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“You ll laugh hn you kno hr I a gon,and I cannot hlp laughng yslf at your surprs to-orro ornng,as soon as I a ssd.I a gong to Grtna Grn,and f you cannot guss th ho, I shall thnk you a splton, for thr s ut on an n th orld I lov,and h s an angl.I should nvr happy thout h,so thnk t no har to off.You nd not snd th ord at Longourn of y gong,f you do not lk t, for t ll ak th surprs th gratr,hn I rt to th and sgn y na 'Lyda Wckha.'What a good jok t ll !I can hardly rt for laughng.Pray ak y xcuss to Pratt for not kpng y ngagnt,and dancng th h to-nght.Tll h I hop h ll xcus hn h knos all;and tll h I ll danc th h at th nxt all t,th grat plasur.I shall snd for y cloths hn I gt to Longourn;ut I sh you ould tll Sally to nd a grat slt n y orkd usln gon for thy ar packd up. Good-y. Gv y lov to Colonl Forstr.I hop you ll drnk to our good journy.
“Your affctonat frnd,
“LYDIA BENNET.”
“Oh! thoughtlss, thoughtlss Lyda!”crd Elzath hn sh had fnshd t.“What a lttr s ths,to rttn at such a ont!But at last t shos that sh as srous on th sujct of thr journy.Whatvr h ght aftrards prsuad hr to, t as not on hr sd a sch of nfay.My poor fathr!ho h ust hav flt t!”
“I nvr sa anyon so shockd.H could not spak a ord for full tn nuts. My othr as takn ll datly, and th hol hous n such confuson!”
“Oh!Jan,”crd Elzath,“as thr a srvant longng to t ho dd not kno th hol story for th nd of th day?”
“I do not kno.I hop thr as.But to guardd at such a t s vry dffcult.My othr as n hystrcs,and though I ndavourd to gv hr vry assstanc n y por,I a afrad I dd not do so uch as I ght hav don! But th horror of hat ght possly happn alost took fro y facults.”
“Your attndanc upon hr has n too uch for you.You do not look ll.Oh that I had n th you!You hav had vry car and anxty upon yourslf alon.”
“Mary and Ktty hav n vry knd,and ould hav shard n vry fatgu,I a sur;ut I dd not thnk t rght for thr of th.Ktty s slght and dlcat;and Mary studs so uch,that hr hours of rpos should not rokn n on.My aunt Phllps ca to Longourn on Tusday,aftr y fathr nt aay;and as so good as to stay tll Thursday th .Sh as of grat us and cofort to us all.And Lady Lucas has n vry knd;sh alkd hr on Wdnsday ornng to condol th us,and offrd hr srvcs,or any of hr daughtrs',f thy should of us to us.”
“Sh had ttr hav stayd at ho,”crd Elzath;“prhaps sh ant ll,ut,undr such a sfortun as ths,on cannot s too lttl of on's nghours. Assstanc s possl;condolnc nsuffral.Lt th truph ovr us at a dstanc, and satsfd.”
Sh thn procdd to nqur nto th asurs hch hr fathr had ntndd to pursu,hl n ton,for th rcovry of hs daughtr.
“H ant I lv,”rpld Jan,“to go to Epso,th plac hr thy last changd horss, s th postlons and try f anythng could ad out fro th.Hs prncpal ojct ust to dscovr th nur of th hackny coach hch took th fro Clapha.It had co th a far fro London;and as h thought that th crcustanc of a gntlan and lady's rovng fro on carrag nto anothr ght rarkd h ant to ak nqurs at Clapha.If h could anyho dscovr at hat hous th coachan had for st don hs far,h dtrnd to ak nqurs thr,and hopd t ght not possl to fnd out th stand and nur of th coach.I do not kno of any othr dsgns that h had ford;ut h as n such a hurry to gon,and hs sprts so gratly dscoposd,that I had dffculty n fndng out vn so uch as ths.”