“Oh!Youruncle!Hekeepsaman-servant,doesentionmynameattheBell,youwillbeattendedto.”

    LadyCatherinehadmanyotherquestionstoaskrespectingtheirjourney,andasshedidnotanswerthemallherself,attentionwasnecessary,whichElizabethbelievedtobeluckyforher;or,s;whenevershewasalone,shegavewaytoitasthegreatestrelief;andnotadaywentbywithoutasolitarywalk,inwhichshemightindShestudiedeverysentence;andofindignation;butwhensheconsideredhowunjustlyshehadcondemnedandupbraidedhim,herangerwasturnedagainstherself;;butshecouldnotapprovehim;norcouldsheforamomentrepentherretionandregret;andinthengatthem,wouldneverexerthimselftorestrainthewildgiddinessofhisyoungestdaughters;andhermother,withmannershecktheimprudenceofCatherineandLydia;butwhiletheyweresupportedbytheirmother'sindulgence,whatchancecouldtherebeofimprovement?Catherine,weak-spirited,irritable,andpletelyunderLydia'sguidance,hadbeenalwaysaffrontedbytheiradvice;andLydia,nMeryton,theywouldflirtwithhim;andwhileMerytonwaswithinawalkofLongbourn,theywouldbegoingthereforever.

    AnxietyonJane'sbehalfwasanotherprevailingconcern;clearedofallblame,unlessanycobleineveryrespect,sorepletewithadvantage,sopromisingforhappiness,Janehadbeendeprived,bythefollyandindecorumofherownfamily!

    WhentotheserecollectionswasaddedthedevelopmentofWickham'scharacter,itmaybeeasilybelievedthatthehappyspiritswhichhadseldombeendepressedbefore,werenowsomuchaffectedastomakeitalmostimpossibleforhertoappeartolerablycheerful.

    TheirengagementsatRosingswereasfrequ;andherladyshipagaininquiredminutelyintotheparticularsoftheirjourney,gavethemdirectionsastothebestmethodofpacking,andwassourgentonthenecessityofplacinggownsintheonlyrightway,thatMariathoughtherselfobliged,onherreturn,toundoalltheworkofthemorning,andpackhertrunkafresh.

    Whentheyparted,LadyCatherine,withgreatcondescension,wishedthemagoodjourney,andinvitedthemtoetoHunsfordagainnextyear;andMissdeBourghexertedherselfsofarastocurtseyandholdoutherhandtoboth.