，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！The contentsthis letter threw Elizabeth intlutterspirits,in whichwas difficultdetermine whether pleasurepain bore the greates vague and unsettled suspicions which uncertainty had producedwhat mr. darcy might have been doingforward her sister's match, which she had fearedencouragean exertiongoodness too greatbe probable, andthe same time dreadedbe just, from the painobligation, were proved beyond their greatest extentbe true!He had followed them purposelytown,he had takenhimself all the trouble and mortification attendantsucesearch;in which supplication had been necessarya woman whommust abominate and despise,and wherewas reducedmeet,frequently meet,reason with,persuade,and finally bribe, the man whomalways most wishedavoid,and whose very namewas punishmenthiad done all this foirl whomcould neither regardheart did whisper thathad donefowaope shortly checkedother considerations, and she soon felt that even her vanity was insufficient,when requireddependhis affection for her—fooman who had already refused him—as ableoverentimentnaturalabhorrence against relationship witwickham! Every kindpride must revolt fromhad,tosure, don was ashamedthinkhe had giveeason for his interference,which askedextraordinary stretcas reasonable thatshould feelhad been wrong;he had liberality,andhad the meansexercising it; and though she would not place herselfhis principal inducement,she could,perhaps,believe that remaining partiality for her might assist his endeavoursa cause where her peacemind mustmateriall was painful, exceedingly painful,to know that they were under obligationsa person who could never receive owed the restorationLydia, her character,every thing,t!how heartily did she grieve over every ungracious sensation she had ever encouraged,every saucy speech she had ever directed toward herself she was humbled; but she was prouhata causepassion and honour,had been ableget the betteead over her aunt's mendationhim againwas hardly enough;butplease was even sensiblesome pleasure,though mixed with regret,on finding how steadfastly both she and her uncle had been persuaded that affection and confidence subsisted between mr.darcywas roused from her seat,and her reflections,by some one's approach;and before she could strike into another path,she was overtakenwickham.
“Iafraid I interrupt your solitary ramble,my dear sister?”said he,asjoined her.
“You certainly do,”she replied witmile;“butdoes not follow that the interruption mustunwele.”
“I shouldsorry indeed,i were always good friends;and noware better.”
“ the others ing out?”
“Ino and Lydia are goingthe carriago,dear sister, I find, from our uncle and aunt,that you have actually seen Pemberley.”
She repliedthe affirmative.
“I almost envy you the pleasure,and yet I believewouldtoo much for me,or else I could takeinwaou saw the old housekeeper,I suppose?Poor Reynolds,she was always very she did not mentionnameyou.”
“Yes,she did.”
“And what did she say?”
“That you were gone into the army,and she was afraid had—not turnedsucistancethat,you know,things are strangely misrepresented.”
“Certainly,”he replied,bitinghoped she had silenced him;butsoon afterwards said:
“I was surprisedsee darcytown las passed each other severa whatcandoing there.”
“Perhaps preparing for his marriage with missBourgh,”said Elizabeth.“It mustsomething particular,to take him therethis timeyear.”
“ you see him while you wereLambton?I thought I understood from the Gardiners that you had.”
“Yes;he introducedto his sister.”
“Andyou like her?”
“Very much.”
“I have heard,indeed,that sheunmonly improved within this year o I last saw her,she was not ver very glad you like she will turn out well.”
“I dare say she will;she has got over the most trying age.”
“did youby the villageKympton?”
“Inot recollect thatdid.”
“I mention it,becauseis the living which I oughthav delightful place!—Excellent Parsonage House!would have suitedin every respect.”
“How should you have liked making sermons?”
“Exceedingl have consideredas partmy duty, and the exertion would soon have bee ought notrepine;—but,tosure,it would have been suching for me!The quiet,the retirementsucife would have answered allideashappiness!Butwas you ever hear darcy mention the circumstance, when you wereKent?”
“I have heard from authority, which I thoughtgood, thatwas left you conditionally only,andthe willthe present patron.”
“Yo,there was somethingthat;I told youfrom the first,you may remember.”
“I did hear, too, that there waime, when sermon-making was notpalatableyouit seemsbepresent;that you actually declared your resolutionnever taking orders,and that the business had been promised accordingly.”
“You did! andwas not wholly withou may remember what I told youthat point,when firsttalkedit.”
They were now almostthe doorthe house, for she had walked fastget ridhim;and unwilling,for her sister's sake,provoke him, she only saidreply, witood-humoured smile:
e,mr.wickham,we are brother and sister,yo not letquarrel aboutfuture, I hopeshallalwaysone mind.”
She held out her hand;he kissedwith affectionate gallantry, thoughhardly knew howlook,and they entered the house.