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Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receivg an answer to her letter as soon as she possibly could. She was no sooner possession of it,than hurryg to the little copse,where she was least likely to be terrupted,she sat down on one of the benches and prepared to be happy;for the length of the letter convced her that it did not conta a denial.

Gracechurch street,Sept.6.

“My dear Niece,

“I have just received your letter, and shall devote this whole morng to answerg it,as I foresee that a little writg will not comprise what I have to tell you.I must confess myself surprised by your application;I did not expect it from you.Don''t thk me angry,however,for I only mean to let you know that I had not imaged such quiries to be necessary on your side.If you do not choose to understand me,forgive my impertence.Your uncle is as much surprised as I am—and nothg but the belief of your beg a party concerned would have allowed him to act as he has done.But if you are really nocent and ignorant,I must be more explicit.

“On the very day of my comg home from Longbourn, your uncle had a most unexpected visitor. Mr. Darcy called, and was shut up with him several hours.It was all over before I arrived;so my curiosity was not so dreadfully racked as yours seems to have been.He came to tell Mr.Garder that he had found out where your sister and Mr.Wickham were, and that he had seen and talked with them both;Wickham repeatedly, Lydia once. From what I can collect,he left Derbyshire only one day after ourselves,and came to town with the resolution of huntg for them.The motive professed was his conviction of its beg owg to himself that Wickham''s worthlessness had not been so well known as to make it impossible for any young woman of character to love or confide him.He generously imputed the whole to his mistaken pride,and confessed that he had before thought it beneath him to lay his private actions open to the world.His character was to speak for itself.He called it,therefore,his duty to step forward, and endeavour to remedy an evil which had been brought on by himself. If he had another motive, I am sure it would never disgrace him. He had been some days town, before he was able to discover them;but he had somethg to direct his search, which was more than we had;and the consciousness of this was another reason for his resolvg to follow us.