“Yes I have had a letter from him by express.”
Elizabeth read on:
“Ten thousand pounds!Heaven forbid!How is half such a sum to be repaid?”
“What do you mean,Hill?We have heard nothing from town.”
Gracechurch Street,Monday,August 2.
“Yes,yes,they must marry.There is nothing else to be done.But there are two things that I want very much to know;one is,how much money your uncle has laid down to bring it about;and the other,how am I ever to pay him.”