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The discomposure of spirits which this extraordary visit threw Elizabeth to, could not be easily overcome; nor could she,for many hours,learn to thk of it less than cessantly.Lady Cathere, it appeared, had actually taken the trouble of this journey from Rosgs, for the sole purpose of breakg off her supposed engagement with Mr.Darcy.It was a rational scheme, to be sure!but from what the report of their engagement could origate,Elizabeth was at a loss to image;till she recollected that his beg the timate friend of Bgley, and her beg the sister of Jane,was enough,at a time when the expectation of one weddg made everybody eager for another, to supply the idea. She had not herself forgotten to feel that the marriage of her sister must brg them more frequently together.And her neighbours at Lucas Lodge,therefore(for through their communication with the Collses,the report,she concluded,had reached Lady Cathere), had only set that down as almost certa and immediate,which she had looked forward to as possible at some future time.
In revolvg Lady Cathere''s expressions,however,she could not help feelg some uneasess as to the possible consequence of her persistg this terference.From what she had said of her resolution to prevent their marriage,it occurred to Elizabeth that she must meditate an application to her nephew; and how he might take a similar representation of the evils attached to a connection with her, she dared not pronounce. She knew not the exact degree of his affection for his aunt,or his dependence on her judgment,but it was natural to suppose that he thought much higher of her ladyship than she could do;and it was certa that, enumeratg the miseries of a marriage with one,whose immediate connections were so unequal to his own, his aunt would address him on his weakest side. With his notions of dignity, he would probably feel that the arguments, which to Elizabeth had appeared weak and ridiculous, contaed much good sense and solid reasong.
If he had been waverg before as to what he should do,which had often seemed likely, the advice and entreaty of so near a relation might settle every doubt, and determe him at once to be as happy as dignity unblemished could make him.In that case he would return no more.Lady Cathere might see him her way through town;and his engagement to Bgley of comg aga to Netherfield must give way.
“If, therefore, an excuse for not keepg his promise should come to his friend with a few days,”she added,“I shall know how to understand it. I shall then give over every expectation, every wish of his constancy.If he is satisfied with only regrettg me,when he might have obtaed my affections and hand,I shall soon cease to regret him at all.”
The surprise of the rest of the family,on hearg who their visitor had been, was very great; but they obliggly satisfied it, with the same kd of supposition which had appeased Mrs.Bennet''s curiosity; and Elizabeth was spared from much teasg on the subject.
The next morng,as she was gog downstairs,she was met by her father,who came out of his library with a letter his hand.
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