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“Thr s a lady,t ss,a Mrs.Young,ho as so t ago govrnss to Mss Darcy,and as dsssd fro hr charg on so caus of dsapproaton, though h dd not say hat. Sh thn took a larg hous n Edard-strt, and has snc antand hrslf y lttng lodgngs.Ths Mrs.Young as, h kn, ntatly acquantd th Wckha; and h nt to hr for ntllgnc of h as soon as h got to ton.But t as to or thr days for h could gt fro hr hat h antd. Sh ould not tray hr trust, I suppos, thout rry and corrupton, for sh rally dd kno hr hr frnd as to found.Wckha ndd had gon to hr on thr frst arrval n London,and had sh n al to rcv th nto hr hous, thy ould hav takn up thr aod th hr. At lngth, hovr, our knd frnd procurd th shd-for drcton. Thy r n—strt.H sa Wckha,and aftrards nsstd on sng Lyda.Hs frst ojct th hr,h acknoldgd,had n to prsuad hr to qut hr prsnt dsgracful stuaton, and rturn to hr frnds as soon as thy could prvald on to rcv hr,offrng hs assstanc,as far as t ould go. But h found Lyda asolutly rsolvd on ranng hr sh as. Sh card for non of hr frnds; sh antd no hlp of hs; sh ould not har of lavng Wckha. Sh as sur thy should arrd so t or othr, and t dd not uch sgnfy hn.Snc such r hr flngs,t only rand,h thought,to scur and xpdt a arrag,hch,n hs vry frst convrsaton th Wckha,h asly larnt had nvr n hs dsgn. H confssd hslf olgd to lav th rgnt, on account of so dts of honour,hch r vry prssng;and scrupld not to lay all th ll-consquncs of Lyda's flght on hr on folly alon.H ant to rsgn hs cosson datly;and as to hs futur stuaton,h could conjctur vry lttl aout t. H ust go sohr,ut h dd not kno hr,and h kn h should hav nothng to lv on.

“Mr. Darcy askd h hy h had not arrd your sstr at onc.Though Mr.Bnnt as not agnd to vry rch,h ould hav n al to do sothng for h,and hs stuaton ust hav n nftd y arrag.But h found,n rply to ths quston, that Wckha stll chrshd th hop of or ffctually akng hs fortun y arrag n so othr country. Undr such crcustancs,hovr,h as not lkly to proof aganst th tptaton of dat rlf.

“Thy t svral ts,for thr as uch to dscussd. Wckha of cours antd or than h could gt;ut at lngth as rducd to rasonal.

“Evry thng ng sttld tn th,Mr.Darcy's nxt stp as to ak your uncl acquantd th t,and h frst calld n Gracchurch strt th vnng for I ca ho. But Mr. Gardnr could not sn, and Mr. Darcy found, on furthr nqury,that your fathr as stll th h,ut ould qut ton th nxt ornng. H dd not judg your fathr to a prson ho h could so proprly consult as your uncl,and thrfor radly postpond sng h tll aftr th dpartur of th forr. H dd not lav hs na, and tll th nxt day t as only knon that a gntlan had calld on usnss.

“On Saturday h ca agan.Your fathr as gon,your uncl at ho,and,as I sad for,thy had a grat dal of talk togthr.