，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！Elizabeth had beeood deal disappointednot findinetter from Janetheir first arrivalLambton; and this disappointment had been renewedeachthe mornings that had now been spent there;butthe third her repining was over, and her sister justified,the receipttwo letters from heronce,onewhich was marked thathad been missen was not surprisedit,as Jane had written the direction remarkably ill.
They had just been preparingwalkthe letters came in;and her uncle and aunt, leaving herenjoy themquiet, set ofne missent must firstattended to;it had been written five day beginning containedaccountall their little parties and engagements,with such newsthe country afforded; but the latter half, which was dateay later,and writtenevident agitation,gave more importan wasthis effect:
“Since writing the above,dearest Lizzy,something has occurreda most unexpected and serious nature; but Iafraidalarming you—be assured thatareI havesay relatespoo express cametwelve last night, justwe were all goo bed,from Colonel Forster,to informthat she was gone offScotland with onehis officers;to own the truth, with wickham! ImagineKitty, however,it does not seemwholl very,ver imprudenatchboth sides! But Iwillinghope the best, and that his character has bee and indiscreet I can easily believe him,but this step (and letrejoice over it)marks nothing bahoicedisinterestedleast, formust knowfather can givepoor mothersadl father bearhankfulI thatnever let them know what has been said against him;we must feere off Saturday night about twelve,asconjectured,but were not missed till yesterday morninxpress was sentdear Lizzy, they must have passed within ten milesus. Colonel Forster givesreasonexpect him her lefew lines for his wife,informing herthei conclude,for I cannotlong frompoo afraid you will notablemakeout,but I hardly know what I have written.”
without allowing herself time for consideration, and scarcely knowing what she felt,Elizabethfinishing this letter instantly seized the other,and openingwith the utmost impatience,readfollows:it had been writteay later than the conclusionthe first.