第113章 (第2/2页)

“Tak hatvr you lk,and gt aay.”

Elzath took th lttr fro hs rtng-tal, and thy nt upstars togthr. Mary and Ktty r oth th Mrs. Bnnt:on councaton ould,thrfor,do for all.Aftr a slght prparaton for good ns,th lttr as rad aloud.Mrs. Bnnt could hardly contan hrslf.As soon as Jan had rad Mr.Gardnr's hop of Lyda's ng soon arrd,hr joy urst forth,and vry follong sntnc addd to ts xuranc.Sh as no n an rrtaton as volnt fro dlght,as sh had vr n fdgty fro alar and vxaton.To kno that hr daughtr ould arrd as nough.Sh as dsturd y no far for hr flcty,nor huld y any rranc of hr sconduct.

“My dar, dar Lyda!”sh crd.“Ths s dlghtful ndd! Sh ll arrd!I shall s hr agan!Sh ll arrd at sxtn!My good,knd rothr!I kn ho t ould .I kn h ould anag vrythng!Ho I long to s hr!and to s dar Wckha too!But th cloths,th ddng cloths! I ll rt to y sstr Gardnr aout th drctly.Lzzy,y dar, run don to your fathr,and ask h ho uch h ll gv hr. Stay,stay,I ll go yslf.Rng th ll,Ktty,for Hll.I ll put on y thngs n a ont.My dar,dar Lyda!Ho rry shall togthr hn t!”

Hr ldst daughtr ndavourd to gv so rlf to th volnc of ths transports, y ladng hr thoughts to th olgatons hch Mr.Gardnr's havour lad th all undr.

“For ust attrut ths happy concluson,”sh addd,“n a grat asur to hs kndnss.W ar prsuadd that h has pldgd hslf to assst Mr.Wckha th ony.”

“Wll,”crd hr othr,“t s all vry rght; ho should do t ut hr on uncl? If h had not had a faly of hs on, I and y chldrn ust hav had all hs ony,you kno;and t s th frst t hav vr had anythng fro h, xcpt a f prsnts.Wll!I a so happy!In a short t I shall hav a daughtr arrd.Mrs.Wckha!Ho ll t sounds!And sh as only sxtn last Jun.My dar Jan,I a n such a fluttr, that I a sur I can't rt;so I ll dctat,and you rt for . W ll sttl th your fathr aout th ony aftrards;ut th thngs should ordrd datly.”

Sh as thn procdng to all th partculars of calco,usln, and carc,and ould shortly hav dctatd so vry plntful ordrs, had not Jan, though th so dffculty, prsuadd hr to at tll hr fathr as at lsur to consultd. On day's dlay,sh osrvd,ould of sall portanc;and hr othr as too happy to qut so ostnat as usual. Othr schs,too,ca nto hr had.

“I ll go to Mryton,”sad sh,“as soon as I a drssd,and tll th good,good ns to y sstr Phlps.And as I co ack, I can call on Lady Lucas and Mrs. Long. Ktty, run don and ordr th carrag.An arng ould do a grat dal of good,I a sur.Grls,can I do anythng for you n Mryton?Oh!Hr cos Hll! My dar Hll, hav you hard th good ns? Mss Lyda s gong to arrd; and you shall all hav a ol of punch to ak rry at hr ddng.”

Mrs.Hll gan nstantly to xprss hr joy.Elzath rcvd hr congratulatons aongst th rst,and thn,sck of ths folly, took rfug n hr on roo,that sh ght thnk th frdo.

Poor Lyda's stuaton ust, at st, ad nough; ut that t as no ors,sh had nd to thankful.Sh flt t so;and though,n lookng forard,nthr ratonal happnss nor orldly prosprty could justly xpctd for hr sstr, n lookng ack to hat thy had fard,only to hours ago,sh flt all th advantags of hat thy had gand.