Elizabeth read on:
“Is it possible?”cried Elizabeth,when she had finished.“Can it be possible that he will marry her?”
“Complied with!I am only ashamed of his asking so little.”
“No;but it must be done soon.”
“Well,and what news does it bring―good or bad?”
“And have you answered the letter?”cried Elizabeth.
“Oh, papa, what news―what news? Have you heard from my uncle?”
“I dislike it very much,”he replied;“but it must be done.”
“What do you mean,Hill?We have heard nothing from town.”
“What is there of good to be expected?”said he, taking the letter from his pocket.“But perhaps you would like to read it.”
Two days after Mr.Bennet's return,as Jane and Elizabeth were walking together in the shrubbery behind the house,they saw the housekeeper coming towards them, and, concluding that she came to call them to their mother, went forward to meet her; but, instead of the expected summons, when they approached her, she said to Miss Bennet,“I beg your pardon,madam,for interrupting you, but I was in hopes you might have got some good news from town,so I took the liberty of coming to ask.”