，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！The whole party werehopesa letter from mr.Be the next morning,but the post camewithout bringiningle line fro family knew himbe,on all mon occasions, a most negligent and dilatory correspondent;butsucime they had hopedwere forcedconclude thathadpleasing intelligencesend; but eventhat they would have been gladb had waited only for the letters beforeset off.
whenwas gone, they were certainleastreceiving constant informationwhat was going on, and their uncle promised,parting, returnLongbourn,soonhe could,to the great consolationhis sister,who consideredas the only security for her husband's not being killeda duel.
mrs.Gardiner and the children wereremainHertfordshirew days longer,the former thought her presence mightserviceablehe sharedtheir attendance o, and wareat fortthemtheir hourther aunt also visited them frequently, and always,she said, with the designcheering and heartening them up—though,she never came without reporting some fresh instancewickham's extravaganceirregularity, she seldom went away without leaving them more dispirited than she found them.
All meryton seemed strivingblacken the man who, but three months before,had been almostangeas declaredbedebtevery tradesmanthe place, and his intrigues, all honoured with the titleseduction, had been extended into every tradesman' declared thatwas the wickedest young manthe world; and everybody beganfind out that they had always distrusted the appearancehi,though she did not credit above halfwhat was said,believed enoughmake her former assuranceher sister's ruin more certain;and even Jane,who believed still lessit, became almost hopeless, more especiallythe time was now e when,if they had goo Scotland,which she had never before entirely despaired of, they mustall probability have gained some newsthem.
mr. Gardiner left LongbournSunday;Tuesday his wife receiveetter from him;it told them that,on his arrival,he had immediately found out his brother,and persuaded himeGracechurch Street;that mr.Be had beenEpsom and Clapham,before his arrival,but without gaining any satisfactory information; and thatwas now determinedinquireall the principal hotelstown,mr.thoughtpossible they might have goo onethem,their first ingLondon,before they procure himself did not expect any success from this measure,buthis brother was eagerit,he meantassist himpursuing it.He added that mr.Be seemed wholly disinclinedpresentleave London and promisedwrite again ver was alsostthis effect:
“I have writtenColonel Forsterdesire himfind out,if possible,from somethe young man's intimatesthe regiment, whether wickham has any relationsconnections who wouldlikelyknowwhat parttownhas now conceale there were anyohat one could applywitrobabilitygaining sucluethat,it mightof essentia presenthave nothingguide us. Colonel Forster will, I dare say,do everythinghis powersatisfyon thi,second thoughts,perhaps,Lizzy could tellwhat relationshas now living,better than any other person.”
Elizabeth wasno lossunderstand from whence this deferenceher authority proceeded; butwas nother powergive any informationso satisfactoraturethe pliment deserved.
She had never heardhis having had any relations, excepather and mother,bothwhom had been dead man was possible,however,that somehis panionsthe—shire mightablegive more information;and though she was not very sanguineexpecting it,the application waomethinglook forward to.
Every dayLongbourn was noayanxiety;but the most anxious parteach was when the postarrivalletters was the first grand objectevery morning' letters,whatevergoodbad wasbe told wouldmunicated,and every succeeding day was expectedbring some newsimportance.
But before they heard again from mr.Gardiner,a letter arrived for their father,froifferent quarter,from mr.Collins;which,Jane had received directionsopen all that came for himhis absence,she accordingly read;and Elizabeth,who knew what curiosities his letters always were, looked over her, and reaasfollows:
“mY dEAR SIR,