便刻不容缓地划船来到‘格斗者号’上，整整一个星期他再也没有离开那个可怜的人儿。这就是他干的事儿，别人谁也救不了可怜的詹姆斯。埃利奥特小姐，你可以想象他对我们是不是可亲可爱！”
安妮毫不迟疑地想了想这个问题，而且在她的感情允许的情况下，或者说在能够承受的情况下，尽量多回答些话，因为哈维尔上校实在太动感情了，无法重提这个话头。等到上校再启口的时候，说的完全是另外一码事儿。
哈维尔夫人提了条意见，说她丈夫走到家也就走得够远的了。
这条意见决定了他们这最后一次散步的方向。大伙要陪着他俩走到他们门口，然后返回来出发。据大家满打满算，这时间还刚够。可是，当他们快接近码头的时候，一个个都想再到上面走走。既然人们都有意要去，而路易莎又当即下定了决心，大伙也发现，早一刻钟晚一刻钟压根儿没有关系。于是，到了哈维尔上校家门口，人们可以想象，他们深情地互相道别，深情地提出邀请，做出应诺，然后便辞别哈维尔夫妇，但仍然由本威克中校陪同着，看来他是准备奉陪到底的。大家继续向码头走去，向它正儿八经地告个别。
安妮发觉本威克中校又凑到了她跟前。目睹着眼前的景致，他情不自禁地吟诵起拜伦勋爵“湛蓝色的大海”的诗句，安妮十分高兴地尽量集中精力同他交谈。过不一会，她的注意力却硬给吸引到别处去了。
因为风大，小姐们呆在新码头的上方觉得不舒服，都赞成顺着台阶走到下码头上。她们一个个都满足于一声不响地、小心翼翼地走下陡斜的台阶，只有路易莎例外。她一定要温特沃思上校扶着她往下跳。在过去的几次散步中，他次次都得扶着她跳下树篱踏级，她感觉这很惬意。眼下这次，由于人行道太硬，她的脚受不了，温特沃思上校有些不愿意。不过他还是扶她跳了。她安然无恙地跳了下来，而且为了显示她的兴致，转眼又跑了上去，要他扶着再跳一次。他劝说她别跳了，觉得震动太大。可是不成，他再怎么劝说都无济于事，只见她笑吟吟地说道：“我非跳不可。”他伸出双手，不料她操之过急，早跳了半秒钟，咚的一声摔在下码头的人行道上，抱起来时已经不省人事！她身上没有伤痕，没有血迹，也见不到青肿。但她双眼紧闭，呼吸停止，面无人色。当时站在周围的人，一个个莫不惊恐万状！
温特沃思上校先把她扶起来，用胳膊搂着，跪在地上望着她，痛苦不堪，默默无言，面色像她一样煞白。“她死了！她死了！”玛丽一把抓住她丈夫，尖声叫了起来。她丈夫本来就惊恐不已，再听到她的尖叫声，越发吓得呆若木鸡。霎时间，亨丽埃塔真以为妹妹死了，悲痛欲绝，也跟着昏了过去，若不是本威克中校和安妮从两边扶住了她，非摔倒在台阶上不可。
“难道没有人帮帮我的忙？”这是温特沃思上校带着绝望的口气突然冒出的第一句话，好像他自己已经筋疲力尽了似的。
“你去帮帮他，你去帮帮他，”安妮大声说道，“看在上帝的分上，你去帮帮他。我一个人能扶住她。你别管我，去帮帮他。揉揉她的手和太阳穴。这里有嗅盐，拿去，快拿去。”
本威克中校遵命去了，在这同时查尔斯也推开了妻子，于是他俩都赶过去帮忙。温特沃思上校把路易莎抱起来，他俩从两旁牢牢地扶住。安妮提出的办法都试过了，但是毫无效果。温特沃思上校趔趔趄趄地靠到墙上，悲痛欲绝地叫道：
“哦，上帝！快喊她父母亲来！”
“快找医生！”安妮说。
温特沃思上校一听这话，似乎被猛然惊醒过来。他只说了声：“对，对，马上请医生。”说罢飞身便跑，不想安妮急忙建议说：
“本威克中校，让本威克中校去叫是不是更好些？他知道在哪里能找到医生。”
但凡有点头脑的人都觉得这个主意好，瞬息间(这一切都是在瞬息间进行的)，本威克中校便把那可怜的死尸般的人儿交给她哥哥照料，自己飞速朝城里跑去。
却说留在原地的那伙可怜的人们。在那神志完全清醒的三个人里，很难说谁最痛苦，是温特沃思上校，安妮，还是查尔斯？查尔斯的确是个亲如手足的哥哥，悲痛得泣不成声，他的眼睛只能从一个妹妹身上转到同样不省人事的另一个妹妹身上，或者看看他妻子歇斯底里大发作的样子，拼命地喊他帮忙，可他又实在无能为力。
安妮出于本能，正在全力以赴、全心全意地照料亨丽埃塔，有时还要设法安慰别人，劝说玛丽要安静，查尔斯要宽心，温特沃思上校不要那么难过。他们两人似乎都期望她来指点。
“安妮，安妮，”查尔斯嚷道，“下一步怎么办？天哪，下一步可怎么办？”
温特沃思上校也把目光投向她。
“是不是最好把她送到旅馆？对，我想还是轻手轻脚地把她送到旅馆。”
“对，对，送到旅馆去，”温特沃思上校重复说，他相对镇定了一些，急切地想做点什么。“我来抱她。默斯格罗夫，你来照顾其他人。”
此刻，出事的消息已在码头周围的工人和船工中传扬开了，许多人都聚拢过来，如果需要的话，好帮帮忙。至少可以看个热闹，瞧瞧一位昏死的年轻小姐，不，两位昏死的年轻小姐，因为事实证明比最初的消息要强两倍。亨丽埃塔被交给一些体面的好心人照看着，她虽说还省点人事，但是完全动弹不得。就这样，安妮走在亨丽埃塔旁边，查尔斯扶着他的妻子，带着难言的心情，沿着刚才高高兴兴走来的路，缓缓地往回走去。
他们还没走出码头，哈维尔夫妇便赶来了。原来，他们看见本威克中校从他们屋前飞奔而过，看脸色像是出了什么事，他们便立即往这里走，一路上听人连说带比画，赶到了出事地点。哈维尔上校虽说大为震惊，但他还保持着理智和镇定，这立即就能发挥作用。他和妻子互相递了个眼色，当即确定了应该怎么办。必须把路易莎送到他们家，大伙必须都去他们家，在那里等候医生。别人有些顾虑，他们根本不听，大伙只好依了他，统统来到他的屋里。在哈维尔夫人的指挥下，路易莎被送到了楼上，放在她自己的床上，她丈夫也在跟着帮忙，又是镇静剂，又是苏醒剂，谁需要就给谁。
路易莎睁了一下眼睛，但是很快又合上了，不像是苏醒的样子。不过，这倒证明她还活着，因而使她姐姐感到宽慰。亨丽埃塔虽说还不能和路易莎呆在同一间屋子里，但她有了希望，还有几分害怕，激动之下没有再昏厥过去。玛丽也镇静了些。
医生以似乎不可能那么快的速度赶到了。他检查的时候，众人一个个吓得提心吊胆。不过，他倒不感到绝望。病人的头部受到了重创，但是比这更重的伤他都治好过。他丝毫也不绝望，说起话来乐呵呵的。
医生并没认为这是一起不治之症，并没说再过几个钟头便一切都完了，这在一开始超出了大多数人的期望。众人如释重负之后，先是谢天谢地地惊叫了几声，接着便深沉不语地庆幸起来，大喜过望的劲头可想而知。
安妮心想，温特沃思上校说“谢天谢地”时的那副口吻，那副神态，她永远也不会忘却。她也不会忘却他后来的那副姿态：当时，他坐在桌子旁边，双臂交叉地伏在桌子上，捂着脸，仿佛心里百感交集，实在支撑不住，正想通过祈祷和反省，让心潮平静下来。
路易莎没有伤着四肢，只有头部受了些伤。
现在，大家必须考虑如何处理这整个局面才好。他们现在能够互相商谈了。毫无疑问，路易莎必须呆在原地，尽管这要给哈维尔夫妇带来不少烦恼，因而引起了她的朋友们的不安。要她离开是不可能的。哈维尔夫妇消除了众人的重重顾虑，甚至尽可能地婉言拒绝了大伙的感激之情。他们没等别人开始考虑，已经颇有预见地把一切都安排停当。本威克中校要把屋子让给他们，自己到别处去住。这样一来，整个事情就解决了。他们唯一担心的是，他们屋里住不下更多的人。不过，要是“把孩子们放到女仆的屋里，或是在什么地方挂个吊床”，他们就不必担心腾不出住两三个人的地方，假如他们愿意留下的话。至于对默斯格罗夫小姐的照料，他们完全可以把她交给哈维尔夫人，一丝半点也不用担心。哈维尔夫人是个很有经验的看护，她的保姆长期同她生活在一起，跟着她四处奔走，也是个很有经验的看护。有了她们两个，病人日夜都不会缺人护理
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大家拧到了一起，安妮对他也越来越友好，甚至欣喜地感到，这兴许是他们继续交往的时机。
温特沃思上校正在等候他们。为了方便起见，一辆四马拉的两轮轻便马车停候在街道的最低处。但是他一见到姐姐替换了妹妹，显然感到又惊又恼，听查尔斯作解释的时候，不禁脸色都变了，惊讶之余，有些神情刚露头又被忍了回去，让安妮见了真感到羞辱，至少使她觉得，她之所以受到器重，仅仅因为她可以帮帮路易莎的忙。
她尽力保持镇静，保持公正。看在他的面上，她也不用模仿爱玛对待亨利的感情（这则典故出自英格兰诗人马修·晋赖尔·：1664—1721）的叙事诗《净利与爱玛》），便能超过一般人的情意，热情地照应路易莎。她希望他不要老是那么不公正地认为，她会无缘无故地逃避做朋友的职责。
此时此刻，她已经坐进了马车。温特沃思上校把她俩扶了进来，他自己坐在她们当中。在这种情况下，安妮就以这种方式，满怀着惊讶的感情，离别了莱姆。他们将如何度过这漫长的旅程，这会给他们的态度带来什么影响，他们将如何应酬，这些她都无法预见。不过，一切都很自然。他对亨丽埃塔非常热心，总是把脸转向她；他只要一说话，总是着眼于增强她的信心，激励她的情绪。总的说来，他的言谈举止都力求泰然自若。不让亨丽埃塔激动似乎是他的主导原则。只有一次，当她为最后那次失算的、倒霉的码头之行感到伤心，抱怨说怎么能想起这么个馊主意时，他突然发作起来，仿佛完全失去了自制。
“别说了，别说了，”他大声嚷道。“哦，上帝！但愿我在那关键时刻没有屈从她就好了！我要是该怎么办就怎么办倒好了！ 可她是那样的急切，那样的坚决！啊，可爱的路易莎！”
安妮心想，不知道他现在有没有对他自己关于坚定的性格能带来普遍的幸福和普遍的好处的见解提出疑问；不知道他有没有认识到，像人的其他气质一样，坚定的性格也应该有个分寸和限度。她认为他不可能不感觉到，脾气好，容易说服有时像性格坚决一样，也有利于得到幸福。
马车跑得很快。安妮感到惊奇，这么快就见到了她所熟悉的山，熟悉的景物。车子的确跑得很快，加之有些害怕到达目的地，使人感到路程似乎只有头天的一半远。不过，还没等他们进入厄泼克劳斯一带，天色已经变得很昏暗了，他们三个人一声不响地沉默了好一阵，只见亨丽埃塔仰靠在角落里，用围巾蒙着脸，让人以为她哭着哭着睡着了。当马车向最后一座山上爬去时，安妮突然发觉温特沃思上校在对她说话。只听他压低声音，小心翼翼地说道：
“我一直在考虑我们最好怎么办。亨丽埃塔不能先露面。那样她受不了。我在思付，你是不是同她一起呆在马车里，我进去向默斯格罗夫夫妇透个信。你觉得这个办法好吗？”
安妮觉得可以，温特沃思上校满意了，没再说什么。但是，想起他征求意见的情景，对她仍然是件赏心乐事，这是友谊的证据，是他尊重她的意见的证据，是一件极大的赏心乐事。当它成为一种临别的见证时，它的价值并没减少。
到厄泼克劳斯传达消息的苦差事完成了，温特沃思上校见到那两位做父母的正像人们能够希望的那样，表现得相当镇静，那做女儿的来到父母身边也显得好多了，于是他宣布：他打算坐着同一辆马车回到莱姆。等几匹马吃饱饮足之后，他便出发了。
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intercourse
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