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1They travelled as expeditiously as possible; and sleeping one night on the road, reached Longbourn by dinnertime the
2next day. It was a comfort to Elizabeth to consider that Jane could not have been wearied by long expectations. The
3little Gardiners, attracted by the sight of a chaise, were standing on the steps of the house, as they entered the
4paddock; and when the carriage drove up to the door, the joyful surprise that lighted up their faces and displayed
5itself over their whole bodies, in a variety of capers and frisks, was the first pleasing earnest of their welcome.
6Elizabeth jumped out; and after giving each of them a hasty kiss, hurried into the vestibule, where Jane, who came
7running downstairs from her mother's apartment, immediately met her. Elizabeth, as she affectionately embraced her,
8whilst tears filled the eyes of both, lost not a moment in asking whether anything had been heard of the fugitives. "Not
9yet," replied Jane. "But now that my dear uncle is come, I hope everything will be well." "Is my father in town?" "Yes,
10he went on Tuesday, as I wrote you word." "And have you heard from him often?" "We have heard only once. He wrote me a
11few lines on Wednesday, to say that he had arrived in safety, and to give me his directions, which I particularly begged
12him to do. He merely added, that he should not write again, till he had something of importance to mention." "And my
13mother--how is she? How are you all?" "My mother is tolerably well, I trust; though her spirits are greatly shaken. She
14is upstairs, and will have great satisfaction in seeing you all. She does not yet leave her dressing-room. Mary and
15Kitty, thank Heaven! are quite well." "But you--how are you?" cried Elizabeth. "You look pale. How much you must have
16gone through!" Her sister, however, assured her of her being perfectly well; and their conversation, which had been
17passing while Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner were engaged with their children, was now put an end to by the approach of the whole
18party. Jane ran to her uncle and aunt, and welcomed and thanked them both, with alternate smiles and tears. When they
19were all in the drawing-room, the questions which Elizabeth had already asked were of course repeated by the others, and
20they soon found that Jane had no intelligence to give. The sanguine hope of good, however, which the benevolence of her
21heart suggested, had not yet deserted her; she still expected that it would all end well, and that every morning would
22bring some letter, either from Lydia or her father, to explain their proceedings, and, perhaps, announce the marriage.
23Mrs. Bennet, to whose apartment they all repaired, after a few minutes' conversation together, received them exactly as
24might be expected; with tears and lamentations of regret, invectives against the villainous conduct of Wickham, and
25complaints of her own sufferings and ill-usage; blaming everybody but the person to whose ill-judging indulgence the
26errors of her daughter must be principally owing. "If I had been able," said she, "to carry my point in going to
27Brighton with all my family, this would not have happened: but poor dear Lydia had nobody to take care of her. Why did
28the Forsters ever let her go out of their sight? I am sure there was some great neglect or other on their side, for she
29is not the kind of girl to do such a thing, if she had been well looked after. I always thought they were very unfit to
30have the charge of her; but I was over-ruled, as I always am. Poor, dear child! And now here's Mr. Bennet gone away, and
31I know he will fight Wickham, wherever he meets him, and then he will be killed, and what is to become of us all? The
32Collinses will turn us out, before he is cold in his grave; and if you are not kind to us, brother, I do not know what
33we shall do." They all exclaimed against such terrific ideas; and Mr. Gardiner, after general assurances of his
34affection for her and all her family, told her that he meant to be in London the very next day, and would assist Mr.
35Bennet in every endeavour for recovering Lydia. "Do not give way to useless alarm," added he: "though it is right to be
36prepared for the worst, there is no occasion to look on it as certain. It is not quite a week since they left Brighton.
37In a few days more, we may gain some news of them; and till we know that they are not married, and have no design of
38marrying, do not let us give the matter over as lost. As soon as I get to town, I shall go to my brother, and make him
39come home with me to Gracechurch Street, and then we may consult together as to what is to be done." "Oh, my dear
40brother," replied Mrs. Bennet, "that is exactly what I could most wish for. And now do, when you get to town, find them
41out, wherever they may be; and if they are not married already, make them marry. And as for wedding clothes, do not let
42them wait for that, but tell Lydia she shall have as much money as she chooses to buy them, after they are married. And,
43above all things, keep Mr. Bennet from fighting. Tell him what a dreadful state I am in--that I am frightened out of my
44wits; and have such tremblings, such flutterings all over me, such spasms in my side, and pains in my head, and such
45beatings at my heart, that I can get no rest by night nor by day. And tell my dear Lydia not to give any directions
46about her clothes till she has seen me, for she does not know which are the best warehouses. Oh, brother, how kind you
47are! I know you will contrive it all." But Mr. Gardiner, though he assured her again of his earnest endeavours in the
48cause, could not avoid recommending moderation to her, as well in her hopes as her fears; and after talking with her in
49this manner till dinner was on table, they left her to vent all her feelings on the housekeeper, who attended in the
50absence of her daughters. Though her brother and sister were persuaded that there was no real occasion for such a
51seclusion from the family, they did not attempt to oppose it; for they knew that she had not prudence enough to hold her
52tongue before the servants, while they waited at table, and judged it better that one only of the household, and the one
53whom they could most trust, should comprehend all her fears and solicitude on the subject. In the dining-room they were
54soon joined by Mary and Kitty, who had been too busily engaged in their separate apartments to make their appearance
55before. One came from her books, and the other from her toilette. The faces of both, however, were tolerably calm; and
56no change was visible in either, except that the loss of her favourite sister, or the anger which she had herself
57incurred in the business, had given something more of fretfulness than usual to the accents of Kitty. As for Mary, she
58was mistress enough of herself to whisper to Elizabeth, with a countenance of grave reflection, soon after they were
59seated at table,-- "This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of
60malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation." Then perceiving in Elizabeth
61no inclination of replying, she added, "Unhappy as the event must be for Lydia, we may draw from it this useful
62lesson:--that loss of virtue in a female is irretrievable, that one false step involves her in endless ruin, that her
63reputation is no less brittle than it is beautiful, and that she cannot be too much guarded in her behaviour towards the
64undeserving of the other sex." Elizabeth lifted up her eyes in amazement, but was too much oppressed to make any reply.
65Mary, however, continued to console herself with such kind of moral extractions from the evil before them.
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