“I was surprised to see Darcy in town last month.We passed each other several times.I wonder what he can be doing there.”
“I almost envy you the pleasure,and yet I believe it would be too much for me,or else I could take it in my way to Newcastle. And you saw the old housekeeper,I suppose?Poor Reynolds,she was always very fond of me.But of course she did not mention my name to you.”
She held out her hand;he kissed it with affectionate gallantry, though he hardly knew how to look,and they entered the house.
“Yes;he introduced us to his sister.”
“You have.Yes,there was something in that;I told you so from the first,you may remember.”
“I am afraid I interrupt your solitary ramble,my dear sister?”said he,as he joined her.
“I do not recollect that we did.”
“Exceedingly well. I should have considered it as part of my duty, and the exertion would soon have been nothing. One ought not to repine;―but,to be sure,it would have been such a thing for me!The quiet,the retirement of such a life would have answered all my ideas of happiness!But it was not to be.Did you ever hear Darcy mention the circumstance, when you were in Kent?”