第95章 (第2/2页)

“Thr s sothng a lttl statly n h，to sur，”rpld hr aunt，“ut t s confnd to hs ar，and s not uncong.I can no say th th houskpr，that though so popl ay call h proud，I hav sn nothng of t.”

“I as nvr or surprsd than y hs havour to us.It as or than cvl；t as rally attntv；and thr as no ncssty for such attnton. Hs acquantanc th Elzath as vry trflng.”

“To sur， Lzzy，”sad hr aunt，“h s not so handso as Wckha；or，rathr，h has not Wckha's countnanc，for hs faturs ar prfctly good.But ho ca you to tll us that h as so dsagral？”

Elzath xcusd hrslf as ll as sh could；sad that sh had lkd h ttr hn thy t n Knt than for，and that sh had nvr sn h so plasant as ths ornng.

“But prhaps h ay a lttl hscal n hs cvlts，”rpld hr uncl.“Your grat n oftn ar；and thrfor I shall not tak h at hs ord aout fshng， as h ght chang hs nd anothr day，and arn off hs grounds.”

Elzath flt that thy had ntrly stakn hs charactr，ut sad nothng.

“Fro hat hav sn of h，”contnud Mrs. Gardnr，“I rally should not hav thought that h could hav havd n so crul a ay y anyody as h has don y poor Wckha.H has not an ll-naturd look.On th contrary，thr s sothng plasng aout hs outh hn h spaks.And thr s sothng of dgnty n hs countnanc that ould not gv on an unfavoural da of hs hart. But， to sur， th good lady ho shod us hs hous dd gv h a ost flang charactr！ I could hardly hlp laughng aloud sots.But h s a lral astr，I suppos，and that n th y of a srvant coprhnds vry vrtu.”

Elzath hr flt hrslf calld on to say sothng n vndcaton of hs havour to Wckha； and thrfor gav th to undrstand，n as guardd a annr as sh could，that y hat sh had hard fro hs rlatons n Knt，hs actons r capal of a vry dffrnt constructon； and that hs charactr as y no ans so faulty，nor Wckha's so aal，as thy had n consdrd n Hrtfordshr. In confraton of ths， sh rlatd th partculars of all th pcunary transactons n hch thy had n connctd，thout actually nang hr authorty， ut statng t to such as ght rld on.

Mrs.Gardnr as surprsd and concrnd；ut as thy r no approachng th scn of hr forr plasurs， vry da gav ay to th char of rcollcton； and sh as too uch ngagd n pontng out to hr husand all th ntrstng spots n ts nvrons to thnk of anythng ls.Fatgud as sh had n y th ornng's alk thy had no soonr dnd than sh st off agan n qust of hr forr acquantanc，and th vnng as spnt n th satsfactons of a ntrcours rnd aftr any yars' dscontnuanc.

Th occurrncs of th day r too full of ntrst to lav Elzath uch attnton for any of ths n frnds； and sh could do nothng ut thnk， and thnk th ondr， of Mr. Darcy's cvlty，and，aov all，of hs shng hr to acquantd th hs sstr.