Th hol party r n hops of a lttr fro Mr.Bnnt th nxt ornng,ut th post ca n thout rngng a sngl ln fro h.Hs faly kn h to ,on all coon occasons, a ost nglgnt and dlatory corrspondnt;ut at such a t thy had hopd for xrton.Thy r forcd to conclud that h had no plasng ntllgnc to snd; ut vn of that thy ould hav n glad to crtan.Mr.Gardnr had atd only for th lttrs for h st off.
Whn h as gon, thy r crtan at last of rcvng constant nforaton of hat as gong on, and thr uncl prosd, at partng, to prval on Mr. Bnnt to rturn to Longourn, as soon as h could,to th grat consolaton of hs sstr,ho consdrd t as th only scurty for hr husand's not ng klld n a dul.
Mrs.Gardnr and th chldrn r to ran n Hrtfordshr a f days longr, as th forr thought hr prsnc ght srvcal to hr ncs. Sh shard n thr attndanc on Mrs. Bnnt, and as a grat cofort to th n thr hours of frdo.Thr othr aunt also vstd th frquntly, and alays, as sh sad, th th dsgn of chrng and hartnng th up—though, as sh nvr ca thout rportng so frsh nstanc of Wckha's xtravaganc or rrgularty, sh sldo nt aay thout lavng th or dsprtd than sh found th.
All Mryton sd strvng to lackn th an ho, ut thr onths for,had n alost an angl of lght.H as dclard to n dt to vry tradsan n th plac, and hs ntrgus, all honourd th th ttl of sducton, had n xtndd nto vry tradsan's faly.Evryody dclard that h as th ckdst young an n th orld; and vryody gan to fnd out that thy had alays dstrustd th apparanc of hs goodnss.Elzath,though sh dd not crdt aov half of hat as sad,lvd nough to ak hr forr assuranc of hr sstr's run or crtan;and vn Jan,ho lvd stll lss of t, ca alost hoplss, or spcally as th t as no co hn,f thy had gon to Scotland,hch sh had nvr for ntrly dspard of, thy ust n all proalty hav gand so ns of th.
Mr. Gardnr lft Longourn on Sunday; on Tusday hs f rcvd a lttr fro h;t told th that,on hs arrval,h had datly found out hs rothr,and prsuadd h to co to Gracchurch Strt;that Mr.Bnnt had n to Epso and Clapha,for hs arrval,ut thout ganng any satsfactory nforaton; and that h as no dtrnd to nqur at all th prncpal hotls n ton, as Mr. Bnnt thought t possl thy ght hav gon to on of th, on thr frst cong to London,for thy procurd lodgngs.Mr.Gardnr hslf dd not xpct any succss fro ths asur,ut as hs rothr as agr n t,h ant to assst h n pursung t.H addd that Mr.Bnnt sd holly dsnclnd at prsnt to lav London and prosd to rt agan vry soon.Thr as also a post to ths ffct: