Wives and Daughters ELIZABETH GASKELL CHAPTER 6-P2 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 6-P2 The squire had hitherto been too busy to talk except about the immediate concerns of the table and one or two of the greatest breaks to the usual monotony of his days a monotony in which he delighted but which sometimes became oppressive to his wife. Now however peeling his orange he turned to Molly - To-morrow you ll have to do this for me Miss Gibson. Shall I I ll do it to-day if you like sir. No to-day I shall treat you as a visitor with all proper ceremony. To-morrow I shall send you errands and call you by your Christian name. I shall like that said Molly. I was wanting to call you something less formal than Miss Gibson said Mrs Hamley. My name is Molly. It is an old-fashioned name and I was christened Mary. But papa likes Molly. That s right. Keep to the good old fashions my dear. Well I must say I think Mary is prettier than Molly and quite as old a name too said Mrs Hamley. I think it was said Molly lowering her voice and dropping her eyes because mamma was Mary and I was called Molly while she lived. Ah poor thing said the squire not perceiving his wife s signs to change the subject I remember how sorry every one was when she died no one thought she was delicate she had such a fresh colour till all at once she popped off as one may say. It must have been a terrible blow to your father said Mrs Hamley seeing that Molly did not know what to answer. Ay ay. It came so sudden so soon after they were married. I thought it was nearly four years said Molly. And four years is soon - is a short time to a couple who look to spending their lifetime together. Every one thought Gibson would have married again. Hush said Mrs Hamley seeing in Molly s eyes and change of colour how completely this was a new idea to her. But the squire was not so easily stopped. Well - I d perhaps better not have said it but it s the truth they did. He s not likely to marry now so one may say it out. Why your father is past forty isn t he .
