，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！“what,ising home,and without poor Lydia?”she cried.“Surewill not leave London beforehas founto fight wickham,and make him marry her,ifes away?”
A beganwishbehome,it was settled that she and the children shouldto London,at the same time that mr.Be came from it.The coach,therefore,took them the first stagetheir journey, and brought its master backLongbourn.
mrs.Gardiner went awayall the perplexity about Elizabeth and her derbyshire friend that had attended her from that partth name had never been voluntarily mentioned before themher niece;and the kindhalf-expectation whic had formed,their being followeda letter from him,had endead received none since her return that could e from Pemberley.
The present unhappy statethe family rendered any other excuse for the lownessher spirits unnecessary; nothing, therefore,couldfairly conjectured from that,though Elizabeth, who wasthis time tolerably well acquainted with her own feelings, was perfectly aware that, had she known nothingdarcy,she could have borhe dreadLydia's infamy somewha would have spared her,she thought,one sleepless night outtwo.
when mr.arrived,had all the appearancehis usual philosophi saidlittlehe had ever beenthe habitsaying;madementionthe business that had taken him away, andwas some time before his daughters had couragespeakit.
It was not till the afternoon,whenjoined themtea,that Elizabeth venturedintroduce the subject; and then,her briefly expressing her sorrow for whatmust have endured,he replied,“Say nothinhould suffer but myself?has beenown doing,and I oughtfeel it.”
“You must nottoo severe upon yourself,”replied Elizabeth.“You may well warnagainst sucatureso proo fall into it!No,Lizzy,letoncemy life feel how much I have beeot afraidbeing overpoweredth will pass away soon enough.”
“do you suppose thembeLondon?”
“Yes;where else can theyso well concealed?”
“And Lydia usedwantgoLondon,”added Kitty.
“Shehappy then,”said her father drily;“and her residence there will probablyof some duration.”
Then aftehort silencecontinued:
“Lizzy,I bear youill-will for being justifiedyour adviceme last may,which,considering the event,shows some greatnessmind.”
They were interruptedmiss Be,who camefetch her mother's tea.
“Thisa parade,”he cried,“which does one good;it gives suchelegancemisfortune!Another day I willthe same;I will sitmy library,innightcap and powdering gown,and givemuch troubleI can;or,perhaps,I may defertill Kitty runs away.”
“Inot goingrun away, papa,”said Kitty fretfully.“If I should everto Brighton,I would behave better than Lydia.”
“Yout not trust younearas Eastbourne for fifty pounds!No,Kitty,I havelast learntbe cautious,and you will feel the officereverenter intohouse again,nor evenpass throughwillabsolutely prohibited,unless you standwith oneyou you are neverstir outdoors till you can prove that you have spent ten minutesevery daya rational manner.”
Kitty,who took all these threatsa serious light,begancry.
“well,well,”said he,“do not make yoursel you arood girl for the next ten years,I will take youa reviewthe endthem.”