Donde Emma piensa sobre los cambios que atraviesa y de cómo trata de animar a su padre. El señor Woodhouse resiente cualquier cambio, como el casarse. Del original ingles Emma, de Jane Austen
Her sister,
though comparatively but little removed by matrimony, being settled in London,
only sixteen miles off, was much beyond her daily reach; and many a long
October and November evening must be struggled through at Hartfield, before
Christmas brought the next visit from Isabella and her husband, and their
little children, to fill the house, and give her pleasant society again.
Highbury, the
large and populous village, almost amounting to a town, to which Hartfield, in
spite of its separate lawn, and shrubberies, and name, did really belong,
afforded her no equals. The Woodhouses were first in consequence there. All
looked up to them. She had many acquaintance in the place, for her father was
universally civil, but not one among them who could be accepted in lieu of Miss
Taylor for even half a day. It was a melancholy change; and Emma could not but
sigh over it, and wish for impossible things, till her father awoke, and made
it necessary to be cheerful. His spirits required support.
He was a nervous
man, easily depressed; fond of every body that he was used to, and hating to
part with them; hating change of every kind. Matrimony, as the origin of
change, was always disagreeable; and he was by no means yet reconciled to his
own daughter's marrying, nor could ever speak of her but with compassion,
though it had been entirely a match of affection, when he was now obliged to
part with Miss Taylor too; and from his habits of gentle selfishness, and of
being never able to suppose that other people could feel differently from
himself, he was very much disposed to think Miss Taylor had done as sad a thing
for herself as for them, and would have been a great deal happier if she had
spent all the rest of her life at Hartfield. Emma smiled and chatted as
cheerfully as she could, to keep him from such thoughts; but when tea came, it
was impossible for him not to say exactly as he had said at dinner, "Poor
Miss Taylor!—I wish she were here again. What a pity it is that Mr. Weston ever
thought of her!"
"I cannot
agree with you, papa; you know I cannot. Mr. Weston is such a good-humoured,
pleasant, excellent man, that he thoroughly deserves a good wife;—and you would
not have had Miss Taylor live with us for ever, and bear all my odd humours,
when she might have a house of her own?"
"A house of
her own!—But where is the advantage of a house of her own? This is three times
as large.—And you have never any odd humours, my dear."
"How often
we shall be going to see them, and they coming to see us!—We shall be always
meeting! We must begin; we must go and pay wedding visit very soon."
"My dear,
how am I to get so far? Randalls is such a distance. I could not walk half so
far."
"No, papa,
nobody thought of your walking. We must go in the carriage, to be sure."
"The
carriage! But James will not like to put the horses to for such a little
way;—and where are the poor horses to be while we are paying our visit?"
"They are
to be put into Mr. Weston's stable, papa. You know we have settled all that
already. We talked it all over with Mr. Weston last night. And as for James,
you may be very sure he will always like going to Randalls, because of his
daughter's being housemaid there. I only doubt whether he will ever take us
anywhere else. That was your doing, papa. You got Hannah that good place.
Nobody thought of Hannah till you mentioned her—James is so obliged to
you!"
"I am very
glad I did think of her. It was very lucky, for I would not have had poor James
think himself slighted upon any account; and I am sure she will make a very
good servant: she is a civil, pretty-spoken girl; I have a great opinion of
her. Whenever I see her, she always curtseys and asks me how I do, in a very
pretty manner; and when you have had her here to do needlework, I observe she
always turns the lock of the door the right way and never bangs it. I am sure
she will be an excellent servant; and it will be a great comfort to poor Miss
Taylor to have somebody about her that she is used to see. Whenever James goes
over to see his daughter, you know, she will be hearing of us. He will be able
to tell her how we all are."
Vocabulario
shrubberies in
lieu thoroughly
Ideas principales
Emma has many
friends in Highbury but she feels no one equals Miss Taylor.
Emma has to
encourage her father since he is easily depressed and resents all changes, even
when they are related to marriage for love.
She suggests
they visit the Westons often. James will take them on the carriage.
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