Mansfield Park Revisited (2013)
“Feltham pronounced that he might be taken home in the carriage.
He could not leave the White House without regret, although fully aware that it was only proper in him to do so as soon as possible.
“But to be there, listening to her conversation, listening to her angelic performance upon the harp,” he said. “Oh, Susan! It has entirely changed my life. I do believe that it has changed my life.”
Susan quite believed him. She could see the change. Susan was Tom’s confidante at this time...—and the weight of his confidence was both pleasure to her and pain. He was not yet strong enough to be out of doors for more than an hour or so, nor to be occupied within doors very continuously; in consequence of which there was a great deal of time left to walk about, and fret, and talk to his cousin, while Lady Bertram nodded over her tapestry and Pug snored. Susan found these confidential sessions very tiring; particularly as the questions put to her by Tom, over and over, “Do you think my being in the White House fatigued her?MoreLess
He could not leave the White House without regret, although fully aware that it was only proper in him to do so as soon as possible.
“But to be there, listening to her conversation, listening to her angelic performance upon the harp,” he said. “Oh, Susan! It has entirely changed my life. I do believe that it has changed my life.”
Susan quite believed him. She could see the change. Susan was Tom’s confidante at this time...—and the weight of his confidence was both pleasure to her and pain. He was not yet strong enough to be out of doors for more than an hour or so, nor to be occupied within doors very continuously; in consequence of which there was a great deal of time left to walk about, and fret, and talk to his cousin, while Lady Bertram nodded over her tapestry and Pug snored. Susan found these confidential sessions very tiring; particularly as the questions put to her by Tom, over and over, “Do you think my being in the White House fatigued her?MoreLess
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