，最快更新傲慢与偏见最新章节！Their visitors were notremain above ten days wit had received his mission beforeleft London, andwasjoin his regimentthe enda fortnight.
No oneregretted that their stay wouldso short;and she made the mostthe timevisiting about with her daughter, and having very frequent partiearties were acceptableall;avoiamily circle was even more desirablesuchdid think,than suchdid not.
wickham's affection for Lydia was just what Elizabeth had expectedfind it;not equalLydia'shad scarcely needed her present observationbe satisfied,from the reasonthings,that their elopement had been broughtby the strengthher love,rather thanhis;and she would have wondered why, without violently caring for her,he choseelope with herall, had she not felt certain that his flight was rendered necessarydistresscircumstances; andthat were the case,was not the young manresistopportunityhavinompanion.
Lydia was exceedingly fonas her dear wickhamevery occasion;no one wasbe putpetition wit did every thing bestthe world;and she was surewould kill more birdsthe firstSeptember,than any body elsethe country.
one morning, soon after their arrival,she was sitting with her two elder sisters,she saidElizabeth:
“Lizzy, I never gave youaccountmy wedding, were not by,when I told mamma and the others all about it. Are not you curioushear howwas managed?”
“No really,”replied Elizabeth;“I think there cannottoo little saidthe subject.”
“La!You arestrange!But I must tell you howwen were married, you know,St. Clement's, because wickham's lodgings werethawas settled thatshould allthereeleven o' uncle and aunt and I werego together;and the others weremeetat the church.
well,monday morning came,and I wassucuss!I wasafraid,you know,that something would happenputoff,and then I should have gone quit there wasaunt, all the time I was dressing,preaching and talking away justif she was reading ,I did not hear above one wordten,for I was thinking,you may suppose,ofdeaknow whetherwouldmarriedhis blue coat.”
“well,andwe breakfastedtenusual;I thoughtwould neverover; for,the bye, you areunderstand, thatuncle and aunt were horrid unpleasant all the time I was wit you'll believe me, I did not once putfoot outdoors,though I was there one party,or scheme, osure London was rather thin,but,however,the Little Theatre was open.
well, andjustthe carriage camethe door,uncle was called away upon businessthat horrid man mr. then,you know,when once they get together,thereno ,I wasfrightened I did not know whatdo,foruncle wasgiveaway;andwe were beyond the hour,we could notmarried al,luckily,he came back againten minutes' time,and thenall se,I recollected afterwards thathe had been prevented going,the wedding need notput off,for mr.darcy might have donewell.”
“mr.darcy!”repeated Elizabeth,in utter amazement.
“oh,yes!—he wase there with wickham,yo gracious me!I quite fot!I ought nothave saiord about it.I promised themfaithfully!what will wickham say?It wasbe sucecret!”
“Ifwasbe secret,”said Jane,“say not another wordth may depend uponseekingfurther.”
“oh!certainly,”said Elizabeth,though burning with curiosity;“we will ask youquestions.”
“Thank you,”said Lydia,“foryou did,I should certainly tell you all,and then wickham wouldangry.”
on such encouragementask,Elizabeth was forcedputouther power,by running away.
Butliveignorancesucoint was impossible;orleastwas impossible nottryhad beenher sister' was exactlcene,and exactly among people, wherehad apparently leastdo, and least the meaningit,rapid and wild, hurried into her brain; but she was satisfied wit that best pleased her,as placing his conductthe noblest light,seemed mos could not bear such suspense;and hastily seizinheetpaper, wrothort letterher aunt,to requestexplanationwhat Lydia had dropped,ifwere patible with the secrecy which had been intended.
“You may readily prehend,”she added,“whatcuriosity mustto know hoerson unconnected with anyus,and (paratively speaking) a strangerour family, should have been amongst yousuch write instantly,and letunderstand it—unlessis, for very cogent reasons,remainthe secrecy which Lydia seemsthink necessary;and then I must endeavourbe satisfied with ignorance.”
“Not that I shall,though,”she addedherself,as she finished the letter;“anddear aunt,if younot tellinhonourable manner,I shall certainlyreducedtricks and stratagemsfindout.”
Jane's delicate sensehonour would not allow herspeakElizabeth privatelywhat Lydia had let fall;Elizabeth was gladit;—tillappeared whether her inquiries would receive any satisfaction,she had ratherwithouonfidante.