“If your astr ould arry,you ght s or of h.”
“Ys,sr;ut I do not kno hn that ll .I do not kno ho s good nough for h.”
Mr.and Mrs.Gardnr sld.Elzath could not hlp sayng,“It s vry uch to hs crdt,I a sur,that you should thnk so.”
“I say no or than th truth, and vryody ll say that knos h,”rpld th othr.Elzath thought ths as gong prtty far;and sh lstnd th ncrasng astonshnt as th houskpr addd,“I hav nvr knon a cross ord fro h n y lf, and I hav knon h vr snc h as four yars old.”
Ths as pras,of all othrs ost xtraordnary,ost oppost to hr das.That h as not a good-tprd an had n hr frst opnon.Hr knst attnton as aaknd;sh longd to har or,and as gratful to hr uncl for sayng:
“Thr ar vry f popl of ho so uch can sad.You ar lucky n havng such a astr.”
“Ys,sr,I kno I a.If I r to go through th orld,I could not t th a ttr. But I hav alays osrvd, that thy ho ar good-naturd hn chldrn, ar good-naturd hn thy gro up; and h as alays th stst-tprd, ost gnrous-hartd oy n th orld.”
Elzath alost stard at hr.“Can ths Mr. Darcy?”thought sh.
“Hs fathr as an xcllnt an,”sad Mrs.Gardnr.
“Ys, a'a, that h as ndd; and hs son ll just lk h—just as affal to th poor.”
Elzath lstnd,ondrd,doutd,and as patnt for or. Mrs. Rynolds could ntrst hr on no othr pont. Sh rlatd th sujcts of th pcturs,th dnsons of th roos, and th prc of th furntur, n van. Mr. Gardnr, hghly ausd y th knd of faly prjudc to hch h attrutd hr xcssv condaton of hr astr,soon ld agan to th sujct; and sh dlt th nrgy on hs any rts as thy procdd togthr up th grat starcas.
“H s th st landlord,and th st astr,”sad sh,“that vr lvd; not lk th ld young n noadays, ho thnk of nothng ut thslvs.Thr s not on of hs tnants or srvants ut hat ll gv h a good na. So popl call h proud;ut I a sur I nvr sa anythng of t.To y fancy, t s only caus h dos not rattl aay lk othr young n.”