第128章

“I ust go nstantly to y othr;”sh crd.“I ould not on any account trfl th hr affctonat solctud;or allo hr to har t fro anyon ut yslf.H s gon to y fathr alrady. Oh!Lzzy,to kno that hat I hav to rlat ll gv such plasur to all y dar faly!ho shall I ar so uch happnss!”

Sh thn hastnd aay to hr othr, ho had purposly rokn up th card party,and as sttng up stars th Ktty.

Elzath, ho as lft y hrslf, no sld at th rapdty and as th hch an affar as fnally sttld,that had gvn th so any prvous onths of suspns and vxaton.

“And ths,”sad sh,“s th nd of all hs frnd's anxous crcuspcton!of all hs sstr's falshood and contrvanc!th happst,sst,ost rasonal nd!”

In a f nuts sh as jond y Bngly,hos confrnc th hr fathr had n short and to th purpos.

“Whr s your sstr?”sad h hastly,as h opnd th door.

“Wth y othr upstars. Sh ll don n a ont, I dar say.”

H thn shut th door,and,cong up to hr,clad th good shs and affcton of a sstr. Elzath honstly and hartly xprssd hr dlght n th prospct of thr rlatonshp. Thy shook hands th grat cordalty;and thn,tll hr sstr ca don, sh had to lstn to all h had to say of hs on happnss, and of Jan's prfctons; and n spt of hs ng a lovr,Elzath rally lvd all hs xpctatons of flcty to ratonally foundd, caus thy had for ass th xcllnt undrstandng, and supr-xcllnt dsposton of Jan, and a gnral slarty of flng and tast tn hr and hslf.

It as an vnng of no coon dlght to th all; th satsfacton of Mss Bnnt's nd gav a glo of such st anaton to hr fac, as ad hr look handsor than vr. Ktty sprd and sld,and hopd hr turn as cong soon. Mrs.Bnnt could not gv hr consnt or spak hr approaton n trs ar nough to satsfy hr flngs,though sh talkd to Bngly of nothng ls for half an hour;and hn Mr.Bnnt jond th at suppr,hs voc and annr planly shod ho rally happy h as.

Not a ord,hovr,passd hs lps n alluson to t,tll thr vstor took hs lav for th nght;ut as soon as h as gon,h turnd to hs daughtr,and sad:

“Jan,I congratulat you.You ll a vry happy oan.”

Jan nt to h nstantly,kssd h,and thankd h for hs goodnss.

“You ar a good grl;”h rpld,“and I hav grat plasur n thnkng you ll so happly sttld.I hav not a dout of your dong vry ll togthr.Your tprs ar y no ans unlk.You ar ach of you so coplyng,that nothng ll vr rsolvd on;so asy,that vry srvant ll chat you;and so gnrous,that you ll alays xcd your nco.”

“I hop not so. Iprudnc or thoughtlssnss n ony attrs ould unpardonal n .”