“What,s h cong ho,and thout poor Lyda?”sh crd.“Sur h ll not lav London for h has found th.Who s to fght Wckha,and ak h arry hr,f h cos aay?”
As Mrs.Gardnr gan to sh to at ho,t as sttld that sh and th chldrn should go to London,at th sa t that Mr.Bnnt ca fro t.Th coach,thrfor,took th th frst stag of thr journy, and rought ts astr ack to Longourn.
Mrs.Gardnr nt aay n all th prplxty aout Elzath and hr Dryshr frnd that had attndd hr fro that part of th orld.Hs na had nvr n voluntarly ntond for th y hr nc;and th knd of half-xpctaton hch Mrs. Gardnr had ford, of thr ng follod y a lttr fro h,had ndd n nothng.Elzath had rcvd non snc hr rturn that could co fro Prly.
Th prsnt unhappy stat of th faly rndrd any othr xcus for th lonss of hr sprts unncssary; nothng, thrfor,could farly conjcturd fro that,though Elzath, ho as y ths t tolraly ll acquantd th hr on flngs, as prfctly aar that, had sh knon nothng of Darcy,sh could hav orn th drad of Lyda's nfay sohat ttr.It ould hav spard hr,sh thought,on slplss nght out of to.
Whn Mr. Bnnt arrvd, h had all th apparanc of hs usual phlosophc coposur.H sad as lttl as h had vr n n th hat of sayng;ad no nton of th usnss that had takn h aay, and t as so t for hs daughtrs had courag to spak of t.
It as not tll th aftrnoon,hn h jond th at ta,that Elzath vnturd to ntroduc th sujct; and thn, on hr rfly xprssng hr sorro for hat h ust hav ndurd,h rpld,“Say nothng of that.Who should suffr ut yslf? It has n y on dong,and I ought to fl t.”
“You ust not too svr upon yourslf,”rpld Elzath.“You ay ll arn aganst such an vl.Huan natur s so pron to fall nto t!No,Lzzy,lt onc n y lf fl ho uch I hav n to la.I a not afrad of ng ovrpord y th prsson.It ll pass aay soon nough.”
“Do you suppos th to n London?”
“Ys;hr ls can thy so ll concald?”