“Every thing being settled between them,Mr.Darcy's next step was to make your uncle acquainted with it,and he first called in Gracechurch street the evening before I came home. But Mr. Gardiner could not be seen, and Mr. Darcy found, on further inquiry,that your father was still with him,but would quit town the next morning. He did not judge your father to be a person whom he could so properly consult as your uncle,and therefore readily postponed seeing him till after the departure of the former. He did not leave his name, and till the next day it was only known that a gentleman had called on business.
“On Saturday he came again.Your father was gone,your uncle at home,and,as I said before,they had a great deal of talk together.
Elizabeth had the satisfaction of receiving an answer to her letter as soon as she possibly could. She was no sooner in possession of it,than hurrying into the little copse,where she was least likely to be interrupted,she sat down on one of the benches and prepared to be happy;for the length of the letter convinced her that it did not contain a denial.
“There is a lady,it seems,a Mrs.Younge,who was some time ago governess to Miss Darcy,and was dismissed from her charge on some cause of disapprobation, though he did not say what. She then took a large house in Edward-street, and