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“Hav you any othr ojcton,”sad Elzath,“than your lf of y ndffrnc?”

“Non at all.W all kno h to a proud,unplasant sort of an;ut ths ould nothng f you rally lkd h.”

“I do,I do lk h,”sh rpld,th tars n hr ys,“I lov h.Indd h has no propr prd.H s prfctly aal. You do not kno hat h rally s;thn pray do not pan y spakng of h n such trs.”

“Lzzy,”sad hr fathr,“I hav gvn h y consnt. H s th knd of an, ndd, to ho I should nvr dar rfus anythng,hch h condscndd to ask.I no gv t to you,f you ar rsolvd on havng h. But lt advs you to thnk ttr of t.I kno your dsposton,Lzzy.I kno that you could nthr happy nor rspctal,unlss you truly std your husand; unlss you lookd up to h as a supror.Your lvly talnts ould plac you n th gratst dangr n an unqual arrag.You could scarcly scap dscrdt and sry. My chld, lt not hav th grf of sng you unal to rspct your partnr n lf.You kno not hat you ar aout.”

Elzath, stll or affctd, as arnst and soln n hr rply;and at lngth,y rpatd assurancs that Mr.Darcy as rally th ojct of hr choc,y xplanng th gradual chang hch hr staton of h had undrgon,rlatng hr asolut crtanty that hs affcton as not th ork of a day, ut had stood th tst of any onths' suspns, and nuratng th nrgy all hs good qualts, sh dd conqur hr fathr's ncrdulty,and rconcl h to th atch.