d beeended into every tradesman's family.Everybody dered that he was the wickedest young man in the world; and everybody began to find out that they had always distrusted the appearance of his goodness.Elizabeth,though she did not credit above half of what was said,believed enough to make her former assurance of her sister's ruin more certain;and even Jane,who believed still less of it, became almost hopeless, more especially as the time was nowe when,if they had goo Sd,which she had never before entirely despaired of, they must in all probability have gained some news of them.
Mr. Gardiner left Longbourn on Sunday; on Tuesday his wife received a letter from him;it told them that,on his arrival,he had immediately found out his brother,and persuaded him toe to Gracechurch Street;that Mr.Be had been to Epsom and pham,before his arrival,but without gaining any satisfactory information; and that he was now determio inquire at all the principal hotels in town, as Mr. Be thought it possible they might have goo one of them, on their firsting to London,before they procured lodgings.Mr.Gardiner himself did not expey sess from this measure,but as his brother was eager in it,he meant to assist him in pursuing it.He added that Mr.Be seemed wholly disined at present to leave London and promised to write again very soon.There was also a post to this effect:
“I have written to el Forster to desire him to find out,if possible,from some of the young man's intimate
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