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JANE AUSTEN

the sake of their sister’s feelings and consequence, that

she should be noticed on her marriage by her parents,

urged him so earnestly yet so rationally and so mildly,

to receive her and her husband at Longbourn, as soon as

they were married, that he was prevailed on to think as

they thought, and act as they wished. And their mother

had the satisfaction of knowing that she would be able

to show her married daughter in the neighbourhood

before she was banished to the North. When Mr. Bennet

wrote again to his brother, therefore, he sent his

permission for them to come; and it was settled, that

as soon as the ceremony was over, they should proceed

to Longbourn. Elizabeth was surprised, however, that

Wickham should consent to such a scheme, and had she

consulted only her own inclination, any meeting with

him would have been the last object of her wishes.

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