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Their visitors were not to rema above ten days with them.Mr. Wickham had received his commission before he left London, and he was to jo his regiment at the end of a fortnight.
No one but Mrs.Bennet regretted that their stay would be so short;and she made the most of the time by visitg about with her daughter, and havg very frequent parties at home.These parties were acceptable to all; to avoid a family circle was even more desirable to such as did thk,than such as did not.
Wickham''s affection for Lydia was just what Elizabeth had expected to fd it;not equal to Lydia''s for him.She had scarcely needed her present observation to be satisfied,from the reason of thgs,that their elopement had been brought on by the strength of her love,rather than by his;and she would have wondered why, without violently carg for her,he chose to elope with her at all, had she not felt certa that his flight was rendered necessary by distress of circumstances; and if that were the case, he was not the young man to resist an opportunity of havg a companion.
Lydia was exceedgly fond of him.He was her dear Wickham on every occasion;no one was to be put competition with him. He did every thg best the world;and she was sure he would kill more birds on the first of September,than any body else the country.
One morng, soon after their arrival, as she was sittg with her two elder sisters,she said to Elizabeth:
“Lizzy, I never gave you an account of my weddg, I believe. You were not by,when I told mamma and the others all about it. Are not you curious to hear how it was managed?”
“No really,”replied Elizabeth;“I thk there cannot be too little said on the subject.”
“La!You are so strange!But I must tell you how it went off.We were married, you know, at St. Clement''s, because Wickham''s lodggs were that parish.And it was settled that we should all be there by eleven o''clock.My uncle and aunt and I were to go together;and the others were to meet us at the church.
Well,Monday morng came,and I was such a fuss!I was so afraid,you know,that somethg would happen to put it off,and then I should have gone quite distracted.And there was my aunt, all the time I was dressg,preachg and talkg away just as if she was readg a sermon.However,I did not hear above one word ten,for I was thkg,you may suppose,of my dear Wickham.I longed to know whether he would be married his blue coat.”
“Well,and so we breakfasted at ten as usual;I thought it would never be over; for, by the bye, you are to understand, that my uncle and aunt were horrid unpleasant all the time I was with them. If you''ll believe me, I did not once put my foot out of doors,though I was there a fortnight.Not one party,or scheme, or anythg.To be sure London was rather th,but,however,the Little Theatre was open.
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