“Well,my dear,”said he,when she ceased speaking,“I have no more to say.If this be the case,he deserves you.I could not have parted with you,my Lizzy,to anyone less worthy.”
Toplete the favourable impressiohen told him what Mr. Darcy had voluntarily done for Lydia. He heard her with astonishment.
“This is an evening of wonders, indeed!And so, Darcy did every thing;made up the match,gave the money,paid the fellow's debts, and got him hismission! So much the better. It will save me a world of trouble and ey.Had it been your uncle's doing,I must and would have paid him;but these violent young lovers carry every thing their own way.I shall offer to pay him to-morrow;he will rant and storm about his love for you,and there will be an end of the matter.”
He then recollected her embarrassment a few days before,on his reading Mr. Collins's letter; and afterughing at her some time,allowed her atst to go—saying,as she quitted the room,“If any young mene for Mary or Kitty,send them in,for I am quite at leisure.”
Elizabeth's mind was now relieved from a very heavy weight;and,after half an hour's quiet refle in her own room,she was able to joihers with tolerableposure.Every thing was too ret faiety,but the evening passed tranquilly away;there was no longer anything material to be dreaded,and thefort of ease and familiarity woulde in time.
When her mother went up to her dressing-room at night,she followed her,and made the import
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