，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！The first weektheir return was soo secon was the lastthe regiment's staymeryton,and all the young ladiesthe neighbourhood were droopin dejection was almos elder miss Bes alone were still ableeat,drink,and sleep,and pursue the usual coursethei frequently were they reproached for this insensibilityKitty and Lydia,whose own misery was extreme, and who could not prehend such hard-heartednessanythe family.
“Good Heaven!whatto beeus?what areto do?”would they often exclaimthe bitternesswoe.“How can yousmiling so,Lizzy?”
Their affectionate mother shared all their grief;she remembered what she had herself endureda similar occasion, five-and-twenty years ago.
“Isure,”said she,“I cried for two days together when Colonel miller's regiment wen I should have brokenheart.”
“Isure I shall break mine,”said Lydia.
“If one could butto Brighton!”observe
“oh,yes!—if one could butto Brighton!But papaso disagreeable.”
“A little sea-bathing would setup forever.”
“Andaunt Phillipssurewouldmreat dealgood,”added Kitty.
Such were the kindlamentations resounding perpetually through Longbour triedbe divertedthem;but all sensepleasure was loselt anew the justicemr. darcy's objections; and never had she beenmuch disposedpardon his interferencethe viewshis friend.
But the gloomLydia's prospect was shortly cleared away;for she receivedinvitation fro, the wifethe colonelthe regiment,acpany henvaluable friend waery young woman, and very latelgood humour and good spirits had remended her and Lydiaeach other,and outtheir three months' acquaintance they had been intimate two.
The raptureLydiathis occasion, her adoration o, the delight o, and the mortificationKitty, are scarcelyb inattentiveher sister's feelings, Lydia flew about the houserestless ecstasy, calling for everyone's congratulations, and laughing and talking with more violence than ever;whilst the luckless Kitty continuedthe parlour repinedher fatetermsunreasonableher accent was peevish.
“I cannot seeshould not askas wellLydia,”said she,“Though Inot her particula justmuch rightbe askedshe has,and more too,for Itwo years older.”
In vain did Elizabeth attemptmake her reasonable,and Jao makefor Elizabeth herself,this invitation wasfar from excitingher the same feelingsin her mother and Lydia, that she consideredas the death warrantall possibilitymon sense for the latter;and detestablesuctep must make her wereknown,she could not help secretly advising her father notlet her go.She representedhim all the improprietiesLydia's general behaviour,the little advantage she could derive from the friendshipsuan a,and the probabilityher being yet more imprudent with supanionBrighton, where the temptations mustgreater thaeard her attentively,and then said:
“Lydia will nevereasy until she has exposed herselfsome public placeother,andcan never expect herdowithlittle expenseinconvenienceher familyunder the present circumstances.”
“If you were aware,”said Elizabeth,“of the very great disadvantageus all which must arise from the public noticeLydia's unguarded and imprudent manner—nay,which has already arisen from it,Isure you would judge differentlythe affair.”
“Already arisen?”repeated mr. Be.“what, has she frightened away someyour lovers? Poor little Lizzy! Butnotcas squeamish youthscannot bearbe connected witittle absurdity are not wortegrete, letsee the listpitiful fellows who have been kept aloofLydia's folly.”
“Indeed youno such injuries tnotparticular, butgeneral evils, which Ino importance, our respectabilitythe world mustaffectedthe wild volatility,the assurance and disdainall restraint which mark Lydia' me, for I must spea you,dear father, will not take the troublechecking her exuberant spirits, andteaching her that her present pursuits are notbe the businessher life, she will soonbeyond the reacharacter willfixed,and she will,at sixteen,be the most determined flirt that ever made herselfher family ridiculous;a flirt,too,in the worst and meanest degreeflirtation; without any attraction beyond youth anolerable person; and, from the ignorance and emptinessher mind,wholly unableward off any portionthat universal contempt which her rage for admiration wil this danger Kitty alsill follow wherever Lydi,ignorant,idle,and absolutely uncontrolled!oh!my dear father,can you supposepossible that they will notcensured and despised wherever they are known, and that their sisters will notoften involvedthe disgrace?”
mr.saw that her whole heart wasthe subject, and affectionately taking her hand saidreply: