Гордість і упередження

Chapter 49

           HowIlongtoseeher!andtoseedearWickhamtoo! Buttheclothes,theweddingclothes! IwillwritetomysisterGardineraboutthemdirectly. Lizzy,mydear,rundowntoyourfather,andaskhimhowmuchhewillgiveher. Stay,stay,Iwillgomyself. Ringthebell,Kitty,forHill. Iwillputonmythingsinamoment. Mydear,dearLydia! Howmerryweshallbetogetherwhenwemeet!" 

           Hereldestdaughterendeavouredtogivesomerelieftotheviolenceofthesetransports,byleadingherthoughtstotheobligationswhichMr.Gardiner’sbehaviourlaidthemallunder. 

           "Forwemustattributethishappyconclusion,"sheadded,"inagreatmeasuretohiskindness. WearepersuadedthathehaspledgedhimselftoassistMr.Wickhamwithmoney." 

           "Well,"criedhermother,"itisallveryright;whoshoulddoitbutherownuncle? Ifhehadnothadafamilyofhisown,Iandmychildrenmusthavehadallhismoney,youknow; anditisthefirsttimewehaveeverhadanythingfromhim,exceptafewpresents. Well!Iamsohappy! InashorttimeIshallhaveadaughtermarried. Mrs.Wickham! Howwellitsounds! AndshewasonlysixteenlastJune. MydearJane,Iaminsuchaflutter,thatIamsureIcan’twrite;soIwilldictate,andyouwriteforme. Wewillsettlewithyourfatheraboutthemoneyafterwards; butthethingsshouldbeorderedimmediately." 

           Shewasthenproceedingtoalltheparticularsofcalico,muslin,andcambric,andwouldshortlyhavedictatedsomeveryplentifulorders,hadnotJane,thoughwithsomedifficulty,persuadedhertowaittillherfatherwasatleisuretobeconsulted. Oneday’sdelay,sheobserved,wouldbeofsmallimportance;andhermotherwastoohappytobequitesoobstinateasusual. Otherschemes,too,cameintoherhead. 

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