В последний вечер перед отъездом в Европу они с Дэзи долго сидели обнявшись и молчали. Погода была холодная, сырая, в комнате топился камин, и щеки у Дэзи разгорелись. Иногда она шевелилась в его объятиях, и он тогда слегка менял позу, чтобы ей было удобнее. Один раз он поцеловал ее темные, шелковистые волосы. Они притихли с наступлением сумерек, словно для того, чтобы этот вечер лучше запомнился им на всю долгую разлуку, которую несло с собой завтра. За месяц их любви ни разу они не были более близки, не раскрывались полней друг для друга, чем в эти минуты, когда она безмолвными губами касалась сукна мундира на его плече или когда он перебирал ее пальцы, так осторожно, словно боялся ее разбудить.
There were places you didn't want to walk, precautions you took that had to do with locks on windows and doors, drawing the curtains, leaving on lights. These things you did were like prayers; you did them and you hoped they would save you. And for the most part they did. Or something did; you could tell by the fact that you were still alive.But all of that was pertinent only in the night, and had nothing to do with the man you loved, at least in daylight.
I'm interested in your opinion. You're intelligent enough, you must have an opinion. About what? I say. What we've done, he says. How things have worked out. I hold myself very still. I try to empty my mind. I think about the sky, at night, when there's no moon. I have no opinion, I say. He sighs, relaxes his hands, but leaves them on my shoulders. He knows what I think, all right. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs, is what he says. We thought we could do better. Better? I say, in a small voice. How can he think this is better? Better never means better for everyone, he says. It always means worse, for some.
I’m very calm and take no notice of all the fuss. I’ve reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can’t do anything to change events anyway. I’ll just let matters take their course and concentrate on studying and hope that everything will be all right in the end.
Fotoğrafı kaldırmaya isteksiz görünüyordu; bir müddet daha, oyalanırcasına onu gözümün önünde tuttu. Yeniden cüzdanına koyduktan sonra, bu defa cebinden Hopalang Cassidy adlı eski bir kitap çıkardı "Şuna bir bak, bunu çocukken hiç elinden düşürmezdi. Daha o zamandan belliydi." "Bu kitabı şans eseri buldum" dedi ihtiyar, "durumu gayet iyi açıklıyor değilmi?" "Jimmy'nin hayatta ilerleyeceği kesindi. Her zaman buna benzer kararlar alırdı. Kendini geliştirmek için neler yapmış gördün mü? Hep böyle yapardı. Bir keresinde bana bir domuz gibi yemek yediğimi söylemişti de ben de onu dövmüştüm.
Yes and I had heard it before. But what is that to me? If there is no other objection to my marrying your nephew, I shall certainly not be kept from it by knowing that his mother and aunt wished him to marry Miss de Bourgh. You both did as much as you could in planning the marriage. Its completion depended on others. If Mr. Darcy is neither by honour or inclination confined to his cousin, why not is he to make another choice? And if I am that choice, why may not I accept him?