Mary, Chapter 18 — краткое содержание

Что происходит

1. The ladies learn of Mary’s departure plans, and she hides her distress with uncontrolled talk and laughter.
2. Left alone with Mary, Henry says accompanying her to England might threaten her future peace.
3. Mary expresses her aversion to her husband and explains her intention to visit Ann’s relations.
4. Henry plans to follow by mail packet and urges Mary to consider how her feelings might change.
5. Mary defends lasting affection, religious hope, and the authority of conscience against social approval.
6. An arrival interrupts their conversation before Henry declares the love Mary already recognizes.

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На что обратить внимание

Mary makes inward conviction more important than public approval. This principle supports her resistance to a marriage that cannot command her love.

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