Chapter 50 Chapter Forty-Nine

Mr. Bennet has been back for two days.Jane and Elizabeth were walking in the bushes behind the house, when they saw the housekeeper's grandmother coming towards them, and they thought it was their mother who had sent her to call them back, so they went forward.When I got to the housekeeper grandma, I realized that something was wrong. It turned out that she didn't come to call them.She said to Jane: "Miss, please forgive me for interrupting your conversation, but I think you must have good news from the city, so I will venture to ask." How do you say that, Hill?We heard nothing from the city.

Grandma Hill exclaimed in amazement: "My dear lady, don't you know that Mr. Gardiner has sent a special messenger to the master?"He has been here for half an hour. The two ladies ran away, hurried home, and there was no time to say anything.They ran through the gate, into the sitting room, and from the sitting room into the study. They did not see their father in either place. They were about to go up the stairs to their mother's, when they met the cook again, who said: Miss, you are looking for the master, who is going for a walk in the woods. On hearing this, they went down the hall again, and ran across a meadow to find their father, who was walking leisurely towards a grove beside the paddock.

Jane, not being so dainty as Elizabeth, nor so good at running, fell behind, and the sister, out of breath, ran up to her father, crying eagerly: Dad, what's the news?Have you received a letter from your uncle? Yes, he sent a letter. Well, what's the news in the letter? Good news or bad news? Where is the good news?As he spoke, he took the letter out of his pocket.Maybe you'd like to take a look. Elizabeth hastily took the letter from him.Jane also caught up. Read it, my father said, I hardly know what the letter says. Dear brother-in-law: At last I am able to tell you some news about my niece, which I hope will generally satisfy you.By luck, after you left on Saturday, I found out where they both lived in London.I will tell you the details when we meet.All you need to know is that I've found them.i have seen them

When Jiying heard this, she couldn't help shouting: "Then I can look forward to it!"They are married! Elizabeth went on to read: I've seen them both.They are not married, nor do I see any intention of them; but I boldly make you a condition, that they shall be married before long, if you will do it.All I ask of you is one thing.You have already arranged for your daughters five thousand pounds to be given to them after you and your sister die, so please give this niece her rightful share at once.You'll have to make a contract with her to give her another hundred pounds a year while you're alive.I have considered these conditions over and over again, and I think I have the right to make decisions for you, so I agreed without hesitation.I have sent you this letter so that I may hear from you immediately.When you know these particulars, you will see that Mr. Wickham was not so helpless and helpless as is commonly supposed.Most people get this thing wrong.It pleased me that my niece should have more money to give to her, after Wickham had paid her debts, than what was in her own name.If you are willing to let me deal with this matter on your behalf based on what I have said, then I will immediately order Haston to go through the formalities of property transfer.You don't have to go into town any more, you can stay in Longbourne with peace of mind.Please rest assured that I am diligent and careful in my work.Please reply to me quickly, and take the trouble to write clearly.We thought it best to let the niece marry out of this house, and think you will agree.She is coming to us today.If there are other circumstances, let me know at any time.There is not much time left.

Edward.Gardiner August 2nd Monday, written on Tianen Temple Street Elizabeth finished reading the letter and asked: Is this possible?He should marry her? Her sister said: Well, Wickham is not so incompetent as we think.Dear Dad, congratulations. Did you write a reply?Elizabeth asked. No reply was written, but there was an immediate need to write. Then she begged him most earnestly to go home and write without delay. She shouted: "My dear father, go back and write at once."You must know that this kind of thing cannot be delayed for a minute or a second. Jiying said: If you are afraid of trouble, let me write it for you.

My father replied: I really don't want to write, but it's impossible not to write. As he spoke, he turned and went back into the house with them. Elizabeth said: May I ask you a word?I think you must agree to all the conditions he puts forward, right? Agreed!I feel ashamed that he wants so little. They must be married!Yet he was that kind of person. yes!Why not, they must get married.There is no other way.But there are two things I really want to understand. The first one is how much money your uncle gave to settle this matter; the second one is how can I repay him the money in the future?

Jane cried: Money!uncle!what do you mean, dad? I mean that no one in the clearest mind would marry Lydia, because there is nothing attractive about her.I gave her a hundred pounds a year while I was alive, and after my death it was only five thousand pounds altogether. Elizabeth said: That's true, but it never occurred to me before.After his debts are paid off, more money will come!Oh, it must have been arranged by my uncle on his behalf!What a generous and kind man!I was afraid of hurting himself.This would cost him a lot of money. Father said: Wickham would be a fool if he agreed to marry Lydia for less than ten thousand pounds.He and I have just become relatives, so we shouldn't speak ill of him.

Ten thousand pounds!God forbid!Even half of it, how can I still afford it? Mr. Bennet did not answer.Everyone turned their heads and remained silent.Back home, the father went to the study to write letters, and the daughters went into the dining room. As soon as the two sisters left their father, the younger sister cried: They are really getting married!How strange!But we can also be thankful.They are married after all.Although they may not be very happy, and his character is so bad, we have to be happy after all.Oh, Lydia! Jane said: I thought about it and felt comforted. If he hadn't really loved Lydia, he would never have married him.Even if my kind uncle paid off some debts for him, I don't believe that he would advance a sum as large as ten thousand pounds.My uncle has so many children, and maybe he will raise boys and girls in the future.Even if he was asked to take out five thousand pounds, how could he take it out?

We only need to know how much Wickham owed, said Elizabeth, and how much money was given to our sister in his name, and then we shall know how much Mr. Gardiner has done them, for Wickham was a penny himself. nor.Uncle and aunt's kindness cannot be repaid in this life.They took Lydia home, protected her personally, and saved her face, at the expense of their own interests, which they will never be grateful for.Lydia must be with them now!If such kindness did not make her feel ashamed, she was really unworthy of happiness.How ashamed she must have been when she saw her aunt! Jiying said: We should try our best to forget about the past of the two of them. I hope they will still be happy, and I believe so.Since he agreed to marry her, it could prove that he was on the right track.If they can respect and love each other, they will naturally become stable.I believe that the two of them will live in peace and order from now on, and people will forget their past absurd behavior by then.

Since they have already committed absurdities, Elizabeth replied, neither you nor I, nor anyone, can forget them.There is no need to talk about this kind of thing. The two sisters thought that their mother might not know anything about it until now, so they went to the study and asked their father if he would let his mother know.Father was writing a letter, and without raising his head, he just said to them coldly: Do as you like. Shall we take my uncle's letter and read it to her? Take what you like, and go away. Elizabeth took the letter from his desk, and the sisters went upstairs together.Mary and Kitty were both at Mrs. Bennet's, so it only had to be communicated once and everybody knew.They revealed a little bit of good news, and then released the letter of belief.Mrs. Bennet could not contain her joy.Jane was delighted as soon as she had read the passage in which Lydia might soon be married, and the further she went on, the happier she was.She is so happy and excited now, just like she was so worried and frightened and restless a while ago.As long as she heard that her daughter was about to marry, she was satisfied.She was not troubled by the fear of her daughter's happiness, nor was she ashamed by the thought of her misbehavior.

My dear Lydia!She exclaimed: This is so delightful!She is getting married!I can meet her again!She was married at sixteen!Thanks to my kind brother!I've known that things can't be messed up. I've known that he has a way of making everything right.How I should like to see her, dear Wickham!But clothes, dowry!I'm going to write immediately and talk to my sister-in-law.Liz, dear, go downstairs and ask your father how much he will give her as a dowry.Wait a minute; I'll go myself.Kitty, ring the bell for Hill.I'll get dressed right away.Lydia my dear!How happy we are when we meet! The eldest daughter, seeing her so carried away, talked of how much the family owed to Mr. Gardiner for distracting her mind and giving her a little refreshment. Ouch, cried the mother, this is wonderful.If it weren't for my uncle, who would be willing to help?You know, if he hadn't got such a family, all his money would have belonged to me and my children; he used to send us gifts, but this time we really got his favor.Ouch!I am so happy.Before long, I have a daughter married.She was going to be Mrs. Wickham!What a beautiful title!She won't be sixteen until June.My dear Jane, I am too excited to write a letter; let me do it, and you write it for me.We will discuss the money issue with your father later, but everything should be ordered right away. So she gave a great list of cloth items: muslin, calico, linen, wishing to buy everything at once, and it was with difficulty that Jane persuaded her to wait until My father discussed it when he was free, and said that a day later was completely irrelevant.Because my mother was too happy for a while, she was not as stubborn as usual.She thought of some other tricks. As soon as I'm dressed I shall go down to Meryton, she said, to tell my sister, Mrs Philip, the good news.When I come back, I can stop by to see Mrs. Lucas and Mrs. Long.Kitty, go down-stairs, and tell them to harness my carriage.Going out for some air will surely refresh my spirits.My boys, is there anything you want me to do for you at Meryton?oh!Here comes Hill.My good Hill, have you heard the good news?Miss Lydia is soon to be married.On her wedding day, you can all have a bowl of fun fun and rejoice. Grandma Hill immediately expressed her great joy.She congratulated Elizabeth and others one by one.At last Elizabeth was so disgusted with this folly that she retired to her own room to think at her own ease. Poor Lydia, she was not much better off, but not so badly so that she had to be thankful.She really wanted to be thankful; although thinking about the future situation, she felt that her sister could neither get the happiness she deserved nor the worldly wealth and glory, but if she thought about it, she was so worried two hours ago, she felt that The current situation is truly a blessing.