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Pride & Prejudice – page 447

Chapter 46

Elizabeth had been a good deal disappointed in not

finding a letter from Jane on their first arrival at

Lambton; and this disappointment had been renewed

on each of the mornings that had now been spent there;

but on the third her repining was over, and her sister

justified, by the receipt of two letters from her at once,

on one of which was marked that it had been missent

elsewhere. Elizabeth was not surprised at it, as Jane had

written the direction remarkably ill.

They had just been preparing to walk as the letters

came in; and her uncle and aunt, leaving her to enjoy

them in quiet, set off by themselves. The one missent

must first be attended to; it had been written five days

ago. The beginning contained an account of all their

little parties and engagements, with such news as the

country afforded; but the latter half, which was dated

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