tailieunhanh - Wives and Daughters ELIZABETH GASKELL CHAPTER 12

Wives and Daughters ELIZABETH GASKELL CHAPTER 12 Đây là một tác phẩm anh ngữ nổi tiếng với những từ vựng nâng cao chuyên ngành văn chương. Nhằm giúp các bạn yêu thich tiếng anh luyện tập và củng cố thêm kỹ năng đọc tiếng anh . | Wives and Daughters ELIZABETH GASKELL CHAPTER 12 Preparing For The Wedding Meanwhile the love-affairs between the middle-aged couple were prospering well after a fashion after the fashion that they liked best although it might probably have appeared dull and prosaic to younger people. Lord Cumnor had come down in great glee at the news he had heard from his wife at the Towers. He too seemed to think he had taken an active part in bringing about the match by only speaking about it. His first words on the subject to Lady Cumnor were - I told you so. Now didn t I say what a good suitable thing this affair between Gibson and Clare would be I don t know when I have been so much pleased. You may despise the trade of match-maker my lady but I am very proud of it. After this I shall go on looking out for suitable cases among the middle-aged people of my acquaintance. I shan t meddle with young folks they are so apt to be fanciful but I have been so successful in this that I do think it is a good encouragement to go on. Go on - with what asked Lady Cumnor drily. Oh planning - You can t deny that I planned this match. I don t think you are likely to do either much good or harm by planning she replied with cool good sense. It puts it into people s heads my dear. Yes if you speak about your plans to them of course it does. But in this case you never spoke to either Mr Gibson or Clare did you All at once the recollection of how Clare had come upon the passage in Lord Cumnor s letter flashed on his lady but she did not say anything about it but left her husband to flounder about as best he might. No I never spoke to them of course not. Then you must be strongly mesmeric and your will acted upon theirs if you are to take credit for any part in the affair continued his pitiless wife. I really can t say. It s no use looking back to what I said or did. I m very well satisfied with it and that s enough and I mean to show them how much I m pleased. I shall give Clare something towards