Thr vstors r not to ran aov tn days th th.Mr. Wckha had rcvd hs cosson for h lft London, and h as to jon hs rgnt at th nd of a fortnght.
No on ut Mrs.Bnnt rgrttd that thr stay ould so short;and sh ad th ost of th t y vstng aout th hr daughtr, and havng vry frqunt parts at ho.Ths parts r accptal to all; to avod a faly crcl as vn or dsral to such as dd thnk,than such as dd not.
Wckha's affcton for Lyda as just hat Elzath had xpctd to fnd t;not qual to Lyda's for h.Sh had scarcly ndd hr prsnt osrvaton to satsfd,fro th rason of thngs,that thr lopnt had n rought on y th strngth of hr lov,rathr than y hs;and sh ould hav ondrd hy, thout volntly carng for hr,h chos to lop th hr at all, had sh not flt crtan that hs flght as rndrd ncssary y dstrss of crcustancs; and f that r th cas, h as not th young an to rsst an opportunty of havng a copanon.
Lyda as xcdngly fond of h.H as hr dar Wckha on vry occason;no on as to put n coptton th h. H dd vry thng st n th orld;and sh as sur h ould kll or rds on th frst of Sptr,than any ody ls n th country.
On ornng, soon aftr thr arrval, as sh as sttng th hr to ldr sstrs,sh sad to Elzath:
“Lzzy, I nvr gav you an account of y ddng, I lv. You r not y,hn I told aa and th othrs all aout t. Ar not you curous to har ho t as anagd?”
“No rally,”rpld Elzath;“I thnk thr cannot too lttl sad on th sujct.”
“La!You ar so strang!But I ust tll you ho t nt off.W r arrd, you kno, at St. Clnt's, caus Wckha's lodgngs r n that parsh.And t as sttld that should all thr y lvn o'clock.My uncl and aunt and I r to go togthr;and th othrs r to t us at th church.
Wll,Monday ornng ca,and I as n such a fuss!I as so afrad,you kno,that sothng ould happn to put t off,and thn I should hav gon qut dstractd.And thr as y aunt, all th t I as drssng,prachng and talkng aay just as f sh as radng a sron.Hovr,I dd not har aov on ord n tn,for I as thnkng,you ay suppos,of y dar Wckha.I longd to kno hthr h ould arrd n hs lu coat.”
“Wll,and so rakfastd at tn as usual;I thought t ould nvr ovr; for, y th y, you ar to undrstand, that y uncl and aunt r horrd unplasant all th t I as th th. If you'll lv , I dd not onc put y foot out of doors,though I as thr a fortnght.Not on party,or sch, or anythng.To sur London as rathr thn,ut,hovr,th Lttl Thatr as opn.