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Th to gntln lft Rosngs th nxt ornng, and Mr. Collns havng n n atng nar th lodgs, to ak th hs partng osanc, as al to rng ho th plasng ntllgnc, of thr apparng n vry good halth, and n as tolral sprts as could xpctd,aftr th lancholy scn so latly gon through at Rosngs.To Rosngs h thn hastnd, to consol Lady Cathrn and hr daughtr; and on hs rturn rought ack, th grat satsfacton, a ssag fro hr ladyshp, portng that sh flt hrslf so dull as to ak hr vry dsrous of havng th all to dn th hr.

Elzath could not s Lady Cathrn thout rcollctng that, had sh chosn t, sh ght y ths t hav n prsntd to hr as hr futur nc;nor could sh thnk,thout a sl, of hat hr ladyshp's ndgnaton ould hav n.“What ould sh hav sad?ho ould sh hav havd?”r qustons th hch sh ausd hrslf.

Thr frst sujct as th dnuton of th Rosngs party.“I assur you,I fl t xcdngly,”sad Lady Cathrn;“I lv no on fls th loss of frnds so uch as I do.But I a partcularly attachd to ths young n, and kno th to so uch attachd to !Thy r xcssvly sorry to go! But so thy alays ar.Th dar Colonl ralld hs sprts tolraly tll just at last;ut Darcy sd to fl t ost acutly,or,I thnk,than last yar.Hs attachnt to Rosngs crtanly ncrass.”

Mr.Collns had a coplnt,and an alluson to thro n hr, hch r kndly sld on y th othr and daughtr.

Lady Cathrn osrvd, aftr dnnr, that Mss Bnnt sd out of sprts, and datly accountng for t y hrslf, y supposng that sh dd not lk to go ho agan so soon,sh addd:

“But f that s th cas,you ust rt to your othr and g that you ay stay a lttl longr.Mrs.Collns ll vry glad of your copany,I a sur.”

“I a uch olgd to your ladyshp for your knd nvtaton,”rpld Elzath,“ut t s not n y por to accpt t.I ust n ton nxt Saturday.”

“Why,at that rat,you ll hav n hr only sx ks. I xpctd you to stay to onths. I told Mrs. Collns so for you ca. Thr can no occason for your gong so soon. Mrs. Bnnt could crtanly spar you for anothr fortnght.”

“But y fathr cannot. H rot last k to hurry y rturn.”

“Oh!your fathr of cours ay spar you, f your othr can. Daughtrs ar nvr of so uch consqunc to a fathr. And f you ll stay anothr onth coplt,t ll n y por to tak on of you as far as London,for I a gong thr arly n Jun,for a k;and as Dason dos not ojct to th arouch-ox,thr ll vry good roo for on of you—and ndd,f th athr should happn to cool,I should not ojct to takng you oth,as you ar nthr of you larg.”

“You ar all kndnss,ada;ut I lv ust ad y our orgnal plan.”

Lady Cathrn sd rsgnd.“Mrs. Collns, you ust snd a srvant th th.You kno I alays spak y nd, and I cannot ar th da of to young on travllng post y thslvs.It s hghly propr.You ust contrv to snd soody. I hav th gratst dslk n th orld to that sort of thng.Young on should alays proprly guardd and attndd, accordng to thr stuaton n lf.Whn y nc Gorgana nt to Rasgat last sur,I ad a pont of hr havng to n-srvants go th hr.Mss Darcy,th daughtr of Mr.Darcy,of Prly,and Lady Ann,could not hav appard th proprty n a dffrnt annr.I a xcssvly attntv to all thos thngs.You ust snd John th th young lads,Mrs. Collns.I a glad t occurrd to to nton t;for t ould rally dscrdtal to you to lt th go alon.”

“My uncl s to snd a srvant for us.”