Mansfield Park - Chapter 28

Her uncle and both her aunts were in the drawing-room when Fanny went down. To the former she was an interesting object, and he saw with pleasure the general elegance ¹ of her appearance, and her being in remarkably ² good looks. The neatness and propriety ³ of her dress was all that he would allow himself to commend in her presence, but upon her leaving the room again soon afterwards, he spoke ⁵ of her beauty with very decided ⁶ praise., ,"Yes," said Lady Bertram, "she looks very well. I sent Chapman to her.", ,"Look well! Oh, yes!" cried Mrs. Norris, "she has good reason to look well with all her advantages: brought up in this family as she has been, with all the benefit of her cousins' manners before her. Only think, my dear Sir Thomas, what extraordinary advantages you and I have been the means of giving her. The very gown you have been taking notice of is your own generous present to her when dear Mrs. Rushworth married. What would she have been if we had not taken her by the hand?", , ,Half an hour followed that would have been at least languid under any other circumstances, but Fanny's happiness still prevailed. It was but to think of her conversation with Edmund, and what was the restlessness of Mrs. Norris? What were the yawns of Lady Bertram?, ,The gentlemen joined them; and soon after began the sweet expectation of a carriage, when a general spirit of ease and enjoyment ⁸ seemed diffused ⁹, and they all stood about and talked and laughed, and every moment had its pleasure and its hope. Fanny felt that there must be a struggle in Edmund's cheerfulness, but it was delightful ¹⁰ to see the effort so successfully made., ,John has been known for his sartorial elegance.约翰因为衣着讲究而出名。,I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制 。