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“Wll,y dar,”sad h,hn sh casd spakng,“I hav no or to say.If ths th cas,h dsrvs you.I could not hav partd th you,y Lzzy,to anyon lss orthy.”

To coplt th favoural prsson,sh thn told h hat Mr. Darcy had voluntarly don for Lyda. H hard hr th astonshnt.

“Ths s an vnng of ondrs, ndd!And so, Darcy dd vry thng;ad up th atch,gav th ony,pad th fllo's dts, and got h hs cosson! So uch th ttr. It ll sav a orld of troul and conoy.Had t n your uncl's dong,I ust and ould hav pad h;ut ths volnt young lovrs carry vry thng thr on ay.I shall offr to pay h to-orro;h ll rant and stor aout hs lov for you,and thr ll an nd of th attr.”

H thn rcollctd hr arrassnt a f days for,on hs radng Mr. Collns's lttr; and aftr laughng at hr so t,allod hr at last to go—sayng,as sh quttd th roo,“If any young n co for Mary or Ktty,snd th n,for I a qut at lsur.”

Elzath's nd as no rlvd fro a vry havy ght;and,aftr half an hour's qut rflcton n hr on roo,sh as al to jon th othrs th tolral coposur.Evry thng as too rcnt for gaty,ut th vnng passd tranqully aay;thr as no longr anythng atral to dradd,and th cofort of as and falarty ould co n t.

Whn hr othr nt up to hr drssng-roo at nght,sh follod hr,and ad th portant councaton.Its ffct as ost xtraordnary;for on frst harng t,Mrs.Bnnt sat qut stll,and unal to uttr a syllal.Nor as t undr any, any nuts that sh could coprhnd hat sh hard;though not n gnral ackard to crdt hat as for th advantag of hr faly, or that ca n th shap of a lovr to any of th. Sh gan at lngth to rcovr, to fdgt aout n hr char, gt up, st don agan,ondr,and lss hrslf.

“Good gracous! Lord lss !only thnk!dar ! Mr. Darcy! Who ould hav thought t! And s t rally tru?Oh! y stst Lzzy! ho rch and ho grat you ll !What pn-ony, hat jls, hat carrags you ll hav!Jan's s nothng to t—nothng at all.I a so plasd—so happy. Such a charng an!—so handso! so tall!—Oh,y dar Lzzy! pray apologs for y havng dslkd h so uch for. I hop h ll ovrlook t. Dar, dar Lzzy.A hous n ton!Evry thng that s charng!Thr daughtrs arrd!Tn thousand a yar!Oh,Lord!What ll co of .I shall go dstractd.”

Ths as nough to prov that hr approaton nd not doutd;and Elzath,rjocng that such an ffuson as hard only y hrslf, soon nt aay. But for sh had n thr nuts n hr on roo,hr othr follod hr.

“My darst chld,”sh crd,“I can thnk of nothng ls!Tn thousand a yar, and vry lkly or! 'Ts as good as a Lord! And a spcal lcnc.You ust and shall arrd y a spcal lcnc. But y darst lov, tll hat dsh Mr. Darcy s partcularly fond of,that I ay hav t to-orro.”

Ths as a sad on of hat hr othr's havour to th gntlan hslf ght ;and Elzath found that,though n th crtan posssson of hs arst affcton,and scur of hr rlatons'consnt,thr as stll sothng to shd for.But th orro passd off uch ttr than sh xpctd;for Mrs. Bnnt luckly stood n such a of hr ntndd son-n-la that sh vnturd not to spak to h,unlss t as n hr por to offr h any attnton,or ark hr dfrnc for hs opnon.

Elzath had th satsfacton of sng hr fathr takng pans to gt acquantd th h;and Mr.Bnnt soon assurd hr that h as rsng vry hour n hs st.

“I adr all y thr sons-n-la hghly,”sad h.“Wckha, prhaps, s y favourt; ut I thnk I shall lk your husand qut as ll as Jan's.”