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by Florence Marryat · 1833–1899
"How they loved him, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Florence Marryat is a novel written in the late 19th century. It is a romantic and social drama about a young woman’s first love colliding with duty, vanity, and public reputation. The story centers on Fenella Barrington’s devoted love for the charming but weak Geoffrey Doyne, the calculating pressure of Jessie Robertson’s family, and the self-serving ambitions of Fenella’s mother. The opening of the book follows Fenella at Ines-cedwyn, where she idolizes Geoffrey and meets him secretly on the sands until he is called to London. There, pushed by his lawyer brother and Jessie’s formidable mother, Geoffrey fails to stand firm, begs Jessie to release him, and—after she refuses—marries her. Meanwhile, Fenella returns to London with her maid and then her mother, who immediately schemes to capitalize on her daughter’s new beauty, while Fenella anxiously awaits word from Geoffrey. She learns the truth not from him but from a newspaper marriage notice, collapses, and a doctor hints that her sudden illness springs from a deep mental shock.
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- Read time
- 234 min
- Words
- 51,502
- Chapters
- 15
- Paragraphs
- 1,047
- Price
- Free
- English fiction -- 19th century
‘Perhaps you are right.
„Vielleicht haben Sie recht.
Well, then, Mrs Robertson, my objection to renewing my engagement with Jessie does not lie wholly in the fact that I do not care sufficiently for her to make her a good husband.
Nun denn, Mrs. Robertson, mein Einwand gegen die Erneuerung meiner Verlobung mit Jessie liegt nicht allein in der Tatsache, dass ich sie nicht genug liebe, um ein guter Ehemann für sie zu sein.
There is a stronger reason than that--a more insurmountable one.
Es gibt einen stärkeren Grund als diesen – einen unüberwindlicheren.
I am in love with another woman!’
Ich bin in eine andere Frau verliebt!“
He said the words slowly, as though they contained an argument to quench all her maternal hopes.
Er sprach die Worte langsam, als enthielten sie ein Argument, das alle ihre mütterlichen Hoffnungen löschen würde.
But they had only the effect of making her more angry and determined.
Aber sie hatten nur die Wirkung, sie noch zorniger und entschlossener zu machen.
‘And do you call that an excuse?’
„Und nennen Sie das eine Ausrede?“,
she exclaimed; ‘it is an aggravation of your offence.
rief sie aus; „es ist eine Verschärfung Ihres Vergehens.
You are in love with another woman, and so my daughter is to go to the wall!
Sie sind in eine andere Frau verliebt, und so soll meine Tochter zurückstehen!
My Jessie is to be deprived throughout life of all you had promised to give her, because you have taken it into your head to set up some one else in her stead.
Meine Jessie soll ihr ganzes Leben lang aller beraubt werden, was Sie ihr versprochen hatten, nur weil Sie es sich in den Kopf gesetzt haben, jemand anderen an ihre Stelle zu setzen.
But you will find it is not quite so easy to chop and change in that manner, Mr Doyne.
Aber Sie werden finden, dass es nicht ganz so einfach ist, auf diese Weise hin und her zu wechseln, Mr. Doyne.
You have pledged your word to my daughter, and you must redeem it--or give her such compensation as the law may award her.’
Sie haben Ihrer Tochter Ihr Wort gegeben, und Sie müssen es einlösen – oder ihr eine Entschädigung gewähren, wie das Gesetz sie zusprechen kann.“
‘You will surely not bring this matter into court?’
„Sie werden diese Angelegenheit gewiss nicht vor Gericht bringen?“,
cried Geoffrey, with horror.
rief Geoffrey entsetzt.
‘You will never drag your daughter’s name through the newspapers as the plaintiff in a breach of promise case?’
„Sie werden den Namen Ihrer Tochter gewiss nicht in den Zeitungen als Klägerin in einer Klage wegen Vertragsbruchs herumtragen?“
About the author
Florence Marryat1833–1899
Florence Marryat was an English novelist and actress born in Brighton in 1833.
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Book details
- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #78111
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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