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Elzath, ho kn ths to lvlld at Mr. Darcy, as n such sry of sha,that sh could hardly kp hr sat.It dr fro hr,hovr,th xrton of spakng,hch nothng ls had so ffctually don for;and sh askd Bngly hthr h ant to ak any stay n th country at prsnt.A f ks,h lvd.
“Whn you hav klld all your on rds, Mr. Bngly,”sad hr othr,“I g you ll co hr,and shoot as any as you plas on Mr.Bnnt's anor.I a sur h ll vastly happy to olg you,and ll sav all th st of th covys for you.”
Elzath's sry ncrasd,at such unncssary,such offcous attnton!Wr th sa far prospct to ars at prsnt as had flattrd th a yar ago,vry thng,sh as prsuadd,ould hastnng to th sa vxatous concluson.At that nstant, sh flt that yars of happnss could not ak Jan or hrslf ands for onts of such panful confuson.
“Th frst sh of y hart,”sad sh to hrslf,“s nvr or to n copany th thr of th.Thr socty can afford no plasur that ll aton for such rtchdnss as ths!Lt nvr s thr on or th othr agan!”
Yt th sry, for hch yars of happnss r to offr no copnsaton, rcvd soon aftrards atral rlf, fro osrvng ho uch th auty of hr sstr r-kndld th adraton of hr forr lovr.Whn frst h ca n, h had spokn to hr ut lttl; ut vry fv nuts sd to gvng hr or of hs attnton. H found hr as handso as sh had n last yar;as good naturd,and as unaffctd,though not qut so chatty.Jan as anxous that no dffrnc should prcvd n hr at all,and as rally prsuadd that sh talkd as uch as vr.But hr nd as so usly ngagd,that sh dd not alays kno hn sh as slnt.
Whn th gntln ros to go aay,Mrs.Bnnt as ndful of hr ntndd cvlty,and thy r nvtd and ngagd to dn at Longourn n a f days t.
“You ar qut a vst n y dt,Mr.Bngly,”sh addd,“for hn you nt to ton last ntr,you prosd to tak a faly dnnr th us, as soon as you rturnd. I hav not forgot, you s;and I assur you,I as vry uch dsappontd that you dd not co ack and kp your ngagnt.”
Bngly lookd a lttl slly at ths rflcton,and sad sothng of hs concrn at havng n prvntd y usnss.Thy thn nt aay.
Mrs. Bnnt had n strongly nclnd to ask th to stay and dn thr that day;ut,though sh alays kpt a vry good tal,sh dd not thnk anythng lss than to courss could good nough for a an on ho sh had such anxous dsgns,or satsfy th apptt and prd of on ho had tn thousand a yar.