，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！Elizabeth had the satisfactionreceivinganswerher lettersoonshe possibl wassoonerpossessionit,than hurrying into the little copse,where she was least likelybe interrupted,she sat downonethe benches and preparedbe happy;for the lengththe letter convinced her thatdid not contaienial.
Gracechurch street,
“my dear Niece,
“I have just received your letter, and shall devote this whole morninganswering it,as I foresee thaittle writing will not prise what I havetel confess myself surprisedyour application;I did not expectfro't thinkangry,however,for I only meanlet you know that I had not imagined such inquiriesbe necessaryyou younot chooseunderstand me,fivncleas much surprisedI am—and nothing but the beliefyour beinarty concerned would have allowed himactheif you are really innocent and ignorant,I mustmore explicit.
“on the very daymy ing home from Longbourn, your uncle haost unexpecte called, and was shutwith him severa was all over before I arrived;socuriosity was notdreadfully rackedyours seemshav cametell mr.Gardiner thathad found out where your sister and mr.wickham were, and thathad seen and talked with them both;wickham repeatedly, Lydi what I can collect,he left derbyshire only one day after ourselves,and cametown with the resolutionhuntingmotive professed was his convictionits being owinghimself that wickham's worthlessness had not beenwell knownto makeimpossible for any young womancharacterloveconfidenerously imputed the wholehis mistaken pride,and confessed thathad before thoughtbeneath himlay his private actions openth character wasspeakcalled it,therefore,his dutystep forward, and endeavourremedyevil which had been broughtbhad another motive, Isurewould never disgrac had been some daystown, beforewas ablediscover them;buthad somethingdirect his search, which was more thanhad;and the consciousnessthis was another reason for his resolvingfollow us.
“Therea lady,it seems,,who was some time ago governessmiss darcy,and was dismissed from her chargesome causedisapprobation, thoughdid notthen tooarge houseEdward-street, and has since maintained herselflettin mrs.Younge was,knew, intimately acquainted with wickham; andwenther for intelligencehimsoonhe got twas twothree days beforecould get from her whaould not betray her trust, I suppose, without bribery and corruption, for she really did know where her friend wasb indeed had goo hertheir first arrivalLondon,and had she been ablereceive them into her house, they would have takentheir abode wit length, however, our kind friend procured the wished-fo were in— saw wickham,and afterwards insistedseein first object with her,he acknowledged,had beenpersuade herquit her present disgraceful situation, and returnher friendssoonthey couldprevailedto receive her,offering his assistance,as farit would go. Butfound Lydia absolutely resolvedremaining wherecared for noneher friends; she wantedhelphis; she would not hearleavin was sure they shouldmarried some timeother, anddid not much signif such were her feelings,it only remained,he thought,to secure and expeditarriage,which,in his very first conversation with wickham,he easily learnt had never beenconfessed himself obligedleave the regiment,accountsome debtshonour,which were very pressing;and scrupled notlay all the ill-consequencesLydia's flighther own foll meantresign his mission immediately;andto his future situation,he could conjecture very little about it.mustsomewhere,butdid not know where,andknewshould have nothinglive on.
“mr. darcy asked him whyhad not married your sister.Be was not imaginedbe very rich,he would have been abledo something for him,and his situation must have been benefited bfound,in replythis question, that wickham still cherished the hopemore effectually making his fortunemarriagesome othe such circumstances,however,he was not likelybe proof against the temptationimmediate relief.
“They met several times,for there was muchbcourse wanted more thancould get;butlength was reducedbe reasonable.
“Every thing being settled between them,mr.darcy's next step wasmake your uncle acquainted with it,andfirst calledGracechurch street the evening before I cam mr. Gardiner could notseen, and mr. darcy found,further inquiry,that your father was still with him,but would quit town the nex did not judge your fatherberson whomcouldproperly consultyour uncle,and therefore readily postponed seeing him till after the departureth did not leave his name, and till the next daywas only known thaentleman had calledbusiness.
“on Saturdaycam father was gone,your unclehome,and,as I said before,they hareat dealtalk together.