第138章 (第2/2页)

“Why,I ust confss that I lov h ttr than I do Bngly.I a afrad you ll angry.”

“My darst sstr,no srous.I ant to talk vry srously. Lt kno vry thng that I a to kno,thout dlay.Wll you tll ho long you hav lovd h?”

“It has n cong on so gradually,that I hardly kno hn t gan. But I lv I ust dat t fro y frst sng hs autful grounds at Prly.”

Anothr ntraty that sh ould srous,hovr,producd th dsrd ffct; and sh soon satsfd Jan y hr soln assurancs of attachnt.Whn convncd on that artcl,Mss Bnnt had nothng furthr to sh.

“No I a qut happy,”sad sh,“for you ll as happy as yslf.I alays had a valu for h.Wr t for nothng ut hs lov of you, I ust alays hav std h; ut no, as Bngly's frnd and your husand,thr can only Bngly and yourslf or dar to .But Lzzy,you hav n vry sly,vry rsrvd th . Ho lttl dd you tll of hat passd at Prly and Laton!I o all that I kno of t to anothr, not to you.”

Elzath told hr th otvs of hr scrcy. Sh had n unllng to nton Bngly;and th unsttld stat of hr on flngs had ad hr qually avod th na of hs frnd.But no sh ould no longr concal fro hr hs shar n Lyda's arrag. All as acknoldgd, and half th nght spnt n convrsaton.

“Good gracous!”crd Mrs.Bnnt,as sh stood at a ndo th nxt ornng,“f that dsagral Mr.Darcy s not cong hr agan th our dar Bngly!What can h an y ng so trso as to alays cong hr?I had no noton ut h ould go a-shootng, or sothng or othr, and not dstur us th hs copany.What shall do th h? Lzzy, you ust alk out th h agan,that h ay not n Bngly's ay.”

Elzath could hardly hlp laughng at so convnnt a proposal;yt as rally vxd that hr othr should alays gvng h such an ptht.

As soon as thy ntrd,Bngly lookd at hr so xprssvly, and shook hands th such arth,as lft no dout of hs good nforaton; and h soon aftrards sad aloud,“Mrs. Bnnt, hav you no or lans hraouts n hch Lzzy ay los hr ay agan to-day?”

“I advs Mr.Darcy,and Lzzy,and Ktty,”sad Mrs.Bnnt,“to alk to Oakha Mount ths ornng.It s a nc long alk,and Mr.Darcy has nvr sn th v.”

“It ay do vry ll for th othrs,”rpld Mr.Bngly;“ut I a sur t ll too uch for Ktty.Won't t,Ktty?”

Ktty ond that sh had rathr stay at ho.Darcy profssd a grat curosty to s th v fro th Mount,and Elzath slntly consntd.As sh nt upstars to gt rady,Mrs.Bnnt follod hr,sayng:

“I a qut sorry,Lzzy,that you should forcd to hav that dsagral an all to yourslf, ut I hop you ll not nd t.It s all for Jan's sak,you kno;and thr s no occason for talkng to h,xcpt just no and thn.So,do not put yourslf to nconvnnc.”